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Belgrade Media Report 29 June 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Ahead of talks, PM "not happy about violation of agreements" (RTS, Beta)
• Serbia urges UN to establish court for KLA crimes (Novosti, Tanjug)
• US Ambassador in Kosovo: US deeply disappointed by the outcome of the vote (RTS)
• Kosovo assembly fails to set up special court for war crimes (Tanjug)
• Vucic, Davenport discuss Brussels dialogue, resolution on Srebrenica (Tanjug)
• Putin's resolution on Srebrenica (Vecernje Novosti)
• Serbia and RS establish Remembrance Day for Serb victims (BT, Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik announces referendum on B&H Court and Prosecution (Srna)
• Bosic: Nothing will come of Dodik’s once-again announced referendum (BN TV)
• US Ambassador to UN: Dodik, Nikolic and Vucic have only discredited themselves (Dnevni avaz)
• HDZ leaves Serb place in HNK government to SDA (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• US says Kosovo war crimes trial at mercy of Russia after parliament vote (AP)
• ON TARGET: Ukraine could learn from Kosovo’s troubles (The Chronicle Herald)
• Srebrenica divided as ever as Serbs put up anti-EU posters (AP)
• Bosnian Serbs Urge U.N. to Reject Srebrenica Resolution (Naharnet)

Belgrade Media Report 26 June 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: I do not and will not give Gazivode (B92)
• PM: Belgrade respects deal made in Brussels, unlike Pristina (Tanjug)
• Switzerland to extradite Oric to B&H (B92, N1 TV)
• Vucic: Decision on Oric is political, Serbia not to change policy (Tanjug)
• Meeting of Serbian, RS presidents and PMs starts (Tanjug)
• Greek PM Tsipras invited to visit Belgrade (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Serbia must not allow Republika Srpska to lose its strength (Srna)
• Dodik: Oric’s extradition to B&H proved the B&H judicial authority is not needed (Srna)
• Ivanic: Division policy continues with disastrous consequences (Srna)
• SBB in HNK won’t enter government with SDA’s radical wing (Oslobodjenje)
• U.S. State Department: Political corruption among biggest problems in B&H (Nezavisne)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Bosnian Serb leader: Srebrenica was 20th century's 'greatest deception' (Reuters)
• Voices from across Bosnia’s boundary line (National Geographic)

Belgrade Media Report 24 June 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Progress made during Kosovo round, no agreements reached (B92)
• Vucic: Certain progress made in negotiations on ZSO (Tanjug)
• Russian, Serbian officials discuss situation in Macedonia (Tanjug)
• FBI considers opening regional office in Belgrade (B92, Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Crnadak: Chairing Council of Europe B&H’s most challenging task since the war (Fena)
• B&H Foreign ministry apologizes to Israel for flag-trampling in Zenica (Oslobodjenje)
• Leaders agree national distribution of positions in state institutions (Nezavisne)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Balkans Track ISIS Fighters Flowing Through Turkey, Overwhelmed By Lax Border Control (IBI Times)
• Macedonia and Greece agree to work on building confidence (Associated Press)
• Arrests over Bosnia-France human trafficking ring (BBC)

Belgrade Media Report 23 Jun

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Informal invitation for Moscow to veto the Resolution on Srebrenica (Danas)
• Djuric: Proposal for ZSO to be NGO is unacceptable (TV Pink)
• Vucic: Serbia won't allow humiliation of its people (B92)
• Serbia "not to recognize Kosovo by any action" (Tanjug)
• EC "not promoting East-ring pipeline" (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• If you do not release Oric there will be no commemoration in Srebrenica (Klix.ba,Tanjug)
• Dodik: 300 million euros to arrive to The Bank of Srpska (Nezavisne, Srna)
• Hellbach: B&H still far from reconciliation (Oslobodjenje)
• EU foreign ministers will adopt conclusions on Macedonia (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Belgrade and Pristina know they may float or sink together (New Europe)
• Bosnia asks Swiss to hand over wartime defender of Srebrenica (Reuters)
• Israel's Tense Trip to Bosnia (VICE)

Belgrade Media Report 22 June 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• The Turks claim that they got “Gazivode” by purchasing the KEK (Politika)
• Why is support of Serbia in the OSCE PA important to Russia (Politika)
• EP rapporteur for B&H Dan Preda: No need for Srebrenica resolution (Blic)
• Gojkovic: Serbia ready to face challenges of EU membership (Tanjug)
• Serbia officially requests Oric's extradition (B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Democratic Front tries to form a new majority (Nezavisne)
• 23 children from B&H taken to Syria battlefield (Dnevni Avaz)
• Croats and Serbs always on side of good, PM says at Anti-Fascist Struggle Day ceremony (Hina, Nezavisne)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Pays Dear for Logjam Over Phone Code (BIRN)
• Macedonia Government Is Blamed for Wiretapping Scandal (New York Times)
• Bosnian Serb Leader Puts Hopes in Russian Loan (BIRN)
• Prosecutors reopen case against Mladic to hear witnesses testify about mass grave (AP)