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Belgrade Media Report 14 May 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: UNMIK’s engagement of key significance for Serbia (RTS/Tanjug/Radio Serbia)
• Brush concerned over the recent incidents in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Jablanovic: The case has been fabricated (Politika)
• KLA terrorists preparing incursion in Presevo (Novosti)
• Stojanovic: Albanians led by one brain (Novosti)
• Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Valentin Inzko briefs UN Secretary General on B&H (Srna)
• Serbia – B&H: Joint meeting in second half of 2015 (Srna)
• FB&H Government session started without Ministers from HDZ (Nezavisne)
• B&H security structures: Immediately activate a task and operative force (Srna)
• Thus spoke (and did) the Izetbegovics (Srna)
• Bill Clinton at Srebrenica commemoration (Klix.ba)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Former Kosovo Serb Minister Charged with Hate Speech (BIRN)
• ‘Quasi-state Kosovo West’s only ally in Balkans, SE Europe’ (RT)
• West pushes Macedonian government, opposition towards crisis talks (Reuters)
• Macedonian Opposition Leader Refuses Participation at Reconciliation Meeting (Novinite)
• Erdogan Calls for Dialogue to Calm Macedonia (BIRN)
• Macedonia factfile (DW)

Belgrade Media Report 13 May 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic to Matviyenko: Serbia will remain neutral (Tanjug)
• Serbia is the only party for Kosovo Serbs (Beta)
• Dacic: Serbia supports everything except sanctions against Russia (RTS/Tanjug)
• Miscevic: Dialogue has impact on Serbia’s EU integration (Tanjug)
• Davenport: Progress in dialogue must be made in one month (Radio Serbia)
• Stankovic: Situation in Kosovo and southern Serbia peaceful (TV B92)
• Albanians procrastinating if something doesn’t suit them (TV B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Meeting Vucic – Zvizdic: Improving cooperation of Serbia, B&H in several areas (Klix.ba)
• B&H Presidency meets with Brammertz (Patria)
• UN Assistant to the Secretary General visits B&H (Novo vrijeme/Srna)
• Terrorists planned to blow up bridge in Skopje (Vecer/Hina)
• More attacks will happen, Islamists aspire to single state (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Macedonia ministers resign amid phone-tapping scandal (BBC)
• Smoke and gunpowder in the political dust of Macedonia (European Council on Foreign Relations)
• Bosnian Economy Starting to Recover, IMF Says (BIRN)
• Turkey calls for 'economy for peace' in western Balkans (Anadolu Agency)
• Montenegro PM Complains of ‘Masochistic’ Coalition (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 12 May 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic and Dikovic discuss security situation in region (RTS/Tanjug)
• Nikolic’s platform for Kosovo: north a province, the rest a republic (Politika)
• Vucic: Belgrade not responsible for suspension of dialogue with Pristina (Tanjug)
• Djuric: No agreement on energy (Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: Talks on ZSO by end of May? (RTS)
• Preamble to be tested by the people (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Ban Ki-moon calls for restraint after Kumanovo incident (Republika)
• Dodik: I would have voted for Bosic too (Oslobodjenje)
• Events in FYROM result of unfinished break-up of Yugoslavia (Srna)
• Ivanic-Sultanoglu: UN supports B&H on European path (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Exclusive: unrest in FYR Macedonia could hit other Balkan countries warns Serbian PM
• (EuroNews)
• Political storm brews in Macedonia (Reuters)
• Macedonia Violence Touches a Nerve in Unstable Bosnia (BIRN)
• Soros-owned media in Serbia goes Nuts with Propaganda surrounding Kumanovo incident (Mina)
• Montenegro Debt Level Hits New Record (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 11 May

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Maric: Formation of ZSO crucial for survival of Serbs (RTS)
• The Kosovo connection for destabilization of Macedonia (RTS)
• Dragisic: Attacks may be expected in Serbia as well (Beta/Politika)
• Vice President of the Kosovo Assembly: Do not make us send 7 million barehanded Albanians to take over the country (Politika/Tanjug)
• Danaj: Time has come for unification of Albanians; the foreigners will accept any solution that Albanians choose (Tanjug/Politika)
• Russian medal for a Kosovo Serb (Radio Serbia)
• Gouillon becomes Serbian citizen (Tanjug)
• SRS: Amending Constitution over Kosovo (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H and FYROM - beginning of Islamic state in the Balkans (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: Terrorism threat to countries in the region (Srna)
• Terrorist threats made against the B&H TV (BHRT/RTRS/Tanjug)
• Gruevski: “All who want to cause harm to Macedonia would end up as this terrorist group” (Kurir.mk)
• US, EU, OSCE and NATO believe now is the time for leaders to pull together (Republika)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Macedonian police leave troubled town after deadly shootout (AFP)
• Armed group 'planned to destabilize Macedonia' (Anadolu Agency)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Effective sovereignty through equality of constituent peoples (RT)
• Croat Party Boycotts Bosnia Federation Govt (The Journal Of Turkish Weekly)
• Main Bosnian Serb Opposition Party Re-Elects Leader (BIRN)
• Women Form War Crime Court (WeNews staff)

Belgrade Media Report 8 May 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Pristina grossly violates Brussels agreement (RTS/Beta)
• Drecun: ZSO needs to be formed according to new Kosovo laws (RTS/Tanjug)
• Serbian Foreign Ministry: Serbia against Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO (Danas)
• Miscevic: Chapters to be opened by end of year (TV Pink/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Interior Ministry operation “Ruben” is not directed against the Bosniaks (Srna)
• 31 persons suspected of terrorism arrested (Srna)
• Resistance to government spreading in Macedonia (Tanjug Skopje correspondent)
• Serbian media describe Tomasic as “Croatian Seselj in skirt” (Hina)
• Djukanovic: We are not for NATO in order to be against Russia (RTCG)
• Misdemeanor charge against Metropolitan Amfilohije (RTCG/B92)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia's EU path depends on dialogue with Kosovo: EU commissioner (Xinhua)
• Turkish Stream via Serbia Is Impossible - President Nikolic (Novinite)
• Croat Party Boycotts Bosnia Federation Govt (BIRN)
• Bosnia, Kosovo tighten noose on radical Islamists (AFP)