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Belgrade Media Report 24 February 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Serbia supports strengthening of UN role (Tanjug) • EP: Package of amendments adopted; proposals of Croatian MPs rejected (RTS/Tanjug) • Stojanovic: Decision on participation of Serbs after talks with Vucic (Tanjug/Jedinstvo) • Assembly of Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija: Abolish decision on declaring Vulin honorary citizen of Leposavic and Kosovska Mitrovica (New Serbian Political Thought) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Mogherini’s position acceptable (Srna) • Zeljka Cvijanovic: Adoption of written commitment is just first step (Srna) • “Ex mujahedeen pose bigger threat to Western Europe than to Bosnia” (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo’s Thaci criticised for genocide suit threat (Balkan Insight) • IMF approves EUR 1.2 bn credit line for Serbia (EU business) • Lavrov: Time to decide if we want UN focused & effective or on the sidelines (RT) • Bosnia Endorses Reform Pledge, Potentially Unblocking EU Bid (Reuters) • Mogherini in Sarajevo Hails “Historical Decision” on Bosnian EU Reforms (Sputnik)

Belgrade Media Report 23 February

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Drecun: Thaqi’s statement an insult to victims (Tanjug/RTS) • Announced lawsuit for genocide against Belgrade a blow on Brussels dialogue (Novosti) • Agreement on judiciary in Kosovo and Metohija between law and politics (Politika) • Joksimovic: We expect an objective EP report (RTS) • Vukadinovic: Kosovo’s lawsuit against Serbia futile (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Composition of B&H Council of Ministers agreed (Srna) • Bosnian parliament adopts statement on EU (Beta) • No agreement on FB&H Government: Komsic leaves discussions for “urgent call” (Oslobodjenje) • Mogherini: There is no time for repeating mistakes of the past (Fena) • FYROM’s new scandal - Recorded video revealed trade with MP seats (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo’s Thaci Criticised for Genocide Suit Threat (BIRN) • Austria, Germany, Hungary and Serbia Cooperate In Battling Illegal Immigration (Hungary Today) • Genocide Court Whitewashes U.S.-NATO Crimes (AFP) • ‘Where West Comes to spread Democracy, Disasters Follow’ – Emir Kusturica (Sputnik) • Macedonian Opposition Tapes Lift Lid on Boskoski Arrest (BIRN) • Montenegro Lags in Employing Minorities (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 20 February

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Serbia sincere mediator (Radio Serbia) • McAllister to Serbian MPs: Serbia to face number of obligations (Tanjug/Politika) • Two Serbian cemeteries desecrated in Obilic (Tanjug/RTV Plus) • Keefe: The smoother Brussels agreement implementation goes the speedier Serbia’s progress on EU path (Vreme) • Kosovo is the 208th FINA member (Blic) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dunovic: Stories about my legitimacy might even be unconstitutional (Srna) • Dodik: I am a man of peace (Oslobodjenje/TV N1) • Mogherini to visit B&H on Monday (Oslobodjenje) • Croatia to pay USD 4m, banks 12m in Yugoslav-era debt to Swiss bank (Dalje.com) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Blair hired to advise Serbia: PM Vucic ‘needs some kind of PR coup’ (RT) • Montenegro Opposition Slates Mayor's Diplomatic Post (BIRN) • EU Foreign Ministers Create New Roadmap For Bosnia And Herzegovina (SETimes) • Ivica Dačić: All OSCE member countries must focus on resolving regional conflicts (APA) • How the Badinter Commission on Yugoslavia laid the roots for Crimea’s secession from Ukraine (London School of Economics)

Belgrade Media Report 19 February 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • McAllister to Nikolic: I intend to submit balanced reports (RTS/Tanjug) • Dacic: Albania must respect OSCE principles instead of worrying about Kosovo (Tanjug) • Drecun: Priority is formation of Union of Serb Municipalities (RTS/Tanjug) • Djuric presents report to Committee for Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Radio Serbia/Tanjug) • Selakovic: We will facilitate the position to the Serbs in Kosovo (Danas) • Dikovic: Natasa Kandic doesn’t speak the truth (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Inzko: “Gorazdify” all of B&H (Oslobodjenje) • Incomplete agreement – talks to resume on Sunday (Srna) • EU sets more demanding conditions for B&H (Srna/TV N1) • The EU path not just for membership but for benefit for all (Srna/BHT1) • Another person arrested in Zenica (Srna) • Dacic urges Macedonia to maintain stability, says OSCE is prepared to help (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Serb Politician ‘Seen with Mitrovica Killers’ (BIRN) • Tony Blair advising Serbian government 16 years after bombing of Belgrade (The Guardian) • Failed Kosovo project: people leaving, but NATO demands met (RT) • Hahn Tells Macedonia to Investigate Surveillance Claims (BIRN) • Bosnia Inches Closer to Forming State Govt (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 18 February 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Agreements not leading to independence of Kosovo (Radio Serbia) • Serbs boycotted anniversary of Kosovo’s independence (Politika) • What is the essence of the dispute in northern Kosovo (Novosti) • Serb ambulance in Pristina (Blic) • McAllister: There is still a lot of work before chapters (B92) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Komsic: If someone thinks that the DF will be anyone's keychain, they are sorely mistaken (Srna) • EU Commissioner Hahn: The FYROM parties to return to Parliament (MIA) • Josipovic: Ustasha snake doesn’t sleep (TV N1) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Faces Poverty, Corruption, Mass Exodus 7 Years After Independence (Sputnik) • Happy Kosovo Independence Day? Not quite … (Antiwar op-ed) • Polls Reveals Serbia and Bulgaria Fear Cancellation of South Stream (Sputnik)