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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)