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Belgrade Media Monitoring 21 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Ladsous: No plans for UNMIK’s reduction (RTS)
• Dacic briefs EU ambassadors (RTS)
• U.S: Embassy welcomes joint statement by Vucic and Rama (Tanjug)
• Kostic calls for international reaction (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SNSD claims its coalition has majority (Beta)
• Jolevski: Macedonian troops take part in numerous peacekeeping missions (Republika)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• UEFA official says Serbia and Albania will be ‘fined severely,’ but likely not expelled from Euro 2016 (The Washington Post)
• Dispatch: The One Muslim Country That Loves America Is Developing an Extremist Problem (Foreign Policy)
• US Praises Macedonian Law to Jail Militants (BIRN)
• Montenegro under pressure (Inside Europe)

Belgrade Media Report 20 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbia stands ready to boost its UN peacekeeping role (Tanjug)
• Serbia as regional leader in peacekeeping missions (Tanjug)
• Gasic: Peacekeeping missions bring Serbia closer to EU (Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: End violence (Beta)
• Miscevic: Condition is Brussels agreement, not distance from Moscow (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic, Sorensen and Inzko: Government must be quickly formed (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Albanian prime minister's visit to Serbia postponed (www.aa.com.tr/en)
• Albania flag-burning in Belgrade escalates tensions (AFP)
• With theatrics, Putin keeps rivals off balance (The New York Times)
• Bosnia's SDP in turmoil after election failure (Journal of Turkish Weekly)
• Bosnia’s Elections, A Hope for Change? (WorldBulletin)

Belgrade Media Report 17 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic - Putin press conference (RTS/Poltika/Tanjug)
• Greece sends demarche to Albania (Tanjug)
• Simic: Russia to stay in Balkans (B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Ivanic continues to lead for B&H Presidency (Fena)
• Podgorica police detains three persons suspected of stoning the Albanian Embassy (FoNet)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Putin advices Serbia to grasp EU sanctions as chance to increase export to Russia (Xinhua)
• Albanian PM sticks to Serbia visit despite football mayhem (EUbusiness)
• After drone stunt and football row, Serbia says Albania not mature enough to join European union (Reuters)

Belgrade Media Report 16 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Putin and Nikolic: We have mutual past and good future (RTS/Tanjug)
• Demarche submitted to the Albanian Ambassador (Danas)
• Dacic: I didn’t know that Great Albania is a model (Beta/Blic)
• Djuric: Pristina responsible for tensions (B92)
• Drecun: Is there any sense in Edi Rama’s arrival (RTS)
• Djuric: Positive tone of German MPs (Tanjug)
• Mayors in northern Kosovo asking for protection for Serbs (Beta)
• Serbian police in UN missions (Politika/FoNet)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic: B&H will not accept any steps backwards, new entities or more divisions (Oslobodjenje)
• Inzko shocks Sarajevo TV broadcast (Klix.ba)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Putin reiterates Russia’s principled stance on Kosovo issue (ITAR-TASS)
• Vladimir Putin warns over rise of neo-Nazism before Serbia visit (The Guardian)
• Serbia Welcomes Putin While Eyeing Europe (Reuters)
• Why is there tension between Serbia and Albania? (Euronews)
• Belgrade chaos fed off centuries of rivalry between Serbia and Albania (The Guardian)
• Serbia says UEFA should award THEM 3-0 win after match against 'terrorist' Albania abandoned after drone used to fly flag over the pitch leads to violent scenes [and arrest of PM's brother] (Daily Mail)

Belgrade Media Report 15 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Attempt at destabilizing the region (RTS)
• Vucic: Albanian extremists wanted to trample on our pride (Novosti)
• Dacic: Stadium incident was planned political provocation (Blic)
• Analysts on the stadium incident (RTS/Beta)
• Drecun: Strong basis of jihadists emerging (Politika/Beta/RTS)
• Dodik on Serbia-RS relations (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Sorensen: We expect quick formation of government at all levels (Fena)
• SNSD Party wins majority in election for RS parliament (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• 'Albanian PM's brother arrested' as Euro qualifier with Serbia abandoned (AFP/AP/Reuters)
• Divisions Cemented as Nationalists Hold On to Power in Bosnia-Herzegovina Vote (VICE News)
• Mladic Witness: Bosnian Serbs Didn’t Organise Expulsions (BIRN)