United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 16 November 2022

LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: Brussels agreement not transferable to other agreements (Tanjug)
• Serbs from Kosovo only ask for signed agreements to be respected (Tanjug)
• Serbia reliable partner in implementation of EU security policy (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: Kurti openly announced that he wants conflicts in the north of Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/RTV)
• Pristina causes crises, wish to force Belgrade for talks on recognition (Tanjug/RTV)
• Bilcik: EU waiting for concrete steps from Serbia (N1)
• Botsan-Kharchenko: Bilcik asks for banning of RT, throws European values of the window (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Inaugural session of 11th convocation of RS parliament held in Banja Luka (RTRS)
• Cvijanovic addresses inaugural RS parliament session (RTRS)
• Opposition ignores members of B&H CEC at RS parliament inaugural session (Hayat)
• Trivic: Dodik achieved ‘victory’ by falsifying the election, with the help of the CEC and part of the international community (BNTV)
• Representatives of ‘The Eight’ agree on program principles for formation of authorities in FB&H and at B&H level (O Kanal)
• Inaugural session of Bosnia-Podrinje Canton Assembly held on Tuesday (FTV)
Montenegro
• Bajramspahic: Latest example of unconstitutional acting a burden for Chapter 23 (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia
• PM on constitutional amendments: Interests of citizens and future generations should come first (All media)
• Garcia Perez: Issue of constitutional amendments is of national interest (All media)
• Philippidou: We expect intensification of efforts for full implementation of the Prespa Agreement (MIA)
Albania
• Begaj hosts Ilham Aliyev: Boosting cooperation; Embassy to be opened in Albania (Radio Tirana)
• Gasification program/Rama, meets the president of Azerbaijan: We talked about joint projects in the field of energy (Radio Tirana)
• Peleshi: We encourage dialogue to resolve the problems in the north of Kosovo (Radio Tirana)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 15 November 2022

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic, ambassadors discuss Kosovo and Metohija, cooperation (Tanjug)
• Borrell calls on Belgrade and Pristina to show readiness to reach agreement and consensus without delay (RTS)
• Dacic: By imposing sanctions to Russia and China, Serbia would not gain new friends and could lose the old ones (TV Happy/TV Una)
• Commitment to deepening overall relations with Slovakia (Tanjug/RTS)
• Support of Germany to additional acceleration of Serbia’s EU integration (RTS/Tanjug/RTV)
• Elections for presidents of four municipalities in northern Kosovo, numerous questions without response (RTS)
• Serb List not to take part in elections (Tanjug/RTV)
• Giaufret: EU united on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (FoNet)
EC: Serbia has made progress on visa policy alignment (Tanjug/RTS)
• International course for UN staff officers at Jug base near Bujanovac (Politika)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Grlic Radman calls on B&H leaders to quickly form authorities at all levels (BHT1)
• USC Assembly holds inaugural session (BHT1)
• Inaugural session of Canton 10 Assembly held (BHT1/FTV)
• SDS leadership says party will not be part of broad coalition in RS (RTRS)
• Vukanovic and Borenovic categorically say they will not negotiate on formation of government (BNTV)
Montenegro
• Abazovic: Maybe we should buy facilities to house embassies, from loans, because we don’t have our own money (CdM)
• Djuricic: DPS about to form government in Bar with traditional coalition partners (CdM)
• European Commission: MNE to take concrete measures to shrink grey economy (RTCG)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Kovachevski: North Macedonia and Albania started negotiations with the EU together and have the opportunity to complete them together (All media)
• Open Balkans compatible with Berlin Process and should continue, say Kovachevski and Rama (All media)
• Rama: Your Constitution includes many minorities, model already familiar (Alsat-M/TV21)
Albania
• Rama: The Balkans should not deal with the past! Kovacevski: 30 years ago, the sound of guns was heard in the region, today it is the sound of friendship (Radio Tirana)
• Growing economic cooperation, history of agreements between Albania and North Macedonia (Radio Tirana)
• EC report: Albania's economy will recover in 2024, public debt will decrease to 66.4% of GDP (Radio Tirana)

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic after meeting Macron: No way for ZSO to be discussed within French-German plan (RTS)
• Vucic: Very complicated situation ahead in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Vucic: Result of Borrell-Lajcak meeting with Kurti is nothing (Tanjug/RTS)
• Dacic: Grounds of French-German plan unacceptable or Serbia (TV Pink)
• Vucevic: KFOR is factor of peace, Albanians cannot replace Serb policemen (RTV)
• Petkovic: Aim of new threat from Pristina is expulsion of Serbs (RTS)
• Borrell: Serbs to return to institutions, Pristina to form ZSO (Beta)
• Minorities vote for 23 councils in 13 November vote in Serbia (Beta)
• We do not want to choose side, although it has its price (Politika)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Turkovic meets French Minister Colonna in France, discuss relations, EU path of B&H (N1)
• SDA reacts to Escobar’s statements regarding IZ B&H’s stances (Hayat)
• Islamic Community of B&H responds to Escobar’s claims (Avaz)
• United Srpska supports nomination of Stevandic as speaker of RS parliament (BHT1)
• SDS Main Board accepts Sarovic’s resignation from post of SDS President, Milicevic appointed acting President (BNTV)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: Day of the never conquered throne of Cetinje is a celebration of the highest values of Montenegro (CdM)
• Fourth attempt: Savnik elections in two polling stations repeat (CdM)
• THERE’S PLENTY OF US: Petition for snap elections launched (CdM)
• Vesna Medenica released from prison (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Pendarovski at Paris Peace Forum: Western Balkans’ way out of global crisis is swift EU accession (MIA)
• Successful start of bilateral screening an incentive to speed up progress in reforms, says Marichikj in Brussels (MIA)
• Kovachevski: VMRO-DPMNE has shown the biggest support for Bulgarian clubs in the country (Sitel/MIA)
• Macedonians in Serbia elect members of their new national council (MIA)
Albania
• The meeting of the two governments/ Rama: Together towards the future! Kovacevski: We are an example of good neighborhood, third parties seek destabilization (Radio Tirana)
• Rama declared in Paris that in the name of freedom of speech, lies cannot be spread as if they were true (Radio Tirana)
• Opposition protest ended peacefully, with minor incidents (Radio Tirana)

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucevic: NATO to maintain its position of neutrality (RTS)
• Dacic: Importance of impartial, status-neutral engagement of KFOR (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
• NATO: Serbia’s stance towards Moscow could affect cooperation with Alliance (Beta)
• Vucevic visits Ground Army Command in Nis (Tanjug/Politika)
• Dacic, UK Ambassador: Sustainable Belgrade-Pristina agreement to be reached through dialogue (Beta)
• Orlic: Formation of Community of Serb Municipalities ignored for nearly a decade (Tanjug/RTV)
• Theophylactou: Pristina us not honoring its obligations, Cyprus’ position on Kosovo and Metohija is unchanged (Tanjug/RTV)
• Pristina sending coordinators to north Kosovo (Novosti)
• What is written in the Franco-German proposal for Kosovo, Serbia (Euractiv/Nova)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H CoM unanimously adopts Program of Reforms for 2021 and 2022 (Nova BH)
• Turkovic welcomes adoption of Program of Reforms for 2021 and 2022 (N1)
• (BNTV)
• Dzaferovic meets Ambassador Murphy, expresses gratitude for US support (Avaz/Dnveni list)
• Russian Embassy to B&H issues statement on occasion of International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism (RTRS)
Montenegro
• Abazovic: I urge DPS to enable election of at least one judge of Constitutional Court on 22 November (CdM)
• Djurovic: We have to resolve Constitutional Court issue on 22 November, agreement likely (CdM)
• Djurovic spoke to representatives of parliamentary parties, DF leaders left meeting because Djukanovic didn’t come (CdM)
• DPS: Meeting showed depth of crisis in which state is, we stand by our conditions with readiness for dialogue (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Kovachevski: Currently no talks over Alliance for Albanians joining government (All media)
• Mickoski: Gov’t has no majority for constitutional amendments, early elections needed (All media)
Albania
• The British Ambassador: Albanians in Britain deserve respect, the writings in the media are disappointing! (Radio Tirana)
• US Ambassador for Cyber Defense in Tirana: US committed to continuous support for Albania in cyber defense (Radio Tirana)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 9 November 2022

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Pristina’s reactions indicate it planned clashes (Tanjug/RTS)
• Mutual support of Serbia, Greece in preserving territorial integrity (Tanjug/Politika)
• Dacic: Greece will not yield to pressure and surprise Serbia (RTS/Tanjug)
• Petkovic talks with Greek Ambassador about situation in Kosovo (Beta/RTV)
• Dveri requests extraordinary session (RTS)
• Borrell: EULEX gets Gendarmerie, Carabinieri reinforcements (N1)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Covic conducts talks on authority formation with ‘The Troika’ leaders (O Kanal)
• Galijasevic: SDA continues with formation of parliamentary majority and appointment of new government in ZDC (Nova BH)
• Eight political parties from BPC, signatories of future parliamentary majority, present their 2022-2026 coalition program platform (Nova BH)
• Viskovic: New RS authorities will be formed in first half of December (ATV)
• Mayor Stanivukovic on alleged connections with Dodik: I am Banja Luka’s man, I have no connections with anyone (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik: Demarcation is the best option (TV UNA)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: We are numerous, I can tell you, and there will be Montenegro and us whenever needed (CdM)
• Podgorica protest message: It’s not over, it’s just begun, we’re getting MNE back on track (CdM)
• Members of the Capital’s Election Commission request State Election Commission to make decision on the same matter twice? (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Abazi: Number of votes speak of my career, professional engagements and overall work (Alsat-M/TV21/Sitel/Kanal5/Telma/MRT)
• Osmani-Milkov: Provocations from groups and individuals not allowed to disrupt good-neighborly relations (All media)
• Pendarovski-Aggeler: U.S. remains strong partner, ally and friend of North Macedonia (Sitel/Alsat-M/Kanal5/TV21)
• Kovachevski, Aggeler reaffirm strategic partnership and support for EU accession (MIA)
Albania
• President Begaj reacts to the British minister's statements against Albanians (Radio Tirana)