Albanian Language Media: Constitutive session of Kosovo Assembly will be held again on April 19 (media) War veterans want MPs to sign an oath to address injustices in Hague (Express) Osmani commemorates massacre where 24 among victims were children (media) Attorney calls for life imprisonment for accused of Banjska attack (RFE) Grenell slams RFE article about Kosovo Specialist Chambers in Hague (media) CDHRF harsh reaction to decision to increase in energy tariffs (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic to new gov't: Get Serbia back to path of success (Tanjug) EC welcomed formation of new Serbian government: We expect Belgrade to seriously show its strategic direction towards EU (N1) Main hearing in Banjska case started in Pristina today (Kosovo Online, media) Simonovic Bratic: We have assurances from Quint that Kosovo cannot be placed on CoE's agenda until CSM is formed (Kosovo Online) Arlov: Request to visit Kosovo rejected for 17th time (KiM radio) Serbian public TV blockade by students, people enter third day (N1) AoPG: Protest in Kraljevo equivalent to 330,000 people in Belgrade (N1, KoSSev) International Media: ‘Trapped in horror’: Kosovo atrocity survivor escaped, but lost her family (BIRN) ‘The shame is not ours’ (Kosovo 2.0) Kosovo court convicts Serb former prison guard of war crimes (BIRN) Public money pouring in non-functional Kosovo municipality sport halls (PI)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 17, 2025 Albanian Language Media: The Kosovo Assembly will continue the constitutive session today (media) Rexhaj claims VV has enough votes for Assembly Speaker (Nacionale) Kurti: Kosovo proud to once again be among hosts of Defender Europe (media) Police find weapons and ammunition in a basement in Mitrovica North (media) Kurti: Over half a million youth, Kosovo full of energy and potential (Indeksonline) “Protests against increased energy tariffs will not stop” (media) Kosovo and U.S. further cooperation in defense and security (RTK) EU lists Kosovo among safe places in bid to speed up migrant returns (Koha/AFP) Serbian Language Media: Serbian parliament elects PM Djuro Macut's government (Tanjug, media) Vucic: FSB concludes that acoustic devices owned by the police were not used on March 15 (RTS, N1, media) NUNS concerned over questioning of RTS staff (N1, KoSSev) Office for KiM: Verdict against Milenkovic proof that the judiciary in Kosovo is a political tool for persecuting Serbs (Kosovo Online) Milenkovic’s defense: First-instance verdict cannot stand; we will prove his innocence in the next stage of proceedings (Kosovo Online) A session held to determine the custody of Milos Antovic (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, KiM radio ) Serbian List: Untrue claims about support for Kurti (KiM radio, KoSSev) International: After cycling to Strasbourg, Serbian students meet with EP and CoE representatives (EWB)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: The government cannot stop functioning (media) • Dehari sends letter to the President on constitutive session of Assembly (Koha) • Abdixhiku: LDK MPs will be in assembly tomorrow, we call on others too (media) • Bulgaria denies it is interested to join Croatia-Kosovo-Albania declaration (media) • SPO completes presentation of evidence in Thaci et al. trial (media) Serbian Language Media: • Pristina Court sentences Dragisa Milenkovic to seven years in prison (RTS, media) • Marta Kos announced arrival in Belgrade (Beta, Danas, AFP) • Georgiev: Incorrect information on Bulgaria's interest in joining the military alliance of Croatia, Kosovo and Albania (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • "Fatherland": Students and the opposition are not Kurti's allies – Vucic is (KoSSev) • Gogic: Kosovo has entered an institutional crisis; opposition showed that Kurti does not have a majority (Kosovo Online) • Maliqi: Kurti created the crisis himself, opposition showed there is no majority even for mandate verification (Kosovo Online) • Zakharova: EU threats to Serbia over potential Victory Day visit to Russia ‘Euronazism’ (Beta, N1) • New endeavor: Students to run relay from Novi Sad to Brussels (N1) • UG: New SBB owners sold Total TV to Telekom, which dropped N1 and Nova (N1) Opinion: • Victims of a suffocating city (Kosovo 2.0) International Media: • EU Looks to tighten visa rules: 61 countries face Visa-Free travel overhaul (RFE) • Adnan Merovci: Shadowing Kosovo’s first President through historic times (BIRN) • Denmark tackles prison overcrowding by sending the prisoners to Kosovo (voxeurop.eu) • New electricity tariffs approved in Kosovo (a2news.com) • Billboards and bullets: An Israeli spin doctor at the service of Serbia (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 16, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Haxhiu: We have submitted our resignations as ministers on time (media) KDI: Main responsibility for constituting the Assembly falls on VV (media) Gervalla: Serbian List could vote for Kurti government to discredit us (media) Maqedonci: Bulgaria will join military alliance with Croatia and Albania (media) Grenell calls for funds to be stopped, the Specialist Court responds (Dukagjini) Serbian Language Media: Students' gathering: "On the issue of Kosovo, all rights have been violated" (KiM radio, KoSSev, Alternativna) Serb arrested in N. Mitrovica (RTS, Kosovo online) Kallas prepares for a visit to Belgrade and Pristina: How will she revive the stalled Dialogue? (Kosovo Online) EU on the blockade of RTS and RTV: We are closely following the political situation in Serbia (RTS) Students on bicycles reach Strasbourg to a warm welcome (N1, KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media: • Constitutive session of the Assembly interrupted (media) • Kurti: Lack of votes on mandate report, attack against Kosovo (media) • Krasniqi: Situation can change if PM and ministers resign (Koha) • Abdixhiku: Vetevendosje is delaying creation of institutions (Klan Kosova) • Antonio Costa to visit Kosovo as part of Western Balkans tour (Klan Kosova) • Osmani thanks Awama for Japan’s continuous support in many areas (media) • Prattipati meets Rafuna, discuss enhancing US-Kosovo economic ties (media) • Svecla: Another suspect of attack on KFOR arrested (media) • Jovanovic comments on passivisation of Albanian addresses in Serbia (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • PM-designate Djuro Macut presents program in Assembly today: Serbia tired of divisions and blockades, I call for dialogue (RTS) • Reactions of the opposition to the exposé of the representative in the Serbian parliament (NMagazin, N1) • Vucevic chairs last session of his cabinet, wishes success to Macut (Tanjug) • EU Council confirmed need for normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug) • Protest in Gracanica: ''Commission did not decide, they advised us to look for the competent'' (KiM radio, alternativna.com, medijacentar.info) • Serbian students cycling to Strasbourg to complete last stretch of their journey (N1) • Students block public broadcaster buildings in Belgrade, Novi Sad (N1) • Maja Gojkovic condemns blockade of RTV and RTS buildings (Tanjug) Opinion: • When elephants fight: What Trump’s trade war means for the Balkans (EWB) International Media: • “Trauma Has No Deadline”: Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence Demand Justice Without Timeframes (PI) • Who are the nominees for the members of the new Serbian Government? (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 15, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Kosovo Assembly to hold constitutive session today (media) Kallas announces visits to Kosovo and Serbia in second half of May (media) Osmani: April 14 not only a day of remembrance, it is a call for justice (media) Barduani: Security situation in Kosovo fragile (media) Germany regrets Kosovo's failure to meet its obligations (Koha) UK Embassy welcomes Sudan’s recognition of Kosovo (media) Ministry reacts to Serbia’s statement about recognition from Sudan (media) Gervalla meets Danish Foreign Minister (RTK) Deputy Minister leaves conference as Kosovo presented with footnote (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric: Belgrade engaging constructively in dialogue, Pristina taking unilateral moves (Tanjug) Kallas: I will visit Belgrade and Pristina in May, dialogue must be continued (Tanjug) Jevtic on reasons why Serbian List does not want to be part of Kurti’s government (Radio KIM) COM KFOR Barduani speaks in Brussels on security situation in Kosovo (media, social media) Vucevic meets with Patriarch Porfirije (media) Belgrade Cardinal Nemet: Serbia at crossroads (N1) International Media: Kosovo male wartime rape survivor breaks taboo with public testimony (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Kosovo needs a stable government (media) • Kallas: Tensions in Balkans on the rise, we must continue enlargement (media) • Gervalla meets Kallas: Support for Kosovo is support for united Europe (media) • Osmani: New recognitions, a pace that will not stop (media) • AARC calls on Govt to eliminate all tariffs on goods imported from U.S. (media) • Grenell says funds for the Specialist Court should be stopped (media) • Rasic on new govt, “Serbia’s blackmail against Kosovo Serbs” (Indeksonline) • First male survivor of sexual violence in Kosovo war speaks out (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Proposal for new government arrived, Assembly session tomorrow (RTS, TV Pink, Blic, media) • EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg – Western Balkans among topics (RTS) • The verification of MPs in Pristina, the SL to take over Serbian mandates (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Students from Belgrade and colleagues from Kosovo visited Gracanica; Protest in N.Mitrovica tomorrow (KiM radio, medijacentar.info) Opinion: • Serbia’s Student Plenums: A blueprint for renewing democracy (Balkan Insight) International Media: • War Crimes trial of former Kosovo President hits milestone as prosecution rests case (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 14, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Osmani: Sudan recognizes Kosovo (media) Osmani slams govt for refusing to lift tariff on U.S. products (Klan Kosova) Kallas: We share more than geography with the Western Balkans (media) Gervalla: Kosovo deserves clear support on road to EU and NATO (media) Kurti: Our obligation to strengthen army and defend Kosovo (Koha) Osmani meets new President of Indonesia (media) Kosovo marks day of survivors of sexual violence in conflict (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric met with Kallas: Pristina must fulfill its obligations and establish the CSM (Kosovo Online) Vucic: New Government around Easter or May Day holidays; Over 120,000 attended Saturday’s rally (Beta, N1) Serbia urges Sudan to reconsider recognition of Kosovo (KoSSev, Kosovo Online) Archive of Public Assemblies: About 55,000 people at the meeting "We will not give Serbia" (N1) “No Euro 2027 with Shkije”: Banner at Kosovo match triggers investigation (KoSSev) Turkey’s role in Sudan’s recognition of Kosovo (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: Osmani, at invitation of Erdogan, to participate at Antalya Forum (media) Osmani meets Erdogan, Turkiye key partner for peace, security and regional development (media) Kurti received today Ambassador of Belgium to Kosovo, Gregoire Cuvelier (Klan) Begaj receives `Dr Honoris Causa` title: Connection with Kosovo, unwavering (RTK) Syla representing Kosovo in group for military assistance to Ukraine (RTK) Joint border crossing point with North Macedonia opens tomorrow (Klan) PDK with final “block” to the vote for the assembly speaker from VV (Insajderi) New PDK and LDK MPs to register today in the Assembly (media) Kica Xhelili criticizes Kurti: The poorest citizens, with the highest electricity bills (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric to participate at the fourth Antalya Diplomatic Forum (Tanjug, Blic) Hearing in case of Gavrilo Milosavljevic postponed, witnesses did not appear (Kosovo Online) Stanic: Serbia is preparing arguments for talks with the US, proposal to abolish tariffs possible (Kosovo Online) Preparations for going to Vucic's rally in Belgrade (KiM radio) Price hike in Kosovo compared to last year (KoSSev) Central Belgrade closed down for weekend gatherings (N1) Police release Pescanik columnist Dejan Ilic (N1) Opinion: Serbia, the bitter EU (balcanicaucaso.org) International Media: Caught between Belgrade and Pristina, Kosovo’s Serbs face an uncertain future (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) Western Balkans peace threatened by new military alliances? (DW) China Raises Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125% (The New York Times)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti meets with Sobel, discuss Kosovo-United Kingdom relations (Klan) Kurti thanks Bulgaria for close cooperation in regional security (media) Begaj: Common future of Kosovo and Albania is in EU (media) Citaku: We have not received a letter from VV, co-government with them almost impossible (Klan) Abdixhiku demands from Rohde lifting of EU measures (RTK) Rasic: First option Kurti, then the opposition (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: We did not introduce countermeasures to US, we want solution (Newsmax Balkan) Church of Christ the Saviour in Pristina – continued calls for violation of religious rights of Serbian Orthodox Church (Radio kontakt plus, social media) Cyrillic sign removed at entrance to Mitrovica North from Zvecan (KoSSev, media) Nearly two years without Serbian newspapers in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) Jevtic received protesting residents, discussed employment and financial aid distribution issues (Kosovo Online) Trial of Gavrilo Milosavljevic continues, defence claims witness made contradicting statements (Euronews in Serbian) Vulin meets with Iranian deputy FM, thanks him over support on Kosovo issue (Tanjug, media) “Serbian patriots can count on Hungarian patriots”, Orban tells Vucic (Tanjug) International Media: Kosovo’s data privacy crisis: Systematic failure in the digital age (Balkan Insight)