UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 28, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti, Osmani congratulate Kosovo Security Force on “Day of the Force” (media)
Osmani inaugurates Kosovo’s embassy in Colombia (media)
Maqedonci: We are on right track with regards to NATO membership (media)
Kurti congratulates Von der Leyen on forming new Commission (media)
Kurti hosts lunch for Hovenier and staff on Thanksgiving Day (media)
Two of three arrested persons in Kosovo, members of Montenegrin Army (media)
Joseph: U.S., EU must change approach in dialogue if they want success (media)
Skopje will still enforce arrest warrants for ex-KLA members, minister says (RFE)
“Serbia carrying out ethnic cleansing with passivisation of addresses” (KTV)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic congratulates EC president on new five-year term (Tanjug)
Strpce Municipal Assembly declares “Stojko’s House” object of public interest (Radio KIM)
Minister confirms: Two of three arrested young men from Niksic are exemplary members of Montenegro’s Armed Forces (KoSSev)
The Bishopric of Budimlje and Niksic condemns arrest of three men, says it is an attempt to intimidate pilgrims (KoSSev)
Dacic meets Somali minister, thanks him for retraction of Kosovo recognition (Kosovo Online)
Kosovo celebrates armed forces day as children appear in uniforms with KLA emblems (KoSSev)
Former construction minister Vesic released (N1)

International:

Kosovo announces start to domestic drone and ammunition production (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

Museum of survivors of sexual violence during war opened in Pristina (media)
Kosovo initiates procedures to open ammunition factory (media)
Two hand grenades thrown at police station in Zvecan (media)
Zvecan Mayor condemns hand grenade attack at police station (media)
Maqedonci on hand grenade attack in Zvecan: Isolated terrorist act (Paparaci)
Ruge: Western Balkans is very much on NATO’s radar (media)
February 9th elections, Konjufca calls on Diaspora to register (media)
VV announces elections for candidates for MPs on February 9 elections (media)
Osmani: Thankful for Colombia’s steadfast support for Kosovo (media)
20 arrested, €120,000 seized in police operation against cybercrimes (RFE)
Kurti on 80th anniversary of National Library of Kosovo (media)
Albanians of the Valley called to place national flag in their houses (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Djuric: Grenell had a different approach to Kosovo; I expect readiness for cooperation from the new Trump administration (RTV, Kosovo Online, TV Happy)
Rasic: Construction of new police substations in the north unnecessary (KiM radio, KoSSev)
Two hand grenades thrown in the yard of Zvecan police station (KoSSev)
Remains found at the site in Suvo Do, sent for examination (KoSSev)
Serbian Parliament passes 2025 budget bill (Tanjug, N1)
Vucic met with top military officials (Tanjug, RTS, media)

Opinion:

Endless Abnormality (KoSSev)

International:

Despite being ‘homeless’, Kosovo ballet troupe keeps on dancing (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• New EC President expected to meet Balkan leaders next week (RFE)
• EU does not confirm Kosovo-Serbia meeting on December 17 (Klan)
• Ziadeh supports “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence ” campaign (Kosovapress)
• Former KLA leaders demand action to guarantee impartiality of Special Chamber trial panel (media)
• EU awaits agreement of parties to implement declaration on missing persons (RTK)
• Konjufca hosts Croatian Commissioner for Personal Data Protection (Blic)
• KFOR patrols the mountains of Zubin Potok (Blic)
• MFA requests clarification on arrest of two young Kosovars in Serbia (Sinjali)
• Kearns to Vucic: Denial, a deliberate and calculated attack on survivors (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Young men arrested in Decani given one-month detention (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, KiM radio)
• Filipovic: Excessive punishment for three young men (Kosovo Online, KoSSev)
• Condemnations from Montenegro due to the detention of three people from Niksic in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• The witness in the Trajkovic case told lawyer Vasic in the courtroom: ''If I knew you, I would have reported you, too'' (KoSSev)
• Serbian MIA arrested two people in Prokuplje last week, Kosovo MFA looking for official information (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani at Intl Conference on Elimination of Violence against Women (media)
• Konjufca: Violence against women isn’t fought only with institutions (Koha)
• Haxhiu: “Legal mechanisms against gender-based violence are now stronger” (EO)
• Kurti: Government drafting a new law for protection from discrimination (RTK)
• Osmani meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia (media)
• Next dialogue meeting to be held on December 17 (Koha)
• Ministry of Agriculture confirms it suspended three “problematic” grants (RTV21)
• Krasniqi concerned over arrest of KLA veterans in North Macedonia (media)
• Palokaj: EU prefers “approach of ambiguity” in dialogue (KTV)
• Two Kosovo Albanians believed to have been arrested by Serbia (media)
• Police arrest 2 persons, suspected of smuggling ammunition from Serbia (Koha)
• Kryeziu: Kurti’s wife lives in Oslo and Pristina, not in Belgrade (media)
• Passivisation of Albanian addresses to be sent to Strasbourg Court (RFE)

Serbian Language Media:

• Jevtic: If anyone breaks into our schools, we will protect them with our lives (KiM radio)
• Former US Asst Secretary of State: The issue of Kosovo will not be among Trump's priorities (Kosovo Online)
• The detention order of Vulin's associate in Kosovo, arrested for identity theft, lifted (KoSSev)
• Body of a young man from Banjska who died from injuries sustained in a traffic accident taken to Pristina for an autopsy by KP (KoSSev)
• Serbian List: Kurti's police abducted the body of a young man killed in a traffic accident (KiM radio)
• Fourlas: We will do our best to reschedule EU-Serbia SAPC to beginning of 2025 (N1)
• Vucic called for ruling coalition-opposition talks (FoNet, N1)
• Mbasogo: Serbia can always count on the support of Equatorial Guinea (Tanjug)

International:

• As high-drama trial’s end nears, Bosnian Serb leader plots next move (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• UNDP Public Pulse Analysis on Effects of Visa Liberalization on Migration (media)
• An art exhibit generating ‘epistemic friction’ (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 26, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani: Until every woman is free from violence, none of us are truly free (media)
Kurti: Every woman and girl deserve freedom and equality (media)
OSCE: We join global efforts to eliminate violence against women, girls (media)
Osmani: Kosovo one of the greatest successes in history (media)
Kosovo security, topic at Rutte-Erdogan meeting (Reporteri)
Kurti and Konjufca meet Gashi, discuss increase of cooperation (media)
KFOR, EULEX and Kosovo Police conclude Golden Sabre 2024 exercise (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

NSI condemned the detention of their director: In the prevailing atmosphere, she protected her personal safety by filming (KoSSev, Kosovo online)
Andric Rakic: Only one percent of Serbs from North Mitrovica support increased presence of Kosovo Police (Kosovo Online)
InTER: The international community should pay attention and prevent police repression in the north of Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev, Kontakt Plus radio)
Lawyer Filipovic: Young men arrested near Visoki Decani did not incite hatred, detention decision today (Kosovo Online, KiM radio, Kontakt Plus radio )
Think globally, act locally: Tribune of the Union of Women of the Serbian List in Gracanica (Kossev, Kosovo Online, KiM radio)
Elek: We cannot trust the authorities in Pristina (Kosovo Online, KiM radio)
Stojanovic Kostic: The Serbian List uses women for political purposes (KiM radio, KoSSev)
Arsenijevic on the meeting of the Serbian List: Isn't that violence against women? (KiM radio)
At the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, an exhibition on Serbian medieval monasteries on the World Heritage List (Beta, NMagazin, KoSSev)

International:

“Today and Every Other Day”: Kosovo Launches 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (PI)
Hungary's push for Serbia EU accession talks stalls (euronews.com)
Lawmakers brawl in Serbia parliament amid accusations over train station roof collapse that killed 15 people (cbsnews.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo Assembly to discuss Kurti’s governance on December 2 (Koha)
• Osmani travels to Colombia to inaugurate Kosovo embassy in Bogota (RTK)
• Kurti, Svecla in north to lay foundation of police substation (Reporteri)
• Osmani in Halifax: Kosovo one of greatest successes in history (RTK)
• Gervalla: India should reconsider its stance on Kosovo (Kallxo)
• Haxhiu: Domestic violence cannot be tolerated or kept silent (media)
• Prosecutorial Council and State Prosecution react to minister’s criticism (media)
• Person arrested for unauthorized filming of police, then released (media)
• Education Trade Union announces protest on December 4 (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic told BBC that Serbia leads an independent policy; its goal is EU membership (Beta, NMagazin, media)
• Lajcak: Next meeting of the chief negotiators in December (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic: Kurti continues the violent militarization and occupation of northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• In Zvecan, two cornerstones will be laid in two days - both for police substations: Bistrica and Izvore (KoSSev)
• The Zvecan mayor claims the Serbs are not submitting proposals for investments and refuse investments in the municipality (KoSSev)
• Pupin Initiative to Ambassador Hovenier on the apprehension of Jovana Radosavljevic (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• The US Embassy responded to the Pupin Initiative: We are in contact with the Pristina administration (Kosovo Online)
• Politico: Hungary trying to help Serbia open Cluster III (N1)
• Fighting breaks out in Serbian Parliament, security called in (N1)

Opinion:

• Juratovic: Kurti and Vucic ideal partners, the biggest victims are the Serbs in Kosovo (Nova, KoSSev, N1)
• The implications of Trump’s return to power for the EU, the Balkans (media)
• The Mitrovica bridge debate reveals organized hypocrisy (Kosovo 2.0)

International:

• Kosovo steps up fight against unprescribed, counterfeit Ozempic (BIRN)
• Voices of ‘The Game’ (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 25, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Ruge, Osmani talk about strengthening security and stability in Kosovo (media)
Kurti: Safety of people and security of Kosovo remain a key priority (media)
Kosovo and Canada launch Military Training Cooperation Program (media)
Osmani meets chair of NATO Military Committee Rob Bauer (media)
Osmani: Grateful for unwavering support of two houses of Congress (media)
Lajcak: Engaged in important discussions on dialogue and path forward (media)
Haziri: Too much to talk about Osmani’s return to LDK (Klan Kosova)
Elek: I expect the Serbian List will take part on February 9 elections (media)
“16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence” starts today (Kosovapress)
3 arrested at Decan Monastery – licence plates read “Kosovo is Serbia” (media)
Roth on passivisation of Albanians’ addresses in Serbia: Nothing but ethnic cleansing (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Serbian List: Continuation of police repression against Serbs, international factor to react (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, KiM radio)
NGO Executive briefly detained for alleged unauthorized recording at Bistrica checkpoint (KoSSev, N1, Kosovo Online, RTS, Blic)
Near the Visoki Decani monastery, three people arrested for the inscription "Kosovo is Serbia" (Kosovo online, KoSSev, Blic, RTS, media)
Petkovic: The police base near the Bistrica bridge an additional instrument for the oppression of Serbs (KiM radio)
Zaporozac questioned by police: "I was fined for a peaceful protest walk for the rights of Serbian Children" (Kosovo Online)
“UÇK” mark removed from Google Maps in North Mitrovica (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Vucic wants revenge, we need to be prepared (media)
• Sylejmani: Banjska was prepared; actions are not over (RTK)
• EU: Implementation of normalisation agreement requires concrete steps, not just statements (media)
• EU: Implementation of normalisation agreement requires concrete steps, not just statements (Reporteri)
• Bislimi in Poland speaks about Kosovo’s goals for EU, NATO and CoE membership (media)
• American Chamber of Commerce discusses Washington agreement (media)
• Kamberi: Serbia blocking Kosovo government’s help for Presevo Valley (media)
• Vulin: No one can stop the Serbian World, it has started (Gazeta Express)

Serbian Language Media:

• Robert Fico: Serbia is ready for the EU; it's just a matter of political will (RTS)
• Petkovic says Kurti promotes “Great Albania” which is a direct threat to peace in WB (Tanjug)
• KPA action: Workers remove inventory from Serbian Post Office in Mitrovica North (Kosovo Online, Blic)
• Milojevic: We have lease agreements, KAP raided Post Office without any notice (Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM: House of Dragica Gasic, the only Serb woman returnee in Djakovica stoned again (Kosovo Online, media)
• “UÇK” label on Google maps appears near Church of St. Dimitrije and Kukavica hill monument (KoSSev)
• Stop Serbia silent protest for 15 victims of Novi Sad tragedy (N1)

International:

• Osmani: Preserving alliances and constitutional values key to Kosovo future (PI)
• Women for Women: Kosovo MPs commit to combating gender-based violence (PI)
• Slovakia’s Fico backs Serbia over Kosovo, pledges to increase KFOR troops (Euractive)
• Serbia steps closer to the EU, but will its reforms go far enough? (Balkan Insight)
• Western Balkans biodiversity threatened by development, mismanagement (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Western Balkan countries face growing toxic-waste crises (Video) (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 22, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kosovo Police denies “unfounded claims” by Serbian ministry and media (media)
Lajcak: Grateful for France’s strong support to the dialogue process (media)
Derguti: Osmani’s group in Guxo in talks to return to LDK (Telegrafi)
Kurti meets USAID Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia (media)
Kurti: We commit to creating a brighter future for children of Kosovo (media)
EU: Serbia to explain passivisation of addresses of Albanians (media)
Albania reacts to passivisation of Albanian addresses in Serbia (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Serbian MoD says Kosovo police officers crossed administrative line, Vucic expects US reaction (KoSSev, media)
KFOR: Situation on administrative line is calm (KoSSev)
Radosavljevic: Serbian community in Kosovo is most disintegrated since 2013 (Kosovo Online, media)
Serbian Democracy suspends cooperation with OSCE Mission (KoSSev)
Gracanica Municipality: Despite request for postponement, KPA put on sale 24 land plots (media)
Jevtic: We will fight for “Stojko’s House” (Radio KIM, KoSSev)
Vucevic meets with Fico (Tanjug)

International Media:

Albanians in Serbia slam top court for approving ‘Address passivisation’ (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani: For the first time in history, doors were opened to Kosovo at NATO Summit (media)
• PDK and AAK boycott again Osmani's annual address to the Assembly (media)
• Orav and Hovenier in the Assembly to hear Osmani's address (media)
• Kasanof: Our policy towards Balkans does not change with administrations (media)
• Gervalla meets Hovenier, focus on close partnership (media)
• Economic Chambers of Kosovo and Qatar sign a Cooperation Agreement (media)
• Bislimi travels to Poland (media)
• Milanovic: KFOR's mission is to impose peace on those who think differently (media)
• EU: We are aware of the concerns of Albanians in Serbia (Reporteri)
• Lutfiu: Serbia threatens farmers, tries to cancel subsidy from Kosovo (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets Fico: Steps to boost cooperation and connect our economies to be discussed (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic and Fico in Moscow in May? (Danas)
• Milicevic: Security risks always elevated during elections in the north (Kosovo Online)
• Mijacic: A political agreement needed on voting venues in north (Kosovo Online)
• Andjelkovic: “By settling Albanians in north, Kurti changes ethnic structure in order to expel Serbs” (Kosovo Online)
• Hill: It is of great importance that Serbia supported Ukraine (Kosovo Online, Beta, Danas)
• Eleven arrested over railway station roof collapse in Novi Sad (N1)
• BFMI presents report on state of media freedom in the Balkans (N1)

International:

• In southeast Kosovo, stabbings spread fear in a multi-ethnic neighbourhood (Balkan Insight)