Albanian Language Media: Kurti received teams of election observation missions from European Union and CoE Parliamentary Assembly (media) Konjufca meets CoE Parliamentary Assembly delegation (media) Specialist Chambers confirm that former KLA leaders will be allowed to vote in February 9 elections (media) Kusari: IMC Chairman Jeton Mehmeti expected to be illegally dismissed today (Reporteri) ECSP rejects LVV's complaint against Aleksandar Arsenijevic (Kallxo) French MFA: Kosovo government's unilateral actions jeopardize prospects for lifting measures (media) World Bank approves over $89 million for two new projects Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: Petkovic meets with representatives of Serbs from Kosovo (Tanjug) Serbian List meets chief of EU Election Observation Mission (Kosovo Online) Jablanovic meets chief of EU Observation Mission (Radio KIM) Serbian People’s Movement starts election campaign (Alternativna.com, media) Commissariat calls on displaced persons from Kosovo to vote on February 9 elections (Danas, RTS, media) CEC does not have information in Serbian language on its portal about accreditation procedure of journalists and observers (Radio KIM) Vucic, Chinese Ambassador discuss bilateral cooperation (Tanjug) China MFA: Unilateral actions not conducive to resolving problems (Kosovo Online) Northern Kosovo: Top destination for morning shopping (Alternativna.com, social media) Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch calls for peace (N1) “You won’t run us over”: Protests over hit-and-run of student (N1)

Albanian Language Media: Internationals want “constructive dialogue” on illegal Serbian structures (Koha) Osmani meets with EU Election Observation Mission team (media) Radoniqi briefed EU observers on election preparations (RTK) Kosovo’s Economic Bank Opens Branch in Leposaviq (media) Serwer: Washington said very little when Vucic's people attacked NATO peacekeepers in the north (eo) Krasniqi meets with U.S. diplomat, talks about deepening Kosovo-US cooperation (eo) Feride Rushiti and Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for Torture Survivors Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (media) Serbian Language Media: Jevtic meets UK Ambassador, says Kosovo police actions bypass law (Kosovo Online) Garic: Western reactions to closure of Serbian institutions in Kosovo insufficiently convincing (Radio KIM, Tanjug) Complaint of Self-determination against Aleksandar Arsenijevic rejected (Alternativna.com) Three Montenegrin men arrested in Decani in November last year released (KoSSev) Shahini: Negative impact of EU punitive measures, economic losses exceed one billion euros (Kosovo Online) EU in Serbia reacts to student being hit by car during protest (N1) Dacic: Repeat offender suspected in student hit-and-run (N1) International Media: Anniversary of Kosovo Serb politician’s murder marked by grief and frustration (Balkan Insight) Serbian driver faces attempted murder charges for ramming protester (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani meets EU election observation mission (media) • UNMIK Chief reiterates calls for dialogue and sustainable solutions following yesterday’s Police action (media) • ECAP issues fines to LDK and Vetevendosje for violating code of conduct (media) • EU election observation mission in Kosovo starts work on Jan 18 (Express) • Ivanovic’s son on 7th anniversary of killing: Disappointed but I have hope (Koha) • Serwer says Kosovo-Serbia relations could deteriorate (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Head of UNMIK: We are concerned about the closure of institutions financed by Serbia (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTS, media) • Petkovic: The Serbs who lost their jobs in Kosovo will not be left without salaries and affiliation (RTS, Beta, NMagazin, N1) • Seven years without Oliver Ivanovic: A legacy remembered, justice awaited (KoSSev) • Serbian List today filed an appeal against the CEC's decision on electoral commissions (Blic, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio, media) • Defense of Milosavljevic: The whole procedure consists of unreliable witnesses, matrix for the trial of Serbs (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: The deepest respect for Donald Trump, your contribution to peace deserves every praise (Tanjug, media) • Dragan Šutanovac the new ambassador of Serbia to the USA (Tanjug, RTS, media) Opinion: • Things in the Balkans can get worse (peacefare.net) International Media: • Kosovo leaders honour US diplomat who exposed brutal village massacre (BIRN) • Witness-tampering charges could prove costly for Kosovo’s Thaci (BIRN) • Energy security: political party pledges (Kosovo 2.0) • Husband and three others indicted over femicide in Prishtina (PI) • Albania greenlights Jared Kushner plan to develop island as luxury resort (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 16, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Reactions to closure of Serbian-funded offices in Kosovo (media) Krasniqi: Serbia’s parallel criminal institutions in Kosovo are now closed (media) Basic Prosecution in Pristina says it didn’t authorize the controls (media) Haxhiu: Scandalous statement by the Basic Prosecution in Pristina (media) Hoti blames Petkovic for failure of missing persons commission meeting (media) Maqedonci: Kosovo will be safer with helicopters flying above its skies (media) PSD’s Nushi stopped at Kosovo-North Macedonia border, then released (media) Serbian Language Media: Kosovo’s closure of Serbian institutions: Escalating tensions and impact (KoSSev) Vucic: Pristina's terror evident, Kosovo Serbs will not be left without income (Tanjug, media) Petkovic: Latest closure of Serbian institutions shows Kurti wants no dialogue (media) Serbian List: Employees will receive salaries, and their existence will not be threatened (KiM radio, Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever) Arsenijevic: Kurti would not have been able to do so if SL had fought with us; Self-Determination filed a complaint against S. Democracy (KoSSev) Prosecutor's Office in Gnjilane: We did not receive an official request from the police for today's action (Kosovo Online) The Pristina Prosecutor's Office did not approve the search of Serbian institutions (alternativna.com) Ministry of Culture of Serbia on opening of museum in Pristina dedicated to victims of sexual violence (Kosovo Online, RTS, Tanjug) Five Serbs from the Kosovo Morava region denied accusations of war crimes (RTS) Filipovic: The proceedings against Milos Pleskovic are staged (KiM radio)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 16, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Reactions to closure of Serbian-funded offices in Kosovo (media) Krasniqi: Serbia’s parallel criminal institutions in Kosovo are now closed (media) Basic Prosecution in Pristina says it didn’t authorize the controls (media) Haxhiu: Scandalous statement by the Basic Prosecution in Pristina (media) Hoti blames Petkovic for failure of missing persons commission meeting (media) Maqedonci: Kosovo will be safer with helicopters flying above its skies (media) PSD’s Nushi stopped at Kosovo-North Macedonia border, then released (media) Serbian Language Media: Kosovo’s closure of Serbian institutions: Escalating tensions and impact (KoSSev) Vucic: Pristina's terror evident, Kosovo Serbs will not be left without income (Tanjug, media) Petkovic: Latest closure of Serbian institutions shows Kurti wants no dialogue (media) Serbian List: Employees will receive salaries, and their existence will not be threatened (KiM radio, Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever) Arsenijevic: Kurti would not have been able to do so if SL had fought with us; Self-Determination filed a complaint against S. Democracy (KoSSev) Prosecutor's Office in Gnjilane: We did not receive an official request from the police for today's action (Kosovo Online) The Pristina Prosecutor's Office did not approve the search of Serbian institutions (alternativna.com) Ministry of Culture of Serbia on opening of museum in Pristina dedicated to victims of sexual violence (Kosovo Online, RTS, Tanjug) Five Serbs from the Kosovo Morava region denied accusations of war crimes (RTS) Filipovic: The proceedings against Milos Pleskovic are staged (KiM radio)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo shuts down Serbian-funded municipalities and institutions (media) • British Minister encourages Kosovo, Serbia for constructive dialogue (RTK) • EU Office: Justice and accountability for crimes in Recak remain delayed (media) • Osmani and Kurti pay homage together in Recak (Zeri) • OSCE Mission in Kosovo remembers Racak massacre (Express) • US Embassy in Kosovo commemorates Recak massacre (RTK) • Rohde: What happened in Recak is a fact (RTK) • Albanian President on Recak massacre: It changed Kosovo’s history (media) • Maqedonci meets congressman Hamadeh, discusses global security challenges (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic left the Brussels talks due to the intrusion of the KP into Serbian institutions (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Vucevic: Kurti turned the pre-election campaign into a continuation of violence against the Serbian people (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Djuric and Petkovic on the KP incursion into Serbian institutions; the international community to react: "The time for action is now, silence is complicity" (Blic, media) • KP without a search warrant raided post office and municipal buildings (Kosovo Online) • The KP detained the presidents of the temporary authorities of the municipalities of Vucitrn and Lipljan (Blic, Kosovo Online) • KP raided all municipal and Post Office buildings in the Serbian system south of the Ibar River (media) • President of the PA Pristina in Gracanica: A great shame, we will not surrender (KiM radio) • Director of the Serbian Post in Kosovo: We will manage, we will live (KiM radio) • Director of the Center for Social Work in Gracanica: Families using the Center for Social Work’s services are at risk (Kosovo Online) • Barduani: Banjska and the Sabotage on the Ibar-Lepenac canal are separate incidents, each requiring an independent investigation (KoSSev) International Media: • Kosovo factory offers hope to disabled people struggling for work (BIRN) • CEFTA and path to EU accession: challenges and new directions (Osservatorio balcani) • Serbia in 2025: Potential for new protest momentum (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti and Osmani meet Ambassador William Walker (media) Maqedonci and Kasanof discuss KSF deployments with US troops in international missions (media) US gives green light to KSF for helicopter purchase (teve1) Kosovo with a series of demands on the issue of missing persons (RTK) KFOR: We are patrolling with Kosovo Police to protect critical infrastructure in the north (media) Haxhiu sends comments on Law on Bureau to Constitutional Court (media) Hargreaves meets Haradinaj, discuss Kosovo's Path to Euro-Atlantic Institutions (media) Defense requests of three defendants in the ‘Banjska’ case rejected (media) AJK reacts to suspension of Vehbi Kajtazi’s Facebook account (media) Serbian Language Media: Seven years since the murder of Oliver Ivanovic (KoSSev) Serbian List: CEC has decided against us again, we will appeal again (Kosovo Online, RTS, Tanjug, media) Serbian Democracy: We didn't get new seats in the electoral commissions, a new complaint follows (Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev) Rasic: Protests should offer more than whistles and jeers (KoSSev) Arsenijevic: Rasic refused our request to return the Serbian flag to the Leposavic municipality building; Minister: I am not competent (Kontakt plus radio, FB) Can an advisory referendum replace the president of Serbia? (N1, NMagazin, Beta) Vucevic in a visit to Serbian Armed Forces troops in Ground Safety Zone (Tanjug) Kos: I think Serbia will soon be able to open Cluster 3 (Tanjug, media) Hill: The formation of the CSM is a key issue, the US will advocate for its establishment (Kosovo Online, Kurir) International Media: Kosovo ruling party’s boycott of TV electoral debates draws criticism (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Kos: We expect movement in Kosovo after elections (media) Kallas to choose Sorensen as envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE) Maqedonci meets Buland, discuss furthering cooperation (media) Barduani: KFOR will maintain its permanent presence on Iber Bridge until political solution is reached (media) CoE Parliamentary delegation to visit Kosovo to assess election campaign (media) YIHR to open Children of War Museum in Pristina on January 22 (Klan) EULEX Strengthens with Reserve Formed Police Unit to support stability (media) Kadiu: Kosovo was equal party at dialogue table during this mandate (media) Symbolic action against Serbian discrimination by Albanians in the Valley (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic requested an advisory referendum on his dismissal (Beta, N1, media) Vucic meets with Botsan-Kharchenko, requests start of consultations on NIS (Tanjug, media) Lavrov: Russia requested urgent consultations with Serbia over sanctions on NIS (N1) Hill: I am satisfied with the level of development in the relations between Serbia and Ukraine (Kosovo Online, Blic TV) Ignoring Special Prosecutor's Office summons by Kurti: Is law in Kosovo equal for everyone? (Kosovo Online) Simic: Serbian List's appeal approved; CEC meeting expected today to form new polling committees (Kosovo Online) Removal of waste from house used by socially vulnerable families started (Radio KIM) “Long barrels” barred from entering two restaurants in Leposavic (Alternativna.com) Opinion: Rakocevic: Not even the Orthodox New Year without incidents; people got used to fear in Kosovo (N1, nova.rs) Serbs in Kosovo: One week until Trump and one month until the elections (KoSSev) International Media: Grieving parents seek justice for Serbian media coverage of school shooting (Balkan Insight) Switzerland and Serbia both offer to host Putin-Trump meeting (euronews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 14, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Rutte: Kosovo elections should not lead to destabilization (media) Hoti: Brussels meeting, important for implementation of agreement (RTK) US Embassy: We expect political parties and democratic institutions to live up to their strong democratic traditions (media) Maqedonci in U.S confirms commitment to further cooperation in defense (media) Kurti congratulates Croatian president on re-election (RTK) KFOR German and Latvian soldiers patrol in north of Kosovo (media) inspectorate: We’ll investigate circumstances of two arrests in north (media) Serbian Language Media: Hill: Vucic's idea for Serbia to host Trump-Putin meeting to be considered in Washington (Tanjug) Peskov: Too early to talk about meeting point of Putin and Trump, many countries want to be platform (Tanjug, RTV) Rutte: We are in contact with Pristina and Belgrade so elections in Kosovo do not lead to destabilization (Tanjug) KPI launches investigation into allegations of police misconduct during two arrests in northern Kosovo (KoSSev) V.Đ. arrested in Socanica released from detention (KoSSev, media) Lawyer Filipovic: Gross violation of right to defence in case of Milos Pleskovic (media) Lawyer: Young man M.R. sent to one month detention due to alleged threats to Kurti (Kosovo Online) ECAP accepted complaint of Serbian List on composition of polling committees (Alternativna.com, media) Serbian Democracy says ECAP accepted their complaint on composition of polling committees (media) Serbians welcome New Year according to Julian calendar (N1) International Media: Time is running short for new US sanctions in Balkans to work (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • CEC announces online registration of voters with special needs (media) • Different expectations from the February 9 elections (media) • Kurti: We increased participation of women in state administration (media) • “Djuric interferes in Kosovo elections, calls on Serbs to vote Serbian List” (media) • Lajcak: This week’s focus on meeting of Missing Persons commission (media) • Maqedonci and Jashari in US, meetings also at State Department (RTK) • Osmani congratulates Milanovic on reelection as Croatian President (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian FM says talks started with US on NIS (RTS, N1, Kosovo Online) • UNS: Constitutional Court removed Cyrillic inscription from its name, thus violated Constitution (Radio KIM, media) • Serbian Democracy, Serbian People’s Movement filed appeal against composition of polling committees (Alternativna.com, media) • Former members of Brezovica Ski Center Management Board request annulment of selection, claim new board is ‘illegal, biased and political’ (KoSSev, media) • Poland's MFA: Opportunities for Kosovo progress in the EU are limited (Kosovo Online) • "Greater Albania" flag flown at Self-Determination rally in Mitrovica South (Kosovo Online, media) • Protest in front of Constitutional Court in Belgrade (N1) Opinion: • The EU keeps on improvising with Kosovo (Koha) • Election campaign in Kosovo - Serbian parties fighting for votes, but also with imposed procedures (RTS) International Media: • Elections 2025: The election campaign begins (Kosovo 2.0) • Trump’s annexation remarks risk reigniting Balkan border disputes (intellinews.com)