UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 31, 2023

By OSPI-f  24 hours ago

• Kurti: Self-management will not be self-government (TV Klan)
• Osmani: Integrated Kosovo, stability for the region (media)
• Hovenier: Part of agreement has already started to be implemented (Reporteri)
• Vela: Serbia is violating the Brussels agreement (Reporteri)
• US ambassador to Serbia pushes for Ohrid Agreement (Albanian Daily News)
• Spain welcomes Kosovo-Serbia agreement; “don’t miss opportunity” (Telegrafi)
• Krasniqi: This is not about Association at all, but about autonomy (KTV)
• Haradinaj: Ohrid agreement paves way to Kosovo’s NATO membership (media)
• Time for Kosovo to Show Its Full Potential (The Geopolitics)
• Kosovo Albanians skeptical about Hague trial of liberation fighters (BIRN)
• Hate speech and disinformation fuel digital rights abuses in Balkans (BIRN)
• BIRN, NGOs, win court battle against ministry on power plant construction (BIRN)
• Over 65% Serbs don’t believe Kosovo can return under Serbian rule (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 30, 2023

By OSPI-hh  2 days ago

Kurti: Agreement is de facto recognition, that’s why Serbia is not signing (media) 
EU doesn’t talk about Kurti’s offer for Association, mentions consequences in case of non-implementation of agreement (Koha) 
Osmani calls on non-recognising countries to recognise Kosovo (media) 
Government: Term “forcibly disappeared persons” will be part of Kosovo-Serbia Declaration (Koha) 
Elections in north, KFOR: No indicators of security threats (Gazeta Express) 
Kurti: Government made concrete steps for gender equality (EO) 
Rafuna: We will meet the Serbian Chamber of Commerce tomorrow (Klan)
Bashkim Nurboja takes post of Central Bank temporarily (Kallxo) 
Rakic meets UNMIK chief, calls for formation of Association (media) 
 

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 29, 2023

By OSPI-f  3 days ago

Kosovo-Serbia dialogue to continue next week at level of chief negotiators (RFE) Kurti: There cannot be a super minority in Kosovo (media) Kosovo gets assurances from U.S. that there will be no association that threatens sovereignty (Koha Ditore) Police stations in north to be used as premises for election officers (Dukagjini) Wigemark meets Viehe, discuss […]

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 28, 2023

By OSPI-f  4 days ago

• Government’s two approaches on footnote, for EU it remains in power (Koha)
• Haxhiu: Constitutional Court slammed reforms in judiciary (Telegrafi)
• Haliti: Due to violations of Constitution, two Presidents resigned (media)
• Daka: Elections in the north can happen; legitimacy under question (Koha)
• Two years of Kurti’s government: How is it going? (Kosovo 2.0)
• “Non-majority communities, crucial role in Kosovo integration path” (media)
• Begaj: Albania will not accept a Republika Srpska in Kosovo (Zeri)
• Witness claims Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ tortured his father (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 27, 2023

By OSPI-f  5 days ago

• Quint statement on local elections scheduled for April 23 (media)
• Kurti: Agreement with Serbia is de facto mutual recognition (Koha/Klan)
• PDK: As opposition, we will commit to protection of constitutionality (RTK)
• AAK: Drafting of anti-constitutional laws becoming a norm (Koha)
• Prosecution gives details about fire at Institute of Forensic Medicine (media)
• Kurti: Serbian forces destroyed bodies in an attempt to destroy the truth (Koha)
• LDK: The government is punishing the municipalities of Kosovo (RTK)
• Trajkovic talks about life threats she is receiving (Koha)
• Albanians in Kosovo protest EU proposal to establish Union of Serb Municipalities (Anadolu Agency)
• Right-Wing Serbian parties protest agreement with Kosovo on anniversary of NATO bombing campaign (RFE)
• Athens assures Belgrade it will not recognize Kosovo (Anadolu Agency)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 24, 2023

By OSPI-f  1 week ago

• Borrell: Any attempt to question the agreement is futile (media)
• U.S. expects agreement to pave way to recognition by 5 EU members (Koha)
• Kosovo will implement measures agreed on with Serbia, PM says (Reuters)
• If Association with executive powers becomes mandatory, Kosovo faces new elections, Assembly Speaker says (Prishtina Insight)
• Kurti: SL decision not to take part in elections, sign of Belgrade control (media)
• Von Cramon calls on Serbian List to take part in elections (RFE)
• Vela: Serbia is violating the agreement, sanctions should follow (Albanian Post)
• Hill: Talks for a Kurti-Vucic meeting to explain several things (media)
• U.S. Ambassador to EU meets Kosovo Ambassador to Brussels (media)
• Osmani: NATO membership, one of main objectives (Albanian Daily News)
• Kosovo and Serbia must keep their promise on missing persons (BIRN)
• In Serbia, cooperation with Kosovo scientists can bring threats of violence (BIRN)
• Hovenier: Kosovo remains a champion of Religious Freedom (media)
• Kosovo dervishes welcome spring with centuries-old mystical practices (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 22, 2023

By OSPI-f  1 week ago

• EU Envoy says agreement reached by leaders of Kosovo, Serbia is turning point on road to normalisation (Radio Free Europe)
• Kurti: Vucic declined generous offer of self-management for K-Serbs (media)
• Starovic reacts to Kurti’s offer for self-management for K-Serbs (media)
• Vela reacts to Vucic saying Serbia won’t agree to Kosovo UN membership (media)
• NATO chief on Ohrid agreement: Parties to fully implement it (Klan Kosova)
• Kurti: We’ll address shortcomings identified in State Department report (media)
• State Department report: Domestic violence still a problem in Kosovo (BIRN)
• Szunyog meets Krasniqi, discuss opposition’s support for agreement (media)
• Lajcak, ICRC President discuss missing persons cases in Balkans (Express)
• Hasani: South Tyrol can be a model for the Association in Kosovo (T7)
• Kurti meets generals Hoppe and Hammerstein (media)
• COMKFOR Ristuccia meets Mojsilovic in Belgrade (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 21, 2023

By OSPI-f  2 weeks ago

• Borrell: Ohrid Agreement creates new status-quo in dialogue, Association is an urgent matter (media)
• Kurti: We have enough votes for membership in the Council of Europe (TeVe1)
• Murati: Kosovo wasn’t allowed at donors’ conference without a footnote (media)
• State Department: Government corruption and gender-based violence, among key problems in Kosovo (media)
• Guerot: There will be consequences if agreements are not respected (media)
• Hovenier thanks Osmani for sharing experiences and thoughts (RTK)
• Haradinaj: Three objectives must be achieved in first phase of implementation of agreement (TeVe1)
• Serbia, Kosovo ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ on EU-backed deal unpacked (euractiv)
• Serbia and Kosovo Weren’t Desperate Enough for an Ohrid Breakthrough (BIRN)
• UAE welcomes Serbia-Kosovo agreement on plan to normalise relations (wam.ae)
• Analysts on Ohrid meeting: It did not bring what was expected, there is no agreement without compromise (eoronews.al)
• Prosecution Case in Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas’ Trial ‘Could Take Six Years’ (BIRN)
• Serbian List: We won’t take part in elections without Association (gazeta10)
• Suspect for Arson Attack on Kosovo Journalist’s House Detained (BIRN)
• Francophonie Week Starts in Peja (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 20, 2023

By OSPI-f  2 weeks ago

• United States welcomes accord between Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• State Department urges Kosovo and Serbia to immediately implement their agreement (The Pavlovic Today)
• EU publishes Implementation Annex of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (media)
• Osmani: Accommodative approach towards Serbia should change (media)
• NATO: Kosovo and Serbia to implement what they agreed on (RTK)
• Hovenier on talks in Ohrid: An important agreement has been reached (media)
• Germany congratulates Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• UNMIK chief Ziadeh welcomes progress made in Ohrid (media)
• Ohrid Agreement, Slovak Foreign Minister promises support (RTK)
• Turkey welcomes Ohrid agreement between Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• Kosovo and Serbia agree to EU plan to normalise relations (Financial Times)
• Despite ‘Difficult’ Talks, Kosovo And Serbia Reach Agreement On Normalizing Ties (RFE)
• Krasniqi: Kurti accepted everything he had promised not to accept (media)
• PSD to protest on Saturday, demands Kurti’s resignation (media)
• Smoke and mirrors make confusion, not peace (peacefare.net)
• Petritsch: Implementation leads to normalisation and recognition (RFE)
• “Kurti couldn’t refuse!” Analyst: He grew politically with the Association (euronews.al)
• Vucic: Serbia ready to work on implementation up to its red lines (Tanjug)
• Opposition criticizes Vucic after Ohrid talks: Citizens are deceived (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 17, 2023

By OSPI-hh  2 weeks ago

Borrell: Western Balkans can celebrate ‘big step’ if Kosovo and Serbia agree on document (RFE)
Osmani to meet Escobar today (media)
Gjini: We support signing of agreement; it includes recognition (Klan Kosova)
Krasniqi: There will be no agreement on Saturday in Ohrid (media)
Haziri: The agreement does not deserve the LDK’s support (Indeksonline)
Vucic: I don’t plan to sign anything in meeting with Kurti (RFE)
Escobar will take part in Ohrid meeting (RFE)
“Failure to reach agreement increases risk of unrest in north of Kosovo” (VoA)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 31, 2023

By OPSI-su  17 hours ago

Albanian Language Media:

• Another three vehicles of Serbs with RKS plates burnt in the north (media)
• Vela: Serbia’s illegal structures continue campaign of intimidation (media)
• Szunyog: We condemn the act, those responsible should be identified (media)
• Von Cramon: Both Kosovo and Serbia guilty for lack of progress in dialogue (Klan)
• KFOR ready to deal with any scenario during the elections in the north (Express)
• Haradinaj: The Brussels agreement reflects the return of normality in the north (media)
• PDK invites citizens to join the “March for Justice” (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brnabic: Kurti’s senseless statement that the Open Balkans is not according to EU rules (Kosovo Online)
• Odalovic: The indictment against Thaci mentions 445 imprisoned, tortured and killed persons (NMagazin, RTS, Beta)
• Petkovic: “Kurti cannot forbid Vucic from visiting Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, he is not asked anything” (NMagazin, Beta)
• Bregu thanks Serbian gov’t for supporting RCC (Tanjug)
• Pisonero: Serbia’s EU accession depends on judiciary, relations with Pristina (N1, EWB)
• Kurti on Klan Kosovo: I won’t give Vucic permission to come to Kosovo (KoSSev)
• “KM remains“: Deadline for (re)registration expires today? Queues in front of AMSS (KoSSev)
• Last night, three more vehicles with RKS license plates burned in the north (KoSSev)
• Stano: The agreement on plates has no deadline or expiration date (N1)
• The Milic family in Plemetina robbed (KiM radio, Medija Centar Caglavica)

International:

• Fake News ‘Virus’ Needs ‘Vaccine’, BIRN Media Conference Concludes (BIRN)
• Kosovo: War Crimes Trial to Begin in The Hague (hrw.org)
• Witnesses Claim Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ Tortured Their Relatives (Balkan Insight)
• Report Warns of Challenges in Western Balkans’ Energy Transition (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 30, 2023

By OPSI-su  2 days ago

Albanian Language Media:

• Konjufca at Summit for Democracy: Kosovo has made extraordinary progress (media)
• Vela on reports that Constitutional Court “will bring down” Osmani: attempted coup against institutions (Klan)
• KSF will have a military airport (media)
• Two vehicles with RKS license plates burned in Zubin Potok (media)
• Vela reacts to vehicles of Kosovo Serbs set on fire in Zubin Potok (RTK)
• Haradinaj after meeting Szunyog: Parties should fulfill obligations arising from Ohrid agreement (Klan)
• GLPS with a report on achievements and setbacks in second year of Kurti government (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• ”If the Constitutional Court accepts the request of the former MP Berisha, it may lead to the dismissal of the President of Kosovo” (NMagazin, Beta)
• Hopes and fears of families regarding the Declaration on Missing Persons in Kosovo (RFE)
• Dveri: Serbs in the north left to themselves, they are re-registering their cars massively (NMagazin, Beta)
• Pantovic: Every Serb accused of a war crime in Kosovo accused in advance (KoSSev)
• Serbian Chamber of Commerce chief says EU needs stable Western Balkans (N1)
• Petkovic: Pristina has no intention of allowing the CSM (ZSO), it wants to deceive Brussels again (Blic, Tanjug)

International:

• Kosovo Guerrilla Chiefs’ Landmark Trial: What are the Charges? (Balkan Insight)
• Four Western Balkan countries launched “100% Alignment with CFSP” platform (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 29, 2023

By OPSI-su  3 days ago

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: We need accurate and swift implementation of the agreement (Koha)
• Dialogue continues: Bislimi, Lajcak and Petkovic to meet in Brussels on April 4 (RTK)
• Osmani: Democracy is more than a mere system of governance (media)
• OSCE: SL decision regrettable, communities should take part in elections (Express)
• Elections in north, fear of tensions and low turnout (Lajmi)
• Konjufca meets Torres; discuss close cooperation between Kosovo and U.S. (media)
• Arifi: Agreement avoided legitimate requests of Albanians from the Valley (Indeksonline)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic: In Brussels on concrete steps to implement the agreement from Ohrid (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo online)
• Skopje: Meeting of Chambers of Commerce of Serbia and Kosovo on removing obstacles in economic cooperation (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Rakic met UNMIK head: Necessary to form the CSM ( ZSO) as soon as possible, withdraw special units from the north and stop political arrests (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• The former police officer arrested at Jarinje released from custody (RTS)
• Former Serb Kosovo police officer arrested at Jarinje checkpoint (N1, KoSSev, FoNet, Kosovo Online)
• Hill in Presevo: It was not easy for Albin Kurti or Aleksandar Vucic, but I feel progress (FoNet, Danas)
• Does the Serbian List violate the Agreement on Normalization if it does not participate in the Kosovo elections and are new barricades possible? (Danas)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 28, 2023

By OPSI-su  4 days ago

Albanian Language Media:

• Konjufca meets Escobar; “no association that threatens Kosovo’s sovereignty” (media)
• Kosovo-Serbia dialogue to continue next week at level of chief negotiators (RFE)
• Kurti: EU and U.S. to apply more pressure on Belgrade (media)
• LDK leader calls for resignation of Justice Minister (media)
• Osmani and Kurti: Serbia committed genocide in Kosovo (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: The main negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina next week in Brussels (Blic, RFE, Kosovo Online, N1)
• Greek President Sakellaropoulou on two-day visit to Serbia, stance on Kosovo remains unchanged (Tanjug, RTS)
• Petkovic: Pristina stages political process against Todosijevic (Kosovo Online)
• Stano: The EU institutions with Belgrade and Pristina starting to implement the Ohrid agreement (Beta, NMagazin, N1, KiM radio)
• Dacic, Botsan-Kharchenko discuss situation in region, bilateral ties (Tanjug)
• Djilas: Topic of Kosovo UN membership depends on Russia, China (Beta, N1)
• House of Zikica Stevic in Laplje Selo broken into (RTS)
• Serbia committed to its European path, Vucic tells Giaufret (media)

International:

• EU history offers a model for Kosovo-Serbia reconciliation (Euractive)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Serbian climbers rescued by Albanian military (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 27, 2023

By OPSI-mu  5 days ago

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 27, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Leaders pledge to bring justice for war crimes in Kosovo (RFE)
• Kurti: Serbia must face its criminal past in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• Van der Bellen: Ohrid agreement, cornerstone in process of normalising relations (media)
• CEC certifies candidates for elections in the north (Reporteri)
• EU regrets that Serbian List didn’t use right to take part in elections (RFE)
• Abazovic: European proposal, a good solution (Reporteri)
• Molliqaj: What is Kosovo gaining from the Ohrid agreement? (Nacionale)
• Constitutional Court judges will not undergo vetting (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brnabic: We will never forget NATO aggression (Tanjug)
• Serbian President, Patriarch say keeping peace important (N1)
• Greece remains on its stance not to recognize Kosovo, supports agreements from Brussels and Ohrid (Tanjug)
• Jeremic: Referendum only way to prevent treason of Kosovo (BETA, Danas, KoSSev)
• Trajkovic: ”The price for CSM (ZSO) is an independent Kosovo” (Slobodno Srpski, NMagazin, Beta, Danas)
• Vucevic: Serbia must stay at negotiating table in Kosovo talks (Tanjug)
• Slavic family house broken into in Lepina, near Liplljan (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: Serbia, Hungary to set up strategic council (TV Pink, Tanjug)
• Hill: The issue of the Albanian minority in Serbia is exclusively the issue of the state of Serbia (Beta, NMagazin, N1)
• President of the EKF: The Kosovo karate delegation received instructions from the government not to participate in the European Championship (KoSSev, insidethegames)

Opinion:

• Janjic: No more buying time in Kosovo; The time of SL has passed; Serious political cleansing ahead (N1, KoSSev)

International:

• Wider Europe Briefing: The Obstacles Still Remaining To A Serbia-Kosovo Deal; EU Steps Up Military Aid To Georgia, Moldova (RFE)
• Kosovo prevented from competing under flag at EKF Senior Championships in Spain (insidethegames.biz)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 24, 2023

By OPSI-mu  1 week ago

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 24, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• European Council welcomes agreement on path to normalisation (media)
• Gervalla: We don’t have agreement, Serbia refused to sign (Nacionale/Diario de Noticias)
• American Chamber of Commerce welcomes Kosovo-Serbia agreement (Klan Kosova)
• Osmani: NATO prevented extermination of people of Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• U.S.: NATO’s use of force was both necessary and legitimate (media)
• Kurti to visit Tirana on March 26, will meet Rama and Nikolla (media)
• Krasniqi: Increase of energy tariffs, latest blow against Kosovo families (media)
• PDK spokesperson: We’ll get visa liberalisation as Kurti yielded on Association (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 24th anniversary of NATO bombing commemorated (N1, media)
• Serbian List: We do not take part in elections because of institutional violence against Serbs (RTS, media)
• Brigadier General Giampiero Romano: We do not forget past, but we can go forward (Tanjug)
• Ambassador Hill offers condolence to families of those killed in war and NATO bombing (KoSSev, social media)
• Gasic met Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug)
• Four Serbian opposition parties send letter to EU officials and non-recognizers on European plan (Radio KIM)
• Vucic met Dendias (Tanjug)
• Bishop Grigorije: Great Problems Require Great Men to Solve Them (KoSSev)
• Members of opposition parties block traffic in front of Serbian Government (BETA)
• Grenell: No one signed “agreement” (media, social media)
• Chollet thanks Vucic for constructive engagement in Ohrid (Tanjug)
• Jovanovic: Authorities avoid discussion on Kosovo, that is why there is no assembly session (KoSSev)

International:

• Kurti demands condemnation of Serbian List by EU, after their boycott of local elections (BIRN)
• In pictures: 24 years from NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia (Prishtina Insight)
• As NATO Bombed Yugoslavia, Fear Gripped Serbs in Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 22, 2023

By OPSI-su  1 week ago

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: The EU must ensure that the agreed agreements are implemented (media)
• Osmani: Borrelli cannot agree on behalf of Vucic (media)
• Kurti lists “obstacles” in his two-year mandate as prime minister (Koha)
• Abdixiku: Letters of U.S. presidents talked about a final agreement with recognition (media)
• Ziv: Israel and Kosovo committed to opening new chapters of cooperation (RTK)
• Government allocates around €300 thousand for Ukrainian and Afghan journalists in Kosovo (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Simic: ZSO and withdrawal of special police preconditions for Serbs’ return to institutions (N1, FoNet, Politika)
• Vucic: KFOR acted professionally during crisis in Kosovo (N1, media)
• Vucevic: Impression is that Serbia was more constructive partner in Ohrid (Tanjug)
• Sekulic: I am afraid of the unfolding of an extra-institutional nature, elections are also very possible (N1)
• Students opposing the European agreement announced participation in the blockades of institutions (KoSSev, Danas, Beta)
• Hill: Signing the agreement is not very important, implementation is the real issue (NMagazin, FoNet, N1)
• Andric Rakic: If Pristina remains consistent – from April 1, Serbs with KM licence plates will not be able to drive in Kosovo and use crossings (Danas)
• The first test of the Ohrid agreement is the Serbian List participation in the elections on April 23 (Danas, FoNet)
• Dacic meets with OSCE’s Schmidt in Vienna (Tanjug)
• Kurti: The degree of self-management will not be the same as the CSM (ZSO) (RTS)

Humanitarian/Development:

• How did Crossplag go global? The success story of a Kosovar start-up (BIRN)
• Every village in Kosovo now connected to high-speed broadband internet, with World Bank support (worldbank.org)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 21, 2023

By OPSI-mu  2 weeks ago

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 21, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• UN hails agreement between Serbia and Kosovo (media)
• Kurti: I expect international factors to reprimand Serbia (media)
• Musliu: For PDK, the agreement is unacceptable (Kallxo)
• Krasniqi: State Department report shows failure of Kurti’s government (media)
• Rexhepi on Association: Doesn’t have to do with minority rights (KTV)
• “Bad ending”; Selimi, Ischinger and Maliqi predict failure of Ohrid agreement (Express)
• Mustafa: Kosovo didn’t win anything; deal helped avoid instability in the north (media)
• What is self-management? (Albanian Post)
• Serwer: Ohrid agreement did not have any major content (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Legally binding for Serbia when it signs or verbally agrees (KiM radio, N1, FoNet)
• Todic on expropriation, international organisations’ responses (Kosovo-Online)
• Belgrade and Pristina complicate life for Serbs from the North of Kosovo with moves around vehicle plates: Is a new crisis approaching? (Danas)
• Vucic: Italy a sincere friend, has never put Serbia under grave pressure (Tanjug)
• Tajani: Balkans has strategic significance (Tanjug, media)
• Dacic: Serbia has set aside 1.5 mln euros more in aid to Syria, Turkey (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Power Has Corrupted Vetëvendosje’s ‘Operating Map’ (BIRN)

International:

• After Agreement, Kosovo and Serbia Argue Over Implementation (Balkan Insight)
• 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (state.gov.)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 20, 2023

By OPSI-su  2 weeks ago

Albanian Language Media:

• Escobar: Implementation of normalisation agreement must start immediately (RFE)
• Hovenier: Kurti to work with us on implementation of Association (Koha)
• Kurti: EU to find mechanism to make agreement legally & internationally binding (media)
• Kurti to report about Ohrid agreement to Assembly on Thursday (media)
• Ischinger: Implementation will require constant supervision, and nudging (media)
• PDK calls for dismissal of Minister Rozeta Hajdari (Telegrafi)
• Tahiri reacts to Osmani: Easiest to criticise internationals when you fail (EO)

Serbian Language Media:

• Civil society: Work to build trust so that political agreements take root and benefit society (Kontakt plus radio)
• Dacic: Serbia managed to protect its national interests in Ohrid (Kosovo Online)
• Jeremic on consequences of European proposal on Kosovo (N1)
• Metropolitan Joanikije: Agreement is unacceptable if it means that Kosovo is treated as an independent state (KoSSev)
• Gathering against EU plan on Kosovo took place on Friday in Belgrade (N1, media)
• SNS top official criticises opposition gathering over Kosovo issue (BETA, TV Pink)
• Opposition calls for new protest against European proposal (Radio KIM)
• Drecun: Progress made in Ohrid, ‘traps’ of EU proposal avoided (Tanjug, TV Pink)
• Montgomery: Vucic deserves full support in fighting against pressure (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Three Serbian houses in Kosovo burglarized (Radio KIM)

Opinion:

• Serbia and Kosovo Weren’t Desperate Enough for an Ohrid Breakthrough (BIRN)
• Nenezic on the annex to the European agreement: A lot of bureaucracy about a little bit big obligations (KoSSev)
• Lazarevic: These negotiations distance Serbia from Kosovo (N1, KoSSev)
• Hoxha: For the USA more important not to waste time then the signature; inevitable formation of the CSM (ZSO) or whatever it’s called (KoSSev, Nova S, News Max Adria)
• Ognjen Gogic: Lower probability of the formation of the CSM (ZSO) after the Ohrid meeting (Danas)
• In the north, “confused” after Ohrid, they don’t know anything about plates, institutions… (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 17, 2023

By OPSI-mu  2 weeks ago

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 17, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• EU: The meeting in Ohrid will focus on finalising the Annex to the Agreement (media)
• Escobar optimistic about Ohrid: USA, the biggest supporter of Kosovo in the world (media)
• PM Kurti meets U.S. Envoy Gabriel Escobar (Klan)
• Osmani: Any tendency of Serbia to hinder agreement through conditionality damages dialogue (media)
• Konjufca meets with Escobar: Kosovo is constructive, unlike Serbia as an undermining party (media)
• March 22, deadline for applications for certification of political entities for elections in the north (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 19 years since March violence, organisers not held responsible yet (N1, KoSSev, media)
• Activities to commemorate anniversary of March violence in Kosovo (KoSSev, media)
• Serbian officials on March violence (media, social media)
• US Ambassador Hill on March violence (Kosovo Online, Kurir)
• Vucic: We have still not received draft paper on what EU wants (Tanjug)
• KSF member suspected of wounding Serb youth in Gotovusa sent to house arrest (KoSSev)
• Reactions to send KSF member suspected of wounding Serb youth in Gotovusa to house arrest (Radio KIM, media)
• Vucic thanks Cuba for supporting Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug)
• Obradovic: Vucic never said he is against Kosovo membership in UNESCO, Interpol (BETA)
• Vucic: We will preserve integral Serbia as written in Constitution (BETA, N1)

Humanitarian/Development:

• KoSSev director wins award for a story about life in Cernica, award money to be donated to a family in Koretiste (KoSSev, media)