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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 13
• Kurti promises agreement with Mustafa before constitutive assembly session (Koha)
• Kurti: LDK seeks President’s post, but they don’t say who is the candidate (RTK)
• Kosnett: The U.S. never supported border change (Kallxo)
• UK’s ambassador meets LDK leaders (media)
• Selimi: Lajcak, serious candidate for EU envoy in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media)
• “Serbian List not an obstacle to formation of new Kosovo government” (media)
• Palokaj: EU has failed in the dialogue led by Mogherini (Koha)
• Constitutional Court suspends law on salaries (media)
• Montenegro court confirms sentence for war crimes in Kosovo (Zeri)
• Kosovo opens its embassy in Oslo, Norway (RTK)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 12
• Kurti and Mustafa meet, fail to reach agreement (media)
• Thaci calls Assembly’s constitutive session on 24 December (media)
• Haxhiu: If LDK insists on President’s post, Kosovo will head for new elections (KP)
• Osmani: I believe on positive moves for coalition in the following days (RTK)
• Thaci to Vucic: Seeking compromise without recogntion, a provocation (RTK)
• Kosovo declares Nobel laureate Handke ‘persona non grata’ (media)
• Butel: Kosovo has not fulfilled all criteria for visa liberalisation (RTK)
• Rakic: We have not given up forming association of Serb municipalities (Koha/Zeri)
• Bamieh: EULEX sent all war crimes cases with Serb suspects to Serbia (RTK/Bota Sot)
• Albania lobbies for Kosovo joining Adriatic Charter (Koha Ditore)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 11
• Thaci says Assembly session will be called as required by law (Bota Sot)
• Veseli: Delays in forming new institutions not positive for Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• Hoti: Agreement to be reached in following days, no reason for failure (media)
• In Berlin, Osmani meets U.S. special envoy Grenell (media)
• Delays in formation of Assembly cannot set in motion Constitutional Court (Koha)
• Thaci: Internationals’ silence enabled Vucic to deny the massacre (media)
• Pacolli: EU to demand Serbia hand over war criminals (media)
• Borell: An agreement in Pristina – Belgrade dialogue, my priority (RTK)
• Svecla on meeting with Djuric: It was a working meeting (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 10
• LDK and LVV optimistic on reaching coalition agreement within this week (media)
• LVV denies having agreed to endorse LDK candidate for president of Kosovo (Zeri)
• Kusari-Lila: Lack of coalition agreement, disappointment for citizens (Klan Kosova)
• Rugova: LVV-LDK agreement to include president’s post (Epoka e Re)
• UK, Swiss embassies condemn statements of Serbian officials (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo commemorates victims of genocide, EU rewards Serbia (media)
• PDK leader Veseli to be interviewed today in The Hague (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 9
• Kurti: If there is no agreement with LDK, we will go to new elections (RTK)
• VV: Either government with LDK or we go to new elections (Koha)
• Murati: Drop the conditions, let us start working (Klan Kosova)
• Haradinaj: New elections not the right move (Zeri)
• UNMIK chief expresses concern over attempts to distort painful events (media)
• U.S. Embassy reacts to Vucic’s statements on Recak (media)
• LVV’s Svecla slammed for sitting next to Djuric in Tirana conference (media)
• Visa liberalisation for Kosovo not on the agenda (Koha)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 7
• Kurti reaches out to Mustafa in an effort to form new government (Telegrafi)
• Thaci accuses EU of double standards (media)
• Kurti reacts to Vucic’s denial of Recak massacre (Koha)
• Kosovo MFA condemns Serbia’s ‘inhumane’ approach to war crimes (media)
• EU: No place for negating events in Recak (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 6
• Haziri: LVV-LDK agreement, a matter of days (Telegrafi/Klan)
• LVV and LDK indicate renewed talks following mutual accusations (Koha)
• Nagavci: LVV gave proposals and stands committed to an agreement (media)
• Bahtiri: New elections rather than giving up Interior Ministry (Epoka)
• Haradinaj: I am not in contact with LVV and LDK, AAK is in opposition (RTK)
• Heldt meets Mustafa, discusses coalition negotiations (media)
• Thaci: Serbian genocidal policies must be denounced (media)
• Haradinaj: Vucic’s hatred for Albanians shown in his Recak remarks (media)
• Citaku: Vucic’s denial of Recak massacre, utter madness (Zeri/Bota Sot)
• Law on salaries ends up at Constitutional Court (Zeri)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 5
• Increasing international calls for creation of new government (Zeri)
• Sources: Thaci to convene Assembly’s constitutive session on the 19th (Telegrafi)
• “If no coalition with LVV is reached, LDK will go to opposition” (RTK/Telegrafi)
• Thaci travels to Berlin to speak about dialogue with Serbia (media)
• “Grenell to arrange meeting between Thaci and Kurti in Berlin” (Klan Kosova)
• “Normalisation of Kosovo – Serbia relations means mutual recognition” (RTK)
• Thaci: NATO in Kosovo doing an excellent job (media)
• Appathurai: NATO hopes for agreement between Kosovo and Serbia (Koha)
• Borrell: I cannot visit Kosovo as government is not formed yet (media)
• Varhelyi: I welcome “Mini-Schengen” but I have a condition (RTK)
• Mogherini gets new post at UN (Kallxo)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 4
• Kosovo risks sliding into another political crisis (Koha Ditore)
• Kurti’s interview to Heinrich Boll Stiftung (Zeri)
• Kurti and Mustafa expected to meet today (Klan Kosova/KP)
• Konjufca: LDK conditioned coalition deal with president’s post (T7/Telegrafi)
• Abdixhiku: If they are serious, we are here, all 28 MPs (Klan Kosova)
• Haradinaj: New government should not lift 100% tariff (RTK)
• New EU commissioner calls for swift formation of new government (Koha)
• Danielsson: Kosovo-Serbia agreement as soon as possible (Express/Zeri)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 3
• Kurti and Mustafa fail to finalise coalition agreement yesterday (media)
• Kosnett: U.S. has never actively pushed for major border changes (Koha Ditore)
• Kosovo President to attend Friends of Europe summit in Brussels (media)
• Serwer: Vucic not to interfere in Ivanovic’s murder process (VOA/Telegrafi)
• Djuric reacts to indictment in Oliver Ivanovic case (Express)
• “Indictment in Ivanovic case aimed to shift attention from special court” (RTK)
• Pacolli meets Quint countries’ ambassadors (media)
• Kosovo leaves Serbia’s energy regulatory system, joins that of Albania (media)
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UNMIM Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 13, 2019
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 13, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: We are working day and night to reach coalition with LDK (Klan Kosova/Kallxo)
• U.S. Ambassador Philip Kosnett’s interview with Jeta Xharra
• Kosovo can enter a blockade if LVV refuses to propose a name for Assembly Speaker (Express)
Serbian Language Media:
• ”No one has the right to tell a family to stop hoping their member will be found” (RTV KiM)
• Where did Kosovo get from thousands of pages of documents about war crimes? (FRE, Radio KIM)
• Ombudsman launches investigation into excessive use of force against villagers protesting the construction of MHE in Strpce (KoSSev)
• Rakic: Fake indictments against Serbs published in Albanian media (TV Most)
International:
• Opening new Chapter with Serbia was mostly a message of good will to the region (EWB)
• If Kosovo, Albania & Macedonia are considered for EU membership, why not independent Scotland & Catalonia? – Puigdemont (Russia Today)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Kosnett: ‘I eat this air with a fork like everybody else’ (Prishtina Insight)
• 99 underage mothers during 2019 (Klan)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 12, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: There can be no border changes of Kosovo (DW)
• Kurti: No meeting with Mustafa today (media)
• LDK’s Avdyli optimistic a coalition agreement with LVV will be reached (Telegrafi)
• EU: Corruption remains a serious challenge in Kosovo (Kosovapress)
Serbian Language Media:
• Brammertz: Balkans deny crimes and glorifies criminals (RTS)
• “It would be great if Serbia wanted to join NATO” (Tanjug, Blic, B92)
• Djuric: Initiators of conflict and biggest criminals in Kosovo present themselves as Albanian leaders in Kosovo (Danas)
• Serbian List: ”Albanian politicians to stop hating Serbs” (RTV Pulse, Vecernje Novosti, Radio Mitrovica North)
• Silvana Arsovic discharged from hospital (RTS)
Opinion:
• Baton Haxhiu: It appears the U.S. Embassy has received pledge of future PM (Klan)
International:
• Hopes Rise in Kosovo for Deal on New Government (Balkan Insight)
• Nine EU Members release a new proposal for the reform of enlargement process (European Western Balkans)
• Kosovo declares Peter Handke ‘persona non grata’ (Deutsche Welle)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Kosovo Doctor’s Exhibition Documents Wartime Refugees’ Journey (Balkan Insight)
• International Mountain Day: We did not protect nature (KoSSev)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 11, 2019
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 11, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• No Kurti-Mustafa agreement, LVV leader to meet trade unions today (Express)
• “Kurti expected to meet Mustafa following return from Germany” (Telegrafi)
• Online poll: Majority of respondents optimistic of an LVV-LDK agreement (Telegrafi)
• Zyberaj: We’ll prosecute all Serbian officials responsible for crimes (media)
• Kosovo’s power plants, among the biggest polluters in Europe (RFE)
• Haxhiu: If LDK insists on President’s post, Kosovo will go for new elections (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic: We are ready for talks about compromise on Kosovo issue (RTS)
• Moscow will agree with UN SC discussion of division of Kosovo, if Serbia wants (N1)
• Borrell tells EU members to focus on Western Balkans (Beta, N1)
• Vucic congratulates Handke (RTS)
• Serbian List MPs verified their mandates in Kosovo Assembly (FoNet, Radio kontakt plus, RTK2)
• Djuric: Panicked fear of former KLA commanders (TV Most)
• Manitasevic ceased hunger strike due to health reasons (Radio KIM, Novosti)
• Marko Rosic’s parents confirmed that neither they nor his lawyer have received the indictment (Danas, TV Most)
• The Swede who returned Nobel Prize she allegedly received, hadn’t received it at all? (B92, Sputnik)
Opinion:
• Europe must lead on the climate crisis. The European Green Deal shows how (The Guardian)
International:
• Four Balkan States Boycott Nobel Ceremony to Protest Handke (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo President Says ‘Future Is Not Built By Denying Crimes,’ Urges Serbia To Accept Blame (RFE)
• Russia Throws Wrench Into Efforts to Renew Serbia-Kosovo Talks (Bloomberg)
Humanitarian/Development:
• KCSS: Women excluded from security sector, inclusion remains a challenge (EO)
• Kosovo’s Jews in Race to Preserve Heritage (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 10, 2019
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 10, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Thaci: Internationals’ silence enabled Vucic to deny the massacre (media)
• Veseli’s interview at Specialist Chambers ends after three hours (media)
• Abazi: Agreement between LVV and LDK by week’s end (Klan Kosova)
• Apostolova: The people need new institutions (Lajmi)
• Jashari: Law on salaries must be suspended (RTK)
• CDHRF: Internationals have experimented with mortal remains (RTK)
• A week after Kurti-Mustafa meeting, no decision on President’s post (G Express)
• U.S. with a request for the new government (Klan)
Serbian Language Media:
• Media in Pristina publish indictment for murder of Oliver Ivanovic (N1, KoSSev)
• Djuric: Indictments in case of Ivanovic’s murder, continuation of hunt against Serbia (RTS, Prva TV)
• Marko Rosic transferred to North Mitrovica detention facility (KoSSev)
• Zyberaj: We will forward 10,000 pages of evidence of Serbia’s crimes to the Prosecutor’s Office (KoSSev)
• Ombudsman: Attacks on Roma woman result of incited hatred on social media and media portals (KoSSev)
• Ricardo Gutierrez: Most killed and missing journalists in Kosovo (Free Serbian, Radio Mitrovica North, KIM radio)
• Aleksandar Spiric’s lawsuit against the KoSSev editor dismissed (KoSSev)
• “Anti – Handke hysteria”: How did we end up with Christiane Amanpour’s comments? (B92, Tanjug, N1)
• Argentina will not change its stance on Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
Opinion:
• The Children of ISIS Don’t Belong in Cages, Either (The New York Times)
International:
• Oliver Ivanovic Murder: Indictment Names Kosovo Serb ‘Crime Gang’ (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Haradinaj: Our responsibility to build the state on values of tolerance (media)
• “RAE community, especially women, experience violence on a daily basis” (EO)
• Campaigners demand EU action against Western Balkan heavy polluters (Reuters)
• Ex-Yugoslav States Failing on Gender Justice, Report Says (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 09, 2019
Albanian Language Media: German Ambassador symbolically calls for formation of new government (Kallxo) “Formation of Assembly not dependant on LVV – LDK agreement” (RFE) YIHR Kosovo and YIHR Serbia condemn Vucic’s denial rhetoric (media) No decision on President’s post a week after Kurti-Mustafa meeting (G Express) Veseli leaves for The Hague: Proud to have been […]
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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 06, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Hoti: LDK remains committed to the creation of stable institutions (RTK)
• Haxhiu: Assembly Speaker belongs to the winning political party (RTK)
• Kosnett: Kosovo and Serbia must return to table of talks (RTK)
• Source: Visa liberalisation for Kosovo not in this year’s agenda (G. Express)
• Analysts, if there is no LVV-LDK agreement, a transitory government is required (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
• Serbian List reacts to statements of Pristina officials (RTS)
• Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije on Todosijevic’s verdict (KoSSev, Raska-Prizren Eparchy)
• Belgrade – Pristina dialogue a topic of the Berlin conference (Kosovo Online, RTK)
• Vucic spoke with Merkel: Revocation of tariffs, then dialogue (Tanjug, Radio KIM)
• Director of the Ibar HE Gazivode: Pristina’s move would not jeopardize the power supply of Serbs in the north (Vecernje Novosti)
• Vuletic: Solution to the issue of Kosovo through compromise (Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Silvana Arsovic: I am not responsible, I have suffered enough (Vecernje Novosti, Blic)
• Vlajic: Indictment in Ivanovic’s case result of public pressure and legal deadlines (KoSSev)
International:
• Serbia Exploring Possibility of Purchasing Russian MC – 21 (Sputnik)
• Kosovo Court Jails Ex-Serb Minister for Ethnic Hatred (AP/NYT)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Green Politics for the Western Balkans? (Balkan Insight)
• Life in a Kosovo village in the 1970s (Prishtina Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 5, 2019
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 05, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Meta meets Kurti, Mustafa, calls for quick creation of government (Klan/KP)
• Kusari-Lila: I don’t think any party in Kosovo wants fresh elections (Telegrafi)
• Former minister sentenced to prison for remarks on Recak massacre (media)
• Poll: 59% of respondents prefer import tax on Serbia remaining in force (RTK/Telegrafi)
Serbian Language Media:
• Dacic: Pristina to revoke tariffs and return to dialogue (Tanjug, TV Most)
• “If it was up to Putin back in 1999, we would never have been bombed” (Tanjug, B92)
• Vlajic: Former Kosovo Minister of Local Self-Government and Administration Ivan Todosijevic sentenced to two years in prison (KoSSev)
• Vucic: I am saying too “Racak” was fabricated, will they convict us all? (Tanjug, B92)
• Rakic: If verdict is confirmed, Serbian List will urge Serbs to leave Kosovo institutions (TV Most)
• Fake news about death of Silvana Arsovic (Radio KIM)
• Milena Ivanovic on indictment in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (RTV Puls, Blic)
International:
Serbia to Stop Buying Weapons, President Says (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Tries Serb Ex-Fighter for Deadly Wartime Attack (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
Justice demanded for missing and murdered journalists in Kosovo (media)
Organizations of persons with disabilities lack support of local authorities (Radio kontakt plus)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 4, 2019
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 04, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• LDK: We are committed to reach coalition agreement with LVV (media)
• Weber: Parties to form new government, visa liberalisation decision soon (media)
• Meta: Kosovo gave all of us strength (Lajmi/Kallxo)
• LVV: Discussions continue, no date for the new meeting (Zeri)
• Kosnett meets with minority community leaders in Kosovo (RTK)
• Apostolova: Form new government as soon as possible (Kosova Online)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic and Putin in Sochi: “I’m not optimistic when it comes to compromise on Kosovo” (Tanjug, B92)
• Ambassador Kosnett’s Interview with Kossev (KoSSev, US Embassy)
• Russian media: Two scandals in Serbia cast a shadow over Vucic’s visit to Russia (BETA, Tanjug, B92)
• Kosovo Specialist Chambers mandate will continue until proceedings are concluded (KoSSev)
• Conference on missing and murdered journalists in Kosovo organized in Gracanica (Radio KIM)
• Jevtic: Serbian List will not be an obstacle for formation of institutions (Kosovo-online)
• Nikola Manitasevic on hunger strike for ten days (Danas, Radio KIM)
• Secretary of Oliver Ivanovic admitted to hospital last night (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev)
• Trial of Zoran Djokic begins in Pristina today (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online)
• Entry gate of Saint Nikola Church in Gnjilane broken (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online)
• Lawyer Vlajic: I expect acquittal in case of Ivan Todosijevic (Kosovo-online)
International:
• Post of President Holding up Kosovo Government Formation (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo Bemused by Long Wait for Hague War Court Trials (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Brain Drain: Will the Last Doctor in Kosovo Turn Out the Lights? (Balkan Insight)
• Visoki Decani Monastery delivered first shipment of humanitarian and financial aid to Albania (KoSSev, Raska-Prizren Eparchy)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 3, 2019
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 03, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• President Thaci at summit on Western Balkans in Brussels (Indeksonline)
• U.S. Ambassador Kosnett’s Interview with Koha Ditore
• Kosovo signs trade agreement with UK (media)
• LDK’s Veliu speaks about coalition agreement with LVV (Gazeta Express)
Serbian Language Media:
• France could stop EU integration of Serbia? (Sputnik, B92)
• Lawyer Vlajic: Prosecutor paraphrased indictment; we do not know what evidence are (RTS)
• CI SDP: Silvana Arsovic neither knows, nor ever met other accused persons (Radio KIM)
• Aleksandar Ivanovic: We are interested in concrete evidence and political background (VoA, Radio KIM)
• First Serbian Medical Congress on consequences of bombing held in Mitrovica North (KoSSev, Radio kontakt plus)
• Djuric reacts to transmission system operators’ agreement (B92)
• French ambassador says Paris EU expansion proposal could benefit Serbia (N1, BETA)
Opinion:
• ‘Mini Schengen’: A Balkan Breakthrough or Political Stunt? (Balkan Insight)
• War Memorials in Kosovo Don’t Tell the Whole Story (Balkan Insight)
International:
• Kosovo Indicts Six for Serb Politician Ivanovic’s Murder (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo signs deal on joining Albania’s power grid (Reuters)
Humanitarian/Development:
• PISA results paint dispiriting picture (Prishtina Insight)
• OSCE Mission presents report and documentary film on returns (media)
• Education centres for Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian communities face closure (Radio KIM)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 02, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Borell’s spokesman: Kosovo among his top priorities (RTK/Tanjug)
• President Thaci travels to Brussels, to attend Friends of Europe summit (media)
• Veseli’s interview by specialist chambers postponed to December 10 (media)
• Prosecution indicts six persons for Oliver Ivanovic’s murder (Telegrafi)
• Arrest warrant issued for Zvonko Veselinovic (RTK)
• Haradinaj expects good news for visa liberalisation before Christmas (media)
• Special Prosecution responds to Kurti’s criticism of its performance (Kallxo)
• Kurti does not consider agreement with Mustafa a done deal (Express)
Serbian Language Media:
• An indictment has been filed for the murder of Oliver Ivanovic against six persons (KoSSev)
• Kosovo prosecution filing the same indictments against Serbs that UNMIK closed (Vecernje novosti, Kontakt plus radio)
• Pristina issues international warrant for arrest of Kosovo Serb (N1, Kosovo online)
• Rama thanks Vucic and other leaders for assistance they sent to Albania (N1, Srna)
• Embassy: US policy towards Serbia has never changed (N1, Beta, Politika)
International:
• Germany’s AKK warns of Russian, Chinese influence in Balkans (DW)
Humanitarian/Development:
• United Nations Climate Change Conference (B92, Beta, AP)
• Air quality unhealthy but improving as December arrives (Prishtina Insight)
• Belgrade association calls for help to people of Albania (N1)
• Book of Sorrows: Kosovo War Rape Survivors Tell Their Stories (Balkan Insight)
• Cadez calls on Serbian companies to help Albania after earthquake (Beta, Kontakt plus radio)
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