UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 14

By OSPI-rq  34 mins ago

• COVID-19: 193 new cases, eight deaths (media)
• PM Hoti: We have allocated €365 mil from economic recovery fund (media)
• Prishtina Mayor: €365 mil for economic recovery? Not even close (media)
• MPs to discuss bills on COVID-19 and economic recovery on Friday (media)
• Leaders from Kosovo and Serbia to meet in Washington (media)
• Hoti about Washington meeting: We will discuss economic projects (media)
• EU: High-level meeting between Kosovo and Serbia in early September (Lajmi)
• Kosovo FM: U.S. should broker Kosovo-Serbia final deal (media)
• PDK MP: AAK too small to have the post of Kosovo President (media)
• Numan Balic arrested on suspicion of sexual harassment (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 13

By OSPI-rq  1 day ago

• COVID-19: 205 new cases, 11 deaths (media)
• Ramush Haradinaj announces candidacy for Kosovo president (media)
• Mustafa: President post not a topic at this point (media)
• PDK’s Krasniqi: Haradinaj’s candidacy for president, unethical (media)
• Haziri: We haven’t discussed President post with our partners (RFE)
• NISMA’s Shala: Issue of president not on the table at this time (Klan)
• Kurti: Kosovo is becoming Bergamo of the Balkans (media)
• Mustafa: PDK to withdraw draft law on KLA values (media)
• OSCE calls for provisions of draft law on KLA to be reconsidered (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 12

By OSPI-f  2 days ago

• COVID-19 report: 171 new cases, 13 deaths (media)
• Haradinaj to Hoti: You have degraded the dialogue (media)
• Tahiri: Ramush Haradinaj should be new President of Kosovo (T7)
• Haliti: PDK must join Hoti-led government (media)
• Gashi: PDK will not sign Vetevendosje’s no-confidence motion (media)
• Konjufca: Good governance will be restored soon (Gazeta Express)
• Vetevendosje: This government must be dismissed ASAP (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 11

By OSPI-f  3 days ago

• COVID – 19 report: 183 new cases, 14 deaths (media)
• Private institutions approved for coronavirus testing (Prishtina Insight)
• Health Minister indicates new measures against COVID – 19 (media)
• Kurti warns of human catastrophe in letter to foreign diplomats (media)
• Abrashi blames Vetevendosje for situation with pandemic (media)
• NISMA wants PDK to join Hoti-led government (media)
• Reshitaj: Haradinaj is against technical dialogue with Serbia (Klan Kosova)
• Klinaku: Embassies opposed all KLA laws (media)
• Berisha: KLA law does not threaten freedom of speech (Klan Kosova)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 10

By OSPI-rq  4 days ago

• COVID-19 report: 188 new cases, 12 deaths (media)
• Hoti: Reopening of schools depends on epidemiological situation (media)
• KFOR: Serbian Armed Forces’ presence, part of synchronised patrol (media)
• Kosovo FM: Serbian gendarmerie patrol in Kosovo, unauthorised (media)
• Veliu: KFOR and KP to begin joint patrolling along border with Serbia (media)
• LVV: Interference of Serbian gendarmerie, unacceptable (media)
• PDK: Presence of Serbian forces in Karaceva, open threat to Kosovo (media)
• KLA associations call on PM Hoti to halt dialogue with Serbia (media)
• Bosnia’s Izetbegovic doubts Serbia will recognise Kosovo (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 8

By OSPI-rq  6 days ago

• COVID-19 report: 181 new cases, three deaths (media)
• Draft law on COVID-19 pandemic passes first reading (media)
• Ministry of Health licenses private labs for COVID-19 tests (media)
• Hoti reacts to reports of Serbian police patrolling in Kamenica village (media)
• KLA veterans: We did not fight to see Serbian police in Kosovo territory (media)
• Jakupi: KFOR said patrolling was part of joint exercise (Telegrafi)
• KLA values draft law not passed for lack of quorum (Kallxo)
• EU: Draft law on KLA values detrimental to freedom of expression (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 7

By OSPI-rq  1 week ago

• COVID-19 report: 196 new cases, 16 deaths (media)
• Osmani: 300 victims, result of 20-year negligence of health sector (media)
• Hyseni: Agreement with Serbia to be reached in a year’s time (Klan Kosova)
• Hoti: Opposition cannot bring down government (T7/Telegrafi)
• PDK says LVV’s no-confidence motion ‘political show’ (media)
• AAK, NISMA will not support no-confidence motion (media)
• Kosnett: In effort to honour KLA, do not undermine its freedom legacy (Koha)
• Germany, Switzerland against law on KLA values (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 6

By OSPI-rq  1 week ago

• COVID-19 report: 218 new cases, 15 deaths (media)
• Thaci: The more careful we are, the faster we will return to normality (media)
• Kosovo begins negotiations to obtain COVID-19 vaccine (RFE)
• Zemaj backtracks over drug pricing regulation (Prishtina Insight)
• Vetevendosje MP: Situation with COVID-19 graver than reported (KTV)
• Serbia plans to open a COVID-19 testing facility in Kosovo’s north (media)
• Palmer: We are focused to support EU in Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (media)
• Dialogue with Serbia shaking the foundation of Kosovo government (Koha)
• Ismaili: Joining the government, not an option for PDK (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 5

By OSPI-rq  1 week ago

• COVID-19 report: 225 new cases, 13 deaths (media)
• Hyseni: I received great support from Grenell (media)
• Haradinaj: There is no dialogue without the U.S. (RTK)
• Trump’s nominee for ambassador criticized intervention against Serbia (Koha)
• Arrest warrant issued against MP convicted of fraud (Prishtina Insight)
• Thaci: Kosovo stands by Lebanon in this difficult time (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 4

By OSPI-rq  1 week ago

• COVID-19 report: 7 deaths, 250 new cases (media)
• Health Minister: We’re in gravest situation since start of pandemic (media)
• Hospital nursing staff protest demanding overtime pay (media)
• Public Health Institute: Hoti disclosed COVID-19 test result in ‘record time’ (media)
• PDK’s Haxhiu: State of emergency must be declared (media)
• Europe’s Southeast grapples with COVID-19 resurgence (Balkan Insight)
• Hyseni visits Washington, meets Matthew Palmer (media)
• Hyseni reacts to his meeting with Pompeo reports (media)
• Mitrovica municipality vows to correct memorial stone mistake (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 13, 2020

By OPSI-su  18 hours ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 193 new cases, eight deaths (media)
• Hoti: COVID-19 situation in Kosovo, grave (media)
• CDHRF says citizens should not be paying for COVID-19 tests (media)
• Draft law on KLA values doesn’t pass first reading (media)
• PDK MP vows to reintroduce draft law on KLA (media)
• Gucati: Sooner or later law on KLA values will be adopted (media)
• Civil society groups call on PDK to withdraw draft law on KLA values (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• In Serbian areas in Kosovo five new cases of Covid-19 (Kontakt plus radio)
• Serbian FM Dacic: “Their whole policy is based on lies” (B92, TV Prva)
• Seventeen years since the crime on the Bistrica river (media)
• Djuric: “Anniversary of the murder of Serbian children in Gorazdevac, failure of international justice in KiM” (media)
• CEAS: ”KLA Law continues to intimidate Serbs, an attempt at historical revisionism”(Kosovo Online)
• PDK MP: ”Serbs to respect the ‘KLA’ because it also fought for their freedom” (KoSSev, Gazeta Express)
• Serbia loses € bill due to lack of foreign tourists; export to Kosovo € 86 mil (Beta, N1)

International:

• ‘Universal Enemy’: A Reappraisal of Jihadism through the Lens of Bosnia (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 12, 2020

By OPSI-su  2 days ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 205 new cases, 11 deaths (media)
• ZDF: COVID-19 situation in Kosovo has spiralled out of control (Klan/Zeri)
• Committee calls for harmonised response to Serbian forces patrolling in Karaceva (Koha)
• Karaceva residents protest over patrolling of Serbian forces (media)
• AAK’s Tahiri: No coalition problems with LDK (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• In Serb areas in Kosovo, five new cases, two cured and one deceased (Kontakt plus radio)
• Dacic: It is hypocritical to accuse Serbia and Vucic of recognizing Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Kosovo’s fmr official: Over 70 pct of medical material from Serbia in 2016-2019 (FoNet, Kosovo Online, N1)
• AP: NATO committed to stronger partnership with Serbia (AP, N1)
• Vucic denies Serbia purchases Chinese AA system, says thinks about it (Beta, N1)
• Is Belgrade thinking about buying Chinese AA system, or is it a done deal? (N1)

Opinion:

• Don’t Blame Balkan Citizens For the Latest COVID Surge (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Kosovo Divisions Risk Undermining EU Push for Deal with Serbia (Balkan Insight)
• EU financial assistance signed with Kosovo and North Macedonia, agreed with Albania and Montenegro (EWB)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kon: The vaccine will not provide the safest protection; Masks for a longer period (B92, RTS)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 11, 2020

By OPSI-su  3 days ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19 report: 171 new cases, 13 deaths (media)
• PM Hoti calls for coordination in security area, especially with KFOR (media)
• Vetevendosje wants intelligence chief to report to the Assembly (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo’s territory is inviolable (Ekonomia Online)
• Vetevendosje MP calls for vote on no-confidence motion (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Crisis Staff in North to receive results later today, press conference tomorrow at noon (Kontakt plus radio)
• Serbia’s Justice Min: Belgrade will never give up processing KLA war crimes (Vecernje Novosti, N1)
• Deliberate dramatization of a routine action? (KIM radio)
• Vulin: Armed Forces of Serbia did not illegally cross the ABL, it was a regular patrol with KFOR (KoSSev)
• RFE: US warns Serbia over Chinese AA missile system purchase (N1, Beta)

Opinion:

• Omens for Post-Pandemic Balkans Don’t Look Promising (Balkan Insight)
• Countering Russia’s Influence Operations in the Balkans (realcleardefense.com)
• The spirit of “Greater Albania” acquires Brussels substance (moderndiplomacy.eu)

International:

• Putin: Russia becomes first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine (Reuters)
• Will Serbia and Kosovo Open Up Secret War Archives? (Balkan Insight)
• Pompeo Visit: US’s Anti-China Recruitment Drive Targets Willing Central Europeans (Balkan Insight)
• NATO over-sensitive to Serbia’s pragmatic arms purchase from China (globaltimes.cn)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Are we approaching Covid-19 collapse? (Kosovo 2.0)
• Serbia’s Crisis Staff: The youngest return to school, combined classes for higher grade pupils (B92, Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 10, 2020

By OPSI-su  4 days ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19 report: 172 new cases, 14 deaths (media)
• Government approves draft law on EU financial assistance (media)
• Private labs to begin with COVID-19 testings (media)
• Haziri signals ‘important’ developments in Kosovo this week (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 11 newly infected and 34 cured in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio)
• Serbian List: So-called analysts do not possess basic knowledge about the Kosovo Assembly Rules of Procedure (Kosovo Online)
• International community reacts to Law on KLA, Serbian List silent (N1)
• Vejvoda: EU will insist on fulfilling the 2013 agreement, including the Community of Serbian municipalities (KoSSev, N1)

Opinion:

• Serbia Is Sitting at the Great-Powers Crossroads (The National Interest)
• Balkan Fatalism Risks Becoming Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Rule of Law Key to Balkans’ Progress – Germany’s Schutz (Balkan Insight)
• COVID-19 School Dilemma Troubles Balkan, Central Europe Govts (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 07, 2020

By OPSI-su  7 days ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19 report: 181 new cases, three deaths (media)
• Zemaj calls on MPs not to politicise pandemic crisis (Koha/Telegrafi)
• Assembly does not pass COVID-19 resolutions due to lack of quorum (media)
• LVV responds to PDK’s ‘red lines’ question (Koha)
• EULEX’s Formisto: Kosovo, Serbia to be willing to share information on missing persons (DW)

Serbian Language Media:

• In Serbian communities 22 new patients, 42 cured (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic: On September 7, in Brussels, I will ask the fulfillment of the agreement on the Community of Serbian Municipalities from 2013 (media)
• Vucic: A clear message to Serbs in Kosovo that they are undesirable (Kosovo Online)
• Godfrey: US supports Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (TV Happy, Blic, Tanjug)
• Bolton: Belgrade and Pristina far from solution, exchange would not affect BiH (N1)
• Washington worried about current situation in Serbia; will help Podgorica (VoA, N1)
• Pompeo to Serbia’s FM: Every leader should protect human rights (FoNet, N1)

International:

• Pompeo Announces Tour of Europe Next Week (VoA)

Humanitarian/Development:

• DokuFest’s online edition launches (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 06, 2020

By OPSI-su  1 week ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19 report: 196 new cases, 16 deaths (media)
• Science and Arts Academy says pandemic, not dialogue, top priority for Kosovo (media)
• Rohde: More needs to be done to fight COVID-19 (media)
• Vetevendosje initiates no-confidence motion against government (media)
• PDK receives LVV’s request for no-confidence motion against government (Kallxo)
• Kosovo FM Haradinaj-Stublla talks dialogue with British Minister Morton (media)
• German ambassador echoes U.S. objection to KLA law (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• 23 new cases in Serbian communities in Kosovo (KIM radio)
• Serwer: It would be useful if Pristina made clearer the readiness to form the Community of Serbian Municipalities (Kosovo Online)
• PM Brnabic: Epidemiological situation in Kosovo calming down, but still unstable (Radio Mitrovica Sever)
• Blakaj: There is no law that can deny any crime (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Balkan Leaders Made Big Mistake in Politicising the Pandemic (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo Claims About US Support in Serbia Dialogue Disputed (Balkan Insight)
• Serbia Turns the Tables, Investigates the Investigative Journalists (VoA)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Education minister appoints party member to Quality Council (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 05, 2020

By OPSI-su  1 week ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19 report: 218 new cases, 15 deaths (media)
• Hoti urges MPs to endorse economic recovery package (media)
• OSCE prepares COVID-19 manual for the visually impaired (Kallxo)
• Mustafa plans to meet Haradinaj and discuss coalition concerns (Indeksonline)
• Despite U.S. objections, PDK pushes for law on KLA war values (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• No data on newly COVID-19 infected in Serb areas in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic and Botsan-Kharchenko: Important implementation of the agreement on the Community of Serbian Municipalities (N1)
• Spahiu: The question is the price that Kosovo will pay for the recognition, it is a matter of an agreement between the Americans and Vucic (Kosovo Online)
• Jevtic on Twitter: A returnee house shot at from a moving vehicle (N1)
• Fila: Kosovo Assembly can pass any law; the question is whether it will be applicable in practice (Kosovo Online)
• Dveri movement will not join United Opposition of Serbia because of Kosovo (FoNet, N1)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Understaffed Kosovo Health System Close to Collapse, Doctors Warn (Balkan Insight)
• WHO: Most likely – bats; “Surprises are possible” (B92, Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 4, 2020

By OPSI-su  1 week ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19 report: 225 new cases, 13 deaths (media)
• Kosovo’s Deputy PM infected with COVID – 19 (media)
• “Around 40,000 jobs lost in Kosovo due to COVID-19 pandemic” (Kosovapress)
• EU delivers 30 ventilators to Kosovo (media)
• Italian Ambassador: Kosovars are downplaying coronavirus impact (media)
• MP Pacolli: A prime minister that avoids responsibility should leave post (Klan)
• Hoti-led government dismisses temporary boards of public enterprises (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Today no report on the coronavirus situation: samples sent to newly open laboratory in Nis (media)
• Serbs expect international community reaction on the Law on KLA Values (Kosovo Online, RTV)
• Brnabic claims to be one of two candidates for Serbian Prime Minister (Beta, N1)
• United Opposition of Serbia formed, Dveri movement not among the members (KoSSev)
• Brestovik returnees without water more than a month (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Remembering Elizabeta Hasani (Prishtina Insight)
• The term Metohija is a matter of identity (KoSSev)

International:

• UN warns of ‘generational catastrophe’ over school closures (DW)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 3, 2020

By OPSI-su  2 weeks ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19 report: 250 new cases, seven deaths (media)
• Hoti: Fighting pandemic, economic recovery key government priorities (media)
• Hoti responds to criticism over COVID-19 test (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo receives PPE donation from Germany (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Seven new coronavirus cases in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio)
• Serwer: Vucic is not ready to enable Kosovo’s membership in the UN (Danas)
• Serbian parliament meets in constitutive session (Beta, N1)
• Dacic: Enough with lies that Serbian government is ready to recognize Kosovo (Beta, N1)

Opinion:

• Partition was an option for Serbia because of the lack of trust in the other side (KoSSev)

Humanitarian/Development:

• WHO: The “black” record of those infected in one day has been broken again (B92, Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 30, 2020

By OPSI-su  2 weeks ago

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 258 new cases, 16 deaths (media)
• Hoti: There is no mini Western Balkans Schengen (Klan Kosova)
• Hyseni and Djuric to meet today in Brussels (RTK)
• Kosovo FM discusses dialogue, visa liberalisation with French minister (Telegrafi)
• New German ambassador to Kosovo assumes post (media)
• Tomáš Szunyog appointed as new EU Special Representative for Kosovo (media)
• Mustafa: Visit in the north, a positive signal of cooperation (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• 25 new patients with coronavirus in Serbian communities (RTV Puls, TV Most)
• Vucic: We know nothing about writing final agreement in Brussels (RTS)
• Stano: There is no ultimatum in Brussels (KoSSev, RFE)
• Vucic on coronavirus situation and new measures (B92)
• Vucic: Serbia wants to cooperate; Rama: Mini Schengen needed more than ever (N1)
• Business Council to be established in the Western Balkans, Cadez says (media)
• “Ministry of Health and Public Institute to respect Law on use of languages” (Radio KIM)
• EU earmarks € 9.9 million for Kosovo’s budget, faster reforms expected (Beta, N1)
• Three suspected explosive devices found in Mitrovica North (KoSSev)

International:

• Kosovo Pushes Ahead with Law to Protect KLA’s Reputation (Balkan Insight)
• Western Balkans leaders meet to drive coronavirus recovery and deepen regional economic cooperation
(atlanticcouncil.org)