Albanian Language Media:

• O’Brien: Non-implementation of past agreements, lost opportunity (media)
• Kurti says LDK, AAK want to criticise and not remove him from power (Express)
• Opposition MPs leave assembly session (media)
• AJK: Independent Media Commission draft law shouldn’t be adopted (Kallxo)
• AJK reacts to Basha’s “unacceptable, dangerous attacks” against Kusari (media)
• Former Serb member of Kosovo Police arrested for espionage (media)
• Svecla: Fighting every form of terrorism is our priority (media)
• Hoxha visits police units in Jarinje, Leposavic, Bernjak and Banjska (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• O'Brien: Failure to implement earlier agreements a lost opportunity for both sides (Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic: By rejecting the trilateral in Brussels, Kurti showed that he does not want dialogue (Tanjug, TV Pink)
• Arrested A.V. suspected of espionage (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev)
• The president of the Committee for Aid to Serbs from Republika Srpska denied entry to Kosovo (Tanjug, SRNA)
• The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the initiative to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug)
• The German and Italian embassies supported the EU statement on three draft laws (KoSSev)
• The SL MPs once again retained their mandates (NMagazin, Beta)
• Andric Rakic: No progress in dialogue or formation of the CSM realistic during Lajcak's extended mandate (Kosovo Online)
• “Miredita, dobar dan!” festival to kick off in Belgrade (N1, Beta)

Opinion:

• Hungary’s EU ‘enlargement presidency’ will achieve limited success for Western Balkans (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Kosovo: Draft law on Independent Media Commission might endanger its political independence (ecpmf.eu)
• Serbia’s Vucic fumes as footballers travel to Euro 2024 on Croatian plane (Politico)

Albanian Language Media:

• Borell: Kurti was not ready for tripartite meeting, he presented conditions (media)
• Kurti sets conditions: Sign Basic Agreement and hand over Radoicic (media)
• Kurti on appointment of Rutte as NATO SG: Kosovo celebrates this news (media)
• EU concerned that comments on three draft laws were not considered (Klan)
• Haxhiu reacts to court declaring law on state bureau invalid (media)
• Maqedonci visits Croatia: Our friendship is eternal (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Borrell: Kurti presented three conditions for engagement in the normalization process (media)
• Vucic: No trilateral meeting in Brussels; Kurti did not want or dare to meet with me (Kosovo Online)
• Djuric thanked MFA of Jamaica and Commonwealth of Dominica on the support to Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo Online)
• Szijjarto: During the EU presidency, Hungary will open new chapters in negotiations with Serbia (RTS)
• A Serb detained at Jarinje? (KoSSev)

International Media:

• Serbia’s Vucic, Kosovo’s Kurti Fail to Meet After ‘Preconditions’ Disagreement (Balkan Insight)
• Few Serbs have returned to southern Kosovo since the war (DW)

Albanian Language Media:

• New round of high-level dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia today (media)
• Lajcak: We hope leaders come with vision and political courage (media)
• Rasic on Kurti-Vucic meet: It will increase dynamics of the dialogue (media)
• NATO appoints Mark Rutte as next secretary general (media)
• Osmani, Kurti congratulate Berset election as CoE Secretary General (media)
• Bajrami outlines reports Kosovo sent to EU following Banjska attack (media)
• Kurti meets members of Bavarian State Parliament and Chancellery (media)
• Krasniqi: No room for a monoethnic institution in Kosovo (media)
• Gervalla meets President of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (media)
• Court gives right to government on the law on the minimum wage (media)
• KLA War Veterans react after court decision, “we’ll continue protests” (media)
• Kurti congratulates Mickoski, looks forward to enhancing robust relations (media)
• Kosovo government confirms rejecting Petkovic’s visit request (Koha)
• Exhibition in Mitrovica on International Day against Hate Speech (media)
• Court extends detention by 60 days for three suspects of Banjska attack (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• New round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina; Vucic with European officials in
Brussels (RTS)
• Lajcak: Everything ready for discussion; hope for the political courage of Vucic and Kurti
(RTS)
• Office for KiM: Petkovic banned from visiting Kosovo on Saint Vitus Day (Kosovo Online,
media)
• Djuric congratulates Berset on election as CoE Secretary General (media, social media)
• Radojkovic: European Football Championship showed region still far from reconciliation
(Kosovo Online)
• YIHR filed 10 lawsuits against the media for 'hate speech' against the participants of the
'Mirdita' festival (KoSSev, Beta)

Opinion:

• Rada Trajkovic: Vucevic's "compromise" is the division of Kosovo (KiM radio, Beta)
• Hungary’s EU ‘enlargement presidency’ will achieve limited success for Western Balkans (BIRN)

International:

• NATO picks Netherlands' Mark Rutte as next boss (Reuters)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 26, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: In Brussels we will see how we can move forward (media)
• Kurti: OSCE has helped our country in establishing democracy (RTK)
• Government responds to Stano: We submitted report on Banjska to EU (RTK)
• Gervalla: Ministers’ Committee should convene for Kosovo admission (RTK)
• Court rejects request to suspend implementation of CBK regulation (media)
• Government: Vulin’s statement, proof of Serbia ties with Russia and China (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• PM says Serbia ready to compromise on Kosovo (N1)
• Instead of summer swimming season, Kosovo post office opened at Rajska Banja spa complex in Banjska (KoSSev)
• Stano: No report on Banjska from Pristina (N1)
• Kosovo Constitutional Court rejected request to suspend implementation of CBK regulation on dinar (Kosovo Online)
• Nenezic on Constitutional Court’s decision, says timing indicative because of meeting in Brussels (KoSSev)
• Lajcak: Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina currently at crossroads; agreement exists, but implementation is lacking (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic: Frontex also to be deployed at Serbia’s borders with non-EU countries (media)

International Media:

• Kosovo Ex-Fighter’s Testimony Bolsters Prosecution Case at Thaci Trial (BIRN)
• Risk of Radicalisation: Kosovo Struggles with Informal Worship Places (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• VV, AAK don’t expect results “if Serbia doesn’t change approach” (EO)
• Vogel: The dialogue has been moribund for a long time (media)
• Serwer: A successful and democratic Kosovo doesn’t suit Vucic (Express)
• Qelaj: Government has not clarified objectives of expropriations in north (Koha)
• Kurti: Over 700k objects scanned in less than month at Digitization Center (media)
• Blinken appoints Tom Sullivan as new Counselor of State Department (media)
• PDK threatens government with sending two laws to Constitutional Court (Koha)
• Kosovo Defence Minister Maqedonci to visit Croatia tomorrow (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo grateful for Slovenia’s strong and continued support (media)
• Szunyog meets Lladrovci, discuss local governance issues (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: To ensure safety of Serbs in Kosovo, implement agreements made thus far (Tanjug)
• Drecun: The Brussels talks just a shell without substance (Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Sljuka: By going to Brussels, Kurti wants to demonstrate he is constructive so punitive measures would be lifted (Kosovo Online)
• Varhelyi: Serbia committed to the EU path, the goal is to open the next clusters (RTS)
• Warrant for an Albanian from Kosovo due to expulsion of Serbs (Politika, Kosovo Online)

International:

• Kosovo Serb jailed for 2023 mob attack on NATO peacekeepers (BIRN)
• Kosovo struggles to rein in wild west medication market (BIRN)
• Kosovo law ignores tech-facilitated abuse of women: Report (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Borell: Agreements must be implemented (media)
• Lajcak: Mandate not close to an end; focused on dialogue and next steps (media)
• Konjufca: Kosovo does not have any Association on its agenda (RTK)
• Gervalla: Integration of pro-European countries, best response to Russia (media)
• Government of Montenegro: We have no open political issues with Kosovo (RTK)
• U.S.: Kosovo to impose appropriate sentences for human trafficking (media)
• Osmani: Egyptian community, part of history of our nation-building (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Borrell to host meetings with Vucic and Kurti (N1, media)
• Vucic: I am travelling to Brussels; I don't believe in the will of the other side in creating the A/CSM (KiM radio)
• Djuric: The EU gains a lot from Serbia's membership; the enlargement process needs to be accelerated (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic met Italian Senator Craxi (Radio Mitrovica sever)

International Media:

• Vucic: “I expect the Situation in Europe and the World to escalate in the coming Months” (Sarajevo Times)
• How will the appointment of Mark Rutte as NATO Secretary General affect the Western Balkans? (EWB)

Albanian Language Media:

• Konjufca doesn’t expect “anything important” from Kurti-Vucic meeting (media)
• Muja: Meeting in Brussels to discuss if there is an agreement in place (media)
• PDK’s Tahiri: Kosovo needs a new government (media)
• Gervalla goes to Luxembourg, will attend EU foreign ministers’ meeting (media)
• Osmani: KSF members “outstanding results” in prestigious academies (media)
• Court sentences Orlovic to 15 months in prison for attack against KFOR (media)
• Supreme Court President talks importance of judiciary’s independence (Koha)
• Begaj says EU measures against Kosovo are unfair (media)
• OSCE mission congratulates Egyptian community on day of celebration (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Research in Mitrovica: Albanians are leaving due to economic reasons, Serbs are leaving
due to ethnic tensions (Radio kontakt plus)
• Milos Pleskovic pleaded not guilty (Radio KIM, media)
• Kosovo Property Agency: We issued 24 notices for the relinquishing of property in N.Mitrovica – not 150, the decisions are final (KoSSev)
• 26th anniversary since kidnapping of miners at Belacevac, near Obilic (Kosovo Online)
• Destiny of two Serbs kidnapped in Orahovac still remains unknown (Radio KIM)
• Starovic: Pristina's efforts to join NATO will not bear fruit (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic, Dacic attend Day of Interior Ministry, Police Day celebration (N1, FoNet)
• Opposition politician: Western powers tolerate Vucic staying in power because of lithium
mining (N1, FoNet)

Opinion:

• Kosovo Specialist Chambers reflect Kosovo relationship with West (Kosovo 2.0)

International:

• Miners of Trepca march towards ‘Reporting House’ exhibition (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Mass digitization of archival material underway in Kosovo (media)
• Osmani meets German ambassador Jorn Rohde (media)
• Osmani receives Hargreaves, confirms participation at EPC Summit (media)
• Kurti calls for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian youth: Apply for employment (media)
• Govt insists draft on Association to be sent to Venice Commission (Telegrafi)
• Ziadeh in Belgrade highlights importance of constructive engagement for regional peace and stability (Albanian Post)
• KFOR MSU conducts crowd riot control training activities in Pristina (media)
• Albanian President Begaj on a two-day visit to Kosovo (media)¬

Serbian Language Media:

• Heads of EU diplomacy in Luxembourg about the Western Balkans (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, Danas)
• At the meeting with Jenca, the SL pointed out the problems of the Serbs in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Serbia’s FM to Borrell: EU membership is Serbia’s strategic commitment (N1, Beta)
• The trial of the accused for assisting in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic ended, verdict on June 28 (St. Vitus Day) (RTS)
• One-month detention to a Serb arrested for attack on KFOR; Lawyer claims decision prejudiced against Serbs (KoSSev)
• Equality of Albanian and Serbian languages in Kosovo: Do institutions respect bilingualism? (Kosovo Online)

International Media:

• UEFA fines Serbia, Albania, and investigates Croatia as Euro 2024 reignites Balkan feuds (euronews.com)
• Serbia’s mining gambit could boost EU hopes (The Brussels Times)

Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell: We discussed how to build a more united Europe together (media)
• EU foreign ministers to meet Western Balkans counterparts on June 24 (media)
• Sources: France and Italy against full removal of measures (Koha)
• Murati: 5.6% economic growth in the first quarter of the year (media)
• Gervalla: Kosovo and Portugal hold their first Economic Forum in Pristina (media)
• Clinton Center publishes photo with Kosovo children, families in June ’99 (media)
• Citaku: Sexual violence was used as weapon of war by Serbia (media)
• Hoxhaj: Letter of EU leaders is a new veto for Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• Kurti expresses support for Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists (media)
• Serwer: Dodik and Vucic could attempt an attack like Banjska in Bosnia (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic asked Macron to stand by Serbia on the road to preserving peace (RTS, Tanjug,
Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: With Hecker about the security situation in the country and the region, especially in
Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Mijacic on the possible opening of the Ibar bridge: We are entering a new period of crisis
(Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic: “Shameless lies of Osmani, 200.000 Serbs expelled from Kosovo, new ethnic
cleansing in place” (media, social media)
• Milenkovic’s defence: Witness excluded existence of an act that could be qualified as
crime (Radio KIM)
• Special prosecution dropped criminal prosecution of Rade Basara, defendant in Oliver
Ivanovic’s murder case (media)
• Austria’s FM: No shortcuts in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Beta, N1)
• Gashi: The goal of cooperation between Pristina and Sarajevo another UN resolution
against Serbia (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Iber river bridge: From symbol of division to a symbol of coexistence (Koha)
• EU voters are normalising the far right (Kosovo 2.0)

International:

• Serbia fans in Munich chant anti-Kosovo slogans (Reuters)
• Romanian President withdraws NATO bid, clearing final hurdle for Rutte (RFE)
• Serbia urged to recognise wartime sexual violence victims (BIRN)
• Pro-Russian Telegram channels push Kremlin’s line in Balkans (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Rubin: Long-term goal of Kosovo-Serbia normalisation means recognition (media)
• RIDEA: 49% of citizens dissatisfied with the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Koha)
• Osmani meets Slovenian president: Kosovo proud of partnership (media)
• Konjufca meets speaker of North Macedonia’s Assembly (RTK)
• Gervalla travels to Austria, to attend “Friends of Western Balkans" meeting (Klan)
• Osmani’s message on World Refugee Day (media)
• Krasniqi, French ambassador discuss political developments in Kosovo (media)
• Over 1,200 Serbs equipped with Kosovo drivers’ licences (TeVe1)

Serbian Language Media:

• Drecun: Lifting punitive measures on Kosovo would encourage Kurti to continue terror against Serbs (Kosovo Online, media)
• Selakovic meets Azoulay, says unilateral Pristina’s acts directed against Serbian heritage in Kosovo (media, social media)
• Ragus meets delegation of Parliament of Ireland, says “ethnic cleansing unfolding in heart of Europe, 15 percent of Serbs left Kosovo” (media)
• RTK board appointed Aleksandra Jovanovic director of Serbian language TV channel (Radio KIM)
• UEFA launches investigation against Albanian and Croatian football federations over chanting “Kill Serb” (media)

International Media:

• Vucic, Kurti to meet on June 26 in EU-mediated talks on normalising relations (RFE)
• Euro 2024 becomes arena for Balkan nationalist score-settling (BIRN)