UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 7, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani to attend leaders’ summit of European Political Community (media)
Gervalla congratulates Trump on victory in U.S. elections (media)
Haziri: We expect Trump to reconfirm Washington agreement (media)
Camaj: Trump and his administration will be a positive force for Albanians (RTK)
Svecla meets new Dutch Ambassador to Kosovo (media)
Haxhiu visits Turkish Academy of Justice in Ankara (media)
Ismaili: Financial system remains stable, liquid and well-capitalized (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic: I expect good relations with US, Trump victory to have healing effect on global situation (Tanjug)
Fiala: Czechia to try to shorten Serbia's path to EU membership (Tanjug)
Petkovic: Pristina congratulates Trump while tearing up his posters (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online)
Pro-Trump posters appear in Leposavic and other Serb majority areas, police tear them down (Kosovo Online)
The SL congratulated Trump on his victory in the presidential elections (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online)
Gracanica Mayor with the OSCE Acting head on the municipal land confiscation (KiM radio)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo leaders, politicians congratulate Trump on election victory (media)
• Bettel thanks Kosovo for warm welcome (media)
• Murati presents budget for next year, opposition reacts (media)
• Pristina Mayor says he has LDK leader’s support to run for another term (Koha)
• “Eurosig” insurance company opens office in Mitrovica North (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic, officials congratulate Trump: Serbia committed to cooperation with US (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Djuric with Romanian PM: Gratitude for the principled stance on non-recognition of Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Grenell on Trump’s victory (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Residents of North Mitrovica congratulated Trump on his victory (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian media on ‘Kurti’s differing messages prior and after election of Donald Trump as US President’ (KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• Atiq and Krasniqi once again booed at Mitrovica North promenade (KoSSev, media, social media)
• Journalists from Belgrade and Pristina visit Mitrovica North (Radio KIM, KoSSev)

Opinion:

• How allocation of EU rapporteur jobs might impact Western Balkan accession hopes (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Can Kosovo census questions quantify wartime damage? (BIRN)
• Kosovo’s first observatory and planetarium inspires a new generation of stargazers (Prishtina Insight)
• Central and Southeast Europe’s populists celebrate Trump win (BIRN)
• Harris or Trump: What impact will the US presidential election have on the Western Balkans? (EWB)
• Protest turns violent in Serbian city where canopy collapse killed 14 (RFE)
• ‘Like prison’: How African migrant workers suffer exploitation in Albania (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• “European draft statute on Association is not a non-paper, but a document” (media)
• Kurti: Survivors of sexual violence during the war, demand social care and justice (media)
• Osmani: Youth and children, Kosovo’s most valuable asset (media)
• COMKFOR meets EULEX chief, express support for EU-facilitated dialogue (media)
• Kosovo Customs with record-setting revenues of over €1.5 billion (media)
• Krasniqi: Regardless of who will be President, American policy will not change in relation to Kosovo (Reporteri)
• Citaku: Relations with US have reached weakest level in more than three decades (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucevic met Li, thanked him for China’s stance on Kosovo issue (Tanjug)
• Dendias: Greece's stance on Kosovo remains unchanged, dialogue is path to regional stability (Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic met Egyptian Senate President (Tanjug)
• Stano: Calling draft statue A/CSM ‘non paper’ is disrespectful to EU Council (Kosovo Online)
• COM KFOR met EULEX chief, they reiterated support to Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Serbian European Integration Minister: Less progress in more chapters than last year (N1)
• Protesters throw red paint, stones at Novi Sad City Hall, police respond with teargas (N1)

International Media:

• Activists accuse Kosovo’s ‘Big Brother’ show of promoting domestic violence (Balkan Insight)
• Grief sparks furious protest in Serbia after Novi Sad station disaster (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani: Kosovo blessed with American bipartisan support (RTK)
Osmani hosts Orav, receives EC Report on Kosovo (media)
Kurti: Austria is among top investors in Kosovo (media)
Gervalla: No sign U.S. support for Kosovo will change after elections there (RFE)
Osmani: Kosovo grateful for Luxembourg’s enduring support (media)
Kosovo and Luxembourg sign memorandum of understanding (media)
Kosovo will no longer be presented as part of Serbia in German platforms (media)
Mustafi: Serbia does not offer justice for Albanians in the Valley (KTV)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic, Djuric met Minister for European Affairs of Denmark (Tanjug, media)
Djuric: Pristina regime boasts of not implementing Brussels Agreement (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online)
Pristina takes credit, Serbian goods still struggling to reach consumers (Kosovo Online)
Odalovic: Hoti's statement unmasks Pristina's intentions to block everything related to dialogue, including issue of missing persons (Kosovo Online)
Facebook and Instagram pages of SOC Draganac Monastery targeted (Kosovo Online)
Divisive restoration of Xhafer Deva’s house: Belgrade protests, Albanians rejoice, and German Embassy reiterates Nazi ties (KoSSev)
Vucic, Dendias discuss military cooperation, situation in region (Tanjug)
Vucic on Novi Sad tragedy, calls for his resignations (N1, TV Happy)
Giaufret: Work on reforms, no elections in sight (N1)
PM Vucevic accepts Vesic resignation (N1)
Opposition parties: Construction minister’s resignation insufficient (N1)

Opinion:

Dismissing independent media: Albin Kurti’s strategy to control the narrative (Sbunker.com)

International:

Kosovo lawyer sentenced for sending death threat to journalist (BIRN)
For some Bosnians, Kosovo visa waiver a chance to restore old ties (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti at Economic Forum requests that Serbia ease transit procedures (Koha)
Kurti met non-resident ambassador of Japan for Kosovo, discuss bilateral relations (Klan)
Osmani requests Luxembourg's support for membership in CoE (RTK)
Minister of Luxembourg promises about 25 million euros of investments in Kosovo (Klan)
Bislimi: Derogatory terms against Albanians have become legal in Serbia (Koha)
Gervalla: Only in Stuttgart and its surroundings there are more voters than in Prizren, we will find a way with CEC (Kallxo)
Serwer warns of chaos in the region if Trump wins: Serbia may try to invade northern Kosovo(Albanian Post)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic: Serbia, EC have differing views on Kosovo, dialogue only solution (Tanjug, media)
Dacic: There was no request for Kosovo membership at Interpol Assembly (Kosovo Online, media)
Swiss residents sent to one-month detention for showing “Greater Albania” symbol in Belgrade (N1, media)
Serbian Supreme Court ruling on hate speech case met with criticism from Albanians (KoSSev)
Opposition demands dismissal of RTK board amid claims of government control (KoSSev)
Danish Minister: I hope Serbia seizes EU enlargement momentum (N1)
Vesic to officially resign as minister on Tuesday because of tragedy in Novi Sad (Tanjug, media)

International Media:

Kosovo authorities urged to act after minor allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted (Prishtina Insight)
Serbian govt faces growing calls for answers over railway station deaths (Balkan Insight)
Serbian minister offers to resign after deadly train station roof collapse (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Stano: Establishment of Association, an unfulfilled obligation of Kosovo (media)
• Report notes Osmani’s attention to gender equality, women’s rights (media)
• LDK and AAK will not vote on 2025 budget, Kusari: nothing new (media)
• LVV MPs leave Assembly session (Koha)
• “Largest number of attacks on journalists are [still] in investigative phase” (AJK)
• Person who threatened journalist Kajtazi sentenced to 5 months in prison (media)
• Haradinaj: Kurti saved Serbia; playing dangerous games with Association (media)
• Osmani, Kurti congratulate Moldova’s Sandu on second term as president (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• The Milos Subotic case: NGOs from North asked prosecutor's office to announce an investigation against suspended police officers (KoSSev)
• Detention of three Serbs arrested in relation to Banjska case extended for two more months (RTS, media)
• Lawyer Vasic: The hearing of the witness, we demanded the statements he gave to UNMIK and EULEX (Kosovo Online)
• Savic: Kosovo in CEFTA with ban on Serbian goods being partially lifted (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian products slowly making their way to central Kosovo, buyers and sellers disappointed by quantity (Kosovo Online)
• Radovanovic: International factor to check whether agreement on lifting ban on Serbian goods is 'deceit' (Kosovo Online)
• Institute for Public Health: The water in Lake Gracanica still not drinkable (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, KiM radio)
• EU Ambassador: Best prospects for Western Balkans (N1)
• 26 individuals questioned over Novi Sad tragedy (N1, media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti travels to Austria to participate in Vienna Economic Forum (media)
• Kamala Harris: We will continue our support for Kosovo (RTK)
• Luxembourg Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo today (RTK)
• PDK holds convention, Hamza unveils program for February 9 elections (media)
• Survey: Over 50 percent of Kosovars would vote for Harris on November 5 (media)
• Albanians protest in Medvegja, demand return of their addresses (media)
• Hamza in Italy: Businesses that invest over €500,000 or employ over 50 workers will be exempt from profit tax (Klan)
• 750 shipments from Serbia entered Kosovo in a month (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:
• In Gracanica candles lit for the victims in Novi Sad; North Mitrovica high school students donated blood for the injured (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Serbian List: We strongly condemn Bogdanovic's call for “the murder of Vucic” (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Novi Sad prosecution says 14 killed in railway station roof collapse (N1, media)
• Protest held in Belgrade over Novi Sad tragedy, resignations demanded (N1)
• Dacic: Kosovo did not apply for candidacy and has no chance of becoming a member of INTERPOL (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, media)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: Swiss direct investments in Kosovo increased by 170 percent last four years (Telegrafi)
Gervalla: NATO integration important for stability in Balkans (RTK)
Rohde: Serbia should reconsider draft law on Kosovo (Klan)
Fitore Pacolli: Kosovo is being bullied by internationals (Express)
Wisner does not exclude possibility that idea of ​​correcting borders can be explored with Trump administration (Albanian Post)
Haradinaj meets Hovenier, discuss Kosovo's membership in NATO (Telegrafi)
​​Abdixhiku: LDK will be part of government only with me as prime minister (media)
Police come across a man with rifle and military equipment in mountains of Leposaviq (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

MFA of Serbia: Serbia seeks to protect rights and social security of Serbs with Draft Law on Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
UNS: Decades of impunity for murders and kidnappings of journalists, in Kosovo 17 journalists killed and missing (Kosovo Online, media)
Trial of Milos Pleskovic for alleged war crimes starts in Pristina, prosecutor and defence presented introductory remarks (Radio KIM)
Lawyer Filipovic: No evidence for accusations in case of Pleskovic (Kosovo Online)
Trial of Milorad Djokovic’s for alleged war crimes continues by hearing a witness (Kosovo Online)
Mijacic: If Serbia does not initiate reforms soon, we will be able to dream about European integration (N1)
Bisevac: Serbs in north without human rights, West bears responsibility (Kosovo Online)
EULEX report warns of rising tensions in Northern Kosovo as ethnic Serbs face new challenges (KoSsev)

Albanian Language Media:

• The USA: Serbia has violated obligations deriving from dialogue with Kosovo (media)
• EU considers that Kosovo has accepted draft statute for Association (Koha)
• Gervalla: Support for Ukraine, key for the peace and stability of Europe (media)
• LVV MP: Association draft should be written by the government of Kosovo (Reporteri)
• Abdixiku: Current association is autonomy - we will reject it (Klan)
• EU Reacts to approval of Law amending and supplementing Law on Public Officials (media)
• Giaufret: Without normalisation with Kosovo, there is no EU for Serbia (RTK)
• Bosnjacka Mahala blocked for a while, police intervene, disperse the crowd (media)
• U.S. sanctions Serbian and Montenegrin firms for supporting Russia’s war (media)

Serbian Language Media:
• Civil society organisations met Ombudsman, pointed out Kosovo police actions and harassments (Kosovo Online)
• Tires of two vehicles with Serbian licence plates slashed in Bosnjacka Mahala, four persons taken for interrogation (KoSSev)
• Arsenijevic: I would not be surprised if someone close to Atiq’s cabinet stapled sticker (KoSSev, social media)
• Police Inspectorate recommends suspension of three police officers over arrest of EULEX security local staff member (KoSSev)
• Giaufret: We expect to see progress in establishing A/CSM (TV Prva, Kosovo Online, media)
• Vulin meets Lavrov: Serbia maintaining traditional friendships (N1)
• RFE: State Department agrees with EU (N1)
• Shea: State Department disappointed with Kurti and his actions in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
International Media:
• KLA saw outsiders as ‘traitors’, witness tell Kosovo war crime trial (Balkan Insight)
• US sanctions companies from Serbia, Montenegro for military exports to Russia (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Special Prosecution with indictment against two persons for war crimes (media)
• Hargreaves: Association would solve many important issues (Klan)
• Kurti travels to Switzerland to meet diaspora (Reporteri)
• COMKFOR meets Turkish Ambassador, discus security in Kosovo (Klan)
• Abdixhiku reminds Kurti of Promises he did not keep (media)
• Disappearance of hundreds of passports, PDK demands urgent investigation (Reporteri)
• Haradinaj: Progress Report proved Kurti’s agenda to leave Kosovo out of all Euro-Atlantic integrations (media)
• Vehbi Kajtazi: Suspicious device found in my car, police are dealing with case (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• KLA member in trial to Thaci: KLA in July 1999 attacked Serbs in Opterusa ‘only because they were Serbs’ (KoSSev)
• Civic activists, analyst slam Kurti over his remarks at Harvard on rights of Serbs (social media)
• Vucevic: EU notes Serbia's progress in many areas, especially in economy (Tanjug)
• Party of Kosovo Serbs representatives met UK and Swedish ambassadors in Pristina, discussed political and security situation (Radio KIM)
• Gogic: UNSC members agree Pristina is cause of crisis in Kosovo and that solution is CSM (Kosovo Online)
• Radakovic: At the UN Security Council session on Kosovo, UNMIK tried to alleviate the situation (Kosovo Online)
• Trial of Gavrilo Milosavljevic for alleged war crimes continues (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Key findings of the 2024 European Commission Report on Kosovo (EWB)
• EC releases the 2024 Enlargement Package: How much has each candidate advanced? (EWB)