UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 24, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo President Osmani meets Canada's Governor General Simon (media)
• Kurti: We are committed to fighting crime and corruption, uphold rule of law (media)
• EU Special Representative for dialogue, Lajcak, to visit Kosovo tomorrow (Klan)
• Kurti: I strongly condemn cases of discrimination against communities in Kosovo (Kallxo)
• Hajdari: Anti-dumping measures linked to equality and reciprocity (Koha)
• CDBK: Kosovo in CEFTA as a country, not through UNMIK (Zeri)
• COVID-19: Six new cases, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic on meeting with Putin, talks with Pristina, bigger incentives for childbirth (RTS)
• Mihajlovic: Alleged debt for electricity in northern Kosovo a lie, yet another sort of pressure against Serbs (Kosovo-online)
• Stano: Pristina to change decision and allow Petar Petkovic to enter Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Conference on the Open Balkan today in the Serbian Parliament (RTV Puls, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic awarded Golden Charter and Key of Mitrovica North City (KoSSev)
• Kremlin: Putin and Vucic to discuss also the prospects for resolving the Kosovo issue (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, TASS)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Public pulse: Citizens dissatisfied with municipal support during a pandemic (KiM radio)
• Kopač: Western Balkans need to introduce CO2 tax by 2025 (balkangreenenergynews.com)
• Activists in Balkans raise alarm on rising violence against women (axios.com)
• How do you see me? How do I see you? (Kosovo Trustbuilding Platform)

• Lajcak announces developments in the dialogue process (RTK)
• Kurti: Serbia behaving in Balkans according to Russian Federation model (Koha)
• Kurti received by Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg (media)
• “We will allow no individual to be stronger than the rule of law” (media)
• Trudeau confirms Canada’s strong commitment to support Kosovo (media)
• Krasniqi: People are disappointed by Kurti government (RTK)
• AAK announces elections in the party (Ekonomia Online)
• Kosovo to end free energy supplies to Serb-majority municipalities (BIRN)
• Ivanovic murder trial witness avoids naming ‘threatening’ Serb criminals (BIRN)
• 'Pawns': Serbs in north Kosovo stuck in simmering dispute (AFP, France 24)
• COVID-19: 15 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Albania-Kosovo intergovernmental meeting set for November 26 (euronews.al)
• Kosovo declares day of mourning for victims in Bulgaria bus crash (euronews.al)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo leaders extend condolences to North Macedonia following tragic bus accident (media)
• President of Kosovo Osmani to meet Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau (media)
• Parliamentary committee holds meeting with UK ambassador (Kallxo/KP)
• Kosovo authorities have paid over €27 million for electricity in the north (Kosovapress/Koha)
• Szunyog condemns incidents against non-majority communities (media)
• COVID-19: 15 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic with Lajcak on the continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (RTS, Tanjug)
• Vucic "nearly absolutely certain" Spain will not change stance on Kosovo (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev)
• Selakovic: Relations with Holy See good, stable (Tanjug)
• Petkovic banned from entering Kosovo again (Radio KIM)
• Srdjan Popovic appointed new head of Kosovo District (KoSSev)
• Dacic on Kurti, number of recognitions (Kosovo-online)
• Serbian Assembly President, Ivica Dacic announced a referendum on January 16th (B92, RTS)
• Spahiu: Kurti’s statement on unification with Albania is a betrayal and a hostile act against Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Vulin: Kosovo's membership in Interpol will not be considered this year either (Novi Magazin, Beta, N1)
• Vucic extends condolences to North Macedonian president and prime minister over bus crash in Bulgaria (Kosovo-online)
• Serbia's economic progress also due to ties with Russia, China, said Vucic (Tanjug)
• ISAC Fund says majority of Serbians see Russia as ally, oppose NATO membership (N1)
• CEC revokes Todosijevic’s mandate in Zvecan (Kosovo-online)

• Kurti: We expect visa liberalisation for Kosovo citizens in 2022 (media)
• Lajcak meets Kurti in Vienna (media)
• Hajdari: Kosovo in CEFTA only as a state, not through UNMIK (Koha)
• MPs: Investigate case of Romas were not served in Gjakova bar (EO)
• Berisha: Kosovo as a society must reflect positively toward us (Klan Kosova)
• Kosovo Serb politician Ivanovic threatened before murder, court told (BIRN)
• Bota Sot editor-in-chief receives threats (Klan Kosova)
• Justice institutions oppose plan for vetting judges and prosecutors (Exit News)
• Albanians deny Serbia claim on deal on their removal from civil registry (Exit News)
• LAREG Meeting in Paris: on the media situation in the Balkans countries (EFJ)
• COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Flaming bus crash in Bulgaria kills 45 North Macedonian tourists (Reuters)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Prime Minister Kurti on a two-day visit to Austria (media)
• Disagreement over association and stalled dialogue (DW Albanian)
• Hajdari: We must prepare for reciprocity (Ekonomia Online)
• Assembly Presidency meeting fails due to lack of quorum (media)
• PDK demands resignation of the Ombudsman (RTK)
• Kosovo Bar That Refused to Serve Minorities Condemned (Prishtina Insight)
• The American Chamber of Commerce calls on companies in Kosovo to avoid discrimination actions (media)
• Kosovo to Release Energy Strategy Amid Controversy Over Gas Pipeline (Prishtina Insight)
• COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 58 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio KIM)
• Vucic to meet Lajcak in Belgrade tomorrow (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic reacts to Kurti’s statement on possible unification with Albania (Euronews, Tanjug)
• Petkovic: International community must react to Kurti’s unification statements (N1)
• Serbian List: Kurti is against ZSO, yet he would vote for mono-national “Greater Albania” (Kosovo-online)
• Oliver Ivanovic murder case trial continues (Radio KIM)
• Vasic family house in Cernica village pelted with stones (Radio KIM)
• EU and Western Balkans: Membership blocked; only aid and investment in return (Beta, Danas)
• Serbian goods placement in Kosovo only half of the one before the taxes (Danas)
• Adviser to the UN Secretary-General: Please remove the Mladic mural (N1)

Opinion:

• Kosovo 2022 census and the Serb community (KiM radio)
• Is this the end of the peace pact holding Bosnia together? (politico.org)

International:

• North Macedonia: On the Edge (cepa.org)
• Croatian Contingent Given Send-Off to Kosovo Without Presence of Media, Minister (total-croatia-news.com)

• Kosovo PM Kurti speaks with US envoy Escobar on the phone (Express)
• Hovenier: Excited to come to Pristina to deepen US-Kosovo ties (media)
• Caroline Ziadeh appointed new head of UNMIK (media)
• Kurti: I’d vote for unification with Albania in democratic referendum (media)
• U.S. calls for implementation of all Constitutional Court decisions (media)
• Citaku on UNSC sessions: I had hard time getting information about war (Koha)
• President Osmani speaks at the Halifax International Security Forum (media)
• Mehaj: Presence of permanent military base in Kosovo, important (media)
• The battle with lobbies (Koha Ditore)
• Spain preparing historical turn towards Kosovo (media)
• The integration of the north remains on paper (Koha Ditore)
• Minister: Boycott bars and restaurants that don’t serve communities (media)
• Two Serbian List officials risks decertification (Koha)
• COVID-19: 7 new cases, no deaths (media)
• As COVID wave strikes Balkans, infections in Kosovo drop (BIRN)
• Serbian Albanian leaders deny deal over deleted addresses (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Rohde on dialogue: you cannot determine what the other party says (media)
• Two international agreements ratified by the Assembly of Kosovo (RTK)
• President Osmani leaves for an official visit to Canada (media)
• Stoev: Relations with Western Balkans should not be limited to expansion only (RTK)
• Kajari and Skerbinc discuss security situation in Kosovo (RTK)
• Kosovo presidency congratulates the new U.S. Ambassador (media)
• Berisha urges Konjufca to remove Serbian products from Kosovo Assembly buffet (media)
• COVID-19: 7 new cases, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Belgrade on Pristina’s announcement of another anti-dumping measure: Violation of CEFTA (KoSSev)
• “Caution regarding measures on Serbian products, so that there are no repercussions” (Kosovo-online)
• Petkovic: Pristina not interested in normalization (Tanjug)
• Selakovic meets with Giaufret, EU ambassadors (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Regional cooperation priority for Serbia (RTS)
• KEDS: ''With an increase in imports and consumption, astronomical prices for citizens expected'' (KoSSev, Koha)

Opinion:

• Legal framework for Kosovo Serbs tailored to Pristina (part two): Energy (KoSSev)

International:

• ‘Greater’ Balkan dreams a potential nightmare (ekathimerini.com)

• Kurti rejects allegations of 'cooling' of relations with U.S. (media)
• Kurti and U.S. charge d'affaires discuss prospects of agreement with Serbia (media)
• U.S. Senate confirms Jeffrey Hovenier as ambassador to Kosovo (Telegrafi/RFE)
• U.S. sends diplomatic note to Kosovo Government on weapons supply (Koha)
• EU says there were no conditions for tripartite meeting (Koha)
• Lajcak on second meeting of working group on license plates (media)
• German Ambassador comments on Open Balkan initiative (Kanal 10)
• In Rome, Lajcak discusses Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media)
• Assembly fails to endorse AAK-sponsored resolution on gas pipeline (Telegrafi)
• COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Exhibition in honor of 1.623 missing persons launches in Prishtina (euronews.al)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Energy Strategy to offer stead supply for households and businesses (Telegrafi)
• Enver Hoxhaj elected vice president of Kosovo Assembly from PDK (Lajmi)
• Krasniqi to Kurti: The people have spoken, your pace is insufficient (Koha)
• Kusari-Lila: We will engage maximally on election reform (Koha)
• Kosovo launches inquiry into import of certain products from Serbia (Klan)
• A group of Afghan citizens leave Kosovo for U.S. (media)
• COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 47 new cases, two deaths registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM)
• US donates 3.7 million Dollars to Serbia to fight pandemic (N1)
• Svetomir Bacevic pleaded not guilty at hearing in Pristina (Radio KIM)
• EUObserver: EU documents say Western Balkans, Turkey, Dubai are crime hotspots (N1)
• Rakic and Radojevic with Szunyog on important issues for the Serbian people (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• “Procrastination and unreadiness for any sort of compromise” (Radio KIM)
• Pristina announcing possibility of introducing new measures on products from central Serbia (KiM radio, Beta, N1)

International:

• Kosovo and Serbia Fail to Agree on Dialogue Topics (Exit News)

• The proactive role of the U.S. will depend on Kosovo's readiness to seek it (Koha)
• Serbian List boycott of institutions, as blackmail for the Association (RFE Albanian)
• Bugajski: Serbia is using the issue of the Association to obstruct the dialogue (RTK)
• Krasniqi: Kurti to assume his responsibility for dialogue with Serbia, and its conclusion (Klan)
• Konjufca: The governing coalition is stable (T7)
• Zeya: Kosovo and Serbia invited to the summit as a reflection of inclusiveness (media)
• EU to assist Kosovo in fighting crime (media)
• Soaring Prices Leave Kosovo’s Poorest on the Brink (Prishtina Insight)
• Italian Police Arrest Kosovo Woman, ‘Fervent IS Supporter’ (Balkan Insight)
• Another 2 murals of Serbian Army Generals show up in Belgrade (euronews.al)
• COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media)