UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 11, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• EU: All points of Agreement must be implemented without distinction (media)
• Osmani disappointed that mutual recognition is not explicitly included in EU proposal (media)
• Kurti confirms purchase of British comedian's villa to convert it into an Embassy (media)
• Ceku reacts after Serbia wrote to UEFA: Kosovo will not tolerate any illegal activity (Koha)
• CEC: Preparations for the elections in the north ongoing (media)
• Lawyer: Special Court should have respected official holiday in Kosovo (Indeksonline)
• LDK: This government is incompetent, it is costing Kosovo dearly (Reporteri)
• Should the Kurti-Vucic agreement be registered at the UN? (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• New meeting of Vucic and Serb political representatives from Kosovo this Thursday (BETA, N1, Prva TV)
• Serb wounded near Bistrica bridge in Zvecan municipality (KoSSev, Radio KIM, Kosovo Online)
• SRSG Ziadeh meets President Vucic (Radio KIM, media, social media)
• Dacic, Branbic voice concern over incidents, security in Kosovo (N1, BETA)
• Serbian Football Association writes to UEFA over situation in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Serbian Parliament Committee for Kosovo meets behind closed doors (media)
• Dacic: Sanctions on Russia would not change its stance on Kosovo, but our relations would change (Prva TV, Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Milicevic: People in northern Kosovo afraid of what new day will bring (Radio KIM)

Rubin on Kosovo-Serbia normalization: Some difficult decisions are needed (media)
Osmani travels to Italy invited by Arberesh community (media)
Kosovo’s presidency reacts to Vucic’s statement (media)
Hill: The key moment for the implementation of the Kosovo-Serbia agreements (ekonomia)
Police: We have not injured anyone in the north (media)
Dacic complains to head of UNMIK about "frequent attacks on Serbs" in Kosovo (Klan)
Extraordinary elections in the north, still no activities (RTK)
Kosovo, Serbia Hold Rival Commemorations of Vital 1999 Battle (BIRN)
War crimes tribunal centres on how much former Kosovan president knew (The Guardian)
Vucic: Kosovo will ‘remain in Serbia’ until mandate end (Euractiv)
Zarko Korac comments why Vucic did not sign in Ohrid (euronews.al)
Spike Milligan’s mansion to become embassy for Kosovo (The Telegraph)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 7, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• QUINT expresses to Kurti full commitment to "unconditional" implementation of the agreement (Koha)
• Osmani answers to PCK about nomination of chief prosecutor, accuses of illegal pressure (Koha)
• Gervalla: I expect that Greece will soon move towards recognition (media)
• Jablanovic on elections in the north: Serbian List silence scares me a lot (media)
• The "head of the Association" - Vucic's politician who demanded Kurti's sanctioning (Albanian Post)
• Kosovo ex-guerrilla ordered to pay war victims €207,000 (Prishtina Insight)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic after meeting with representatives of Serbs from KiM: Joint platform in seven days (N1)
• Vucic: Kosovo will be in Serbia during my term, ask someone else after that (Tanjug, RTS, media)
• The final list of voters for the local elections in the north of Kosovo established (Beta, NMagazin, RTS)
• Oathkeepers leader schedules emergency meeting of Committee on KiM (Beta, N1)
• Four opposition parties demand from Serbian public broadcaster to read out European plan publicly (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: Serbia to boost presence in Africa (Tanjug)
• Apostolic Nuncio Gangemi: Holy See remains principled in its stance on Kosovo (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Ahmetaj: Families of missing persons should be guaranteed right to know through all domestic and international legal remedies (KoSSev)
• Albanian PM: Serbia slowly surrendering to reality (FoNet, N1)

International:

• Serbia urged to uphold freedom of expression while also countering hate speech (news.un.org)

Osmani discusses dialogue with Serbia with Atlantic Council delegation (media) 
Vela: SL, Belgrade won’t have right of veto to obstruct elections in north (Telegrafi) 
Abazovic: I support Kurti-Vucic agreement, good basis for normalisation (Nacionale) 
Haxhiu reacts to court’s decision to free Pajazitaj from charges (Kallxo)
Party of Kosovo Serbs take part in elections, remain without wages (Albanian Post) 
Vucic: Kurt will lead Mitrovica North after April 24 (Radio Free Europe) 
Vucic to host Kosovo Serb representatives in Belgrade today (media) 
Kosovo capital to equip gastronomy sector with noise measurement tools (BIRN) 
The invisible burden on women journalists (Kosovo 2.0) 

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: The term of the April 4 agreement is "violently disappeared victims" (media)
• Bislimi: There are five criteria on which to see how suitable the Association is (Klan)
• Kurti: We are getting ready for the elections in the north (media)
• The Serbian List returns to the Assembly (Koha)
• Kurti about two years in government: There is a long list of quality changes (media)
• Hoti: The government intends to put independent institutions under control (media)
• Krasniqi to Kurti: Kosovo is being emptied, our country is being depopulated (media)
• The Special Court recommends to Kosovo to create mechanism for compensating victims (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets with US Senator Daines (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: Bislimi's pure lie about the five criteria for CSM (ZSO) (Twitter, Kosovo Online)
• Stano confirmed Missing Persons Declaration agreed (N1)
• Petkovic: The term 'forcibly disappeared' in the declaration on the missing is not a legal category (NMagazin, Beta)
• UN Security Council to discuss new report on UNMIK on April 27 (Tanjug)
• Vucic: I pointed out to bin Zayed what Belgrade can accept in dialogue with Pristina (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Kyrgyzstan will not change its position on non-recognition of Kosovo (FoNet, N1)
• Democracy in Action: Current circumstances do not allow holding free elections in the north of Kosovo (Beta, KiM radio)
• Changes in the top of the regional police in the north of Kosovo (RTS, Blic, KiM radio)
• Nova.rs: Vucic preparing a document on Kosovo for the Parliament (Danas)
• Vucic tomorrow with the political representatives of Serbs from Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List MPs show up in Kosovo Parliament after five months (Beta, N1, KoSSev)

International:

• Trial Panel I Orders Salih Mustafa to Pay €207,000 in Reparations to Victims (scp-ks.org)

Osmani: Process to confirm KLA led liberation war, protecting defenseless (media) 
Kurti to report to MPs today on two years of his government (media) 
Osmani: Kosovo will soon host Defender-Europe ’23 (media) 
Bislimi: Lajcak proposed sequencing (Kallxo) 
Konjufca: Term ‘forcibly disappeared’ will be used in agreement (Koha) 
DiA: Current circumstances don’t allow for elections in the north (RFE) 
Osmani meets Guerot, discuss situation in north of Kosovo (Klan Kosova)  
Basha: Serb civilians are being trained in Raska to use firearms (Blic)
Kosovo to probe prosecutor for neglecting case of murdered woman (BIRN) 

Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell: Agreement on the missing, the first step in fulfilling the commitments (media)
• Lajcak and Chollet: Urgent implementation of agreements reached, necessary (RTK)
• KIA: exercises for destabilisation of north are being conducted in Raska (media)
• ‘I Expect Acquittal’: Thaçi Launches War Crimes Defence (Prishtina Insight)
• Finnish ambassador: We support Kosovo in its membership in EU, CIS and NATO (media)
• Hoxhaj: incidents in the north, Serbia's message of obstructing the agreement (Reporteri)
• Tahiri: Kurti government violated Kosovo's sovereignty by talking with Serbia about Association (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets with French Senate delegation (Tanjug, media)
• Sarazzin met Brnabic: Implementation of what was agreed in the dialogue is crucial (Beta, N1)
• Sarrazin: Association of Serb majority communities accepted in Pristina (KoSSev, N1)
• James Rubin: It is a time of great hope in the Balkans (N1)
• NATO: Stoltenberg in regular contact with Vucic (FoNet, N1)
• Milatovic: Not realistic for Montenegro to withdraw the recognition of Kosovo, and it is a matter that is very clear (KoSSev, nova.rs)
• Petkovic: Concrete steps to Community discussed for first time (Tanjug)
• People’s Party officials Jovanovic and Aleksic on initiating referendum on French-German agreement (KiM radio, Beta, Nova S)

International:

• Serbia, Kosovo Discuss Establishing Serb Municipalities Body (BIRN)
• War Crime Allegations ‘Absurd’, Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Tells Court (BIRN)

• Ex-Kosovo leader Thaci tells war crimes court he will be exonerated (Reuters)
• Petkovic: We agreed on text of declaration for missing persons (RFE)
• Chollet meets Lajcak; “strong support for EU-led dialogue” (media)
• Varhelyi and Bislimi meet, discuss tasks ahead (media)
• Osmani on NATO anniversary: It is our future (media)
• Kurti meets Guerot, discuss developments in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media)
• UN Special Rapporteur Khan visits RTK (RTK)
• Serbia must implement agreements, compromise with Kosovo to see EU progression (Euractiv)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti met with emissaries of Germany and Austria for the Western Balkans (RTK)
• Chief negotiators in Brussels: Lajcak first meets Bislimi then Petkovic (Klan)
• Varheleyi meets Bislimi prior to the meeting in Brussels (Reporteri)
• Kurti meets Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (ekonomiaonline)
• Two years as President, Osmani: My guide remains the citizen’s and the Republic’s interest (media)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo has its place in NATO, next to its friends (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Dacic: Pristina will do all to obstruct formation of CSM (BETA, Blic, N1)
• Petkovic meets with Lajcak in Brussels (Tanjug)
• Lawyer: M.B. from Zubin Potok sent to one month detention (KoSSev, Radio KIM, RTS)
• Vucic: The pressure will continue, but Serbia knows how to fight (Politika, Tanjug)
• Brnabic meets with Atlantic Council delegation (Tanjug)
• Leader of the CI "For Zubin Potok'' on the current crisis in Kosovo (Danas)
• Mladenovic: Complain or interrupt the conference when there is no translation (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio, UNS)
• Representatives of the Serbian List with special representatives for the Western Balkans, Sarazzin and Aigner (Radio Mitrovica sever, FB)

International:

• Thaci's Lawyers Say He Didn't Hold Command Power As Guerrilla Leader During Kosovo War (RFE)
• Trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci gets underway in The Hague (euronews)
• Serbia/Kosovo: Start of ex-Kosovo president’s trial for war crimes “an important step along the long road to justice” (amnesty.org)

Kosovo ex-president Hashim Thaci pleads not guilty to war crimes (BBC) 
Albanians rally for ‘liberators’ outside Hague war crimes court (BIRN) 
Police refute claims by SL that officers distressed woman in Zvecan (media) 
Lajcak hosts Bislimi and Petkovic in Brussels today (Gazeta Express) 
Vela reacts to Vucic, “attempts to destabilise institutions will be thwarted and stopped” (media)  
Szunyog: European models for association don’t threaten Kosovo (teve1) 
UN Special Rapporteur Khan meets media representatives (Klan Kosova) 
Begaj decrees appointment of Vlora Hyseni as head of Intelligence Service (online media)
Is EU running out of steam on Kosovo/Serbia? (EUObserver)