Albanian Language Media:  Osmani receives NATO PA Women, Peace and Security Award (media) Kurti: We are going to win in Pristina and Mitrovica too (AP) PDK: First in Kosovo with over 175,000 votes for municipal assemblies (media) EU calls for prompt certification of first-round election results (RTK) Orav welcomes peaceful, competitive and inclusive 1st round of elections (media) Council of Europe Congress statement on Kosovo local elections (media) AJK: Kurti's call for investigations into exit polls, dangerous (media) Osmani: People of Kosovo deeply grateful for Slovenia’s support (media) Osmani welcomes signing of 'Peace Plan' for Gaza (media) KLA War Veterans published a video for the October 17 protest in Tirana (media) Rama calls for participation in protest supporting former KLA leaders (media) Serbian Language Media: Council of Europe Congress: Kosovo local elections pluralistic, inclusive, and competitive, despite politicization (KoSSev) Marko Jaksic: Despite limited resources we achieved major success (Radio KIM) Milenković: Self-determination experienced a kind of defeat, failed to achieve a dominant influence at local level (N1) AGK criticizes Kurti’s call to investigate exit polls (KoSSev) German Embassy: We called for equal treatment of all media (Kosovo Online) UNS and DNKiM: Threats to Jovan Zafirovic unacceptable (Radio KIM, media) Vucic: Constructive discussion about NIS with Russian delegation, there will be no shortages (Tanjug) Von der Leyen: Western Balkans firmly on path to EU (N1) International Media:  AI ‘candidate’ proposed for Albania mayoral election (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Last day for presenting new government is October 26 (media) • Kurti: Exit poll reports for Mitrovica must be investigated (Koha) • Kusari on Kurti's statements: Stay away from exit poll investigations (Nacionale) • Abdixhiku: LDK leads with over 180,000 votes for municipal assemblies (media) • Cakolli from KDI summarizes results of local elections so far (EO) • Albanian Alliance is second in Gracanica; “we’ll have stronger voice” (Telegrafi) • “Serbian List admits Serbia’s interference in Kosovo elections” (EO) • Nenad Vukmirovic appointed acting Minister of Communities and Returns (media) • Osmani: Honored to be invited to NATO Parliamentary Assembly (media) • Von der Leyen to visit Kosovo on Wednesday (AP) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian officials congratulated the Serbian List on victory in nine municipalities in Kosovo (RTS, media) • Mayors elected in 21 municipalities, 17 going to the second round of elections (KiM radio) • Stojanovic and Veljkovic announced retirement after local elections held on Sunday (KiM radio, Alternativna, Kontakt Plus radio, KoSSev) • Arsenijevic on elections results: One municipal councilor seat in Zvecan and Mitrovica North each, two in Leposavic (Radio KIM) • Igor Rasic: I am not satisfied with results of elections (Radio KIM) • Student protesters urge public to back farmers’ protests (N1) Opinion: • The challenge of the Serbian List’s return to local government in the north (Koha) International: • Kosovo local elections head to runoffs in most municipalities: early results (PI) • Kosovo’s main municipalities face runoffs after close-run local elections (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo spy agency’s undocumented ‘special ops’ spending: Probe halted (Balkan Insight) • With proposed law change, Serbia risks even greater leniency for rapists (Balkan Insight) • IPI joins 9 organizations calling on Ursula von der Leyen to address media freedom in WB (International Press Institute)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 13, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Kosovo holds municipal elections; 39.5 percent voter turnout (media) Kurti: People of Kosovo once again showed democratic culture (media) Osmani: Serbia has continuously interfered in Kosovo elections (RTK) Terras strongly condemns Vucic’s interference in Kosovo elections (media) Osmani mandates Kurti to form the new government (media) NATO on Kosovo drones: Every aerial activity to be coordinated with KFOR (RFE) Osmani invited as special guest to NATO Parliamentary Assembly (media) Kurti commends Trump’s leadership for securing agreement on Gaza (media) Osmani: Every girl deserves to dream freely, learn boldly, lead fearlessly (media) FFK condemns chants against Kosovo and provocative banners at Serbia-Albania match (media) Serbian Language Media: Preliminary: The Serbian List wins in all municipalities with a Serbian majority (KoSSev) Vucic: ''Convincing victory of the Serbian List in 9 out of 10 majority Serbian municipalities'' (media) CEC: Around 95 polling stations processed, 39.07 percent turnout (media) Vucic: Albanians “nervous” over high Serb turnout in Kosovo elections (N1, Beta, media) Serbian PM Macut: Local elections in Kosovo of great importance for the Serbs living there (Tanjug, Blic, Kosovo Online) Petkovic: Pristina nervous over massive turnout in Serb communities (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever, Blic) British ambassador’s visit in North as voting begins in Kosovo (KoSSev) Serbian MIA: An Italian citizen arrested at Merdare - a T-shirt marked "KLA" was found in his car (KoSSev) Brave teenage girl prevents alleged abduction near Zvecan (KoSSev) International Media: Kosovo holds municipal elections with the governing party aiming for Pristina city hall (AP) Kosovo’s parliament ends deadlock, but solution is swiftly disputed (PI) From drones to diplomacy: How Kosovo’s military modernization exposes Vucic’s foreign policy contradictions (RLI)

Albanian Language Media: Kosovo Assembly constituted; Rasic elected deputy speaker (media) Krasniqi: Hope there is no new case in court; let’s move to elections (Express) Abdixhiku: Rules are clear, either new govt or new elections (Indeksonline) Haxhiu: Vetevendosje open to a coalition, except with PDK and SL (Koha) Svecla on Sheholli: Long story, plenty of evidence and not only on him (Lajmi) Audio recording; Sheholli speaks of ties with SL and Milan Radoicic (media) Press Council of Kosovo calls for accreditation of media (media) AJK: CEC failed to accredit a small number of Albanian media too (media) Krasniqi’s message on 26th anniversary of PDK’s formation (media) UK Embassy congratulates KSF for winning silver at Cambrian Patrol (media) Serbian Language Media: Serbian List announced filling complaint after Nenad Rasic was elected Deputy Speaker of Assembly citing Constitutional violations (media) Rasic thanks colleagues in Serbian and Albanian for his election (media) Petkovic: CEC's scandalous decision on Serbian media, vote for Serbian List response to Pristina (Tanjug, RTS) ANEM: Institutions in Kosovo must allow media in Serbian language to report on local elections (Beta, NMagazin, Radio Mitrovica sever, N1) Media in Serbian language seek an urgent reaction of Ombudsman over CEC's decision (Kosovo Online, Kontakt plus radio) CSOs: Unprecedented CEC decision, request for immediate annulment (KiM radio) Mijacic: CEC decision yet another clear example of institutional discrimination against Serbs (media, social media) RTK publishes alleged audio of political analyst Fatmir Sheholli discussing ties with Serbia and Serbian List (KoSSev) Zarko Zaric family writes letter to international organizations seeking his release (Kosovo Online) Russian Ambassador: Sanctions on NIS a political decision, we will continue to support Belgrade (N1, FoNet) Tass: Russia grateful to Serbia for humanitarian aid to Kursk region (N1) Opinion: Serbs need new faces free from old power centers (KoSSev) Turkey’s drone sales to Kosovo test its friendship with Serbia (Balkan Insight) International: Kallxo election debates tackle Kosovo municipalities’ construction boom (PI) Cooper affirms UK's commitment to stability in Western Balkans at summit (BBC)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 10, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Osmani: Serbia is trying to buy votes in Kosovo (media) Osmani calls for protection of election integrity from Serbia’s interference (media) Kusari-Lila: VV will not vote for any candidate from Serbian List (media) Reactions to non-accreditation of Serbian media for Oct 12 local elections (media) Deda: Sheholli’s arrest, strongest case of espionage for Serbia (media) Removal of EU measures against Kosovo still in the first steps (Kallxo) Osmani commends KSF winning silver medal at Cambrian Patrol in UK (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: We demand and appeal to UN to react, and to Turkiye to respect international law (Kosovo Online, media) Djuric: Serbia sent strong message from Belfast it is ready for EU (Tanjug) Reactions to non-accreditation of majority of Serbian media for Kosovo elections (media) JANAF, NIS, and US lawyers to meet on Friday (N1) International Media: Kosovo Serb party’s deputy leader tried for 2023 attack on journalists (Balkan Insight) US sanctions hit Serbia’s mainly Russian-owned oil company (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • EU calls for no repeat of external influence in Kosovo local elections (Koha) • Kosovo Police arrest Fatmir Sheholli on espionage charges (media) • Kosovo Assembly constitutive session to resume tomorrow (media) • Wadephul: The Western Balkans is also part of the European family (AP) • Haradinaj to Djuric: Drones don’t threaten peace, your revisionism does (media) • Osmani awards Kosovo Presidential Medal to FIFA President Infantino (media) • 15-year-old fined for wearing shirt with ‘Serbian Gendarmerie’ logo (media) Serbian Language Media: • The Summit of the Western Balkans started in Great Britain, Djuric participating (Tanjug) • Petkovic: “Osmani’s absurd sophistry - Kurti acquires armed systems to intimidate and threaten” (media, social media) • Radulovic: Turkey at forefront of arming KSF; drones a boost for Kurti ahead of elections (Kosovo Online) • 15-year-old boy apprehended in North Mitrovica over sweatshirt with Serbian emblem and “Gendarmerie” inscription (KoSSev) • Serb-returnee villages in Istok municipality without electricity since last night (Radio KIM) • CoE sending observers to Kosovo local elections (N1) • NIS says US Treasury did not extend license (N1) International: • Kosovo drone delivery sparks tirade against Turkey from Serbia’s Vucic (BIRN) • Turkish drones test Ankara's 'golden age' of relations with Belgrade (Turkiye Today) • Kosovo media organisations launch initiative to fight spread of disinformation (PI) • What are the candidates for Prishtina promising? (Kosovo 2.0) • UK eyes migrant returns deal with Kosovo (Politico) • FIFA President Gianni Infantino receives Kosovo’s Presidential Medal (FIFA/media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 9, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Court rules that MPs cannot block the formation of the Assembly (media) Kosovo gets Skydagger drones from Turkey (media) Kusari-Lila: The Constitutional Court cannot impose a political will (media) Xhaferi: LDK wants a provisional government with all political parties (media) Osmani hails first phase of Gaza peace deal (media) Mujanovic: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue finished, final chapter was Banjska (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic ‘appalled’ by Turkey's behavior, brutal violation of UN Charter, UNSCR 1244 (Tanjug, Danas, Blic, media) Serbian FM Djuric on Turkey's arming of the KSF: A step backwards in efforts to normalize relations in the region (Kosovo Online) General Mojsilovic in a conversation with KFOR Commander Ulutash expressed his protest over the Turkish arming of the KSF (Kosovo Online, Beta, KiM radio, media) Petkovic: “Turkey directly trampling on the UN Charter by militarizing Pristina” (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever) Djuric met with acting UNMIK Head (N1, Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, media) Petkovic met with acting UNMIK Head (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, Kontakt Plus radio) Constitutional Court announced the complete verdict on the constitutive session of the parliament (Kontakt Plus radio, KiM radio) SL: KP banned singer Andjela Ignjatovic from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: Osmani: KFOR a key partner in preventing Serbia’s destabilizing tactics (media) Kurti: As soon as the Assembly starts work, we’ll elect the new government (KSP) Orav: Every vote matters and counts in strengthening Kosovo (media) Kurti asked about Vucic’s interference in the Kosovo elections (media) Kurti, Ulutas discuss the importance of coordination and cooperation (media) Limaj: Basha must resign or be dismissed from Assembly Speaker post (media) Qalaj: If we go to new elections, VV will suffer a major decline (Indeksonline) Rasic: SL using blackmail, threats, jobs to influence voters in north (media) Serbian List announces election rally with “pro-Russian singer” (Telegrafi/EO) Kurti and Rizvanolli visit Kosova B, promise stability in energy supply (RTK) Govt allocates €8.9 million for 198 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (AP) TALIS 2024: 60 percent of teachers in Kosovo are women (Express) Kosovo Police special units part of international competition in Jordan (media) Serbian Language Media: Protest of Students in Blockade in “support to their colleagues and compatriots from KiM” (Zubin Potok Info, Alternativna, Beta, NMagazin) Ombudsman and deputies to perform their duty until election of new managers of that institution (Kosovo Online) Unknown persons painted over stands in Serbian flag colors at sports pitch in Brdjane (KoSSev) Serbian Democracy: Rasic files two complaints against SD and Vladimir Radosavljevic (KiM radio) Serbian Democracy vice president claims about 40 percent of businesses were closed in north (social media) Grozdan Bisevac: Villages in Zubin Potok municipality without electricity for the seventh night (Kontakt plus radio) Miftaraj: Government in technical mandate has no legitimacy for decisions such as giving 100 euros to students (Kosovo Online, social media) More than 210,000 people left Kosovo in last four years (Kosovo Online, Radio kontakt plus) New wave of domestic violence in Kosovo – five new cases reported over last 24 hours (KoSSev) Protest in Novi Sad over Serbia’s 13th femicide of 2025 (N1) Croatian JANAF gets license to continue supplying NIS (N1) S&P Global Ratings confirms Serbia’s rating at BBB- (RTS, N1) International: World Bank affirms Kosovo’s 2025 GDP growth projection at 3.8% (SeeNews) Local elections in Kosovo 2025: the role of Russia, the US and the EU in reshaping the political landscape (IFIMES) ‘No one’s above the law’: Albania’s anti-graft prosecutor leaves formidable legacy (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 8, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Osmani: I hope complete cycle of forming institutions will end ASAP (media) PDK, LDK MPs say government is “buying votes” with €100 for students (media) Haradinaj slams Kurti, “he is shameless, a man of Serbia and Russia” (Kanal 10) Basha meets Finnish Ambassador, discusses political developments (media) Rexhepi: Voting in package is not a law; the separate vote was normal (KTV) Albanian mayoral candidate in Gracanica: “Good cooperation with mayor” (Koha) COMKFOR Ulutas hosts UK Military Representative to NATO and EU (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: Perhaps it is an insult when I say “my stomach turns upside down” over Pristina’s statement on territorial integrity (Kosovo Online, KoSSev) Selakovic writes to UNESCO's Azoulay over designations of Serbian heritage as Albanian (Tanjug, N1) Lawyer: Contradictory statements in Kostic and Milovic war crimes trial (Radio KIM, KoSSev) Apartment of the Bojic family from Leposavic allocated to an Albanian man (Kosovo Online) Elektrosever: Leposavic municipality did not submit necessary documentation to connect building without electricity (KoSSev) KFOR Commander met UK General Cave, discussed security situation in Kosovo and region (media, social media) Vucic: We will talk to Russians about NIS, there is nothing to be discussed with US anymore (Tanjug) International Media: Albania judges warned police of threats before fatal court shooting (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Serbia is interfering in the Kosovo elections (media) • Caretaker government allocates €100 for students (media) • Albanian Foreign Ministry slams statement made by Serbian ministry (media) • Osmani thanks Belgium for steadfast support for Kosovo toward EU (media) • Osmani meets UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia (media) • Plakolm writes about her meeting with Osmani in Pristina (media) • CEC rejects accreditation of seven NGOs suspected of falsification (Koha) • KSF Commander hosts UK Military Representative to NATO and EU (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic rejects claims Belgrade interferes in Kosovo elections (Kosovo Online, social media, media) • Displaced and socially vulnerable people in buildings in Leposavic without electricity for two months (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Arsenijevic: If this did not happen to me, I would be last person to leave Kosovo voluntarily (Radio kontakt plus, Alternativna.com) • Djurdjevic: One crossing entry for Serbian goods more political than security measure (Kosovo Online) International: • Imminent end to Kosovo deal on Serbs’ diplomas a fresh blow to integration (BIRN) • Justice and Migration ministers began diplomatic mission to Albania and Kosovo (belganewsagency.eu) • In Serbia, pay-per-like scammers still evading punishment (Balkan Insight) • World Bank sees better growth for Western Balkans but more work needed on jobs (whtc.com)