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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 23, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell to inform EU foreign ministers today on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE)
• Osmani: I thanked the Holy Father for the care he shows toward Kosovo (media)
• Kurti meets with Mufti, talks about the Draft Law on Religious Freedoms (media)
• Fajon and Lajcak talk about the situation in the Western Balkans (Klan)
• Kusari-Lila: Kosovo is not a blocking party in the dialogue (media)
• Kosovo Police unit fires shots after being attacked by a vehicle in Leposavic (Koha)
• Abdixhiku criticises government on Martin Berishaj and Oliver Ivanovic cases (media)
• Protest against Kurti's statement about Ivanovic: resign or apologise (media)
• UN willing to help families and people affected by floods (Indeksonline)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian Government session commence, Vucic to address public this evening (RTS, media)
• Dacic: ZSO precondition for talks on Belgrade-Pristina solution (Kosovo Online, Happy TV)
• Opposition reacts to Vucic’s willingness to accept Kosovo agreement concept (N1, Prva TV)
• Serbian Orthodox Church elders express conviction that Serbian state leadership would not and can not agree to Kosovo independence (FoNet)
• Brnabic: Nothing regarding Kosovo will be decided without the people (FoNet, N1)
• Fatherland Movement seeks referendum on French-German proposal (KoSSev)
• Lajcak: Community of Serb Municipalities crucial, German-French plan solution (Tanjug)
• Danas: European plan for Kosovo in 10 points (KoSSev)
• Professor: French-German proposal contrary to Constitution of Serbia and UN Resolution 1244 (N1)
• Nova: ZSO by the end of April, final agreement by June (Kosovo Online)
• Specialist Court without comment on media reports on theft of confidential data (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic receives Cuban ambassador in a farewell visit, thanks him for Cuban stance on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Three key postulates for the formation of the CSM (ZSO) (Politika)
• Petkovic: Special forces shot at a vehicle near the Bistrica Bridge, a Serb was wounded (media)
• A Serbian boy attacked in Suvi Do yesterday (media)

Opinion:

• “Kosovo is a Country, and a Country Means a State, Rules the Court of Justice of the European Union” (EJILTalk)

Humanitarian/Development:

• The air is slowly but surely killing us (Kosovo 2.0)
• Floods in Western Balkans Cause Huge Damage, Drownings (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 23, 2023

• Kurti invites his cabinet to fulfill commitments of government program (RTK)
• Vjosa Osmani to visit the Vatican in a reception by Pope Francis (media)
• Western envoys visit Pristina, Belgrade, part of reconciliation effort (RFE)
• Kosovo-Serbia talks may advance ‘in weeks’, US diplomat says (BIRN)
• Western envoys visit Kosovo, Serbia to defuse tensions (AP)
• West expects more understanding of EU proposal for Serbia, Kosovo (AA)
• EU dialogue envoy makes visit to Serbia and Kosovo amid tensions (TVP World)
• PACE may discuss recent tensions between Pristina and Belgrade (media)
• Walker: Serbia invested heavily in propaganda against Recak massacre (media)
• Analyst warns: With or without Association, north is in danger (euronews.al)
• Protest in Pristina today against Kurti’s statement about Ivanovic (EO)
• “Wagner” inscription seen at school and Health Center in Mitrovica (Koha)
• Kosovo’s green transition remains main goal of EU in 2023 (Europe House)
• Serbian president hints that agreement with Kosovo is possible (newsbase)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 20, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 20, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak after the 2-hour meeting with Kurti: We expected greater understanding (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo's membership in EU and NATO has nothing to do with Serbia (Sinjali)
• Plan for “political assassinations” in Kosovo, only a rumour (media)
• French Ambassador: I am confident news on threats will be investigated (media)
• LDK: Conduct independent investigations into assassination plan (Klan)
• Hoti to government: Do not compromise on goals of dialogue and coordinate with allies (Sinjali)
• EP to investigate Varhelyi on suspicions of favouring Serbia in negotiations (Klan)
• Kurti visits areas affected by floods (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: I am certain Serbia will not join EU soon (Tanjug)
• Gazivode Dam safe, no room for panic, spillway opened on time (KoSSev)
• Floods affecting Serb-populated areas (Radio KIM, KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• Djuric: Strategic affairs to be discussed with "big five" (Tanjug)
• Odalovic banned from entering Kosovo again (RTS, Tanjug)
• Ukrainian Ambassador: We are grateful to Serbs for humanitarian support (N1)
• Vucic to meet with Lajcak, Escobar, political advisers (media)
• Vucic receives German representatives (media)
• Kenya confirms it will not recognize Kosovo (RTV)
• Lawyer of Sladjan Trajkovic filed an appeal on his detention measure (Danas)

International:

• ‘We need autonomy’: Kosovo Serbs object to western diplomacy (Financial Times)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 20, 2023

• Chollet: Final agreement requires tough choices and political courage (RFE)
• PM Kurti hosts five envoys from U.S. and EU today (media)
• Kurti: Mutual recognition, central point of agreement with Serbia (media)
• Kosovo License-Plate Issue Flares Up Again With Ban On Cars With Kosovar City Abbreviation (RFE)
• Haradinaj warns Vetevendosje: Forcing us to consider total blockade (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo in 2023: Between ‘crisis management’ and ‘conflict resolution’ (BIRN)
• Floods hit Kosovo, cutting drinking water supply to many towns (BIRN)
• Preparation conference in Thaci et al case rescheduled for Feb 15 (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 19, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 19, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani welcomes the European Parliament resolution for Kosovo (media)
• Western Balkans leaders gather to discuss in Davos, Switzerland (Klan)
• EU doesn’t consider Serbia has renewed KM licence plates (media)
• COMKFOR: Security situation generally calm but extremely fragile (media)
• CoE: Not aware that Kosovo membership is conditioned with Association (Klan)
• Lajcak: I believe Finland will continue its support for the dialogue (media)
• Konjufca condemns threats against Abdixhiku and Krasniqi (Nacionale)
• Abdixhiku after reported assassination plots: We don’t feel threatened at all (Telegrafi)
• Hoxhaj: Government failed to keep the recognitions we secured (EO)
• Slovenian PM on suspected affair with Martin Berishaj: Pure fabrication (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: Belgrade didn’t violate agreement on licence plates (Radio KIM, RTS)
• Petkovic responds to Svecla on licence plates agreement (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Petkovic: Kurti provoking crisis again (N1)
• Serbian List calls on EU to prevent violation of licence plates agreement by Pristina (Kosovo Online)
• Ambulance vehicle with KM plates held at Jarinje (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic on Kurti, secessionism, EP resolution (Tanjug)
• Dacic: EP resolution another example of enormous hypocrisy (N1)
• Hill: Serbia itself should decide what standards it needs (Tanjug, Nedeljnik)
• Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (media)
• Lawyer: Calling someone who was not convicted a war criminal is a criminal act (KoSSev)
• Analyst: Who gives right to Sarrazin to make Serbia recognize Kosovo, when EU does not have unified stance (Danas, BETA, Nova.rs, N1)

International:

• Kosovo License-Plate Issue Flares Up Again With Ban On Cars With Kosovar City Abbreviation (RFE)
• Serbian Police Ex-Commander Wanted in Kosovo for War Crimes (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 19, 2023

• Svecla: Serbia violated agreement on license plates (Klan)
• Police on reports for assassination plans against LDK and PDK MPs (media)
• PM Kurti meets Croatian counterpart in Davos (media)
• Bislimi meets Swiss Ambassador - support of 83 million francs, confirmed (Klan)
• The shooting in Shterpce: an eye-witness’s words (Prishtina Insight)
• Bitter rhetoric: Politicisation of missing persons in post-conflict Kosovo (BIRN)
• Supreme Court suspends licences to build power plants on Lumbardh (BIRN)
• Begaj: We are sensitive but cautious about recent tensions in Kosovo (Klan)
• Vucic: 2023, one of most difficult years in Serbia’s modern history (media)
• Serbia in 2023: Against backdrop of war, pressure for deal on Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 18, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 18, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Greater dynamic in dialogue: Five internationals in Pristina on Friday (Koha)
• PM Kurti interview for Swiss newspaper Blick (media)
• Lajcak meets Kurti in Davos; talk next steps in dialogue and pressing issues (media)
• FES: Draft statute of Association, good basis for discussion (RFE)
• Kurti meets Vice President of Switzerland Viola Amherd (media)
• Hoti criticises Kurti: Calls for investors and warnings for war do not go together (Klan)
• Supreme Court reinstates measure on permits for Decan hydropower plants (Telegrafi)
• The judge in KLA leaders’ case: The trial will be long, about 5 years (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic’s meetings in Davos (RTS, media)
• Petkovic meets Botsan-Kharchenko, discuss situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Bilcik: I see goodwill of Belgrade in dialogue, Pristina has to establish ZSO (Tanjug, RTS)
• Former Slovenian PM asks for parliamentary investigation of Berishaj affair (Radio KIM)
• Peach: Sides should not see implementation of agreements as threat (Radio KIM)
• Dacic, Peach discuss bilateral ties, Kosovo, Ukraine (Tanjug)
• European Court of Justice annuls EC decision on Kosovo (N1)
• Lajcak to visit Pristina and Belgrade on January 20 (Radio kontakt plus)
• European Parliament calls Belgrade to align with EU policies (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 18, 2023

• Prime Minister Kurti’s meetings in Davos (media)
• Will he meet with Vucic in Davos? Albin Kurti responds (euronews.al)
• Kosovo’s Deputy PM Bislimi in an unannounced visit to Berlin (Klan)
• Trial against Thaci et al; The Hague announces upcoming conference (media)
• “Visa-free in the European Union next year” (RTK)
• Quitters need not apply? Warily, Kosovo starts to refill protesting Serbs’ vacated posts (RFE)
• Slovenia urges Serbia, Kosovo to start normalization talks (Anadolu Agency)
• Walker: Belgrade wants to use Serbs and Albanians in north as chess pieces (euronews.al)
• NATO Military Committee to meet in Brussels; discuss on Kosovo too (Express)
• Opposition criticises Kurti for his statement on Ivanovic (Koha)
• Ethnic tensions have created a political 'volcano' that could erupt anytime (Yahoo.uk)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 17, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 17, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia is trying to regain influence in Kosovo, Bosnia and Montenegro (media)
• KPC says Haxhiu’s statements about treating war crimes are not true (Koha)
• LDK blames the government for increase in imports from Serbia (Reporteri)
• Krasniqi: Kurti interrupted ex-KLA fighter, and praised Ivanovic (media)
• Gucati & Haradinaj case: Appeal judgement on 2 February (media)
• Abbott: Past should not be forgotten, but Kosovo and Serbia must make compromises (Klan)
• Jahjaga: NATO and U.S. crucial role for security in Europe and the world (media)
• “Municipalities concerned with govt’s tendency to interfere in local level” (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kosovo Govt passes decision on expropriation of land in north Kosovo (N1)
• Petkovic says Kurti generates crises again, expects EU reaction to land expropriation in Leposavic (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Serbian List reacts to decision to expropriate land in Leposavic (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: Community of Municipalities must be formed for Serbs to return to Pristina's institutions (Tanjug)
• Kurti on late Oliver Ivanovic in 2023 and three years prior to it (KoSSev)
• Fajon: BG and PR to work on further steps to prevent escalation because people are afraid (KoSSev)
• Vucic met UK Envoy Peach: Serbia committed to preserving peace, formation of ZSO key issue (RTV)
• Grenell for RTS: Mutual recognition does not bring food to table, economic development needed
• Vucic to attend World Economic Forum meeting in Davos (Tanjug, media)
• Dussey: Togo's derecognition of Kosovo definitive (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• The difference between Pristina and Belgrade (peacefare.net)
• I saw my fellow Albanians in Kosovo die from afar (BIRN)
• Serbia and Kosovo – rejecting or accepting guilt (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 17, 2023

• Kurti: Serbia must recognize Kosovo; association contradicts Constitution (media)
• Kurti invites the communities: Become part of the Kosovo Police (Klan)
• Escobar and Lajcak to visit Kosovo and Serbia this week (RFE)
• Kurti commemorates Oliver Ivanovic on 5th anniversary of assassination (RTK)
• Fajon: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue should start as soon as possible (media)
• Slovenia FM refuses to discuss ambassador’s alleged financial scandal (BIRN)
• Gervalla: We’ll never accept an association that violates Constitution (media)
• Abdixhiku: Kosovo doesn’t need agreement that doesn’t include recognition (media)
• Gervalla: Derecognition from Togo happened in 2019 (media)
• Kosovo seeks arrest of 18 wartime massacre suspects (BIRN)
• Kosovo woman breaks prejudices by taking village leader role (BIRN)
• Albanian President awards William Walker with High Title (ANA)