UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 3, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Vetting, a request of citizens (media)
• Haxhiu: Every citizen has the right to have a justice system (media)
• LDK and PDK with 206 municipal advisers each, LVV with 193, AAK 120 (media)
• Russia with a harsh campaign: Kosovo extremists are problem of Balkans (RTK)
• KP Special Unit Commander explains how he got wounded in the north (RTK)
• COVID-19: 21 new cases, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Rakic with Kajari: KFOR the only guarantor of security in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Belgrade & Podgorica on improving bilateral relations, no problems mentioned (N1)
• Agricultural materials removed from House of Culture in Gorazdevac (Radio KIM)
• Petkovic: Albin Kurti's messages are a direct threat to the Serbian people (Danas, RTK2)
• Vulin: “If Serbia wanted to return to Kosovo by force, it would not need Russians or anyone else” (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, KiM radio)
• Office for KiM: Insulting graffiti written in Mogila village, near Vitina (Kosovo-online)
• Trajkovic: Kurti either naive or malicious when comparing Serbs in BiH with Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• The main trial in the case of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic due to continue November 22 (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Bieber: Joint US-EU action needed in the region (RTK2)

• We will not allow Bosnianisation of Kosovo, Kurti tells BBC's HARDtalk (media)
• PM Kurti received new head of UNICEF Office in Kosovo, Zicherman (media)
• The legal saga of the Decan Monastery (RFE)
• Greek FM: Athens supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Tanjug, Klan)
• ‘Trepca’ reclaimed, Kurti: We’re repairing the damages of the past 7 years (euronews.al)
• CEC to announce municipal assemblies' election results (media)
• We need to talk about the Western Balkans (Politico)
• Kosovo paves way for vaccination of adolescents (media)
• COVID-19: 21 new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• President’s chief of staff refutes report about Russian spotted in Prishtina (media)
• Police: The two Russian nationals left Kosovo on October 23 (media)
• Foreign Minister Gervalla reports to parliamentary committee (media)
• Defense Minister: Our plan is for a professional army (media)
• Hoxhaj slams government for not taking part in COP26 (media)
• Think tank publishes report tackling spread of fake news during pandemic (media)
• Health Minister and COMKFOR call for vaccination against COVID-19 (media)
• COVID-19: 21 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 59 new cases registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese expects competent institutions to fully implement Constitutional Court ruling (KoSSev, media)
• PM Brnabic: 114 attacks on Serbs in Kosovo this year, the most since 2008 (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Trajkovic criticise Kurti’s non-execution of the Constitutional Court decision on the Visoki Decani (Kosovo Online)
• Defendants in Oliver Ivanovic’s case ask for trial proceedings to accelerate (Politika)
• Selakovic: Excellent cooperation of Serbia and Greece, grateful for support (Kosovo-online)
• Demetriou: Cyprus will never recognize Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence (NMagazin, Beta)

• Gashi: Grenell told us we had seven days to bring down Kurti-led government (Kanal 10)
• Zaev's resignation, blow for "Open Balkan" (Koha)
• Bugajski warns: Moscow plans the next Balkan war (Telegrafi)
• CDHRF: Decan Monastery expanding through Serbia's discriminatory laws (Klan)
• The Russian diplomat, declared non-grata, spotted in Pristina (media)
• Kosovo War Massacres Trial Stalled in Serbia for Two Years (BIRN)
• Parties trade blame over crisis at Ferronikel (BIRN)
• Bosnia is in danger of breaking up, warns EU’s top official in the state (The Guardian)
• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 1,2021

Albanian Language Media:

• “Kosovo and Serbia are not working to resolve disagreements” (RFE)
• Kurti: We will have 9.9% economic growth by year’s end (RTK)
• Government expects positive changes on visa liberalisation (Kosovapress)
• Rohde calls for implementation of court decision on Decani Monastery (media)
• Historians from Decan: Decani Monastery is not under threat (media)
• Shahini: Kosovo is powerless in stopping trend of increased prices (media)
• Tahiri calls on government not to reject gas pipeline project (media)
• PDK’s Hoxhaj reacts to resignation of Zaev as North Macedonia PM (media)
• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 49 new cases registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio KIM)
• Cyprus is Serbia’s best friend in Europe, Dacic says (N1)
• Brnabic: Three million adult Serbian citizens have been vaccinated (N1)
• “Biden’s words lasting testimony of a sincere respect” (Radio KIM)
• Gorazdevac: Turning House of Culture into storage depot, pressure on only Serbian media outlet in Metohija (Radio KIM)
• Edi Rama to visit Serbia on Wednesday, regarding Open Balkans Initiative (Kosovo-online)
• Vucic in Glasgow: Serbia will do a lot about Green Agenda (N1)

International:

• North Macedonia’s PM resigns following local election defeat (BIRN)
• Petrit Halilaj: ‘I started to live with fear on a daily basis’ (The Guardian)

• Osmani: Serbia, backed by Russia, undertakes destabilising initiatives (Klan)
• Government of Kosovo approves 2022 draft budget (media)
• Mehaj: U.S. military base in Kosovo would ward off Russia's access to the region (Koha/RTK)
• COMKFOR: KSF cannot deploy to the north without my consent (media)
• Szunyog: Vetting, the last step in efforts to improve judicial system (Telegrafi)
• PM Kurti meets OSF deputy chair, Soros (media)
• Von Cramon urges Government to implement decision on Decan Monastery (media)
• Human remains unearthed at the KFOR base in Pristina (media)
• Freight Carriers Protest Fees at Kosovo-North Macedonia Border (BIRN)
• North Macedonia PM announces resignation after election loss (AP)
• COVID-19: 13 new cases, one death (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: No date yet for meeting with Vucic (Telegrafi)
• Abdixhiku: No vetting without full coordination with EU and US (media)
• President Osmani addresses the Global Summit of Women in Lisbon (media)
• Rama: Kosovo-Albania unification, mind game more likely outside than inside EU (Koha)
• COVID-19: 28 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: We are not changing our Constitution either and what will we do then? (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, KoSSev)
• Jukic: Witnesses against KLA afraid, some relocated (Radio KIM, RTS)
• Varhelyi: EU closely monitors transformation of Kosovo Security Force (N1)
• New figures and the same messages from the Crisis Staff in Gracanica (KiM radio)
• US goals: W. Balkans in EU; reduce Russian and Chinese influence, Escobar says (Beta, N1, VoA)
• Discrimination at competition for journalist award, AJK says membership not explicit requirement (Radio KIM)
• Selakovic: Slovakia supports Serbia’s integrity and sovereignty (Tanjug, RTK2)
• Sending Hill and Hovenier to the Balkans halted, Senator Cruz blocks Biden's ambassadors (Kosovo Online, Washington Post)
• Djuric on protest in front of Serbian Consulate in New York (Kosovo-online)

• Escobar: Mutual recognition would be ideal for normalisation of relations (RFE)
• Minister of Justice says EU supports vetting in judiciary in Kosovo (KTV)
• Krasniqi: Serbia must be responsible for crimes in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• Kosovo sanctions individuals and company linked to Hizballah (BIRN)
• Serbia is on a shopping spree for weapons (The Economist)
• Hoxhaj: Russia and Serbia seeking to return history of violence (media)
• Women in Balkan media ‘must speak out’ against sexual harassment (BIRN)
• Agron Bajrami leaves Koha; rumored as new ambassador to Brussels (media)
• COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 28, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani on an official visit to Portugal (media)
• Kurti: I do not feel at risk, I have not changed my agenda (media)
• Kosovo Police brings details about threat to Prime Minister Kurti (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo has never marked bigger economic growth (media)
• Serbian warnings for nonrecognition, MFA accuses Serbia of violation of agreement (RTK)
• CEC announces results of 2021 Local Elections in Kosovo (euronews.al)
• The suspected of Hezbollah connections are not Kosovo citizens (RFE Albanian)
• EU: Greater institutional commitment needed to prevent hate speech (Ekonomia)
• COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19 in Serb areas: 53 new cases, two deaths (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic: Principled support of China in preserving sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia (Kosovo-online)
• Wang Yi: China respects territorial integrity of Serbia (Tanjug, Kosovo-online)
• Brnabic with Wang Yi: Our ambition to develop relations further is great (B92)
• Rakic and Schmid: Dialogue is only way to resolve problems (Radio KIM)
• The (im) possibility of elections in Serbian municipalities (KiM radio)
• Petkovic with Ginkel on situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM)

Humanitarian/Development:

• NGO Aktiv launches campaign on rights at local level (Radio KIM)

• Kurti's security beefed up following threats (media)
• OSCE Secretary General Schmid meets Osmani, Kurti (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo's recognition by Serbia, the only acceptable dialogue outcome (media)
• Bosnian politician claims Kosovo-Serbia land swap deal had U.S. backing (Koha)
• Albanian FM calls for recognition of Kosovo, gets told off by Serbian ambassador (Koha/RTK)
• LDK leader thanks supporters for local elections result (media)
• Appeals panel rejects Thaci's request; will remain in detention (media)
• Former CEC head reaches out to Ombudsperson over her dismissal (media)
• Wonders, and Horrors, Drawn From Boyhood in a War Zone (NYT)
• Serbian Model Quits Beauty Contest over Photo with Albanian Symbol (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 22 new cases, one death (media)