UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 14, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Tajani meets Osmani: The future of the Western Balkans is in the EU (RTK)
• Kurti and Abazovic sign agreement on air services between Kosovo and Montenegro (media)
• Konjufca: Without the Serbian parties in the elections, there is no Association (media)
• Svecla on elections in the north: I am convinced that whole process will end peacefully (media)
• Kurti honors the victims and survivors of sexual violence during the war (media)
• The CEC reduces the number of voting centers in the north from 44 to 19 (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic presents five conclusions after meeting with Serbs from Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Patriarch: Prayer for peace more powerful than any weapon (Tanjug)
• Petkovic says he should be in Kosovo for Easter, announced visit to Pristina (Kosovo Online)
• Kovac in a meeting with Vucic on problems Serb sports associations face in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Petkovic: Conclusions from yesterday’s meeting will be binding for Serbian negotiating team (media)
• Jeremic: Why elections when Vucic would be defeated in a referendum (FoNet, N1)
• Orthodox Christians mark Good Friday (N1)

• Bislimi: Postponing elections in the north, not a good option (VoA)
• Vela: Vucic wants to block 23 April elections in the north (media)
• Serbia conditions disputed elections in north on Serb municipalities body (BIRN)
• Election Commission expected to approve voting centers today (Telegrafi)
• If elections are held in the north, “99 percent of Serbs will boycott them” (AP)
• Abazovic: Serbia should recognise Kosovo as soon as possible (Klan Kosova)
• Escobar: Ohrid agreement is historic (media)
• One month detention on remand for police officer in wounding incident (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 13, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Konjufca: There is a tendency to destabilise the north before the April 23 elections (Koha)
• Haradinaj requests the postponement of the elections in the north (Koha)
• Bislimi and Murati travel to U.S., to meet representatives of IMF and World Bank (media)
• Abazovic in Kosovo tomorrow, to meet senior officials and opposition (media)
• Monastery of Decan not included in list of seven endangered monuments this year (Klan)
• "Everything ready to undo Dick Marty's report" (Reporteri)
• The Supreme Court: Citizens have the right to demand the money they were billed for electricity in the North (media)
• U.S. Embassy: Interference with freedom of expression,violates principles of democracy (Reporteri)
• WB Regional Platform Safe Journalists condemns attack on journalist (Reporteri)
• Jakup Krasniqi is not in good condition, lawyer requests his withdrawal from session (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meeting Serbs from Kosovo (RTS)
• Serbs protested shooting of their fellow citizen at Bistrica bridge, demand special forces withdraw from north (KoSSev)
• Signing of petition for withdrawal of Kosovo special police from northern Kosovo continues (Radio kontakt plus)
• Vucic, Dacic met with Spanish Foreign Minister (RTS)
• PM Brnabic thanks Spanish Minister for position on Kosovo (FoNet)
• Petkovic with Botsan-Kharchenko: Peace and security of Serbian people our biggest concern (Kosovo Online)
• Media: Todosijevic’s prison sentence postponed by two months (Kosovo Online, BETA, N1)
• KFOR condemns incident in which Milan Jovanovic was wounded (RTS)
• Serbian ambassador says strategic dialogue with US discussed (BETA)

• Kosovo police arrest three men for beating journalist (Reuters)
• Svecla: Three suspects arrested for attacking reporter (media)
• UNMIK chief condemns assault on journalist (media)
• EULEX: Security situation in north of Kosovo remains fragile (Reporteri)
• Haxhiu: CEC, security institutions to assess security situation in north (Koha)
• UNMIK chief condemns shooting in northern Kosovo (media)
• Pineles: KLA is being tried in the Hague (teve1)
• Gutierrez: Sustainable funding ensures independence of RTK (RTK)
• Professor suspended over accusations of threatening, abusing, students (BIRN)
• ‘Tech for Good’ in Kosovo: Women entrepreneurs lead the way (BIRN)
• Kharchenko: We’ll try to treat Association at UN Security Council (Klan)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 12, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti, senior officials: Attack on Valon Syla is unacceptable (Express)
• Haxhiu: Extraordinary job has been done to find causes of injury of Serb citizen (Klan)
• German Ambassador condemns incident in the north (media)
• General Secretary of EU Federation of Journalists calls on Kurti to condemn attack on journalist (Reporteri)
• Kurti: Draft law on general elections ends injustice against diaspora (media)
• Haxhiu: Government obeys demands of CEC on elections in the North (Express)
• The CEC does not meet, approval of polling stations list postponed again (Telegrafi)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic to Hill: Serbs in Kosovo face increasing difficulties (N1)
• Condemnation of Bistrica shooting incident, calls for withdrawal of Kosovo special police from north continue (Radio KIM, media)
• Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Kosovo condemns wounding of M.J. (Radio KIM)
• EULEX says it considers possibility of increasing reconnaissance patrols in area of Bistrica (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic on Kosovo police statement and involvement in Bistrica shooting incident (Tanjug)
• Serbian officials slammed foreign ambassadors in Pristina for their reactions on Bistrica shooting incident (Kosovo Online, KoSSev)
• PIK: One of arrested police officers in case of M.J.’s injury suspected of attempted murder (KoSSev)
• Radojevic compares cases in Prizren and northern Kosovo, points out double standards (Kosovo Online, social media)
• The Politics of Sport (KoSSev)
• Vucic meets with US Congressman Swalwell (Tanjug)

• Four police officers arrested over incident in the north (media)
• “Kosovo, largest fiscal package to help citizens cope with increased prices” (media)
• Reporter Valon Syla physically assaulted by unknown persons (Koha)
• Photo gallery: 24th Anniversary of Blace Exodus (Prishtina Insight)
• SRSG Ziadeh met Vucic in Belgrade on Tuesday (media)
• Begaj and Escobar discuss situation in Western Balkans (Albanian Daily News)
• Politicians and public targeted in online intimidation cases (BIRN)

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)