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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 10, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: 2024 is the year of integration (media)
• Borrell’s report expected on Tuesday; govt skeptical of lifting measures (Koha)
• Gervalla: We’ll consider Association draft only if Serbia implements Basic Agreement (media)
• LDK, AAK react to declaration adopted by All-Serbian assembly (media)
• EU spokeswoman in Kosovo: Russia trying to disrupt Western Balkans integration (media)
• Police arrest Russian national in Zvecan for illegal border crossing (RFE)
• Barbano: Banjska aggression proved fragility of the situation in the north (media)
• Kurti: Another successful Pride Parade took place in heart of Pristina (media)
• Surroi: June 8 as a metaphor of two societies (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Fatherland: The All-Serbian Assembly marginalized Kosovo, served to cover up betrayal (N1, NMagazin, Danas)
• Vucevic on the All-Serb Assembly: A new political reality that everyone will have to get used to (Kosovo Online)
• Djuric: Spreading falsehoods about the character and nature of the All-Serb Assembly is harmful and destructive (Kosovo Online)
• Governments of Serbia and RS adopt Declaration on Protection of National and Political Rights and the Joint Future of the Serb People (N1, Beta, FoNet)
• Petkovic, Djuric met representatives of Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 7, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: General elections could be held in autumn or winter (media)
• Osmani supports Kurti government on expropriations in the north (Nacionale)
• Osmani on Kurti's proposal for Lajcak to send the draft to Venice: It has not been formally presented to me yet (Reporteri)
• CAA: “EU to focus on fair dialogue that respects Kosovo independence” (media)
• Lawyer Berisha says espionage suspect is witness in The Hague (RTK)
• Local communities and universities strengthen cooperation with KFOR (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Zubin Potok: Citizens do not know the value of the property seized through the expropriation process; many do not want the money (KiM radio)
• Vucic: All-Serb Assembly to show unity (N1)
• Petkovic and Djuric to meet representatives of the Serbian people from Kosovo (Tanjug, Kim Radio, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Petkovic and Arlov: The All-Serbian Assembly a confirmation of unity and connection (Tanjug, Kosovo online, KiM radio)
• Radar: Erasing memory of assassinated Kosovo Serb leader (N1)
• Quint, EU, and OSCE urge Pristina to uphold Ahtisaari principles and rule of law on expropriation in Serb-majority areas; Kosovo Government regrets the response (KoSSev)
• Pensions in Kosovo for burek and soup (KiM radio, RFE)
• On Germany's new quotas for workers from the Balkans: All profiles are leaving; Gerxhaliu: It will further motivate young people to leave (Kosovo Online)
• KFOR signs memorandum on local education projects (N1)
• EC: Serbia not only country with lithium deposits (N1)

International:

• Framing suffering: Kosovo war photographer opens his archive (BIRN)
• Dodik: We will hold a Referendum on the independence of RS from BiH (Sarajevo Times)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 7, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo government rejects criticism over land expropriation in the north (media)
• Kurti: We have many enemies; we’re faced with cyber-attacks (media)
• Kosovo Police question wife of Milan Radoicic (RFE)
• Westerlund: Now is the time to form the Association (media)
• Former UK Prime Minister Blair to address Kosovo Assembly on June 10 (media)
• Kastrati: Serbia training Serbs from the north across the border (Telegrafi)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic, Quint ambassadors discuss regional political development (Tanjug)
• Hill: The US is satisfied with Serbia's attitude towards Ukraine and the dialogue with Kosovo (Kosovo Online, VoA)
• Starovic on Quint's attitude: Where does the verbal complaint stop and where the tacit support begins (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Djurdjevic Stamenkovski: The seizure of Serbian property in Kosovo is a continuation of Kurti's terror (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Defense of Dragisa Milenkovic: Contradictory witness statements (KiM radio, Kosovo Online)
• Pristina "regrets" the reaction of Quint, OSCE, EU on expropriation - infrastructure projects and police stations for the safety of citizens (KoSSev)
• Milan Radoicic's wife questioned, then released (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Joseph: It is in the strategic interest of Kosovo to treat the Serbs in accordance with the law (Kosovo Online, X)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 6, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: I don’t believe they can repeat Banjska; they’ll try something else (media)
• Osmani: We protect and keep Kosovo safe together with our allies (media)
• Konjufca: EU wants to forcefully take competencies from Kosovo on Association (Koha)
• QUINT, EU and OSCE react to government for expropriations in the north (media)
• Rohde: Soon there will be decisions to unblock the situation (media)
• Korenica denies group of VV MPs planning to form a new party (media)
• Police report on findings at houses of two arrested for espionage (media)
• Konjufca on espionage arrests: I’m sure there are more similar cases (media)
• “The two arrested, part of agenda to deny the Recak massacre and fabricate a Yellow House” (Gazeta Express)
• Gjini: Serbia doesn’t want Association, but a border on Iber (media)
• Catalonian party calls on Spain to recognize Kosovo (RFE)
• Guillou resigns as judge at Kosovo Specialist Chambers (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Quint, EU and OSCE: We regret the decision of the Government of Kosovo to finalize the expropriation in the north (Kosovo Online, KiM radio)
• Under the pretext of preventing smuggling, the KP destroy the property of Serbs in the village of Banje (KiM radio)
• Caslav Jolic's defense attorney an optimist, if tried based on the evidence (KiM radio)
• Petkovic: Kurti is only ready to terrorize the Serbian people (RTV, Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• UN Security Council Resolution 1244 is a key document for Serbia in maintaining its territorial integrity (Kosovo Online)
• Gerxhaliu: If I didn't know that the IMF report was about Kosovo, I would have thought that it was about Japan or Switzerland (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Kosovo’s judiciary to treat organized crime and corruption cases more vigorously, OSCE Mission report says (osce.org)
• OSCE questions efficiency, quality of Balkan organised crime, graft trials (BIRN)
• “We were here and we will always be here” (Kosovo 2.0)
• Seminar on Advancing the Rights of the Roma and Ashkali Communities in Kosovo held in Pristina (eeas.europa.eu)
• As Palestine recognitions grow, Balkan states’ stances shaped by geopolitics (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 6, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: I cannot make any mistake with the Association (media) • Osmani: I didn’t say Association draft in line with Constitution (Albanian Post) • Lajcak informs CoE member states about challenges in dialogue (Express) • Two arrested for espionage detained for 48 hours (Express) • Kosovo government excludes some properties from expropriation in north (RFE) • Surroi: Association is not biggest problem of Kosovo; it dates before 1999 (media) • Tony Blair to visit Kosovo (Koha) • Three agreements on legal cooperation with Sweden are finalized (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak in the CoE: I informed the countries about the challenges in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (RTS) • Bilcik: Community of Serbian municipalities an absolute priority (Tanjug) • BIA denies connection with persons arrested in Urosevac suspected of espionage (N1, NMagazin, KoSSev, media) • Certain private plots exempted from the decision on expropriation in the north of Kosovo (RFE) • Roads are being dug again in the North; KP: We prevent smuggling; Bisevac: They prevent locals from accessing properties (KoSSev) • European elections and the Brussels dialogue: Disappointed expectations and new calculations (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 5, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• State Department calls for fair process of arrested for suspicion of war crimes in Serbia (RFE)
• Kurti asks diaspora to vote for political forces that are not extreme in EU elections (Albanian Post)
• Lajcak to continue role of facilitator until his successor appointed (Koha)
• Stano: EU elections do not affect Lajcak's mandate, he continues to be committed (Nacionale)
• France mission in CoE supports Lajcak "within the application for membership of Kosovo" (Express)
• Gresa Caka-Nimani re-elected president of Constitutional Court (Koha)
• Osmani asks municipalities for greater contribution to elimination of gender-based violence (media)
• Haxhiu: Opposition is not demanding Radojicic’s surrender, but investigation of Kusari-Lila (Albanian Post)
• Tahiri: Regular general elections on January 12 or February 16 next year (media)
• Peci: Serbs working in Zvecan municipality fear the Serbian List (media)
• Zeka: Govt’s failure to implement pledges cracked relations with U.S., EU (EO)
• “Conservative list”, including some VV MPs, expected to be created (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• The State Department calls for a fair legal process for those arrested in Serbia for suspicion of war crimes (RFE, KiM radio, Danas)
• Sladjana Radovic detained at the Jarinje crossing (KiM radio)
• Simic: There were more talks between Kusari Lila and Radoicic (Kosovo Online)
• Peci: She took documents by force to register them in parties; Tomanic: It's a pure lie, he is justifying himself because I announced the lawsuit (KoSSev)
• Schieder: ODIHR recommendations not implemented (N1, Danas)

International:

• OSCE publishes Western Balkans Trial Monitoring Report, with recommendations for judicial reform in Montenegro (osce.org)
• Kosovo secures extra 26 mln euro from IMF (See News)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 5, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti says that differences with Osmani are not insurmountable (media)
• KFOR Commander: We are prepared in case of increased tensions (media)
• KFOR commander meets mayor of Peja and religious authorities (media)
• Muja: Opening of Iber bridge does not endanger continuation of EU punitive measures (Albanian Post)
• Kurti on the Kusari-Lila conversation with Radojicic: It is a fabricated situation (RTK)
• Haradinaj to Kurti: You can't hide behind patriotism you never had (media)
• Justice Ministry: Kosovo is the first in region to initiate drafting of Draft Law against Femicide(Klan)
• Sadik Duraku's detention in Serbia, extended (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Djuric: While on EU path, we will strengthen cooperation with all (Tanjug)
• The Kosovo government's hide-and-seek game regarding expropriations in the north (Kosovo Online)
• Petronijevic: Sadik Duraku's custody extended for a month (Kosovo Online, RFE)
• The Fatherland movement: A large number of citizens from the north went to vote in local elections in Serbia (KiM radio)
• A Serb arrested on suspicion of desecrating the cemetery in Donje Korminjane (KoSSev)
• What happened to the road leading to the Oklace village in Zubin Potok? (KoSSev)
• Pristina: Learning Serbian and Albanian is not a betrayal of national interests (KiM radio, Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 4, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kadiu: Borrell should conclude that conditions have been met (Telegrafi)
• Rohde: LGBTQI+ rights must not be negotiated, they have to be enforced (media)
• Westerlund underlines need to adopt civil code, need for LGBTQ+ shelters (media)
• Manxhuka: Their bad legacy cannot become our sin (media)
• Sources: ILECU preparing international arrest warrant for Bojic (Kosovapress)
• Kurti meets Pamuk during stay in Turkey (media)
• Osmani congratulates Sheinbaum as first woman President of Mexico (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kurti's adviser got the most votes in Presevo, Bislimi's adviser got the least in Bujanovac (KoSSev, RFE)
• Kosovo Minister: The government's support for a political option in the Presevo Valley was a mistake (Beta, Danas)
• The anniversary of the murder of the Stolic family in Obilic, the killers still at large (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, RTS)
• Petkovic: Pristina's constant policy of denying the suffering of Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Gracanica: The consumer failed to file a complaint a second time, the water supply company says it was too late (KiM radio)
• Rapajic: Kurti shows with the new expropriation decision that he doesn't want to meet any international community conditions (Kosovo Online)
Opinion:
• Western disunity has enabled Russia to disrupt Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (BIRN)
• Who’s afraid of unmarried mothers? (Kosovo 2.0)

International:

• Kosovo Albanian remanded in custody in Serbia on war crimes charge (BIRN)
• From coal to renewables: Kosovo’s long energy transition journey (Prishtina Insight)
• Türkiye targets $1B in bilateral trade with Kosovo by year-end (Daily Sabah)
• Kosovo signs 3 agreements for 105 MW solar project (Balkan Green Energy News)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 4, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti visits Baykar weapons factory in Turkey (media)
• Rohde: Germany is committed to bringing Kosovo into the CoE (media)
• KFOR commander and Kornfeind discuss security situation in Kosovo (media)
• Belgrade court orders 30 days detention for Tefik Mustafa (media)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns Mustafa’s detention, requests QUINT’s reaction (Koha)
• Exclusive: Part of conversation between Mimoza Kusari and Milan Radojcic (Nacionale)
• CEC starts tendering procedures for cameras in polling stations (media)
• Pride Week officially starts in Kosovo (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Djuric: Normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina impossible with Kurti in power (Kosovo Online, Blic TV)
• Detention up to 30 Days for KLA member suspected of war crimes against Serbs (RTS)
• An indictment filed against two doctors from the Serbian clinic in Pristina (Kosovo Online, KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Djuric met with UN's Yamashita (Tanjug)
• ODIHR: Elections negatively impacted by pressure, misuse of public resources, media (N1, Beta)

International Media:

• Thousands Apply for War Sexual Violence Victim Status in Kosovo as Govt is Asked to Extend Application Deadline (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 3, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Kosovo will strengthen relations with Turkey in two areas (media)
• Kurti: We’re not against Serbs, Serbia is against us (Sinjali)
• Swedish Ambassador: Comparing Association with Republika Srpska is unfair (media)
• Szunyog: EU supports Kosovo with € 75 million as part of Energy Package (Reporteri)
• LVV Secretary to French media: We cannot stop people from leaving, some even return (media)
• Haradinaj: Government is harming state, it has betrayed trust of every citizen (media)
• Opposition: Differences between president and prime minister, obvious (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Djuric meets Babity: The alarming situation in Kosovo, the fight against extermination (Kosovo Online)
• Census in Kosovo completed: Data on the number of Serbs will not reflect the real situation (N1, NMagazin)
• Vasic: Nepotism and political influence in institutions - the causes of youth emigration (KiM radio, medijacentar.info)
• Cooperation between the Ministry of Communities and Return and the Property Agency agreed (KiM radio)
• SNS claims victory in all but 4 municipalities (N1)
• Opposition claims victory in city of Nis (N1)

International:

• Disinformation stoking interethnic tensions in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• Opposition discord weakens pressure in Kosovo for snap election (BIRN)
• Serbia's ruling party wins local polls marred by irregularities (RFE)
• Tensions soar in Serbia municipal election as ruling party seeks to retain power (VoA)