Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti met Rohde and German ambassadors from region, talk about road to EU (Reporteri)
• Blast near the center for technical control of vehicles in north of Kosovo (media)
• Bislimi: Region faces destabilizing efforts (media)
• Haliti: Radoicic sent SMS threatening to kill politicians (media)
• Sources: Close protection units now guarding Gervalla and Rasic (Indeksonline)
• State Department: Countering corruption, Russian malign influence in WB (media)
• Surroi comments on Zelenksy’s warning of new conflict in Balkans (media)
• Osmani appoints Drilon Gashi as head of Kosovo’s diplomatic mission in Warsaw (media)
• Haradinaj: Kurti changes his words three times a day, has lost his way (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Rasic: The moment the CSM is adopted, the institutions of Serbia will be extinguished (KiM radio)
• Petkovic: Kurti's minister Rasic trying in every way to make the CSM meaningless (Kosovo Online)
• Letter of protest to France and Germany due to the removal of the memorial plaque in Pristina (Danas, FoNet, Beta, KoSSev)
• Vucic: Pointless to respond to all lies, the move of the monument to Serbian soldiers (Tanjug)
• Dacic: The removal of the memorial plaque is scandalous, the French Embassy in Belgrade will advocate for its return (Kosovo Online)
• The European Commission proposes that visas be canceled for holders of Serbian passports in Kosovo (N1)
• Ambassador to UNESCO: Serbia's election is a clear signal to Pristina that it has no support for unilateral moves (RTS)
• Hill: Despite the difficulties, we recognize the common interests of Serbia and Ukraine (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug)
• Another trial for Vukotic in Pristina (Kosovo Online)
• The detention of Sladjan Trajkovic extended again (KiM radio, Kosovo Online)
• Serbia, North Macedonia sign Memorandum on construction of high-speed railway (FoNet, N1)

Opinion:

• Kosovo and the Western Balkans Security Order after Banjska: Policy Recommendations from the Octopus Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies (media)

International:

• Kosovo launches first women's football strategy (uefa.com)
• Kosovo’s Thaci Didn’t Give Orders to Guerrillas: Trial Witness (BIRN)
• Surge in Requests for Kosovo License Plates Signals Shifting Dynamics Among Local Serbs (Prishtina Insight)
• John Hodgson: Out of spite I started learning Albanian (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media:
• Bislimi: Without signing agreements, we can’t move toward implementation (RFE)
• Lajcak: Discussions were helpful to make progress on a number of issues (media)
• “EU officials expect Kosovo to adopt Association draft statute soon” (KTV)
• PDK’s Tahiri says Kurti agreed to self-governing autonomy for Serbs (Klan)
• Westerlund: Association draft statute in line with the Constitution (Kanal 10)
• Kosovo Assembly adopts budget for 2024 (media)
• Zelensky warns “Russia could be laying ground for conflict in Balkans” (media)
• Kurti: Diaspora has enriched our country in innumerable ways (media)
• Dozens protest in Pristina, ask government “not to side with Israel” (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic after the Brussels meetings: We talked about the CSM Statute, energy, the missing, expects the dialogue to continue (RTS)
• Thursday's round of Brussels dialogue concludes without trilateral meeting (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Serbia's re-election to the UNESCO Executive Board greater security in protecting heritage in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• US imposes sanctions on two Serbian politicians (N1)
• Vucic: Open Balkan an affirmed peace platform (Tanjug)
• Blast shakes Mitrovica North (RTS, N1)

Albanian Language Media:

• After Petkovic, Lajcak meets Bislimi, tests if there is will for tripartite meeting (media)
• Kurti: The 2024 budget will be a defense and security budget (RTK)
• PDK does not support 2024 draft budget: It does not bring development alternatives (Reporteri)
• Macron: Tensions in Kosovo have calmed down a bit - I'm not worried about resumption of conflict (Klan)
• Krasniqi meets Varhelyi, talk about European integration process of Kosovo (Klan)
• Ekaterina Trendafilova to visit Kosovo at the end of the month (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• The meeting of the Belgrade delegation with Lajcak ended; the main topic the Statute of the CSM (N1)
• Professor Ćorac: If manganese is found in water, it can cause certain health disorders (gracanicaonline.info)
• Survey: A majority believe that Serbia and Kosovo Serbs’ position is weaker under the current government; the majority would vote for Vucic again (KoSSev)
• The Government of Serbia sent a request for "collecting votes" for the upcoming elections, the OSCE informed Pristina (KoSSev)
• Gasic: Kosovo Albanian mafia supplying weapons to people smugglers in northern Serbia (Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online, N1)
• Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever)

Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: Belgrade wants territorial compensation for losing Yugoslavia (media)
• Bislimi travels to Brussels for meeting of chief negotiators (media)
• Kurti meets Police Deputy General Director and Special Intervention Unit (media)
• Hoxhaj on draft statute: Kurti does not dare publish what he agreed to (media)
• Kosovo seeks assistance from the region to investigate Banjska attack (RFE)
• Osmani meets President of Portugal (media)
• Selimi: Exactly five months since EU put sanctions on Kosovo (media)
• Montenegro Deputy Prime Minister on extradition of war crimes suspect (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Technical dialogue between Belgrade, Pristina to continue in Brussels Thursday (Tanjug)
• The Belgrade delegation led by Petkovic to meet Lajcak at 9.30 am (Kosovo Online)
• French Embassy: „We will consider the technical possibilities“ of returning all the monuments to where they were (KoSSev)
• Jablanovic: From political persecution to posing with Vucic (KoSSev)
• Arrested attacker on G.M. from Caglavica (medijacentar.info, KiM radio)
• Pristina asking for the help of countries in the region regarding the investigation of the Banjska case (KoSSev, RFE)
• Serbia elected to the Executive Council of UNESCO, for the third time in a row (Kosovo Online)
International Media:

• North Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Kosovo* take step towards day-ahead market coupling (balkangreenenergynews.com)
• Serbia Signs Natural Gas Deal With Azerbaijan (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 15, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Government: Impossible to comment on authenticity of every document (Klan)
• Hoxhaj: Meaningless, anti-democratic that Association draft is kept secret (EO)
• Bajrami: LDK doesn’t have the draft statute of the Association (RTV21)
• Kurti to community youths: Make Academy of Safety part of your dreams (Klan)
• Kurti to meet Special Intervention Unit today (Koha)
• CEC chief: Participation of women in election bodies is low (EO)
• Hoti: €113 million paid for electricity in the north in 2021 and 2022 (Nacionale)
• Malaj: Albania will increase its military presence in KFOR (Gazeta Express)
• Abazovic on Banjska attack: It damaged Serbia; Kurti had some warnings (media)
• Fried: Kosovo is a state now, not an issue or aspiration (Albanian Post)
• Suspected of terrorism: Identity of person wanted by Interpol revealed (Paparaci)

Serbian Language Media:

• Giaufret: Kosovo not alpha and omega of Serbia's European integration, but part of package (euronews.rs, Kontakt plus radio)
• RSF calls Serbian government to implement EC recommendations (N1)
• Marinkovic: “Act of ambassadors consequence of Albanian urge to erase historic ties of Serbs with Kosovo” (N1, KoSSev)
• Mijacic: More than 2,000 people so far have signed petition for return of monument to fallen Serbian soldiers in First World War (Kosovo Online)
• Stefanovic reacts to memorial plaque relocation, terms decision as tragic (N1, Radio KIM)
• Russian Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko reacts to memorial plaque relocation (Euronews Serbia, Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo police refuses to respond who beat up Serb G.M. from Caglavica (Radio KIM, Media Center)

International:

• No More ‘Brotherhood and Unity’: Pre-War Kosovo Captured on Camera (Balkan Insight)
• EU ‘lacked momentum’ on Balkan enlargement, says Serbia’s Europe minister (Politico)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 15, 2023
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti on Association: Vucic wants a "state within the state", I can discuss everything within Constitution (media)
• Lajcak: It is necessary to continue dialogue and respect agreement (RTK)
• Osmani has traveled for an official visit to Portugal (media)
• Minister Maqedonci and head of EULEX discussed security (RTK)
• Osmani on burned vehicle in Leposaviq: It aims to hinder integration of Serbs (Koha)
• Scholz: We are working hard to solve really difficult Kosovo-Serbia situation (Klan)
• Rama: Kosovo and Serbia must reach an agreement (Koha)
• Rohde: Now it’s up to the countries to implement what is necessary (media)
• PDK: Any statute of Association that contradicts founding ideals of Kosovo, unacceptable (media)
• CEC: Serbian List election assembly, in compliance with the laws (EO)
Serbian Language Media:
• Lajcak: We discussed steps for implementation of normalization agreement (Tanjug, media)
• Petition to return memorial plaque to original place launched, apology demanded (KoSSev, N1, Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Serbian List demands return of memorial plaque to original place, apology from ambassadors (N1, FoNet)
• SPS leader Dacic says alliance with opposition not an option (N1, BETA)
• Government adopts plan on harmonizing Serbia's visa regime with EU (Tanjug)
• United Media launches five licensed Forbes websites in the Adriatic region (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 14, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Upclose, Serbian reporters saw a different Kosovo (Kallxo)
• A vehicle set on fire in Leposavic, reportedly belongs to deputy mayor (Koha)
• EU membership, government criticized for not consulting civil society (KSP)
• Citaku: Propaganda, only area where government excels (Koha)
• Albanian Ambassador meets Kosovo Defense Minister (media)
• Serbian flag burned in Hoca e Madhe, “incitement of division, intolerance” (Koha)
• Trajkovic: Vucic accepted Kosovo’s territorial integrity (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Serbia committed to dialogue and respect for everything agreed upon, Serbs in Kosovo in difficult situation (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic: On Thursday, continuation of talks between Belgrade and Pristina on statute of CSM (ZSO) (NMagazin, Beta, Blic)
• Residents of Gracanica dissatisfied because of land expropriation (Euronews)
• Dacic: Unacceptable and scandalous relocation of memorial plaque in Pristina (RTV, Kosovo Online)
• Director of CESID condemns relocation of memorial plaque (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Jaksic plans to form an initiative that will advocate for the division of Kosovo (KiM radio)
• Sentic: Setting flag on fire is criminal act, clear condemnation necessary (KoSSev)
• Investigation into the burning of the Serbian flag in Velika Hoca (KiM radio, RTS, N1)
• New flag placed on monument to killed Serbs from Orahovac (Kosovo Online)
• Assembly of the Serbian National Council on November 26 in Belgrade (KiM radio)
• Vehicle of Leposavic municipality vice president set on fire (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Serwer: The good, the bad and the unwritten (media)

International:

• North Macedonia Seeks to Get Russia’s Lavrov to Skopje for OSCE Meeting (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: After visa liberalization, Kosovo should be given status of candidate country (Koha)
• Borell after the meeting of chief diplomats in Brussels: Western Balkans belongs in EU (media)
• Gervalla calls EU to take a clear stand on 24 September attack (media)
• A new "non-paper" for the Western Balkans, made pubic (Albanian Post)
• Kurti and Kovacevski discussed joint integration process (RTK)
• Jonathan Hargreaves, new ambassador of the United Kingdom in Kosovo (Express)
• Number of requests for passports increases in the north (media)
• A suspect arrested in Zubin Potok, several weapons confiscated (Kallxo)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic to meet with Lajcak in Belgrade Tuesday (Tanjug)
• French and German embassies confirmed relocation of Serbian soldiers memorial plaque (KoSSev, media)
• Tanja Lazarevic’s public letter to French Ambassador (KoSSev, N1, media)
• Reactions to Serbian soldiers’ memorial plaque relocation continue (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Pristina municipality says it was neither informed nor received request to relocate memorial plaque (Kosovo Online)
• Informational campaign in North Mitrovica headed by a government representative who doesn’t speak Serbian (KoSSev)
• Brnabic: US one of Serbia's top foreign policy and economic partners (Tanjug)
• Borrell: Western Balkans place is in EU (N1)

Albanian Language Media:

• Gervalla: September 24 attack in Banjska changed everything (media)
• Baerbock with clear messages for Kosovo’s prospect of EU membership (Klan)
• Croatian FM: Visa liberalization for Kosovo, a major step forward (RTK)
• Stano doesn’t comment on draft statute published by Ramadani (media)
• PSD warns it will “escalate actions” against Association (Albanian Post)
• Tahiri: Scandalous, Resolution 1244 is part of the Association’s statute (media)
• Over 1,350 citizens in north re-register their vehicles to RKS plates (Telegrafi)
• Svecla meets Turkish Defense Minister (media)
• Petkovic: “In time of Serbian List and Vucic, 40,000 Serbs fled Kosovo” (Dukagjini)

Serbian Language Media:

• Borrell on Western Balkans: We insist on alignment with EU foreign policy (N1)
• Office for KiM reacts to relocation of Serb soldiers memorial plaque (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online)
• New KFOR Commander visits Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online, social media)
• Ambassador Vilan denied Israeli soccer coach: Serbia showed that it is a true friend (Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Office for KiM: Flag of Serbia set on fire at the monument to the murdered Serbs in Orahovac (Tanjug)
• SNF gathering: “Prevent ‘Albanization’ of Serb-majority municipalities with ‘tacit approval’ of Serbian List” (KoSSev)

International:

• Belgrade Paid for Lawyers Defending Kosovo Serbs Accused of Corruption, Documents Reveal (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo Defeats Israel In Soccer Match Amid High Security, Small Crowd (RFE)

Humanitarian/Development:
• 53 grants worth €500,000 allocated for women and minority led businesses (KSP)

Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: Kosovo, supporter of regional security (media)
• Kurti meets with O'Brien, says U.S. support for Kosovo confirmed (RTK)
• Borrell to chair today EU-Western Balkans meeting (Reporteri)
• Kurti: Neighboring countries are not safe from Serbia, as long as they are not part of EU (RFE)
• Prime Minister Kurti for a two-day visit to Vienna (media)
• Ramadani publishes a version of the Association's draft statute (media)
• Analysts: If it is official, this statute legalizes parallel structures in north (media)
• The flag of Palestine unfurled in Pristina, removed (media)
• Kosovo model can serve as solution for Gaza - says Israeli diplomat (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic: Kurti playing on the Europeans' fear of a repeat of the conflict in the Balkans (Kontakt plus radio)
• FT: Serbia is ‘glaring example’ of how far aspirant members are from meeting EU enlargement criteria (N1)
• German and French Ambassadors Mark Armistice Day, but where is the Monument to Serbian Soldiers? (KoSSev)
• The monument to the fallen Serbian fighters at the cemetery in Pristina was moved (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS, KiM radio)
• Diocese of Raska - Prizren on relocation of the monument to the liberators from the First World War (eparhija-prizren.com, KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• An Albanian beat a Serb while cultivating his field near Ajvalija (KiM radio, medijacentar.info)
• It snowed in Brezovica, the locals still without firewood (KoSSev, RTK2)
• Vucic with O'Brien on the dialogue in Brussels and the situation in Kosovo (RTS)
• Vucic: No progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue as long as Kurti is in power (Tanjug)
International Media:
• In Memory of the UN Flight Tragedy in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• RSF and 16 partners unveil Paris Charter on AI and Journalism (rsf.org)
• Türkiye, Serbia share objective of 'stable Balkans' (dailysabah.com)
• President of Serbia commented on the Meeting between Two Members of BiH Presidency with Kosovo PM (Sarajevo Times)
• Israeli national team arrives in Kosovo for soccer game under tight security measures (AP)