UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 23, 2023
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: Attack in Banjska was organised by Novi Sad Clan led by Milos Vucevic (media)
• A key week for dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia (RFE)
• EU to condemn Banjska attackers; call for unconditional implementation of deals (RFE)
• Kosovo-Serbia: Agreement or Agreement! (AP)
• “Progress in dialogue difficult, if Serbia doesn’t condemn September 24 attack” (Kallxo)
• Tahiri: Kurti should tell the people about his meeting with five envoys (media)
• AAK: This government and Prime Minister cannot send Kosovo backwards (Klan/EO)
• British KFOR soldiers start patrols along administrative boundary line (media)
• Palokaj challenges Szunyog: EU members didn’t vote on measures on Kosovo (Kallxo)
• Croatian FM: Attack in Banjska, serious act of regional destabilisation (AP)
• Kulla: Serbia is using Association to create a Serb state within Kosovo (KSP)
• Bogdanovic: “BIA preparing bloody conflict within Serb community in north” (media)
• Haxhiu: Constitutional Court has become an ally institution of the opposition (KSP)
• Protest against Serbia’s policies to Albanian settlements in Presevo Valley (EO)
Serbian Language Media:
• The Ministry of Defence reacts to Kurti's accusations: Disgusting and blatant lies (N1)
• UN Security Council in an open session today on Kosovo (RTS)
• Bilcik: Serious doubts regarding expropriation in the North by Pristina authorities (Kosovo Online)
• Mojsilovic meets new KFOR Commander (Tanjug)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese (SOC) vehemently protests deportation of Devina Voda Monastery Abbot Fotije from Kosovo (media, social media)
• Raska-Prizren Eparchy to file complaint against decision to deport Abbot Fotije (Kosovo Online)
• Vucevic: Serbia-China military cooperation modernises SAF defence capabilities (Tanjug)
Opinion:
• Hehir: Kosovo Serbs May Feel Insecure, but They’re not ‘Ethnically Cleansed’ (BIRN)
• Palokaj: How the EU is failing to respect obligations to Ahtisaari (Koha)
International:
• Serbia Denies BIRN FOI Request on Bullets Found in Kosovo Clash (BIRN)