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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 7, 2022

• Osmani meets President Macron and Chancellor Scholz (media)
• Osmani: Optimism for visa liberalisation, but we need to be cautious (media)
• Kurti talks with UK Special Envoy Peach (media)
• Kosovo’s Minister of Health resigns (media)
• EU spokesman Stano explains delays from Elektrosever (Albanian Post)
• PDK presses charges against Minister Murati (media)
• Kosovo customs point opens in Albanian port (Euractiv)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 6, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani before ECP summit: Today is an important day for our continent (Express)
• Osmani to meet Scholz and Macron in Prague today, sources say (Koha)
• Progress Report on Kosovo to be published on October 12 (RTK)
• Mandl: We need to give visa liberalisation to Kosovo fast (Lajmi/APA)
• Teachers’ salaries, Kusari-Lila: There will be a solution soon (Nacionale)
• PDK boycotts assembly sessions, will press charges against Finance Minister (Klan)
• Education union will wait until Friday for teachers’ salaries to be paid (Telegrafi)
• Svecla hails anti-extortion operation: We won’t stop fighting crime (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Giaufret calls for joint response to war in Ukraine (RTS, N1)
• RTS: EU puts off decision on ban on Russian oil imports to W. Balkans (N1)
• Vucic meeting Macron, Scholz in Prague (Tanjug)
• No Russian oil for Serbia as of November 1, Brnabic: Croatia’s ultimatum (FoNet, N1, Happy TV)
• Still no decision to start Kosovo's CoE admission procedure (Tanjug)
• RFE: No exemption for Western Balkans because of Serbia (N1)
• Gracanica mayor: The procedure for annulment of the decision on land exchange is being initiated (KoSSev, KiM radio)
• Rohde: The licence plates decision legitimate but deadline short; Petkovic: It jeopardizes the dialogue process (KoSSev)
• Enthronement of Patriarch Porfirije in the Patriarchate of Pec on October 14 (media)

International:

• Europe is quietly launching a new political club — with hopes Brexit turmoil can be forgiven (CNBC)
• Macron’s New Europe Debuts in the Shadow of War (The New York Times)
• Sceptical Liz Truss attends first meeting of European Political Community (The Guardian)
• Macron's European Political Community summit opens in Prague (rfi.fr)
• China Index: Beijing’s Influence Expands in Southeast Europe (BIRN)
• BiH elections: Republika Srpska opposition claims 65,000 votes ‘contaminated’ (N1)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Politika: 17,000 Russians and Ukrainians in Serbia (FoNet, N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 6, 2022

• President Osmani at first summit of European Political Community (RTK)
• Avoiding tensions in the north, a priority for the UN Security Council (Koha)
• Rohde calls on government to make proposals for Association (Telegrafi)
• Hovenier highly appreciates KFOR's contribution to security in Kosovo (media)
• ERO is expected to withdraw the license of 'Elektroseveri' (RTK)
• Abdixhiku: There is no hope that this government can bring change (RTK)
• Hasani: Govt is not employer of teachers; cannot block their salaries (media)
• AJK condemns Vetevendosje MP post against two reporters (media)
• Kosovo’s metamorphosis reflected in eyes of an American researcher (BIRN)
• KFOR conducts large-scale multinational crisis exercise (Army.mil)
• Indiana National Guard task force deploys to Kosovo for peacekeeping (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 5, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Teachers’ salaries not expected today; Minister: We will enforce the law (Kosovapress)
• Union implies new actions if teachers’ salaries are not paid by 16:00 (Indeksonline)
• PDK leaders calls on government to pay teachers’ salaries (media)
• Municipalities call on government to urgently pay teachers’ salaries (media)
• Bislimi: Kurti and Vucic expected to meet in October, but no confirmation yet (Koha)
• EU doesn’t have date for new meeting between Kurti and Vucic (Kallxo)
• Council of Europe: The issue of Kosovo, confidential (Klan Kosova)
• Kurti: Youth is still in the focus of our government policies (media)
• Muja: Kosovo with high drop in unemployment rate during Kurti’s governance (EO)

Serbian Language Media:

• RFE: Gracanica municipality and businessman exchange land despite protests (KiM radio)
• Brnabic: New gov't to be formed within constitutional timeframes (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: The signatories of the Proclamation for the Defense of KiM want the removal of Vucic (Beta, NMagazin)
• Opposition, intellectuals publish declaration on Kosovo (N1)
• Vucic’s 'renunciation' of Dodik (RFE)
• Djilas: Neutrality on Russia’s aggression no longer exists (Beta, N1)
• Vucic meets with Saudi FM (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Rama and Rutte: The European Political Community is a good idea (media)
• At the Prague Summit, the family photo is the message (politico.eu)

International:

• CoE Report: Pandemic Worsened Backlog in Balkan Courts (BIRN)
• ‘These are not factories – these are sadistic torture chambers’ (Kosovo 2.0)
• As Europe’s leaders meet, some fear for EU membership hopes (whec.com)
• Europa Nostra presents the Prague Manifesto “For a Value-based and Culture-driven Europe” (europanostra.com)
• China Builds A New Symbol In The Balkans -- At The Site Of A NATO Bombing (RFE)
• After Russia, now Turkey questions Europe’s territory (euractive.com)
• EU prepares for possible power cuts and other emergencies as energy crisis intensifies -RND (Reuters)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 5, 2022

• Truss writes letter to Kurti, UK-Kosovo relations on focus (media)
• Kurti: Poll shows 2/3 of citizens support for vetting and the Bureau (media)
• Lajcak meets NATO DSG Geoana, talk about Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media)
• Advance payment proposed for teachers who compensate lost hours (Kallxo)
• Jasharaj says teachers will not respect decision to compensate classes (Koha)
• Clark: Kosovo must control the north (media)
• Krasniqi: The World Bank confirmed government’s failure in economy (Koha)
• European Quality Assurance Association grants Kosovo Accreditation Agency Affiliate Status (BIRN)
• Balje comments on possibility of joining LDK parliamentary group (Klan)
• Feasibility study on hospitals: Surplus of 200 doctors and 1,500 nurses (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 4, 2022

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 4, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Nagavci on teachers’ salaries: Compensation only for the work done (Koha)
• Government reiterates: No salaries for those who were on strike (Gazeta Express)
• Jasharaj: Only teachers are not paid; Kurti is trying to ruin SBASHK (T7)
• Parents’ Council: We will raise funds to financially aid the teachers (Nacionale)
• Poll: Over 3,000 respondents say teachers who were on strike shouldn’t get paid (Klan)
• Osmani received outgoing COMKFOR Kajari in farewell meeting (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbia in the midst of the raging gas war between Russia EU and US (serbianmonitor.com)
• Radojevic: By small turnout Serbs showed re-registration process is doomed to fail (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic, Vulin on Ukrainian Ambassador’s statement (N1)
• Ukrainian Embassy: We support sovereignty and European aspiration of Serbia (N1)
• Manojlovic (DS): With the land exchange in Gracanica, citizens at lost, Serbian List silent (Danas, KiM radio)
• Protest over land swap in Gracanica (Radio KIM)
• Jeremic: American measure of retortion - encouraging Pristina's membership in the CoE (Danas, TV Nova S)
• Eurojust: Serbia reliable partner in fight against organised crime (N1)
• Opposition leader: EU stand on Serbia hypocritical in many cases (N1)
• Vucic meets Giaufret (Tanjug)

International:

• Bosnia Elections: One Loser, no Clear Winners – Uncertain Prospects (Balkan Insight)
• Hungary, Austria and Serbia leaders outline plan to curb migration (euronews.com)
• Putin Is Pushing Serbia and Bosnia to Back His Ukraine War (The Washington Post)
• Orthodox Christians to Rally Against LGBT Pride March in Montenegro (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

School Strike Suspended but Not Over, Union Warns (Prishtina Insight)
Eight young journalists from northern Kosovo and Pristina completed OSCE Media Fellowship program (KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 4, 2022

• The strike that left the teachers without salaries (Koha Ditore)
• Will Kosovo’s teachers get paid for strike time? (BIRN)
• Osmani to attend European Political Community inaugural meeting (RTK)
• Kosovo visa liberalisation on agenda of EU summit (Exit)
• UNSC to discuss Kosovo (Security Council Report)
• Kurti thanks COMKFOR especially for reducing tensions in north (Koha)
• LVV slams all who governed Kosovo in the past, praises itself (Klan)
• LDK: Vetevendosje should stop the propaganda (Koha)
• Krasniqi: Kurti showed he will never become a leader (media)
• Kurti meets representatives of Goran community (media)
• Musk compares Kosovo with Crimea and Donbass, reactions follow (media)
• Davenport: OSCE will support preservation of rich cultural legacy (media)
• Iranian hackers leak database of Albanian criminal suspects (BIRN)
• US sanctions PM of Bosnia’s Federation for ‘undermining democracy’ (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 3, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Spokesperson: Government won’t pay September salaries for teachers (Klan Kosova)
• Delays in payments; Kusari: Law is clear – no compensation for strikers (Telegrafi)
• Education Union leader reacts to delay in payment of salaries for teachers (Nacionale)
• Kosovo Assembly to discuss situation in healthcare sector on Friday (EO)
• Qalaj: No Europol or Interpol membership without progress in Brussels dialogue (EO)
• Political discussion in Indonesia on recognition of Kosovo independence (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian List: Pristina implements planned and institutional violence (RTS)
• Vucic to German envoy: There will be no independent Kosovo as Berlin plans (N1)
• Vucic meets Mitsotakis, expresses gratitude for Greece’s understanding of Serbia’s position (RTS)
• Theophylactou: Cyprus maintains position not to recognize Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Hill: Putin absolutely does not care about Kosovo (Nova S, KoSSev)
• State Secretary Starovic: EU cannot change rules of game during match (Beta, N1)
• Orban, Nehammer and Vucic met in Budapest (N1)
• Vucic: Serbia to align visa policy with EU by end of year (Tanjug)

International:

• Prosecutors remove one allegation from indictment of Kosovo’s Thaci (BIRN)
• Bosnia Elects New Leaders as OHR Imposes New Election Rules (Balkan Insight)
• Dodik Eyes Victory in Bosnian Serb Entity’s Presidential Race (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• New academic year starts today, around 1.000 freshmen at University in Mitrovica North (KoSSev)
• People gather in Belgrade to show support for Iranian women (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 3, 2022

• Education Union suspends strike until January 2023 (media)
• Krasniqi: Government made teachers start school year with heads down (media)
• Kosovo to participate for in inaugural meeting of new European forum (RTK)
• Svecla calls on Serbs to change plates to RKS, highlights benefits (media)
• Petkovic: Kurti, Svecla videos about license plates do not scare Serbs (Koha)
• Kurti invites Albanians living in Serbia to participate in census (RTK)
• Sarrazin: We won’t accept creation of a “Republika Srpska” in Kosovo (media)
• Konrad: Ukraine and Kosovo, two completely different situations (media)
• “If visa liberalisation happens, a merit of all citizens and govts” (Indeksonline)
• Serbs in the north also part of the population census in 2023 (Klan)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 30, 2022

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 30, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Official confirmation: Visa liberalisation on EU agenda on Oct 13 (Koha)
• Decision on strike suspension will be made today, announced on Saturday (Koha)
• UNICEF expresses concern over delayed start of the school year (media)
• Parents Council: If classes don’t start on Oct 3, mass deregistration (Indeksonline)
• Kurti: Kosovo and Germany have special friendship (media)
• Osmani receives credentials of new French Ambassador Guerot (media)
• Osmani meets FIFA President Gianni Infantino (media)
• Haxhiu: Info that cameras in Dehari case were taken by order of former minister (Kallxo)
• LDK leader: Government is strangling businesses, failing to support them (Koha)
• Mustafi wants Presevo Valley to be included in Kosovo-Serbia agreement (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Serbia to remain on European path, as independent and sovereign state (N1)
• Vucic, Sarrazin discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, situation in region (Tanjug)
• Bo: Serbia, China example of mutual respect, cooperation (Tanjug)
• RFE: The EU's latest package of sanctions foresees an exemption for the Western Balkans (Kontakt plus radio, Danas)
• The Management Team, the only one responsible for drafting the ZSO statute, completed the work in August 2018 (Kosovo Online)
• Vulin: Serbia is not a reserve, we make our own decisions (N1)
• Gracanica Mayor statement on the municipality decision to exchange land (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• A text the author will never read – on the mad race between the government and the unions over the teachers’ strike (KoSSev)

International:

• Coffee Festival Helps Bridge Divide in City of Mitrovica (Prishtina Insight)
• Serbia’s Minorities Hope for Better Results in 2022 Census (BIRN)
• Montenegro Launches Probe Into Suspected Russian Spies (BIRN)
• North Macedonia Opposition Stalls ‘Open Balkan’ Free Flow of Workers (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• PriFilm Fest’s Controversial Prizes Spark Gender Debate (Prishtina Insight)
• Serbian Government allows some higher food prices (N1)
• Former SFRY New York mansion sold for $50 million (N1)