UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 11, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Stoltenberg calls for de-escalation in the north (Reporteri)
• Osmani: It is the turn of Kosovo, Ukraine and Bosnia-Herzegovina in NATO (Koha)
• LDK calls for new elections in north, mobilisation to draft statute of Association (Koha)
• Hovenier: Management of north is sensitive, we want coordination (Koha)
• Kurti: Still no justice and peace for Srebrenica (Radio Free Europe)
• Haradinaj: Kurti has built a paper castle (Gazeta Express)
• Zulfaj: Serbia rejected everything, but the EU is punishing Kosovo (Albanian Post)
• “Risk of Klan Kosova being closed is serious and real; process is political” (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbs keep protesting in Zvecan for 44 days (Kosovo Online)
• Sentic: Kurti should say why there are no Serbs in many institutions (Radio KIM, Media Centre)
• OSCE condemns arson attack on Serb returnee house, calls on police to investigate case (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Milatovic: Montenegro is worried due to the situation in northern Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: Day does not go by without having Kurti make fun of law and justice and twisting very essence and concept of democracy (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Milatovic concludes visit to Serbia with meeting with Patriarch Porfirije (Tanjug)

Albanian Language Media:
Osmani: Kosovo proved will for de-escalation, by offering to hold elections in north (media)
Kurti: International soft policy towards Serbia will not work (BBC)
Lajcak on de-escalation of situation in north: We agreed on the first steps (RTK)
Bislimi confirms they agreed with Lajcak on steps for de-escalation (Reporteri)
Germany: We don’t need tensions in the Balkans (Deutsche Welle)
Kurti and Hovenier meet representatives of businesses in Kosovo (RTK)
Hovenier: Tensions, instability negatively affect investment climate (Reporteri)
Mehaj expresses regret for Hungarian soldier: criminals should be punished (RTK)
Kusari-Lila: Wiretapping, an attempt to tarnish the government (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
Lajcak, Bislimi agree steps for de-escalation (N1)
Office for KiM on returnee’s house arson: An attempt to prevent return of displaced persons (Radio KIM)
Vucic: We are trying to make relations with Montenegro incomparably better (Tanjug)
Milatovic: My visit turns new page in Serbia-Montenegro relations (Tanjug)
Moliqaj on situation in north, says Bislimi announces ‘withdrawal’ and Kurti ‘battles’ (Kosovo Online)
KoSSev on conversation between Simic and Kusari (KoSSev)
International Media:
Assembly of Kosovo honors victims of Srebrenica genocide (euronews.al)
Kosovo Indicts Roma Ex-Member of Serbian Forces for War Crime (BIRN)
Dismissal of Police Special Investigations Director Raises Political Concern (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• PDK wants Assembly to be dissolved: Time for Kosovo to go to elections (Telegrafi)
• Escobar: We need new elections in north; there can be even bigger crisis (media)
• LDK demands minister Gervalla’s resignation (media)
• Recica on Gervalla’s remarks: US, EU could ponder even harsher sanctions (EO)
• Osmani hosts UNDP representative in Kosovo (media)
• Nic: Kosovo is closer to open conflict than Bosnia (Radio Free Europe)
• Hungarian KFOR soldier who was wounded in north has leg amputated (media)
• Rexhepi on Kosovo-Bosnia relations: Stagnation comes from Serbian entity (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Pasalic: Arrested Serbs and those protesting in Kosovo are exposed to terror (NMagazin, Vecernje Novosti, Beta, KiM radio)
• Dukagjin Gorani: Kurti's attitude unreasonable (KiM radio, medijacentar.info)
• Jozic family house burnt in the village of Veric near Istok (KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac)
• Montenegro’s Milatovic with Vucic: Turning a new leaf in our relations (N1)
• British MPs distance themselves from Alicia Kearn's statement about arms smuggling in the SPC (SOC) (N1, KiM radio)

International:

• Serbia Ready to Use Planned Gas Terminal in Montenegro (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:
Escobar: KFOR not leaving! Partner with people, not parties, figures (media)
Konjufca: We are in very important battle for state orientation, we must win it (T7)
Svecla: I’m not against Serbian people (media)
Borrell: We must be united for de-escalation of situation in north (Reporteri)
Sunak: Kurti and Vucic have responsibility to reduce tensions (media)
Peach: It's painful that army had to be used in north 30 years after the war (media)
Opposition slams Gervalla for calling the EU a paper tiger (Koha)
Lajcak: Effort to return on path of normalisation of relations continues (media)
PDK accuses government of interfering in judiciary (KTV)
Serbian Language Media:
Petkovic: Svecla waging a hybrid war from Pristina (Blic, NMagazin, KoSSev)
Svecla: “The special police are deployed in the north to ensure that the law prevails” (KoSSev)
KP is expanding the Bistrica checkpoint, Arsenijevic to submit a report on alleged violations of the Law on Water (KoSSev)
Vucic: Tajani asked Serbia to do everything to maintain stability in the region (RTS)
Zakharova: Vucic's initiative for the UNSC session on Kosovo is timely (RTS)
Petkovic: UNSC session to raise issue of Kurti’s campaign against the Serbs (N1, Beta, Kurir)
Serbia’s Vucic talks to France’s Macron about Kosovo (Beta, N1)
Vucic: We started changing things after decades of silence in Serbian-Albanian relations (Tanjug)
International Media:
Abdullah bin Zayed, Kosovo Prime Minister discuss bilateral relations (zawya)
From Strife to Success: KFV Prishtina Girls Pave the Way for Multiethnic Harmony Through Football (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 7, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• EU on Rama’s proposal: Any such initiative should be coordinated (Reporteri)
• Kurti meets new head of EULEX, discuss developments in Kosovo (media)
• Germany temporarily suspends cooperation with Kosovo (DW, media)
• Swiss MPs writes to EC: Stop measures against Kosovo, blame is more on Serbia (KSP)
• Haziri: LDK will propose a draft for the Association (media)
• Krasniqi: Serious situation due to crises produced by Kurti, we demand early elections (media)
• Davenport: Klan Kosova case, watched closely in Kosovo and internationally (media)
• Kearns receives support after Vucic threatens her with investigations (Telegrafi)
• Pristina Mayor accuses Minister of Finance of blocking projects for Pristina (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• Drecun: Situation in KiM is entering into a dramatic phase of development (RTS)
• Kosovo to lose up to 500 million euros if the measures last until the end of the year (KoSSev, RTK2)
• 'Announcements' of arrests and false lists scare Serbs in Kosovo (RFE)
• Kurti did not get the floor at US Independence Day celebration in Pristina (RTS, Tanjug)
• Kosovo customs confirms that ban on Serbian goods is still in force (Radio KIM)
• Berlin: Germany could send additional troops to reinforce KFOR forces in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, RTV)
• Vucic: I conveyed Serbian stances on situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• US Embassy calls for justice for Bytyqi brothers (N1)

Opinion:

• When will the elections take place in the north of Kosovo and will the Serbs turn out unconditionally? (Danas)

International:

• Joseph: Failure of the Serbia-Kosovo agreement would be a failure of Brussels and Washington (EWB)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Learning history and culture of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities – means against discrimination (Koha)

Albanian Language Media:
Osmani: Kosovo demonstrated will for de-escalation in north (media)
Konjufca: Rama's proposal for Association contains territorial autonomy (media)
Rama on draft statute: Konjufca hasn’t read it - how can he comment on it? (Klan)
U.S. Ambassador Hovenier meets Albanian PM Rama (media)
Hovenier: Kosovo should fulfill ideals of its Declaration of Independence (media)
Italian Ambassador: EU measures towards Kosovo are reversible (RTK)
Kosovo, Albania governments sign 13 agreements (media)
Kurti meets Abbott, discuss current developments and bilateral relations (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Petkovic: Kosovo police again entered Serbia proper (N1, KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
Dacic says Kurti can do anything and face no consequences (BETA)
Pavicevic says ‘hunting season on Serbs’ opened in Kosovo, everybody can be arrested (RTS, Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
Botsan-Kharchenko: We share assessments of President Vucic regarding situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
Strpce Municipality freezes cooperation with Kosovo Privatization Agency (media, social media)
Kosovo police stopped ambulance vehicle in Grabovac, near Zvecan (Kosovo Online)
Montenegrin President to pay official visit to Serbia (N1, BETA)
International Media:
Belgrade to Stop Arms Exports ‘In Case of Aggression Against Serbia’ (BIRN)
Serbia to seek meeting with NATO chief, UN Security Council session on Kosovo tensions (AP)
Serb hardliners make a comeback in northern Kosovo (Financial Times)
NATO denies claims ambulances are smuggling weapons into North Kosovo (EU-OCS)
EU wants concrete steps by Kosovo to ease tensions before lifting sanctions, envoy says (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media:

• Albania signs 13 agreements with Kosovo; Rama expects meeting with Kurti (media)
• Sanctions, Germany reduces cooperation in security with KSF (Albanian Post)
• Tahiri: Other opposition parties said they’re ready to sign no-confidence motion (media)
• Kearns: Attacks against KFOR and reserves found by KP prove presence of illegal weapons (Kallxo)
• EULEX: Government didn't coordinate in designating organisations as terrorists (Koha)
• Kovacevski calls on Kurti and Vucic: Politicians are obliged to act as statesmen (Klan)
• Szunyog: Free and independent media are essential part of democratic society (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Underway silent ethnic cleansing of Serbs; we will demand an urgent session of the UN SC (Danas, RTS)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese warns of possible set up, says ‘continuation of March pogrom by different methods’ (KoSSev)
• Dacic: Accusations against SPC (SOC) part of a propaganda war; we asked Foreign Office for explanation (Kosovo Online, TV Pink, RTV)
• Djuric: Accusations against Serbian Orthodox Church deeply concerning (Tanjug)
• Vucic informs Erdogan about escalation of violence against Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Germany terminates cooperation with Pristina in several areas (RTS, RFE, Blic)
• Doctor Todorovic sentenced to 10 months in prison “for the attack against Kosovo police officer” (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media:
Kurti: Kosovo government is committed to full cooperation with NATO (media)
Osmani: Kosovo will continue to work closely with NATO (media)
Goffus: It is urgent to take concrete steps for de-escalation (media)
Osmani: Kosovo committed to the rule of law (RTK)
EU: Declaring two organizations in north as terrorists, unilateral decision (Koha)
German and French Ambassadors interview with Klan Kosova
President Osmani to meet Albanian PM Rama today (media)
Haradinaj: We are for a government of national unity, including LVV (media)
Kusari responds to Haradinaj: The citizens have decided differently (TeVe1)
Zvecan Deputy Mayor meets Kurti, discuss investments and projects (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic to address the public at noon today (RTS)
Lajcak: Meeting with Vucic helped to get clarity about next steps (Tanjug)
OSCE chairman presents in Strasbourg nine-point plan for Kosovo (N1, Beta)
After British MP’s Accusations, Ambassador Abbott meets with Teodosije: The Church plays an important role in improving relations between communities (KoSSev)
Jevtic: Sasa Spasic's appeal was accepted, but he is still in custody (Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio)
Less: Kearns has a history of making inaccurate comments on the Balkans, in Britain they are not responding to her claims (Kosovo Online, Blic)
International Media:
Kosovo and Serbia show no progress in defusing tensions -NATO (Reuters)
KFOR Denies Weapons are Smuggled in Ambulances Into North Kosovo (BIRN)
Kurti: Elections in northern municipalities should not be boycotted again (euronews.al)
Moving—bottom-up—beyond the crisis in Kosovo (Social Europe)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 5, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: It will be known within this week about claims on weapons in the churches (Koha)
• KFOR: No evidence of weapons in churches; Kosovo responsible for rule of law (Koha)
• Kurti: There is no solution because the agreement is not being implemented (Koha)
• Lajcak on meeting with Osmani (media)
• Szunyog: Measures to be lifted when Kosovo contributes to de-escalation of situation in the north (Reporteri)
• Kurti refuses to meet with Rama without a meeting of the governments (Koha)
• Citaku slams Kurti for refusing to meet Rama (media)
• Kurti appreciates the role that the UN has played in Kosovo (Klan)
• Jablanovic detained for illegal crossing of the border (Koha)
• Journalists Associations head express concern about Klan Kosova situation (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic to Lajcak: Serbian people in Kosovo exposed to worst torture in last 15 years (NMagazin, N1)
• Vucevic: Peter Stano makes irritating statements, empty shell of bureaucratic vocabulary (Beta, NMagazin, TV Pink)
• Dacic with the chargé d'affaires of the Great Britain Embassy regarding the statement of MP Kearns (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• KFOR: There is no evidence of the alleged smuggling of weapons into Orthodox churches (KiM radio, RTS)
• Cvijanovic: Even KFOR has to refute lies of “ferocious Albanian lobbyists in Britain” (RTRS, Kosovo Online)
• Serbian Minister of Defence: Serbian Orthodox Church target of Albanian lobbyists (N1, FoNet)
• Elek: We are threatened by humanitarian disaster, we can’t deliver medicines, let alone weapons (Novosti, Kosovo Online)
• Krasniqi: New directors have been appointed in the Municipality of Leposavic (Kim Radio)
• Sretena Bojovic denies that she took over the position of director in the Municipality of Leposavic (KiM radio)
• While the public’s attention is on three other northern municipalities, what is happening under the table in N.Mitrovica? (Part II, KoSSev)
• Muhaxheri compares Kurti’s approach to north with that of Milosevic on Kosovo in 1989 (KoSSev)
• Jablanovic refutes being at illegal crossing (Tanjug)
• KFOR Commander visits Leposavic today (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Moving—bottom-up—beyond the crisis in Kosovo (socialeurope.eu)

International:

• First effects of EU sanctions sting Kosovo (Euractive)

Albanian Language Media:
Kurti to Lajcak: Unfair measures make the dialogue asymmetrical (RTK)
Lajcak meets Osmani and Kurti: There is understanding of EU's demands (RTK)
Konjufca: Vucic directly responsible for situation in north; measures unfair (T7)
Davenport: There is an urgent need for de-escalation (media)
EU excludes Kosovo, Montenegro, and Republika Srpska from grants (RFE)
Sunak: I am particularly concerned about situation in north of Kosovo (Klan)
Kearns: Weapons smuggled from Serbia were placed in Serb churches (media)
Haliti: Mayors of northern municipalities can help de-escalate the situation (KTV)
IMC asks MPs to address by law the concentration of media ownership (KTV)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic meeting Lajcak today in Belgrade (RTS)
Diocese of Raska-Prizren: Urgently investigate the dangerous accusation of the British MP (RTS, media)
Sunak: Great Britain condemns attacks on members of KFOR; leaders of Kosovo and Serbia in charge of reducing tensions (Danas, Kosovo Online)
EC President, Serbian PM discuss importance of normalizing relations with Kosovo (Beta, N1)
Michel calls for de-escalation in north Kosovo, continued dialogue (Tanjug)
Jevtic and Sekulic detention extended for another month (RTS)
Serbian List: No indictment has ever been filed against Milan Radoicic (NMagazin, Beta)
International Media:
Opposition Calls for Overthrow of Government Amid EU Sanctions (BIRN)
Lajcak presents a plan to Kosovo, out of 12 points 3 are problematic (euronews.al)
Kosovo: Dutch, Luxembourg PMs urge de-escalation (DW)
Standoff over Kosovo’s Top Prosecutor Hurts Crime Fight, Experts Warn (BIRN)
The leaders of the Netherlands and Luxembourg tell Kosovo and Serbia to normalize ties for EU hopes (AP)
EU wants concrete steps by Kosovo to ease tensions before lifting sanctions –envoy (Reuters)
NGOs Fear EU Measures Against Kosovo Could Hit Civil Society Funds (BIRN)