UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 8 April, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kastrati: Serb community must understand that population census does not return (Klan)
• Serbian List members resign from municipal election commissions in the north (media)
• Knaus: EU's current strategy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue has collapsed (RTK)
• Petritsch: The Kurti-Vucic agreement has international validity (RTK)
• LDK: Claims that Kosovo has progressed in international indexes is government propaganda (media)
• Osmani: The Roma community is an integral part of our society (media)
• Tahiri: What is this silence in LVV about samples from Dehari case? (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Radosavljevic: Boycott of referendum does not come as surprise, Serbs do not feel safe (Euronews, Kosovo Online)
• Russian MFA: Attempts for Kosovo to become CoE member witness to degradation of this organization (N1, FoNet)
• Pristina: Little willingness of Serbs in the north of Kosovo to register (KiM radio, RTS)
• Kastrati: The census mandatory for everyone, no one has the right to call for a boycott (KiM radio, Slobodno Srpski, Kosovo Online)
• What questions are being asked at the census, who is “Woman with Crown” and “Woman without Crown”, and what period “War Damage” entails? (KoSSev)
• World Roma Day (KiM radio)
• Vucic lays wreath in Paris, due to meet Macron (N1, Tanjug)
• Swedish ambassador says Serbia gets second highest EU fund payouts (N1, FoNet)
• Vucevic, Brnabic met Peach: Commitment to preserving peace and stability in the region (Tanjug, RTS)

International:

• It is in the interest of the EU that Enlargement takes place soon, Varhelyi says (Sarajevo Times)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti calls on European reps to support Kosovo at Council of Europe (media)
Serbian List won’t take part in vote to dismiss Albanian mayors in north (RFE)
Kosovo asks for explanations from EU about silence to Serbia’s violations (Dukagjini)
Krasniqi: When Serbia violates agreements, EU prefers not to go into details (media)
Stradner: Vucic is the one disrupting stability in the Balkans (Telegrafi)
Former Kosovo FM meets chief of Ukrainian Defence Intelligence (media)
Kosovo part of the European Geological Service (Kallxo)
Learta Hollaj appointed chief of staff for Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Serbian List opposes referendum to recall mayors, blames Kurti (KoSSev, media)
UNS: Serbian List again selectively calling for press conferences (NMagazin, Beta, KoSSev)
PKS: The Serbian List admitted political defeat (KiM radio, KoSSev)
Kosovo seeks a chance to sue Serbia for war crimes by joining CoE (N1)
Blakaj: HLC has no information that Kosovo is preparing a lawsuit against Serbia for genocide (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Population data helps us guide policies (Koha)
• Kurti: I call on international community to demand from Serbia to clarify fate of those who disappeared during war (Reporteri)
• Svecla and Haxhiu go to Radoicic's villa, announce security cameras have been installed (Klan)
• Krasniqi: Serbian List has lost its influence in the North (A2 CNN)
• Serbian List: Serbs will not participate in population census in Kosovo (RFE)
• Census - Most Serb enumerators in Zubin Potok withdraw (Koha)
• Hamza: Current draft of Association, poorest offer that Kosovo has had on table (ekonomia)
• Lajcak informed of challenges faced by Albanians of the Valley (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Serbia will oppose the humiliations that have been prepared for it in the Council of Europe and the UN (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian parties from Kosovo against the participation of Serbs in the population census (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTS)
• Kurti with the presidents of Kosovo municipalities without translation into Serbian language; The UNS protests (KiM radio, Medija Centar Caglavica)
• Blakaj: Recording of war damage within the census is problematic; it may result in a distorted picture (Kosovo Online)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese reacts to accusations by Elonora Visoka Weller against SOC, says they indirectly foster ethnic and religious intolerance (Raska-Prizren Eparchy, media, social media)
• Dacic: Today the government meeting on a team to fight against the Pristina admission into the CoE (NMagazin, media)
• Sarovic: Pristina membership to Council of Europe, consequence of Vucic’s Kosovo policy (KoSSev)
• North: Names of places in the Albanian language covered with Cyrillic stickers, then taken off (Kontakt plus radio, media)

Opinion:

• Serbian Coordination Directorate passport holders the only people in Western Balkans not allowed free travel to Europe (Kosovo Online, EWB)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani says the future of Kosovo is in NATO (media)
• Osmani meets Hovenier, talk about elections in the north and CoE (Klan)
• Lajcak: I plan to continue discussions for compromise on dinar issue (Klan)
• Bislimi: We agreed with EU proposal, Serbia asked for additional time (RTK)
• COMKFOR meets British emissary, discuss security in Kosovo (RTK)
• Kosovo authorities confiscate properties belonging to Milan Radoicic (media)
• Population census in Kosovo starts today (Telegrafi)

Serbian Language Media:
• Lajcak: Some gaps bridged, discussions to be continued soon (Tanjug)
• Varhelyi, Vucic welcome approval of Growth Facility (N1)
• Vucic: Serbia strongly advocating cooperation, stability (Tanjug, media)
• Referendum on dismissal of mayors and hassles for voters outside of Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Party of Kosovo Serbs calls for boycotting census, says it comes at unfavorable moments for Serbs (KoSSev)
• Kosovo police confiscate Radoicic’s properties (N1, KoSSev)
• Serbian List: The home of Milan Radoicic’s children was unjustifiably seized (KoSSev, media)
• Forest fires in Osojane valley again, firefighters on the ground upon call from Radio Gorazdevac (Radio Gorazdevac, media)
International Media:
• Kosovo Seizes Property of Northern Serb Kingpin Radoicic (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo and Serbia without an agreement on the dinar in Brussels (RFE)
• Kurti met British emissary Stuart Peach, discuss developments in Kosovo (media)
• Gervalla meets Japan’s Speaker of Parliament, bilateral relations highly valued (Klan)
• Haxhiu: 31 vehicles of "Banjska" case have been given to police for use - court's decision must be waited for the villa (Klan)
• Weller: Lands of Serb churches in Kosovo should be managed by institutions (RTK)
• German MEP: I hope Lajcak will not cloud EU-Swiss relations as well (Reporteri)
• EULEX's donation helps reactivate KP substation in Suhodoll (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic from the Government extraordinary session (RTS, Tanjug)
• Belgrade-Pristina dialogue – trilateral meeting started in Brussels (RTS)
• Petkovic: We reiterated our proposal, Pristina not ready for compromise (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Bouyx visited Visoki Decani Monastery, Father Petar says Serbs currently experience most severe form of ethnic repression (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, social media)
• Pantic Pilja: Admission of Kosovo to Council of Europe would represent violation of international law (Tanjug)
• UNS: Inaccurate information about March violence against Serbs for longer than two weeks on RTK2 website (Radio KIM, media)
• Andric Rakic: Voting by mail is problematic, it can call into question impeachment of mayors (Kosovo Online)
• KFOR: We are ready to take all necessary measures for safety, regardless of where danger comes from (Kosovo Online, social media)
• EULEX: Kurti's visit to the municipalities in the north was not announced to us (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)

International:

• Bridging Borders: Roma NGOs Unite For Peace And Inclusion In Serbia And Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:
• Kosovo leaders meet QUINT ambassadors, discuss CoE membership (media)
• Kurti: Future of our country is everyone’s right and responsibility (media)
• Haxhiu: Ministry executing order on immovable property in Banjska case (media)
• Hetemi: It’s not a problem if they dismiss us (Indeksonline)
• Azemi: Kurti has great problems; he’ll send Kosovo to elections in autumn (KTV)
• Borrell: We’re concerned with lack of preliminary consultations on Dinar (media)
• Hasani: NATO must not shift attention away from Western Balkans (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Starovic: Kurti's visit to north is demonstration of force and hostility towards Serbs (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Milenkovic: Kurti's visit to north unsettles citizens, causes even greater mistrust (Kosovo Online)
• Arsenijevic on Kurti’s visit to north (KoSSev, social media)
• Serbian Government to hold extraordinary session Thursday, Vucic to attend (Tanjug, media)
• Dacic meets with Armenian Deputy FM (media)
• UNMIK Head Ziadeh met Serbian List, civil society in Mitrovica North (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online, social media)
• KFOR Bronze Sabre 2024 exercise concludes (N1)
International Media:
• Serbian Prosecutor Urges Prison Sentences for Kosovo Killings (Balkan Insight)
• Belgrade Faces June Repeat Poll, as Party Deal on Elections Fails (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 3 April, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti visits north, participates in inauguration of memorial plaque for Enver Zymberi (Reporteri)
• Gervalla in Tokyo talks about new Japanese projects and investments in Kosovo (media)
• LVV asks US and EU to be more rational in their demands towards Kosovo (ekonomia)
• General Bernacca: Who messes with our people, faces most powerful military organization in world (Reporteri)
• Vehicle of Serb police officer in the north set on fire, prosecution suspects deliberate act (Reporteri)
• LVV officially enters competition in North Macedonia’s elections, competes with three candidates for MP (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic reacts to Kurti’s visit to the north (Kosovo Online, media)
• Serbian List: Kurti’s visit to the north aims at destabilization and inciting tensions (Kosovo Online, media)
• Vucic: Discussion with Hill open, substantial (Tanjug, media)
• Dacic meets with Bouyx (Tanjug)
• Mojsilovic visits Cyprus (Tanjug)
• “No one has informed us” – Non-majority community uninformed about census (Radio Free Europe)
• Fatherland: Census in Kosovo starts in two days, and “kitty has got Belgrade’s tongue” (KoSSev)
• Brnabic to call Belgrade local elections for June 2 on Wednesday (Tanjug)

International:

• One Year into Kosovo War Leaders’ Trial, Much Remains Unclear (Balkan Insight)
• Prosecution Probes Allegations of Grant Misappropriation in Kosovo’s Community Programs (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti invites citizens to participate in census, justice in addressing war crimes (media)
Kurti: Kosovo is marking progress in development of democracy and rule of law (Reporteri)
ICG: Northern Kosovo: Asserting Sovereignty amid Divided Loyalties (media)
Kurti lists works done in the north during three-year government (media)
Konjufca: Decani decision difficult but shows commitment for state of law (Koha)
The UN session for Kosovo scheduled for April 22 (Albanian Post)
COMKFOR meets Turkish contingent along administrative boundary line (media)
U.S. ambassador to NATO mentions Russia’s efforts to destabilize Balkans (RFE)
Haradinaj: Kurti has returned to electoral fraud, but Kosovo has become a poor country (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Djuric: Pristina refusing to form the A/CSM for 11 years, manipulating the international community (Kosovo Online, Blic)
Z.Potok info: A memorial in Varage for the late Kosovo police officer Enver Zymberi (KoSSev)
KiM radio: A flock of sheep stolen from Nikola Stojanovic from Dobrotin (KoSSev)
Jevtic expects the international community to prevent Kurti from expelling all Serbs (Kosovo Online)
ICG: Pristina to withdraw special police units from northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti reveals the achievements for the support of non-majority communities (RTK)
• Stano: Association establishment, a long-standing requirement and obligation (media)
• Osmani: Burning the children of Kosovo alive, the truth of Serbia (RTK)
• Kurti pays tribute in Gjakova: Killing of children and elderly proves Serbian genocide (media)
• KFOR talks about the security situation in Kosovo (Kallxo)
• Krasniqi on KLA leaders: You can imprison them, but you cannot deny their presence (media)
• Abazovic: EU should be more concrete in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: Urgently form the A/CSM, that is one of the conditions and topics of every meeting (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug)
• The UNSC session, addressing the UNMIK report, scheduled for April 22 (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Deadline for registration of voters outside Kosovo until April 3, complicated CEC procedure in Pristina (Tanjug)
• Gasic to Svecla: Whatever you say is a lie, the attack on Vucic announces new violence and pressure on Serbs (KoSSev, media)
• O’Brien to Osmani: Important to form CSM, it is a dialogue commitment (N1)
• Danijela Vujicic at the head of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija (KoSSev)
• Anatomy of a bot campaign (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani: Productive call with O’Brien (media)
Kurti: Our democratic progress continues to be recognized internationally (media)
Svecla: Around 400 extremists are being trained in Serbia near Kosovo border (media)
Lajcak: Hope we’ll be able to bridge remaining difference on Thursday (media)
PACE to discuss Kosovo membership on April 16 (Gazeta Express)
Kurti hosts Apostolic Delegate of Holy See for Kosovo, Jean Marie Speich (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Lajcak: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to continue Thursday (Tanjug, media)
Dacic: I expect the French MPs in PACE to understand Serbia's arguments (Tanjug)
Petkovic: Pristina has no intention of normalizing political relations in the region (RTS, Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
Dacic: West wants to push Pristina into international organisations (Tanjug, TV Pink)
Petkovic: We have understood well Western policy of double standards (RTS, Tanjug)
Grubjesic: Agenda of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe changed, discussion on Kosovo on April 16 (media)