UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 9, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak after meeting with Kurti: We had a deep and important discussion (RTK)
• Kurti: Kosovo has shown willingness and readiness for dialogue (media)
• Kosovo and Montenegro with a cooperation agreement in the field of defence (media)
• Former Prime Minister Hoti demands transparency in the dialogue process (RTK)
• The President of the Special Court will visit Kosovo (RTK)
• COVID-19: 42 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic on Svecla's statement: There were many rulers, few of them stayed (Kosovo Online)
• Lajcak and his reinforcements, Bonne and Ploetner, in Pristina, then in Belgrade (KoSSev)
• Activists from Serbian communities do not participate but support the protests in Pristina (KiM radio)
• Petkovic: Pristina wants conflict (Radio KIM)
• Serbian List: Kurti and Svecla’s attempts to intimidate Serbian people will fail (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List: We were not ‘criminals and villains’ when our MPs voted for Osmani to become president (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian President sends message of condolence on death of Queen Elizabeth (N1)
• Office for KiM: Bacevic convicted although victim said she doesn’t know him (KoSSev)
• Selakovic thanks Dendias and Greece for confirmed support on Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: Serbia-Hungary ties at historic high (Tanjug)
• Drecun elected chairman of Serbian Assembly Committee on Kosovo and Metohija again (Radio KIM)
• Fajon: Vucic’s statement is absurd (N1)
• Selakovic: An absurd that Slovenia has a more legitimate interest in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)

International:

• Kosovo Serb Jailed for Mistreating Couple During War (Balkan Insight)
• What Turkey’s Erdogan can offer the Western Balkans (intellinews.com)

Kosovo leaders pay tribute after death of Queen Elizabeth II (media)
Lajcak with two emissaries to visit Kosovo today (media)
Amherd: It is important for Switzerland to have stable, sovereign states in Balkans (media)
Vucic about Kosovo Police patrols in Ujman: Brussels agreement is being violated (Zeri)
The U.S. to support 18 countries with military aid, including Kosovo (Reuters, media)
Petkovic: Kurti should think twice before showing muscles to Kosovo Serbs (Kallxo)
Konjevic for an official visit to Kosovo today (media)
Russian meddling in the Balkans: "Over and Over, Putin Says Kosovo, Kosovo, Kosovo!" (Der Spiegel)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia increasing aggressiveness, we must understand this as its weakening (Koha)
• Osmani: Iran should be held responsible for the cyber attacks in Albania (Reporteri)
• Svecla: Kosovo Police begins water patrolling on the border with Serbia (media)
• Kurti and Nagavci call for start of classes in schools (media)
• Jasharaj: If Kurti wants schools with students, let him fulfil our demands (media)
• Official: MP Doarsa Kica-Xhelili joins the LDK (media)
• Svetomir Bacevic sentenced to five years in prison for war crimes in 1998 (media)
• COVID-19: 25 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• NGOs express concern over verdict to Nedeljkovic (KoSSev)
• The Nedeljkovic's verdict made known to Serbs they are unwelcome, says CI "Serbian Survival" (KiM radio)
• Lawyer Vasic on verdict to Bacevic, terms it ‘shameful’ (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic reacts to Kurti’s statement (Kosovo Online)
• Botsan-Kharchenko: Russia not requesting to set up military base in Serbia (Tanjug)
• Vucic to host Hungarian President Katalin Novak on Friday (Tanjug)
• Jeremic calls for unity on the issue of Kosovo (Beta, N1, Insajder)
• Vucic: Relations with Turkey at historic high (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic scheduled a meeting of the National Security Council (Tanjug, Politika)
• Commander of Ohio National Guard decorated by Vucic (Beta, N1, RTS)

Opinion:

• ‘Wine Vision’ Offers Taste of Open Balkans in Action (Balkan Insight)

International:

• What is the future of Kosovo-Serbia relations? | A Debrief with Ambassador Christopher Hill (atlanticcouncil.org)
• Serbian president reveals grandfather was murdered in Holocaust (The Jerusalem Post)

Pahor meets Osmani: We have different positions on the Association (Albanian Post)
Kurti: With Slovenia, we share same values and views on peace and security in region (media)
Osmani to Serbian List: I am not only the president, but I am also supreme commander of the army, in which there are also Serbs (Klan)
SRSG Ziadeh meets Albanian PM Rama, encourages regional cooperation (media)
Erdogan hopes for a quick agreement between Kosovo and Serbia on license plates (RTK)
Hill would like to see Kosovo part of the "Open Balkans" (N1, media)
Donika Gervalla and Faton Peci elected leaders of Guxo List (media)
Minister Haxhiu: We are preparing the lawsuit for crimes against Serbia (Paparaci)
Citaku: Kurti does not want to govern, he wants to rule (media)
Amid Dialogue With Serbia, Kosovo's NATO Membership Hangs in the Balance (Newsweek)
War hangover in divided nation is a warning for Europe (Bloomberg)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 7, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti writes to Prime Minister Truss: We expect you to help Europe (RTK)
• Gervalla-Schwarz congratulated James Cleverly (KosovaPress)
• Trajkovic: Visits to the north and Presevo bring back idea of exchanging territories (Koha)
• Cyber-attack on government and media related to headscarf issue (Nacionale)
• Albanian government cuts off diplomatic ties with Iran (media)
• COVID-19: 51 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic at the UN General Assembly on September 21 (RTS)
• The verdict against Nedeljkovic an indication that the function of the Pristina judiciary is to put pressure on the Serbs, says Petkovic (Beta, NMagazin)
• Serbian List: Pristina continues with the practice of condemning Serbs without any evidence (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Eparchy: Verdict to Nikola Nedeljkovic yet another discrimination against Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Djuric on verdict to Nedeljkovic: No justification for ethnically motivated persecution and human rights violations (Kosovo Online)
• Mayors of municipalities in the north of Kosovo: Nobody in the north perceives Osmani as their president (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio)
• Petkovic: Brnabic welcomed in northern Kosovo, Kurti ‘snuck’ around (N1)
• Zubin Potok municipality: Pristina silent about the construction of the police base and the actions of the special police (Kosovo Online)
• NGO Aktiv: Inaccurate statements in the New York Times article "Blame, hate, license plates" (Danas, FoNet)
• European Court says Serbian authorities did not violate journalists’ rights (N1)
• Vucic welcomes Erdogan (Tanjug)

Osmani asks Serb citizens to change their license plates (Koha)
Kosovo complains to EU about partial recognition of identity cards by Serbia (Koha)
Kurti and Svecla visit the North (Albanian Post)
Cyber-attack on Kosovo Institutions’ Official Pages (media)
Osmani calls on teachers to return to school: The damage to children is irreparable (media)
Mehaj and Lambrecht discuss cooperation in the field of defense (media)
Slovenian President Borut Pahor to visit Kosovo today (RTK)
The model of "two Germanys" proposed in 2012 for final solution, returns to the table (Albanian Post)
The Police Union warns of union actions (KosovaPress)
Prosecutor’s office: Martin Berishaj is being investigated (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Prime Minister Kurti welcomes the German-French engagement in dialogue (media)
• Berlin confirms Scholz and Macron's commitment to the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RTK)
• Kurti: A minor who should be at school today is in a shelter, and this, due to a crime (media)
• Deputy Prime Minister Bislimi travels to the Czech Republic (media)
• Minister Mehaj on an official visit to Germany (RTK)
• LDK: The government's package will not have an impact on overcoming the crisis (media)
• COVID-19: 29 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kurti: “Serbs who feel unsafe in Kosovo are the criminals” (N1, KoSSev)
• Mayor of Bujanovac: ''Exchange of municipalities between Kosovo and Serbia would be fair'' (Danas, Kosovo Online, FoNet, N1)
• Vucic, Botsan-Kharchenko discuss Kosovo, energy situation (Tanjug, N1)
• Jeremic: If ZSO is not established by December 31, negotiations in Brussels should be halted (N1)
• Djilas: Joint Declaration on Kosovo (KiM radio)
• Nedeljkovic pleads not guilty, sentenced to eight months in prison (Kosovo Online)
• Antonijevic: Trial of Nedeljkovic bad message to Serbian community in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• UNS and DNKiM condemned the harassment of the RTK2 journalist (KiM Radio)
• Serbian List: Pristina’s plan to abolish Serbian licence plates doomed to fail (Kosovo Online)
• Slovenian Ministry summons Serbian Ambassador over Vucic’s statement (N1)

Opinion:

• Jaksic on Brnabic’s visit: ''When Pristina is dissatisfied, then it does not approve visits'' (Danas, N1, FoNet)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Serbian, Ukrainian first ladies discuss humanitarian crisis (N1)

Lajcak to visit Pristina, Belgrade on September 9 (media)
Serbian PM says willing to compromise during landmark Kosovo visit (Reuters)
Svecla: Vucic threatened citizens who agree to put RKS license plates (media)
Osmani meets Malaysian ambassador Dato Abdul Malik (media)
Bislimi: Depopulation of the Valley, concerning (media)
LDK: Government should start dialogue with trade unionists (media)
PDK: Government is trying to suppress citizens' discontent through charity (RTK)
Joseph: Kosovo feels threatened by Serbia (euronews.al)
Kosovo Serb war crime defendant stays silent in court (BIRN)
Serbian PM visits Kosovo Serbs as tensions still simmer (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 5, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Bislimi and Nagavci in the Valley, promise support for the Albanians (media)
• KCK: Government is trying to undermine the independence of the judiciary (media)
• Brnabic from North speaks of "peace" and says that they will "fight" for Serbs (media)
• Kosovo continues lobbying for membership in the Council of Europe (RTK)
• Haradinaj wants investments in gas pipelines and new coal-fired power plant (media)
• Another protest about the case of the 11-year-old girl in Pristina (media)
• COVID-19: One death, 21 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brnabic in a visit to Kosovo north: Dialogue is important, we will insist on ZSO (media)
• Kosovo ministers in Presevo, without a meeting with the mayor (Beta, N1)
• Jeremic: Request to Russia and China to use veto ‘puts an end’ to Pristina’s UN membership issue (Danas)
• Serbian ID cards issued to Kosovo Serbs valid to enter Albania via Vrbnica crossing – but not Kosovo (KoSSev)
• SNS official announces composition of new Serbian Government by September 25 (N1)
• Erdogan to visit Serbia (RTS)

International:

• Serbia, Albania to cooperate in energy, mining sectors (seenews.com)

Kurti receives letter from Scholtz and Macron (media)
‘Serbia must get ready to make a difficult decision’, Macron-Scholz letter to Vucic (media)
Kosovo government submits judicial vetting draft to Parliament (media)
Kurti on Brnabic’s visit: No statements that induce de-stabilization (media)
Bislimi and Nagavci to visit Presheva Valley (media)
Jasharaj: The strike continues (media)
Rama for Der Spiegel: Russia would love another conflict in the Balkans (media)
Rakic: Brnabic’s visit shows that Kosovo Serbs are in favor of peace and security (media)
Haxhiu on the case of the 11-year-old: There will be additional dismissals (euronews.al)
EU-brokered deal leaves Kosovo and Serbia mired in antagonism (Financial Times)
COVID-19: 49 new cases (media)