UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 27, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti calls again on Serbs to convert their licence plates to RKS (media)
• Osmani: We fight against gangs, not citizens, we expect support (media)
• Von der Leyen on licence plates: Very short and very clear, the rules must be respected (media)
• Kurti meets Von der Leyen: Kosovo to apply for EU membership this year (media)
• NATO: If stability is endangered, KFOR is ready to intervene (Klan)
• Interior Ministry: Three incidents in the north related to RKS licence plates (RFE)
• Serwer: Kurti wielding sovereignty; hope he is ready to face consequences (Express)
• Rohde: Kosovars deserve visa liberalisation (RTK)
• Bajrami: LVV ignores WJP report, goes to page 40 to find something to be proud of (Express)
• A car burned in Leposaviq after the conversion of licence plates (Express)
Serbian Language Media:
• Ambassador Hill: We are disappointed by Pristina's refusal to extend the deadline for re-registration (Blic, N1)
• Stano: Kosovo's decision on the plates is legitimate, avoid increasing tensions and violence (N1)
• Vucic: We fully stand by the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS, media)
• New Serbian Government elected (N1)
• Djuric urges international community to maintain peace in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Zarrazin: Kosovo to demonstrate flexibility on licence plates (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic with Serbs from Kosovo, Rakic: “If Pristina starts violently, we will block the roads” (media)
• Serbian Minister of Defense: Kurti’s threats undermine peace (Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM: Bus transporting Serbs pelted with stones in Mitrovica South (Kosovo Online)
• COM KFOR meets Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije (Kosovo Online)
• Von Cramon: "The Kosovo government does not hold a dialogue with the Serbs, and it promised that" (Kosovo Online, Blic, Kallxo)
• Moscow’s Kommersant: Serbia’s new Government turned toward East (N1)
International:
• In Race to Lure Russian Talent and Capital, Serbia Emerges as Front-Runner (The Wall Street Journal)
• EU announces €500 million energy support package for Western Balkans (euractive.com)
• North Macedonia Pays Dear for Cancelled Power Plants (BIRN)
• Kosovo will not delay Serbian car plate rule despite calls by the West (eureporter)