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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 19, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Assembly meets on budget amid boycott and criticism (RFE) • Kurti: There is no economic crisis that’s why people are not protesting (media) • Citaku: Osmani should set the date for new elections as soon as possible (media) • Police find Serbian military uniforms, antitank grenade, in the north (media) • Svecla says “we will continue to uproot every terrorist remnant of Serbia” (media) • Petition calling for respect for human rights at Specialist Chambers (Vox Kosova) • Consequences for Serbs in the north even three years after withdrawing from institutions (RFE) • Osmani: Kosovo committed to Japanese investments in many areas (media) • Rama submits urgent request to court to “unblock” budget for Pristina (media) Serbian Language Media: • Svecla again accuses “Serbia of terrorism” after weapons found in Donje Jarinje, while photo shows Yugoslav Army insignia (KoSSev) • KLI: Today's session of the Assembly convened contrary to the Constitution (Kosovo Online) • Constitutional Court: Serbian List’s appeal regarding election of Vice-President of Assembly still under consideration (Kosovo Online) • After last year’s ban in Belgrade, “Mirëdita, Dobar dan!” moves forward in Pristina (KoSSev) • N1 in Brussels: Montenegro and Albania take lead, Serbia to start harmonizing with EU foreign policy (KoSSev) • German FM: Serbia has hard work ahead on its EU path, me speaking only to N1 is a statement (N1) • Vucic: OSCE still represents most significant security platform for dialogue (RTS, media) • Macut: Serbian GDP to grow 2.3 pct in 2025, Serbia attractive for investments (media) • NIS files new request for license with OFAC (N1, KoSSev, media) Opinion: • TikTokcracy: When algorithms manufacture support and decide elections (BIRN) • Dayton excluded Bosnian women, and the effects are still being felt (BIRN) International: • Kosovo’s opposition PDK chooses new leader as elections loom (BIRN) • Clark: Organ-trafficking allegations were disinformation (Euronews Albania) • Albania's booming tourism, EU membership prospects draw Kosovo investors (SeeNews) • Despite unfair conditions, elections remain solution for political crisis in Serbia (EWB) Humanitarian: • Office for KiM announced aid for Serbian households affected by floods in Kosovo (Tanjug, Radio KIM)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 19, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 19, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Wadephul urges swift formation of functional Kosovo government (media) Osmani urges swift EU measure removal, seeks Germany’s support (media) Kurti: Radoicic and his group continue to threaten Kosovo security (media) Two sessions in Assembly today, RTK funding on agenda (media) Osmani: Critical situation if we do not have budget extension (media) VV urges MPs to act with maturity, approve laws and agreements (media) PDK, LDK, AAK, and Nisma to boycott the 11:00 hours session (media) Mustafa: Ramush Haradinaj has special merits for creating the army (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric met Pesko, said role of OSCE Mission crucial for monitoring rights of Serbs in Kosovo (media) Wadephul met Osmani, said progress in dialogue needed (Kosovo Online, media) Djuric to attend informal dinner of EU and Western Balkans foreign ministers in Brussels (media) Drecun: Arming of Pristina is security threat to Serbia (Kosovo Online) Hunters from south of Serbia released, each fined 1,000 euros (KoSSev) Brnabic in Brussels: If Serbia opens Cluster 3, that’s not just Vucic’s success, but everyone’s (N1) Prosecution calls for public trial for Novi Sad Railway Station tragedy (N1) International Media: Kosovo Liberation Army ‘didn’t commit ethnic cleansing’: NATO Ex-Commander (Balkan Insight) EU enlargement in this decade realistic, but challenges remain (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Kurti doesn’t speak about forming new government: “I need to go,” (media) Kurti congratulates Hamza: Committed to continued cooperation (media) Clark: I have no evidence that KLA was behind expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo (media) 24 victims of UN plane that crashed in northern Kosovo commemorated (Koha) Osmani: Gender equality is an oath, an action, and a shared march (media) Kurti: We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to gender equality (media) Serbian Language Media: Head of German diplomacy: Serbia will decide in elections which way to go (Beta, N1) Djuric: In the coming period, we will redouble our efforts to reduce tensions in society (N1) Konjufca's deadline expiring for composition of new government of Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) "Clark claims he did not know of KLA crimes against Serbs, attacks on Serbian police" (Radio KIM) Media: Armed robbers intercept cash transport in Serbia, escape with millions? (KoSSev) International: Kosovo paying high price for delay in joining single Euro payment area (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 18, 2025

Albanian Language Media:  German Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo today (media) Osmani: Germany, Kosovo’s strategic partner (media) Wesley Clark: Milosevic told me he would kill all Albanians (media) Bedri Hamza elected new leader of PDK (media) Gashi on arrest of Serbian hunters: They cannot be ordinary individuals (Koha) Court annuls two articles of instruction for energy market liberalization (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic met Wadephul: Germany one of our most important partners (Tanjug, media) Sljuka: Expert government unlikely due to mistrust between opposition and Self-Determination (Kosovo Online) Osmani’s claim of “900 dismantled gangs” triggers political storm in Pristina (KoSSev) EC’s forecast: Serbia’s economy slows, growth at risk (N1) Djedovic Handanovic: I expect solution for NIS to be found by end of week (Tanjug) Bajatovic: We will back any Russian proposal for NIS, Serbia will not be left without gas (Tanjug) International Media:  NATO Ex-Commander Wesley Clark testifies in defence of Kosovo’s Thaci (Balkan Insight) Albania opens last negotiation cluster with EU (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 17, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: NATO membership more urgent than European integration (media) • Osmani: I’m not responsible for the 9-month delay (media) • Osmani’s office explains her remarks about destruction of gangs (media) • Kurti: Improving lives of non-majority communities has been our priority (media) • Wesley Clark’s testimony begins in The Hague (media) • Kosovo Police react to reports in some Serbian media: Misinformation (media) • Four Serbian hunters arrested in Kosovo’s territory (media) • PDK to hold its electoral Convention today (media) Serbian Language Media: • The head of German diplomacy in Belgrade today (Danas) • The trial of Lazovic closed to the public today (KiM radio) • Gogic: Institutions and the will to end the vacuum in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue are essential (RTS) • New bridges on the Ibar: Three million euros and environmental risks that went under the radar (Alternativna) Opinion: • When representation becomes a trophy (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 17, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 17, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Thousands join protest in Strasbourg in defense of former KLA leaders (media) Kosovo Police and KFOR find 10 detonators in north of Kosovo (media) PDK complaints to Supreme Court, wants a mayoral revote in Mitrovica (media) Osmani calls for urgent formation of budget committee for wages in RTK (media) RTK workers without wages for 16 days, one-hour strike starts today (RTK) International Symposium of Military Academies held in Kosovo (media) Kosovo qualifies for 2026 World Cup playoffs after win over Slovenia (media) Kamberi: Systematic discrimination against Albanians in Serbia (media) Serbian Language Media: Svecla accuses Belgrade of destabilizing Kosovo after detonator fuses found near Gnjezdane (KoSSev, Radio Mitrovica sever) RTS: A group of Albanians shot at members of the Serbian Army near the "Debela Glava" base (KoSSev) Former KLA fighters protest in Strasbourg, demand “justice” for detained leaders (KoSSev, KiM radio) Djuric, Petkovic met Powell (Kosovo Online, media) Mijacic: Legality of decisions by the caretaker government questionable, many affect the Serbian community (Kosovo Online) Serbia races to avoid state takeover of oil company as US sanctions pressure mounts (N1) International Media: Kosovo’s Thaci lacked authority to stop ‘revenge’ violence, court told (BIRN) Kosovo win 2-0 in Slovenia to secure World Cup playoff spot (Reuters) Kosovo migrant designs first Albanian language keyboard (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 14, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Kosovo’s EU application still in EU drawers (media) • VV has five days left, no major party ready to back Konjufca (Reporteri) • Hoxhaj calls for postponement of PDK Convention (media) • Muhaxheri: LDK won’t support Konjufca (media) • AAK: New budget only after formation of fully mandated government (media) • CEC rejects 2,570 packages of ballots from voting by mail (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Three-hour talks with Macron on metro, EU progress, strategic matters (N1, RTS) • Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue – far from agreement, negotiations at a deadlock (RTS) • KFOR on drones from Gnjilane (RTS, TV Most) • Thaci's trial - Wesley Clark's former adviser testifies, does not remember events in Orahovac (Radio KIM) • Launching of Balkan Alliance for Local Media - "Call for Change" (KiM radio) • Vucic: We are not selling General Staff complex, but leasing it out for huge investment (media) • Macut, UK's Powell discuss bilateral cooperation (Tanjug) International: • US heavyweights rally around Kosovo’s Thaci in The Hague (Tanjug) • Kosovo’s diploma recognition platform offline for months after personal data breaches (Prishtina Insight) • Rio Tinto for EWB: Our company’s priority now is to retain legal rights over the Jadar Project Humanitarian: • 79 Stones documentary receives award at Great Britain International Film Festival (Radio KIM)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 14, 2025

Albanian Language Media:  Osmani and Hargreaves discuss Kosovo–United Kingdom cooperation (media) Bedri Hamza officially announces his candidacy for PDK leader (media) Haradinaj: We will not meet with Konjufca, we will run alone in elections (media) Police and KFOR discuss security and cooperation in the north (media) LDK: Kurti himself should have been among the accused for state reserves (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric receives American University Centre students, tells them Kosovo most important issue for Serbia (Tanjug, media) CASA research: Deep divide between Serbian and Albanian communities, ethnic distance high (Kosovo Online) Macut, UN's Mordt discuss projects carried out by Serbian gov't, UN agencies (Tanjug, media) Vucic arrived in Paris, working dinner with Macron planned (Tanjug) Freedom House: Serbia ranks partly free (N1) Rio Tinto to RTS: We’re staying in Serbia (N1) International Media:  Kosovo public broadcaster’s staff protest over unpaid wages (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 13, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Dane Peter Due appointed head of UNMIK (media) • Clark’s advisor: Thaci did not have the authority to stop the violence (media) • Guri: No Konjufca-led government; we’re going to elections (media) • Brahimaj: We have no votes for a Konjufca government (media) • Osmani visits Institute for crimes committed during war in Kosovo (media) • Mustafa: Special Court, a great injustice, against Kosovo’s liberation (media) • Bislimi: Serbia is blocking funds for textbooks for Presevo Valley (media) Serbian Language Media: • Peter Due from Denmark new UNMIK chief in Kosovo (KoSSev, media) • Djuric meets with von Beckerath (Tanjug) • Kamikaze drones "made in Gnjilane" - a marketing ploy with a clear political message (RTS, Kontakt plus radio) • EC on Minister’s statements on N1: All high level-officials must refrain from verbal attacks, threats against journalists (N1) International: • Serbia confiscates and withdraws from market 900 souvenirs depicting Serbia without Kosovo (Euronews Albania) • Kosovan soldier denies rape and sexual assault (BBC) Humanitarian: • Power plants main source of increased pollution: the emission of polluting gases in Kosovo increased by 26 percent (KiM radio)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 13, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 13, 2025 Albanian Language Media: PDK leader Memli Krasniqi resigns (media) CEC forms commission to review ballot issues in Mitrovica and Gjakova (media) Basha meets Jiri Plecity, discuss Growth Plan (media) Basha: Documenting war crimes is the foundation of justice (media) Media groups urge Kosovo to resolve RTK crisis (media) Wesley Clark to begin his testimony at the Special Court on Monday (AP) Serbian Language Media: Djuric: Washington’s constructive role in the normalization process between Belgrade and Pristina is useful and necessary (Kosovo Online) PM Macut: Serbia has met all technical requirements for EU membership, member states’ political decisions the only obstacle (N1, Beta) Threats to Sarovic through social networks and messaging app because of the video with Vukasinovic (KiM radio, N1, KoSSev) T7 Talk Show cut short after heated exchange – Kosovo’s FM sparks outrage with remarks against media (KoSSev) NUNS condemns dangerous words by Bratina (N1) International Media: Kosovo’s Thaci didn’t make decisions in KLA, Hague Court hears (BIRN) Leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo, Memli Krasniqi, Steps Down (BIRN)