UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 4, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani continues with meetings at COP28 (media)
• Peach: UK at helm of war against destabilizing activities in Western Balkans (AP)
• "La Repubblica": Meloni asked Vucic to recognize Kosovo (Albanian Post)
• Haxhiu: Authors of Liridona’s murder must get merited punishment (media)
• Haziri: Association can lead to a kind of confederation in Kosovo (media)
• Bosch: NATO must have information that situation could get out of control (Paparaci)
• Court decides on visits and communication for Thaci, Veseli and Selimi (media)
• The investigation commission on state reserves did not agree on work plan (RTK)
• Damage and Cyrillic inscriptions reported in a house under construction in Mitrovica North (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• Minister rejects claims of government discrimination against Albanians (N1)
• RIK: At upcoming elections 6.500.165 people have right to vote (Radio KIM)
• Aleksic, Milivojevic, Cuta and Ivanovic visit Gracanica, say they are against European plan (KoSSev, Radio KIM)
• Duda Balje: 1,700 women achieved the status of rape victims during armed conflicts in Kosovo so far (KiM radio, medijacentar.info)

Opinion:

• Palokaj: Still not late for unity on dialogue (Koha)
• Collaku: Special Court of Kosovo, a theater without an audience (media)
• Shasha: The Surprising Trajectory of Albania and Kosovo EU Membership (BIRN)

International:

• What Does Multipolarity Mean for Kosovo? (The National Interest)
• Deus ex lex: The long and tortured road of Serbian media reform (International Press Institute)
• EC Country Reports 2023: Unveiling shared trends and persistent challenges in Western Balkans’ anti-corruption landscape (EWB)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kurti attends awards ceremony of International Film Festival “Art Without Limit” (media)

Albanian Language Media:
• KFOR: After Banjska attack, we quadrupled presence in north of Kosovo (Koha)
• Kosovo man arrested under suspicion of ordering his wife’s murder (media)
• Osmani meets Von der Leyen, discuss Kosovo’s getting closer to EU (media)
• Kurti hosts Jovanovic, discuss relations between Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• Redzepi with messages from Bosnia: Careful with the Association! (EO)
• Lajcak holds series of productive meetings with reps of European govts (media)
• Kamberi meets Kurti: Albanians in the Valley must have representation (KSP)
Serbian Language Media:
• The European Council requests the Agreement on the Normalization of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia to enter Chapter 35 (N1, media)
• Italy’s PM meets Vucic: Italy will always support Serbia in Council of Europe (N1)
• A petition launched to ban the false priest Nikola Xhufka from entering Kosovo (KiM radio)
• ‘ProGlas’ initiative presented in North Mitrovica (N1, KoSSev)
• The SL presidency member: "Support and sign ProGlas" experienced a fiasco in North Mitrovica (Kontakt plus radio)
• Monument to fallen Serb soldiers in Pristina cemetery returned to its original place (KoSSev)
• Peach held dinner with leaders of Albanian parties and K.Serbs – Arsenijevic, Bisevac, Trajkovic, Rasic (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: No normalization of relations without security (Kosovapress)
• EU wants Serbia’s integration conditioned with agreements’ implementation (RFE)
• Tajani: Banjska attack, a very serious act; dialogue must continue (media)
• Opposition parties confirm they received Association draft statute (Telegrafi)
• Svecla meets Bozinovic in Zagreb, discuss security in Kosovo (media)
• Tahiri: Govt must reflect on demands of police officers, firefighters, veterans (EO)
• SIU to protest again, will be joined by other police units (Dukagjini)
• U.S. State Department country reports on terrorism: Kosovo (media)
• Journalists’ Association reacts to threats against KIKS Kosova reporters (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets world leaders in Dubai: Time for concrete action (N1, FoNet)
• Visoki Decani: Disinformation that monastery buys property of Serbs from neighboring villages (KiM radio)
• Trendafilova: Over 140 of 157 persons designated as victims are connected to Thaci’s case (KoSSev)
• Vucic: They want us to recognize Kosovo so Serbs can vote in elections there (Kosovo Online, B92)
• Another 15 days for re-registration, but without solution for driver’s license (Radio KIM)
• Podujevo Municipality: None of our representatives officially participated in ceremony in church (KiM radio)
• Hill: Serbia knows what it needs to do (FoNet, KiM radio)
• Media expert: ‘No limits’ to aggressiveness, vulgarity of Serbian pro-government media

International:

• Same Words, Different Language: A New Dictionary Highlights Just How Much Serbs And Albanians Have In Common (RFE)
• Kosovo Claims Victory Over Yugoslav-era Disputed Enterprise in Montenegro (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti meets QUINT representatives: Interstate agreement needed to hold elections (media)
Osmani hosts Hovenier, discuss security in Kosovo (media)
Bislimi responds to Stano: No Serbian elections in Kosovo without official request from Serbia (media)
Hovenier: Meetings of Chief Negotiators in Brussels have narrowed differences (T7)
Osmani meets ambassador of Turkiye (Klan)
Lavrov: OSCE was destroyed when NATO bombed Serbia and took over Kosovo (media)
Albania: Russia, the biggest threat to security (media)
Kosovo president's chief of staff, Blerim Vela, resigns (media)
Government postpones deadline for vehicle registration (media)
Serbian Language Media:

Dacic tells OSCE Ministerial Council: Serbs in Kosovo under threat, discriminated (Tanjug, media)
Dacic on territorial integrity principle, says Kosovo will never become OSCE member (Kosovo Online, media)
Mijacic after intrusion into Church in Rakinica: No legal and moral boundaries when it comes to attacks on SOC property (KoSSev, social media)
Raska-Prizren Eparchy priest visited Church in Rakinica, found locked door and new padlock (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, Radio KIM)
The UK’s Special Envoy visits Gracanica Monastery (media, Raska-Prizren Eparchy)
Mitrovica North MA: New coat of arms and symbols to be designed (KoSSev, media)
UK Special Envoy meets KFOR Commander in Pristina (N1, social media)
Southeast European FMs sign statement on fight against corruption (Tanjug, media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 30, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo Assembly discusses EC report on Kosovo (media)
• Osmani’s office expects new process of selecting Chief State Prosecutor (media)
• Investigations launched into police reaction to reporters at PSD protest (AP)
• Investigative committee on state reserves formed after seven failed attempts (EO)
• Calls to extend deadline for registration of vehicles in the north of Kosovo (media)
• Foreign Ministry reacts to Vucic’s claim of “removing 28 recognitions” (Euronews)
• Police officer attacked by a Serb at Jarinje crossing on Wednesday (media)
• Lajcak meets Sarrazin, discuss state of play in the dialogue (media)
• Prosecution: Working to resolve all circumstances of two killings (Telegrafi)
• Citaku reacts to killings in Pristina; “someone must be held accountable” (media)
• Kurti meets new Swiss Ambassador, thanks him for ongoing support (media)
• Vela will no longer be chief of staff for President Osmani (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Sentic: SOC property protected by Constitution, intrusion into church requires immediate reaction from authorities (Kosovo Online)
• Albanian Orthodox Church: Hzufka is laic and self-proclaimed priest (Kosovo Online)
• Protest in Dragas over electricity cuts, similar problems in Donja Gusterica and Laplje Selo (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: Gratitude to Azerbaijan for respecting Serbia’s territorial integrity (RTS)
• Trajkovic meets Peach, discus situation of Serbs in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Elshani: We asked deadline for re-registration be extended for 15 days, government to decide (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Additional pressure expected over re-registration, a potential trigger for new crises, says Andric Rakic (Kosovo online)
• Dacic meets with ODIHR director (Tanjug)

International:

• ‘Make Sure It’s Documented’: How Ukrainian Journalists are Defying the Invasion (BIRN)
• Serbia’s Azeri Gas Move a Win-Win, for the EU Too (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

Stoltenberg: Kosovo is an example of how NATO and EU cooperate closely (Koha)
Blinken: Kosovo and Bosnia, at the center of our concerns (Koha)
Osmani and Peach talk about latest developments in Kosovo and region (RTK)
Kurti and Bislimi meet Peach, talk about dialogue and security situation (media)
Lajcak and Sarrazin meet, talk about dialogue (Koha)
Trendafilova: The highest penalty for war crimes, life imprisonment (media)
48 hours detention assigned to six PSD members (media)
AJK appeals to the Police: Respect work of journalists (media)
Police carrying out operations in several locations in the north of Kosovo (Koha)
The National Program for Perpetrators of Violence against Women launched (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:

Diocese Raska-Prizren: A fake priest from Albania performed a service in a church near Podujevo (KiM radio, KoSSev, Radio Mitrovica sever, N1)
Office for KiM: A new attack on the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Diocese of Raska-Prizren (Radio Mitrovica sever)
KFOR and the Kosovo Police agreed on joint patrols (NMagazin, Beta)
An indictment filed in Pristina against Gavrilo Milosavljevic, arrested last December (RTS, Beta, NMagazin)
Lawyer: Savic released on bail, we will prove his innocence (Kosovo Online)
Lajcak and Barbano before the EP foreign policy committee on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever)
Lajcak and Sarrazin discussed the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Tanjug)
Dacic meets with German interior minister (Tanjug)
International Media:

Kosovo Indicts Serbs for 1999 Dubrava Prison Massacre (BIRN)
Smoke Bombs Thrown as War Crime Court President Visits Kosovo (BIRN)
Switzerland to boost Kosovo Force next year (Swissinfo.ch)
KFOR has the largest Presence in Kosovo in the last Decade (sarajevotimes.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• U.S.: NATO will continue to provide vital support to Western Balkans (media)
• Blinken: NATO will help the Western Balkans on the Euro-Atlantic path (RTK)
• Kurti meets Ambassador Rohde, discuss latest developments (RTK)
• Rohde on pros and cons of report on Kosovo's membership in CoE (Reporteri)
• EU: Not allowing Serbia to hold elections in Kosovo does not comply with spirit of dialogue (Koha)
• Protest warnings, great number of police gather at hotel where Trendafilova will hold meetings (Reporteri)
• Kosovo authorities arrest six people for fake money (media)
• Gervalla attends “Dakar International Forum on Peace, Security in Africa” (media)
• Haxhiu listens to demands of Ukrainian and Afghan women in Kosovo (media)
• Police arrest Serb for smuggling in Zvecan, was wanted by Interpol (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Trendafilova: I am here to answer all questions, without lies and deception (KoSSev)
• KFOR: Our presence in northern Kosovo increased by fourfold, number of patrols by threefold (Kosovo Online)
• Germany to send 150 additional troops to Kosovo (N1, Beta)
• Strpce Municipal Assembly demands suspension of construction in Sevce village, one of proposal is to demolish object (Radio KIM)
• Stoltenberg: The proposal on the CSM (ZSO) could be the way forward in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Blic)
• Residents of Mitrovica North: Passports of Coordination Directorate must be visa (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Minister of Justice of Montenegro suggested signing an extradition agreement between Montenegro and Kosovo (Kosovo Online, RTCG)
• Vucic, Nurtleu discuss Serbia-Kazakhstan cooperation (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Not the same, but nothing new either (KoSSev)

International:

• How Swiss participation in Kosovo peace mission lays bare the neutrality debate (swissinfo.ch)
• Letter: Is Kosovo a model for a post-conflict Gaza? (ft.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• NATO and EU with mission to prevent conflicts in the Balkans (Koha)
• Blinken: NATO ready to face different challenges, including in Western Balkans (media)
• Borrell: We will ensure stability in north of Kosovo and border with Serbia (Express)
• Increasing number of Serbs in north get Kosovo license plates (VoA)
• VV MP: Association draft statute will be made public at the end of the process (media)
• Trendafilova in Pristina today; PSD says “she is not welcomed” (Gazeta Express)
• Hovenier: Always a pleasure to visit Peja (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Borrell calls Belgrade, Pristina to show will for agreements (N1)
• Dacic: 13 percent of Serbs left Kosovo over last year (Radio KIM, BETA)
• Petkovic, Botsan-Kharchenko discuss situation in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Russian Ambassador meets with Serbian Defense Minister (N1, media)
• Hill: Serbs in Kosovo must know what they will get by establishment of CSM (KoSSev, media)
• Ambassador Hovenier visits Pec Patriarchate (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, social media)
• Vucic to meet with Kazakh FM on Wednesday (media)
• Albanian flags flying in southern Serbia (BETA, N1, Bujanovacke)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 28, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Stoltenberg: NATO will do what is needed to ensure stability in Balkans (RFE)
• NATO prudent steps to ensure KFOR has forces to fulfill its UN mandate (media)
• Kurti attends flag raising on 111th anniversary of Albania’s independence (media)
• Hoti and Selmanaj meet Escobar, discuss challenges in dialogue (media)
• Molliqaj: It would’ve been better to send back Trendafilova (media)
• Miftaraj: Fear that Kosovo could be targeted again by attacks from Serbia (KTV)
• Kastrati: Serbia will try to stage a massacre in the north (Telegrafi)
• Constitutional Court Panel assigned to deal with Haradinaj’s referral (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Dacic: OSCE to enable Serbs in Kosovo to enjoy all internationally guaranteed rights (Politika, N1, Beta)
• Petkovic meets Argentinian Ambassador, discuss Kosovo issue (media)
• Jeremic: Three red lines for post-election coalition, unity needed regarding Kosovo (Tanjug, Danas)
• Two more electoral lists approved for parliamentary polls (Tanjug)
• Dialogue and other processes one month later: Is there an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia? (KiM radio)

Albanian Language Media:

O'Brien: Causing unrest in the north means confronting NATO (RFE)
Kurti: In two and a half years, 58 agreements with Albania have been reached and implemented(media)
Opposition criticizes Kurti about Association, government criticizes Serbia for not implementing agreements (Koha)
Rama: Kosovo-Serbia issue should be finally resolved with full recognition (media)
KFOR commander speaks on the phone with commander of Serbian army (RTK)
Gervalla-Schwarz meets with Defense Minister of Gambia (media)
PSD with slogan "KLA cannot be tried" opposes visit of Specialist Chambers president (Reporteri)
Aliu: Five municipalities in the north of Kosovo now have cadastral offices (RTK)
Ibishi: Radoicic still in action, continuing to gather people for another possible act (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:

KSF day in Kosovo marked with symbols of “Greater Albania” (KoSSev, media)
Serbian List reacts to KSF celebration day with “Greater Albania” symbols, terms it as public promotion of mono-ethnic Kosovo (KoSSev)
Petkovic: Militarisation of KSF biggest threat to peace in W Balkans (Tanjug)
Starovic, Mijacic on KSF day celebration (Kosovo Online, social media)
Dusan Obrenovic released on bail, arrived to Mitrovica North (Kosovo Online, media)
KFOR, Serbian military chief discuss developments, cooperation (N1)
CoE warns of polarized election campaign (N1)