• Lajcak: Discussions will continue (media)
• No results from new round of negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• Bislimi: Petkovic not interested to hear about the Constitution of Kosovo (media)
• Wigemark: Situation in the north is fragile (RTV21)
• Kurti: Communities and diversity are assets for Kosovo (media)
• Serbia continues its attempts to prevent Kosovo’s membership at CoE (Koha)
• Strpce man reported as missing found in Suhareka in good health (Klan)
• Kosovo Women Leaving Their Mark in ICT (Prishtina Insight)
• EU Director-General for DG NEAR Koopman visits Western Balkans (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 15, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Budget for municipalities for 2024 is €740 million (media)
• Bajrami to Kurti: You have blocked over €37 million for the municipalities (Nacionale)
• Sarrazin: There might not be an agreement yet, but there are concepts (media)
• Szunyog: Non-implementation of Ohrid agreement will have consequences (Reporteri)
• Government and opposition clashes over World Bank's report on Kosovo (media)
• Muja: Lajcak’s goal is to offer an extreme version for the Association (Reporteri)
• Dugolli writes to Specialist Chambers again; “I won’t stop seeking justice” (media)
• Five persons arrested in police counter-terrorism operation (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Miroce village residents’ another appeal to the Kosovo authorities and international representatives over their usurped properties (KoSSev)
• Petkovic met Lajcak ahead of the new round of dialogue with Pristina (RTS, Tanjug)
• Power visits Gracanica Monastery while visiting Kosovo (KoSSev)
• New “Serbia Against Violence” protest held in Belgrade (N1, media)
• Dacic on protest: Not a word about the victims, just threats against Vucic (N1, Tanjug)
• Dacic regrets Israel’s decision to recognize Kosovo independence (BETA, media)
• Ambassador of Cyprus: Stance on Kosovo principled and consistent (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List: Entering the municipalities may endanger the peace (KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online)
• Fatherland Movement fully supports the requests of the opposition (KoSSev)
• Detention of Trajkovic extended for two more months (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Serbian president says snap election on cards after mass shootings spark protests (Politico)
• Ruling Socialists Defeat Divided Opposition in Albanian Local Polls (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kosovo Assembly hosts seminar “Promoting a gender-sensitive parliament” (EO)
• Share Your Experience: School Violence in South Eastern Europe (Balkan Insight)
• Awareness march for mental health for first time in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)

• Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia continues in Brussels (RFE)
• Lajcak: I expect chief negotiators to be ready to agree on next steps (media)
• Osmani hosts USG: Kosovo, model for promoting Women’s Agenda (media)
• World Bank Group’s New Strategy in Kosovo Supports Competitiveness for Higher Job Creation and Living Standards (worldbank.org)
• Kosovo Opens Auction for First Solar Park (BIRN)
• Conference calls for stronger collaboration among prosecutors investigating war crimes in Western Balkans (BIRN)
• Kurti to meet mayors of municipalities today (RTK)
• KSF launch search for Serb man from Strpce who went missing (Kosovapress)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: We’d like to see dialogue acceleration, implementation of agreements (Koha)
• EU statement on govt decision on land expropriation in north (media)
• Quint ambassadors don’t talk to media after meeting Kurti today (Indeksonline)
• Power: Major political decisions require courage (RTK)
• Krasniqi: We’ll individually schedule sessions with new mayors (Telegrafi)
• Haliti: There could be elections in September, Kurti govt could fall (TeVe1)
• Hoti: Management Team existed since 2013; “Kurti’s work catastrophic” (Klan)
• Waltz calls on non-recognizing countries to recognize Kosovo (media)
• CDHRF: Lajcak is using dialogue for his rise in career (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic after meeting Lajcak: I am concerned over Kosovo, Kurti provoking conflicts (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic with Lajcak: Talks about the tensions raised by Kurti in the municipalities in the north (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo police harassed Serbs in Preoce (KiM radio, medijacentar.info, Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List: ''Police officer who tried to kill Milan Jovanovic released under house arrest, the legal violence continues'' (Danas, Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Dacic: Serbia will abstain from voting in the CoE on the integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine (NMagazin, Beta)
• A new multi-ethnic center for dialogue "launched" in Pristina - a gathering place for those who share the same values (KoSSev)
• Gracanica municipality refuses to issue permits for the construction of houses approved by the ministry (medijacentar.info)

International:

• Roma and Sinti Holocaust Victims’ Stories Told in Kosovo Exhibition (BIRN)

• Lacroix hosted by Kurti, says “results are apparent” in several areas (media)
• Trust, an important component for social and economic development (RTV21)
• After meeting Lajcak, Kurti says he will draft "vision" for Serbs (Koha)
• Lajcak: What I heard left me worried (media)
• Serbian List: We’ll not return to institutions without Association forming (Koha)
• Konjufca: Lajcak is biased, he conceives dialogue as if Kosovo's status has not yet been defined (RTV21)
• Power: The U.S. wants mutual recognition (RTK)
• Von Cramon: Vucic should end the dialogue with Kosovo (Albanian Post)
• More political will needed for progress of Serbia and Kosovo on the EU path (EWB)
• Osmani asks for Kosovo to have seat at COP28: Climate change knows no politics (Koha)
• Kurti: We have had cyber-attacks on our government system (media)
• Osmani invited to inauguration of Montenegro President Milatovic (media)
• Maldives presidency refutes Vucic: We have not withdrawn recognition of Kosovo (media)
• Kosovo: RTK continuing to push for EBU membership (Eurovoix)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 11, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak: There is either normalisation or conflict (media)
• Kurti: EU should hold Serbia responsible for ongoing violations of Agreement (Koha)
• The Iber Bridge discussed during the Hamza-Lajcak meeting (media)
• Lajcak crosses Iber Bridge on foot to meet local Serbs (Dukagjini)
• KDI: Court ruling should be basis for drafting statute of Association (Koha)
• Kurti meets UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Western Balkans (media)
• Haziri: Kurti has excluded Konjufca and Osmani from dialogue (Nacionale)
• Ambassador Hovenier calls for increased cyber and information security (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Lajcak: Decision on Ibar River bridge opening should be made within dialogue (Tanjug)
• Visoki Decani Monastery reacts to Osmani’s remarks on monastery land court decision (media, social media)
• Serbian List reacts to decision on land expropriation in north (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Bilcik and von Cramon worried about Pristina's decision on land expropriation (KiM radio, Beta, Kosovo Online)
• Possible re-elections in North of Kosovo: Difficulties in confirming mandate of newly elected mayors (Danas)
• Dacic, Szijjarto: Level of Serbia-Hungary ties highest in recent history (Tanjug)
• Lajcak: Chief negotiators in Brussels on Monday (FoNet, N1)
• Dacic: Constant pressure over Russia sanctions (Prva TV, BETA, N1)

International:

• Petition Urges Kosovo Govt to Cut Period Products Tax (Prishtina Insight)

• Osmani slams Borrell over Association comments, says Vucic can’t be “normalized” (media)
• Kurti meets Council of U.S. Ambassadors, informs them about dialogue with Serbia (media)
• Konjufca: Kosovo will not accept models that aim to undo the state (media)
• Association will also be an administrative authority, with a distinct legal identity, but which does not form a third power (Albanian Post)
• Power: It takes political courage to reach a lasting solution in dialogue (media)
• “Draft statute of Association must be consistent with Kosovo’s laws,” says Serbian minister (euronews.al)
• European Parliament adopted resolutions on Kosovo and Serbia (EWB)
• Svecla on EP report: We share common concerns about challenging situation in north (Koha)

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak tomorrow in Kosovo, on Friday in Serbia (RTK)
• Von Cramon: Kosovo continues to prove its democratic capacities (Kosovapress)
• The European Parliament approves report on Kosovo (Koha)
• Kurti vows to Kosovo Police not to stop seeking justice for war crimes (media)
• Osmani meets Senate Majority Leader; “gratitude for continued US support” (media)
• Kurti: Local governments in some cases used for opposition against central govt (Koha)
• Bislimi on Berishaj: An intellectual’s name is dragged for political profits (Kosovapress)
• Citaku reacts: A totalitarian mindset is a threat, not the Constitution (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: Lajcak in Pristina tomorrow, in Belgrade on Friday (N1)
• Decision on expropriation of land in Leposavic and Zubin Potok adopted (Radio KIM)
• Petkovic reacts to Pristina’s decision on expropriation (KoSSev)
• Pantic's house arrest extended for two months (KoSSev, NMagazin, Beta)
• Cvijetin Milivojevic: ''The West does not mediate, it commands the negotiations, we must be patient, the solution is a real compromise'' (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Vucic announced ‘’the largest ever’’ gathering on 26 May (media)
• Opposition reactions to Vucic’s gathering on May 26 (media)
• Opposition in front of REM submitted printed resignations; announced new protests (N1, nova.rs)
• Opposition requests Parliament session on security situation (FoNet, N1)
• Rasic and Rexhepi dissatisfied with budget allocated for non-majority communities (Radio KIM)
• Odalovic expects a meeting soon regarding the formation of a joint commission on the missing (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic met USAID Administrator Power (Tanjug)
• Bilcik: Serbia needs to improve in some areas (N1)

International:

• Serbia Imposes Tough Restrictions After Mass Shootings (Balkan Insight)

• Osmani: We won’t give Serbia instrument to violate Kosovo (media)
• Kurti informs Radman on Croatian model he proposed for Association (media)
• Varhelyi: Management team’s proposal, starting point for discussions (RFE)
• USAID Director: Biden strongly supports normalisation of relations (Koha)
• Abbott: Time for Kosovo to present draft statute for Association (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo is an embodiment of European values (Euronews)
• Families of missing demand investigations, no faith in agreements (Euronews)
• Head of municipal assembly resigns, to prevent swearing in of mayor (media)
• Domi: As a society, we must work to give more space to communities (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 9, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Scholz: EU to keep promises for integration of Western Balkans (RFE)
• Abdixhiku: Management Team proposed a state within the state (media)
• Gervalla: One Republika Srpska enough for the region, no need for another one (media)
• Radman: Croatian model for Serbian minority can serve Kosovo (media)
• Szunyog: EU playing crucial role in promoting Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Telegrafi)
• Osmani on Europe Day: Kosovo is an embodiment of European values (media)
• Govt on Europe Day: Step by step, Kosovo is getting closer to EU (media)
• Lajcak: EU and Western Balkans to seriously address enlargement (media)
• Bajqinovci accuses LDK for corruption deals, interest groups with PDK (Paparaci)
• Kica-Xhelili tells what govt is trying to do in the Prosecutorial Council (Nacionale)
• Two people arrested in Zvecan for trying to block the municipality building (Telegrafi)
• Nebi Qena and Associated Press win two Pulitzer Prizes (Albanian Post)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic on northern Kosovo, Council of Europe, mass shootings in Serbia (Kosovo Online, media)
• Protest ‘Serbia Against Violence’ held in Belgrade (N1)
• Serbian Parliament vice-president Bozic after ‘Serbia Against Violence' protest: "Parliamentary and local elections in one term" (Danas, Beta, NMagazin)
• Vucic on protest in Belgrade (N1, media)
• New anti-violence protest on May 12 (N1, media)
• Person suspected of tearing Serbian flags apart at Grabovac hill brought in (Radio KIM, Radio kontakt plus)
• What slows down the European path of the Western Balkans according to Lajcak? (Danas, FoNet, Hina)
• Russian Ambassador: Strategic partnership with Serbia increasingly important (Politika, BETA, N1)
• Giaufret: Serbia’s place is in EU (FoNet, N1)
• Serbian Defense Ministry marks Victory Over Fascism Day (BETA)

International:

• Serbians rally against violence after two mass shootings (Reuters)
• Montenegrins Urged to Hand Over Weapons After Mass Shootings Rock Serbia (Balkan Insight)
• Child Pornography, Hate Speech and Cybercrime Surge in Balkans (Balkan Insight)