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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 4, 2023

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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)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 1, 2023

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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)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 30, 2023

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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)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 29, 2023

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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)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 28, 2023

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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)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 27, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:

• Blinken to attend NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels (media)
• Stoltenberg: Proposal for Association, important step for constructive dialogue (Reporteri)
• KSF Day, Kurti and Osmani visit the “Adem Jashari” barracks (media)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo Army continues to be most trusted institution (media)
• Biserko: Banjska showed that potential for conflict is huge (media)
• Romanian chief diplomat meets Lajcak, supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan)
• Opposition unites against the Draft Law on the Sovereign Fund (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Re-registration: Does the silence of the authorities in Belgrade mean agreeing to Pristina’s conditions (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Zarko Ristic: Peace comes where law and order are respected (Slobodno srpski, KiM radio)
• Gogic: Kurti would rather go for new elections than accept CMS (Kosovo Online)
• Deadline for submitting lists for parliamentary elections in Serbia expired (KiM radio)
• Unplanned electricity restrictions continue in returnee villages in Istok municipality (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: There are three candidates for new Security Information Agency chief (Tanjug, Pink TV)
• Dacic thanks Belarusian ambassador for support for Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)

International:

• Serb Ex-Policeman Denies Kosovo War Crime Charges (Balkan Insight)
• Rita Ora celebrated her birthday in Kosovo (AFP)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Osmani: Let us raise our voice against gender-based violence (RTK)
• BIRN Study Reveals Kosovo’s Inability to Combat Disinformation (Prishtina Insight)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 24, 2023

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 24, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Publication of the draft statute is in the hands of internationals (media)
• Belgian Minister: De-escalation – the only way for long-term peace (RTK)
• Gervalla on draft statute: Not very good but we do not allow damage to state (media)
• The EC will respond to government regarding visas for Kosovo Serbs (RTK)
• EULEX strengthens its advisory and monitoring capacity (RTK)
• Rohde: Association obligatory for Kosovo to normalize relations with Serbia (Reporteri)
• Serbia certifies electoral list “For the army to return to Kosovo” lead by the US-sanctioned (Klan)
• Timothy Less: Dialogue will continue, but I see no chance for progress (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets with Peach to discuss developments in Kosovo, region (Tanjug)
• Belgian minister Lahbib: New investments in Serbia are on the way (RTS)
• Haziri: Kurti spreads fear with statements about new conflict, diverts attention from internal problems (Kosovo Online)
• Where did Kurti’s tweet thanking Kearns for “raising the alarm about Serbian aggression” disappear? (KoSSev, N1)
• Gogic: Banjska remained isolated event without significant consequences for dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• Ashton: Compromise has a bad reputation because it gives the impression that it’s surrender, and it’s not (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• How Feminist Activism Offers Balkan War Survivors Hope for Change (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Hague Prosecutors Accuse Kosovo Guerrilla Leaders of Witness-Tampering (Balkan Insight)
• What is NATO’s Balkan plan as Kosovo and Bosnia wobble? (DW)
• Kosovo Serbs to Cast Votes in Serbian Elections Inside Serbia (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Analysis of EU’s Western Balkans decarbonization policy: decarbonization to remain disorderly if nothing changes (balkangreenenergynews.com)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 23, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti is optimistic about building trust between Serb community and government (RTK)
• Osmani from Tirana to Albanians in the Valley: You are not alone (Reporteri)
• CoE report for the region: Confront a violent past or risk a return to conflict (Koha)
• Assembly voted international agreements (media)
• German ambassador reacts after passage of international agreements in Assembly (media)
• The prosecution requests suspension of visits to Thaci, Veseli and Selimi (RTK)
• Krasniqi: The EC’s report on Kosovo reflects poverty and scarcity (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Palatova: Kosovo needs to form ASM, and implement legal framework for protection of minorities (KoSSev)
• The Hague: Prosecutor requests visits to Thaci, Veseli and Selimi be suspended (Tanjug)
• Milivojevic: By banning Serbs from voting, Kurti and those who support him violating all agreements (TV Most, Kosovo Online)
• Burazer on Coordination Directorate passports: It makes no sense for them not to be visa-free after Kosovo was granted liberalization (KoSSev)
• Milenkovic: Letter from Albanian NGOs proves that there is a lack of understanding for Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Assistants to Office for KiM Director banned from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Vecernje Novosti)
• Petkovic: Some kind of “silent alliance” between Kurti and part of the Serbian opposition is clear (Kosovo Online)
• Obradovic: Government should request UN SG to provide conditions for voting of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• Vucic: Memorandums signed with Cyprus to further strengthen our cooperation (Tanjug)
• CoE Human Rights Commissioner warns of failure to deal with past (N1)

International:

• Janjevo: The Picturesque Town In Kosovo Losing Its Best And Brightest To Migration (RFE)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Gender-related killings of women and girls: Global estimates of female intimate partner/family-related homicides in 2022 (reliefweb.int)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2023

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Stoltenberg: Situation is fragile; Association important step for stability (AP)
• Rama: More NATO troops: Kosovo-Serbia border is out of control (media)
• Stoltenberg: Any attack against citizens in Kosovo is unacceptable (media)
• Kearns: West has no backbone in Kosovo-Serbia dispute (media)
• Shea: NATO to engage more for security; parties to return to dialogue (media)
• Kurti: EBRD report states economic growth continues at robust rate (media)
• Kurti to ministers: Time to meet our commitments is running out (Kosovapress)
• Palatova: Kosovo to implement Agreement on Path to Normalization (media)
• Gashi: We cannot move forward if double standards are applied (Klan Kosova)
• Disciplinary committee removes U.S. sanctioned official from civil service (Koha)
• Census postponed to April 2024, government decides (Koha/Nacionale)
• Nine people injured after hand grenade thrown in Prizren (media)
• Haxhiu: Domestic violence must be reported, perpetrators to be sentenced (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• UNMIK Head: Efforts towards peaceful coexistence (N1)
• Barbano: We increased patrols in northern Kosovo, soon community advisers to arrive, work with Kosovo police (KoSSev)
• Detention of Dragisa Milenkovic extended for two more months, request for Kurti’s testimony rejected (Radio KIM)
• “Yet another political manipulation” – Danas interlocutors on request of Albin Kurti that Serbia should propose specific agreement for Kosovo Serbs’ participation in elections (Danas)
• Cypriot president arrives in Belgrade, welcomed by Serbian FM (Tanjug)
• Serbia protests flag burning to Albania (N1)
• NADA coalition: EU membership not possible if the recognition of Kosovo is condition (Beta, Danas)
• Davenport: OSCE ready to collect votes of Serbs in Kosovo, however, conditions for that currently are not in place (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• In Serbia’s One-Sided Elections, Belgrade is the Opposition’s Hope (Balkan Insight)

International:

• West has no ‘backbone’ in Kosovo-Serbia dispute, says British MP (Financial Times)

Humanitarian/Development:

• In Kosovo, Girls’ Football Scores Goal Against Ethnic Intolerance (Balkan Insight)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 21, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:

• Stoltenberg: Serbian army buildup near Kosovo doesn’t help situation (media)
• Rohde: It’s important to have security in north; NATO mandate not changed (EO)
• State Department: U.S. committed to integration of Western Balkans (VoA)
• “Serbia is not interested in peace”: What is Vucic planning? (Albanian Post)
• Is “international investigation” into Banjska delayed due to Dialogue? (Express)
• Kurti: Economic growth this year is expected to be 3.8 percent (Kosovapress)
• Hoti on missing persons: We want justice; Serbia calling for new crimes (media)
• Berisha: Serbia doesn’t aim only for the north, but all of Kosovo (media)
• 20 CSOs call on EC to withdraw proposal that allows visa-free travel for Kosovo Serbs with Serbian passports (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• DefMin Vucevic welcomes NATO’s Stoltenberg at Belgrade airport last night (N1)
• Stoltenberg: We will continue to ensure peace for all in Kosovo; Vucic: Only Serbs are endangered (RTS, Tanjug, media)
• Stoltenberg in Pristina: Any deployment of KSF in the north of Kosovo requires consent from KFOR (Tanjug, media)
• Media: Pristina wants to increase the KSF to five thousand people (NMagazin, Beta)
• Stoltenberg for Tanjug: Kosovo does not have the support of NATO to arm itself (Blic, Kosovo Online)
• Dimitrijevic: Pristina institutions should enable Serbs to vote at elections (Kosovo Online)
• Andric Rakic on visa liberalization: In some companies, 50 percent of workers announced their departure (Kosovo Online)
• The Church burgled in the Devet Jugovica village (N1, RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Jablanovic met Troccaz: The position of the Serbs is untenable since Kurti came to power (KiM radio)
• Office for KiM: Incidents on ground in direct correlation with inflammatory statements of Pristina politicians (Kosovo Online)
• Koha: Certain NGOs in Kosovo requested to withdraw the proposal on the passports of the coordination administration of the MIA of Serbia be included in the visa liberalization (KoSSev)

International:

• Serbia Deployed Anti-Aircraft Systems Near Kosovo Border, Kosovo PM Warns (Prishtina Insight)
• First Kosovo War Crimes Trial in Defendant’s Absence Begins (BIRN)
• Serbia’s Expulsion of Croatian Diplomat Damages Relations: Zagreb (BIRN)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2023

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Stoltenberg: NATO concerned with secessionist rhetoric in Bosnia (media)
• Bislimi: EU should lift measures against Kosovo as soon as possible (Koha)
• Rohde: Kosovo to more make efforts to implement agreements with Serbia (Koha)
• Tahiri to Kurti: Tell us why you allowed Radoicic to escape on Sept 24 (Telegrafi)
• Gashi on Kurti’s remarks about Radoicic: Wish it’s not meant to scare people (EO)
• AAK wants Assembly to take a stance on EU measures against Kosovo (media)
• Maqedonci: Banjska case revealed Serbia’s aggressive objectives (Albanian Post)
• Maqedonci meets Kearns, thanks her “for presenting truth about Kosovo” (media)
• Calls for internationals to react to Serbia’s mobilization at border (Telegrafi)
• Kurti says NGOs and businesses can register as social enterprises (EO)
• Tahiri: Government takes part in dialogue, without sanctions for Serbia (media)
• Trial in absentia begins for Cedomir Aksic accused of war crimes (Dukagjini)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic and Brnabic tomorrow with Stoltenberg (RTS)
• Weber on relocation of monument to Serbs: “Clumsy gaffe” by French and German Embassies in Kosovo (KiM radio)
• Serbian Embassy in Germany: Serbia determined never to give up on its heritage in Kosovo (Radio KIM, media, social media)
• Mijacic: Statement of German ambassador about Visoki Decani Monastery is official stance of Germany (Tanjug)
• To UNESCO, Visoki Decani and Gracanica are in Serbia – ambassador (Tanjug)
• The office for KiM assistant director banned from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Two sides of the same story: KP on obstructing officers, Jaksic speaks of physical abuse and announces lawsuit against special forces (KoSSev)
• Jeremic on upcoming Serbian elections, Kosovo, Franco-German plan (N1)
• Serbian Government to open consulate in Pale (media)

Opinion:

• Palokaj: Association draft is not so secret – it could hardly be better (Koha)

International:

• NATO chief commits to Bosnia’s territorial integrity and condemns ‘malign’ Russian influence (AP)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 17, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti met Rohde and German ambassadors from region, talk about road to EU (Reporteri)
• Blast near the center for technical control of vehicles in north of Kosovo (media)
• Bislimi: Region faces destabilizing efforts (media)
• Haliti: Radoicic sent SMS threatening to kill politicians (media)
• Sources: Close protection units now guarding Gervalla and Rasic (Indeksonline)
• State Department: Countering corruption, Russian malign influence in WB (media)
• Surroi comments on Zelenksy’s warning of new conflict in Balkans (media)
• Osmani appoints Drilon Gashi as head of Kosovo’s diplomatic mission in Warsaw (media)
• Haradinaj: Kurti changes his words three times a day, has lost his way (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Rasic: The moment the CSM is adopted, the institutions of Serbia will be extinguished (KiM radio)
• Petkovic: Kurti’s minister Rasic trying in every way to make the CSM meaningless (Kosovo Online)
• Letter of protest to France and Germany due to the removal of the memorial plaque in Pristina (Danas, FoNet, Beta, KoSSev)
• Vucic: Pointless to respond to all lies, the move of the monument to Serbian soldiers (Tanjug)
• Dacic: The removal of the memorial plaque is scandalous, the French Embassy in Belgrade will advocate for its return (Kosovo Online)
• The European Commission proposes that visas be canceled for holders of Serbian passports in Kosovo (N1)
• Ambassador to UNESCO: Serbia’s election is a clear signal to Pristina that it has no support for unilateral moves (RTS)
• Hill: Despite the difficulties, we recognize the common interests of Serbia and Ukraine (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug)
• Another trial for Vukotic in Pristina (Kosovo Online)
• The detention of Sladjan Trajkovic extended again (KiM radio, Kosovo Online)
• Serbia, North Macedonia sign Memorandum on construction of high-speed railway (FoNet, N1)

Opinion:

• Kosovo and the Western Balkans Security Order after Banjska: Policy Recommendations from the Octopus Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies (media)

International:

• Kosovo launches first women’s football strategy (uefa.com)
• Kosovo’s Thaci Didn’t Give Orders to Guerrillas: Trial Witness (BIRN)
• Surge in Requests for Kosovo License Plates Signals Shifting Dynamics Among Local Serbs (Prishtina Insight)
• John Hodgson: Out of spite I started learning Albanian (Kosovo 2.0)

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