• Osmani, Kurti hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron (media) • Escobar: Kosovo to meet requests on Association and licence plates (VOA) • Borrell to meet separately with Kurti and Vucic today (Koha) • EU presses Serbia, Kosovo to normalise ties as tensions flare (Bloomberg) • Chollet expresses disappointment about decision on license plates (Koha) • Luehrmann: Kosovo and Serbia to be ready for compromise (Koha) • Kosovo to replace resigned Serb MPs amid pish to ‘defuse tensions’ (BIRN) • Other Serb mayors ready to resign too (Klan Kosova) • Bislimi received emissaries of Germany and Slovenia, discuss dialogue (RTK) • U.S Embassy: Not time for Kosovar ministers to travel to the USA (Klan) • Czech EU Presidency: No consensus on visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Kallxo) • Von Cramon: No reason why liberalization shouldn’t happen immediately (RTK) • Bassuener: French-German plan, discriminatory towards Kosovo (RFE)

Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani travels for official visit to Paris (RTK) • Gervalla: EU should not tolerate criminal actions (media) • Borrell to meet Kurti and Vucic separately in Paris on Friday (Klan) • CEC replaces the ten resigned MPs of the Serbian List (Koha) • EULEX chief: Seven EU countries ready to send police to the north (Paparaci) • Kusari-Lila: Even when in parliament, SL did not address needs of Serb citizens (Klan) • Haxhiu: For first time, Kosovo has dignified position in talks with Serbia (Klan) • Tahiri: We don’t want early elections, but solution to problem in north (Indeksonline) • Haradinaj mentions four actions to overcome current situation (Telegrafi) • PDK MP: I believe today we’ll have much-anticipated visa liberalisation date (media) • Buja: North will never be quiet, only land swap brings stability (Nacionale) • Analysts: Ambassador Hovenier's appeal should be taken seriously (RTK) • Bislimi claims Tahiri insulted and threatened him, Prosecutor's Office invited to investigate (media) • 11 officials of Serb nationality resign from Kosovo Customs (RTK) • Possibility of transferring prosecutors in the north being considered (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Rakic and Simic spoke with Sarrazin, Franges (media) • Dacic met Colomina, UK ambassador (Tanjug) • DefMin Vucevic to NATO official: No obstacle to cooperation (N1) • Ambassador of Cyprus: Pristina does not respect obligations; we do not change stance on Kosovo (Tanjug) • Vucic to begin two-day visit to France (Tanjug) • Stano: Borrell will meet in Paris tomorrow with Vucic and Kurti in separate meetings (Kosovo Online) • Hovenier on visits of Kosovo ministers to US (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic to meet Sarazzin today (Kosovo Online) • Hovenier on situation in northern Kosovo, Community of Serb Municipalities (KoSSev) • Customs staff at Jarinje and Brnjak submit resignations (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Jaksic: Kurti lost advantage; the question is whether the Serbian negotiators will know how to use it (N1, KoSSev) • Why Albanians are Leaving, and What They Leave Behind (Balkan Insight) International: • Friend or Foe? For Balkan LGBT Community, TikTok is Mixed Blessing (BIRN) • Kosovo Court Approves Confiscation of ‘Illegal’ Villas in National Park (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Berlin Declaration of the WB Youth Forum: An example of youth agency and commitment (EWB)

• Kurti indicates meeting with Vucic in Paris (Koha) • Hovenier: Kosovo should urgently start negotiations on Association (media) • Leak: Franco-German plan to resolve Kosovo-Serbia dispute (Euractiv) • Kurti says reprimands issued, US calls situation in north ‘worrying’ (BIRN) • Kurti meets German and Slovenian envoys for Western Balkans (media) • Abdixhiku: We need to coordinate with U.S.; not fall on Serbian traps (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo must not go to elections, govt must not fall (media) • EU Boosts Police Presence in North Kosovo After Serbs Quit (BIRN) • For Kosovo Serbs, It’s Not Just About Licence Plates (BIRN) • EU Council working group to discuss visa liberalisation today (RTK) • Svecla: Kosovo has met visa liberalisation requirements (RTK) • Mehaj denies reports about resignation of 10 Serb members of KSF (media) • Solidarity Stories #2: Serb Saves Albanian Neighbours in Kosovo (BIRN) • “Zvonko Veselinovic and Milan Radoicic criminals” – Serbian MPs clash over their dirty work (The Geopost)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 9, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo, reliable partner of its friends, Serbs should not abandon institutions (media) • The U.S. ambassador to UN speaks about developments in north of Kosovo (TV Klan) • Musliu: The security situation is calm, let us be careful in our actions (RTK) • Haxhiu about past governments: They indulged Belgrade by saying "yes" to everything (Koha) • Svecla to the French delegation: Kosovo has met the criteria for visas (media) • Abdixhiku: Leaving Kosovo without allies is treason (Albanian Post) • Poland opens consulate in Pristina (media) • Exclusive: Three-point proposal of internationals to exit current situation in the North (Albanian Post) • Tahiri: Increasing presence of EULEX risks turning the north into protectorate (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to meet Macron, Lajcak, says it is your turn to fulfil agreement (N1) • Officials of the municipal election commissions in the north of Kosovo submitted their resignations (Danas, Kosovo Online) • Employees of Kosovo institutions in the north of Kosovo submitted their resignations (RTK2) • Ten Serbs left KSF (Kosovo Online) • Serbian President decorates Kosovo Serb police officers (N1) • Strpce Mayor: If Pristina continues with violence, the Serbs south of the Ibar should also leave the institutions (Danas, euronews.rs) • Dacic: Greece will not yield to pressure and surprise Serbia (Tanjug) • Romania confirms it will not recognize Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Preteni: Resignations of Serbs create problems in functioning of basic prosecution in Mitrovica (Kosovo Online) • NATO official calls for restraint in Kosovo (N1, FoNet) Opinion: • For Kosovo Serbs, It’s Not Just About Licence Plates (Balkan Insight) • After K.Serbs left the institutions: Kurti in the 1990s, Serbs in the 2000s (KoSSev) International: • LEAK: Franco-German plan to resolve the Kosovo-Serbia dispute (EURACTIV)

• President Osmani, CEC chief discuss elections in northern municipalities (media) • Konjufca: French-German plan, biggest step to solve problem since ‘99 (media) • Price: Kosovo to form the Association; situation in north can escalate (media) • U.S. call for formation of Association of Serb-majority municipalities (Klan) • Italian Carabineri deploy in Kosovo after tensions in the north (Express) • Osmani briefed on latest developments in the north by intelligence chief (media) • Bogujevci: Deadline for licence plates won’t be postponed (A2 CNN) • Kosovo Serb MPs’ Mass Resignation Causes Constitutional Dilemma (BIRN) • Opposition Urges Kurti to Listen to International Community (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Opposition leaders are more unsatisfied than disagreeing (Indeksonline) • Kurti received leaders of opposition parties today (media) • Krasniqi: I didn’t get assurances that govt will keep situation under control (media) • Abdixhiku: We didn’t hear concrete plan from Kurti to emerge from situation (media) • Haradinaj leaves meeting: Kurti was lecturing (Koha) • Citaku: In relation to Serbia, we don’t want Kurti to fail (Nacionale) • Trajkovic would consider offer for MP; wants guarantees from Kurti (Indeksonline) • Delawie: Kosovo’s non-recognition by Serbia caused tensions in north (VoA) • “If you don’t sign, your car will be burned”: Stories of workers that withdrew from Kosovo institutions (RFE) • Another vehicle with RKS licence plates set on fire in the north (Koha) • PSD painted the windows of the government building in black (media) • Suttora on border correction: Better peaceful division, than another Donbas (Nacionale) • Civil society activist places 17 U.S. flags in front of govt building (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucevic: Brussels Agreement must be respected for Serbs to return to institutions; KFOR must supersede Serb police officers (media) • Dacic: Pristina to make EU bid, Serbia to start discussions (Tanjug, media) • Djuric: Latest escalation in Kosovo sole responsibility of Pristina (Tanjug) • Petkovic says Kurti without grounds accuses Belgrade for crisis in northern Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Stoltenberg, Vucic spoke by phone (media) • MFA of Spain: Stance on Kosovo remains unchanged (Kosovo Online) • Dacic meets Greek President, expresses gratitude for Greece support to Serbia’s sovereignty (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic with Diacofotakis, briefs him on latest developments in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Kohli: India supports Serbia’s stance on Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Kurti: More than 900 reprimands issued, fines for licence plates as of November 21 (Kosovo Online) • Minors detained for incident in Kisnica (KiM radio) • Nenad Rasic acquitted of charges for misusing official duty (Radio KIM) • Lazarevic, Jaksic on Serbs’ leaving Kosovo institutions; Shala on 'paralyzed' judicial system in North (KoSSev, Nova S, Kosovo Online) • Car set on fire in Zvecan with BG licence plates, the police say with RKS plates (KoSSev) International: • Serbia Convicts Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla of War Crime (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Policy Brief: Environmental degradation is an alarming problem in the Western Balkans (EWB)

• Kurti: We have continuous communication with US and EU (RTK) • Kurti: Kosovo did not reject French-German plan, gave its remarks (media) • Kurti: Serbia rejects French-German plan with tensions in north (media) • Kurti meeting with opposition leaders this morning (media) • Kosovo leaders meet to discuss developments in north (Koha) • Osmani meets COMKFOR: Dedicated to public security (media) • Stoltenberg: Kosovo and Serbia to refrain from unilateral actions (media) • Hovenier visits Osmani, discuss latest developments in north (media) • Minister Svecla informs President Osmani about developments in north (media) • Berlin: We’ll continue to work on an agreement together with France (Express) • Germany highly concerned over tensions between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Haradinaj: Here are some facts; Kurti is included in Serbia’s scenario (media) • EULEX has not taken over police duties in north Kosovo (media) • Rama reacts to situation in north, calls for restraint and dialogue (media) • North Macedonia FM: Mutual recognition, only way for normalisation (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 7, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca: I would not like Vucic to lead us to the elections (media) • Konjufca proceeds with the request for replacement on MPs (media) • PDK’s Krasniqi writes to Kurti: PDK ready to communicate (Indeksonline) • AAK: Maybe elections would be the solution (media) • Mehaj: We condemn Serbia’s actions to destabilise our country (media) • Serbian List MPs submitted resignations today (Indeksonline) • Serb judge after resigning: I’m never coming back (Nacionale) • Many Serbian flags and slogans “This is Serbia” seen in Leposavic streets (Kallxo) • “Association to be formed according to Constitutional Court recommendations” (Klan) • Deputy Minister of Justice accuses CDHRF of abusing €100,000 (Koha) • EULEX police at the police station north of Mitrovica (media) • Haziri: Point zero now; tense situation in north should’ve been prevented (Indeksonline) • Police investigating attack with suspected Molotov cocktail on Serb house (Telegrafi) • New local elections expected in four municipalities of northern Kosovo (RTK) • Brussels: We do not comment on Lajcak’s every interaction with partners (RTK) • Former Dutch Ambassador: Protest in north reveals true face of Vucic regime (media) • Tahiri: Vucic wants to take the north from Kosovo (Gazeta Express) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: Kosovo has a clear obligation to form the CSM (ZSO) (N1) • Dacic: Masks should fall, it should be seen whether there is a Brussels agreement or not (RTS) • Vucic: Tectonic changes with the Serbs' resignations; important that we act responsibly (TV Pink, RTS, media) • Kosovo institutions in northern Kosovo without Serbs as of today (RTS, media) • Serbs gather in Mitrovica North, send messages of peace and that they are on their own land (RTS) • Minister of Defense: KFOR not to allow Pristina to send Albanian police to northern Kosovo (RTS) • Petkovic responds to Vela: Propaganda in vain (Kosovo Online, social media) • Petkovic: Why didn’t the EU insist on formation of CSM earlier? (N1) • Petritsch: An urgent step that must be taken is establishment of Community of Serb Municipalities (Tanjug) • Dacic: French-German plan on Kosovo unacceptable for us (N1) • Opposition MPs: Brussels agreement ‘has died’, Orlic to call elections in northern Kosovo (N1) • Vuk Jeremic banned from entering Kosovo (Danas) • Gracanica: Molotov cocktail thrown at Trajkovic's family house in Kisnica village (KiM radio, gracanicaoline.info, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Serbia Should Admit it’s the ‘Author’ of Kosovo’s Independence (BIRN) • Anti-western sentiment in Serbia is not rooted in support for Putin (The Guardian) International: • EU urges Serbs to return to institutions, Kosovo to form municipal association (BIRN) • Kosovar PM addresses security situation as more police officers in north resign (RFE) • Kosovo Serbs Continue Mass Resignations from State Institutions (BIRN) • Serbia ‘in a hurry’ to ease energy dependence on Russia (Financial Times) Humanitarian/Development: • First Regional Summit for Protection against Racial Discrimination in Pristina (media) • National Network for Research and Education – KREN is inaugurated (media)

• Kurti: Dialogue, institutions have no alternative (media) • KFOR: Monitoring situation, differences to be addressed via dialogue (media) • Hill: Serbs to return to institutions, Kosovo to respect its obligations (media) • U.S.: Form Association and postpone licence plates measures (Koha) • President’s statement on withdrawal of Serbs from institutions (media) • Borrell speaks to Kurti and Vucic, “refrain from unilateral actions” (media) • Kurti: No alternative to dialogue and institutions (media) • President’s chief of staff comments on developments in north (media) • Kurti: Belgrade incited, intimidated Serbs into abandoning institutions (media) • Interior Minister Svecla visited Brnjak and police station in Jasenovik (RTK) • Mehaj: Threat to Serb community are groups directed by Belgrade (Koha) • Serbs stage mass resignation from Kosovo state institutions (BIRN) • Serbs rally in North Mitrovica a day after Serbs quit Kosovo government (RFE) • Police officers in north already replaced by others from Kosovo cities (AP) • New resignations of Serb policemen (RTK) • Property of Serb police officer in Leposavic set on fire (RFE) • Tajani talks to Kurti and Vucic, calls for restraint (RTK) • Lajcak agrees with NATO Deputy Secretary Geoana (RTK) • Serb members of EULEX's security resign (Kossev, Koha) • Ethnic tensions flare again in northern Kosovo (politico.eu) • Kosovo Serbs gather in latest protest after quitting institutions (euronews.com) • Vucic hopes KFOR, EULEX to carry out police work in north (RFE, media) • Begaj phone conversation with Osmani, discuss developments in north (RTK) • Albanian Foreign Minister: Time when dialogue needed more than ever (media) • Dodik: Ready to help Serb people in Kosovo (Sarajevo Times) • War crime case against Kosovo’s Thaci moves closer to trial (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: I’ve asked Borrell to condemn burning of vehicles in north (Klan) • Kurti about the drones: I cannot comment on what happens in Serbia’s territory (Klan) • Borell: Let's avoid Russia's intervention in the affairs of the Western Balkans (media) • Government statement on travelling without visas between Kosovo and Bosnia (Zeri) • Weber about French-German plan: You can't get anywhere without recognition (Koha) • MEP: Dialogue is between Kosovo and Serbia and not Pristina and Belgrade (Paparaci) • Abazi: Serbian List and structures created by Belgrade, political and blackmailing instruments against the stability and security of Kosovo (Indeksonline) • Abazi: Government should be more flexible on the licence plate issue (Albanian Post) • Head of IMF mission for Kosovo: 2 to 3 percent economic growth this year (Nacionale) • Protest in Gjakova, support for woman who was mistreated in nursing home (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic talked with Serbs from Kosovo all night, government meeting tomorrow, Vucic to meet the Synod of the SOC; Petkovic to address media today (media) • Petkovic: Suspension of Djuric beginning of an end to Brussels agreement (Kosovo Online) • Vucic to meet Lajcak in Belgrade today (Tanjug) • Dacic: We must continue de-recognition campaign, no solution for Kosovo without verification in UN (KoSSev) • Brnabic: We will respond to French-German plan with non-paper (Tanjug) • Covic: German-French proposal has nothing that Serbia could accept (Kosovo Online) • How serious are the warnings of the Serbian List that they will leave Kosovo's institutions (Danas) • Rosic, Spasojevic, Basara no longer under house arrest (KoSSev) • Former KFOR commander Kajari: I tried to convince Pristina not to send special police to the north (balkansec.net, media) • Kosovo police issued arrest warrants for six Serbs over alleged war crimes (RTS) • NUNS: Serbian List to stop discriminating against independent media (Radio KIM) • Giaufret: EU demonstrating it wants to stand by Serbia in good and bad times (RTS, N1) International: • Police Chief In Northern Kosovo Suspended Over Alleged Refusal To Implement License Plate Conversion Rule (RFE) • Serbia agrees 2.45 bln euro standby deal with IMF (seenews.com) Humanitarian/Development: • CEFTA at the Western Balkans Summit: Four agreements await adoption (RTS) • Europe could be hit by similar protests against lithium as Serbia (balkangreenenergynews.com)