UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 22, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell, Lajcak to hold separate meetings with leaders, followed by joint meeting (media)
• Kurti on confiscation of 6,000 bullets in north: Another victory for rule of law (media)
• Kurti: Sending of draft law on Bureau to Constitutional Court, desperate move (media)
• Hoti reacts to Kurti: Who fears laws being sent to court, has political aims (Nacionale)
• Govt adopts formation of structures that will draft anti-corruption strategy (Gazeta 10)
• Govt spokesman: Court did not address 2013 agreement on Association (teve1)
• Kadrijaj: Support Govt in talks with Serbia if approach is in line with U.S. (Gazeta Blic)
• LDK official: If Kurti forms Association, agreement with Serbia reached (Gazeta Blic)
• Rasic: Serb parallel bodies pressuring Kosovo Serbs not to apply for aid (Express)
• Ahmeti on reserved seats: They shouldn’t exist forever (Nacionale)
• Specialist Chambers raid apartment of Thaci’s former advisor, reasons unknown (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Residents of ZP: What if someone came to your property, and then turned up to negotiate over that same property? (KoSSev, media)
• Nenezic: To paraphrase Reagan’s words to Gorbachev – Mr. Kurti, tear down this base, and then we’ll talk (KoSSev, media)
• Jaksic announces lawsuit at public discussion in ZP, asking for suspension of expropriation (KoSSev, media)
• Andric Rakic: Meeting failed to fulfil legal requirements, what will be built on the expropriated land was not revealed (KoSSev, media)
• Vucic: CSM will be discussed in Brussels (FoNet, N1)
• Vucic talks to Spanish PM about Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic meets with NATO's San (Tanjug)
• Kurti claims "Wagner" around, KFOR says "no evidence" (Kosovo Online, Reporteri, France 24, Klan Kosova)
• NADA: Foreign investors will not leave Serbia, if it refuses Franco-German proposal (Danas, Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Janjic: Vucic should not go to Brussels if there is no talk of CSM (ZSO) (KoSSev, Beta, N1)

International:

• EEAS statement on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (eeas.europa.eu)
• Lührmann: European proposal would remove obstacles on Serbia and Kosovo EU paths (EWB)

• Borrell to meet Kurti and Vucic separately before joint meeting (media)
• Osmani, Steinmeier agree there is “special momentum” with EU proposal (RFE)
• COMKFOR Ristuccia interview with Klan Kosova
• Svecla: Groups orchestrated by Belgrade trying to destabilise Kosovo (RTK)
• ‘Do not go Away’ Sends Powerful Message to Youth of Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Started Year With Inflation Over 12 Per Cent (Prishtina Insight)
• Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame Comes to The Hague (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Accused of Torturing Prisoners as Hague Trial Opens (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti on February 27 meeting: I believe they’ll stick to proposal, not one party’s interest (media)
• Szunyog: Govt, Assembly didn’t take into account EU comments on several laws (RFE)
• Sergiy Maslichenko appointed the new director of the EBRD in Kosovo (media)
• Abazi after interview by prosecution on Dehari case: I will not stop (media)
• Kurti on Abazi’s statements: Untrue and incorrect (media)
• PDK sends the Draft Law on the Bureau to the Constitutional Court (media)
• Hovenier: The U.S. is proud partner of KSF (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Public discussion on expropriation in Zubin Potok concluded (KoSSev, media)
• Mijacic: Pristina ruined tourist season in Zubin Potok (Kosovo Online, media)
• Vulovic sends letter to Quint, international missions over expropriation in Zubin Potok (Kosovo Online, media)
• The Court of Appeal confirmed the verdict against Svetomir Bacevic (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic: Agreement with UAE on kamikaze drone purchase due within 48 hours (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Kurti's wrong argument: CSM (ZSO) much more multi-ethnic than all of Kosovo (Kosovo Online)

• Kurti very optimistic that a deal can be reached this year (media)
• Kosovo ready for any threat says president (Euractiv)
• ‘Partial independence’: Kosovo reflects on secession from Serbia (Al Jazeera)
• Krasniqi: I haven’t received reply from Brnabic on model of National Council of Serbs (media)
• “Kurti advanced level of meetings, from corridors to official tables” (media)
• Haliti: Association paves the way for Kosovo’s integration (media)
• Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ Cries Foul as War Crimes Trial Begins (BIRN)
• Kosovo Miners Remember Bravery and Betrayal of Underground Strike (BIRN)
• Serbia ready for Kosovo dialogue if Serb municipalities are discussed (Euractiv)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 20, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti talks about meetings he held in Munich (Reporteri)
• Kearns: Britain will not support the formation of Republika Srpska in Kosovo (RTK)
• Rohde: Kosovo and Germany are connected by partnership and common values (media)
• Buhler: Kosovo's membership in NATO, after final political solution (media)
• “Only Kurti knows how he brought Kosovo to this state, he was badly ignored by Blinken” (media)
• PDK: Prosecution should interview Kurti and Haxhiu about the Dehari case (media)
• Tahiri: There is a risk that Serbia will keep Kosovo in a frozen conflict (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: We will invest heavily in the defence industry, military (N1, Beta)
• Podcast: Nenezic on expropriation: In a perfect world, these decisions would be rejected, bases demolished, and works suspended (KoSSev)
• Vucic discusses Kosovo with Blinken, Scholz, Macron (N1, BETA)
• US State Secretary: Productive conversation with Vucic (N1, social media)
• Lajcak on CSM: Assumed obligations must be fulfilled (Politika, BETA)
• Dveri calls on patriots to unite on Kosovo, Russia issues (media)
• Vucic: We have new note of Kosovo derecognition (Tanjug)
• Trajkovic, Jovic and Ristic sent joint letter to Patriarch (KoSSev, N1)
• Marinkovic: About 40,000 Serbs left Kosovo in the last ten years (NMagazin, N1, KiM radio, Beta)

International:

• Putin is attempting to destabilise European countries to divert attention from Ukraine, warns Kosovo's president (Sky News)

• Kurti for Le Monde: EU plan enables the de-facto recognition (media)
• Kurti meets Borrell, Lajcak; talk EU proposal and meet with Vucic (Telegrafi)
• Borrell optimistic for February 27 meeting, hopes parties will accept plan (DW)
• Osmani: Peace and security sustainable only when women included in all decision-making and policy-making processes (media)
• Blinken: Normalisation of Kosovo-Serbia relations essential to strengthen security in the Balkans (RFE)
• Osmani meets Admiral Munch at Munich Security Conference (media)
• Kurti meets INTERPOL Secretary General: Kosovo is a reliable partner (media)
• Gervalla: All countries to seriously address threats to international order (media)
• Lekaj: Kurti must not accept Association with executive competencies (Nacionale)
• Newborn monument dedicated to threat to Republic’s future (BIRN)
• Djuric’s statement triggers reactions in Kosovo (Koha)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Kosovo is a good example of democracy (RFE)
• Blinken congratulates people of Kosovo on 15th anniversary of independence (media)
• EU: Kurti and Vucic will meet in Brussels on February 27 (media)
• Hovenier congratulates Kosovo on 15th anniversary of independence (media)
• Sandulovic: On behalf of Serbia, I apologise for the crimes against you (Kosovapress)
• Germans imply talks on French-German plan at Munich Security Conference (Express)

Serbian Language Media:

• EC says Vucic, Kurti confirmed meeting in Brussels next week on 27 February (N1)
• Vucic: We will announce good news on Kosovo-Metohija today and in seven days (Tanjug)
• Pristina authorities marked the 15th anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence (N1)
• Dalibor Jevtic: The position of Serbs in Kosovo has never been worse (RTS, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
• Rasic: Agreement soon, Belgrade and Pristina have little room for "no" (N1, KoSSev, KiM radio)
• Amendment by the Greens: EULEX to become a response unit in the north of Kosovo (KoSSev, N1)
• Rama: Kurti and I have the same goal - for the Albanians to unite and they must, but we have different approaches to get there (KoSSev, Danas, Blic)

International:

• It’s Official: One Serbian diplomat per year to join the State Department for up to 12 months (thepavlovictoday.com)
• Week in Review: Spies, Coups and Earthquakes (Balkan Insight)

• Kurti: There is work to turn EU proposal into an agreement (DW, media)
• Biden congratulates on 15th anniversary of Independence, mentions mutual recognition with Serbia (media)
• European leaders congratulate Osmani on Independence Day (Koha)
• Kurti hosted candidate for president of Serbia, Nikola Sandulovic (RTK)
• Sandulovic: I came to offer historic solutions (RTK)
• Kurti: Kosovo, common state of all (media)
• Independent Kosovo is a success story. Now we need a European epilogue (Politico.eu)
• Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia (The Independent)
• North Kosovo won’t be stable while Belgrade and Pristina are at loggerheads (BIRN)
• Kosovo: How football helps build bridges (Deutsche Welle)
• Kosovo Women’s 1990s Fight for Freedom Documented on Film (BIRN)
• Study Shows Therapy Benefits Mothers Exposed to Violence in Kosovo War (BIRN)
• Serbian nationalists protest against Western plan to normalise ties with breakaway Kosovo (euronews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 16, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: EU plan for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue includes de facto recognition from Serbia (media)
• President Osmani receives Albania’s President Bajram Begaj (media)
• Kurti: Final agreement with Serbia depends on international pressure on Belgrade (media)
• Abazi claims there are videos that show "who vanished samples of Dehari case" (media)
• LVV dismisses Haki Abazi, replaces him with Arbereshe Kryeziu-Hyseni (media)
• Kurti meets with the former head of the legal team of Kosovo, at the ICJ (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 22 years since the bomb attack on the bus in Livadice, memorial service today in Laplje Selo (KoSSev)
• Serbian List: Wall of silence when it comes to crimes against Serbs (Radio KIM, media)
• Leposavic residents at the public discussion on expropriation: There’s no life left here; we’ll defend our land (KoSSev)
• Nenezic to the Expropriation Department: You’re misapplying your own law, violating the Constitution and the CoE Convention (KoSSev)
• Civil society: Leposavic locals did not feel unsafe until they were overrun by bases; Central institutions violate the law (KoSSev)
• Vucic holds meeting with police and security chiefs (Tanjug, Insajder, N1)
• President Vucic awards Statehood Day honours (N1, media)
• Grenell thanks Vucic and Serbian people for receiving award (Kosovo Online, social media)
• RFE: US maintains stand on Serbia-Kosovo recognition (N1)

Humanitarian/Development:

• How Serbs live in Kosovo: “We dream of being in Serbia, but reality is different” (N1)

Kurti: No full normalisation of relations without mutual recognition (RFE)
Kurti: French-German plan foresees de facto recognition by Serbia (media)
EU: We are ready to mediate discussions on Association (RFE)
Students march against Association of Serb-majority municipalities (BIRN)
Kosovo government discusses expropriation with local residents in north (RFE)
Abdixhiku lists “Kurti’s failures and deceptions” (Gazeta Express)
Albanian President Begaj to visit Kosovo today (media)
Serwer: Ugly diplomacy in the Balkans (media)
Price talks about the objective of the U.S. in Kosovo and Serbia (media)