• U.S. Ambassador Hovenier interview with Klan Kosova • Kurti: No time for small ambitions, it’s time for big steps (media) • Abbott welcomes agreement; “time for Serbs to return to institutions” (media) • Kosovo PM expects final deal with Serbia early next year (Reuters) • Krasniqi: I told Kurti, you cannot tell the U.S. “No” so often (T7) • Albanian PM: I don’t agree with attacks against Albin Kurti (media) • Osmani: Our bond with U.S. is stronger than ever (media) • Serbia Claims ‘KM’ Plates Remain Valid in Kosovo Despite Deal (BIRN) • Wages law will be in force one month after published on official gazette (Koha) • Kosovo Faces Fresh Judicial Strike Over Draft Salary Law (BIRN) • Szunyog surprised by decision to reduce salaries in judicial system (media) • Peci on Berlin agreements: Serbia was pressured by a powerful EU state (KTV) • SL List, 13 parties won’t take part in extraordinary elections in north (Kallxo) • Albanian Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo today (media) • Pupovci on his resignation as Deputy Minister of Education (Kallxo)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 24, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We managed to make French-German proposal part of dialogue (media) • Stano: Kurti and Vucic will soon meet in Brussels (Albanian Post) • Hovenier: Agreement enhances security, advances efforts to normalise relations (media) • UNMIK chief Ziadeh welcomes agreement reached in Brussels (media) • Rohde on agreement: Good news, and good sign for further talks (media) • Varhelyi welcomes Kosovo-Serbia agreement on licence plates (media) • Tajani: Agreement on licence plates, an important step towards peace (Zeri) • LDK’s Abdixhiku welcomes agreement; criticises Kurti (media) • PDK’s Krasniqi welcomes deal; slams Kurti for “making Vucic a party” (media) • Tahiri: Kurti should not dare make an agreement without mutual recognition (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Pristina had better deal two days ago (Tanjug) • Stano: EU expects establishment of ZSO and return of Serbs in institutions (Tanjug) • RTS at Jarinje says it is peaceful, reprimands no longer issued (RTS) • Drecun: Important the crisis was stopped, but the problem unsolved; Serbs will not return to institutions without ZSO (RTS, Blic) • Serbian List welcomes agreement on licence plates in Brussels (Tanjug) • Petkovic on licence plates agreement (Tanjug) • SRSG Ziadeh welcomes agreement reached in Brussels (Kosovo Online, media) • Trajkovic: Current KM plates “preserved” until they expire (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic refutes Trajkovic’s remarks on licence plates (Kosovo Online) • Miscevic: The EP resolution non-binding and without freezing funds (Tanjug, RTS) • Bilcik: EP Resolution a signal for Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia (RFE, N1) • Vucic says Serbia is not interested to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug) • Aliyev: Belgrade, Baku support each other on territorial integrity (Tanjug) • Women stage protest in Mitrovica North yesterday (N1) Opinion: • Licence Plates For Sovereignty (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Serbia Claims ‘KM’ Plates Remain Valid in Kosovo Despite Deal (BIRN) • ‘Tale of Two Sophias’ Portrays Hope for Albanian-Serb Relations (BIRN) • For Kosovo, the Football World Cup is More Than a Game (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Russians fleeing Putin prepare for life in Serbian exile (france24.com)

• Kosovo, Serbia chief negotiators reach deal on licence plates (media) • U.S. welcomes agreement to avoid further escalation of tensions (media) • Chollet: Good call with Kurti; thanked him for constructive engagement (media) • Osmani thanks Hovenier and U.S. Govt for active engagement in deal (media) • EU: Kosovo, Serbia reach deal to end dangerous dispute over plates (Reuters) • Bislimi: Borrell will soon invite Kurti and Vucic to discuss EU plan (media) • Govt spokesman: Parties agreed to focus on French-German plan (media) • Austria’s Foreign Minister welcomes Kosovo-Serbia agreement (media) • Haradinaj welcomes agreement; “process to conclude with recognition” (media) • Osmani: Elections in the north will be held, CEC is ready (RTK) • Hebestreit: Plates shouldn’t hinder dialogue; Association to enter agenda (Klan) • Abott: Resolving immediate issues, essential for Kosovo long-term goals (media) • Von Cramon: Removing visa liberalisation from agenda, unacceptable (Kallxo) • Mandl: Visa liberalisation has nothing to do with tensions in north (media) • Government adopts official position on Kosovo’s bid for EU membership (media) • Serbs Of Southern Kosovo See Belgrade Helping Northerners And Ask: But Who Will Take Care Of Us? (RFE)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti says that Borrell suited the purpose of Serbia (media) • Kurti: I bought the plane ticket to Brussels because the deadline for the agreement on the invitation was March 2023 (Klan) • Svecla: Situation in north tense but manageable; coordination with EULEX, KFOR (Klan) • Kurti politically “alone” on licence plates (RFE) • Haradinaj: Kosovo must accept U.S. request; dire situation in north (Nacionale) • Serwer: Kosovo is within its right on change of licence plates (media) • Police on Serb rallies in north: We will maintain order and public security (Telegrafi) • Visa liberalisation removed from agenda due to situation in north (RFE) • Compromise is near, visa liberalisation at ambassador level in coming weeks (Express) • Hyseni compares Osmani to Milosevic, reactions follow (media) • Bushati: There is coalition from Tirana to Belgrade to get rid of Kurti (Express) • Montenegrin intellectuals: West to protect Montenegro, Bosnia and Kosovo from Vucic (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic travels to Brussels, meeting Bislimi in afternoon (Tanjug) • Stano: Aim of meeting with Petkovic, Bislimi to find solution to current crisis (Kosovo Online) • Simic: Tensions in Kosovo high, Kurti ignores warnings (Tanjug) • Hill: Licence plates issue should be postponed by one year (RTS) • Dacic: Belgrade part of solution, Pristina problem (N1) • Poll shows rising indifference towards EU (N1) • Gracanica, Novo Brdo, Strpce Mayors on support and unity with Serbs in north Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • PKS: “Issuance of Serbian licence plates for Kosovo suspended” (Radio KIM) • To Brussels only for the final agreement on normalisation, with recognition; agreed that Serbia should stop registering cars with illegal licence plates, said Kurti (FoNet, N1, Beta, NMagazin, KiM radio) • Protest in Gracanica as a support for the Serbs in the north of Kosovo (Kim radio, KoSSev) • Serbia, Azerbaijan sign seven bilateral agreements (Tanjug) Opinion: • Bogdanovic on licence plates issue (Danas, Radio KIM) International: • Fact-Check: How Real are Kosovo’s Fears of a Serbian Military Strike? (BIRN) • Kosovars Await Visa-Free Travel by January 2024 (Prishtina Insight) • Between Berlin Process And Open Balkan – Analysis (eurasiareview, IFIMES) • Drug-related health and security threats in the Western Balkans (emcdda.europa.eu) • Judge Excludes Key Evidence in ‘Serbian Drug Farm’ Case (Balkan Insight) • Solidarity Stories #4: Yugoslav Officer Confronts Serb Fighters During Abductions (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Women bear the burden of unpaid care work in Kosovo (Kosovo 2.0) • MEPs Demand End to Roaming Charges for Western Balkans (Balkan Insight)

• Kosovo, Serbia chief negotiators to meet in Brussels today (RFE) • Kosovo communicates with mediators of dialogue through the U.S. (Koha) • U.S., EU engage diplomatically after Kosovo postpones licence plate fines (RFE) • Borrell: We’re not a referee, we’re much more than that (Euractiv) • Stano: We will continue the talks for a solution (Klan) • Tajani: Italy available to find solutions and maintain stability (media) • Osmani, Rohde discuss developments in Kosovo and dialogue with Serbia (RTK) • France asks Kosovo to accept Borrell's proposal for license plates (RTK) • Kupchan: Situation between Kosovo and Serbia carries risk of violence (VoA) • CDHRF: Borell and Lajcak lined up on the side of Serbia (Paparaci) • Tahiri: Kurti dramatizing to prepare the public for compromises (Koha) • Kosovo-Serbia flare-up fears over car number plate row (BBC) • Kosovo PM Postpones License Plate Fines Under Western Pressure (BIRN) • Fears Kosovo-Serbia number plate row could spark violence (The Guardian) • Kosovo delays crackdown on Serbian driving plates after US pressure (FT) • EU slams Kosovo, Serbia on car plates dispute, as fears of violence grow (Politico)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: It is necessary to correct Borrell’s mistake (Koha) • U.S. disappointed Kosovo and Serbia fail to reach agreement, State Dept says (media) • Rohde: We need more statesmanship, less brinkmanship (media) • Kurti in Skopje: Fortunately, Kosovo not dependent on Russian gas (Express) • Mehaj repeats request for permanent U.S. military base in Kosovo (media) • RFE: The proposal for the liberalization of visas in January 2024 passed (media) • Vogel: The dialogue is suffering a crisis every month, Kurti lost his patience (Koha) • LDK Women’s Forum leader asks Kurti to explain his change of position (Indeksonline) • Kurti: Reform in public administration, essential in program of our government (media) Serbian Language Media: • Rakic on talks with Vucic, Pristina’s acts (Kosovo Online) • Hill after the meeting with Vucic: Only a constructive approach leads to a solution (RTS) • Petkovic: Kurti doesn’t wish peace, dialogue serves to meet halfway (RTS) • Vucic's call to Serbs from Kosovo for calmness and preservation of peace (media) • Situation in Mitrovica North calm, people do not want to talk in front of cameras (Radio KIM) • Vucic: I am proud we tried to maintain peace at all costs (Tanjug) • Botsan-Kharchenko: Vucic once again demonstrated constructive approach (RTS) • Stano: EU has not given up on its proposal (N1, Kosovo Online) • KFOR commander discusses tensions with Kosovo minister (N1) • US senators concerned about risk of violence in region (Kosovo Online) • Vehicle with Serbian licence plates set on fire in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • Detention of Krasniqi, Selimi and Mustafa extended (Kosovo Online) • Italy tells Pristina that unilateral moves do not lead to a solution (NMagazin, Beta) • Lulzim Rafuna, the new president of the Board of the Chamber Investment Forum of the Western Balkans (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Janjic: Vucic gave up ‘KM’ plates, Kurti asking for guarantees (Beta, NMagazin) • Italy as Inspiration for the Balkan Far-Right (BIRN) International: • Kosovo Postpones Imposition Of License Plate Fines For 48 Hours (RFE) • EU Blames Kosovo for Failing to Ease Spat Amid Tensions (Bloomberg)

• Kurti accepts U.S. Ambassador call for 48-hour postponement of fines (media) • EU’s Borrell Blames Kosovo for Fresh Licence Plates Stalemate (BIRN) • Kurti’s remarks to the media after meetings in Brussels (media) • Osmani: Borrell was biased; accommodated the aggressor (media) • EU responds to Kurti: We haven’t given up on normalisation agreement (media) • U.S. State Department: Parties to refrain from provocative steps (Klan Kosova) • Bajrami: Kosovo proposed to suspend further phases of plate conversion (media) • NATO SG: Disappointed that licence plate dispute wasn’t solved (media) • UNMIK chief Ziadeh calls for calm and commitment to dialogue (media) • Abbott: Immediate need to make progress on a normalisation agreement (media) • Svecla: Police ready to ensure and security throughout Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj: Decision on licence plates must be suspended (media) • Palokaj: With this pace, dialogue can last 11 years (Koha) • Floods Cause Six Deaths in Montenegro, Albania, Serbia (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti to meet citizens in Prizren on Tuesday; to present budget for 2023 (Klan Kosova) American congressman, Ritchie Torres meets Osmani (Koha)  Kosovo Defence Minister meets Swedish counterpart, discuss cooperation (media) Gjoshi: Kurti is negotiating with Vucic on an internal issue (media) Elezi: CEC considering postponement of some election deadlines (RTK) Lutfiu: Presevo Valley Albanians discuss withdrawal from Serbian institutions (Klan) Interview with President of Special Court, Ekaterina Trendafilova (Albanian Post) Noam Chomsky: I was never opposed to Kosovo’s independence (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: Dacic: Two possible outcomes in Brussels - reason or riots (Tanjug, RTS) Minister says Serbian Army ready to defend Kosovo Serbs (N1, Beta, Telegraf) Kosovo journalist: Without plates agreement, small armed conflict is possible (N1, FoNet) Janjic: Suspension of the Brussels Agreement being discussed (N1) International: Floods Across Kosovo Damage Land, hit Drinking Water Supply (BIRN) Letter from Belgrade (Financial Times)

• The penalty measure for license plates postponed for one day (media) • Borrell: We need to de-escalate situation, move toward normalisation (media) • EU to hold emergency talks with Kosovo-Serbia as deadline looms (Euractiv) • EU police patrol Kosovo's north after Serb officers quit (Reuters) • US hopes an agreement on licence plates will be reached (RFE, media) • EULEX chief and KFOR commander walk in the north of Mitrovica (RTK) • Kurti: Frank and important phone conversation with Chollet (media) • Bugajski: Fundamental problem – Serbia’s non-recognition of Kosovo (media) • Kosovo, Serbia delegations clash at NATO Parliamentary Assembly (RTK) • Kosovo war crimes expert named Special Counsel in January 6 and Trump documents investigations in U.S. (RFE) • Kosovo Public Broadcaster Complains of ‘Smallest Ever’ Budget (BIRN) • Media Climate in Albania Worsening, Press Freedom Advocates Say (BIRN) • Kosovo Public Broadcaster Complains of ‘Smallest Ever’ Budget (BIRN) • Special Prosecution Charges Serbian Citizen with Torturing Civilians (BIRN) • The need for lies (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: I am optimistic about licence plate issue, but Belgrade's approach is quite destructive (media) • Brussels sends an invitation for a meeting to Kurti and Vucic (media) • Kusari-Lila announces solution for licence plates "within hours" (Express) • Osmani thanks Pelosi for her commitment and connection with Kosovo (media) • EC convinces Netherlands – now they are in favour of visa liberalisation (Express) • Kusari-Lila: EU plan has U.S. support and includes two phases (RTK) • Peci: In one version I’ve seen, plan includes Serb Orthodox Church (Klan) • Abazi: Kosovo to return to table of talks and coordinate with partners (Kallxo) • Hoti: Kurti doesn’t listen to U.S., but sends police to coordinate with EULEX (Koha) • EULEX on patrols in north of Kosovo: We have not assumed police responsibility (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • The EU invited Vucic and Kurti to Brussels: Find a European solution to get out of the crisis (N1) • Office for KiM: No agreement has been reached with Pristina (RTS, Blic) • Brnabic: No agreement with Pristina, it must implement agreements (Tanjug, media) • UNS and DNKiM: Urgently to determine who attacked the Insajderi cameraman (KiM radio, NMagazin, Insajder) • The KP confirms the attack on an Albanian cameraman and a student, but not a kidnapping (KoSSev) • NGO Aktiv launches a phone line for reporting cases of mistreatment by the police (KiM radio) • Drecun: We should expect Pristina to accept the EU's suggestions (Tanjug) • UNS and DNKiM not invited to the meeting of the CoE Platform for the Safety of Journalists (KiM radio) International: • UN expert on truth and justice to visit Serbia and Kosovo* (ohchr.org) • Spain Suggests Kosovo’s Visa Liberalisation Process Be Finalised on January 1, 2024 (schengenvisainfo.com) • BIRN Conference Warns of Far-Right Groups’ Influence in Balkans (BIRN)