UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 21, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • German government denies involvement in draft statute of Association (Telegrafi) • EU: We expect the Association to be formed (Gazeta Express) • Haradinaj: Final agreement with Serbia must have U.S. seal (media) • Abazi: There is no German proposal for the Association (Kosovapress) • Defence Minister Mehaj meets NALT leaders (media) • U.S. Embassy: Escobar had full and productive visit to Kosovo (media)s • Murati: Redefinition of borders, only solution to Albanian-Serbian problem (Lajmi) • Mustafi: Presevo Valley is on Washington’s agenda (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Important talks with Quint ambassadors and EU (Kosovo Online) • Quint ambassadors concerned over possible impairment of stability in region (N1) • Vucic: Pressure growing, I could resign to buy time (N1, Prva TV) • Personal documents, usurped properties, and lack of language rights respect - three main problems affecting Serbs in Klina (Radio KIM, Radio Gorazdevac) • Albanian flag placed on Christ the Saviour Temple’s door in Pristina (Kosovo Online, RTS) • McCarthy: Postponing implementation of decision on vehicle re-registration would be constructive measure • Serbia introduces visas for citizens of Tunisia and Burundi (RTS) • Stano: EU does not set deadlines for reaching Belgrade-Pristina agreement (RTS) • Escobar says there are no deadlines (RTS, Kosovo Online) • Serbian Army Chief of Staff and new KFOR Commander discuss security situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)

• Government: Ethnicity-based associations, in conflict with Constitution (Koha) • Vucic: “German” draft was written in Belgrade (Gazeta Express) • Hasani: “German draft” is anti-constitutional; can lead to total paralysis (Koha) • Escobar: I expect dynamic continuation of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Euronews) • Bislimi meets Hovenier: Kosovo remains an active party in dialogue (RTK) • Rohde: Berlin Process is back, don't miss opportunity for cooperation (media) • Svecla: Kosovo committed to the initiatives of the Berlin Process (media) • Krasniqi rejects Kurti’s call: No reason to invite us for technical issues (Koha) • LDK too rejects Kurti’s invitation to a meeting (Koha) • Palokaj: If Germany authored the draft, govt should consider it (Koha) • Rashiti: Postpone deadline on licence plates in exchange for Green Card (RTK) • Body art ban: Kosovo Army expels recruits with tattoos (BIRN) • War games: Replaying Yugoslavia’s military conflicts as entertainment (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 20, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani meets ambassadors of Norway, Greece and Luxembourg, discuss visas (Klan) • KFOR and government coordinated on security in Kosovo (RTK) • The German minister for Europe is visiting Kosovo this week (Koha) • Ursula von der Leyen next week in Kosovo (KosovaPress) • Government on Esobar's proposal on licence plates: We have rule of law as our obligation (Koha) • Exclusive: Pre-agreement draft between Kosovo and Serbia (Koha, Albanian Post) • Police arrest Serb suspect in Oliver Ivanovic assassination case (media) • Kurti's former advisor: Legal entity separated from Kosovo is being created (Nacionale) • The draft statute of the "new" Association with its old points financed by Serbia (Reporteri) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic with Escobar about the possibilities for finding "sustainable solutions" (N1) • Petkovic with Escobar: Belgrade for the continuation of negotiations, but also for the implementation of all agreements reached (Beta, Danas) • Escobar: We asked implementation of decision on re-registration be postponed by ten months (N1) • Pristina increasingly asking the end of the UNMIK mandate, the Serbs saying that this mission is necessary (euronews.rs) • Reactions to Todosijevic’s verdict over his remarks on Racak (Kosovo Online, media) • EU Ambassador: No deadline for Belgrade to impose sanctions on Russia (N1) • Varhelyi: Serbia to step up efforts to align with EU, including sanctions (Beta, N1, media) • Gracanica: Decision on land swap annulled (KoSSev) • Selakovic to attend Berlin Process meeting tomorrow (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Montgomery: The irony is that we defend Ukraine, and Kosovo was taken by force; the EU has nothing to offer Serbia (Kosovo Online, Politika, RTV) International: • Kosovo-Serbia Talks May Advance ‘in Weeks’, US Diplomat Says (Balkan Insight) • Defaced Putin Mural Tells the Story of Russia's Waning Influence (Financial Post) • Serbia’s Parliamentary Rightists Unite on Platform to Reclaim Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

• Escobar: Agreement between Kosovo and Serbia - a matter of weeks (Kanal10) • Kosovo ‘ready to intensify’ Serbia dialogue, President tells Escobar (BIRN) • Kurti calls opposition leaders to meet, Haradinaj confirms participation (media) • Escobar met with Serbian List representatives (Koha) • After Pristina, Escobar will visit Belgrade (media) • Agreement reached between KOSTT and Elektrosever (RTK) • Kosovo Serb Ex-Minister Convicted of Inciting Hatred After Retrial (BIRN) • Serbia reacts after Todosievic's sentence regarding Recak statements (BIRN) • Civil society organisations sign joint statement on dialogue (media) • Kosovo Police arrest war crimes suspect (media) • Freedom of Information in the Balkans: No Access and no Progress (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani after meeting Escobar: Ready to intensify dialogue (Telegrafi) • Escobar expresses U.S. support for Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations (media) • Kurti: Kosovo is a constructive party in dialogue; Escobar confirms support (Koha) • Interior Ministry: Vucic’s criminal structures in north are intimidating people (Telegrafi) • Ivan Todosijevic sentenced to one year in prison (Radio Free Europe) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian FM Selakovic in the UNSC session: Pristina consciously sabotaging all efforts, aims to persecute Serbs (Tanjug, media) • UN Security Council permanent members differ on Kosovo (Beta, media) • Heated debate between Serbia, Kosovo foreign ministers at the UN SC session (Beta, N1, NMagazin) • Selakovic met Ziadeh in New York (Tanjug, media) • Mijatovic: Court decision on Visoki Decani must be implemented promptly (Radio Mitrovica sever) • KFOR: We monitor situation, everybody to avoid actions that could lead to violence (Kosovo Online) • Russian Patriarch calls for unity of Serbian, Russian churches (N1, SRNA) • Botsan-Kharchenko to RTS: I believe Serbia will not stand in a sorrow line of states not thinking of their own national benefits • Hill to RTS: I would warn the Serbs to understand that this is not their "mother Russia" (N1) • NGOs: Citizens must not be hostages of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Beta, N1, Danas) • “Petkovic’s visit should have been approved” (Tanjug) • Vulin: Interpol has Serbia’s full support (N1) International: • Kosovo issue has expanded Serbian far-right’s global reach (BIRN) • Radicalised on the Net? Albanian Plumber Charged With ‘Jihadist Propaganda’ (Balkan Insight) • Freedom of Information Summary (Balkan Insight)

• SRSG Ziadeh: Leaders must find positive pathway for benefit of all (media) • U.S. Ambassador to the UN: Mutual recognition is the solution (RTK) • The President’s Office confirms: Osmani to meet Escobar on Wednesday (Zeri) • Lajcak expected to visit Kosovo on Thursday, sources say (TeVe1) • Berlin: Ongoing discussions on French-German proposals (Express) • Svecla doesn’t indicate additional period for replacing license plates (media) • “International offensive, agreement may happen before December” (Klan) • Witness ‘fears for safety’ in trial for Kosovo politician’s murder (BIRN) • Kosovo journalists ‘face threats and attacks’: Council of Europe (BIRN) • Hungary arrests Serb for alleged Kosovo war crimes (BIRN) • LDK leader calls for France’s support for visa liberalisation (RTK) • Kurti expected to appoint new Health Minister soon (EO)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 18, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Visa liberalisation should not remain hostage of any technicality (media) • Rohde: A speedy solution for visa liberalisation is needed (Klan Kosova) • Escobar tomorrow in Kosovo, to meet leaders of opposition (Gazeta Express) • Kusari-Lila responds to criticism: I have Kurti’s full support (Kosovapress) • Serb accused of killing 33 Kosovars in Peja in ’99 arrested in Budapest (Indeksonline) • Initiative against Marty report; Rama writes to CoE member states (Telegrafi) • Gjini: The document exists, I have seen it (Gazeta Express/T7) • Abdixhiku: I cannot say Kurti is an associate of Serbia; but he is damaging (Telegrafi) • Hoxhaj at foreign policy forum in Berlin, meets German Foreign Minister (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • UN Security Council today on Guterres' report on the situation in Kosovo (media) • Vucic discusses Belgrade-Pristina dialogue with Lajcak (N1) • Petkovic with Lajcak: Pristina induces tensions (Radio KIM) • Selakovic to address UN SC session on Kosovo (Tanjug) • Vulin in New Delhi: Closer cooperation with Interpol (N1) • Varhelyi: EU views Serbia as ally (N1) • Deputy Russian Foreign Minister: We would be disappointed if Serbia introduced sanctions (N1, Sputnik, NMagazin) • “KLA” graffiti in Susica (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Roadmaps to ‘final solution’, two Germanys, minority rights and parallels with Ukraine (KoSSev) • The enlargement package 2022 – Another Groundhog Day (EWB) • “Kosovo in UN would lead towards “Great Albania”” (Danas, Kosovo Online) International: • Serbian Alleged Gang Leader Tells Trial: ‘We Served State’s Needs’ (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • UNICEF: The war in Ukraine pushing millions of children into poverty; Kosovo and Albania the most threatened in the WB (KiM radio) • Stanisavljevic: 86,000 migrants registered in Serbia in 2022 (Tanjug) • Milan from Djurakovac takes third place in his Yugo in the autoslalom near Pristina (KoSSev)

• Osmani: There should be no additional conditions for visas (media) • Pressure to accept German-French plan (Koha Ditore) • Kurti meets Norwegian envoy for Western Balkans (media) • Osmani and Kurti meet MCC CEO Alice Albright (media) • Gervalla travels to New York to participate at UN SC (media) • Bislimi: We will apply for EU membership within the year (RTK) • Svecla: Serbian extremist ideologies aim to infiltrate the north (Telegrafi) • “In Serbia, talk of tensions in the north after November 1” (euronews.al) • Wider Europe briefing: A new EU plan to help Ukraine; visa liberalization for Kosovo (RFE) • Calls to ban small power plants at first Water Protection Summit (BIRN) • Concrete construction threatens to ruin pristine Albanian valley (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Our experience can help Ukraine in treating sexual violence survivors (Klan) • AAK: Failure to give visa liberalisation to Kosovo, classical discrimination (Telegrafi) • Portuguese MP promises support for visa liberalisation and EU integration (EO) • Palokaj: Visa liberalisation was never closer (KTV) • U.S. expert: Kurti focusing extensively over Serbia’s recognition (Zeri) • Another two weeks to convert licence plates to RKS (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • KFOR: Cooperation on enthronement of patriarch way forward to peaceful coexistence (KoSSev) • Mayor of Pec attendance of Serbian Patriarch enthronement met with approval (KoSSev) • Local Serbs from Miroc village say 100 hectares of their properties usurped (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: West using all instruments to get "Kosovo" into UN (Tanjug, N1, Beta) • Bilcik: We expect clear red lines towards Russia from Serbia (Beta, N1) • Serbia’s new government expected to be established on October 27 (Beta, N1) • Brnabic: New government to face circumstances unseen since WWII (N1) • Dacic: Imposing sanctions on Russia is Serbia’s matter and not that of EU (N1) • Ambassador Hill: Strategic partnership between the US and Serbia being discussed (N1, VoA) • Von Cramon on German-French proposal (N1, Nova) • Vulin: We don’t belong in EU, they are blackmailing us (N1) • Flag from monument to killed and kidnapped Serbs in Velika Hoca taken away (Radio KIM) Opinion: • On World Food Day, Let’s Strengthen Our Resolve to Work Together (Prishtina Insight) International: • Showpiece Factory That Cost Millions is Still Not Operating (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Inflation in Kosovo reaches historic levels amid trade developments (euractive.com)

• Kurti: Not sure if we have two years for agreement with Serbia (DW) • Mehaj: Kosovo must join Partnership for Peace ASAP (KosovaPress) • Hovenier: Decision on Decani Monastery land must be implemented (Klan) • Historians from Decan: Insistence of internationals is unacceptable (Zeri) • Szunyog pleased with ratification of three international agreements (RTK) • PDK: EU report on Kosovo proved limited capacity of government (media) • Osmani: If Open Balkans harms someone, we won’t be part of initiative (RFE) • Abazi forms Green Group of MPs in the Assembly of Kosovo (RTK) • Education Ministry overrules school ban on long-haired boy (BIRN) • German Chancellor calls for EU’s enlargement (Albanian Daily News) • Vulin: We are being blackmailed to recognize Kosovo (Klan) • Serbia-Hungary pipeline deal a big political gamble (BIRN)