• Council of Ministers gives Kosovo green light to visa free travel (media) • Lajcak visit to Kosovo, “my expectations were met” (media) • EU hopeful that Kosovo and Serbia will reach deal this month (Reuters) • Next high-level meeting on Saturday 18 March in Ohrid (eeas.europa.eu) • Vucic: I won’t sign Serbia’s capitulation; Kurti won’t form Association (Telegrafi) • Southeast, Central Europe, except Kosovo, sees freedoms decline (BIRN) • PDK in favor of Association, with three conditions (Koha) • Kosovo women still struggling to win property rights (BIRN) • Session of ex-KSF member accused of wounding two Serbs, postponed (Koha) • Police forced to use firearm against a person that refused to stop his car (Kallxo) • Attacks on Bogujevci, Citaku: Outrageous and unacceptable (Gazeta Metro)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 9, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti and Lajcak to discuss roadmap for implementation of European plan (Koha) • U.S. calls for mutual recognition after European plan (Demokracia/The Pavlovic Today) • Freedom in the World: Kosovo, among countries with greatest improvement (RFE) • The last diplomatic shuttle (Albanian Post) • Haziri: How can we support Kurti? We don’t know what he negotiated (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian List says it will not take part at extraordinary elections in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic: We are pursuing best but most difficult policy for our country (Tanjug) • Vucic with Botsan-Kharchenko on situation in Kosovo (social media, media) • Office for KiM reacts to beating of two young Serbs by Kosovo police (Danas, Kosovo Online) • Protest in Josanica over beating of two young Serbs by Kosovo police (RTV) • Kosovo police on media reports on beatings in Josanica (KoSSev) • Zlatan Arsic sent to one month detention (Radio KIM) • UNS and DNKiM: Sanctions for organisers of conferences in Kosovo for not providing translation in Serbian language (Radio KIM, media) • Ombudsman met landowners in Leposavic affected by expropriation (KoSSev) • Analysts on announcements of creating Peoples’ Movement for State (Danas, media) • Opposition failed to collect signatures necessary for extraordinary assembly session on European plan (media) • Freedom House: ‘Dramatic’ decline in liberties in Serbia (Voice of America, N1) International: • Southeast Europe Marches for Women’s Rights (Balkan Insight) • US Urges Prompt Mutual Recognition Between Serbia And Kosovo Following EU Proposal (The Pavlovic Today) • Freedom House: Southeast, Central Europe – Except Kosovo – Sees Freedoms Decline (Balkan Insight)

• Kurti: On March 18, we discuss implementation plan (RTK) • Lajcak to arrive in Kosovo today (media) • U.S. concerned with opposition’s objection to European plan (Koha) • Konjufca: Association should not be formed before agreement (Zeri) • EU Council is expected to adopt visa liberalization for Kosovo today (media) • Abdixhiku: Agreement with Serbia must have recognition at center (media) • Krasniqi: We expressed our reservations regarding agreement (Reporteri) • Southeast Europe Marches for Women’s Rights (BIRN) • Kosovo Serb Policeman Arrested on War Crimes Charges (BIRN) • Right-Wing Serbian Students Protest Against EU Kosovo Deal (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani to all women: Never stop dreaming, but especially, never stop believing (media) • Kurti appreciates the role of women who spoke publicly about sexual violence during the war (Koha) • Government appoints Gazmend Hoxha as director of the Kosovo Police (media) • Hill about the meeting in Ohrid: Too early to make assessments (Express) • The opposition parties leave the Assembly hall, government waiting for its MP (Koha) • Haradinaj: The European plan also includes recognition, it will have the vote of AAK (media) • Tahiri: I hope the MPs today understand the danger of "self-management” (Paparaci) Serbian Language Media: • Office for KiM: Arrested Arsic member of Kosovo police, declared guilty before trial (Radio KIM) • Serbian List: The arrest of Arsic is intimidation aimed at expelling the Serbian people (Kosovo Online, KiM radio) • Students in Belgrade protested the European proposal for Kosovo (KiM radio, Danas) • Novosti: Vucic to form People’s Movement for state, start touring Serbia (N1) • Tanjug: Kosovo special police beat up two Serbs near Leposavic • Aktiv survey says Serbs in north feel unsafe, majority of respondents want to leave (Radio KIM) • Kovacevic: Reconciliation between two peoples is solution (Radio KIM, N1) • On 8 March women in Pristina and Belgrade march (KoSSev) Opinion: • More on the European agreement, Waiting for March 18/24 (KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • Regional documentaries on media and journalism you must watch: What makes a good documentary? (seenpm.org)

• Scholz expects 'constructive results' from EU's Serbia-Kosovo pact (Reuters) • Lajcak to visit Kosovo and Serbia before meeting in Ohrid (media) • Kurti and Lajcak to discuss roadmap implementation this week (Koha) • Guerot calls on opposition to view Association differently (Telegrafi) • PDK’s Haliti says Serbia will not sign European plan (media) • Ruling and opposition MPs to continue debate on dialogue today (Zeri) • Svecla on arrest of war crimes suspect: We don’t pardon war crimes (media) • Strpce Mayor Jevtic meets with UNMIK chief Ziadeh (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 7, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Scholz: I believe this process will soon be successfully completed (media) • Stoltenberg: NATO takes situation in Kosovo seriously, parties should find solution (Koha) • Rohde: Opposition should be constructive vis-a-vis European plan (media) • Haziri: None of Lajcak’s 16 models for Association suits Kosovo (teve1) • Slovak Foreign Ministry: We expect constructive approach in upcoming talks (Express) • LDK leader Abdixhiku invited to official visit in Paris (media) • Citizen puts his property for sale in Shterpce, blames Serbian List for pressure (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak with Vucic on March 13 and 14 on the implementation of the plan for the normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina (RTS) • Serbian List: KLA leaders as a logo on official emails (Beta, Danas) • Raskovic-Ivic: We will launch initiative to impeach Vucic for violation of Constitution (Danas) • Part of opposition to request Constitutional Court’s assessment of Vucic’s acts (Danas) • Rakic Vodinelic: Vucic violated the Constitution to the extent that Kosovo is recognized (NMagazin, Nova, Beta) • Judge Petrov: Possible violation of the oath and the preamble of the Constitution cannot be the basis for the president's responsibility (NMagazin, Politika, Beta) • Dacic: No need for new discussion in Parliament, nothing has been signed (N1, FoNet, Politika) • Miljan Adzic released pending trial (KoSSev) Opinion: • Short public letter to fellow journalists, civil society and politicians in Serbia (AP) International: • EU Plan Puts Kosovo In ‘Better Strategic Position Than Serbia’ – Foreign Advisor (BIRN)

• Osmani talks with Quint ambassadors about European proposal (media) • U.S. Embassy: Biden and Blinken confirmed EU Proposal will lead Kosovo towards EU integration (Klan) • U.S. Embassy: Concerned about opposition’s opposition to European proposal (media) • Lajcak to stay in Kosovo on Friday (media) • Wider Europe briefing: Will Serbia and Kosovo finally seal deal? (RFE) • EU Plan offers Serbia and Kosovo the promise of hope (Prishtina Insight) • Svecla proposes Gazmend Hoxha as new police director (Reporteri) • CEFTA: European plan for Kosovo and Serbia, good for regional market (Klan) • Spain doesn’t change position on Kosovo; seeks solution via dialogue (RFE) • Konrad: Failure to normalize relations blocks many capacities (Reporteri) • Kosovo commemorates 25th anniversary of Prekaz Massacre (Anadolu Agency) • Art in quarantine: COVID-19 brought muses to Balkan authors (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Bislimi: We will ensure that all minorities are safe (media) • Eichhorst: Now we have to find ways to implement provisions from European proposal (Klan) • Opposition: European proposal is a continuation of "status-quos" (Ekonomia Online) • Association: This is what solution looks like, there is no other – it is European (Albanian Post) • Shea: Association can be done without jeopardising sovereignty (Paparaci) • PSD places 205 thousand signatures against Association in front of government, warns of a protest (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: ‘Anti-state coalition’ did everything to make Serbia’s position difficult (N1) • Obradovic: Five parliamentary parties request Assembly session on Kosovo (Radio KIM, media) • Opposition: In Belgrade on March 17, a warning protest ahead of the meeting between Vucic and Kurti (KoSSev) • Djilas: Rejecting agreement which is not good for Serbia – is not good either (Radio KIM, media) • Patriarch Porfirije: The Church has never deviated from Kosovo and Metohija and has never abandoned it (SOC website, media) • Ristic, Trajkovic and Jovic sent third letter to Patriarch (media) • Peoples’ Party undertakes action against Franco-German plan for Kosovo (social media) • Nova.rs: European diplomats on point 4 of the agreement: Kosovo in the UN only with the consent of permanent members (KoSSev, N1) • Romania's stance on Kosovo unchanged – MFA (Tanjug) • UNS and DNKiM call on institutions to ensure translation for journalists (media) • Hill: ZSO must be formed, 10 years is too long (KiM radio, Tanjug, N1)

• Kurti talks with Murphy about implementation plan of EU proposal (media) • Lajcak: The association does not weaken Kosovo (euronews.al) • Kosovo to fulfill Serbian Orthodox Church obligations in Franco-German plan, experts say (Prishtina Insight) • Kurti has telephone conversation with Erdogan (media) • Bislimi: Athens should take advantage of the momentum (media) • Petkovic to Bislimi: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo (Klan) • “Progress of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue can take its shape in Ohrid” (Klan) • Giaufret: European proposal, a historic opportunity (media) • Analysis: No big deal: EU's Kosovo pact loses some sheen (Reuters) • Serbian nationalists march in protest against Kosovo talks (Reuters) • The ”Kosovo Vow” in the Bosnian Story (Sarajevo Times)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 2, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo, the first among six WB countries for electoral democracy (media) • Germany: Without the Association, there is no agreement with Serbia (Klan) • Rasic on the European proposal: The agreement is good (Koha) • “Prime Ministers of 27 EU countries planned to participate at the signing ceremony” (Paparaci) • Bislimi on an official visit to Athens (media) • Elections in the north are legitimate even without participation of Serbian List (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vox Pop in Gracanica: No one must give up on Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Survey: Most respondents negatively assess European proposal, claim it would lead to accelerated departure of Serbs from Kosovo, bring nothing good (KoSSev) • Invisible People: Large number of adult persons cannot obtain Kosovo documents (Radio Gorazdevac, Radio KIM) • Women in Media: Sexual harassment, discrimination, extra working hours (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Synzog on expropriations, EU proposal, development of north (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev) • Vucic meets with Hill (Tanjug) • Lavrov: ZSO issue in Kosovo and Minsk Agreement same deceptions by West (Kosovo Online, Klix.ba) • We expect implementation of all agreements to date - Slovak MFA (Tanjug) • Abazi: Serbia “colonised” all areas with natural resources and underground ores, which is why SOC wants property (KoSSev) • Sveclla accuses member of “parallel structures” for a brawl in student dormitory in Mitrovica North (Radio KIM, media) • Office for KiM: Request of liaison officer to visit Trajkovic and Adzic denied (Kosovo Online) International: • Hague Court Publishes Details of Hashim Thaci’s Alleged War Crimes (Balkan Insight)