Albanian Language Media: • EC writes to EU member states about visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Radio Free Europe) • Osmani: Membership in Council of Europe, a necessity (RTK) • Tahiri: After teachers’ salaries are paid, we will return to normality (Nacionale) • Finance Ministry will process teachers’ salaries today if lists are reconfirmed (Koha) • Citaku: Kosovo deserved visa liberalisation since adopting demarcation (media) Serbian Language Media: • PM Brnabic: Vucic to announce strategic decisions (N1, Beta, TV Prva) • Vucic: Decision on Russian oil imports postponed until December 1 (Tanjug, media) • Plenkovic from Prague: Vucic did not fight for a delay (N1) • Von Cramon says EU cannot tolerate Serbia’s behaviour, Selakovic responds (N1, nova.rs) • Poll: The majority of respondents believe that local institutions in K.Serb communities are not transparent (KoSSev) • Vucic to address the nation tomorrow (Politika, Tanjug) • Another monument in Klokot desecrated (KiM radio, RTV Puls) • Petkovic reaction to Osmani’s statement in Prague (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • Osmani: Albanians are not the problem of Serbs in Kosovo, but "gangs paid by Vucic'' (KoSSev, N1, Beta) Opinion: • Preliminary reflections on the Bosnian elections (EWB) International: • Serbia welcomes EU delay to decision on Russian oil ban exemption (BIRN) • Protest in support of Republika Srpska opposition over alleged vote rigging (N1 Sarajevo) • Introducing the European Political Community (Emerging Europe) • European leaders giddy with new forum — as long as they overlook lingering tension (Politico) Humanitarian/Development: • RTK1 and RTK2 channels available in the north of Kosovo since this year (KoSSev)

• Osmani meets President Macron and Chancellor Scholz (media) • Osmani: Optimism for visa liberalisation, but we need to be cautious (media) • Kurti talks with UK Special Envoy Peach (media) • Kosovo’s Minister of Health resigns (media) • EU spokesman Stano explains delays from Elektrosever (Albanian Post) • PDK presses charges against Minister Murati (media) • Kosovo customs point opens in Albanian port (Euractiv)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani before ECP summit: Today is an important day for our continent (Express) • Osmani to meet Scholz and Macron in Prague today, sources say (Koha) • Progress Report on Kosovo to be published on October 12 (RTK) • Mandl: We need to give visa liberalisation to Kosovo fast (Lajmi/APA) • Teachers’ salaries, Kusari-Lila: There will be a solution soon (Nacionale) • PDK boycotts assembly sessions, will press charges against Finance Minister (Klan) • Education union will wait until Friday for teachers’ salaries to be paid (Telegrafi) • Svecla hails anti-extortion operation: We won’t stop fighting crime (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Giaufret calls for joint response to war in Ukraine (RTS, N1) • RTS: EU puts off decision on ban on Russian oil imports to W. Balkans (N1) • Vucic meeting Macron, Scholz in Prague (Tanjug) • No Russian oil for Serbia as of November 1, Brnabic: Croatia’s ultimatum (FoNet, N1, Happy TV) • Still no decision to start Kosovo's CoE admission procedure (Tanjug) • RFE: No exemption for Western Balkans because of Serbia (N1) • Gracanica mayor: The procedure for annulment of the decision on land exchange is being initiated (KoSSev, KiM radio) • Rohde: The licence plates decision legitimate but deadline short; Petkovic: It jeopardizes the dialogue process (KoSSev) • Enthronement of Patriarch Porfirije in the Patriarchate of Pec on October 14 (media) International: • Europe is quietly launching a new political club — with hopes Brexit turmoil can be forgiven (CNBC) • Macron’s New Europe Debuts in the Shadow of War (The New York Times) • Sceptical Liz Truss attends first meeting of European Political Community (The Guardian) • Macron's European Political Community summit opens in Prague (rfi.fr) • China Index: Beijing’s Influence Expands in Southeast Europe (BIRN) • BiH elections: Republika Srpska opposition claims 65,000 votes ‘contaminated’ (N1) Humanitarian/Development: • Politika: 17,000 Russians and Ukrainians in Serbia (FoNet, N1)

• President Osmani at first summit of European Political Community (RTK) • Avoiding tensions in the north, a priority for the UN Security Council (Koha) • Rohde calls on government to make proposals for Association (Telegrafi) • Hovenier highly appreciates KFOR's contribution to security in Kosovo (media) • ERO is expected to withdraw the license of 'Elektroseveri' (RTK) • Abdixhiku: There is no hope that this government can bring change (RTK) • Hasani: Govt is not employer of teachers; cannot block their salaries (media) • AJK condemns Vetevendosje MP post against two reporters (media) • Kosovo’s metamorphosis reflected in eyes of an American researcher (BIRN) • KFOR conducts large-scale multinational crisis exercise (Army.mil) • Indiana National Guard task force deploys to Kosovo for peacekeeping (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Teachers’ salaries not expected today; Minister: We will enforce the law (Kosovapress) • Union implies new actions if teachers’ salaries are not paid by 16:00 (Indeksonline) • PDK leaders calls on government to pay teachers’ salaries (media) • Municipalities call on government to urgently pay teachers’ salaries (media) • Bislimi: Kurti and Vucic expected to meet in October, but no confirmation yet (Koha) • EU doesn’t have date for new meeting between Kurti and Vucic (Kallxo) • Council of Europe: The issue of Kosovo, confidential (Klan Kosova) • Kurti: Youth is still in the focus of our government policies (media) • Muja: Kosovo with high drop in unemployment rate during Kurti’s governance (EO) Serbian Language Media: • RFE: Gracanica municipality and businessman exchange land despite protests (KiM radio) • Brnabic: New gov't to be formed within constitutional timeframes (Tanjug) • Stefanovic: The signatories of the Proclamation for the Defense of KiM want the removal of Vucic (Beta, NMagazin) • Opposition, intellectuals publish declaration on Kosovo (N1) • Vucic’s 'renunciation' of Dodik (RFE) • Djilas: Neutrality on Russia’s aggression no longer exists (Beta, N1) • Vucic meets with Saudi FM (Tanjug) Opinion: • Rama and Rutte: The European Political Community is a good idea (media) • At the Prague Summit, the family photo is the message (politico.eu) International: • CoE Report: Pandemic Worsened Backlog in Balkan Courts (BIRN) • ‘These are not factories – these are sadistic torture chambers’ (Kosovo 2.0) • As Europe’s leaders meet, some fear for EU membership hopes (whec.com) • Europa Nostra presents the Prague Manifesto “For a Value-based and Culture-driven Europe” (europanostra.com) • China Builds A New Symbol In The Balkans -- At The Site Of A NATO Bombing (RFE) • After Russia, now Turkey questions Europe’s territory (euractive.com) • EU prepares for possible power cuts and other emergencies as energy crisis intensifies -RND (Reuters)

• Truss writes letter to Kurti, UK-Kosovo relations on focus (media) • Kurti: Poll shows 2/3 of citizens support for vetting and the Bureau (media) • Lajcak meets NATO DSG Geoana, talk about Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Advance payment proposed for teachers who compensate lost hours (Kallxo) • Jasharaj says teachers will not respect decision to compensate classes (Koha) • Clark: Kosovo must control the north (media) • Krasniqi: The World Bank confirmed government’s failure in economy (Koha) • European Quality Assurance Association grants Kosovo Accreditation Agency Affiliate Status (BIRN) • Balje comments on possibility of joining LDK parliamentary group (Klan) • Feasibility study on hospitals: Surplus of 200 doctors and 1,500 nurses (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 4, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Nagavci on teachers’ salaries: Compensation only for the work done (Koha) • Government reiterates: No salaries for those who were on strike (Gazeta Express) • Jasharaj: Only teachers are not paid; Kurti is trying to ruin SBASHK (T7) • Parents’ Council: We will raise funds to financially aid the teachers (Nacionale) • Poll: Over 3,000 respondents say teachers who were on strike shouldn’t get paid (Klan) • Osmani received outgoing COMKFOR Kajari in farewell meeting (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbia in the midst of the raging gas war between Russia EU and US (serbianmonitor.com) • Radojevic: By small turnout Serbs showed re-registration process is doomed to fail (Kosovo Online) • Vucic, Vulin on Ukrainian Ambassador’s statement (N1) • Ukrainian Embassy: We support sovereignty and European aspiration of Serbia (N1) • Manojlovic (DS): With the land exchange in Gracanica, citizens at lost, Serbian List silent (Danas, KiM radio) • Protest over land swap in Gracanica (Radio KIM) • Jeremic: American measure of retortion - encouraging Pristina's membership in the CoE (Danas, TV Nova S) • Eurojust: Serbia reliable partner in fight against organised crime (N1) • Opposition leader: EU stand on Serbia hypocritical in many cases (N1) • Vucic meets Giaufret (Tanjug) International: • Bosnia Elections: One Loser, no Clear Winners – Uncertain Prospects (Balkan Insight) • Hungary, Austria and Serbia leaders outline plan to curb migration (euronews.com) • Putin Is Pushing Serbia and Bosnia to Back His Ukraine War (The Washington Post) • Orthodox Christians to Rally Against LGBT Pride March in Montenegro (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: School Strike Suspended but Not Over, Union Warns (Prishtina Insight) Eight young journalists from northern Kosovo and Pristina completed OSCE Media Fellowship program (KoSSev)

• The strike that left the teachers without salaries (Koha Ditore) • Will Kosovo’s teachers get paid for strike time? (BIRN) • Osmani to attend European Political Community inaugural meeting (RTK) • Kosovo visa liberalisation on agenda of EU summit (Exit) • UNSC to discuss Kosovo (Security Council Report) • Kurti thanks COMKFOR especially for reducing tensions in north (Koha) • LVV slams all who governed Kosovo in the past, praises itself (Klan) • LDK: Vetevendosje should stop the propaganda (Koha) • Krasniqi: Kurti showed he will never become a leader (media) • Kurti meets representatives of Goran community (media) • Musk compares Kosovo with Crimea and Donbass, reactions follow (media) • Davenport: OSCE will support preservation of rich cultural legacy (media) • Iranian hackers leak database of Albanian criminal suspects (BIRN) • US sanctions PM of Bosnia’s Federation for ‘undermining democracy’ (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Spokesperson: Government won’t pay September salaries for teachers (Klan Kosova) • Delays in payments; Kusari: Law is clear – no compensation for strikers (Telegrafi) • Education Union leader reacts to delay in payment of salaries for teachers (Nacionale) • Kosovo Assembly to discuss situation in healthcare sector on Friday (EO) • Qalaj: No Europol or Interpol membership without progress in Brussels dialogue (EO) • Political discussion in Indonesia on recognition of Kosovo independence (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian List: Pristina implements planned and institutional violence (RTS) • Vucic to German envoy: There will be no independent Kosovo as Berlin plans (N1) • Vucic meets Mitsotakis, expresses gratitude for Greece’s understanding of Serbia’s position (RTS) • Theophylactou: Cyprus maintains position not to recognize Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Hill: Putin absolutely does not care about Kosovo (Nova S, KoSSev) • State Secretary Starovic: EU cannot change rules of game during match (Beta, N1) • Orban, Nehammer and Vucic met in Budapest (N1) • Vucic: Serbia to align visa policy with EU by end of year (Tanjug) International: • Prosecutors remove one allegation from indictment of Kosovo’s Thaci (BIRN) • Bosnia Elects New Leaders as OHR Imposes New Election Rules (Balkan Insight) • Dodik Eyes Victory in Bosnian Serb Entity’s Presidential Race (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • New academic year starts today, around 1.000 freshmen at University in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • People gather in Belgrade to show support for Iranian women (N1)

• Education Union suspends strike until January 2023 (media) • Krasniqi: Government made teachers start school year with heads down (media) • Kosovo to participate for in inaugural meeting of new European forum (RTK) • Svecla calls on Serbs to change plates to RKS, highlights benefits (media) • Petkovic: Kurti, Svecla videos about license plates do not scare Serbs (Koha) • Kurti invites Albanians living in Serbia to participate in census (RTK) • Sarrazin: We won’t accept creation of a “Republika Srpska” in Kosovo (media) • Konrad: Ukraine and Kosovo, two completely different situations (media) • “If visa liberalisation happens, a merit of all citizens and govts” (Indeksonline) • Serbs in the north also part of the population census in 2023 (Klan)