Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 18, 2021

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 18, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID–19: 267 new cases, one death (media) • Vaccines Kosovo secured via Austria have not yet been approved (Koha) • Zemaj signs manual for treating Covid patients with convalescent plasma (media) • CEC seeks assistance of six institutions to carry out background checks on candidates (media) • CEC reveals numbers used to phone Diaspora in verification process (media) • LDK amends election ticket following AKR's reaction (Koha/Klan) • Justice Ministry presents rule of law strategy (EO) • U.S. Embassy hails finalisation of rule of law strategy (media) • Pendarovski: Biden knows Balkans well, Kosovo an open issue (Lajmi) Serbian Language Media: • Rakic: Serbs in Kosovo must come under one flag (KiM radio, Vecernje Novosti) • Three Serbian political entities to run in forthcoming elections (Radio KIM) • War Crimes witness found dead in Kosovo (N1, KoSSev) • The third anniversary of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder – separate commemorations held once again (KoSSev) • Miroslav Ivanovic: Serbian List behind TV spot (Radio KIM) • SL: Ivanovic and Radoicic are victims of Kosovo injustice and rigged trials (KoSSev) • A million doses of Chinese vaccine arrive in Serbia (N1) • Zaev: North Macedonia to receive 8.000 vaccines from Serbia (Kosovo-online) • Tailings in Leposavic spilled into the Ibar after a rampart collapsed (KoSSev) • Abbot Janjic met COM KFOR General Federici (Radio KIM) • Jankovic: Kostic is a world-class scholar, but he is wrong about Kosovo (nova.rs, KoSSev) • Ljajic: They did not allow me to enter Kosovo as a demonstration of their power, they make ad hoc decisions (Kosovo Online, TV Prva) International: • 2021 Early Elections in Kosovo: End of an Era (ifimes.org) • Taboo-Busting Literature has ‘Liberating Potential’, Says Serbian Author (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • UNS wants Serbian journalists on priority vaccination list (N1, BETA, Radio konakt plus)

UNMIK Media Observer, January 18, 2021

• COVID – 19: 353 new cases, five deaths (media) • Hoti: We have secured €40 million for vaccines coming in February (media) • “Positions were close on President before indictments were published” (media) • Hoxhaj to Kurti: You are hiding from a public debate (media) • Krasniqi: I will represent the survivors of sexual violence from the war (media) • COMFKOR lists key threats against security (Koha) • Waiting to leave (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 15, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

  • COVID – 19: 296 new cases, seven deaths (media)
  • Government decides to ease measures in the fight against coronavirus (media)
  • Hoti presents economic recovery program, promises pensions’ increase (media)
  • EU Ambassador signs three projects worth € 11.8 million (media)
  • Kosovo leaders pay homage to Recak victims (media)
  • Kosnett and Orlando remember Recak victims (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 15

• COVID – 19: 287 new cases, six deaths (media) • Police arrest doctors in the north in relation with COVID – 19 vaccines (media) • Osmani to compete in elections alongside Vetevendosje (Prishtina Insight) • Kurti: Change will happen on February 14 (Klan Kosova) • Kurti turns down Hoxhaj’s call for debate (media) • Hoxhaj reacts after Kurti turns down debate call (media) • Ismaili: Kurti always wanted KLA leaders to be in the Hague (media) • Tahiri: The wealth that must be confiscated is outside Kosovo (Kallxo) • Kosovo massacre anniversary brings memories of missing mother (Balkan Insight)NMIK M

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 14, 2021

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 14, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 279 new cases, four deaths (media) • Vetevendosje and Osmani's list to run under joint ticket (media) • Hoti: Kosovo entered dialogue with Serbia on clear principles (media) • ECAP rejects VV's complaint over verification of Diaspora voters (media) • CEC warns of an unauthorised online application form (media) • Votes from Serbia to arrive through transit post (RFE) • Former Kosovo Police director, Rashit Qalaj, joins PDK (media) • AAK to present candidates for MPs on Friday (media) Serbian Language Media: • Eight newly infected persons, two deaths in Serb areas in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Reeker and Lajcak very important, but to change the Washington agreement someone must ask Serbia too (KoSSev) • Dacic: Kosovo is also mine, as it is Thaci’s and Kurti’s (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic banned from entering Kosovo to deliver aid (N1) • Serbian List: EU to react to violation of agreement on freedom of movement (KiM radio) • EC: EU’s position on Kosovo status is known and unchanged (RTS, Tanjug) • On eve of 3rd anniversary of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder, Serbian weekly publishes book (KoSSev) • The Tanjug team after seven hours of waiting allowed to enter Kosovo (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Serbian power company buys shares in Montenegrin counterpart (N1) International: • Erdogan’s great game: Turkish intrigue in the Balkans (Financial Times) • Kosovo State Radio Accused of Censorship and Discrimination (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Denmark Allocates €6 Million to Western Balkans Countries to Help Them With Border Controls & Repatriation of Migrants (schengenvisainfo.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 14

• COVID-19: 299 new cases, one death (media) • Osmani rejects Lajcak's remarks on Kosovo's recognition (RFE/Koha) • Hoti: We will spare no one during election campaign (Koha) • VV announces candidates from Pristina, Kurti leads the ticket (media) • Hoxhaj says PDK will emerge as the most voted party (media) • CEC: 888 polling stations to be open on election day across Kosovo (media) • Von Cramon speaks about election challenges Kosovo faces (DW) • Ombudsperson: CEC to avoid any action that undermines right to vote (media) • Phillips: Time for the West to give ultimatum to Serbia (Telegrafi) • Hamza: PDK would have negotiated a better deal in Washington (Klan) • Petkovic refused permission to visit Kosovo (Klan) • Hoti appoints Muharrem Nitaj acting Minister of Economy (media) • Has an SPO indictment been rejected by pre-trial judge? (Lajmi/RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 13, 2021

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 299 new cases, one death (media) • Acting President Osmani visits the Belgian Parliament (media) • Sassoli firm: Fighting corruption and crime brings Kosovo closer to EU (Koha) • Human Rights Watch Annual World Report (HRW) • Kosovo minister of Economy offers resignation (Gazeta Express) • Samedin Mehmeti elected director of the Kosovo Police (media) • Police: Three police officers injured during PSD protest yesterday (RTK) • Radio Kosova stops broadcasting audio plays after story of Serb woman (Koha) • Kurti: The rain highlighted the failures of 20 years of misgovernance (media) • AAK is aiming president position with an economic governing program (media) Serbian Language Media: • Ten new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • WHO official in Serbia: End of epidemic far away (N1) • US Embassy in Belgrade: Regional cooperation and BG-PR dialogue remains a priority (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • “More pressure on Serbia about Kosovo pushes it closer to Russia and China” (RFE, FoNet, N1) • Father Sava: The Church position on Kosovo is united (KiM radio) • European Commission service deleted disputable post on Twitter about Vjosa Osmani (RTS) • Sava Janjic: I hope EU would remind Kosovo to implement Constitutional Court decision on Decani (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Let’s meet half-way with Pristina (N1, Happy TV, Kosovo-online) • Two minority pre-election coalitions have applied for upcoming Kosovo elections (RTK2) Opinion: • How Biden can make a big difference in the Western Balkans (ECFR) International: • Albania carries out 1st vaccinations with donated doses (AP) • Bishop with Attitude Threatens to Shake Up Serbian Politics (Balkan Insight) • Last Despatches: Mystery Shrouds British Reporter’s Death in Kosovo Border Shelling (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 13

• COVID – 19: 303 new cases, 5 deaths (media) • Kosovo accused of limiting Diaspora voting rights (Balkan Insight) • Haradinaj asks for votes to become President of Kosovo (media) • Limaj: PDK didn’t want a coalition; we won’t join them after elections (T7) • Lajcak: New government in Kosovo first before we resume dialogue (media) • Osmani: Justice is a precondition for peace and reconciliation (media) • Osmani meets EU MPs in the Kosovo Friendship Group (media) • Osmani meets EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak (media) • Palmer: Elections are the foundation of democratic practices (RTSH) • PSD leader Molliqaj and 16 activists arrested by police (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 12, 2021

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 12, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 279 new cases, four deaths (media) • Zemaj: We’re looking into the possibility of relaxing some measures (RTK) • Osmani begins official visit to Brussels (media) • Haradinaj reacts to Vucic: Kosovo will join NATO (media) • LDK – AKR, the first pre-election coalition? (media) • PDK to run alone in elections, other parties free to join its ticket (Kallxo) • Daka: We verified Diaspora votes before, will do so with applicants in Serbia too (EO) • VV appeals CEC's decision on Diaspora voter registration (Klan) • NGO Germin to appeal CEC’s decision on Diaspora voters (media) • CDHRF: Constitutional Court cannot ban Kurti or others to run for election (Koha) • Qatar pledges continued support for Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities in Kosovo 24 new cases of Covid-19, one death (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Albanians and Europeans want defeat of Serbia; frozen conflict is a danger (TV Happy, KoSSev) • Selakovic: Serbia expects continuation of China’s support regarding Kosovo (N1, FoNet) • Petkovic: No one talks to Serbia with language of blackmail (BETA, N1) • Spahiu: Citizens already know who they will vote for, campaign won’t have an impact (Kosovo Online) • Lajcak and Reeker on the Western Balkans (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • How to fight disenfranchisement, Kosovo style (Prishtina Insight) International: • Kosovo Parties Flout Ban on Gatherings Ahead of Election (Balkan Insight) • EU and the Western Balkans in 2021: Searching for a Way Back to Normal (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • More than 85.500 citizens have applied for vaccination (B92, Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 12

• COVID – 19: 206 new cases, 6 new deaths (media) • CEC: Diaspora voters cannot register to vote if they don’t answer phone (media) • Osmani calls on CEC to review decision on diaspora voters (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla: Daka said decision on Diaspora voters was unanimous (media) • VV's Haxhiu: CEC imposes unconstitutional criteria on Diaspora voters (media) • Haradinaj says an AAK - Vetevendosje government is possible (Klan Kosova) • Poll on political parties’ candidates for Prime Minister (Telegrafi) • Kosovo FM reacts to Serbia’s anti-lobbying request to Qatar (media) • Kosovo parties flout ban on gatherings ahead of election (Balkan Insight) • Pristina municipality to fine any party that holds election rally (Klan) • “We won’t pay any fines; political parties are not respecting the measures” (EO) • Ismaili: Municipalities, government must shelter those affected by floods (media) • “Mental disorders during pandemic very similar to those from the war” (Koha) • Lushtaku: I will run for Skenderaj mayor (Kallxo)