UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2019

Albanian Language Media:

• Daka: Election process coming to a close (RFE)
• Makolli: Increasingly difficult to return citizens from Syria (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• KP released photos of “new suspects in Ivanovic’s murder”; Vucic: Students who had nothing to do with murder (KoSSev)
• Nauru revoked recognition of Kosovo (RTS, Blic)
• KoSSev: A year of 100% taxes
• Djuric: Reciprocity is self-isolation (Danas)
• Detention of Nenad Arsic extended (Tanjug, B92)
• Potera: Ballots from Serbia were poisoned in Pristina (Kosovo Online, FB)
• Djuric comments a meeting between Kurti and Ugljanin (Blic, B92)

International:

• Serbia and Russia defend ties as spy scandal erupts before leaders meet (The Irish Times)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Minister: Kosovo to gain access to global environment funds (Koha)
• Lion discovered caged in Gjilan restaurant (Prishtina Insight)

• Kurti and Mustafa to meet and discuss “hot” topics of coalition agreement (media)
• Kosnett: Dialogue break not helpful for Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• CEC: Recount could be finalised on Sunday (Bota Sot)
• Kurti: KIA to be led by an honest individual (Zeri)
• Kurti: I will send even Vetevendosje officials to the prosecution (media)
• Kosovo police in search of two suspects in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Albin Kurti and Isa Mustafa to meet tomorrow (Indeksonline)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo has gained a great deal from import tax on Serbia (media)
• Zeka: Reciprocity with Serbia would be more effective (media)
• “Tariff was used to cover up corruption scandals” (Gazeta Express)
• Van Gelder: World Bank supports regional economic integration activities (Koha)
• Kosovo police in search of two suspects in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Who beat up the residents of Strpce? Ombudsman has not launched any investigation, “because nobody complained to him” (KoSSev)
• Spahiu: ''The question of Kosovan nation should not even be raised'' (Kosovo Online, Klan Kosova)
• Moscow: Nothing can harm Russia – Serbia brotherly relations (Reuters, N1)
• Serbian Government says Referendum Law does not change because of Kosovo (RFE)
• Ruzic: New referendum regulations are merely harmonization with the Constitution (RTS)

International:

• Woman and Man Charged With Terror Offenses in Kosovo (AP/NYT)
• A year of the tariff (Prishtina Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Street Artists Brighten Up Kosovo’s Divided Mitrovica (Balkan Insight)
• Pessimism Prevails among Serbs in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

• Kurti: No agreement without dialogue and no dialogue with maps (media)
• LDK wants 7 ministries, president and speaker posts (Zeri)
• LVV insists on leaders’ meeting, LDK says after certification of results (Kosovapress)
• AKR ready to abandon NISMA and join government (Zeri)
• Pacolli: I don’t believe I will be part of LVV-LDK government (RTK)
• Svarqa: Vetevendosje benefited from disappointment with PDK (media)
• Haradinaj slams Rama on Mini-Schengen initiative (Gazeta Express/Zeri)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo ready for agreement with Serbia on existing borders (Epoka)
• Mandate of specialist chambers is not limited in time (Koha)
• Shpend Maxhuni will continue his career in the police force (Koha)
• The luxuries of Haradinaj’s advisors (Koha)
• Daka: CEC is being unjustly accused for delays on election process (Epoka)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2019

Albanian Language Media:

• Swedish Academy defends awarding Handke Nobel Prize (Prishtina Insight)
• One year since 100% tariff, Serbia loses 99 percent of Kosovo’s market (Telegrafi)
• Kurti meets Italy’s Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Trend Analysis: General trends not in favour of Serbs (KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio, RTV Puls, Kosovo Online)
• Politika on Visoki Decani Monastery: Attacks, walls, endurance and life (Politika, Radio KIM, Kosovo-online)
• Jevtic: Nothing disputable in fact that we go to Belgrade, we are ready to talk to everyone (Kosovo-online)
• Comic book ‘Welcome to Kosovo’ published in France (B92)
• PM of North Macedonia Zaev: "I am frightened, I am breaking inside...’ (B92, NY Times)

International:

• Motion submitted on reviewing Maldives' recognition of Kosovo independence (AVAS)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kurti: Children's education is a constitutional right (media)
• Calls for greater mobilisation to implement Law on Child Protection (media)
• Let children be children! (KoSSev)
• No solution in sight for the Gracanka river: "Sometimes protests and roadblocks are needed'' (KIM radio, KoSSev, RTV Puls)

• Kurti, Mustafa to discuss dialogue and President’s role in next meeting (RFE)
• Haziri: Coalition talks with LVV have not stalled (Klan Kosova)
• Abdixhiku: Assembly Speaker and President posts belong to LDK (T7)
• Haxhiu: PM post does not go through LDK’s offices (RTK)
• Adm Foggo: No delays in forming the new government (Koha)
• Haradinaj: Mini-Schengen, expansion of Russian influence in the Balkans (media)
• Montenegro: Demarcation with Kosovo is a concluded issue (Zeri)
• LVV initiates change of statute to enable Kurti to remain party leader (G. Express)
• Suspicions raised in the Maldives claiming Kosovo paid for its recognition (media)
• Italy Defense Minister informed on Kosovo achievements in security (Epoka)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 19, 2019

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti briefs Dutch Ambassador on priorities of new government (media)
• Thaci: Kosovo Army was born from cooperation with KFOR (Lajmi)
• “Serbs comfortable with KSF, despite pressure from Belgrade” (Indeksonline)
• Calculations for forming government coalition change (RFE)
• Weber: Rama needs Mini-Schengen for himself, he is not eminent to defend Kosovo’s interests (Express)
• LVV and LDK do not admit publicly they agreed to shut down PAK (Express)
• Haradinaj: Mini-Schengen, expansion of Russian influence in the Balkans (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Slavko Simic: Theoretical and political chance for elections to be annulled (Radio Mitrovica, Prva TV)
• Raška-Prizren Eparchy strongly protests over latest abuse of Saint Nicholas Church in Novo Brdo archaeological remains (Raska-Prizren Eparchy, Serbian media)
• Paris changes rules: Seven EU accession packages (B92, Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
• England-Kosovo match: Euphoria, gratitude and anti-Serb chants in Pristina (KoSSev)

Humanitarian/Development:

• KOMF: Air pollution with long-term consequences in children (Koha)
• Kosovo Roma Woman ‘Died in Despair’ after War Rape Testimony (Balkan Insight)

• Vote recount suspends LVV – LDK negotiations for coalition government (Koha)
• LVV invites LDK to a meeting, they do not respond (Express)
• Ballot recount to complete by Monday (Express)
• Apostolova says new government should be formed soon (Telegrafi)
• One projected MP from Egyptian community joins Vetevendosje (media)
• Appathurai: Kosovo-Serbia relations, among main challenges for region (RFE)
• In Tirana, Thaci attends conference, meets Rama (media)
• Engel: Change of borders would not stop only in Kosovo (Epoka)
• “Russia doesn’t want resolution of Kosovo issue” (Lajmi/Zeri)
• Ramiz Lladrovci to appear before specialist chambers today (media)
• RIDEA: Kosovo must insist on apology from Serbia during dialogue (Koha)

Albanian Language Media:

• Thaci address international conference on religion in Tirana (media)
• Vetevendosje rejects NISMA and AKR (Gazeta Express)
• LDK MP: There is no problem with votes, new elections in 2023 (Indeksonline)
• “41% of enterprises believe Kosovo–Serbia deal would increase export” (media)
• Major number of Kosovans still in Syria and Iraq, 40 of them ISIS fighters (media)
• RIDEA presents studies of the final phase of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian List reaction to a music video filmed at Novo Brdo: Desecration of the Serbian holy shrines with inappropriate behaviour (RTS)
• Kurti says it's known who killed Kosovo Serb leader (N1, KoSSev, Pobjeda)
• Igor Simic: Kurti is directly interfering in the work of judicial bodies (RTS)
• Djuric: Kurti’s intention is to militarize Albanians (RTS)
• "NATO is eroding and I can only welcome that" (B92)
• France proposes seven-step EU accession process (Hina, N1, EU Observer)
• RFE: Thirteen EU members demand expansion to Western Balkans in a non-paper? (B92, Beta)

Opinion:

• It is in Russia's interest that Kosovo issue remains unresolved? (B92, Kosovo online, RFE)
• Turkish Threat over ISIS Fighters Poses Challenge for Balkans (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic hospitalized with heart condition (DW)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Balkan Coal Power Plants Failing Toxic Emissions Targets (Balkan Insight)

• Kurti: There can be no exchange of territories without war (media)
• LVV, LDK don’t want NISMA and AKR in the government (Zeri)
• Hooper: Kosovo-Serbia agreement exists, it only needs implementation (Epoka)
• Paris wants harsher criteria for Balkans integration in EU (Koha Ditore)
• New government asked to address issue of missing persons with priority (Koha)
• Beslin: No Mini-Schengen without accepting reality of independent Kosovo (Koha)
• Albanians and Serbs paint murals on Iber bridge (Kosovapress/Telegrafi)
• Kosovo journalists to enjoy free legal counsel (Kallxo)