• Osmani: Cooperation with allies to overcome common challenges (RTK) • Osmani to meet parties today for consultations on election date in north (Koha) • Interior Minister Svecla visited Jarinje border crossing on Saturday (media) • Rohde: It's absurd to risk a violent confrontation over license plates (media) • Kosovo Customs replaces the resigned customs officers (RTK) • New graffiti in the north, Police are investigating the case (media) • Opposition asks govt to commit to negotiating text of final agreement (media) • La Repubblica: ‘Shadows’ of Wagner at Kosovo borders (media) • Kurti discusses energy and environmental issues with AFD in Paris (media) • Borell to hold informal meeting with diplomats of EU countries (Albanian Post) • Kosovo becomes part of the UN Conference on Climate Change (RTK) • Kurti heads to Austria for the Vienna Economic Forum (media) • “Longer mutual recognition is postponed, Vucic will destabilise region” (media) • PDK leader Krasniqi to visit Brussels and Washington (media) • In Kosovo and Albania, Personal Data Up for Grabs (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 11, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti meets with Borrell and Lajcak (media) • Chollet to visit Kosovo in early December, sources say (Klan Kosova) • Osmani: Cannot make friends with someone with war tendencies or goals (Indeksonline) • Kurti: Ready to stretch our hand to Serbia if it is ready to free its fists (Koha) • Osmani expected to announce extraordinary elections for north municipalities (RTK) • Kurti in Paris: Serbia wants more conflict than cooperation (media) • Konjufca: We feel threatened by Serbia’s claims over our country (Koha) • Two envoys for Balkans, Sarrazin and Franges, visit Jarinje border crossing (Telegrafi) • Guerot: We are waiting for a favourable decision on visas (media) • Abazi: Government has wrong approach to internationals’ requests (RFE) • Abdixhiku: French-German plan is not the one that is circulating in the media (media) • Krasniqi's to travel for official visits to Washington and Brussels (Indeksonline) • Musliu: Kurti to safeguard sovereignty and friendships created by PDK (EO) • Haradinaj proposes a resolution on the situation in the north (Koha) • Austrian MP: All EU member states and Serbia should recognise Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • Ex-Interior Minister warns: Serbia may victimise Serb citizens in north (media) • Molliqaj: Way we treated north and Serbs lately, I think there is small similarity to how Milosevic treated us (Gazeta Express/T7) • Maloku: Molliqaj’s statement about Serbs treatment is hatred against Kurti (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Vucevic: There were drones on the administrative line, I can't say whose they were (NMagazin, Beta, RTV) • Vucic at working lunch with Borrell and Lajcak (RTS) • Vucic says good talk with Macron, no meeting with Kurti (N1) • Vucic tells Chollet that Serbia is focused on peace, despite provocations (N1) • Vucic on sanctions on Russia, pressure Serbia is facing (N1) • Vucic met Hungarian president in Paris (Tanjug, media) • Dacic: Independent Kosovo the starting point of Franco-German proposal (Beta, N1) • Kosovo officials meet Macron, accuse Serbia of destabilising north Kosovo (KoSSev, N1) • Jaksic: Vehicle plates nonsense to Kurti, for Serbs the only remaining link with Serbia (N1) • Poll: Citizens’ opinions on issues concerning the north are divided (KoSSev) • Arlov sends letter to Ambassador of Croatia in Pristina over his latest ban to enter Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Ambassador of Slovakia: Bratislava's clear position on the independence of Kosovo, which is based on international law (RTS, Tanjug) • Miners about their fate, Todic claims: KoSSev spreads disinformation, there is no strike (KoSSev) International: • EU might mulled in Kosovo-Serbia Paris rendez-vous (euractive.com) • Decision on Visas for Kosovo to be Taken Soon: EU Countries Support France’s Proposal for Visa-Free Regime on November 2023 (schengenvisainfo.com) • The Kosovo Crisis: A risky all-or-nothing game (EWB) • Metsola: Western Balkans should receive strong signal from the EU (EWB)

• Osmani, Kurti hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron (media) • Escobar: Kosovo to meet requests on Association and licence plates (VOA) • Borrell to meet separately with Kurti and Vucic today (Koha) • EU presses Serbia, Kosovo to normalise ties as tensions flare (Bloomberg) • Chollet expresses disappointment about decision on license plates (Koha) • Luehrmann: Kosovo and Serbia to be ready for compromise (Koha) • Kosovo to replace resigned Serb MPs amid pish to ‘defuse tensions’ (BIRN) • Other Serb mayors ready to resign too (Klan Kosova) • Bislimi received emissaries of Germany and Slovenia, discuss dialogue (RTK) • U.S Embassy: Not time for Kosovar ministers to travel to the USA (Klan) • Czech EU Presidency: No consensus on visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Kallxo) • Von Cramon: No reason why liberalization shouldn’t happen immediately (RTK) • Bassuener: French-German plan, discriminatory towards Kosovo (RFE)

Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani travels for official visit to Paris (RTK) • Gervalla: EU should not tolerate criminal actions (media) • Borrell to meet Kurti and Vucic separately in Paris on Friday (Klan) • CEC replaces the ten resigned MPs of the Serbian List (Koha) • EULEX chief: Seven EU countries ready to send police to the north (Paparaci) • Kusari-Lila: Even when in parliament, SL did not address needs of Serb citizens (Klan) • Haxhiu: For first time, Kosovo has dignified position in talks with Serbia (Klan) • Tahiri: We don’t want early elections, but solution to problem in north (Indeksonline) • Haradinaj mentions four actions to overcome current situation (Telegrafi) • PDK MP: I believe today we’ll have much-anticipated visa liberalisation date (media) • Buja: North will never be quiet, only land swap brings stability (Nacionale) • Analysts: Ambassador Hovenier's appeal should be taken seriously (RTK) • Bislimi claims Tahiri insulted and threatened him, Prosecutor's Office invited to investigate (media) • 11 officials of Serb nationality resign from Kosovo Customs (RTK) • Possibility of transferring prosecutors in the north being considered (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Rakic and Simic spoke with Sarrazin, Franges (media) • Dacic met Colomina, UK ambassador (Tanjug) • DefMin Vucevic to NATO official: No obstacle to cooperation (N1) • Ambassador of Cyprus: Pristina does not respect obligations; we do not change stance on Kosovo (Tanjug) • Vucic to begin two-day visit to France (Tanjug) • Stano: Borrell will meet in Paris tomorrow with Vucic and Kurti in separate meetings (Kosovo Online) • Hovenier on visits of Kosovo ministers to US (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic to meet Sarazzin today (Kosovo Online) • Hovenier on situation in northern Kosovo, Community of Serb Municipalities (KoSSev) • Customs staff at Jarinje and Brnjak submit resignations (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Jaksic: Kurti lost advantage; the question is whether the Serbian negotiators will know how to use it (N1, KoSSev) • Why Albanians are Leaving, and What They Leave Behind (Balkan Insight) International: • Friend or Foe? For Balkan LGBT Community, TikTok is Mixed Blessing (BIRN) • Kosovo Court Approves Confiscation of ‘Illegal’ Villas in National Park (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Berlin Declaration of the WB Youth Forum: An example of youth agency and commitment (EWB)

• Kurti indicates meeting with Vucic in Paris (Koha) • Hovenier: Kosovo should urgently start negotiations on Association (media) • Leak: Franco-German plan to resolve Kosovo-Serbia dispute (Euractiv) • Kurti says reprimands issued, US calls situation in north ‘worrying’ (BIRN) • Kurti meets German and Slovenian envoys for Western Balkans (media) • Abdixhiku: We need to coordinate with U.S.; not fall on Serbian traps (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo must not go to elections, govt must not fall (media) • EU Boosts Police Presence in North Kosovo After Serbs Quit (BIRN) • For Kosovo Serbs, It’s Not Just About Licence Plates (BIRN) • EU Council working group to discuss visa liberalisation today (RTK) • Svecla: Kosovo has met visa liberalisation requirements (RTK) • Mehaj denies reports about resignation of 10 Serb members of KSF (media) • Solidarity Stories #2: Serb Saves Albanian Neighbours in Kosovo (BIRN) • “Zvonko Veselinovic and Milan Radoicic criminals” – Serbian MPs clash over their dirty work (The Geopost)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 9, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo, reliable partner of its friends, Serbs should not abandon institutions (media) • The U.S. ambassador to UN speaks about developments in north of Kosovo (TV Klan) • Musliu: The security situation is calm, let us be careful in our actions (RTK) • Haxhiu about past governments: They indulged Belgrade by saying "yes" to everything (Koha) • Svecla to the French delegation: Kosovo has met the criteria for visas (media) • Abdixhiku: Leaving Kosovo without allies is treason (Albanian Post) • Poland opens consulate in Pristina (media) • Exclusive: Three-point proposal of internationals to exit current situation in the North (Albanian Post) • Tahiri: Increasing presence of EULEX risks turning the north into protectorate (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to meet Macron, Lajcak, says it is your turn to fulfil agreement (N1) • Officials of the municipal election commissions in the north of Kosovo submitted their resignations (Danas, Kosovo Online) • Employees of Kosovo institutions in the north of Kosovo submitted their resignations (RTK2) • Ten Serbs left KSF (Kosovo Online) • Serbian President decorates Kosovo Serb police officers (N1) • Strpce Mayor: If Pristina continues with violence, the Serbs south of the Ibar should also leave the institutions (Danas, euronews.rs) • Dacic: Greece will not yield to pressure and surprise Serbia (Tanjug) • Romania confirms it will not recognize Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Preteni: Resignations of Serbs create problems in functioning of basic prosecution in Mitrovica (Kosovo Online) • NATO official calls for restraint in Kosovo (N1, FoNet) Opinion: • For Kosovo Serbs, It’s Not Just About Licence Plates (Balkan Insight) • After K.Serbs left the institutions: Kurti in the 1990s, Serbs in the 2000s (KoSSev) International: • LEAK: Franco-German plan to resolve the Kosovo-Serbia dispute (EURACTIV)

• President Osmani, CEC chief discuss elections in northern municipalities (media) • Konjufca: French-German plan, biggest step to solve problem since ‘99 (media) • Price: Kosovo to form the Association; situation in north can escalate (media) • U.S. call for formation of Association of Serb-majority municipalities (Klan) • Italian Carabineri deploy in Kosovo after tensions in the north (Express) • Osmani briefed on latest developments in the north by intelligence chief (media) • Bogujevci: Deadline for licence plates won’t be postponed (A2 CNN) • Kosovo Serb MPs’ Mass Resignation Causes Constitutional Dilemma (BIRN) • Opposition Urges Kurti to Listen to International Community (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Opposition leaders are more unsatisfied than disagreeing (Indeksonline) • Kurti received leaders of opposition parties today (media) • Krasniqi: I didn’t get assurances that govt will keep situation under control (media) • Abdixhiku: We didn’t hear concrete plan from Kurti to emerge from situation (media) • Haradinaj leaves meeting: Kurti was lecturing (Koha) • Citaku: In relation to Serbia, we don’t want Kurti to fail (Nacionale) • Trajkovic would consider offer for MP; wants guarantees from Kurti (Indeksonline) • Delawie: Kosovo’s non-recognition by Serbia caused tensions in north (VoA) • “If you don’t sign, your car will be burned”: Stories of workers that withdrew from Kosovo institutions (RFE) • Another vehicle with RKS licence plates set on fire in the north (Koha) • PSD painted the windows of the government building in black (media) • Suttora on border correction: Better peaceful division, than another Donbas (Nacionale) • Civil society activist places 17 U.S. flags in front of govt building (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucevic: Brussels Agreement must be respected for Serbs to return to institutions; KFOR must supersede Serb police officers (media) • Dacic: Pristina to make EU bid, Serbia to start discussions (Tanjug, media) • Djuric: Latest escalation in Kosovo sole responsibility of Pristina (Tanjug) • Petkovic says Kurti without grounds accuses Belgrade for crisis in northern Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Stoltenberg, Vucic spoke by phone (media) • MFA of Spain: Stance on Kosovo remains unchanged (Kosovo Online) • Dacic meets Greek President, expresses gratitude for Greece support to Serbia’s sovereignty (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic with Diacofotakis, briefs him on latest developments in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Kohli: India supports Serbia’s stance on Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Kurti: More than 900 reprimands issued, fines for licence plates as of November 21 (Kosovo Online) • Minors detained for incident in Kisnica (KiM radio) • Nenad Rasic acquitted of charges for misusing official duty (Radio KIM) • Lazarevic, Jaksic on Serbs’ leaving Kosovo institutions; Shala on 'paralyzed' judicial system in North (KoSSev, Nova S, Kosovo Online) • Car set on fire in Zvecan with BG licence plates, the police say with RKS plates (KoSSev) International: • Serbia Convicts Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla of War Crime (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Policy Brief: Environmental degradation is an alarming problem in the Western Balkans (EWB)

• Kurti: We have continuous communication with US and EU (RTK) • Kurti: Kosovo did not reject French-German plan, gave its remarks (media) • Kurti: Serbia rejects French-German plan with tensions in north (media) • Kurti meeting with opposition leaders this morning (media) • Kosovo leaders meet to discuss developments in north (Koha) • Osmani meets COMKFOR: Dedicated to public security (media) • Stoltenberg: Kosovo and Serbia to refrain from unilateral actions (media) • Hovenier visits Osmani, discuss latest developments in north (media) • Minister Svecla informs President Osmani about developments in north (media) • Berlin: We’ll continue to work on an agreement together with France (Express) • Germany highly concerned over tensions between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Haradinaj: Here are some facts; Kurti is included in Serbia’s scenario (media) • EULEX has not taken over police duties in north Kosovo (media) • Rama reacts to situation in north, calls for restraint and dialogue (media) • North Macedonia FM: Mutual recognition, only way for normalisation (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 7, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca: I would not like Vucic to lead us to the elections (media) • Konjufca proceeds with the request for replacement on MPs (media) • PDK’s Krasniqi writes to Kurti: PDK ready to communicate (Indeksonline) • AAK: Maybe elections would be the solution (media) • Mehaj: We condemn Serbia’s actions to destabilise our country (media) • Serbian List MPs submitted resignations today (Indeksonline) • Serb judge after resigning: I’m never coming back (Nacionale) • Many Serbian flags and slogans “This is Serbia” seen in Leposavic streets (Kallxo) • “Association to be formed according to Constitutional Court recommendations” (Klan) • Deputy Minister of Justice accuses CDHRF of abusing €100,000 (Koha) • EULEX police at the police station north of Mitrovica (media) • Haziri: Point zero now; tense situation in north should’ve been prevented (Indeksonline) • Police investigating attack with suspected Molotov cocktail on Serb house (Telegrafi) • New local elections expected in four municipalities of northern Kosovo (RTK) • Brussels: We do not comment on Lajcak’s every interaction with partners (RTK) • Former Dutch Ambassador: Protest in north reveals true face of Vucic regime (media) • Tahiri: Vucic wants to take the north from Kosovo (Gazeta Express) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: Kosovo has a clear obligation to form the CSM (ZSO) (N1) • Dacic: Masks should fall, it should be seen whether there is a Brussels agreement or not (RTS) • Vucic: Tectonic changes with the Serbs' resignations; important that we act responsibly (TV Pink, RTS, media) • Kosovo institutions in northern Kosovo without Serbs as of today (RTS, media) • Serbs gather in Mitrovica North, send messages of peace and that they are on their own land (RTS) • Minister of Defense: KFOR not to allow Pristina to send Albanian police to northern Kosovo (RTS) • Petkovic responds to Vela: Propaganda in vain (Kosovo Online, social media) • Petkovic: Why didn’t the EU insist on formation of CSM earlier? (N1) • Petritsch: An urgent step that must be taken is establishment of Community of Serb Municipalities (Tanjug) • Dacic: French-German plan on Kosovo unacceptable for us (N1) • Opposition MPs: Brussels agreement ‘has died’, Orlic to call elections in northern Kosovo (N1) • Vuk Jeremic banned from entering Kosovo (Danas) • Gracanica: Molotov cocktail thrown at Trajkovic's family house in Kisnica village (KiM radio, gracanicaoline.info, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Serbia Should Admit it’s the ‘Author’ of Kosovo’s Independence (BIRN) • Anti-western sentiment in Serbia is not rooted in support for Putin (The Guardian) International: • EU urges Serbs to return to institutions, Kosovo to form municipal association (BIRN) • Kosovar PM addresses security situation as more police officers in north resign (RFE) • Kosovo Serbs Continue Mass Resignations from State Institutions (BIRN) • Serbia ‘in a hurry’ to ease energy dependence on Russia (Financial Times) Humanitarian/Development: • First Regional Summit for Protection against Racial Discrimination in Pristina (media) • National Network for Research and Education – KREN is inaugurated (media)