UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 13, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Government orders that properties be given to Monastery of Decan according to Constitutional Court decision (media)
• Escobar on government's decision on Decan Monastery: Difficult but necessary (RTK)
• Szunyog welcomes government's decision on the Monastery of Decan (media)
• German ambassador: Delayed, but historic moment (media)
• Rama supports Kurti government decision on Monastery of Decan properties (media)
• Osmani to Escobar: Success of dialogue depends on EU’s equal approach to parties (Reporteri)
• Kurti: Radojicic is free and protected by Serbia (Klan)
• Minister Gervalla visits permanent mission of Albania in NATO (RTK)
• KFOR commander: After Banjska, situation in north remains tense (media)
• Ulutas meets with new British ambassador in Kosovo, discuss security and dialogue (Klan)
• Kurti pays tribute in Mitrovica on the 25th anniversary of the Green Market Massacre (media)
• Citaku: If not with USA, EU, NATO, Albania, who is Prime Minister coordinating with? (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• The GoK ordered the Visoki Decani land registration based on the decision of the Constitutional Court (KoSSev)
• Nemec: Serbs in Kosovo who have "special" passports are in a discriminatory situation (KiM radio, EWB, FoNet)
• Escobar meets Osmani, majority of Serbian media unable to follow event (Radio KIM)
• No statement after Osmani, Kurti meet QUINT ambassadors (N1, BETA)
• Mortal remains brought back to old Orthodox cemetery in Mikronaselje in Mitrovica North (Kosovo Online, Radio KIM, KoSSev)
• The hearing in the Ivanovic case postponed again due to the failure to submit all documents in Serbian language (KiM radio)
• Lazarevic: The last rose-colored glasses of Kosovo Serbs are melting (KoSSev, monitor.co.me)
• Vucic meets with Roquefeuil (Tanjug)

International:

• Smear Campaign Against Critics of Kosovo Ruling Party Condemned (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

Escobar: Decision on dinar uncoordinated, will discuss it in Kosovo (media)
Osmani and Kurti meet with QUINT (media)
Kurti discusses with ministers elections in north (Koha)
Lajcak in Berlin talks about dialogue (Koha)
Szunyog on "government draft statute": We welcome any proposal (KTV)
Hargreaves: Britain will cooperate with Kosovo in cyber security (RTK)
Secretary of Kosovo Office in Belgrade claims he was provoked by Serbian police (media)
Rohde: Preparing ground for new German contingent in Kosovo (RTK)
Szunyog and Haxhiu talk about gender equality and justice reforms (RTK)
Hoti: Government illegally forced CBK to engage in dialogue  (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

Escobar: It took France almost a year to implement euro, Pristina wanted to do this in northern Kosovo in less than three weeks (KoSSev)
Pristina has problem in communication with West, it refuses to hear our offer for faster integration (KoSSev)
Petkovic: Ultimate goal of abolishing dinar is final expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
Petkovic: Kurti main threat to regional stability (Tanjug, media)
Municipal Security Committee meeting held in Strpce, stronger presence of police and KFOR requested (KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
Trial of Sladjan Trajkovic continues (Radio KIM)
Dacic receives Spanish Ambassador (media)
Zeman: Bombing of FR Yugoslavia one of NATO's two fundamental mistakes (media)

International Media: 

Kosovo Citizens Unfairly Charged for Serb Municipalities’ Electricity: Court (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia is aggressive; this makes us cautious, not scared (media)
• Kurti in Caber: 15 internet stations set up in the north (Kallxo)
• Gervalla begins official visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels (media)
• Serwer: There is an aggressor in north Kosovo, we should be clear who (media)
• Begaj: Kosovo needs to listen more to advice from U.S. and EU (media)
• Vllasi: Dinar to be removed from dialogue agenda; an imaginary problem (media)
• Kurti commemorates Serbia’s PM on 21st anniversary of assassination (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Containers were solution for Serbs to live, vote, receive medical treatment in them and from now on for payments of wages and pensions (KoSSev)
• NGO Aktiv opens telephones lines for residents to get information and report problems with deposits and disbursals in dinars (Radio KIM)
• Viola von Cramon: Attacks orchestrated by bots of the Kurti's government (N1, KoSSev)
• Lucic: Telekom Srbija as the biggest company in Kosovo bothers Pristina (KiM radio, Tanjug, TV Prva)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese: Caring for our sanctuaries is not an act of hatred but a civilizational duty and a matter of religious freedom (media, social media)
• Djuric after photo with Radoicic: I’m in contact with Serbian representatives, I still like to meet with them (KoSSev)
• Rada Trajkovic: The Serbian and Kosovo secret services trying together to discredit Marko Djuric (KiM radio, Danas, Beta)

International:

• Expanded Institutionalism: North Mitrovica Mayor Erden Atic (Prishtina Insight)
• Photo of Serbia’s Ambassador to the US with Kosovo Serb Kingpin Radoicic Draws Reactions (Prishtina Insight)
• Religious And Social Conservatives In Kosovo Block Controversial IVF Bill (RFE)
• Concerns Grow over AI-Generated Abusive Content among Children (Balkan Insight)
• Secret Trade: Serbia Hides Arms Exports to Israel after Hamas Attack (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• In Sickness, Ethnic Barriers in Kosovo Often Fall (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:
• For six-billion plan, EU conditions Kosovo and Serbia with normalization (Koha)
• Escobar to visit Kosovo this week to discuss dialogue and Serbian Dinar (media)
• State Department: Radoicic is a criminal that needs to be held accountable (RFE)
• Bank branches and ATMs opened for Kosovo Serbs near border crossings (RFE)
• CEC adopts budget to organize voting in north on April 21 (Koha)
• Rohde: Kosovo can’t join CoE without respecting court decisions (media)
• Shea: EU to lift measures against Kosovo as soon as possible (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Two days campaign period for the removal of mayors in the north municipalities (KiM Radio)
• Vucic met US ambassador (N1, Tanjug, RTS)
• Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug, RTS)
• Stano: Implementation of commitments by Belgrade, Pristina a priority (Tanjug)
• Serbia’s Postal Savings Bank opens improvised branches at crossings with Kosovo (KoSSev, N1)
• Telegrafi Editor in chief the opening of the Postal Savings Bank branches at the crossing sees as a "provocation" (KoSSev)
• Jevtic: Serbs in Kosovo expect the international community to prevent a humanitarian crisis (RTS)
• Photo of Ambassador Djuric with Radoicic draws reactions (N1)
• After Bojovic, Maliqi targeted by “sophisticated bot network” (KoSSev)
• An Albanian man shot in Donja Bitinja and left a wreath on a Serb’s house, afterwards, he was arrested (Kosovo Online, KiM radio)
• US estimates: Increased risk for inter-ethnic violence in the Western Balkans (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 08, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: Feminist policies are advancing democracy (RFE)
Kurti congratulates Sweden on becoming 32nd member of NATO (media)
Osmani on Sweden in NATO: Strengthens European peace and security (media)
New UK Ambassador reconfirms support for EU-facilitated dialogue (media)
Elshani on Banjska: We confiscated 55 RPGs, they fired seven or eight (media)
Kosovo “needs a law on the currency” (RFE)
Two premises owned by Zvecan deputy mayor set on fire in north (media)
Awareness-raising campaign for census starts today (Telegrafi)

Serbian Language Media:

Djuric: Kurti causes crisis because he is not faced with adequate consequences (RTV, Tanjug)
Zecevic: International community not ready to pressure Kurti in the right way (RTS)
Filipovic: Cooperation between Serbia and NATO continuously good, important for preservation of peace in Kosovo (Tanjug)
Antonijevic: For membership in Council of Europe, Kosovo needs to meet broader set of standards (Kosovo Online)
German Ambassador: Transition period necessary (N1, BETA)
New Serbian parliament to elect speaker on Monday (Tanjug)
Kosovo police said business premises in Zvecan set on fire (KoSSev)
Vucevic: Belgrade elections should be called as soon as possible (media)

Opinion:

Yugoslavia Pioneered Abortion Rights in Constitution Long Before France (BIRN)

International:

Women in Albanian Textile Sector Pay High Price for Lek’s Rally (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:
• Krasniqi: No space for decisions from Milosevic period In Kosovo (Koha)
• CEC to discuss today verification of signatures for dismissal of mayors (Koha)
• Szunyog: KPC bill to be in line with Venice Commission recommendations (media)
• KFOR examines RPGs found in Banjska: We are securing the area (RTK)
• Nemec: Visa procedures for Kosovo Serbs will be completed in spring (media)
• Konjufca: Lithuania can contribute to Kosovo’s international subjectivity (media)
• Bislimi welcomes new UK ambassador: Kosovo on development trajectory (RTK)
• Elektrosever invites citizens to sign contracts with it (Klan)
Serbian Language Media:
• Education workers in Silovo concerned over CBK’s decision (Kosovo Online, RTV Puls)
• Conflicting opinions on petitions in north: Krasniqi convinced elections will soon be held, Uglanin skeptical (Kosovo Online)
• CEC to discuss verification of signatures to dissolve mayors in northern Kosovo (Radio KIM, media)
• Nemec expects visas for Serbian MIA Coordination Directorate passport holders to be waived by spring (KoSSev)
• KFOR says it is examining grenades found in Banjska, Zvecan (N1, media)
• Vucic: Serbia to chair GPAI (Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 07, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Specialist Chambers conducting operations in Kosovo (media)
• Customs carry out operation against smuggled medical products in north (RFE)
• Central Bank Governor meets Swedish Ambassador to Kosovo (media)
• New UK Ambassador to Kosovo: Can’t wait to get to know you (media)
• Qalaj: 3 policemen that arrested Russian official of UNMIK for barricades in the north are now on Interpol list (Express)
• Mehmetaj: Charges against me came from the ruling party (Albanian Post)
• Sandulovic publishes photo of Jashari children killed in Prekaz in 1998 (media)
• Day when Serb clerics visited church in Studenica, woman told police fence was damaged (Telegrafi)

Serbian Language Media:

• Education workers in Leposavic did not manage to withdraw their salaries (Kosovo Online)
• Fico: I see not a single reason for us to recognize Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese: Our Church objects are still endangered, they need protection (Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM: Instead of de-escalation, Kurti makes new escalatory acts (Tanjug)
• Pharmacies searched in Mitrovica North and Zvecan (Radio KIM, media)
• EU adopts joint position on Growth Plan for WB, stipulates conditions (BETA, N1)
• Brnabic meets with Mitsotakis (Tanjug)
• Brnabic: I am preparing for new role, I will build stronger ties with MEPs (Tanjug)

International:

• Kosovo Police Arrest Serb for Wartime Sexual Violence (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media:
• Kosovo govt expects implementation of decision on Decani Monastery land (RFE)
• Implementation of decision on Decan Monastery land in exchange for CoE membership (RTK)
• Weapons found near Banjska Monastery (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo and Bulgaria have the same democratic orientations (RTK)
• EULEX reacts to SL which said EU should analyze work of the mission (media)
• Leaders: Kosovo needs Malaysia's support for membership in intl organizations (media)
• Abdixhiku mentions Serbia threats, wants recognition from non-recognizers (media)
• Haradinaj meets Belgian ambassador, requests EU and NATO membership (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
• Women dominate in difficult jobs sphere, yet patriarchy still prevails (KoSSev)
• Vucic: We will seek solution to dinar issue until last moment (Kosovo Online)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese: Register land in cadastre and issue cadastre record to Monastery (KoSSev)
• Brnabic attends EPP congress in Bucharest (Tanjug, media)
• Brnabic after meeting Romanian President: We have support of Romania on Kosovo issue, European integration (Tanjug, media)
• Starovic meets with US administration officials in Washington (Tanjug)
• EULEX: We monitor legal cases, including those related to war crimes (Tanjug)
• Vucic says Brnabic to be nominated as parliament speaker (N1)
• Kosovo police said it found five rocket-propelled grenades in Banjska, connected with September events (KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 06, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Leaders’ homage in Prekaz: Jashari family personify highest sacrifice (Telegrafi)
• Cameron mentions Kosovo visit: Investing in countries that need stability (media)
• Martens: If govt doesn’t act, Council of Europe doors remain closed (media)
• Surroi: The Decani Monastery as a turning point (Koha)
• Bajrami: We don’t coordinate with VV on vote for international agreements (media)
• Hoti: Level of capital investments in Mustafa’s government was bigger (media)
• Haradinaj: Kurti must manage relations with allies in a better way (Kanal 10)
• Basic Prosecution in Pristina issues statement on summon for Mehmetaj (media)
• Explosive device thrown at closed store in Ranillug, no injuries (Klan Kosova)
• Stradner warns about “another round” of escalation (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Workers of utility companies in northern Kosovo cannot withdraw their salaries (RTS)
• Novo Brdo residents after CBK’s decision: They want to expel us, what should we live from? (Kosovo Online)
• Economy minister says 60% of FDI from EU (Beta, N1)
• Dragisic: NATO base in Albania can be useful for Serbs in Kosovo (KiM Radio, Danas)
• Stosic: If number of Kosovo Serbs becomes a statistical error, solutions to their problems will not be of essential importance (Kosovo Online)
• Lajcak: Implementation of Basic Agreement blocked by Kosovo; formation of A/CSM inevitable (Kosovo Online, Politika, Tanjug, Euronews Serbia, Nacionale)
• Antonijevic: Appointment of Nemec as EP Rapporteur good news for Serbs from Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Dacic receives new Syrian ambassador to Serbia (Tanjug)

International:

• TikTok Used Across Balkans to ‘Slutshame’ Women and Girls (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:
• USAID Assistant Administrator McKee visits Kosovo (media)
• Osmani: Impunity for crimes encouraged successors of attack in Banjska (Koha)
• Osmani accepts credentials of new UK ambassador, discuss dialogue (media)
• Kusari-Lila: Conversation between Radoicic, Vucic; plan to attack Kosovo (media)
• Palokaj: EU measures won’t be lifted until elections in north announced (KTV)
• Why does Russia demand the arrest of at least three Kosovar policemen? (RFE)
• AJK reacts to Prosecution's call to interview journalist (media)
• CoE report: Tensions in north impacted safety of journalists (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• A month detention the Serb arrested two days ago; Lawyer Delevic: One of the many cases where witnesses suddenly appear (KoSSev)
• UNS and DNKiM: Mayor of Gracanica not to discriminate against the media (Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM Radio)
• Bakoyannis: Non-enforcement of the Visoki Decani Monastery judgment a failure to uphold the rule of law, establishing the A/CSM essential (Kosovo Online)
• Rohde: The ESI supported the settlement of the dispute over the Visoki Decani monastery (Kosovo Online, X)
• The Moldovan delegation visited the Visoki Decani monastery (Tanjug)