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)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 30, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Official confirmation: Visa liberalisation on EU agenda on Oct 13 (Koha) • Decision on strike suspension will be made today, announced on Saturday (Koha) • UNICEF expresses concern over delayed start of the school year (media) • Parents Council: If classes don’t start on Oct 3, mass deregistration (Indeksonline) • Kurti: Kosovo and Germany have special friendship (media) • Osmani receives credentials of new French Ambassador Guerot (media) • Osmani meets FIFA President Gianni Infantino (media) • Haxhiu: Info that cameras in Dehari case were taken by order of former minister (Kallxo) • LDK leader: Government is strangling businesses, failing to support them (Koha) • Mustafi wants Presevo Valley to be included in Kosovo-Serbia agreement (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Serbia to remain on European path, as independent and sovereign state (N1) • Vucic, Sarrazin discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, situation in region (Tanjug) • Bo: Serbia, China example of mutual respect, cooperation (Tanjug) • RFE: The EU's latest package of sanctions foresees an exemption for the Western Balkans (Kontakt plus radio, Danas) • The Management Team, the only one responsible for drafting the ZSO statute, completed the work in August 2018 (Kosovo Online) • Vulin: Serbia is not a reserve, we make our own decisions (N1) • Gracanica Mayor statement on the municipality decision to exchange land (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • A text the author will never read – on the mad race between the government and the unions over the teachers’ strike (KoSSev) International: • Coffee Festival Helps Bridge Divide in City of Mitrovica (Prishtina Insight) • Serbia’s Minorities Hope for Better Results in 2022 Census (BIRN) • Montenegro Launches Probe Into Suspected Russian Spies (BIRN) • North Macedonia Opposition Stalls ‘Open Balkan’ Free Flow of Workers (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • PriFilm Fest’s Controversial Prizes Spark Gender Debate (Prishtina Insight) • Serbian Government allows some higher food prices (N1) • Former SFRY New York mansion sold for $50 million (N1)

• Kurti thanks Lipavsky for Czech Republic’s visa liberalisation support (RTK) • Von Cramon: France, Netherlands will not block visa liberalisation (T7) • Osmani to attend inaugural meeting of European Political Community (media) • Osmani meets Abbott and Knox, discuss political developments (RTK) • Kurti calls on Serbs to register Kosovo license plates, gives Incentive (Exit) • Lajcak meets Chancellor Scholz's advisor, discuss next steps in dialogue (Koha) • SBASHK to announce vote results on strike suspension during weekend (Koha) • Abdixhiku accuses government of arrogance and undemocratic behavior (media) • Albania and Russia clash over Kosovo, PM welcomes fleeing Russians (Exit) • How One Gesture Curbed Ethnic Discrimination (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Czech Foreign Minister: I have high expectations for visa liberalisation (media) • Osmani: Crucial for visa liberalisation to conclude during Czech EU Presidency (media) • FES: It’s not true EU engaged us to draft Association statute (Albanian Post) • Assembly lacks quorum to extend energy emergency measures (media) • Central Bank Governor refuses invitation to summit because of footnote (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • USA: Serbia's agreement with Russia surprising and a step in the wrong direction (VoA) • Vucic and Hill on the details of cooperation between Serbia and the USA (Kosovo Online) • Djuric met Escobar (Tanjug) • Bilcik in Belgrade today, tomorrow with Vucic (Politika, Tanjug) • Dendias talked to Lajcak, Borrell (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Serbia, China maintains steely friendship (Tanjug) • Ziadeh with Von Cramon in Brussels on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Kosovo Online) • EP to request suspension of EU accession negotiations with Serbia (FoNet, N1) • Ruling party ally calls for referendum on Russia sanctions (Danas, N1) • Tadic: Vucic's disastrous failure at the UN regarding Kosovo's membership (KiM radio, N1, NIN, Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Tadic hurt by the successes of the Serbian government (Kosovo Online) • Zubin Potok: A lawyer was hired because of the usurpation of land owned by Serbs (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Gracanica municipality exchanges 17 hectares of municipal land for 18 acres of private land (medijacentar.info, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev, KiM radio, N1) Opinion: • Croatia’s Ethnic Homogenisation Continues as Serb Minority Dwindles (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Belgrade's Russian Émigrés Grapple With New Lives In Serbia, The Ukraine War, And What Comes Next (RFE) • Opening a window on audiovisual archives in the Western Balkans (tech.ebu.ch)

• Czech Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo today (media) • Kosovo Foreign Minister: EU has no reason to deny visa liberalisation (VoA) • Deputy Minister of Education believes classes will start on Oct 3 (RTK) • Rohde: Kosovo and Serbia will have to make difficult decisions (Radio Kosova) • Two foreign organisations drafting Association statute, Novosti reports (Koha) • Lajcak and von Cramon discuss state of play in EU-facilitated dialogue (media) • Chollet and Peach meet, “elevating focus of Serbia-Kosovo dialogue” (media) • Albanian politicians see jailed Kosovo leaders in Hague (The Washington Post) • Vucic: International pressure to recognize Kosovo (Albanian Daily News) • North Macedonia opposition against Open Balkan, blocks laws (RFE)

Albanian Language Media: • SBASHK: Let’s suspend strike until January, classes to start on Oct 3 (Express) • SBASHK: Strike may be suspended temporarily but not stopped (Koha) • Maragos: EU willing to continue support for Kosovo (RTK) • German MP: Kosovo has deserved visa liberalisation for long now (Telegrafi) • Vetevendosje MP denies reports he has decided to leave the party (EO) • Serious violations suspected in Dehari case; Ministry suspends chief inspector (media) • Police arrest seven people in anti-drug operation in Dukagjin region (Klan Kosova) • Police arrest Russian national at Kulla crossing, had undeclared money (Express) • Haradinaj recalls meeting with former U.S. Secretary of Defence (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic’s public address on all key issues on October 8 (Tanjug, media) • Selakovic on Kosovo’s application to the CoE, Consultation plan signed with Lavrov, Vucic’s meetings (NMagazin, Beta, Kosovo Online, TV Happy) • Russian Embassy: Hill’s statement is inappropriate (N1, FoNet) • Djilas to US officials: Serbia must align its foreign policy with EU (N1) • Drecun: Pristina is trying to destabilize the situation in every way (RTS, Kosovo Online) • Today is the International Day of Bosniaks (KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • Deputy PM: 700,000 citizens left North Macedonia in eight years (Beta, N1) International: • EBRD affirms Kosovo's 2022 economic growth f'cast at 4% (SeeNews) • ‘This is a War’: Albania Struggles to Keep Lid on Hacked Data (BIRN) • Two coal plants in Western Balkans go offline due to malfunctions (balkangreenenergynews.com)

• Osmani: Hopes should not be raised high for visa liberalisation (media) • Czech EU Presidency to discuss free visa for Kosovo (Euractiv) • Hopes raised; no new requirements for visa liberalisation (Lajmi) • Osmani meets Under Secretary General of United Nations DiCarlo (media) • Osmani: Returning to Kosovo, fully confident Kosovo is on right path (media) • Konjufca to meet Vassilis Maragos today in Prishtina (media) • Rohde: No threat of war between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Kosovo does not approve Petkovic visit; Foreign Ministry tells reasons (media)· • Italian KFOR removes Serbian flag near Ibar Bridge (media) • Citaku: Schools remain closed; Kurti wants to make Kosovo unlivable (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 27, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Prime Minister Kurti’s interview with Republik (media) • Ternava: We support the teachers’ demands, but strike must end today (Klan) • KFOR says KSF did not ask to go north; did Rakic and Petkovic lie? (Express) • Carpenter: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, slow but steady progress (Telegrafi) • U.S. Embassy: Russia-Serbia agreement, a wrong step! (Indeksonline) • The Union of Education gives signs that the strike in education could end! (Gazeta Blic) • Abdixhiku slams Kurti for Japan visit when education sector on strike (media) • Osmani calls on Iranian women not to give up on their rights (Koha) • International partners promise continued support for KSF (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Mayor Vulovic: "The situation in Zubin Potok still tense" (Blic, Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever) • KFOR, Mehaj on KSF in northern Kosovo (KoSSev) • Petkovic: EU to condemn Kurti’s war threats (Kosovo Online) • Selakovic: Croatia has stepped beyond framework of EU policy (Tanjug) • Kurti congratulated the European Day of Languages; The experience of Serbs from Kosovo bitter, they say - he brags about other people's results (KoSSev) • Petkovic banned from visiting Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • The Socialists and Democrats MEPs: No accession talks if Serbia doesn’t align with sanctions on Russia (N1, media) • Media published document signed by Lavrov and Selakovic – An ordinary plan of meetings, without those at highest level (Danas) • Hill: I saw the Serbia-Russia Consultation Plan (FoNet, N1) International: • Ned Price: We Desire To Be A Partner To The Countries Of The Western Balkans (thepavlovictoday.com) • Serbia Rules Out Recognizing Russian Referendum in Occupied Ukraine (Balkan Insight) • Slim chance for Serbia’s progress towards the EU by the end of the year, relationship with Russia remains the biggest problem (EWB) • Junior Ruling Party Turmoil Could Shake North Macedonia Govt (BIRN)

• President Osmani interview with the Voice of America • Defence Ministry refutes Serbian media reports about KSF in north (media) • Jasharaj: Strikers are united despite attempts to divide us (Ekonomia Online) • Kurti travels to Japan to attend funeral of former PM Shinzo Abe (media) • Osmani meets Albanian diaspora in US, “immense support for Kosovo” (media) • Ex-Minister for European Integration: Visas could be lifted on Oct 13 (Klan) • “New agenda expected in talks between Prishtina and Belgrade” (Express) • Kurti: Kosovo a multilingual society, value of our country (RTK) • Berisha: Rama is acting like Belgrade’s lawyer (Euronews Albania) • Kanal 10 Director Arben Ahmeti arrested for domestic violence (media)