UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 15, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Osmani, Kurti welcome Albania’s President Bajram Begaj (media)
• Osmani: All preparations are being made to implement institutions’ decisions on Brussels agreements (Telegrafi)
• Citaku: Power cuts in August, we can imagine what will happen in winter (Telegrafi)
• Tahiri: If we tolerate 2-hrs cuts now, we’ll have to tolerate 12-hrs cuts in winter! (media)
• Hoti: Power cuts are being reintroduced to cover up mismanagement (Indeksonline)
• PDK: Winter is coming, both with cuts and high tariffs (media)
• “Strike in educational system until law on wages is finalised” (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic: I am going to Brussels to try to maintain peace (Tanjug)
• Brnabic on Twitter reacted to EEAS statement (media)
• Office for KiM on EEAS statement (media)
• Kosovo Internal Affairs Minister says Serbs are citizens with equal rights (N1, KoSSev)
• Kommersant: Russia asking Serbia to decide (Beta, N1)
Opinion:
• Kosovo and electricity – authorities warn, citizens worried (N1, KoSSev)
International:
• Kosovo seeks western help to boost Nato and EU ambitions (Financial Time)
• Falling Stars: Europe’s Champions in Balkans Burn Out Fast (BIRN)
• Thousands March in Belgrade to Protest Against Euro Pride (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 15, 2022
• EU calls on Kosovo and Serbia to immediately end inflammatory rhetoric (RFE)
• Power cuts from Monday in Kosovo (media)
• LDK leader predicts most difficult winter ever; slams government (media)
• Newly elect President of Albania to visit Kosovo today (media)
• Swiss TV: Informer that revealed plan to kill Marty was born in Kosovo (media)
• Against bleak global backdrop, Kosovo’s Dokufest ponders ‘How to Survive’ (BIRN)
• Youth Day feels bittersweet to Balkans’ frustrated youngsters (BIRN)
• Palokaj: A major shift of the workforce from Balkans toward EU (Koha)
• “Kosovo must deliver on municipal association if it wants normalisation” (BIRN)
• Kosovo women seek end to ‘period poverty (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 393 new cases (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 12, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
Kurti: When Serbia talks about killing and violence, it talks about itself not Kosovo (RFE)
Kurti: We stand unwavering, but agreement depends on Serbian side (Koha)
KFOR: We are talking with security representatives of Kosovo and Serbia (Klan)
Kurti to meet NATO SG, one day prior to meeting Vucic (Nacionale/Klan Kosova)
“We don’t want instability; Serbia shouldn’t encourage criminal groups” (Kosovapress)
Will police confiscate the trucks that blocked the roads in the north? (Nacionale)
Murati: Redefinition of borders with Serbia will return; there’s no other option (media)
860 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Mihajlovic: Negotiations with Pristina are getting more difficult because Kurti wants to end the dialogue (Kosovo Online)
Serbian Army Commander visits the bases in Ground Safety Zone (RTV RS)
Serbian Mayors from Kosovo warn that position of Serbs is becoming more difficult (Politika)
Rakic: We are not shying away from the possibility of forming Association/Community of Serbian Municipalities (A/CSM) ourselves (Kosovo Online)
“North of Kosovo is de facto a grey zone, Pristina wants to present reciprocal measures as being in service of fight against crime” (Danas)
International:
Serbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling (The New York Times)
NATO informs the public that SG Stoltenberg will meet with Vucic and Kurti on August 17 (nato.int)
Besides Red Carpets, Sarajevo Film Festival Confronts Traumatic Past (BIRN)
Opinion
Activists in Kosovo and Serbia Can Still Find Common Ground (Prishtina Insight)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 12, 2022
President Osmani hosted U.S. Ambassador Hovenier (RTK)
German emissary for Western Balkans, meets with the U.S. counterpart (RTK)
EU does not impose a solution for Kosovo and Serbia (media)
Hill: Greater opportunity for progress in dialogue than conflict (RTK)
PDK’s Hoxhaj: Kurti has no principles in dialogue (Nacionale)
Rakic, mayors of northern municipalities meet COMKFOR (Klan Kosova)
Kastrati: An attack on Kosovo would be suicidal for Serbia (Klan Kosova)
Youngsters in Gjakova urge youth not to quit Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
Kosovo capital hosts European nomadic biennale Manifesta (BIRN)
Sunny Hill Festival-Goers Say ‘Europe, Set us Free’ (Prishtina Insight)
Govt promotes employment of people with disabilities (Albanian Daily News)
Kosovo, Germany ink WWII graves accord (Expatica.com)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 11, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
Kurti: Disinformation led to barricades, violation of free movement in the north (media)
EU comments on possible joint statement on missing persons (Telegrafi)
PDK deputy leader Vlora Citaku interview for Ekonomia Online
780 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic: Pristina wants to attack north Kosovo, execution of Serbs being prepared (RTS)
Serbian Ministry of Culture: Çeku is diverting attention, Serbian cultural heritage is under constant threat (Kosovo Online)
“Kurti’s synchronized campaign against Serbs and Belgrade underway” (KosovoOnline)
Christopher Hill: There is a bigger possibility for progress in the talks than for the conflict on September 1 in Kosovo (euronews.rs)
Greece is not changing its position and will not recognize Kosovo-excerpt (B92)
Monks of Visoki Decani Monastery: Serbs live under the discriminatory rule of Kosovo Albanians (Radio Kontakt Plus)
International:
DokuFest Brings Kosovo and Serbia Youngsters Closer Together (BIRN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 11, 2022
• Kosovo PM says tensions with Serbs in north could escalate (Reuters)
• Osmani: EU to be more vocal against Serbia’s destabilizing tendencies (media)
• Kurti, Vucic expected to sign joint statement on missing persons (media)
• Kosovo minister says Belgrade backing criminals (N1)
• COMKFOR meets commander of NATO, discuss security in Kosovo (RTK)
• Haradinaj presents three options how to reach Kosovo-Serbia agreement (RTK)
• Kosovo: a cap gun on the wall, a mine in the drawer (TVP World)
• Kosovo allocates 40 million Euros for Serbs’ unpaid electricity (BIRN)
• Muslims in Kosovo demand that headscarf be allowed in schools (euronews.al)
• NATO evaluating proposal for naval base in Durres (Albanian Daily News)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 10, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 10, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti asks Serbs to get Kosovo licence plates; ‘not fall prey to misinformation’ (media)
• Minister of Economy calls for energy savings; “an extraordinary winter ahead” (Koha)
• Kosovo government pays €40 million for energy in the north (media)
• Local Government Minister: There can be no monoethnic associations (Nacionale)
• What should we expect, when we are expecting … the Association? (Albanian Post)
• Lushtaku comments on Kurti’s remarks about “threat from Serbia” (Indeksonline)
• 1,197 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• What is on agenda ahead of the meeting between Vucic and Kurti in Brussels? (RTS)
• Vucic: Serbia’s natural gas reserves at historic maximum (N1)
• Stoltenberg: Close partnership between NATO and Serbia (N1)
• Andjelkovic: It is time for Serbia to establish provincial administration and civil protection in KiM (Kosovo Online)
• Shop owners in Velika Hoca stage protest (Radio KIM)
• Selakovic meets with Costa Rican counterpart (Tanjug)
International:
• BIRN Fact-Check: Kosovo Sanctions on Russia – Serious or Symbolic? (BIRN)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Kosovo with 25 percent more tourists compared to last year (Kosovapress)
• Serbian farmers stage protests (N1)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 10, 2022
NATO’s Stoltenberg repeats: Ready for intervention if stability is threatened (Klan)
Joseph: Leaders in Kosovo and Serbia should refrain from tense rhetoric (Klan)
EU: Energy agreement roadmap stalling due to “technical aspects” (Kallxo)
Decision on increased energy tariffs in two weeks (Koha)
PDK’s Tahiri: We will oppose any effort to increase energy tariffs (RTK)
Kosovo’s Central Bank is a Sleeping Giant that Needs a Poke (Prishtina Insight)
U.S. Ambassador Hovenier visits Shterpce (media)
Albania and Kosovo Poorest Countries in Region (Exit)
Face paint, folklore transform Chicago bride for traditional wedding in Kosovo (Reuters)
Belgrade Media Report 9 August 2022
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 9 August 2022
LOCAL PRESS
• Petkovic: Kurti demonstrating he wants war, not agreement (Tanjug/RTV)
• Intensification of cooperation with EU in field of innovation, high technologies (Tanjug)
• Djilas: Regime working on weakening the opposition (Direktno/FoNet)
• BIRN: Blacklisted arms dealer exporting Serbian ammo to US (N1)
• Biggest opposition ticket spends under a million Euro on campaign (Nova)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Arnautovic: Verification process of candidate lists is done (FTV)
• Komsic: Stances of Israeli Embassy contradictory and they need explanation (N1)
• Niksic on Israeli Embassy statement: It is necessary to send note of protest and schedule meetings with senior Israeli officials (Dnevni avaz)
• Other B&H politicians comment on stances of Embassy of Israel (Hayat)
• Finci on support of Israel to Croat parties’ proposal of election changes: Pro-Bosnian diplomacy demonstrated inefficiency in this case (Hayat)
• Israeli Foreign Ministry department for Balkans thanks Dodik for his support and condemnation of terrorist attacks of ‘Islamic Jihad’ group (RTRS)
• HR Schmidt sends letter to President and Vice Presidents of FB&H, calls for appointment of judges at FB&H CC (Hayat)
• Dunovic: Cavara is blocking appointment of judges and functioning of the FB&H (Hayat)
• EUFOR Mission to B&H announces deployment of German military contingent to B&H on phased basis (BHT1/Nezavisne)
• Kalabukhov pens op-ed underlining ‘centuries- long’ friendly relations between B&H and Russia (Oslobodjenje)
Croatia
• Western sanctions won’t harm Russia, but harmed Croatia, says President (Hina)
• Kovac: West must impose changes to Election Law in B&H (Vecernji list)
• Cavara says Schmidt is on vacation so he does not know who wrote letter, argues Schmidt only cares about SDA’s demands (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Zivkovic: Abazovic’s government should and must fall (CdM)
• Jokovic: DPS and Democrats agreed to overthrow thegGovernment (RTCG)
• Djurovic: The fall of the government would mean a return to the old ways and another decade of idleness with very negative economic consequences (CdM)
• Bogavac: Democrats will vote to overthrow the government and thus annul the Fundamental Agreement and prevent Montenegro from entering the Open Balkans (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Nikoloski: Government to accept elections and make sure that the poll with a double advantage of VMRO-DPMNE is correct (Republika)
Albania
• The first ship with grain from Ukraine to Albania, with 6 thousand tons of wheat is sailing towards the port of Durres (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 9, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 9, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• PM Kurti meets Quint ambassadors and EU Head of Mission (media)
• Interior Ministry publishes FAQs for registration of vehicles with RKS plates (media)
• Whose trucks were used for the barricades in the north of Kosovo? (Radio Free Europe)
• Two deaths and 952 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)
• Montenegrin Minister: Abazovic-led government will be ousted on August 19 (Nacionale)
Serbian Language Media:
Petkovic: Kurti demonstrating he wants war, not agreement (Tanjug)
Petkovic meets family of Nikola Nedeljkovic arrested on June 28, at Gazimestan (Kosovo Online)
Two shops in Velika Hoca burglarized (Kosovo Online)
International:
• Who Is Daria Aslamova, The Russian Journalist Expelled From Kosovo? (RFE)
• A Range of Digital Rights Violations Disrupts the Region (BIRN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 9, 2022
• PM Kurti for RFE: Situation in north could have escalated into armed conflict
• Kosovo opposition reacts to Kurti’s mention of war (media)
• Petkovic: Kurti’s latest statements show he wants war not dialogue (media)
• Kurti meets KFOR commander, discuss security in Kosovo (media)
• Kusari-Lila: We will resist Association as we have done so far (media)
• How Russia’s Ukraine war is stoking tension in Kosovo (The Washington Post)
• Europe keeps a wary eye on Kosovo, Serbia (politico.eu)
• Bislimi meets Ambassador Ziv, talk about deepening relations (media)
• Grenell has telephone conversation with Thaci (media)
• Two deaths and 331 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)
Belgrade Media Report 8 August 2022
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 8 August 2022
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Serbia cherishes remembrance of its victims (RTS)
• US strongly supports Belgrade-Pristina dialogue with EU mediation (Tanjug/RTS)
• Serbia committed to stronger cooperation with Colombia (Politika/Tanjug)
• Selakovic: Principled position of Paraguay, Brasil and Salvador regarding Kosovo and Metohija (RTV/Tanjug)
• Selakovic attends inauguration of Colombian President (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: Serbs want ZSO, not documents of false state of Kosovo (Tanjug/RTV)
• Petkovic: I hope Pristina will take following dialogue seriously (RTS)
• Brnabic: SNS consultations on PM designate, government to begin on Monday (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
• Escobar: Talks on formation of Community of Serb Municipalities must begin (Tanjug)
• Mojsilovic visits Mrce Base in Ground Safety Zone (RTS)
• People’s Party requests extraordinary parliament session on Kosovo (FoNet)
• Russian journalist detained in Kosovo for espionage released from custody (N1)
• Detention of Russian journalist Aslamova in Kosovo and Metohija is a provocation (Sputnik/Tanjug/RTV)
• Shots fired towards Zubin Potok (N1/KoSSev)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Escobar briefs press about relations between Kosovo and Serbia; Escobar says US will support B&H government formed after free elections; Escobar says US supports OHR and changes to Election Law imposed by Schmidt (AJB)
• Six US senators suggest adoption of law to enable NATO to deploy military mission to B&H in case Russia blocks extension of EUFOR’s mandate in November this year (O Kanal)
• Dodik: Initiative of US senators to ensure that NATO deploys military mission in B&H is occupation and unnecessary escalation of tensions (ATV)
• 2022 General Elections (BHT1/Oslobodjenje)
• Kristo meets Plenkovic, general elections in B&H was one of special topics of the meeting (Dnevni list)
• Covic congratulates Oluja anniversary (Dnevni avaz)
Croatia
• Croatia marks Day of Victory and Patriotic Gratitude, Day of Croatian Veterans and 27th anniversary of Operation Oluja (HRT1)
• Prime Minister and President dismiss Serbian insults after 5 August celebrations (HRT1)
• Izetbegovic: We will not succumb before pressures and blackmails (Jutarnji list)
• Noah Gal Gendler: State of Israel supports proposals of Croat side regarding electoral legislation changes (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Agreement with the Church of Serbia legally void, says Vujanovic (Gradska RTV)
• EU Delegation in Montenegro: Every act of broad public interest should be the subject of adequate consultations (Antena M/Pobjeda)
• Nikolic: Government has to fall in order to unblock EU integration process (RTCG)
• Montenegro supported the new package of EU sanctions against Russia (RTCG)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Escobar: North Macedonians are Europeans, historically they are Europeans, culturally they are Europeans (MIA)
• Work for citizens of countries of Open Balkans without visas and work permits (MIA)
• IPSOS poll: VMRO-DPMNE will win early elections by a margin of nearly 200 thousand votes compared to SDSM (Republika)
Albania
• Begaj meets China’s Ambassador to Albania Zhou Ding, exchanging views on Chinese-Albanian relations and bilateral cooperation in various fields (Radio Tirana)
• EU Ambassador in Tirana: Albania has started a new chapter towards the EU! The opening of negotiations offers great opportunities (Radio Tirana)
• Analyst Richard Kremer: Albania and North Macedonia part of the European family in 2030 (Radio Tirana)
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