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)

• Kurti: Dialogue, institutions have no alternative (media)
• KFOR: Monitoring situation, differences to be addressed via dialogue (media)
• Hill: Serbs to return to institutions, Kosovo to respect its obligations (media)
• U.S.: Form Association and postpone licence plates measures (Koha)
• President’s statement on withdrawal of Serbs from institutions (media)
• Borrell speaks to Kurti and Vucic, “refrain from unilateral actions” (media)
• Kurti: No alternative to dialogue and institutions (media)
• President’s chief of staff comments on developments in north (media)
• Kurti: Belgrade incited, intimidated Serbs into abandoning institutions (media)
• Interior Minister Svecla visited Brnjak and police station in Jasenovik (RTK)
• Mehaj: Threat to Serb community are groups directed by Belgrade (Koha)
• Serbs stage mass resignation from Kosovo state institutions (BIRN)
• Serbs rally in North Mitrovica a day after Serbs quit Kosovo government (RFE)
• Police officers in north already replaced by others from Kosovo cities (AP)
• New resignations of Serb policemen (RTK)
• Property of Serb police officer in Leposavic set on fire (RFE)
• Tajani talks to Kurti and Vucic, calls for restraint (RTK)
• Lajcak agrees with NATO Deputy Secretary Geoana (RTK)
• Serb members of EULEX's security resign (Kossev, Koha)
• Ethnic tensions flare again in northern Kosovo (politico.eu)
• Kosovo Serbs gather in latest protest after quitting institutions (euronews.com)
• Vucic hopes KFOR, EULEX to carry out police work in north (RFE, media)
• Begaj phone conversation with Osmani, discuss developments in north (RTK)
• Albanian Foreign Minister: Time when dialogue needed more than ever (media)
• Dodik: Ready to help Serb people in Kosovo (Sarajevo Times)
• War crime case against Kosovo’s Thaci moves closer to trial (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: I’ve asked Borrell to condemn burning of vehicles in north (Klan)
• Kurti about the drones: I cannot comment on what happens in Serbia’s territory (Klan)
• Borell: Let's avoid Russia's intervention in the affairs of the Western Balkans (media)
• Government statement on travelling without visas between Kosovo and Bosnia (Zeri)
• Weber about French-German plan: You can't get anywhere without recognition (Koha)
• MEP: Dialogue is between Kosovo and Serbia and not Pristina and Belgrade (Paparaci)
• Abazi: Serbian List and structures created by Belgrade, political and blackmailing instruments against the stability and security of Kosovo (Indeksonline)
• Abazi: Government should be more flexible on the licence plate issue (Albanian Post)
• Head of IMF mission for Kosovo: 2 to 3 percent economic growth this year (Nacionale)
• Protest in Gjakova, support for woman who was mistreated in nursing home (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic talked with Serbs from Kosovo all night, government meeting tomorrow, Vucic to meet the Synod of the SOC; Petkovic to address media today (media)
• Petkovic: Suspension of Djuric beginning of an end to Brussels agreement (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic to meet Lajcak in Belgrade today (Tanjug)
• Dacic: We must continue de-recognition campaign, no solution for Kosovo without verification in UN (KoSSev)
• Brnabic: We will respond to French-German plan with non-paper (Tanjug)
• Covic: German-French proposal has nothing that Serbia could accept (Kosovo Online)
• How serious are the warnings of the Serbian List that they will leave Kosovo's institutions (Danas)
• Rosic, Spasojevic, Basara no longer under house arrest (KoSSev)
• Former KFOR commander Kajari: I tried to convince Pristina not to send special police to the north (balkansec.net, media)
• Kosovo police issued arrest warrants for six Serbs over alleged war crimes (RTS)
• NUNS: Serbian List to stop discriminating against independent media (Radio KIM)
• Giaufret: EU demonstrating it wants to stand by Serbia in good and bad times (RTS, N1)

International:

• Police Chief In Northern Kosovo Suspended Over Alleged Refusal To Implement License Plate Conversion Rule (RFE)
• Serbia agrees 2.45 bln euro standby deal with IMF (seenews.com)

Humanitarian/Development:

• CEFTA at the Western Balkans Summit: Four agreements await adoption (RTS)
• Europe could be hit by similar protests against lithium as Serbia (balkangreenenergynews.com)

• Osmani: Agreements to contribute to strengthening regional cooperation (media)
• Kurti: I won’t sign any agreement that violates Kosovo integrity (media)
• Konjufca: Serbia, threatening security in the region (media)
• Bosnia, Kosovo take down last visa “wall” in Balkans (BIRN)
• Lajcak praises Berlin Process Summit (RTK)
• Next Berlin Process Summit in Tirana in December (Albanian Daily News)
• Kosovo Police director in the north suspended, Serbia reacts (RFE)
• Rakic will call on Serbs to withdraw from Kosovo institutions in north (media)
• Vucic: Serbia will ‘play naïve’ on who sent downed drone (BIRN)
• Despite best efforts, Kosovo’s trade ties with Serbia hard to supplant (BIRN)
• Nurses’ assault of elderly woman in care centre horrifies Kosovo (BIRN)
• Nurses that assaulted elderly woman placed in one-month detention (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Western Balkan countries sign the three agreements at the Berlin Summit (Ekonomia)
• Scholz: War in Ukraine is a danger for Balkans, conflicts must be overcome (Express)
• Kurti meets Lajcak and Borrell: Decision on license plates, determination for the rule of law (Koha)
• Borell: Setting cars on fire in the north is unacceptable (RTK)
• Scholz: Process of normalising Kosovo-Serbia relations must be accelerated (media)
• Kurti on Vucic’s absence at Berlin Summit: I did not miss him (Telegrafi)
• Osmani: Agreements reached in Berlin contribute to regional cooperation (Koha)
• Kurti at the energy session: Russia's cheap gas, costly for Europe's security (Koha)
• Gervalla: The agreements must be implemented, including Serbia (RTK)
• Von Cramon: The EU failed in the case of Kosovo (Koha)
• IPK recommends suspension of the police director in the north (Kallxo)
• Tahiri: No place for Vucic in a summit for peace and stability (media)
• Shots fired at police station for border monitoring in Jasenovik (Telegrafi)
• Clark, Walker and Kouchner to testify in Thaci’s favor at Specialist Chambers (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brnabic: Borrell and Lajcak for neutral licence plates, but they say they can't do anything (RTS)
• Vucic: We are not in conflict with anyone, but we cannot allow someone to spy on our army (Beta, media)
• Scholz: It is time to overcome internal conflicts in the Western Balkans (Beta, Danas, N1)
• Borrell met Kurti on the sidelines of the Berlin Process Summit: Agreements on dialogue must be respected (euronews.rs, media)
• Djuric confirms police of region north will not issue reprimands (KoSSev)
• Petkovic: Creation of new tensions (Radio KIM)
• Dacic: Belgrade can’t let go of Moscow’s hand (N1)
• Lavrov congratulates Dacic, says Russia ready to continue cooperation (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian military downs drone near barracks (N1)
• Sarazzin: Acceptance of Franco-German proposal up to Pristina, Belgrade (N1)
• Pristina prosecution raises indictment for war crimes against D.A. (Radio KIM, KoSSev, RTS)
• Council of EU to call on Serbia to align with bloc's foreign policy (Tanjug)
• Trajkovic: I endure threats ever since I spoke about Ivanovic’s murder (Radio KIM, Nova, N1)

Opinion:

• Wrong to think that re-registration is unsuccessful only because of intimidation, says Andric Rakic (Danas)
• Radakovic: Decision of police officers in North was completely legitimate (Radio Mitrovica sever)

International:

• Western Balkans Youth Forum 2022: Young people have potential for solving the crisis of today (EWB)
• UN extends EU peacekeeping force’s mandate in Bosnia (BIRN)

• Berlin Summit begins today, three agreements expected to be signed (Koha)
• Agreement to remain silent about the plan, source says (RTK)
• Kosovo Police in the north refuses to issue reprimand letters (RFE)
• Svecla: Members of Serbian BIA and Russian GRU in the north (media)
• Serbia says drones enter its airspace from Kosovo amid rise in tensions (Reuters)
• LDK leader calls on government to cooperate closely with U.S. and allies (Klan)
• Franz welcomes decision for official use of Roma language in Prizren (media)
• Courts ignore aggravating circumstances when journalists are attacked (BIRN)
• “Withdrawing funds from Pension Trust would further fuel inflation” (RFE)
• Political leaders condemn mistreatment of elderly woman in a care home (media)
• Albania PM accuses media of ‘Blackmail’ with negative coverage (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 2, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• U.S. condemns burning property; calls for full extension for plates (media)
• KFOR refutes Serbia’s claims about drones from Kosovo: No evidence! (Indeksonline)
• Rohde: More common sense needed on issue of licence plates (media)
• Serbia continues provocations; sends heavy artillery to Kosovo border (Indeksonline)
• Vehicle with RKS plates belonging to a Serb set on fire in Zubin Potok (Lajmi)
• Jamie Shea comments on Vucic’s objectives with army mobilisation (Albanian Post)
• Germany confirms: EU-Western Balkans summit to be held on December 6 (RTK)
• Berlin Process and Open Balkan as two parallel initiatives for a final goal (Albanian Post)
• “Relations with Serbia determine Kosovo’s European future” (Dukagjini)
• European MP: Kosovo now has a key role for peace in Europe (Klan Kosova)
• Memli Krasniqi for an official visit to Washington and Brussels next week (Telegrafi)

Serbian Language Media:

• KFOR: At the moment, no evidence of drones flying over from Kosovo to Serbia (KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Vucevic to RTS: Drones were coming from several directions to central Serbia, MiGs-29 were not raised because of them (media)
• Aleksic: Agreed transfer of authorities to Pristina, Vucic presents as ‘snatching’ (N1)
• Balkan leaders off to Berlin: Serbia to choose between EU and Russia (FoNet, N1)
• Dacic meets Chen Bo: Gratitude to China for support on Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online)
• Orlic to Ambassador Tolkach: We thank Ukraine for its support on Kosovo issue (N1)
• Orlic: We appreciate principled stance of Russia on Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Trajkovic: I’m being threatened for testifying in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (KoSSev)
• Bislimi: Licence plates can no longer be part of the dialog (RFE, media)
• KP in north to also issue reprimands (KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• Ambassador Koshar: We are not guided by the logic of blackmail in our relations with Belgrade (Tanjug, media)

Opinion:

• Expert says Belgrade has advantage over Pristina (N1)

International:

• Serbia, Kosovo, Trade Accusations Over Mystery Drones (BIRN)
• Berlin Process 2022: Western Balkans week in Berlin (EWB)
• Relations between Serbia and Kosovo should be normalized (EWB)

• Western Balkans leaders to sign deals on closer integration in Berlin (Reuters)
• Number-plate crackdown raises tensions in Kosovo (BBC)
• Serbia sends troops to Kosovo border as NATO could face conflict (Newsweek)
• Tension brews anew between Kosovo, Serbia over car plates (AP)
• KFOR ready to intervene if stability comes under threat (Nacionale)
• “Kurti sent proposals to Scholz and Macron on agreement with Serbia” (RFE)
• Mehaj refutes Vucic’s remarks about drones: Fabrication to instill fear (media)
• UK MPs promise support for Kosovo membership in intl institutions (Koha)
• Haziri: Early elections, even if agreement reached with Serbia (media)
• Tadic calls for protection for Rada Trajkovic (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak to participate at the Berlin Process summit (RTK)
• Latest poll: Abdixhiku’s LDK continues to rise, Vetevendosje declines (Nacionale)
• Rizvanolli: Can’t rule out energy price increase after temperatures drop (Kosovapress)
• Caplan: Kurti is within his rights, but he should consider how dangerous the license plate decision is (Albanian Post)
• MPs and Swiss ambassador talk about continuation of Swiss KFOR mandate (Koha)
• Maliqi: Kosovo in danger of losing in peace what it gained in war (Express)
• Over 125,000 Albanians registered in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja (Klan Kosova)

Serbian Language Media:

• Radojevic: Serbs will not change stance on re-registration (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Hill: Licence plates dispute will not resolve crucial issues (KoSSev, RTS)
• COM KFOR visits Visoki Decani Monastery (Kosovo Online)
• Odalovic: US offered “honourable way out” to Pristina, Kurti ignored it (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic: We will not invite the Serbs to accept licence plates with 'Republic of Kosovo' markings (NMagazin, Beta)
• Vucevic: Army in state of alert because of Kosovo, combat readiness level raised (N1)
• Malikovic: Usurped property and bureaucracy are the main problems of the Serbian community in Istok (KoSSev, Radio Gorazdevac, KiM radio)
• Kosovo police start handing out warnings over licence plates (N1)
• Vucic meets IMF delegation (Tanjug)
• Office for KiM: KLA inscription on a family house in Suvi Do (RTS, KiM radio)
• Rada Trajkovic says she “de facto lives under house arrest”, Serbian and Albanian stakeholders cooperate in her persecution (Radio KIM)

Opinion:

• Full Euroization of Kosovo: A Sustainable Strategy? (Prishtina Insight)
• Synchronicity is the path to the solution for Kosovo (Euractiv)
• Vucic Keeps Options Open With Serbia’s new Govt (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Expired: Unused COVID Vaccines Cost Balkans Tens of Millions (BIRN)

• Price: We asked Kurti to postpone deadline, not implement in stages (media)
• EU: Decision on plates is legitimate, but should be within the dialogue (RTK)
• Kryeziu: All terms of the Agreement have expired (Koha)
• Police publish reprimand form for illegal license plates (Kallxo)
• Svecla: Kosovo Police will start issuing reprimands from Tuesday (media)
• UK Foreign Secretary meets Kurti, values Kosovo achievements (media)
• Serbs: New decision, a choice between burned or confiscated cars (Telegrafi)
• In Northern Kosovo, Tensions Threaten to Boil Over (Foreign Policy)
• Compromise on license plates doesn’t abate intl pressure on Kosovo (Exit)
• KFOR’s Regional Command-East welcomes new maneuver battalion (army.mil)
• The right to act does not necessarily mean the right act (Euractiv)
• We need to empower women, engage them as active agents of peace (media)
• Roma language becomes official language in municipality of Prizren (media)