UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 6, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Hovenier on Serbian elections: Kosovo set the conditions in its territory (Klan)
• Police special units to protest on Saturday, after no deal with Kurti (media)
• Gervalla: Dacic addressed me like a thug and wanted physical confrontation (AP)
• Selimi on conversion of plates in north, “possibly to prevent sanctions” (media)
• Tahiri: Focus should be on Kosovo’s membership in NATO and EU (media)
• Opposition blames government about poor result in PISA (media)
• Specialized Chambers still not allowing former KLA leaders to make phone calls with their families (media)
• A new Serb party registered in Kosovo (Koha)
• Kosovo outside INTERPOL – opportunity for criminals and terrorists, report reveals (AP)

Serbian Language Media:

• Nine construction sites without permits, says Municipality of Gracanica (KiM Radio, KoSSev)
• Milicevic: EULEX advisers in the north because of numerous complaints about the work of special police units (Kosovo Online)
• Vucevic: I do not expect early elections in north, nor formation of CSM (ZSO) (Kosovo Online)
• Will petitions lead to new local elections in the north? (KoSSev)
• Missing Persons Resource Centre: What is more important than human lives? (Radio KIM, KoSSev)
• Sava Janjic served liturgy in temple near Podujevo; KP refused to accept criminal complaint filed by Diocese for desecrating church
• Ballot printing starts for December 17 elections (N1)

International:

• Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system (AP)
• Kosovo Civil Society Advocates Legal Framework for Lobbying (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• COMKFOR: In case of escalation, ready to undertake necessary measures (RTK)
• Ministry: No official notification for initiative to dismiss mayors in north (media)
• Gervalla meets PACE delegation (media)
• Kosovo risks CoE membership if it doesn’t address findings of report (Koha)
• Kosovo again ranked at the bottom list of PISA test (media)
• Townsend: I don’t think there will be an outbreak of war in the Balkans (VoA)
• Hundreds protest in downtown Pristina after Liridona Ademaj’s murder (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic: Kurti not interested in de-escalation in northern Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Rakic-Andric on refusing requests to dissolve mayors in four northern municipalities (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Kosovo minister has no information Serbs submitted initiative to dissolve mayors in four northern municipalities (N1, BETA)
• Ambassador Cochard: Returning memorial plaque to fallen Serbian soldiers in a way also represent apology from France (KoSSev, Danas)
• New KFOR Italian battalion arrived in Kosovo (KoSSev, social media)
• Brnabic receives Wozniak (Tanjug)
International Media:
• PISA School Test Results See South-East Europe Pupils Falter (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• EU Council will ask Kosovo to do more for measures to be lifted (RFE)
• Kurti on Ademaj’s murder: Arrest is not enough, merited penalties needed (media)
• Protest in Pristina today with motto “no peace without security of women” (Klan)
• Stano: We don’t publish documents as they’re being discussed (TV Dukagjini)
• Tahiri: If Association draft is worth defending, why is it being kept secret (media)
• Uglanin: Request to dismiss mayor, in opposition with instruction (RFE)
• Civil society says judicial reforms stuck at crossroad: “Government failed” (EO)

Serbian Language Media:

• Council of Europe experts report: Kosovo violates rule of law in case of Visoki Decani Monastery, no will to establish ZSO (Kosovo Online, media)
• Citizens attempted to submit requests for dissolution of mayors in northern municipalities, their requests not accepted (Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic: SNS will keep Kosovo in Serbia (N1, Kosovo Online)
• Djuric opens Serbian-American Economic Forum in Las Vegas (Tanjug)
• Vucic thanks outgoing Slovak ambassador for respect for Serbia's sovereignty (Tanjug)
• Ziadeh with Fresco on compliance of Kosovo legal framework with CoE (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Devised in a Cell, Kosovo Political Prisoner’s Literary Epic Celebrates Freedom (BIRN)
• ‘Trojan Women – Replica’ Unveils the Universal Power of Art to Advocate for Peace (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: Kosovo provides strong rights for non-majority communities (RTK)
Council of Europe experts consider use of police force in the north to be excessive (Koha)
Kosovo delegation continues lobbying for access to UNFCCC mechanisms (RTK)
Kusari: Kurti did not compromise, there is no autonomy for Serbs in draft of Association (Koha)
Haradinaj calls on Kurti to fulfill demands of policemen (media)
CDHRF: Does SPO in The Hague have moral and professional responsibility? (media)
North Macedonia announces elections, technical government expected to be led by an Albanian prime minister (media)
Serbian Language Media

Serbian List delegation meets with EULEX chief (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, social media)
Serbian List reacts to visit of Serbia Against Violence coalition MP candidates  (Kosovo Online)
Serbian expats to be able to vote in 35 countries worldwide (Tanjug)
Stano says EU proposal for establishment of Community of Serbian Municipalities not to be published as diplomatic efforts are underway (Radio KIM, media)
New briefing room for Kosovo police in Mitrovica North from KFOR (Kosovo Online, social media)
Vucic to receive president of Italy's Lombardy region on Tuesday (media)
International Media:

Hague Court Tightens Rules for Visits to Kosovo Guerrilla Leaders (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 4, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani continues with meetings at COP28 (media)
• Peach: UK at helm of war against destabilizing activities in Western Balkans (AP)
• "La Repubblica": Meloni asked Vucic to recognize Kosovo (Albanian Post)
• Haxhiu: Authors of Liridona’s murder must get merited punishment (media)
• Haziri: Association can lead to a kind of confederation in Kosovo (media)
• Bosch: NATO must have information that situation could get out of control (Paparaci)
• Court decides on visits and communication for Thaci, Veseli and Selimi (media)
• The investigation commission on state reserves did not agree on work plan (RTK)
• Damage and Cyrillic inscriptions reported in a house under construction in Mitrovica North (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• Minister rejects claims of government discrimination against Albanians (N1)
• RIK: At upcoming elections 6.500.165 people have right to vote (Radio KIM)
• Aleksic, Milivojevic, Cuta and Ivanovic visit Gracanica, say they are against European plan (KoSSev, Radio KIM)
• Duda Balje: 1,700 women achieved the status of rape victims during armed conflicts in Kosovo so far (KiM radio, medijacentar.info)

Opinion:

• Palokaj: Still not late for unity on dialogue (Koha)
• Collaku: Special Court of Kosovo, a theater without an audience (media)
• Shasha: The Surprising Trajectory of Albania and Kosovo EU Membership (BIRN)

International:

• What Does Multipolarity Mean for Kosovo? (The National Interest)
• Deus ex lex: The long and tortured road of Serbian media reform (International Press Institute)
• EC Country Reports 2023: Unveiling shared trends and persistent challenges in Western Balkans’ anti-corruption landscape (EWB)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kurti attends awards ceremony of International Film Festival “Art Without Limit” (media)

Albanian Language Media:
• KFOR: After Banjska attack, we quadrupled presence in north of Kosovo (Koha)
• Kosovo man arrested under suspicion of ordering his wife’s murder (media)
• Osmani meets Von der Leyen, discuss Kosovo’s getting closer to EU (media)
• Kurti hosts Jovanovic, discuss relations between Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• Redzepi with messages from Bosnia: Careful with the Association! (EO)
• Lajcak holds series of productive meetings with reps of European govts (media)
• Kamberi meets Kurti: Albanians in the Valley must have representation (KSP)
Serbian Language Media:
• The European Council requests the Agreement on the Normalization of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia to enter Chapter 35 (N1, media)
• Italy’s PM meets Vucic: Italy will always support Serbia in Council of Europe (N1)
• A petition launched to ban the false priest Nikola Xhufka from entering Kosovo (KiM radio)
• ‘ProGlas’ initiative presented in North Mitrovica (N1, KoSSev)
• The SL presidency member: "Support and sign ProGlas" experienced a fiasco in North Mitrovica (Kontakt plus radio)
• Monument to fallen Serb soldiers in Pristina cemetery returned to its original place (KoSSev)
• Peach held dinner with leaders of Albanian parties and K.Serbs – Arsenijevic, Bisevac, Trajkovic, Rasic (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: No normalization of relations without security (Kosovapress)
• EU wants Serbia’s integration conditioned with agreements’ implementation (RFE)
• Tajani: Banjska attack, a very serious act; dialogue must continue (media)
• Opposition parties confirm they received Association draft statute (Telegrafi)
• Svecla meets Bozinovic in Zagreb, discuss security in Kosovo (media)
• Tahiri: Govt must reflect on demands of police officers, firefighters, veterans (EO)
• SIU to protest again, will be joined by other police units (Dukagjini)
• U.S. State Department country reports on terrorism: Kosovo (media)
• Journalists’ Association reacts to threats against KIKS Kosova reporters (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets world leaders in Dubai: Time for concrete action (N1, FoNet)
• Visoki Decani: Disinformation that monastery buys property of Serbs from neighboring villages (KiM radio)
• Trendafilova: Over 140 of 157 persons designated as victims are connected to Thaci’s case (KoSSev)
• Vucic: They want us to recognize Kosovo so Serbs can vote in elections there (Kosovo Online, B92)
• Another 15 days for re-registration, but without solution for driver’s license (Radio KIM)
• Podujevo Municipality: None of our representatives officially participated in ceremony in church (KiM radio)
• Hill: Serbia knows what it needs to do (FoNet, KiM radio)
• Media expert: ‘No limits’ to aggressiveness, vulgarity of Serbian pro-government media

International:

• Same Words, Different Language: A New Dictionary Highlights Just How Much Serbs And Albanians Have In Common (RFE)
• Kosovo Claims Victory Over Yugoslav-era Disputed Enterprise in Montenegro (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti meets QUINT representatives: Interstate agreement needed to hold elections (media)
Osmani hosts Hovenier, discuss security in Kosovo (media)
Bislimi responds to Stano: No Serbian elections in Kosovo without official request from Serbia (media)
Hovenier: Meetings of Chief Negotiators in Brussels have narrowed differences (T7)
Osmani meets ambassador of Turkiye (Klan)
Lavrov: OSCE was destroyed when NATO bombed Serbia and took over Kosovo (media)
Albania: Russia, the biggest threat to security (media)
Kosovo president's chief of staff, Blerim Vela, resigns (media)
Government postpones deadline for vehicle registration (media)
Serbian Language Media:

Dacic tells OSCE Ministerial Council: Serbs in Kosovo under threat, discriminated (Tanjug, media)
Dacic on territorial integrity principle, says Kosovo will never become OSCE member (Kosovo Online, media)
Mijacic after intrusion into Church in Rakinica: No legal and moral boundaries when it comes to attacks on SOC property (KoSSev, social media)
Raska-Prizren Eparchy priest visited Church in Rakinica, found locked door and new padlock (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, Radio KIM)
The UK’s Special Envoy visits Gracanica Monastery (media, Raska-Prizren Eparchy)
Mitrovica North MA: New coat of arms and symbols to be designed (KoSSev, media)
UK Special Envoy meets KFOR Commander in Pristina (N1, social media)
Southeast European FMs sign statement on fight against corruption (Tanjug, media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 30, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo Assembly discusses EC report on Kosovo (media)
• Osmani’s office expects new process of selecting Chief State Prosecutor (media)
• Investigations launched into police reaction to reporters at PSD protest (AP)
• Investigative committee on state reserves formed after seven failed attempts (EO)
• Calls to extend deadline for registration of vehicles in the north of Kosovo (media)
• Foreign Ministry reacts to Vucic’s claim of “removing 28 recognitions” (Euronews)
• Police officer attacked by a Serb at Jarinje crossing on Wednesday (media)
• Lajcak meets Sarrazin, discuss state of play in the dialogue (media)
• Prosecution: Working to resolve all circumstances of two killings (Telegrafi)
• Citaku reacts to killings in Pristina; “someone must be held accountable” (media)
• Kurti meets new Swiss Ambassador, thanks him for ongoing support (media)
• Vela will no longer be chief of staff for President Osmani (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Sentic: SOC property protected by Constitution, intrusion into church requires immediate reaction from authorities (Kosovo Online)
• Albanian Orthodox Church: Hzufka is laic and self-proclaimed priest (Kosovo Online)
• Protest in Dragas over electricity cuts, similar problems in Donja Gusterica and Laplje Selo (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: Gratitude to Azerbaijan for respecting Serbia’s territorial integrity (RTS)
• Trajkovic meets Peach, discus situation of Serbs in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Elshani: We asked deadline for re-registration be extended for 15 days, government to decide (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Additional pressure expected over re-registration, a potential trigger for new crises, says Andric Rakic (Kosovo online)
• Dacic meets with ODIHR director (Tanjug)

International:

• ‘Make Sure It’s Documented’: How Ukrainian Journalists are Defying the Invasion (BIRN)
• Serbia’s Azeri Gas Move a Win-Win, for the EU Too (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

Stoltenberg: Kosovo is an example of how NATO and EU cooperate closely (Koha)
Blinken: Kosovo and Bosnia, at the center of our concerns (Koha)
Osmani and Peach talk about latest developments in Kosovo and region (RTK)
Kurti and Bislimi meet Peach, talk about dialogue and security situation (media)
Lajcak and Sarrazin meet, talk about dialogue (Koha)
Trendafilova: The highest penalty for war crimes, life imprisonment (media)
48 hours detention assigned to six PSD members (media)
AJK appeals to the Police: Respect work of journalists (media)
Police carrying out operations in several locations in the north of Kosovo (Koha)
The National Program for Perpetrators of Violence against Women launched (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:

Diocese Raska-Prizren: A fake priest from Albania performed a service in a church near Podujevo (KiM radio, KoSSev, Radio Mitrovica sever, N1)
Office for KiM: A new attack on the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Diocese of Raska-Prizren (Radio Mitrovica sever)
KFOR and the Kosovo Police agreed on joint patrols (NMagazin, Beta)
An indictment filed in Pristina against Gavrilo Milosavljevic, arrested last December (RTS, Beta, NMagazin)
Lawyer: Savic released on bail, we will prove his innocence (Kosovo Online)
Lajcak and Barbano before the EP foreign policy committee on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever)
Lajcak and Sarrazin discussed the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Tanjug)
Dacic meets with German interior minister (Tanjug)
International Media:

Kosovo Indicts Serbs for 1999 Dubrava Prison Massacre (BIRN)
Smoke Bombs Thrown as War Crime Court President Visits Kosovo (BIRN)
Switzerland to boost Kosovo Force next year (Swissinfo.ch)
KFOR has the largest Presence in Kosovo in the last Decade (sarajevotimes.com)