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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We witnessed strong and direct interference by Serbia in elections (media) • Rutte: "Kosovo is a very important country" (RTK) • Zemaj: Rutte’s visit to Kosovo is historic (media) • Government to review Kosovo - US framework agreement on defense (Reporteri) • Kurti commemorates 1981 demonstrations (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic calls on all stakeholders on political scene not to use violence (Tanjug) • Kosovo Police Inspectorate confirmed it received complaint related to juvenile treatment; says it will undertake actions envisaged by law (Alternativna.com) • Petkovic: As March 15 approaches, Kurti is increasing his support for blockades in Belgrade (Kosovo Online) • Andjelkovic: I expect Rutte to confirm NATO stands behind Brussels agreement and CSM (Tanjug) • Media: Trump's son landed in Belgrade, a meeting with Vucic expected (N1, media) • Students spent night in front of RTS, all three entrances were blocked (KiM radio, N1) • Students of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts responded with a video to Vucic's accusations of attacking a police officer (NMagazin, N1) • MIA on incident in front of RTS – Lie that Gendarmerie attacked anyone (N1, media) • "You are not authorized to judge how much of a Serb I am": Arsenijevic replied to Vucic's name-calling (Danas) International Media: • Kosovo’s PM accuses Serbia of interfering in parliamentary elections (PI) • NATO’s Rutte backs Bosnia after separatist moves by Serbian region (Al Jazeera) • Serbian students blockade public broadcaster, frustrated over protest reporting (BIRN) • Serbia: Stop targeting and intimidating journalists (article19.com) • European civil society stands in solidarity with the people of Serbia (fidh.org) • Unity in diversity: Bosniak students join Serbian fight for ‘Better society’ (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian: • ‘Today we march, every day we fight’ (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 11, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 11, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Osmani to meet NATO Secretary General Rutte today (media) Abdixhiku: We do not want cooperation with VV (media) By losing a parliamentary seat, Serbian List could be excluded from govt (RFE) Kosovo part of the conference on strengthening integrity towards the EU (RTK) Italian KFOR soldiers patrol ABL (RTK) Kosovo establishes a safe room for victims of wartime sexual violence (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: There will be no transitional government, I ask young people not to take part in violence (RTS, media) Serbian public broadcaster RTS blocked last night (media) Students marching to Belgrade (N1) Petkovic reacts to Konjufca’s remarks that new Kosovo government would be formed with non-Serbian minorities (media, social media) Radojevic: Serbian List to file complaint over manipulation of election results (Kosovo Online) Furlas: EU to exert pressure on Pristina to allow SOC Patriarch visit churches in Kosovo (TV Most, media) Radomir Vanic from Donja Brnjica: "They want to throw us out of our home, they violently removed our windows and doors" (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 10, 2025

Albanian Language Media: NATO SG Rutte to visit Kosovo on Tuesday (media) Kurti: Results first, certification, then government led by VV and me (media) Konjufca: Aim to form government with support of non-Serb communities (media) CEC decides to recount 50 polling stations - 35 of them in Vushtrri (media) LVV warns of appeal to Supreme Court on issue of postal voting (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic attends Serbian Government session, says particular focus on security challenges in Kosovo, BiH (media) Students in blockades: "What's the next step? All in the citizens’ assembly" (NMagazin, media) Trial of Milorad Djokovic from Vitomirica for alleged war crimes continues (Kosovo Online, RTS, media) Zaporozac: Kurti trying by all means to push Rasic into parliament and form a Government through him (Kosovo Online, TV Prva) Arsenijevic reacts to Kurti’s claims that Belgrade pressured him (social media) Rubio: The US officially suspending 83 percent of USAID programs (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTV) Opinion: Trump, people/authority, and Kosovo: A missed opportunity, turning point, or final collapse? (KoSSev) EU mustn’t betray Serbian protesters’ clarion call for change (Balkan Insight) International Media: Delay in certifying election results puts Kosovo coalition talks on holds (BIRN) Kosovo: a new government or a political crisis (balcanicaucaso.org) Street protests aren’t enough to transform Serbia (Foreign Policy) Heightened political tensions in Serbia spill over into the national and local parliaments (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 10, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 10, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Kurti: We have proof Serbia directly interfered on February 9 elections (RFE) Kurti waits for certification of results; Haradinaj: Opposition has majority (Koha) Osmani meets the Albanian-American Relations Council (RTK) EU: With its behavior at CoE, Serbia is violating agreement with Kosovo (Koha) Osmani: We stand in full solidarity with people of Bosnia and Herzegovina (media) Serbian Language Media: Petkovic: Kurti is hurt by the strength and political support that Vucic and the Serbian List enjoy (Kosovo Online, RTS, KoSSev) Rasic: Vucic exploits the Serbs in Kosovo for personal interests (KiM radio, RTK) Serbian List: Kurti spread brutal lies and confirmed that Rasic is under his control (Kosovo Online) Jevtic: Kurti and the CEC using political engineering to secure a seat for Rasic (RTS, Kosovo Online) Protest in North Mitrovica over alleged police mistreatment of minors (KoSSev, RTS)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 7, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • NATO chief to visit Kosovo on Tuesday, to meet with President Osmani (Reporteri) • EU: Serbia violated the Ohrid Agreement (media) • British Embassy on Kurti's failure to appear at Prosecution (Klan) • Kosovo's CEC rejects reassessment of invalidated postal votes (media) • Kurti avoids journalists' question about post-election coalitions (ekonomia) • Haradinaj rules out cooperation with Kurti (KosovaPress) • Florian Dushi appointed deputy mayor of Pristina (media) Serbian Language Media: • CSO: Random detention of minors and ethnic bias of the police (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Serbian List condemns apprehension of underage children, calls on EULEX ‘to wake up’ (KoSSev) • Apprehended underage Bosniak boy claims he was mistreated at police station North last night (KoSSev) • Three Serb minors detained in North Mitrovica released after police admit mistake (KoSSev, Radio Mitrovica sever, N1) • EU: Serbia's behavior in the CoE a clear violation of the Ohrid Agreement (RFE) • Trial of Gavrilo Milosavljevic from Istok continues (Kosovo Online) • General strike in Serbia, part 2 (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 7, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 7, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Threat of open military aggression not far from our borders (Koha) Maqedonci meets Angili, discuss cooperation in defense and security (media) German embassy: Crucial for political parties to form a stable government (media) Krasniqi: If Kurti fails, we are ready to form the government (media) Hamza: New institutions must be formed without delays (media) “Six MPs from non-Serb communities won’t vote for an opposition govt” (media) Four Serbs attack Albanian youths in Mitrovica North (RTK) Barduani in Montenegro, discusses security trends in Kosovo and region (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucevic: International institutions must prevent destruction of Serbian heritage in Kosovo (media, social media) Marinkovic: Serbs from north perceive Kosovo police as ‘a tool for punishment’ (Kosovo Online) Underage Serbs and Albanians in Mitrovica North detained over clash, Serbs arrested by mistake (KoSSev, Alternativna.com) Trial of Gorani Sh.L. for allegedly committing war crimes in Prizren continues (KoSSev) Vucic: Coloured revolution finished (N1) Five Serbian media outlets in Kosovo to stage 15-minute break in work tomorrow (KoSSev) Parliament increases university education budget (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 6, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Kosovo leaders honor sacrifice of the Jashari family (media) UNMIK marks International Women’s Day in Kosovo (KosovaPress) U.S. Defense Department: No plans to change presence of troops in Kosovo (RFE) KFOR U.S. soldiers patrol in northern Kosovo (media) KOHA editor in chief elected chairwoman of Kosovo Press Council (media) Serbian Language Media: Instead of SOC shrine from XIII century, “Ilirian Fortress” appears on Google maps, Eparchy says - falsification of history (KoSSev, media, social media) Selakovic condemns desecration of Saint Petar of Koris Hermitage near Prizren (Tanjug, KoSSev, media) Seventh 15 Minutes of Silence vigil held in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) Belgrade high schoolers call for general strike over prices, conditions in Serbia (N1) N1 Serbia joins general strike (N1) Opinion: Trump poses unprecedented challenges for Kosovo (Emerging Europe) International Media: Kosovo’s special status request removed from CoE Committee agenda (PI) The power, and pitfalls, of viral vox pops in Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 6, 2025

Albanian Language Media:  Sarrazin: Kosovo to form government to continue dialogue with Serbia (media) EU Office: Judicial independence must be respected at all times (media) “Kosovo's status advancement postponed, Brnabic’s reaction regretful” (RTK) Maqedonci: We have no official information about withdrawal of NATO (Koha) Exhibition documenting war crimes in Kosovo opens in The Hague (media) Serbian Language Media: Diocese: Prizren municipality conducted work on a 13th-century shrine in a specially protected zone Illegally and without the SOC consent (KoSSev) Request for marking "Epopee" and to municipalities with Serbian population, Bisevac: Spread of nationalism (KiM radio, KoSSev) British and German MPs also supported the removal of Kosovo’s request from the CoE agenda (Kosovo Online) Picula: EU lacks political capacity for greater engagement in Serbia (N1) CoE platform warns of risks, threats to media freedom (N1, Beta) International Media:  ‘Pump It!’: Poster art brings creativity to Serbia’s mass protests (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 5, 2025

Albanian Language Media: UK Embassy: Respect for rule of law, key feature of Kosovo democracy (Express) AmCham’s on importance of rule of law and accountability in governance (media) Kosovo’s request for special guest status at CoE removed from agenda (Telegrafi) Barduani delivers lecture at Kosovo Leadership Academy in Mitrovica (media) Mortal remains found in Podujeva, suspected to be of persons missing in war (Koha) Serbian Language Media: Vucic, Dacic call for accountability over incident in parliament (N1) FM Djuric: Long-standing friendship between Serbia, Burundi (N1) Pristina’s request for special guest status at PACE taken off agenda (Kosovo Online, media) Invitation to attend ''lining up of quadrat and quadrant'' in Pristina, what does it mean?! (KiM radio) Kosovo celebrates Jashari, formal session in Mitrovica North held (KoSSev) "Fulfill the students' demands and preserve the University of Pristina in the Serbian system,'' says Proactive of the Pristina University relocated in N. Mitrovica (KoSSev) "15 minutes of silence" tomorrow for the 7th time in N. Mitrovica (KoSSev) Opinion: Serbian students stand firm on their demands as Vucic’s regime falters (Sbunker) International Media: Report:Turkey and Serbia among Europe’s worst media freedom violators (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 5, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 5, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Osmani discusses security and stability with KFOR Commander (media) Postal vote counting completed, here’s how the Diaspora voted (media) Zulfaj responds to Brnabic: Prime Minister Kurti does not own any media (media) Serb opposition in Kosovo warns Serbs being mobilized to defend Vucic (RFE) “From April 1, Kosovo-North Macedonia crossing without double stops” (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: Scenes in the Parliament have not been seen since the establishment of multi-party politics (RTS, TV Pink, NMagazin, media) Opposition blames government for chaos in parliament (RTS, N1) Faculty of Drama Arts student: "One hundred days of blockade, not a single request fulfilled, the assembly today was like a circus" (N1) UN Security Council session on the situation in BiH on Thursday (Kosovo Online, RTRS) Citizens of the region on the same mission: Boycotting retail chains for fairer prices (Kosovo Online) International Media: Kosovo’s prime minister again refuses to testify at prosecutor’s office for a corruption case (AP) Drita Hajdari: Pioneering prosecutor who battled injustice in Kosovo (BIRN)