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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 22, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 22, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell, Lajcak to hold separate meetings with leaders, followed by joint meeting (media)
• Kurti on confiscation of 6,000 bullets in north: Another victory for rule of law (media)
• Kurti: Sending of draft law on Bureau to Constitutional Court, desperate move (media)
• Hoti reacts to Kurti: Who fears laws being sent to court, has political aims (Nacionale)
• Govt adopts formation of structures that will draft anti-corruption strategy (Gazeta 10)
• Govt spokesman: Court did not address 2013 agreement on Association (teve1)
• Kadrijaj: Support Govt in talks with Serbia if approach is in line with U.S. (Gazeta Blic)
• LDK official: If Kurti forms Association, agreement with Serbia reached (Gazeta Blic)
• Rasic: Serb parallel bodies pressuring Kosovo Serbs not to apply for aid (Express)
• Ahmeti on reserved seats: They shouldn’t exist forever (Nacionale)
• Specialist Chambers raid apartment of Thaci’s former advisor, reasons unknown (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Residents of ZP: What if someone came to your property, and then turned up to negotiate over that same property? (KoSSev, media)
• Nenezic: To paraphrase Reagan’s words to Gorbachev – Mr. Kurti, tear down this base, and then we’ll talk (KoSSev, media)
• Jaksic announces lawsuit at public discussion in ZP, asking for suspension of expropriation (KoSSev, media)
• Andric Rakic: Meeting failed to fulfil legal requirements, what will be built on the expropriated land was not revealed (KoSSev, media)
• Vucic: CSM will be discussed in Brussels (FoNet, N1)
• Vucic talks to Spanish PM about Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic meets with NATO's San (Tanjug)
• Kurti claims "Wagner" around, KFOR says "no evidence" (Kosovo Online, Reporteri, France 24, Klan Kosova)
• NADA: Foreign investors will not leave Serbia, if it refuses Franco-German proposal (Danas, Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Janjic: Vucic should not go to Brussels if there is no talk of CSM (ZSO) (KoSSev, Beta, N1)

International:

• EEAS statement on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (eeas.europa.eu)
• Lührmann: European proposal would remove obstacles on Serbia and Kosovo EU paths (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 22, 2023

• Borrell to meet Kurti and Vucic separately before joint meeting (media)
• Osmani, Steinmeier agree there is “special momentum” with EU proposal (RFE)
• COMKFOR Ristuccia interview with Klan Kosova
• Svecla: Groups orchestrated by Belgrade trying to destabilise Kosovo (RTK)
• ‘Do not go Away’ Sends Powerful Message to Youth of Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Started Year With Inflation Over 12 Per Cent (Prishtina Insight)
• Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame Comes to The Hague (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Accused of Torturing Prisoners as Hague Trial Opens (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 21, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti on February 27 meeting: I believe they’ll stick to proposal, not one party’s interest (media)
• Szunyog: Govt, Assembly didn’t take into account EU comments on several laws (RFE)
• Sergiy Maslichenko appointed the new director of the EBRD in Kosovo (media)
• Abazi after interview by prosecution on Dehari case: I will not stop (media)
• Kurti on Abazi’s statements: Untrue and incorrect (media)
• PDK sends the Draft Law on the Bureau to the Constitutional Court (media)
• Hovenier: The U.S. is proud partner of KSF (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Public discussion on expropriation in Zubin Potok concluded (KoSSev, media)
• Mijacic: Pristina ruined tourist season in Zubin Potok (Kosovo Online, media)
• Vulovic sends letter to Quint, international missions over expropriation in Zubin Potok (Kosovo Online, media)
• The Court of Appeal confirmed the verdict against Svetomir Bacevic (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic: Agreement with UAE on kamikaze drone purchase due within 48 hours (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Kurti's wrong argument: CSM (ZSO) much more multi-ethnic than all of Kosovo (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 21, 2023

• Kurti very optimistic that a deal can be reached this year (media)
• Kosovo ready for any threat says president (Euractiv)
• ‘Partial independence’: Kosovo reflects on secession from Serbia (Al Jazeera)
• Krasniqi: I haven’t received reply from Brnabic on model of National Council of Serbs (media)
• “Kurti advanced level of meetings, from corridors to official tables” (media)
• Haliti: Association paves the way for Kosovo’s integration (media)
• Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ Cries Foul as War Crimes Trial Begins (BIRN)
• Kosovo Miners Remember Bravery and Betrayal of Underground Strike (BIRN)
• Serbia ready for Kosovo dialogue if Serb municipalities are discussed (Euractiv)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 20, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 20, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti talks about meetings he held in Munich (Reporteri)
• Kearns: Britain will not support the formation of Republika Srpska in Kosovo (RTK)
• Rohde: Kosovo and Germany are connected by partnership and common values (media)
• Buhler: Kosovo's membership in NATO, after final political solution (media)
• “Only Kurti knows how he brought Kosovo to this state, he was badly ignored by Blinken” (media)
• PDK: Prosecution should interview Kurti and Haxhiu about the Dehari case (media)
• Tahiri: There is a risk that Serbia will keep Kosovo in a frozen conflict (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: We will invest heavily in the defence industry, military (N1, Beta)
• Podcast: Nenezic on expropriation: In a perfect world, these decisions would be rejected, bases demolished, and works suspended (KoSSev)
• Vucic discusses Kosovo with Blinken, Scholz, Macron (N1, BETA)
• US State Secretary: Productive conversation with Vucic (N1, social media)
• Lajcak on CSM: Assumed obligations must be fulfilled (Politika, BETA)
• Dveri calls on patriots to unite on Kosovo, Russia issues (media)
• Vucic: We have new note of Kosovo derecognition (Tanjug)
• Trajkovic, Jovic and Ristic sent joint letter to Patriarch (KoSSev, N1)
• Marinkovic: About 40,000 Serbs left Kosovo in the last ten years (NMagazin, N1, KiM radio, Beta)

International:

• Putin is attempting to destabilise European countries to divert attention from Ukraine, warns Kosovo's president (Sky News)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 20, 2023

• Kurti for Le Monde: EU plan enables the de-facto recognition (media)
• Kurti meets Borrell, Lajcak; talk EU proposal and meet with Vucic (Telegrafi)
• Borrell optimistic for February 27 meeting, hopes parties will accept plan (DW)
• Osmani: Peace and security sustainable only when women included in all decision-making and policy-making processes (media)
• Blinken: Normalisation of Kosovo-Serbia relations essential to strengthen security in the Balkans (RFE)
• Osmani meets Admiral Munch at Munich Security Conference (media)
• Kurti meets INTERPOL Secretary General: Kosovo is a reliable partner (media)
• Gervalla: All countries to seriously address threats to international order (media)
• Lekaj: Kurti must not accept Association with executive competencies (Nacionale)
• Newborn monument dedicated to threat to Republic’s future (BIRN)
• Djuric’s statement triggers reactions in Kosovo (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 17, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Kosovo is a good example of democracy (RFE)
• Blinken congratulates people of Kosovo on 15th anniversary of independence (media)
• EU: Kurti and Vucic will meet in Brussels on February 27 (media)
• Hovenier congratulates Kosovo on 15th anniversary of independence (media)
• Sandulovic: On behalf of Serbia, I apologise for the crimes against you (Kosovapress)
• Germans imply talks on French-German plan at Munich Security Conference (Express)

Serbian Language Media:

• EC says Vucic, Kurti confirmed meeting in Brussels next week on 27 February (N1)
• Vucic: We will announce good news on Kosovo-Metohija today and in seven days (Tanjug)
• Pristina authorities marked the 15th anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence (N1)
• Dalibor Jevtic: The position of Serbs in Kosovo has never been worse (RTS, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
• Rasic: Agreement soon, Belgrade and Pristina have little room for "no" (N1, KoSSev, KiM radio)
• Amendment by the Greens: EULEX to become a response unit in the north of Kosovo (KoSSev, N1)
• Rama: Kurti and I have the same goal - for the Albanians to unite and they must, but we have different approaches to get there (KoSSev, Danas, Blic)

International:

• It’s Official: One Serbian diplomat per year to join the State Department for up to 12 months (thepavlovictoday.com)
• Week in Review: Spies, Coups and Earthquakes (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 17, 2023

• Kurti: There is work to turn EU proposal into an agreement (DW, media)
• Biden congratulates on 15th anniversary of Independence, mentions mutual recognition with Serbia (media)
• European leaders congratulate Osmani on Independence Day (Koha)
• Kurti hosted candidate for president of Serbia, Nikola Sandulovic (RTK)
• Sandulovic: I came to offer historic solutions (RTK)
• Kurti: Kosovo, common state of all (media)
• Independent Kosovo is a success story. Now we need a European epilogue (Politico.eu)
• Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia (The Independent)
• North Kosovo won’t be stable while Belgrade and Pristina are at loggerheads (BIRN)
• Kosovo: How football helps build bridges (Deutsche Welle)
• Kosovo Women’s 1990s Fight for Freedom Documented on Film (BIRN)
• Study Shows Therapy Benefits Mothers Exposed to Violence in Kosovo War (BIRN)
• Serbian nationalists protest against Western plan to normalise ties with breakaway Kosovo (euronews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 16, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 16, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: EU plan for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue includes de facto recognition from Serbia (media)
• President Osmani receives Albania’s President Bajram Begaj (media)
• Kurti: Final agreement with Serbia depends on international pressure on Belgrade (media)
• Abazi claims there are videos that show "who vanished samples of Dehari case" (media)
• LVV dismisses Haki Abazi, replaces him with Arbereshe Kryeziu-Hyseni (media)
• Kurti meets with the former head of the legal team of Kosovo, at the ICJ (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 22 years since the bomb attack on the bus in Livadice, memorial service today in Laplje Selo (KoSSev)
• Serbian List: Wall of silence when it comes to crimes against Serbs (Radio KIM, media)
• Leposavic residents at the public discussion on expropriation: There’s no life left here; we’ll defend our land (KoSSev)
• Nenezic to the Expropriation Department: You’re misapplying your own law, violating the Constitution and the CoE Convention (KoSSev)
• Civil society: Leposavic locals did not feel unsafe until they were overrun by bases; Central institutions violate the law (KoSSev)
• Vucic holds meeting with police and security chiefs (Tanjug, Insajder, N1)
• President Vucic awards Statehood Day honours (N1, media)
• Grenell thanks Vucic and Serbian people for receiving award (Kosovo Online, social media)
• RFE: US maintains stand on Serbia-Kosovo recognition (N1)

Humanitarian/Development:

• How Serbs live in Kosovo: “We dream of being in Serbia, but reality is different” (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 16, 2023

Kurti: No full normalisation of relations without mutual recognition (RFE)
Kurti: French-German plan foresees de facto recognition by Serbia (media)
EU: We are ready to mediate discussions on Association (RFE)
Students march against Association of Serb-majority municipalities (BIRN)
Kosovo government discusses expropriation with local residents in north (RFE)
Abdixhiku lists “Kurti’s failures and deceptions” (Gazeta Express)
Albanian President Begaj to visit Kosovo today (media)
Serwer: Ugly diplomacy in the Balkans (media)
Price talks about the objective of the U.S. in Kosovo and Serbia (media)