UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 12, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Berlin confirms there are proposals for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Gazeta Express)
• EC report: Kosovo has met all conditions for visa liberalisation (Telegrafi)
• EP President in favour of Kosovo visa liberalisation, says EULEX chief (Gazeta Metro)
• Kosovo Foreign Minister to visit Germany, meet Baerbock (RTK)
• Gervalla calls on EU to suspend talks with Serbia (media)
• Haradinaj to Kurti: Increase salaries and pensions (media)
• Kosovo welcomes another two Ukrainian reporters (Zeri)
• Electricity is not being saved, even greater alarms for winter (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic, Vujic banned from visiting Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• New Serbian Embassy building opens in Washington (RTS)
• PACE adopts Resolution on support to Western Balkans (N1, Beta)
• Stoltenberg: Western Balkans important for NATO (Tanjug, RTV, Kosovo Online)
• Foreign Ministry official says EC report focused on policy alignment (N1)

International:

• Borrell wants a bolder, faster EU — and scolds diplomats to get to it (euobserver.com)
• Kosovo’s eternal asterisk (emerging-europe.com)

• Kurti and Blinken talk about dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• President Osmani’s statement about the Franco-German plan (RTK)
• Blinken after telephone chat with Vucic: “Productive call” (media)
• Ukrainian MP calls on CoE countries to recognize Kosovo (media)
• Rama to address CoE session, ask to review Marty resolution (euronews.al)
• Bislimi says census of Albanians in Serbia is manipulated, calls on OSCE (RTK)
• “The U.S. should not be a neutral mediator in the Kosovo-Serbia talks” (VoA)
• NATO Parliamentarians’ Seminar in Prishtina Puts Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic Integration under Magnifying Glass (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Police Seize Holiday Villas in National Park Raid (Prishtina Insight)
• Questions Persist Over Young Kosovo Activist’s Death in Jail Cell (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo MP addresses Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly for first time (media)
• Kurti condemns Russian strikes in civilian areas in Ukraine (media)
• Austrian Foreign Minister: Visa liberalisation for Kosovo is close (RTK)
• Greece: European integration of Western Balkans, including Kosovo (media)
• Haxhiu: Agreement with Denmark to be sent to Assembly within a month (Telegrafi)
• Special court confirms trial against Thaci et al will start early next year (Nacionale)
• Hoxhaj: Kosovo lost chance to get closer to NATO because of Kurti govt (Koha)
• Serbia decorates general convicted of war crimes in Kosovo (Albanian Post)
• Around 100 buildings in Brezovica temporarily seized by prosecution (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• EC: Unfavourable report on Serbia (RFE, FoNet, KiM radio, N1)
• Jovanovic (NS): Pristina doesn’t fulfil basic conditions for CoE membership (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: $1 billion loan from UAE will ensure Serbia’s liquidity (N1)
• How “waking up next to Albanians“ turned into “seizure“ of Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Visoki Decani Monastery: We hope Kurti will bring us cadastral paper on return of land (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic met Botsan-Kharchenko, discussed Kosovo and geopolitical situation (Tanjug, N1)
• Vucic: We are looking after our interests in terms of oil supplies (Tanjug)
• Serbian analysts say Russia using Kosovo precedent (N1)
• Serbia votes against Russian proposal in the UN (serbianmonitor.com, nova.rs)

International:

• Romania Faces Dilemma Over Euro 2024 Matches with Kosovo (BIRN)
• As EU Refloats Visa-Free Entry, Ethnic Serbs Say They Could Embrace Kosovo Passports (RFE)
• Kosovo Police Seize Holiday Villas in National Park Raid (Balkan Insight)

• Kurti confirms new developments in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RTK)
• Kurti: NATO contribution to peace and security, indispensable (media)
• Draft of Progress Report on Kosovo with mixed assessments (Koha)
• Osmani: Russia's attack on Ukraine is a war crime (media)
• Susanne Schutz: The Berlin process should not be duplicated (DW, media)
• Rohde to leaders: Prepare to make difficult decisions (Albanian Post)
• Osmani meets Qelaj, discuss rights of Albanians in Presevo Valley (media)
• Haradinaj: No economic growth, only increase of imports from Serbia (media)
• Despite concerns, Serbia still “erasing” ethnic Albanian addresses (BIRN)
• Petkovic: Kosovo’s membership in UN is unacceptable (Euronews Albania)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 10, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani on Association: I support any initiative with no executive powers (RFE)
• Major General Angelo Ristuccia takes over command of KFOR (media)
• Osmani: Thanks to NATO, Kosovo a peaceful and prosperous country (media)
• Kurti: Maintaining security, a shared objective with NATO (media)
• Osmani meets Joint Force Command Naples Commander Munsch (media)
• Kurti signals solution for 24 hectares of Decani Monastery (Gazeta Blic)
• Kosovo to attend and address CoE plenary session for first time (Express)
• Abdixhiku: During Kurti’s governance, some of worst economic records broken (Kallxo)
• AAK’s Lekaj sceptical about visa liberalisation, says process linked to dialogue (EO)
• 23rd anniversary of PDK: Ready to make Kosovo more modern and developed (media)
• Mustafa says Abdixhiku ashamed of LDK’s past (Teve1)
• Bislimi condemns attack on Kosovo bus travelling through Serbia (Lajmi)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Kosovo recognition in exchange for EU membership proposed (media)
• Petkovic: Kurti spreads ‘frightening’ disinformation (Radio KIM)
• Visoki Decani Monastery: Unfounded accusations endanger security of Serbian Orthodox Church (Radio KIM)
• Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information: Pristina continues to misinform the public (Blic, NMagazin, Politika)
• For 85% of citizens important Kosovo’s preservation within Serbia; cooperation with the EU supported but not the membership (KoSSev)
• KFOR concerned about the weak interest of Serbs in re-registration (Politika, Tanjug)
• Selakovic: Out of 200.000 internally displaced Serbs, less than two percent returned in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Hill on sanctions to Russia, Kosovo issue (RTV, Kosovo Online)
• Schmidt: Vucic’s opinion completely different than Dodik who thinks like Putin (Beta, N1)
• Vucic: I am not worried about pressure groups (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• German-French document; referendum (Danas, N1, KoSSev)
• “Kosovo’s recognition by Serbia is baseline” (Albanian Daily News)

International:

• Serbian Orthodox Monastery Demands Land Awarded by Kosovo Court (Balkan Insight)
• Belgrade, Pristina Confirm German-French Proposal for Kosovo Deal (Balkan Insight)
• Kamberi: Some MPs want my arrest; I said Kosovo independent (Euronews Albania)
• Lenny Emson: Women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights are on the frontline (Kosovo 2.0)
• Russia’s sham Ukraine vote undermines Serbia’s Kosovo claims (Kyiv Post)
• ‘Remembering Yugoslavia: Further than thought’ (BIRN)
• Albania moves towards declassifying communist-era security files (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Brnabic: EU has provided 200 million euros to Serbia for migration management (Tanjug)

Osmani: Erdogan can convince Vucic to recognize Kosovo independence (media)
Kurti: I am optimistic about Prishtina-Belgrade agreement (euronews.al)
“Parallel structures more aggressive after Ukraine invasion” (euronews.al)
Kajari: Ukraine war brought tensions in Kosovo too, situation now calm (media)
Bislimi: The distance between Kosovo and Serbia is now bigger (RTK)
Gervalla: Europe has not asked Serbia to meet duties from dialogue (media)
Szunyog: Non-recognising states expect progress in dialogue (RTK)
Kosovo health minister quits after mounting criticism (BIRN)
Vucic says French, Germans squeezing Serbia to swap Kosovo recognition for quick EU entry (RFE)
Bus from Kosovo attacked with stones in Serbia (Kallxo)

Albanian Language Media:

• EC writes to EU member states about visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Radio Free Europe)
• Osmani: Membership in Council of Europe, a necessity (RTK)
• Tahiri: After teachers’ salaries are paid, we will return to normality (Nacionale)
• Finance Ministry will process teachers’ salaries today if lists are reconfirmed (Koha)
• Citaku: Kosovo deserved visa liberalisation since adopting demarcation (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• PM Brnabic: Vucic to announce strategic decisions (N1, Beta, TV Prva)
• Vucic: Decision on Russian oil imports postponed until December 1 (Tanjug, media)
• Plenkovic from Prague: Vucic did not fight for a delay (N1)
• Von Cramon says EU cannot tolerate Serbia’s behaviour, Selakovic responds (N1, nova.rs)
• Poll: The majority of respondents believe that local institutions in K.Serb communities are not transparent (KoSSev)
• Vucic to address the nation tomorrow (Politika, Tanjug)
• Another monument in Klokot desecrated (KiM radio, RTV Puls)
• Petkovic reaction to Osmani’s statement in Prague (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online)
• Osmani: Albanians are not the problem of Serbs in Kosovo, but "gangs paid by Vucic'' (KoSSev, N1, Beta)

Opinion:

• Preliminary reflections on the Bosnian elections (EWB)

International:

• Serbia welcomes EU delay to decision on Russian oil ban exemption (BIRN)
• Protest in support of Republika Srpska opposition over alleged vote rigging (N1 Sarajevo)
• Introducing the European Political Community (Emerging Europe)
• European leaders giddy with new forum — as long as they overlook lingering tension (Politico)

Humanitarian/Development:

• RTK1 and RTK2 channels available in the north of Kosovo since this year (KoSSev)

• Osmani meets President Macron and Chancellor Scholz (media)
• Osmani: Optimism for visa liberalisation, but we need to be cautious (media)
• Kurti talks with UK Special Envoy Peach (media)
• Kosovo’s Minister of Health resigns (media)
• EU spokesman Stano explains delays from Elektrosever (Albanian Post)
• PDK presses charges against Minister Murati (media)
• Kosovo customs point opens in Albanian port (Euractiv)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani before ECP summit: Today is an important day for our continent (Express)
• Osmani to meet Scholz and Macron in Prague today, sources say (Koha)
• Progress Report on Kosovo to be published on October 12 (RTK)
• Mandl: We need to give visa liberalisation to Kosovo fast (Lajmi/APA)
• Teachers’ salaries, Kusari-Lila: There will be a solution soon (Nacionale)
• PDK boycotts assembly sessions, will press charges against Finance Minister (Klan)
• Education union will wait until Friday for teachers’ salaries to be paid (Telegrafi)
• Svecla hails anti-extortion operation: We won’t stop fighting crime (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Giaufret calls for joint response to war in Ukraine (RTS, N1)
• RTS: EU puts off decision on ban on Russian oil imports to W. Balkans (N1)
• Vucic meeting Macron, Scholz in Prague (Tanjug)
• No Russian oil for Serbia as of November 1, Brnabic: Croatia’s ultimatum (FoNet, N1, Happy TV)
• Still no decision to start Kosovo's CoE admission procedure (Tanjug)
• RFE: No exemption for Western Balkans because of Serbia (N1)
• Gracanica mayor: The procedure for annulment of the decision on land exchange is being initiated (KoSSev, KiM radio)
• Rohde: The licence plates decision legitimate but deadline short; Petkovic: It jeopardizes the dialogue process (KoSSev)
• Enthronement of Patriarch Porfirije in the Patriarchate of Pec on October 14 (media)

International:

• Europe is quietly launching a new political club — with hopes Brexit turmoil can be forgiven (CNBC)
• Macron’s New Europe Debuts in the Shadow of War (The New York Times)
• Sceptical Liz Truss attends first meeting of European Political Community (The Guardian)
• Macron's European Political Community summit opens in Prague (rfi.fr)
• China Index: Beijing’s Influence Expands in Southeast Europe (BIRN)
• BiH elections: Republika Srpska opposition claims 65,000 votes ‘contaminated’ (N1)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Politika: 17,000 Russians and Ukrainians in Serbia (FoNet, N1)

• President Osmani at first summit of European Political Community (RTK)
• Avoiding tensions in the north, a priority for the UN Security Council (Koha)
• Rohde calls on government to make proposals for Association (Telegrafi)
• Hovenier highly appreciates KFOR's contribution to security in Kosovo (media)
• ERO is expected to withdraw the license of 'Elektroseveri' (RTK)
• Abdixhiku: There is no hope that this government can bring change (RTK)
• Hasani: Govt is not employer of teachers; cannot block their salaries (media)
• AJK condemns Vetevendosje MP post against two reporters (media)
• Kosovo’s metamorphosis reflected in eyes of an American researcher (BIRN)
• KFOR conducts large-scale multinational crisis exercise (Army.mil)
• Indiana National Guard task force deploys to Kosovo for peacekeeping (media)