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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 9, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Presidency: In no country in the world do they take phone of head of state for scanning (media)
• North Macedonia’s Civil Aviation Agency issues official report on incident with Kosovo president (ekonomia)
• Murati: We are supporting businesses in the north, for new jobs (RTK)
• Ministry of Internal Affairs issues new notice on conversion of driver's licenses (Reporteri)
• Maqedonci: KSF is capable of protecting the territory (media)
• MFA: Forensic procedures being carried out to identify person killed in Loznica (Koha)
• Fejza: Government has not taken any action to create counterposition with USA (Koha)
• Musliu-Shoshi: Kurti aims to keep Kosovo isolated and condemned (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Between southern and northern Mitrovica, traffic over two bridges functions without problems (Danas, Beta)
• Kabasic: Placement of cameras in the north is political control of the people (Kosovo Online)
• Residents of the North on police surveillance cameras: It's a lie that they do it for security reasons (Kosovo Online)
• Popov: Kurti is forcing Serbs to leave the north of Kosovo; if the reactions were sharper, Kurti would have behaved differently (Danas, Blic)
• The body of Faton Hajrizi handed over at the Merdare crossing (N1, KoSSev, media)

Opinion:

• ‘Open Secret’: The Growing Scourge of Labour Exploitation in the Western Balkans (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Kosovo Further Alienates Minority Serbs, Straining Status As 'Reliable Partner' (RFE)
• Analysts predict that About half a Million People will leave Kosovo this Year (Sarajevo Times)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 9, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti calls on Serb residents to convert their driver's licences (RTK)
• Kryeziu responds to Stano: Adding measures would only deepen injustice (Express)
• LVV MP: We cannot give up internal affairs due to threat of measures (Reporteri)
• KFOR: We have fixed presence on the bridge, any decision to open it must be made in dialogue (media)
• MFA: Belgrade Prosecutor's Office gave permission to withdraw body of Kosovar killed in Loznica (media)
• The person killed in Loznica is Faton Hajrizi (Koha)
• Hamza: To cover up failures, government only deals with Serbia (media)
• Hamza continues with meetings in the USA (media)
• Abdixhiku: We have a prime minister for propaganda (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• KFOR: Not true that the technical inspection of the Ibar bridge was conducted in coordination with us (Kosovo Online)
• Arsenijevic: We defend what is ours, political tricks will not distract us ; the KP announcement rebuttal (Kosovo Online)
• Mijacic: The messages from the USA to Kosovo are clear, but do something about it (Kosovo Online)
• How can KFOR react if Pristina opens the Ibar bridge? (Danas)
• Joseph: Kurti doing everything contrary to what was written in the New York Times, closing post offices undermines peace (Kosovo Online, Kontakt plus radio, Danas)
• KoSSev Portal and several Pristina journalists targeted by disturbing photoshopped images (KoSSev, KiM radio)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 8, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• The EU warns of new measures against Kosovo (Koha)
• USA Embassy echoes statement of Department of State: Kurti should return to cooperation (Albanian Post)
• Krasniqi: It is absurd that bridge over Iber continues to be closed (RTK)
• Elshani: Security is no reason for Iber Bridge to remain closed (media)
• Durmishi: Within two or three days we will have report on stability of bridge (media)
• Police arrest then release two Serb politicians for "obstructing workers of north Mitrovica municipality" (media)
• Hamza after meetings in Washington: USA stands by us (media)
• Deadline for conversion of driver's licenses postponed until August 23 (RTK)
• Haradinaj advises fellow combatants: Serbia has renewed persecution of citizens who were part of war (Reporteri)
• AJK: Dangerous photo-montages with pictures of journalists and media (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Aleksandar Arsenijevic and Stefan Veljkovic arrested (KoSSev, media)
• KP: Arsenijevic and Veljkovic released (medijacentar.info)
• Protest of Serbs in front of the police station in North Mitrovica due to the arrest of Arsenijevic and Veljkovic (KoSSev, media)
• Civil society demands the immediate release of Arsenijevic and Veljkovic (KiM radio, media)
• Office for KiM: Kurti continues with arrests until he arrests the last Serb (Kosovo Online, media)
• Kosovo Serb political parties condemn the removal of national symbols and the actions of the police (KiM radio, media)
• Heavy trucks 'testing' the Ibar bridge, after Svecla did (KoSSev)
• In North Mitrovica, the discussion of the municipal committee for "multi-ethnic cooperation", i.e. bridge: Huge interest from Pristina (KoSSev)
• EXFIS and Google show that they know more than the Privatization Agency of Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Montgomery: Kurti's long-term goal the departure of all Serbs from Kosovo; and his short-term goal to provoke the Serbian Government (Kosovo Online, N1, FoNet)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 8, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Let's make Iber bridge symbol of normalisation (RTK)
• USA: Uncoordinated actions endanger opportunities we helped create (media)
• Krasniqi: Bridges are to connect citizens (media)
• Vokrri: Iber bridge will open during this summer (Klan)
• KFOR monitored protests in Mitrovica, guarantees safety for everyone (media)
• Citaku: Bridges that Kosovo needs are bridges with USA, EU, NATO (media)
• KFOR commander meets chief of Serbian army, discuss security (media)
• Vucic introduces "pogrom" of Serbs from Kosovo into discourse out of nowhere (Klan)
• Dimic: Iber Bridge should open for integration and cooperation of citizens (RTK)
• Analysts: Coordination with allies, inevitable (RTK)
• Tahiri: Government started and will end mandate with violations, leaving chaos in state administration(media)
• A positive case of West Nile virus recorded in Kosovo (RFE, media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Pristina is not interested in dialogue; it wants conflict between Serbia and NATO (Kosovo Online, RTS, media)
• Kabasic clams Kosovo authorities and demands fair treatment for Serbs in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Jevtic: Full support for the Serbs in the north, fight against Kurti's regime - a matter of life (Kosovo Online)
• CASA NGO: The government in Pristina wants to threaten the education, health and social system of the Serbian community in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, KiM radio)
• The Chief of the General Staff and the Commander of KFOR discussed the security situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, media)
• Albanians announced a protest in the south of Serbia (Danas, Jugpres)

International Media:

• Closure Of Serbian Post Offices threatens U.S. support for Kosovo (the pavlovictoday.com)
• Kosovo Serbs Protest In North Mitrovica Against Opening Of Main Bridge (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 7, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Vucic is trying to create an atmosphere of fear with false accusations (RTK)
• Members of EULEX and KFOR stationed on buildings near Iber bridge (media)
• French Embassy against closure of Serbian post offices in the north: Unilateral and uncoordinated step (Reporteri)
• Haradinaj appeals to Serbs: Do not protest against free movement (RTK)
• Serbs gather at Iber Bridge, this is what they want from KFOR (Klan)
• Police on protest: Ended peacefully – we looked after safety of protesters until the end (Klan)
• Svecla says Iber Bridge will open: It is not a matter of dialogue at all (media)
• Minister Haxhiu visits woman who was injured by her husband in Fushe Kosove (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• A protest held in the northern part of Mitrovica: "On the bridge we defended survival, now we defend disappearance!" (KoSSev, media)
• The Serb protest ended, Svecla again drinking coffee in C'est la Vie caffe (KoSSev)
• Minister Starovic on the opening of the Ibar bridge: Potentially a major point of escalation (NMagazin, N1, TV Prva)
• Elshani: Educational and health institutions are a challenge for KP, but that does not mean that we will close them - politics will decide (KoSSev)
• Davenport: The closure of post offices and the proposals to open the bridge in Mitrovica must be resolved through dialogue (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 7, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• UNMIK: Closure of Serbian post offices negatively affects life of Serb community in Kosovo (Albanian Post, ekonomia online)
• KFOR: Any decision on opening Iber Bridge must take place within framework of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan)
• British Embassy: We are disappointed with government’s action (Nacionale)
• Bislimi: EU should focus on Serbia's rejection of Basic Agreement (media)
• Serbian Post van not allowed to enter Kosovo (media)
• Svecla, Krasniqi and Durmishi visit Iber Bridge, test it before opening (media)
• Government takes new step: nearly €10,000 allocated for testing Iber Bridge (Nacionale)
• Kurti meets Ardita Sinani, offers close institutional cooperation in service of Presheva (Klan)
• Alsat: Osmani on two other occasions refused checking of personal luggage at Skopje Airport (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• UNMIK head reiterates concern over unilateral actions in Kosovo (Tanjug, media)
• KFOR will respond to security development on Ibar bridge (N1)
• Vucic: Kurti is provoking, wants to turn us against NATO before the elections in the USA (Kosovo Online)
• Vucevic: Kurti wants Kosovo without Serbs, int'l community tacitly allowing that (Tanjug, media)
• A protest today in North Mitrovica due to Pristina's announcements about the opening of the Ibar bridge (Kosovo Online, B92, Tanjug)
• Elshani for VoA: The case of the closure of the Post of Serbia branches in the domain of economic crime (KiM radio, VOA)

International Media:

• Alleged large-scale coin forger arrested in Kosovo due to Eurojust support (eurojust.europa.eu)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 6, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Stano: Another example of unilateral actions of Kurti administration (Reporteri)
• Kusari-Lila: QUINT ambassadors informed about opening of Iber Bridge (ekonomia)
• Presidency: Manner incident in Skopje was handled at Kurti-Mickoski conference, regrettable (media)
• Rohde: Unilateral and uncoordinated steps endanger Kosovo's application for EU membership (Klan)
• Another attempt of LVV to bring opposition into debate about Iber Bridge (Express)
• Haxhiu on wounded woman in Fushe Kosove: Negligence of justice institutions (RTK)
• EUROPOL: Person arrested in Kosovo for counterfeit money, employee of North Macedonian MIA (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• The Kosovo police stopped a Serbian Post van with letters on Jarinje (N1, FoNet)
• Vucic met Konrad: The international community must react to ensure the safety of Serbs (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic on the EU announcement; the opening of jobs for Serbs in Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug TV)
• Grenell: US has tools to prevent escalation, tough letters don't work against Kurti (Tanjug, Blic)
• Requests submitted for the abolition of custody of arrested Serbs from Kosovo Pomoravlje (RTV Puls, KiM radio)
• Elek: New jobs are an incentive for Serbs to stay and proof that Serbia is always with its people (Kosovo Online, TV Most)
• Selimi: The Kosovo Government is closing Post offices due to upcoming elections (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 6, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Police action in the north for economic activity without a licence (media)
• ARKEP: Operation of Post of Serbia was intended to be resolved in dialogue, but until today there has been no initiative to start talks (Albanian Post)
• EU: Unilateral and uncoordinated decision to close branches of Post of Serbia in the north (RFE)
• The U.S. deeply disappointed with Kosovo government for closing branches of
• Haradinaj: Kurti is deeply involved in Serbia's agenda (Koha)
• Post of Serbia in the north (media)
• Haxhiu meets her counterpart from North Macedonia (ekonomia)
• Afrim Gashi's head of security suspended, risks prison for more than three years (media)
• Abdixhiku visits the miners of Trepca, supports their demands (ekonomia)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Kurti's behaviour an attempt to provoke a war conflict, the EU announcement shameful (Kosovo Online)
• Stano: Closing the branches of the Post of Serbia is a violation of the agreement from the dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• All 9 facilities used by Serbian Post in Northern Kosovo Closed (KoSSev)
• Petkovic: Kurti's raid of post offices direct provocation of war conflict (Tanjug)
• Savo Manojlovic: If Vucic protected the citizens as he protects Rio Tinto, there would be no persecution of Serbs in Kosovo (Danas, NMagazin,KiM radio)
• New DSS: Closure of post offices in Kosovo, continuation of terror, with the tacit permission of the West (NMagazin, Beta)
• Suspension and criminal charges against a security member of the President of the Assembly of N. Macedonia due to the incident at the airport (KoSSev)

International Media:

• Vjosa Osmani did not scold Mickoski and Kurti, so that such incidents do not happen again (slobodenpecat.mk)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 5, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti travels to Skopje, meets Prime Minister Mickoski (media)
• Mexhiti after meeting with Kurti: We discussed strengthening cooperation (Albanian Post)
• Milanovic: Allies' support for Kosovo has faded (media)
• LVV: Iber Bridge must be opened, there is no argument to remain closed (Koha)
• LVV: Consultations on election date will continue (Koha)
• Hoti: This mandate will end with complete failure in capital investments (RTK)
• Klinaku: There is no need for veterans to go to Serbia (media)
• Death of woman from Gracanica, a month of detention for her husband (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• The Kosovo Police entered all the Post Offices of Serbia in the North (KoSSev)
• Protest of hundreds of Serbs in Pasjane due to the recent arrest of five compatriots (KiM radio, medijacentar.info, Radio Mitrovica sever, media)
• What is controversial about the arrest of five Serbs from Kosovo Pomoravlje for alleged war crimes? (Danas, TV Most, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Fatherland Movement: More than 50 Serbs in Pristina prisons for alleged war crimes (Beta, Danas)
• A few days after the Vjosa Osmani incident, Kurti with ministers in North Macedonia (Danas, KoSSev)
• Vacancy announcement for recruitment of new members of Kosovo police: Especially for the Serbian community (N1)

International:

• The target is training artificial intelligence on the data of Balkan citizens without notification (en.vijesti.me)
• Yugoslav Socialist Artist’s Retrospective Recalls Lost Era of Defiance and Hope (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 5, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti today in Skopje to meet PM Mickoski and government cabinet (Klan)
• Osmani: "Sinjska Alka", event that honors heroic resistance of Croatian soldiers (media)
• Fetai meets Gervalla after incident with Osmani in Skopje (media)
• Five suspects arrested for war crimes against Albanian civilian victims (media)
• About five thousand citizens converted their driver's licences to RKS (RTK)
• Albanians of the Valley warn of protest due to passivisation of their addresses (RTK)
• Reactions on murder of woman in Gracanica: One less woman, one more murderer! (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kosovo Authorities Arrest Five Serbs in War Crimes Probe, Sparking Outcry from Serbian Officials (KoSSev, media)
• “The Diocese of Raška and Prizren Deeply Concerned About Recent Arrests of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and the Deterioration of Interethnic Relations” (eparhija-prizren.com)
• Protest today in Pasjane due to the arrest of Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Lawyers: No reasonable doubt that the arrested Serbs committed the criminal offenses they are charged with (Kosovo Online)
• Bocan-Kharchenko: Kurti carrying out terror in Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti, Kosovo Online)
• Ristanovic: Gazivode is the legacy of the SFRY, it was not built with Kosovo's funds (Kosovo Online)

International Media:

• Kosovo’s president involved in Macedonian airport scuffle, sparking diplomatic row (politico.eu)