Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell to inform EU foreign ministers today on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE)
• Osmani: I thanked the Holy Father for the care he shows toward Kosovo (media)
• Kurti meets with Mufti, talks about the Draft Law on Religious Freedoms (media)
• Fajon and Lajcak talk about the situation in the Western Balkans (Klan)
• Kusari-Lila: Kosovo is not a blocking party in the dialogue (media)
• Kosovo Police unit fires shots after being attacked by a vehicle in Leposavic (Koha)
• Abdixhiku criticises government on Martin Berishaj and Oliver Ivanovic cases (media)
• Protest against Kurti's statement about Ivanovic: resign or apologise (media)
• UN willing to help families and people affected by floods (Indeksonline)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian Government session commence, Vucic to address public this evening (RTS, media)
• Dacic: ZSO precondition for talks on Belgrade-Pristina solution (Kosovo Online, Happy TV)
• Opposition reacts to Vucic’s willingness to accept Kosovo agreement concept (N1, Prva TV)
• Serbian Orthodox Church elders express conviction that Serbian state leadership would not and can not agree to Kosovo independence (FoNet)
• Brnabic: Nothing regarding Kosovo will be decided without the people (FoNet, N1)
• Fatherland Movement seeks referendum on French-German proposal (KoSSev)
• Lajcak: Community of Serb Municipalities crucial, German-French plan solution (Tanjug)
• Danas: European plan for Kosovo in 10 points (KoSSev)
• Professor: French-German proposal contrary to Constitution of Serbia and UN Resolution 1244 (N1)
• Nova: ZSO by the end of April, final agreement by June (Kosovo Online)
• Specialist Court without comment on media reports on theft of confidential data (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic receives Cuban ambassador in a farewell visit, thanks him for Cuban stance on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Three key postulates for the formation of the CSM (ZSO) (Politika)
• Petkovic: Special forces shot at a vehicle near the Bistrica Bridge, a Serb was wounded (media)
• A Serbian boy attacked in Suvi Do yesterday (media)

Opinion:

• “Kosovo is a Country, and a Country Means a State, Rules the Court of Justice of the European Union” (EJILTalk)

Humanitarian/Development:

• The air is slowly but surely killing us (Kosovo 2.0)
• Floods in Western Balkans Cause Huge Damage, Drownings (Balkan Insight)

• Kurti invites his cabinet to fulfill commitments of government program (RTK)
• Vjosa Osmani to visit the Vatican in a reception by Pope Francis (media)
• Western envoys visit Pristina, Belgrade, part of reconciliation effort (RFE)
• Kosovo-Serbia talks may advance ‘in weeks’, US diplomat says (BIRN)
• Western envoys visit Kosovo, Serbia to defuse tensions (AP)
• West expects more understanding of EU proposal for Serbia, Kosovo (AA)
• EU dialogue envoy makes visit to Serbia and Kosovo amid tensions (TVP World)
• PACE may discuss recent tensions between Pristina and Belgrade (media)
• Walker: Serbia invested heavily in propaganda against Recak massacre (media)
• Analyst warns: With or without Association, north is in danger (euronews.al)
• Protest in Pristina today against Kurti’s statement about Ivanovic (EO)
• “Wagner” inscription seen at school and Health Center in Mitrovica (Koha)
• Kosovo’s green transition remains main goal of EU in 2023 (Europe House)
• Serbian president hints that agreement with Kosovo is possible (newsbase)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 20, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak after the 2-hour meeting with Kurti: We expected greater understanding (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo's membership in EU and NATO has nothing to do with Serbia (Sinjali)
• Plan for “political assassinations” in Kosovo, only a rumour (media)
• French Ambassador: I am confident news on threats will be investigated (media)
• LDK: Conduct independent investigations into assassination plan (Klan)
• Hoti to government: Do not compromise on goals of dialogue and coordinate with allies (Sinjali)
• EP to investigate Varhelyi on suspicions of favouring Serbia in negotiations (Klan)
• Kurti visits areas affected by floods (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: I am certain Serbia will not join EU soon (Tanjug)
• Gazivode Dam safe, no room for panic, spillway opened on time (KoSSev)
• Floods affecting Serb-populated areas (Radio KIM, KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• Djuric: Strategic affairs to be discussed with "big five" (Tanjug)
• Odalovic banned from entering Kosovo again (RTS, Tanjug)
• Ukrainian Ambassador: We are grateful to Serbs for humanitarian support (N1)
• Vucic to meet with Lajcak, Escobar, political advisers (media)
• Vucic receives German representatives (media)
• Kenya confirms it will not recognize Kosovo (RTV)
• Lawyer of Sladjan Trajkovic filed an appeal on his detention measure (Danas)

International:

• ‘We need autonomy’: Kosovo Serbs object to western diplomacy (Financial Times)

• Chollet: Final agreement requires tough choices and political courage (RFE)
• PM Kurti hosts five envoys from U.S. and EU today (media)
• Kurti: Mutual recognition, central point of agreement with Serbia (media)
• Kosovo License-Plate Issue Flares Up Again With Ban On Cars With Kosovar City Abbreviation (RFE)
• Haradinaj warns Vetevendosje: Forcing us to consider total blockade (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo in 2023: Between ‘crisis management’ and ‘conflict resolution’ (BIRN)
• Floods hit Kosovo, cutting drinking water supply to many towns (BIRN)
• Preparation conference in Thaci et al case rescheduled for Feb 15 (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 19, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani welcomes the European Parliament resolution for Kosovo (media)
• Western Balkans leaders gather to discuss in Davos, Switzerland (Klan)
• EU doesn’t consider Serbia has renewed KM licence plates (media)
• COMKFOR: Security situation generally calm but extremely fragile (media)
• CoE: Not aware that Kosovo membership is conditioned with Association (Klan)
• Lajcak: I believe Finland will continue its support for the dialogue (media)
• Konjufca condemns threats against Abdixhiku and Krasniqi (Nacionale)
• Abdixhiku after reported assassination plots: We don’t feel threatened at all (Telegrafi)
• Hoxhaj: Government failed to keep the recognitions we secured (EO)
• Slovenian PM on suspected affair with Martin Berishaj: Pure fabrication (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: Belgrade didn’t violate agreement on licence plates (Radio KIM, RTS)
• Petkovic responds to Svecla on licence plates agreement (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Petkovic: Kurti provoking crisis again (N1)
• Serbian List calls on EU to prevent violation of licence plates agreement by Pristina (Kosovo Online)
• Ambulance vehicle with KM plates held at Jarinje (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic on Kurti, secessionism, EP resolution (Tanjug)
• Dacic: EP resolution another example of enormous hypocrisy (N1)
• Hill: Serbia itself should decide what standards it needs (Tanjug, Nedeljnik)
• Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (media)
• Lawyer: Calling someone who was not convicted a war criminal is a criminal act (KoSSev)
• Analyst: Who gives right to Sarrazin to make Serbia recognize Kosovo, when EU does not have unified stance (Danas, BETA, Nova.rs, N1)

International:

• Kosovo License-Plate Issue Flares Up Again With Ban On Cars With Kosovar City Abbreviation (RFE)
• Serbian Police Ex-Commander Wanted in Kosovo for War Crimes (BIRN)

• Svecla: Serbia violated agreement on license plates (Klan)
• Police on reports for assassination plans against LDK and PDK MPs (media)
• PM Kurti meets Croatian counterpart in Davos (media)
• Bislimi meets Swiss Ambassador - support of 83 million francs, confirmed (Klan)
• The shooting in Shterpce: an eye-witness’s words (Prishtina Insight)
• Bitter rhetoric: Politicisation of missing persons in post-conflict Kosovo (BIRN)
• Supreme Court suspends licences to build power plants on Lumbardh (BIRN)
• Begaj: We are sensitive but cautious about recent tensions in Kosovo (Klan)
• Vucic: 2023, one of most difficult years in Serbia’s modern history (media)
• Serbia in 2023: Against backdrop of war, pressure for deal on Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 18, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Greater dynamic in dialogue: Five internationals in Pristina on Friday (Koha)
• PM Kurti interview for Swiss newspaper Blick (media)
• Lajcak meets Kurti in Davos; talk next steps in dialogue and pressing issues (media)
• FES: Draft statute of Association, good basis for discussion (RFE)
• Kurti meets Vice President of Switzerland Viola Amherd (media)
• Hoti criticises Kurti: Calls for investors and warnings for war do not go together (Klan)
• Supreme Court reinstates measure on permits for Decan hydropower plants (Telegrafi)
• The judge in KLA leaders’ case: The trial will be long, about 5 years (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic’s meetings in Davos (RTS, media)
• Petkovic meets Botsan-Kharchenko, discuss situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Bilcik: I see goodwill of Belgrade in dialogue, Pristina has to establish ZSO (Tanjug, RTS)
• Former Slovenian PM asks for parliamentary investigation of Berishaj affair (Radio KIM)
• Peach: Sides should not see implementation of agreements as threat (Radio KIM)
• Dacic, Peach discuss bilateral ties, Kosovo, Ukraine (Tanjug)
• European Court of Justice annuls EC decision on Kosovo (N1)
• Lajcak to visit Pristina and Belgrade on January 20 (Radio kontakt plus)
• European Parliament calls Belgrade to align with EU policies (N1)

• Prime Minister Kurti’s meetings in Davos (media)
• Will he meet with Vucic in Davos? Albin Kurti responds (euronews.al)
• Kosovo’s Deputy PM Bislimi in an unannounced visit to Berlin (Klan)
• Trial against Thaci et al; The Hague announces upcoming conference (media)
• “Visa-free in the European Union next year” (RTK)
• Quitters need not apply? Warily, Kosovo starts to refill protesting Serbs’ vacated posts (RFE)
• Slovenia urges Serbia, Kosovo to start normalization talks (Anadolu Agency)
• Walker: Belgrade wants to use Serbs and Albanians in north as chess pieces (euronews.al)
• NATO Military Committee to meet in Brussels; discuss on Kosovo too (Express)
• Opposition criticises Kurti for his statement on Ivanovic (Koha)
• Ethnic tensions have created a political 'volcano' that could erupt anytime (Yahoo.uk)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 17, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia is trying to regain influence in Kosovo, Bosnia and Montenegro (media)
• KPC says Haxhiu’s statements about treating war crimes are not true (Koha)
• LDK blames the government for increase in imports from Serbia (Reporteri)
• Krasniqi: Kurti interrupted ex-KLA fighter, and praised Ivanovic (media)
• Gucati & Haradinaj case: Appeal judgement on 2 February (media)
• Abbott: Past should not be forgotten, but Kosovo and Serbia must make compromises (Klan)
• Jahjaga: NATO and U.S. crucial role for security in Europe and the world (media)
• “Municipalities concerned with govt’s tendency to interfere in local level” (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kosovo Govt passes decision on expropriation of land in north Kosovo (N1)
• Petkovic says Kurti generates crises again, expects EU reaction to land expropriation in Leposavic (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Serbian List reacts to decision to expropriate land in Leposavic (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: Community of Municipalities must be formed for Serbs to return to Pristina's institutions (Tanjug)
• Kurti on late Oliver Ivanovic in 2023 and three years prior to it (KoSSev)
• Fajon: BG and PR to work on further steps to prevent escalation because people are afraid (KoSSev)
• Vucic met UK Envoy Peach: Serbia committed to preserving peace, formation of ZSO key issue (RTV)
• Grenell for RTS: Mutual recognition does not bring food to table, economic development needed
• Vucic to attend World Economic Forum meeting in Davos (Tanjug, media)
• Dussey: Togo's derecognition of Kosovo definitive (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• The difference between Pristina and Belgrade (peacefare.net)
• I saw my fellow Albanians in Kosovo die from afar (BIRN)
• Serbia and Kosovo – rejecting or accepting guilt (Kosovo 2.0)

• Kurti: Serbia must recognize Kosovo; association contradicts Constitution (media)
• Kurti invites the communities: Become part of the Kosovo Police (Klan)
• Escobar and Lajcak to visit Kosovo and Serbia this week (RFE)
• Kurti commemorates Oliver Ivanovic on 5th anniversary of assassination (RTK)
• Fajon: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue should start as soon as possible (media)
• Slovenia FM refuses to discuss ambassador’s alleged financial scandal (BIRN)
• Gervalla: We’ll never accept an association that violates Constitution (media)
• Abdixhiku: Kosovo doesn’t need agreement that doesn’t include recognition (media)
• Gervalla: Derecognition from Togo happened in 2019 (media)
• Kosovo seeks arrest of 18 wartime massacre suspects (BIRN)
• Kosovo woman breaks prejudices by taking village leader role (BIRN)
• Albanian President awards William Walker with High Title (ANA)