Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Attack was from playbook of Russia (media) KFOR enhances security measures to protect critical infrastructure (media) Water on the tense border: Can Serbia change the course of Iber? (RFE) Maqedonci meets U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Wallander (media) Specialist Prosecutor’s Office conducts several operations in Kosovo (media) Republika Srpska ministers will boycott meeting because of Kurti visit (RFE) Media: Two soldiers went to Kosovo without permit, will be suspended Serbian Language Media: Serbian Orthodox Church targeted with misinformation; journalists warn atmosphere reminiscent of 2004 (Alternativna.com) Raska-Prizren Diocese: Spreading false information about SOC incitement of religious and ethnic hatred (media, social media) Andric-Rakic: ‘Aimless wandering’ of police in north, dialogue with local community only solution (Kosovo Online, Danas) Residents of central Kosovo in fear and uncertainty over situation in north (Radio KIM) Milojevic: Forceful incursion in Serbian Post Office in Socanica (Kosovo Online) KFOR enhances security measures for protection of critical infrastructure (Kosovo Online, social media) Construction of police substation at main Mitrovica-Leposavic road underway (Alternativna.com) Court of Appeals orders new trial in case of Caslav Jolic accused of alleged war crimes (Radio kontakt plus) Vucic: Hungary to call new session on Cluster 3 (Tanjug) Opinion: Vucic’s responsibility (Koha) International: Kosovo takes careful steps towards remembrance of wartime rape (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 5, 2024 Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Latest attack, highly calculated operation, targeting civilians (media) Osmani Costa discuss latest developments, including “terrorist attack” (media) Kurti received by EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos (media) Kurti will take part in conference in Sarajevo on relations in the region (media) Surroi: Kosovo and Serbia risk bringing new cold war to their borders (VoA) KFOR Commander meets UNMIK chief Ziadeh (media) AJK condemns Mujka’s lynching language against KTV journalist (media) Student Resource Center opened for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian youths (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: As long as I am president, Serbia will not recognize Kosovo and will remain militarily neutral (Kosovo Online) Vucic: Serbia frontrunner of development in Western Balkans, economy always wins (Tanjug) COM KFOR meets SRSG Ziadeh, discuss security situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media) Main hearing in case against KSF member: Lawyer someone who wounded young persons is charged with ‘causing general danger’ (KoSSev, media) Jevtic on Kurtaj’s trial: It comes as no surprise that he feels no guilty (KoSSev) Kosovo police officers armed with long-barreled weapons near ‘crucial infrastructure’ in Leposavic (Alternativna.com) Brnabic: Serbia deserves to open Cluster 3, already working on other clusters (media)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti: I demanded accountability for ongoing threats to Kosovo’s security (media) Kurti meets O’Brien, “focus on November 29 terrorist attack” (media) Osmani and Costa discuss Iber-Lepenci, Banjska, and EU measures (media) Maqedonci: Serbia’s policies aimed at destabilizing Kosovo’s security (media) Rohde: Only candidates that recognize each other can get into EU (media) Kearns: UK must stand resolutely with Kosovo against terrorism (media) Kusari-Lila skeptical about progress in next chief negotiators’ meeting (media) Three municipalities face water cuts again due to water canal attack (media) “Groups of local Serbs in north could be working for Russian intelligence” (media) Mitrovica North, War Crimes Institute sign memorandum of cooperation (media) Serbian Language Media: Kosovo, election campaign in a ‘state of war’ (Danas) Head of Serbian Democracy Leposavic Municipal Board files request to Kosovo police to reduce presence in front of schools and health facilities (social media) Keys of Innovation Centre in Zubin Potok confiscated, they appeal to international community to help resolve issue (Alternativna.com, social media) RTS: Who is mining (sabotaging) peace in northern Kosovo? Vucic meets with Kos in Brussels (Tanjug) Vucic: I will not change policy on Russia sanctions (Tanjug) 12-hour restrictions in water supply in Mitrovica and Zvecan (KoSSev) Hearing in Srdjan Lazovic’s case held in Pristina, he pleaded not guilty (media) Investigation opened into sexual harassment report in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) Opinion: Illicit finance: Western Balkans must act to clean up dirty money problems (BIRN) Green Deal, we have a problem (Kosovo 2.0) International: Kallxo.com crew threatened while reporting Kisnica mine power outage (Kallxo)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 4, 2024 Albanian Language Media: Kurti meets Costa: Kosovo ready for advance on EU path (media) Kurti meets Kallas; “I discussed terrorist attack on critical infrastructure” (media) Osmani talks with O’Brien about attack in Zubin Potok (RFE) Police Director: Attack on Iber Lepenc similar to a war-time sabotage attack (RTK) Svecla publishes photos of confiscated ammunition, weapons and arms (media) Osmani to meet with new president of EU Council and EP president today (media) Bislimi accuses Serbia of aggressive discrimination against Albanians in the Valley (media) Osmani honors “extraordinary contribution of persons with disabilities” (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: Whoever caused incident on water canal did not do it in Serbia's interest (media) Vucic: Discussion with Kallas open, difficult (Tanjug) Kallas: Normalization of relations is only path to EU membership (media, social media) Vucic meets Lajcak: Serbia will insist on truth and protection of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, media) Djuric meets Chinese Ambassador Li Ming (media) Lin: China condemns attack on infrastructure in Kosovo, rights of all ethnic groups should be protected (media) Jevtic: Incident on Ibar-Lepenac water canal benefits Kurti, I’m increasingly convinced it was preplanned (Kosovo Online) Gogic: Pristina did not receive desired outcome from EP Foreign Affairs Committee (media)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Slovenia, a model for countries of former Yugoslavia (media) Maqedonci: KSF is not forbidden in the north, but coordination is required (media) ​​New head of European Council to host Balkan leaders today (media) Prosecutorial Council and Office of Chief State Prosecutor react to Kurti (media) One month detention for suspect in Iber-Lepenc attack (media) Serwer: We’ve seen a series of attacks against Kosovo (media) Chief prosecutor in Belgrade: Decision on indictment for Radoicic soon (media) Education union head warns with mass protest (media) Prevent: Some Telegram channels promote actions against Police and KFOR (Koha) Serbian Language Media: Arsenijevic terms Selim Pacolli’s posts as ‘open call for ethnic cleansing and hate speech’, Raska-Prizren Eparchy expresses grave concerns (KoSSev, media) Aleksandar Arsenijevic files criminal report against Selim Pacolli (social media) Visoki Decani Monastery on Selim Pacolli’s posts (social media) Residents of North Mitrovica on increased presence of special units: repression and pressure (Kosovo Online) Jevtic: Events in north part of Kurti's long-term strategy to displace Serbs (media) Arsenijevic: Key people in Kosovo Government need to resign over explosion at Ibar-Lepenac water canal (Danas, FoNet) Vucic: Important meetings ahead in Brussels, Zurich and Berne (Tanjug) International: Legal experts sound alarm over ‘rushed’ Serbian criminal code changes (BIRN) Trump 2.0 and the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue: Anticipating the unpredictable (Sbunker.org)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 3, 2024 Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Links of arrested individuals indicate presence of foreign actors (media) Maqedonci: Attempt of attack was to kneel state and humanitarian disaster (KTV) Gervalla: Serbia is copying Russia's strategies (media) Kurti to meet with Kaja Kallas in Brussels today (RTK) Hacker: Zubin Potok attack resembles Russian attacks in Ukraine (RTK) U.S. reaffirms commitment to address global scourge of human trafficking (media) Calls for armed rebellion and changing of constitutional order in Serbia (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric informs UK's Doughty of Serbian positions on Ibar-Lepenac water canal attack (Tanjug) Mijacic: Explosion at Ibar-Lepenac canal certainly not an act of local community, nor official Belgrade (Kosovo Online, social media) Members of European Parliament request impartial investigation on water canal attack, evidence for accusations (Tanjug) Radojevic: “Serbs in North Mitrovica feel as if under occupation, intimidated by Kosovo police” (Kosovo Online, media) Kosovo police deny accusations of violence against Jahirovic family (Radio kontakt plus, media) CSOs from north: Serious violation of human rights (Radio kontakt plus, media, social media) Radio KIM: Selim Pacoli calls for “Storm”, accuses SOC of being “the main instigator and screenwriter” (media, social media) Opinion: Absurdity of EU: Kosovo, victim of terrorist actions, but under sanctions (Koha) International: Kosovo continues to probe ‘terror attack’ on canal after weekend arrests (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti meets Quint ambassadors, informs them on November 29 attack (media) U.S. and EU ambassadors address the media after meeting PM Kurti (media) Kurti: Success in north increased Belgrade’s nervousness and aggression (RTK) Rizvanolli: Municipalities supplied from Iber Lepenci could face cuts today (RFE) Visibly smaller numbers of special police in Mitrovica North (media) Rrustemi: Serbia orchestrating attacks, opposition minimizing them (Telegrafi) Serb young man warns of new attacks in Kosovo (media) Another suspect for attack in Iber-Lepenc arrested, police find weapons and ammunition (media) AJK condemns death threat against journalist Berat Buzhala (Klan) Gervalla to attend meeting of EP Foreign Affairs Committee (media) Kurti: EU should show readiness to accept Kosovo's progress in the integration process (media) Serbian Language Media: Simic: Pristina uses explosion in Zubin Potok as an alibi for ‘crackdown’ on Serbs (RTS, Kosovo Online) "It is no longer necessary for them to beat us or take out their guns, the time has come to say it is enough, let's go under the tent, this is no longer life" (KoSSev) Raid in Mikronaslje: Jahirovic accuses police of “excessive use of force, discrimination and sexist harassment of his wife” (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev, Radio KIM) Kurti: I don’t know how far investigation has progressed; it’s too early, it’s still the weekend (Kosovo Online) Djuric: Kurti made mistake in steps by accusing Belgrade for explosion, ‘we won’t let him go now’ (RTS) Milovic: Kurti admitted he has no evidence, his goal is to accuse Serbia (Tanjug, TV Pink) Miftaraj from KLI reacts to Kurti’s statements about KSF and the north (KoSSev) Owner of Kosovo Online portal released from detention (media) Mitrovica North and Zvecan without water supply again (KoSSev, Radio kontakt plus) Prosecutor Stefanovic: I expect comprehensive investigation into water canal case; decision on indictment for Banjska soon (media) Protest in front of Montenegrin Assembly over arrest of three young men from Niksic in Kosovo (KoSSev) International: Arrests follow as Kosovo attempts to repair damages following northern water pipe explosion (PI) NATO rejects Pristina's request for Kosovar deployment to North (RFE) Serbia rejects responsibility for a water supply explosion in Kosovo as tensions rise (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 2, 2024 Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Those responsible for the attack will be held accountable (media) President Osmani’s reaction after attack in Zubin Potok (media) Osmani meets QUINT and EU ambassadors following attack in the north (media) Reactions to water canal attack in Zubin Potok (media) Kurti: Serbian attack in Zubin Potok linked with Russian attacks in Ukraine (Koha) Rizvanolli: Attack showed we are ready to confront such threats (media) KFOR rejected Kosovo’s request to send KSF in the north (RFE) Tahiri: Terrorist act in the north, part of Serbia’s dark mindset (Klan Kosova) KFOR U.S. soldiers patrol in Zubin Potok (media) Serbian Language Media: KoSSev: KFOR confirmed Pristina asked authorization for ‘potential’ KSF deployment to the north, but they did not allow it SRSG Ziadeh condemns attack on water canal, transparent investigation imperative (Kosovo Online, RTS, social media) Vucic: Major hybrid attack attempted against Serbia (RTS, Tanjug, media) Djuric, Petkovic react to last night Kurti’s conference, say he offered no evidence to support his claims (Kosovo Online, social media0 Serbian top officials dismiss allegations Belgrade is behind attack on Ibar-Lepenac water canal, offer support in repairing canal and investigation (media, social media) Serbian political parties in Kosovo condemn attack on Ibar-Lepenac canal, call for impartial and comprehensive investigation (Alternativna.com, KoSSev, Radio KIM) Civil society organizations from north condemn attack on water canal, call for responsible approach, prevention of misuse (media, social media) Serbian opposition react to damages of water canal, situation of Serbs in Kosovo (KoSSev) Increased presence of Kosovo special police forces in the north (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online, Alternativna.com) Delevic: Vicentijevic remanded in custody for 30 days (Kosovo Online) Arrested Kosovo Online owner accused of administering ‘Koridor’ Telegram page, allegations denied by Office for KiM and his lawyer (KoSSev) KLA emblem among seized equipment at Svecla's and police press conference (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: • Zvecan municipality building attacked with hand grenades (media) • Kurti about attack in Zvecan: These are criminal and terrorist acts (RTK) • Zvecan Mayor condemns hand grenade attack on municipal premises (media) • Svecla: No one can stop freedom, civil rights, through fear and terrorism (media) • PDK condemns Zvecan attack: Clear attempt to intimidate Mayor Peci (media) • Kurti: I always coordinated with President Osmani on foreign policy (media) • Rohde: I told leaders about restrictions on election campaigns in Germany (media) • Begaj reaffirms Albania's commitment to support Kosovo (RTK) • “Provocation of two Montenegrin soldiers is a scandal, if not worse” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Municipality of Gracanica asked KFOR's protection, police do not have capacity to ensure peace (KiM radio, Tanjug) • Subaric discusses Gracanica incident with police: Criminal reports and promises they will work on case (Radio KiM) • Serbian Democracy on the last night's incident in Gracanica: A serious threat to peace (Kontakt plus radio) • Rada Trajkovic: Where did the honour and good-neighbour relations disappear? (social media) • Residents of Gracanica: We are disturbed, provocations are not needed in this troubled time (Kosovo Online) • Velebit: “Kurti uses political vacuum before Trump comes to power, escalation in intimidating Serbs to be expected” (Kosovo Online) • Rohde: European draft of CSM Statute an official document; Kosovo must fulfil its legal obligations (Kosovo Online) • Gogic: Kurti wants to reduce the CSM to the Association of Kosovo Municipalities, but the CSM has additional powers (Kosovo Online) • Explosion in Zvecan: Explosive device thrown, increased police presence (N1, KoSSev) • Svecla accuses ''criminal groups directed by Belgrade'' for last night's explosion in Zvecan while investigation is ongoing (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: November 28 is fundamental date in Albanians’ history and identity (media) • Osmani in Prekaz: We pledge we will protect every corner of the Republic (media) • Rohde: Don't insult the club you want to join, this is never a good idea (media) • Stano: Implementation of Declaration on Missing will only happen when parties agree on Joint Commission (Ekonomia) • Stano ends mandate: Lajcak is envoy for dialogue until January (Sinjali) • Albania, Kosovo's main partner for import and export from CEFTA countries (Koha) • SpaceX’s “satellite train” crosses the sky of Kosovo (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: What’s happening in world is increasingly getting out of control (Kosovo Online, media) • Chanting “Kosova, Kosova” and waving Albanian flags in middle of Gracanica (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Gracanica mayor on incident: Planned and organized (Radio KIM, KoSSev, Media Centre) • Stojanovic at UN conference: Protect Serbian Orthodox sites in Kosovo (media) • Perovic: Apprehension over apartments’ allocation is continuation of persecution (media) • Kosovo police suspended six officers over lack of reaction to mural defacing in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • Defence minister's collegium meets in Belgrade (Tanjug) • Ivanovic: Montenegrin Government closely follows arrest case of its three citizens (Kosovo Online)