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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 2, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Hovenier: We do not support any change of the status of the bridge (Klan) • Government: Iber Bridge must be opened; it is at service of everyone and against no one (Klan) • Rasic: All parties should avoid unilateral actions (RTK) • Kurti: Government will not stop supporting Kosovo Police (media) • Explosion in the yard of a house in the north, no one injured (Telegrafi) • Political parties in North Macedonia react to airport incident with Kosovo President (media) Serbian Language Media: • Quint after meeting with Kurti: We informed him that we do not support any changes in the current status of the bridge on the Ibar (KoSSev) • Kosovo President refuses security check at Skopje Airport (N1, media) • The explosion took place last night in the yard of a private house in Ugljare village (KoSSev) • Canaj: Both Pristina and Belgrade should focus on the lives of citizens (Kosovo Online) • M.Z. from Donja Gusterica village died because of severe injuries inflicted by her husband (KiM radio, medijacentar.info, Kosovo Online, KoSSev) • Vucic welcomed Siljanovska Davkova in the Prohor Pcinjski monastery (Kosovo Online, media) International: • TAV Macedonia: We categorically reject the allegations that our employee tried to take Vjosa Osmani's phone (slobodenpecat.mk)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 2, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Stano: Opening the bridge over Iber river is a matter of dialogue (RTK) • Osmani to Stano: Issue of the bridge should not be topic of dialogue in any way (RTK) • Osmani stopped by North Macedonian authorities at airport, an attempt to take her phone was made (media) • North Macedonian MIA reacts after incident with President Osmani (RTK) • MFA: We are gathering information about the Osmani incident (Koha) • Skopje Airport reacts after incident with president (RTK) • Bislimi meets North Macedonia’s Deputy PM (RTK) • Musliu: Revealing KIA officials, Risk to their operations (RTK) • Haradinaj on elections: Let us shorten Kosovo's desperate situation (media) • Miners to Government: We should not be held responsible for management of enterprise (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Increase in pensions before January, a significant increase in salaries for educators (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug, media) • EU reiterates: Decision to open bridge over Ibar should be part of dialogue (Beta, N1, media) • Former KLA member Blerim Ramadani transferred to house arrest (Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio) • KAP: The pumps in the north were not leased to EXFIS, we are investigating the case (Kosovo Online) International Media: • 15 arrested in crack-down on high-profile Albanian criminal network (Europol.europa.eu) • Kosovo Miners’ Strike Over Unpaid Wages Enters Fourth Week (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 1, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Government: Financial support for "Trepca" depends on promise to resume increase in production (Koha) • Gervalla appoints Nita Shala as Kosovo's ambassador to Italy (RTK) • Members of KIA Supervisory Committee met director Petrit Ajeti (RTK) • Kurti convenes Security Council, discuss fires and traffic safety (Koha) • LVV MP asks Osmani: On what grounds did you not allow Konjufca to replace Kurti in the meeting? (Reporteri) • Abdixhiku asks public actors to boycott RTK (Koha) • FOL: Government has implemented 33% of 147 activities (media) Serbian Language Media: • On the remains of the Dolac monastery near Klina: Albanians erase the traces of the sanctuary (KiM radio, Politika) • Petkovic: Unlawful ban of dinar in Kosovo, the state will continue with regular payments (Tanjug, RTS) • Residents of central Kosovo half a year without the dinar: We struggle to function, this is a crime (Kosovo Online) • North Mitrovica: In addition to the ban on dinars, residents also worried about the shortage of certain products (Kosovo Online) • Residents of Strpce: Without the dinar, life hard for both the people and the merchants (Kosovo Online) • A forest owned by Serbs burned down in Susica, they suspect arson (KoSSev, KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Borrell condemned the attacks by bots from Kosovo on Djordje Bojovic, Viola von Cramon's assistant (NMagazin, Beta)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 1, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Date of regular elections will be announced after some analysis (RTK) • Kurti called for removal of EU measures against Kosovo (media) • Osmani: Responsibility must be demanded for not filing indictment against Radoicic (Koha) • Osmani talks with De Rio about security issues and removal of EU measures (RTK) • Svecla meets with North Macedonian counterpart, talk about illegal migration (RTK) • Kusari-Lila disagrees with opposition about January 26, mentions other dates (RTK) • Ahmetxhekaj: Kurti invited me to his office, wanted change in management of RTK (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric met Latvian FM in Riga (Tanjug) • Petkovic receives farewell visit from OSCE ambassador in Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS) • Odalovic: Kurti does not care about the missing, Albanians or Serbs (Kosovo Online) • North Mitrovica Municipality: Allegations of Misconduct and Non-Compliance (KoSSev) • YIHR and Kosovan Police Remove Offensive Graffiti in Gojbulja (KoSSev, N1) • Radio Borzani reporter denied access to meeting in Strpce amid dispute over credentials (KoSSev) • Census results and economy: Causes and consequences of labor force outflow from Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Serbian parliament passes declaration on rights and joint future of Serbs (Tanjug, media) International Media: • Serbia, Djuric to Nova: "Top priority for EU membership, but with equal rights" (agenzianova.com) • Advocates sound alarm over Kosovo’s new media law (VoA) • The Dua Lipa festival aiming to change Kosovo’s image (BBC) • Political Parties In Kosovo Seek Date For 2025 Election (RFE) • Two More Podiums: Paris 2024 Olympics Bring More Joy to Kosovo Athletes (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 31, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: During the war in Kosovo, Serbia's strategy was to hide the crime (RTK) • Election date to be known today? Osmani to meet leaders of political parties in afternoon (Telegrafi) • Bislimi: Cooperation with Sinani will be inseparable (RTK) • KIJ: Kurti and Bislimi did not have proactive approach to report to Assembly about dialogue (Klan) • UK ambassador congratulates "Sunny Hill" team for dealing with global issue of violence against women (Klan) • Haradinaj: In my time, Radoicic fled from Kosovo, in Kurti's time, he became a factor (ekonomia) • IRI: Kosovars mostly watch television to get information (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: UNESCO's objective assessment about the danger of Serbian monasteries in Kosovo (NMagazin, Beta, Kosovo Online, Kurir) • Milivojevic: From words to move to deeds, A/CSM should be the first and previous issue (RTS) • Transfer of Command at KFOR RC-WEST (N1) • A Serbian citizen arrested at Jarinje on suspicion of possessing forged Kosovo documents (N1, KoSSev, NMagazin) • SNS official says early elections possible (N1, Beta, TV Pink) Opinion: • Under Rama, Albania is failing on almost every score (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbia: Fresh protests threaten EU-backed lithium mining plan (euronews.com) • Balkan Countries Turn Blind Eye to Growing Loneliness (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 31, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani meets Ambassador Hovenier, discuss security situation (media) • Zulfaj responds to Varhely about Association: Deal with EU enlargement (RTK) • Kurti congratulates Ardita Sinani for being elected mayor of Presheva Municipality (RTK) • EU and Serbia blamed for delays in addressing issue of missing persons (Koha) • Konjufca congratulates Spiropali: Looking forward to start joint work and deepen cooperation(Kosovapress) • Poll shows Kosovans want EU and NATO membership, worried about tensions with Serbia (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Sejdilar: Gorani in Kosovo without a representative in the government, it shows the government's attitude towards this community (KoSSev) • How AKP explained the entry of Exfis into the former NIS pump in North Mitrovica (KoSSev) • 80 new notaries in Kosovo sworn in; none from the Serbian community (Radio Mitrovica sever) • New local government in Bujanovac, multi-ethnic majority after two decades (RTS) • Four Serbian sanctuaries in Kosovo on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger for 18 years, what does it indicate? (Kosovo Online) International Media: • Ineffective and Inhumane: Denmark-Kosovo Prison Transfer Deal Continues Nordic Discrimination Towards Foreigners (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 30, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Varhelyi: Dialogue is the European path of Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Osmani and Infantino talk about improving sports infrastructure in Kosovo (Albanian Post) • Specialized Chambers to reconsider reduction of sentence against Salih Mustafa (Koha) • Constitution of the investigative committee for school textbooks fails (Reporteri) • Selmanaj: Kurti not worried about miners, but about election results (RTK) • Tahiri to Kurti: Enough with promenades in Paris, deal with Trepca’s unpaid miners (media) • Kurti: Dear migrants, we welcome you today in "Skenderbeu" square in Pristina (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric: Dialogue with Pristina challenging, we are proud to be Cyprus’s true friends (Tanjug, RTS) • Varhelyi: Negotiations on Cluster 3 with Serbia should be opened (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug) • Srdjan Lazovic's detention extended for another two months (Radio Mitrovica Sever, Kosovo Online) • Haxhiu: Serb policeman shot dead on eve of lithium contract signing, near planned mine site (KoSSev) • KFOR: We carefully monitor all relevant security developments in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Rakocevic: UNESCO protection important; establishing Kosovo's cultural heritage not possible (Kosovo Online) • “No to Rio Tinto – we want clean air, water”: Protests against lithium mining in Serbia (N1) International: • EU’s endorsement of lithium mining will further tarnish its reputation in Serbia (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 30, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Haxhiu: Opposition obstructing reform through Constitutional Court (Koha) • Krasniqi in Hungarian Parliament: Kosovo urgently needs removal of EU measures (Klan) • Ministry of Defense announces tender for construction of infrastructure at Gjakova Airport (Reporteri) • Kurti informs compatriots about Diaspora Investment Window (Reporteri) • Dreshaj accuses Vetëvendosje of a "coup" in the investigative committee (kosovapress) • Tahiri: LVV MPs illegally replaced leaders of investigative committe for school textbooks (Ekonomia) • Kosovo Serbs have 10 days to change their driver's licences (RFE) Serbian Language Media: • EULEX: We continue to monitor the security situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS, RTV, Tanjug) • What will the upcoming elections bring to Kosovo? (Kosovo Online) • The recently installed Exfis logo has been removed from the former NIS gas station in Mitrovica (KoSSev) • Shadow Report: REM not enforcing law, media ownership non-transparent, impunity for attacks (N1, NUNS, NMagazin)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 29, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo receives a loan from Saudi Fund for Pristina - Mitrovica road (media) • Murati accuses Constitutional Court of delay in publishing full verdict on Law on minimum wage (media) • LVV MPs call "illegal" meetings of Investigative Committee without presence of head and deputy head (media) • Albania's FM: Bosnia should reassess its approach to Kosovo (RTK) • Head of "Friends of America" Association: Political relations with U.S. "cracked" (media) • Szunyog: Proud to be supporting the next generation (RTK) • Mustafi: EU report states that Vucevic's Serbia is on a reverse path (RTK) • NGO "Voice of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians" with demand for 11 municipalities (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric: Serbia has its own position regarding Kosovo and military neutrality, this is not in question (Kosovo Online, Novosti) • Petkovic: As a result of Kurti’s terror, 15 percent of Serbs left northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Politika, Danas) • Rada Trajkovic: The condition for Macron's arrival is the arrest of Radoicic (Beta, NMagazin, N1, media) • Vucic met Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug, media) International: • Kosovo man given life sentence for femicide in retrial (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 29, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: 3941 Serb citizens have applied for conversion of driver's licenses (Nacionale) • Removal of visas for Serbs - LVV blames EU, AAK sees it violation of sovereignty (Ekonomia) • CEC: Preparations for elections will start after the date is set (media) • Abdixhiku to citizens: On one side you have division, on the other the "New Way" (media) • Hoti: Kurti turned dialogue to zero, attacks on media like in totalitarian states (Reporteri) • Kandic called for re-excavations in Serbia, in search of bodies of the missing (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucevic: Serbs in Kosovo do not have basic conditions for life (Tanjug, RTS) • Vilan: After four years in Serbia, I understand all the sensitivity of solving the issue of Kosovo (Tanjug) • Office for KiM: Threatening graffiti on the house of a Serbian family in Gojbulja village near Vucitrn; SL reaction (RTS, Kosovo Online, media) • The Kosovo police launched an investigation into graffiti on a family home near Vucitrn (NMagazin, Beta, KoSSev, media) • UNESCO: Monasteries in Kosovo endangered due to political problems (NMagazin, Beta, KoSSev, Vreme, media) • Vucic: Lavrov right, Western double standards for Kosovo and Crimea (Kosovo Online) • Stosic: Only one goal behind the opening of the Bridge on the Ibar – raising tensions (Kosovo Online) International Media: • Roma Refugees from Kosovo Still Suffering Exclusion in Serbia – Report (BIRN)