Albanian Language Media: • Bislimi: Without signing agreements, we can’t move toward implementation (RFE) • Lajcak: Discussions were helpful to make progress on a number of issues (media) • “EU officials expect Kosovo to adopt Association draft statute soon” (KTV) • PDK’s Tahiri says Kurti agreed to self-governing autonomy for Serbs (Klan) • Westerlund: Association draft statute in line with the Constitution (Kanal 10) • Kosovo Assembly adopts budget for 2024 (media) • Zelensky warns “Russia could be laying ground for conflict in Balkans” (media) • Kurti: Diaspora has enriched our country in innumerable ways (media) • Dozens protest in Pristina, ask government “not to side with Israel” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic after the Brussels meetings: We talked about the CSM Statute, energy, the missing, expects the dialogue to continue (RTS) • Thursday's round of Brussels dialogue concludes without trilateral meeting (Tanjug) • Dacic: Serbia's re-election to the UNESCO Executive Board greater security in protecting heritage in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • US imposes sanctions on two Serbian politicians (N1) • Vucic: Open Balkan an affirmed peace platform (Tanjug) • Blast shakes Mitrovica North (RTS, N1)

Albanian Language Media: • After Petkovic, Lajcak meets Bislimi, tests if there is will for tripartite meeting (media) • Kurti: The 2024 budget will be a defense and security budget (RTK) • PDK does not support 2024 draft budget: It does not bring development alternatives (Reporteri) • Macron: Tensions in Kosovo have calmed down a bit - I'm not worried about resumption of conflict (Klan) • Krasniqi meets Varhelyi, talk about European integration process of Kosovo (Klan) • Ekaterina Trendafilova to visit Kosovo at the end of the month (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • The meeting of the Belgrade delegation with Lajcak ended; the main topic the Statute of the CSM (N1) • Professor Ćorac: If manganese is found in water, it can cause certain health disorders (gracanicaonline.info) • Survey: A majority believe that Serbia and Kosovo Serbs’ position is weaker under the current government; the majority would vote for Vucic again (KoSSev) • The Government of Serbia sent a request for "collecting votes" for the upcoming elections, the OSCE informed Pristina (KoSSev) • Gasic: Kosovo Albanian mafia supplying weapons to people smugglers in northern Serbia (Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online, N1) • Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Belgrade wants territorial compensation for losing Yugoslavia (media) • Bislimi travels to Brussels for meeting of chief negotiators (media) • Kurti meets Police Deputy General Director and Special Intervention Unit (media) • Hoxhaj on draft statute: Kurti does not dare publish what he agreed to (media) • Kosovo seeks assistance from the region to investigate Banjska attack (RFE) • Osmani meets President of Portugal (media) • Selimi: Exactly five months since EU put sanctions on Kosovo (media) • Montenegro Deputy Prime Minister on extradition of war crimes suspect (media) Serbian Language Media: • Technical dialogue between Belgrade, Pristina to continue in Brussels Thursday (Tanjug) • The Belgrade delegation led by Petkovic to meet Lajcak at 9.30 am (Kosovo Online) • French Embassy: „We will consider the technical possibilities“ of returning all the monuments to where they were (KoSSev) • Jablanovic: From political persecution to posing with Vucic (KoSSev) • Arrested attacker on G.M. from Caglavica (medijacentar.info, KiM radio) • Pristina asking for the help of countries in the region regarding the investigation of the Banjska case (KoSSev, RFE) • Serbia elected to the Executive Council of UNESCO, for the third time in a row (Kosovo Online) International Media: • North Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Kosovo* take step towards day-ahead market coupling (balkangreenenergynews.com) • Serbia Signs Natural Gas Deal With Azerbaijan (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 15, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Government: Impossible to comment on authenticity of every document (Klan) • Hoxhaj: Meaningless, anti-democratic that Association draft is kept secret (EO) • Bajrami: LDK doesn’t have the draft statute of the Association (RTV21) • Kurti to community youths: Make Academy of Safety part of your dreams (Klan) • Kurti to meet Special Intervention Unit today (Koha) • CEC chief: Participation of women in election bodies is low (EO) • Hoti: €113 million paid for electricity in the north in 2021 and 2022 (Nacionale) • Malaj: Albania will increase its military presence in KFOR (Gazeta Express) • Abazovic on Banjska attack: It damaged Serbia; Kurti had some warnings (media) • Fried: Kosovo is a state now, not an issue or aspiration (Albanian Post) • Suspected of terrorism: Identity of person wanted by Interpol revealed (Paparaci) Serbian Language Media: • Giaufret: Kosovo not alpha and omega of Serbia's European integration, but part of package (euronews.rs, Kontakt plus radio) • RSF calls Serbian government to implement EC recommendations (N1) • Marinkovic: “Act of ambassadors consequence of Albanian urge to erase historic ties of Serbs with Kosovo” (N1, KoSSev) • Mijacic: More than 2,000 people so far have signed petition for return of monument to fallen Serbian soldiers in First World War (Kosovo Online) • Stefanovic reacts to memorial plaque relocation, terms decision as tragic (N1, Radio KIM) • Russian Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko reacts to memorial plaque relocation (Euronews Serbia, Kosovo Online) • Kosovo police refuses to respond who beat up Serb G.M. from Caglavica (Radio KIM, Media Center) International: • No More ‘Brotherhood and Unity’: Pre-War Kosovo Captured on Camera (Balkan Insight) • EU ‘lacked momentum’ on Balkan enlargement, says Serbia’s Europe minister (Politico)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 15, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti on Association: Vucic wants a "state within the state", I can discuss everything within Constitution (media) • Lajcak: It is necessary to continue dialogue and respect agreement (RTK) • Osmani has traveled for an official visit to Portugal (media) • Minister Maqedonci and head of EULEX discussed security (RTK) • Osmani on burned vehicle in Leposaviq: It aims to hinder integration of Serbs (Koha) • Scholz: We are working hard to solve really difficult Kosovo-Serbia situation (Klan) • Rama: Kosovo and Serbia must reach an agreement (Koha) • Rohde: Now it’s up to the countries to implement what is necessary (media) • PDK: Any statute of Association that contradicts founding ideals of Kosovo, unacceptable (media) • CEC: Serbian List election assembly, in compliance with the laws (EO) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak: We discussed steps for implementation of normalization agreement (Tanjug, media) • Petition to return memorial plaque to original place launched, apology demanded (KoSSev, N1, Kosovo Online, RTS) • Serbian List demands return of memorial plaque to original place, apology from ambassadors (N1, FoNet) • SPS leader Dacic says alliance with opposition not an option (N1, BETA) • Government adopts plan on harmonizing Serbia's visa regime with EU (Tanjug) • United Media launches five licensed Forbes websites in the Adriatic region (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 14, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Upclose, Serbian reporters saw a different Kosovo (Kallxo) • A vehicle set on fire in Leposavic, reportedly belongs to deputy mayor (Koha) • EU membership, government criticized for not consulting civil society (KSP) • Citaku: Propaganda, only area where government excels (Koha) • Albanian Ambassador meets Kosovo Defense Minister (media) • Serbian flag burned in Hoca e Madhe, “incitement of division, intolerance” (Koha) • Trajkovic: Vucic accepted Kosovo’s territorial integrity (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Serbia committed to dialogue and respect for everything agreed upon, Serbs in Kosovo in difficult situation (Tanjug, media) • Petkovic: On Thursday, continuation of talks between Belgrade and Pristina on statute of CSM (ZSO) (NMagazin, Beta, Blic) • Residents of Gracanica dissatisfied because of land expropriation (Euronews) • Dacic: Unacceptable and scandalous relocation of memorial plaque in Pristina (RTV, Kosovo Online) • Director of CESID condemns relocation of memorial plaque (Kosovo Online, social media) • Jaksic plans to form an initiative that will advocate for the division of Kosovo (KiM radio) • Sentic: Setting flag on fire is criminal act, clear condemnation necessary (KoSSev) • Investigation into the burning of the Serbian flag in Velika Hoca (KiM radio, RTS, N1) • New flag placed on monument to killed Serbs from Orahovac (Kosovo Online) • Assembly of the Serbian National Council on November 26 in Belgrade (KiM radio) • Vehicle of Leposavic municipality vice president set on fire (KoSSev) Opinion: • Serwer: The good, the bad and the unwritten (media) International: • North Macedonia Seeks to Get Russia’s Lavrov to Skopje for OSCE Meeting (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: After visa liberalization, Kosovo should be given status of candidate country (Koha) • Borell after the meeting of chief diplomats in Brussels: Western Balkans belongs in EU (media) • Gervalla calls EU to take a clear stand on 24 September attack (media) • A new "non-paper" for the Western Balkans, made pubic (Albanian Post) • Kurti and Kovacevski discussed joint integration process (RTK) • Jonathan Hargreaves, new ambassador of the United Kingdom in Kosovo (Express) • Number of requests for passports increases in the north (media) • A suspect arrested in Zubin Potok, several weapons confiscated (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to meet with Lajcak in Belgrade Tuesday (Tanjug) • French and German embassies confirmed relocation of Serbian soldiers memorial plaque (KoSSev, media) • Tanja Lazarevic’s public letter to French Ambassador (KoSSev, N1, media) • Reactions to Serbian soldiers’ memorial plaque relocation continue (Kosovo Online, social media) • Pristina municipality says it was neither informed nor received request to relocate memorial plaque (Kosovo Online) • Informational campaign in North Mitrovica headed by a government representative who doesn’t speak Serbian (KoSSev) • Brnabic: US one of Serbia's top foreign policy and economic partners (Tanjug) • Borrell: Western Balkans place is in EU (N1)

Albanian Language Media: • Gervalla: September 24 attack in Banjska changed everything (media) • Baerbock with clear messages for Kosovo’s prospect of EU membership (Klan) • Croatian FM: Visa liberalization for Kosovo, a major step forward (RTK) • Stano doesn’t comment on draft statute published by Ramadani (media) • PSD warns it will “escalate actions” against Association (Albanian Post) • Tahiri: Scandalous, Resolution 1244 is part of the Association’s statute (media) • Over 1,350 citizens in north re-register their vehicles to RKS plates (Telegrafi) • Svecla meets Turkish Defense Minister (media) • Petkovic: “In time of Serbian List and Vucic, 40,000 Serbs fled Kosovo” (Dukagjini) Serbian Language Media: • Borrell on Western Balkans: We insist on alignment with EU foreign policy (N1) • Office for KiM reacts to relocation of Serb soldiers memorial plaque (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online) • New KFOR Commander visits Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online, social media) • Ambassador Vilan denied Israeli soccer coach: Serbia showed that it is a true friend (Kosovo Online, RTS) • Office for KiM: Flag of Serbia set on fire at the monument to the murdered Serbs in Orahovac (Tanjug) • SNF gathering: “Prevent ‘Albanization’ of Serb-majority municipalities with ‘tacit approval’ of Serbian List” (KoSSev) International: • Belgrade Paid for Lawyers Defending Kosovo Serbs Accused of Corruption, Documents Reveal (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Defeats Israel In Soccer Match Amid High Security, Small Crowd (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • 53 grants worth €500,000 allocated for women and minority led businesses (KSP)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo, supporter of regional security (media) • Kurti meets with O'Brien, says U.S. support for Kosovo confirmed (RTK) • Borrell to chair today EU-Western Balkans meeting (Reporteri) • Kurti: Neighboring countries are not safe from Serbia, as long as they are not part of EU (RFE) • Prime Minister Kurti for a two-day visit to Vienna (media) • Ramadani publishes a version of the Association's draft statute (media) • Analysts: If it is official, this statute legalizes parallel structures in north (media) • The flag of Palestine unfurled in Pristina, removed (media) • Kosovo model can serve as solution for Gaza - says Israeli diplomat (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Kurti playing on the Europeans' fear of a repeat of the conflict in the Balkans (Kontakt plus radio) • FT: Serbia is ‘glaring example’ of how far aspirant members are from meeting EU enlargement criteria (N1) • German and French Ambassadors Mark Armistice Day, but where is the Monument to Serbian Soldiers? (KoSSev) • The monument to the fallen Serbian fighters at the cemetery in Pristina was moved (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS, KiM radio) • Diocese of Raska - Prizren on relocation of the monument to the liberators from the First World War (eparhija-prizren.com, KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • An Albanian beat a Serb while cultivating his field near Ajvalija (KiM radio, medijacentar.info) • It snowed in Brezovica, the locals still without firewood (KoSSev, RTK2) • Vucic with O'Brien on the dialogue in Brussels and the situation in Kosovo (RTS) • Vucic: No progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue as long as Kurti is in power (Tanjug) International Media: • In Memory of the UN Flight Tragedy in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight) • RSF and 16 partners unveil Paris Charter on AI and Journalism (rsf.org) • Türkiye, Serbia share objective of 'stable Balkans' (dailysabah.com) • President of Serbia commented on the Meeting between Two Members of BiH Presidency with Kosovo PM (Sarajevo Times) • Israeli national team arrives in Kosovo for soccer game under tight security measures (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 10, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti meets representatives of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (media) • Gervalla: The world should stand together to protect peace (media) • On Monday EU Foreign Ministers meet those of Western Balkans (Albanian Post) • Serbian analysts say that Serbia has de facto recognized Kosovo (Klan) • The IMC approves regulation for the chief executive officer (media) • Bislimi: Gender equality a prerequisite for European integration (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • EC Report: Relations of Kosovo Government with Serbian community significantly deteriorated (KoSSev) • Vucic in Paris for Peace Forum (N1) • Vucic meets Macron on sidelines of Paris Peace Forum (RTS, social media) • EU foreign ministers on Monday with the heads of diplomacy of the Western Balkans (Kosovo Online, Danas) • State Department’s O’Brien to meet Western Balkan leaders in Paris (N1) • Another truck with medications from central Serbia arrived at Clinical Hospital Center in Mitrovica North (Tanjug) • Party of Kosovo Serbs: CSM must be in line with Resolution 1244 and interests of Serbs (Radio KIM) • Djuric: Israeli recognition of Kosovo was strongest blow to Serbian-Israeli relations (Tanjug) • 1,140 vehicles re-registered to Kosovo license plates since November 1 (Beta, N1)