Albanian Language Media: • Osmani thanks KSF teams helping save lives after Turkey earthquake (media) • Rizvanolli: Fight against organised crime pays off in multiple ways! (media) • Over 140 candidates to replace 500 police officers in the north (Koha) • Beslin: Serbia and Kosovo will accept the French-German plan (RTK) • Kosovo hosts another Afghan journalist (Radio Free Europe) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Serbia greatly dependent on EU, cannot move forward without it (Tanjug) • Von Cramon's speech before the EP's Foreign Affairs Committee on the Kosovo 2022 report (KoSSev) • Lawyer: Entire Serb community damaged by decision on expropriation (Kosovo Online) • Lavrov to Dacic: Russia ready for further development of relations with Serbia (N1, BETA) • Vucic: KFOR contributing to peace, stability in Kosovo-Metohija (Tanjug) • PM Brnabic: CSM and only then resumption of negotiations (Beta, N1) • Xi to Vucic: Joint effort to defend international law (FoNet, N1) • Last week review: Principled acceptance of EU proposals, through mutual accusations on energy, to the discovery of drug labs in the north (KoSSev) • UNS protest over airing Assembly session in Albanian language only (Radio KIM) Opinion: • The Desperate Desire to be ‘European’ (K2.0) International: • 'Quietly endure': north Kosovo braves security vacuum after resignations (AFP)

• US hopeful over Kosovo-Serbia agreement, Vucic not convinced (Euractiv) • Why Kosovo's stand-off with Serbs goes on 15 years after statehood (Reuters) • Kurti: Destruction of illegal drug labs, clear victory for rule of law (media) • Kurti and Guerot discuss French-German proposal (media) • Osmani and Wigemark discuss recent developments in north of Kosovo (media) • Kurti: KSF search and rescue team saved three people in Turkey so far (media) • Serbian products faced with boycott in Kosovo (Radio Free Europe) • COMKFOR Ristuccia meets Kosovo’s religious leaders (media) • An accord would close down the Balkan issue (Albanian Daily News)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 13, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: I made it clear to Borrell and Vucic, Kosovo does not accept dialogue without a final agreement with recognition (Klan) • Abdixhiku slams Kurti on French-German plan (Nacionale) • Krasniqi: Dialogue with recognition, a sentence that sums up our interest (media) • Haradinaj: I’m in favour of French-German plan; it includes path to NATO (Koha) • Stano: EU ready to facilitate discussions on Association in future dialogue meetings (Sinjali) • “Kurti given deadline for final answer on Association, matter of days” (Albanian Post) • 57th generation of police graduates; Osmani: Diversity reflects safe environment (Koha) • Rizvanolli reacts to report about situation in one of Trepca mines (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Albin Kurti's brutal lie (RTS, NMagazin, Beta) • Kurti: Non-payment of electricity in the North "cost" taxpayers 337 million; Petkovic: Lies and nothing more (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Nobody will be fooled by Svecla's attempt to criminalise Serbs (Beta, NMagazin, RTS, KoSSev) • CSOs demand Kosovo government to stop all projects on expropriated land in north (KoSSev) • Serbian List: Delevic recently shot at has nothing to do with latest arrests in north (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Vacancy for new police officers in north still open, although deadline was February 10 (Euronews) • Drecun: Our position is clear, fist CSM (ZSO) then the continuation of the dialogue (TV Prva, Kosovo Online) • Health condition of Sladjan Trajkovic deteriorates again, his wife says (Kosovo Online, RTS, Tanjug) • Botsan-Kharcenko: The European plan – the EU's detour for Serbia to recognize Kosovo (N1, FoNet, Vecernje Novosti) International: • Kosovo Police Seize Drug Labs in Serb-Run North (BIRN)

• Kurti: Meeting with Vucic only in context of European plan (media) • Kosovo ready for Kurti-Vucic meeting, Serbia doesn’t give signals (Koha) • Kurti: Since 1999, Kosovo lost over €300 million due to Serbia’s actions (media) • Interior Minister publishes names of arrested in the north (Telegrafi) • Wagner mercenaries helping Serbia prepare potential attack on our nation, Kosovan president warns (The Telegraph) • Kosovo MPs to debate on dialogue with Serbia today (media) • Kosovo push to confiscate unjustified assets raises concerns (Prishtina Insight) • Fact-check: For Kosovars, sky-high inflation hits harder (BIRN) • NATO's Stoltenberg won’t seek another extension of term (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media: • EU summit comes out with conclusions, asks Kosovo to establish the Association (media) • EU: Kurti and Vucic's statements, an obstacle to scheduling the meeting in Brussels (RFE) • Kurti: Serbia wants a "Zajdenica" president who would replace our minister (Express) • Assembly Approves Law on State Bureau for Verification and Confiscation of Unjustified Assets (Prishtina Insight) • Vacancy announcement for police officers in the north closes today (media) • KIJ: The government has not managed to approve even half of the draft laws (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Community of Serb Municipalities condition above all conditions (Tanjug) • Slovenia: Our position on CSM (ZSO) is clear, agreements must be respected (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever) • European Council says Belgrade-Pristina normalization urgent (N1) • Drecun: Strategic geopolitical deal with US and West necessary (Tanjug) • Vucic: We highly appreciate Cuba's support for Serbia's territorial integrity (Tanjug) • Minister of Administration and Local Self-Government: We are ready to form the Council of the Serbian National Minority (KiM radio) • UNS: Gracanica Municipality to stop inviting media selectively to events (KiM radio, KoSSev) Opinion: • A possible new crisis as an indicator of whether the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina is on the way (Danas) International: • EP Rapporteurs presented reports for Kosovo and Serbia in AFET (EWB) • Ker-Lindsay: Serbia-Kosovo compromise requires either partition or autonomy for Kosovo Serbs (EWB)

• EU: Kurti and Vucic statements hinder scheduling of meeting (RFE) • Plenkovic: EU leaders discussed the tense situation in north of Kosovo (media) • Osmani meets Hovenier; discuss dialogue with Serbia (media) • Kosovo willing to establish a national council of Serbs, minister says (media) • Informal meeting at U.S. Embassy ends; no statements to media (Kosovapress) • Ministry: Wealth accumulated illegally by state officials will be returned (media) • What is being built in Dren in Leposavic, “Bondsteel or police station?” (Kallxo) • Kosovars grow weary of EU’s isolating visa regime (Kosovo 2.0) • New President could bring clarity to Czechia’s ambiguous policy on Kosovo (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell expects Kurti and Vucic to meet soon in support of proposal (RFE) • EP calls on Kosovo and Serbia to advance in dialogue process (RFE) • Kurti to opposition: Words you tell me, tell them to Escobar with same zeal (Kallxo) • Krasniqi to Kurti: Dialogue is not a private matter between you and Vucic (EO) • Haradinaj: Kurti inherited the Association; we didn’t ask Thaci for an agreement centred on recognition (Koha) • Abdixhiku: No one knows what Kosovo has agreed to; is this a final agreement? (EO) • Kurti: Why Serbia doesn’t give monoethnic association to its own minorities (media) • Berlin Process agreements; Szunyog: I hope for swift ratification by Assembly (Koha) • Assembly adopts Law on Bureau for Confiscation of Unjustifiable Wealth (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Bilcik: No progress in negotiations until Serbia makes progress (N1) • Vucic: Konjufca's statement about CSM (ZSO) expected, I congratulate them for their honesty (Beta, NMagazin) • Vucic met Quint ambassadors to the OSCE and diplomatic representatives in Belgrade (RTS, Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Hill: Serbia needs to cross the final part of the road to the West (RTS) • Bocan-Kharchenko: The final status of Kosovo after the end of the conflict between the West and Russia (NMagazin, Beta, media) • Bislimi: The Serbian government can play with its decisions, but vehicles with "illegal" license plates are not allowed to enter Kosovo (KoSSev) • Elektrosever: Pristina authorities accusations incorrect, we fulfil all the obligations of the Energy Roadmap (KoSSev) • Bislimi: Part of the blame for the non-implementation of the energy agreement lies with Brussels itself (Beta, KiM radio) • German Embassy in Pristina: We do not approve of Kurti’s conditions for CSM (N1, FoNet, Kosovo Online, Gazeta Express)) • RFE: EU leaders to discuss Kosovo dialogue (N1) • Djurovic: Pristina's CoE membership bid not discussed on Wednesday (Tanjug) Opinion: • Less: Failure of the dialogue at this moment is at least as likely as success (Blic, Tanjug) • New President could bring clarity to Czechia’s ambiguous policy on Kosovo (Balkan Insight) International: • Avrupa Minerals to Continue Positive Progress in Finland, Portugal, and Kosovo in 2023 (investingnews.com) • BIRN Conference Highlights Importance of Environmental Journalism in Balkans (BIRN)

• EU makes remarks about two out of six conditions for Association (Koha) • Discussions on Association, Hovenier to hold unofficial meeting today (Telegrafi) • Hill asks Serbia to find solution with Kosovo: Dialogue is aimed at forming the Association (Nacionale) • Kosovo approves three draft laws within Berlin process (media) • Osmani: We’ll find solution with Decani Monastery on Decan-Plav road (media) • Wigemark meets Rakic and Simic; discuss security in the north (media) • Kosovo journalists’ association condemns threat with firearms against T7 crew in Leposavic (media) • Osmani visits Ulqin and Tuz in Montenegro (media) • KJC sends judge warning after BIRN report (Prishtina Insight) • Protest will be held in Berlin against Association (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti visits two Serb families: Every citizen deserves prosperity (media) • Bislimi: French-German plan, de-facto recognition between both states (media) • Government approves three agreements of the Berlin Process (media) • Mehaj in Brussels talks about possibilities of cooperation with NATO (media) • Hill: Association could implement by summer, French-German plan by end of the year (media) • German MP: It's good that Kosovo accepted the European proposal (media) • CEC sets deadlines for elections in northern municipalities, starting from March 9 (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to receive Quint ambassadors on Thursday (Tanjug) • Vucic: Not a good time for early elections (N1, TV Pink, Tanjug) • The National Order of Merit presented to KoSSev portal editor, Tatjana Lazarevic (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • U.S. Embassy: Serbia and the US military cooperation developing at the highest level (Blic) • Serbia, Hungary establishes strategic cooperation in energy sector (FoNet, N1) • Rakic, Simic discussed security situation with Wigemark (Tanjug) • Suspects detained and released for damaging the mural in Orahovac (KoSSev) • 138 hectares of land - what is being expropriated in the North; The Kosovo government has scheduled public hearings (KoSSev)

• Kurti meets Quint representatives at OSCE and UK Ambassador (media) • Hovenier welcomes Kosovo decision to accept French-German proposal (media) • Konjufca: French-German plan is acceptable; a new form for Association must be found (Ekonomia Online) • Osmani: Future of Kosovo and Montenegro lies within European Union (media) • Mehaj meets NATO representatives; discuss role of KFOR (media) • Hyseni: Constitutional Court must not interpret agreement on Association (KSP) • Investigation: Religious Propaganda that Threatens Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)