Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Membership in CoE brings advantages for non-majority community (Koha) Rare momentum: Kosovo "to be resolved" before the EU elections (media) Presidency and government criticized for lack of  transparency on Association (Koha) AAK leadership discusses draft statute of Association (media) Tahiri on draft of Association: Assembly is the place where we will discuss it (RTK) CEC: We received request for removal of mayors of northern municipalities (RTK) U.S. Embassy: Citizens have the right to request withdrawal of mayors  SPO raiding house of Salih Mustafa's fellow fighter (media) Dugolli: Former head of special unit in the north also wanted by Interpol (RTK) Bojan Elek: INTERPOL warrant cannot force Serbia to arrest Radoicic (RFE, media) Serbian Language Media: Group of Mitrovica North citizens officially submitted initiative for removal of mayor, MA chairman has five days to respond to it (KoSSev) Andric-Rakic on Mitrovica North MA chair remarks about petition (Kosovo Online, social media) Krtinic: Citizens in Leposavic have not manage to submit request for petition to dissolve mayor (Kosovo Online) US Embassy: Citizens in northern Kosovo have right to demand withdrawal of mayors (Kosovo Online) Petkovic informs von Redecker about political situation in Kosovo, problems Serbs face there (media) Serbia’s top security agency gets new chief (N1) Djurdjevic Stamenkovski: People to choose between Constitution and ultimatum (Tanjug) International Media: Kosovo Court Jails Three for Attack on Journalist (Balkan Insight) Interpol Issues Warrant for Radoicic Over Banjska Attack in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Rasic: INTERPOL issued arrest warrant for Radoicic (RFE) • INTERPOL: We don’t comment on specific cases or individuals (Telegrafi) • Rohde: Unthinkable for NATO in Kosovo to be attacked (TeVe1) • KFOR trains for crowd riot control operations (Albanian Post) • Wilkes: We are ready to respond to any threat (Telegrafi) • Lajcak says there is progress in implementation of dialogue agreements (RFE) • Police confiscate motorboat in Zvecan belonging to Radoicic (media) • Police confiscate military uniforms and illegal tools in Mitrovica North (media) • Border police confiscated cigarettes worth over €110,000 in the north (media) • Rama: If Kosovo accepted my proposal, it would have had better results (media) • Assailants of Kosovo journalist sentenced to two years in prison each (media) Serbian Language Media: • Milosavljevic pleaded not guilty at preliminary hearing in Pristina (Kosovo Online) • Defense lawyer of Zoran Kostic says health condition of his client extremely poor (Kosovo Online) • Deda: There is Constitutional Court decision, property must be returned to Visoki Decani Monastery (Kosovo Online, Klan Kosova) • Details of the warrant issued by Interpol for Milan Radoicic: 11 more persons wanted (nova.rs, media) • Is the EU closing its doors to Serbia? (VoA) • Davenport: Excellent discussion to support dialogue with religious communities’ representatives in Kosovo (media, social media) • Vucic in rare interview to independent weekly (N1, NIN) • Dacic: It is our obligation to preserve our shrines, most of which are in Kosovo (media) International: • On Unlevel Playing Field, Serbian Opposition Eyes Belgrade as Springboard (BIRN) • Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to receive Serbian passport, president says (abcnews.go.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Government enables employment of women survivors of violence (Indeksonline) • Banushi: Some feelings you can’t convey with a lot of words (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani says she’ll meet opposition parties over Association draft statute (media) • CEC says requests for dismissal of mayors must be made to municipal assemblies (RFE) • Lajcak meets members of Bundestag, discuss “dialogue and next steps” (media) • Baerbock: Vucic cannot sit on two chairs at the same time (Koha) • Sources: INTERPOL issued arrest warrant for Milan Radoicic (Kosovapress) • Krstic: “SL, Vucic ordered Serbs in north of Kosovo to vote in Serbian elections” (Koha) • Kurti: Proud to see Kosovo named as of one of Europe’s top destinations (media) • Osmani: Our collective voice is our most powerful weapon (media) • “Stop Femicide! Enough” protest march to be held in Pristina today (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Two countries pushing for the Ohrid Agreement to be part of the negotiation chapter (KiM radio, NIN) • EU Ambassador says regional economies to integrate before accession (N1, FoNet) • Hill: US companies sure Serbia will join EU (FoNet, N1) • Does the visit to Kosovo bring patriotic votes to the "Serbia against violence" list? (Danas) • "Serbian List trying to return to the throne with a petition to remove the mayors" (KiM radio) • Former OSCE official: Thaci persistently denied in 1999 that the KLA committed crimes against Serbs and Roma, and the atrocities became a pattern (KoSSev, N1, Beta) • CEC: To dismiss the mayor in the north, turn to the municipal assemblies (KiM radio) • Criminal prosecution for reporting a crime? (KiM radio, RTS)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 6, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Hovenier on Serbian elections: Kosovo set the conditions in its territory (Klan) • Police special units to protest on Saturday, after no deal with Kurti (media) • Gervalla: Dacic addressed me like a thug and wanted physical confrontation (AP) • Selimi on conversion of plates in north, “possibly to prevent sanctions” (media) • Tahiri: Focus should be on Kosovo’s membership in NATO and EU (media) • Opposition blames government about poor result in PISA (media) • Specialized Chambers still not allowing former KLA leaders to make phone calls with their families (media) • A new Serb party registered in Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo outside INTERPOL – opportunity for criminals and terrorists, report reveals (AP) Serbian Language Media: • Nine construction sites without permits, says Municipality of Gracanica (KiM Radio, KoSSev) • Milicevic: EULEX advisers in the north because of numerous complaints about the work of special police units (Kosovo Online) • Vucevic: I do not expect early elections in north, nor formation of CSM (ZSO) (Kosovo Online) • Will petitions lead to new local elections in the north? (KoSSev) • Missing Persons Resource Centre: What is more important than human lives? (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Sava Janjic served liturgy in temple near Podujevo; KP refused to accept criminal complaint filed by Diocese for desecrating church • Ballot printing starts for December 17 elections (N1) International: • Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system (AP) • Kosovo Civil Society Advocates Legal Framework for Lobbying (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COMKFOR: In case of escalation, ready to undertake necessary measures (RTK) • Ministry: No official notification for initiative to dismiss mayors in north (media) • Gervalla meets PACE delegation (media) • Kosovo risks CoE membership if it doesn’t address findings of report (Koha) • Kosovo again ranked at the bottom list of PISA test (media) • Townsend: I don’t think there will be an outbreak of war in the Balkans (VoA) • Hundreds protest in downtown Pristina after Liridona Ademaj’s murder (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Kurti not interested in de-escalation in northern Kosovo (Tanjug) • Rakic-Andric on refusing requests to dissolve mayors in four northern municipalities (Kosovo Online, social media) • Kosovo minister has no information Serbs submitted initiative to dissolve mayors in four northern municipalities (N1, BETA) • Ambassador Cochard: Returning memorial plaque to fallen Serbian soldiers in a way also represent apology from France (KoSSev, Danas) • New KFOR Italian battalion arrived in Kosovo (KoSSev, social media) • Brnabic receives Wozniak (Tanjug) International Media: • PISA School Test Results See South-East Europe Pupils Falter (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • EU Council will ask Kosovo to do more for measures to be lifted (RFE) • Kurti on Ademaj’s murder: Arrest is not enough, merited penalties needed (media) • Protest in Pristina today with motto “no peace without security of women” (Klan) • Stano: We don’t publish documents as they’re being discussed (TV Dukagjini) • Tahiri: If Association draft is worth defending, why is it being kept secret (media) • Uglanin: Request to dismiss mayor, in opposition with instruction (RFE) • Civil society says judicial reforms stuck at crossroad: “Government failed” (EO) Serbian Language Media: • Council of Europe experts report: Kosovo violates rule of law in case of Visoki Decani Monastery, no will to establish ZSO (Kosovo Online, media) • Citizens attempted to submit requests for dissolution of mayors in northern municipalities, their requests not accepted (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic: SNS will keep Kosovo in Serbia (N1, Kosovo Online) • Djuric opens Serbian-American Economic Forum in Las Vegas (Tanjug) • Vucic thanks outgoing Slovak ambassador for respect for Serbia's sovereignty (Tanjug) • Ziadeh with Fresco on compliance of Kosovo legal framework with CoE (Kosovo Online) International: • Devised in a Cell, Kosovo Political Prisoner’s Literary Epic Celebrates Freedom (BIRN) • ‘Trojan Women – Replica’ Unveils the Universal Power of Art to Advocate for Peace (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Kosovo provides strong rights for non-majority communities (RTK) Council of Europe experts consider use of police force in the north to be excessive (Koha) Kosovo delegation continues lobbying for access to UNFCCC mechanisms (RTK) Kusari: Kurti did not compromise, there is no autonomy for Serbs in draft of Association (Koha) Haradinaj calls on Kurti to fulfill demands of policemen (media) CDHRF: Does SPO in The Hague have moral and professional responsibility? (media) North Macedonia announces elections, technical government expected to be led by an Albanian prime minister (media) Serbian Language Media Serbian List delegation meets with EULEX chief (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, social media) Serbian List reacts to visit of Serbia Against Violence coalition MP candidates  (Kosovo Online) Serbian expats to be able to vote in 35 countries worldwide (Tanjug) Stano says EU proposal for establishment of Community of Serbian Municipalities not to be published as diplomatic efforts are underway (Radio KIM, media) New briefing room for Kosovo police in Mitrovica North from KFOR (Kosovo Online, social media) Vucic to receive president of Italy's Lombardy region on Tuesday (media) International Media: Hague Court Tightens Rules for Visits to Kosovo Guerrilla Leaders (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 4, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani continues with meetings at COP28 (media) • Peach: UK at helm of war against destabilizing activities in Western Balkans (AP) • "La Repubblica": Meloni asked Vucic to recognize Kosovo (Albanian Post) • Haxhiu: Authors of Liridona’s murder must get merited punishment (media) • Haziri: Association can lead to a kind of confederation in Kosovo (media) • Bosch: NATO must have information that situation could get out of control (Paparaci) • Court decides on visits and communication for Thaci, Veseli and Selimi (media) • The investigation commission on state reserves did not agree on work plan (RTK) • Damage and Cyrillic inscriptions reported in a house under construction in Mitrovica North (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Minister rejects claims of government discrimination against Albanians (N1) • RIK: At upcoming elections 6.500.165 people have right to vote (Radio KIM) • Aleksic, Milivojevic, Cuta and Ivanovic visit Gracanica, say they are against European plan (KoSSev, Radio KIM) • Duda Balje: 1,700 women achieved the status of rape victims during armed conflicts in Kosovo so far (KiM radio, medijacentar.info) Opinion: • Palokaj: Still not late for unity on dialogue (Koha) • Collaku: Special Court of Kosovo, a theater without an audience (media) • Shasha: The Surprising Trajectory of Albania and Kosovo EU Membership (BIRN) International: • What Does Multipolarity Mean for Kosovo? (The National Interest) • Deus ex lex: The long and tortured road of Serbian media reform (International Press Institute) • EC Country Reports 2023: Unveiling shared trends and persistent challenges in Western Balkans’ anti-corruption landscape (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Kurti attends awards ceremony of International Film Festival “Art Without Limit” (media)

Albanian Language Media: • KFOR: After Banjska attack, we quadrupled presence in north of Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo man arrested under suspicion of ordering his wife’s murder (media) • Osmani meets Von der Leyen, discuss Kosovo’s getting closer to EU (media) • Kurti hosts Jovanovic, discuss relations between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Redzepi with messages from Bosnia: Careful with the Association! (EO) • Lajcak holds series of productive meetings with reps of European govts (media) • Kamberi meets Kurti: Albanians in the Valley must have representation (KSP) Serbian Language Media: • The European Council requests the Agreement on the Normalization of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia to enter Chapter 35 (N1, media) • Italy’s PM meets Vucic: Italy will always support Serbia in Council of Europe (N1) • A petition launched to ban the false priest Nikola Xhufka from entering Kosovo (KiM radio) • ‘ProGlas’ initiative presented in North Mitrovica (N1, KoSSev) • The SL presidency member: "Support and sign ProGlas" experienced a fiasco in North Mitrovica (Kontakt plus radio) • Monument to fallen Serb soldiers in Pristina cemetery returned to its original place (KoSSev) • Peach held dinner with leaders of Albanian parties and K.Serbs – Arsenijevic, Bisevac, Trajkovic, Rasic (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: No normalization of relations without security (Kosovapress) • EU wants Serbia’s integration conditioned with agreements’ implementation (RFE) • Tajani: Banjska attack, a very serious act; dialogue must continue (media) • Opposition parties confirm they received Association draft statute (Telegrafi) • Svecla meets Bozinovic in Zagreb, discuss security in Kosovo (media) • Tahiri: Govt must reflect on demands of police officers, firefighters, veterans (EO) • SIU to protest again, will be joined by other police units (Dukagjini) • U.S. State Department country reports on terrorism: Kosovo (media) • Journalists’ Association reacts to threats against KIKS Kosova reporters (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic meets world leaders in Dubai: Time for concrete action (N1, FoNet) • Visoki Decani: Disinformation that monastery buys property of Serbs from neighboring villages (KiM radio) • Trendafilova: Over 140 of 157 persons designated as victims are connected to Thaci’s case (KoSSev) • Vucic: They want us to recognize Kosovo so Serbs can vote in elections there (Kosovo Online, B92) • Another 15 days for re-registration, but without solution for driver’s license (Radio KIM) • Podujevo Municipality: None of our representatives officially participated in ceremony in church (KiM radio) • Hill: Serbia knows what it needs to do (FoNet, KiM radio) • Media expert: ‘No limits’ to aggressiveness, vulgarity of Serbian pro-government media International: • Same Words, Different Language: A New Dictionary Highlights Just How Much Serbs And Albanians Have In Common (RFE) • Kosovo Claims Victory Over Yugoslav-era Disputed Enterprise in Montenegro (BIRN)