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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 23, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani to meet Escobar at 16:30 today, advisor says (Klan Kosova)
• LDK proposes 10-point plan to overcome energy crisis (Telegrafi)
• KDI: No political readiness to move toward a final settlement (EO)
• Krstic: KFOR presence in north offers security and calmness for the people (RTK)
• Delic, Serbian Parliament Vice President, war-time general, passes away (media)
• COVID-19: 274 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic met Hill: Efforts towards reaching a compromise (KiM radio)
• Meeting of councillors of four municipalities from the north of Kosovo on Wednesday (Beta, NMagazin)
• UNS and DNKiM: Serbian List not to select media (KiM radio)
• Bilcik on Vulin's visit to Moscow: Serbia to harmonize its policy with the EU (Kosovo Online)
• Vulin met Lavrov in Moscow (Tanjug, media)
• Lavrov to Vulin: Russia, Serbia developing dialogue (N1)
• MFA: Twitter accounts of several Serbian embassies suspended (Tanjug)
• How the most difficult issue united the opposition in Belgrade (Blic)
• 20 coronavirus cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio)

International:

• Secretary Blinken Won’t “Hesitate” To Directly Engage In Serbia-Kosovo Talks (thepavlovictoday.com)
• Anti-LGBT Sentiments Flourish Online in South-East Europe (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kosovo’s struggle to keep the lights on (emerging-europe.com)
• UN: 50 percent less population in Kosovo by the end of the century (Kosovo Online, Zeri)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 23, 2022

• Escobar and Lajcak to stay in Prishtina and Belgrade this week (media)
• Escobar to have working dinner with opposition leaders tonight (RTK)
• Office of Kosovo President denies Vucic’s claims (RTK)
• Kurti to talk about meetings in Brussels on Wednesday (media)
• Rexhaj: Reciprocity towards Serbia to be implemented from Sept 1 (media)
• Serbian List with another threat to leave Kosovo's institutions (RTK)
• Lavrov: Vucic, Putin talking about "harmonizing the next steps" (media)
• Serb official visits Moscow, calls sanctions EU ‘hysteria’ (AP)
• Maliqi for Danas: An armed resistance by Serbs is possible on Sept 1 (media)
• Delawie: Serbia is a threat to peace, not Kosovo (media)
• Pineles: Investigation of only one ethnic group damages credibility (VoA)
• Picturing War: Kosovo Refugee Mother Gives Son a Haircut (BIRN)
• In sign of support, US bombers fly over Dubrovnik, Balkans (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 22, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak and Escobar to visit Prishtina and Belgrade this week (media)
• Chancellor Scholz preparing a meeting with Kurti and Vucic in autumn (Express)
• Education Minister: Pupils most affected by strike in educational system (media)
• Ex-Minister of Energy presents alternatives to emerge from energy crisis (Kosovapress)
• Team of journalists attacked in the north (Kanal 10)
• “Serb Survival”: Vucic, Serbian List are expelling Serbs from Kosovo (Paparaci)
• Miftaraj: Radoicic, wanted by Kosovo authorities, side by side with Vucic (Koha)
• “Dialogue successful, only if issue of Albanians in Presevo Valley is included” (media)
• Haradinaj with an initiative from September (media)
• Delawie: Serbia is a threat to peace, not Kosovo (RTK)
• COVID-19: 203 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Mihajlovic: Preservation of peace the greatest patriotism (FoNet, N1)
• Petkovic to Hill: Pristina's unilateral actions can threaten the security situation in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Vucic: “Whatever happens, there will be no more refugee columns” (N1, Tanjug)
• The anniversary of the disappearance of journalists marked (KiM radio)
• Increased presence of KFOR in the north, says Andric Rakic (N1)
• Orlic: Special session of the Assembly on Kosovo in September (RTS)

Opinion:

• Milivojevic: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue going badly since Vucic became President (Beta, N1)

International:

• Albania investigates military factory intruders from Russia and Ukraine (RFE)
• Serbia-Kosovo relations after the Brussels meeting: What do we know so far? (EWB)
• Vucic: Serbia will be without Russian Oil from November 1 (novinite.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 22, 2022

• Vucic says Serbs may leave Kosovo institutions unless deal is clinched (RFE)
• According to Vucic, Kurti proposed six points in Brussels (media)
• Vela reacts to Vucic: Pressure and intimidation will fail (media)
• Svecla: Vucic lied about Kosovo Police (media)
• Svecla: We will ensure free movement for all citizens (RTK)
• Trajkovic: KFOR provides security for all communities in Kosovo (Klan)
• Palokaj: EU has turned into organiser of crisis management meetings (Koha)
• Minister of Health indicates difficult autumn with COVID-19 (EO)
• COVID-19: 224 new cases, two deaths (media)
• Two Russians, one Ukrainian arrested after suspected spying raid on Albanian arms factory (The Guardian)
• Osmani and Kurti condemn attack in Gramsh (media)
• Montenegro government toppled by no-confidence vote (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 19, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo, Serbia chief negotiators to meet next week in Brussels (Kanal 10)
• Kurti: Spain should recognise Kosovo; Catalonia is not the same case (media)
• Haradinaj: EU should hand over to President Biden portfolio for final agreement (media)
• Kosovo’s Special Prosecution investigating “illegal organisations” from Serbia (RFE)
• 519 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• We are looking for a solution, Vucic to addresses the public on Sunday, said Petkovic (RTS)
• Hill: The Serbian side came to the talks in Brussels in a positive spirit (Tanjug, RTS)
• Petkovic: Vucic to make no statements in Brussels, to speak on Friday (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic sends message from Brussels (N1)
• Grenell: Kurti rejected every idea proposed by the EU and the US so far (KiM radio, N1)
• Bishop Teodosije with Hovenier about the problems of the Serbian Orthodox Church (KiM radio)
• In the neighbourhood of Suvi Do the flag of "KLA" and "Greater Albania" (KiM radio, Tanjug, Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Negotiations in Brussels, where is the room for compromise (RTS)

International:

• Open Balkan initiative risks aggravating political problems in the region (DW)
• Twitter Suspends Accounts of Serbian Ruling Party MPs, Officials (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 19, 2022

Serbia, Kosovo Leaders ‘Make No Progress’ at Brussels Meeting (BIRN)
U.S: We are closely monitoring the talks, use them effectively (Telegrafi)
Price: Secretary Blinken personally invested in breaking the deadlock (media)
Kurti presented chapters of General Framework of Agreement (media)
Vucic: I had a difficult day, I can't say it ended successfully (Albanian Post)
Scholz and Macron contacted Kurti and Vucic before the meeting (RFE)
Palokaj: Meeting between Kurti and Vucic, best one so far (Koha)
Tuhina: There will be intensive talks by EU with Kurti and Vucic (RTK)
Kosovo Albanians and Serbs, hope dialogue will calm the situation (VOA)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 18, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• The first round of the tripartite meeting in Brussels ends (media)
• Palokaj: Agreement expected to avoid escalation in north on September 1 (Koha)
• Price: Success of Kurti-Vucic talks is an absolute priority for the US (Express)
• Ymeri: Without U.S. involvement in dialogue, mutual recognition is difficult (EO)
• Kryeziu: Dialogue should not be linked only with government and PM (Nacionale)
• Citizens in the north concerned over new graffiti (Kosovapress)
• Kosovo Police seize undeclared medicaments from Serbia (media)
• 483 new cases and one death from COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic, Kurti, Borrell and Lajcak meeting ended (media)
• Vucic from Brussels scheduled a meeting with Serbs from Kosovo on Sunday (Tanjug, media)
• State Department: The success of the Brussels dialogue an absolute priority (Blic, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic informed Stoltenberg of incidents, KFOR ready to react if needed (N1)
• Vucic met Lajcak: Serbia doing everything to maintain peace, stability (Tanjug)
• Vucic to Escobar: Serbia a serious, reliable, responsible side in dialogue (FoNet, N1)
• The trial of the young man arrested on Vidovdan in Gazimestan has begun (RTS, KiM radio)
• New graffiti in N. Mitrovica: “Don’t worry, we’re here – the Northern Brigade” (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Timothy Less: Everything leads to the creation of a great Albania, the only option for Kosovo to end the "state of limbo" is to merge with it (Blic, Danas, Kosovo Online, Beta)
• Jeremic: We should not give up on Kosovo as long as we exist as a country (KiM radio, N1, KoSSev)

International:

• Kosovo Festival Transforms Pristina (Radio Free Europe)
• Studio Visit (Kosovo 2.0)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Independent Unions announce general strike from August 25 (Koha/Telegrafi)
• All education workers treated with exceptional care in draft law, minister says (EO)
• Haxhiu: I am extremely concerned about violence against women (Klan Kosova)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 18, 2022

• Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti and Serbian President Vucic to meet today (media)
• Kurti hopes there’ll be no need for reciprocity, sees reflection by Serbia (Koha)
• Escobar calls for Association within Kosovo laws and constitution (media)
• KFOR ready to intervene, additional troops could be sent to the north (Koha)
• Lajcak: Grateful for strong and unequivocal U.S. support (media)
• Mehaj: Belgrade continues its propaganda, producing fake news daily (media)
• Former Kamenica mayor interrogated by Serbian authorities (media)
• Kosovo clings to hope of visa liberalisation as Turkey’s woes worsen (BIRN)
• Op-ed: Girls should stay in school, no matter what (Prishtina Insight)
• Russian embassy accuses West of ‘NATOisation’ of Bosnia (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 17, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• SRSG Ziadeh calls for constructive engagement in dialogue (media)
• Escobar to meet Kurti in Brussels today, sources say (Gazeta10/Kanal10)
• “Stoltenberg expected to show red lines to Kurti and Vucic” (Albanian Post)
• Hoxhaj: Osmani, Kurti intentionally creating an atmosphere of fear (Nacionale)
• Begaj: Kosovo’s constitutional order must not come under threat (Express)
• British Embassy: The meeting in Brussels, an opportunity to normalize relations (RTK)
• CDHRF: Interrogation of Kosovo citizens by Serbian authorities is increasing (Telegrafi)
• Health Institute: No cases with West Nile virus in Kosovo (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• UNMIK calls for constructive engagement in the dialogue process (RTK2, media)
• Hill: Belgrade and Pristina negotiations eventually will be resolved in the spirit of concessions and compromises (FoNet, KoSSev)
• Vucic, Blinken adviser discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic, Peach discussed Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1)
• Janjic: The NATO meeting more important for Serbia than the one in Brussels (Danas, N1)
• Vucic met the Chinese ambassador (Danas, RTK2, Vecernje Novosti)
• Stefanovic: I will initiate a discussion on imposing sanctions on Russia (N1)
• Dacic lends full support to Vucic prior to Brussels meetings (Beta, N1)
• Kosovo is (not) lost (FoNet, N1)

Opinion:

• Demostat: The situation in the north of Kosovo is unstable, possible deliberate provocations (Beta, N1)
• To stop war breaking out in Kosovo, media freedom in Serbia must be addressed (Euractiv)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 17, 2022

• EU: Kurti-Vucic meeting for normalization of relations between parties (media)
• Kurti to meet NATO Secretary General today (Koha)
• Prior to Brussels meeting, Kurti talks to Chollet and Peach (media)
• Kurti meets the Quint ambassadors, talked about meeting in Brussels (RTK)
• KFOR increases its presence in Jarinje and Bernjak (Koha/Kosovo Online)
• Serbia, Kosovo war talk part of battle for favour on world stage (BIRN)
• Szunyog: Kosovo belongs in EU; our relations will grow and deepen (media)
• Begaj: There is risk of escalation of situation in north of Kosovo (media)
• Number of new positive cases with COVID slowly drops in Kosovo (BIRN)