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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 5, 2025

Albanian Language Media: UK Embassy: Respect for rule of law, key feature of Kosovo democracy (Express) AmCham’s on importance of rule of law and accountability in governance (media) Kosovo’s request for special guest status at CoE removed from agenda (Telegrafi) Barduani delivers lecture at Kosovo Leadership Academy in Mitrovica (media) Mortal remains found in Podujeva, suspected to be of persons missing in war (Koha) Serbian Language Media: Vucic, Dacic call for accountability over incident in parliament (N1) FM Djuric: Long-standing friendship between Serbia, Burundi (N1) Pristina’s request for special guest status at PACE taken off agenda (Kosovo Online, media) Invitation to attend ''lining up of quadrat and quadrant'' in Pristina, what does it mean?! (KiM radio) Kosovo celebrates Jashari, formal session in Mitrovica North held (KoSSev) "Fulfill the students' demands and preserve the University of Pristina in the Serbian system,'' says Proactive of the Pristina University relocated in N. Mitrovica (KoSSev) "15 minutes of silence" tomorrow for the 7th time in N. Mitrovica (KoSSev) Opinion: Serbian students stand firm on their demands as Vucic’s regime falters (Sbunker) International Media: Report:Turkey and Serbia among Europe’s worst media freedom violators (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 5, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 5, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Osmani discusses security and stability with KFOR Commander (media) Postal vote counting completed, here’s how the Diaspora voted (media) Zulfaj responds to Brnabic: Prime Minister Kurti does not own any media (media) Serb opposition in Kosovo warns Serbs being mobilized to defend Vucic (RFE) “From April 1, Kosovo-North Macedonia crossing without double stops” (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: Scenes in the Parliament have not been seen since the establishment of multi-party politics (RTS, TV Pink, NMagazin, media) Opposition blames government for chaos in parliament (RTS, N1) Faculty of Drama Arts student: "One hundred days of blockade, not a single request fulfilled, the assembly today was like a circus" (N1) UN Security Council session on the situation in BiH on Thursday (Kosovo Online, RTRS) Citizens of the region on the same mission: Boycotting retail chains for fairer prices (Kosovo Online) International Media: Kosovo’s prime minister again refuses to testify at prosecutor’s office for a corruption case (AP) Drita Hajdari: Pioneering prosecutor who battled injustice in Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 4, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Rutte and NATO ambassadors expected to visit Kosovo (RTK) • Maqedonci meets Hargreaves: Discuss importance of coordination (Express) • Kurti does not appear at the Prosecutor’s Office, despite Court order (media) • Kurti from Gjilan: The Prosecution is fighting the government (media) • Prosecution on Kurti's failure to appear for interview (media) • AJK condemns Kurti's attacks on media (media) • Kurti speaks about eventual coalition with Nisma (Blic) • CorrWatch: Stop practice of operating with acting CEOs (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Fight in the Serbian Parliament: Smoke bombs, torches, banners, mutual accusations (KoSSev, media) • Petkovic: Now it is clear why Kurti supported the attack on Serbia from the beginning (Tanjug) • Serbian List: Shameful scenes in the Serbian Parliament (KiM Radio) • Endangered hermitage of St. Petar Koriski near Prizren (Radio KIM, Politika) • Attorney Pantovic: When can we talk about espionage and when not (KiM Radio, KoSSev, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Prosecution in Belgrade charges three over canopy collapse (N1) International Media: • Serbia, students and emperors (balcanicaucaso.org) • ‘Eldorado’: Profits, politics and pitfalls of Balkan Green Energy subsidies (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian: • Sport brings communities together at children’s swimming classes in Pristina (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 4, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Osmani meets Orav, talk about visits of senior European officials (media) Hargreaves: Kosovo must have stable government as soon as possible (media) Vetevendosje complains to ECAP after hundreds of ballots declared invalid (media) KDI calls on Kurti to appear for testimony at Special Prosecution Office (RTK) CEC: Diaspora vote count ends Tuesday (Albanian Post) Sadiku: Richard Grenell, in Kosovo on Monday? (Demokracia) Serbian Language Media: Vucic discussed with Rutte situation in region, Serbia-NATO relations (Tanjug) Hargreaves on Kosovo’s obligations, Community of Serbian Municipalities (Kosovo Online) Three Serbian houses in Suvi Do near Lipljan broken into (media) Abbot of Visoki Decani, Father Sava says Monastery continues promoting respect and dialogue (Radio KIM, social media) KDI asks Kurti to respond to prosecution’s summon, demonstrate he ‘is not above the law’ (KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 3, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Over 66% of postal votes counted, LVV leads (Koha) Osmani congratulates Bulgaria on Liberation Day (RTK) Abdixhiku: LDK has grown by 70 thousand votes (media) MLGA signs agreements, about 8 million euros for 12 municipalities (RTK) Riinvest Institute: Kosovo is aging rapidly (Telegrafi) EP Rapporteur on Serbia blames Vucic for failure to hold meetings (media) Serbian Language Media: Jevtic: Dozens of Serbs from Strpce municipality received summons to report to Kosovo police (Kosovo Online, Danas, Tanjug) Trial of Kostic and Milovic postponed, defence requests measure of house arrest with bail (Kosovo Online) Vucic: We will invite everyone to Belgrade (Alternativna.com) Brnabic: There will be no counter-protest on March 15 (N1, media) Prosecutor Stefanovic on NGO business checks: Those who haven’t committed criminal acts have nothing to fear (N1) The Student Edict adopted at rally in Nis (N1) Opinion: Justice and Realpolitik: Trump, Thaci and the Kosovo Special Court (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 3, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Sorensen expected to visit Kosovo this month (Klan Kosova) Svecla: Civil Protection remains active in Kosovo’s territory (media) Court orders 30-day detention for arrested OSCE staff member (media) Detention extended for two suspects for attack on Iber Lepenci canal (media) “750 Serbs from Kosovo to be used to protect Vucic, destabilize protests” (media) Serbian Language Media: OSCE: We are familiar with the reports on the detention of a member of the mission, we are in contact with the institutions (KoSSev, KiM radio, NMagazin, N1) M. M. from Leposavic, detained during the Svecla's conference in the North, was released (KoSSev) Petkovic: Poorly directed Svecla's film, proof of nervousness over the Serb List's victory (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever) Zakharova: Russia’s position on Kosovo is based on real facts and international law (Kosovo Online, RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, N1) Students from Novi Sad grateful to their colleagues from the University of Pristina: "In the joint fight for justice" (KoSSev) Mass protest of students in Nis – ‘Student Edict’ (N1) International Media: Kosovo businesses under threat from Trump's USAID freeze (Reuters) Kosovo political dissident’s unexplained disappearance (BIRN) Anti-Corruption Protest Grips Serbia’s Third City as Discontent Spreads (BIRN) Students in Serbia are losing faith in the EU, but not in European values (theparliamentmagazine.eu)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 27, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Torres, Mandl: Kosovo is, will always be an independent democracy (media) • German embassy on closing of Serbia-funded centers in north of Kosovo (media) • Hyseni: Kurti 3 government will be formed (EO) • Osmani and civil society discuss Commission for Transitional Justice (media) • Orav: Over €880 million for implementation of Kosovo Reform Agenda (media) • COMKFOR Barduani visits Albania (media) • Prosecution requests from Court of Appeal Glauk Konjufca’s retrial (media) Serbian Language Media: • German Embassy: Agreement on the Path to Normalization between Kosovo and Serbia not outdated (Kosovo online, RFE) • Petkovic met Li Ming: 9,000 users are at risk with the closure of centers for social work (KiM radio) • SNV, 'Otadzbina' and SNF: Serbian List organizes Serbs from Kosovo to support Vucic (KiM radio) • Vucic: Dodik’s verdict is directed against the Serb people as a whole (N1, Beta, media) • Picula: Dialogue positive, not optimistic about EU integration (N1, Hina) • NIS gets 30-day extension on US sanctions, said Vucic (N1) Opinion: • Kosovo’s foreign policy amid global uncertainty (Kosovo 2.0) International Media: • Outcomes from Kosovo’s 2025 Parliamentary Election (e-ir.info) • U.S. State Department Backs Conviction of Milorad Dodik (Sarajevo Times) • Shrugging off pay threats, Serbian teachers strike in support of students (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 27, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 27, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Citaku: Opposition will lead new government; all PDK MPs are loyal (Nacionale) Coalitions still up in the air, eyes on the diaspora votes (RFE) Hooper: Kosovo must convince U.S. to continue supporting its sovereignty (RFE) FBI without comment on terrorist attack on Iber Lepenci water canal (Nacionale) Haradinaj wants justice and accountability from the Specialist Chambers (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic speaks with Peach, Dodik's sentencing the most important topic discussed (Tanjug, media) Dacic: Council voiced concern over situation in R Srpska, crisis biggest since war (Tanjug, media) Germany: The ZSO, which we insist on, will provide the conditions for the functioning of Serbian healthcare, education and social services in Kosovo (KoSSev) Incident of Church Break-In Near Gnjilane Clarified by Raška-Prizren Eparchy: Not St. Nicholas Church (KoSSev) Lawyer Filipovic: Detention ordered for the arrested person on war crimes charges; we believe that it is a case of identity replacement (KoSSev, KiM radio) CRTA: Police left our office, took over 8,500 copies of documents (N1) International Media: Condemnations of police raid on Serbian CSOs: “Government continues repression of civil society” (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 26, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: People expecting from us to form new institutions ASAP (media) • French Embassy: Actions in north damage efforts for normalization (media) • “Actions of security institutions not aimed against international partners” (media) • Haxhiu: Kurti never refused to give testimony to prosecution (Indeksonline) • Taravari: If part of Kosovo taken away, it could ignite Third World Conflict (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic met Botsan-Kharchenko, discussed current affairs (Kosovo Online, media) • Journalists' Association of Serbia and its branch in Kosovo: Ensure working conditions and professional independence of RTK2 (KiM Radio, medijacentar.info) • Vorgucic and Milutinovic: There will be no Serbian media in Kosovo if there is no support (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Slovak MFA: A principled stance on Ukraine, just as we do not recognize Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Pilja: Pristina's request for special guest status in the Council of Europe is on the agenda (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, Blic) • 15 Minutes of Silence vigil held in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • EC expects Serbia to provide good environment for civil society (N1) • Freedom House: Because of Vucic and SNS, citizens' freedoms are constantly deteriorating (NMagazin, N1) International Media: • Germany’s new parliament includes 21 MPs of Balkan origin (BIRN) • Serbian police raids target NGOs supported by USAID (RFE) • Dodik sentenced to a year in prison and and banned from serving as RS president (N1 Sarajevo)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 26, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 26, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Osmani and Italian Ambassador discuss constitution of institutions (media) Kurti and Finnish diplomat discuss steps towards formation of institutions (media) EU wants negotiations for Serbian-supported institutions in Kosovo (Koha) Kosovo rebuffs claims of withdrawal of US troops (media) A war crimes suspect arrested in Kosovo (media) Rama: No chance of us agreeing with Serbia on future of Kosovo (Reporteri) Serbian Language Media: Vucic, Erdogan discuss bilateral cooperation, global challenges (Tanjug, media) Petkovic calls on UN to engage and ensure rights of Serbs in Kosovo are respected (Tanjug, media) Petkovic meets UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Turk, warns of difficult situation of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, media) Serbian List reacts to arrest of D.R. at Jarinje under accusations of allegedly committing war crimes (Kosovo Online, media) Russia accepts Vucic’s apology for vote in favour of resolution on Ukraine (N1) Teachers hold protest rally in Belgrade, students continue journey to Nis (N1) International Media: Serbian NGOs accuse govt of pressure over police raids (Balkan Insight)