UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Energy Strategy to offer stead supply for households and businesses (Telegrafi)
• Enver Hoxhaj elected vice president of Kosovo Assembly from PDK (Lajmi)
• Krasniqi to Kurti: The people have spoken, your pace is insufficient (Koha)
• Kusari-Lila: We will engage maximally on election reform (Koha)
• Kosovo launches inquiry into import of certain products from Serbia (Klan)
• A group of Afghan citizens leave Kosovo for U.S. (media)
• COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 47 new cases, two deaths registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM)
• US donates 3.7 million Dollars to Serbia to fight pandemic (N1)
• Svetomir Bacevic pleaded not guilty at hearing in Pristina (Radio KIM)
• EUObserver: EU documents say Western Balkans, Turkey, Dubai are crime hotspots (N1)
• Rakic and Radojevic with Szunyog on important issues for the Serbian people (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• “Procrastination and unreadiness for any sort of compromise” (Radio KIM)
• Pristina announcing possibility of introducing new measures on products from central Serbia (KiM radio, Beta, N1)

International:

• Kosovo and Serbia Fail to Agree on Dialogue Topics (Exit News)

• The proactive role of the U.S. will depend on Kosovo's readiness to seek it (Koha)
• Serbian List boycott of institutions, as blackmail for the Association (RFE Albanian)
• Bugajski: Serbia is using the issue of the Association to obstruct the dialogue (RTK)
• Krasniqi: Kurti to assume his responsibility for dialogue with Serbia, and its conclusion (Klan)
• Konjufca: The governing coalition is stable (T7)
• Zeya: Kosovo and Serbia invited to the summit as a reflection of inclusiveness (media)
• EU to assist Kosovo in fighting crime (media)
• Soaring Prices Leave Kosovo’s Poorest on the Brink (Prishtina Insight)
• Italian Police Arrest Kosovo Woman, ‘Fervent IS Supporter’ (Balkan Insight)
• Another 2 murals of Serbian Army Generals show up in Belgrade (euronews.al)
• COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• The dialogue in Brussels ends without a tripartite meeting (Radio Free Europe)
• US Embassy calls for real progress on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Telegrafi)
• D4D survey on people’s perception of first six months of Kurti government (media)
• Mustafa: Synergy was created not to leave Prishtina to Vetevendosje (Kosovapress)
• EULEX: We’re supporting communication between Kosovo and Serbia (Kallxo)
• COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Grenell and Palmer lobbying for Serbia - terrible lie; Pristina does not want to fulfill its obligations (KoSSev, TV Happy)
• Serbian PM expects opening of one cluster in talks with EU, hopes for two (N1)
• Mijacic: Exaggerated assessment that Kurti lost the elections due to non-acceptance of the Washington agreement (Danas)
• “No need to ask your grandfather or grand-grandfather about genocide in Kosovo” (Radio KIM)
• Petkovic: Pristina refused to take part in direct talks, refused to talk about ZSO (Kosovo-online)
• Remains of only 15 missing people from Kosovo have been found over the last two years (RTV Puls)

Opinion:

• Kosovo and Serbia expose Summit for Democracy’s conundrum (atlanticcouncil.org)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Serbian QR COVID-19 code valid in EU with some exceptions (N1)

• Kurti: Expectable for agreement with Serbia to be achieved during my term in office (RFE)
• Kosovo’s chief negotiator Bislimi meets EU’s Lajcak in Brussels (media)
• Lajcak: It is high time for real progress (media)
• Petkovic: Kurti making the dialogue meaningless (Koha)
• Krasniqi: If Kurti reaches agreement with Serbia, we will support it (Gazeta Express)
• EU Observers Say Kosovo Voters Misled by ‘Opaque’ Facebook Pages (BIRN)
• Von Cramon: Commission compromising Rule of Law standards in the interest of Orban-Vucic axis (EurActiv)
• Kosovo authorities order expulsion of four Russian citizens (media)
• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 16, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti says meeting in Brussels will focus on missing persons (media)
• Kurti appoints new minister of health (media)
• Konjufca: Serbian List openly blackmailing the Assembly (Klan)
• Osmani: Women in Kosovo continue to face challenges (RTK)
• State Department comments on Afghans housed at Camp Bondsteel (Telegrafi)
• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 78 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev)
• Dialogue in Brussels to continue in afternoon, Belgrade insists on ZSO (Kosovo-online)
• Vucic on today’s talks in Brussels, meeting with Putin (RTS)
• Brnabic, Dacic: Serbia a militarily neutral country but seeks cooperation with NATO (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: KFOR to prevent reckless Pristina’s acts (Tanjug)
• Serbian PM invited to Moscow International Export Forum (N1)
• Lavrov and Selakovic on Kosovo, the Balkans and bilateral relations (Tanjug, RTS)
• Lawyer Pantovic: Zoran Djokic, an innocent convict (Beta, Danas)

Opinion:

• Only room for progress on the missing persons in the Brussels talks today (Danas)

International:

• NATO Deputy Secretary General highlights 15 years of NATO-Serbia partnership (nato.int)

• New round of Kosovo – Serbia talks will be held today (Kosovapress)
• President Osmani met with US Embassy Charge d'Affaires (media)
• Borrell: Kurti-Vucic meeting to be held before end of year (media)
• Gervalla in Brussels: NATO should not tolerate Serbia’s aggressiveness (RTK)
• ENEMO's IEOM to Kosovo presents findings and conclusion (media)
• WB Foreign Ministers urge EU to play a more active role (EWB)
• Serbian PM invites neighbor countries to join Open Balkan (euronews.al)
• Kosovo awards Croatian PM with Humanitarian Medal (euronews.al)
• Kosovo court upholds jailing of Serb ex-fighter for war crimes (BIRN)
• Police arrest four Russians for illegal border crossing from Serbia to Kosovo (RTK)
• COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Croatian PM Plenkovic visits Kosovo (media)
• Kosovo officially invited to Biden's democracy summit (media)
• Osmani rejects reports she secured summit invitation by ‘promising land to Decan Monastery’ (media)
• Kurti comments on local election results (media)
• First interview of architect and mayor-elect of Prishtina (Euronews Albania)
• COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 59 new cases (KoSSev)
• Serbian List wins in Klokot (KiM radio)
• Brnabic: Compulsory military service in Kosovo concerning for Serbs (Kosovo-online)
• The Western Balkans - the first item on the EU agenda (B92, Tanjug)
• Citizens punished the demagoguery of Self-Determination in the elections (Kosovo Online, B92)
• Velika Hoca: Broken cross, flag removed from the monument to missing and kidnapped Serbs (KiM radio, N1)
• Bieber: Serbia as such will never become part of EU, Vucic knows that (nova.rs, N1)
• Serbia invited to attend Summit for Democracy in US (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Are we equal, and why are we not? – the fate of the Serbs south of the Ibar (newsocialinitiative.org)

International:

• Kosovo Ruling Party Loses Capital in Local Election Setbacks (Balkan Insight)
• In a sign of thaw in tensions, Serbia opens trade office in Jerusalem (timesofisrael.com)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Varhelyi: EU to recognize Serbian Covid-19 certificates (N1)

• The Big Inversion (Koha Ditore)
• Kosovo governing party loses capital in runoff mayoral vote yesterday (AP News)
• Kosovo’s opposition wins the run-off election for Mayor of Prishtina (Exit News)
• The punitive spirit of the local elections (Radio Free Europe)
• Palokaj: No guaranteed votes in Kosovo (Koha)
• Albanian PM congratulates Rama on victory in Prishtina (media)
• Shpend Ahmeti congratulates Perparim Rama on winning (Euronews.al)
• EU Council to discuss Kosovo-Serbia dialogue today (Koha)
• Borrell: A Strategic Compass for Europe (media)
• "Kosovo to be invited to Biden's democracy summit" (media)
• Kurti: It is our task as leaders to advocate for more equality and justice (media)
• Vela: Vucic doing all to block reconciliation with neighbours (media)
• Rama: Serbia to recognise Kosovo as a sovereign and independent country (Kallxo)
• COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Survivors of sexual violence and the transmission of trauma (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 12, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell meets Kurti on margins of the Paris Peace Forum (media)
• Bislimi: EC report recognises Government's work on license plates agreement (media)
• Assembly committee discusses dialogue, visa liberalisation with German ambassador (media)
• COVID-19: 16 new cases, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian PM Brnabic on Kosovo at the 41st UNESCO General Conference (RTS)
• Brnabic: Serbian heritage in Kosovo proof of UNESCO’s importance (RTS)
• Serbian Ambassador to US sends letters to all Congress members (B92)
• Serbian FM lays wreath at WWI Allied cemetery in Greece (N1, Danas)
• Jeton Neziraj: Ghosts of war ready to jump into a new war (Beta, Danas)
• The last day of the campaign for the second round of local elections (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Bancroft: If Grenell were really getting paid by Serbia would he refer to Merdare ‘as border’ (Kosovo-online)
• UNESCO: We continue to preserve Serbian medieval art in Decani, Sopocani and Studenica (Kosovo Online)
• Trajkovic to Osmani’s reference of Kosovo as ‘source of hope’ (Kosovo-online)

International:

• Kosovo Ruling Party Braces for Test in Mayoral Runoffs (Balkan Insight)
• Trump ‘Shadow Diplomacy’? Deploys ‘Ambassador’ To Address Serbia-Kosovo Tensions (Forbes)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Free legal aid for residents in northern Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)

• Government confirms resumption of dialogue on November 16 (Kosovapress)
• President Osmani meets U.S. Undersecretary of State Nuland (media)
• An agreement between Kosovo and Serbia is a matter of urgency (EWB)
• White House: Grenell is not an ambassador, doesn’t represent U.S. (RTK)
• Trump: Agreements signed by my administration are historic (Klan Kosova)
• Kurti mustn’t forget he’s leader of an entire nation, not just VV (euronews.al)
• Rrahmani: Aleksandar in the “Serbian World” of wonders (Koha)
• Authoritarian states intensified ‘sharp power’ influence activities (geopost.com)
• COVID-19: Six new cases, no deaths (media)
• Ministry of Health will soon adopt third dose of vaccine (Telegrafi)
• Europe alarmed by COVID-19, Kosovo risks facing new wave (Koha)