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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 7, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• UNMIK: Closure of Serbian post offices negatively affects life of Serb community in Kosovo (Albanian Post, ekonomia online)
• KFOR: Any decision on opening Iber Bridge must take place within framework of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan)
• British Embassy: We are disappointed with government’s action (Nacionale)
• Bislimi: EU should focus on Serbia's rejection of Basic Agreement (media)
• Serbian Post van not allowed to enter Kosovo (media)
• Svecla, Krasniqi and Durmishi visit Iber Bridge, test it before opening (media)
• Government takes new step: nearly €10,000 allocated for testing Iber Bridge (Nacionale)
• Kurti meets Ardita Sinani, offers close institutional cooperation in service of Presheva (Klan)
• Alsat: Osmani on two other occasions refused checking of personal luggage at Skopje Airport (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• UNMIK head reiterates concern over unilateral actions in Kosovo (Tanjug, media)
• KFOR will respond to security development on Ibar bridge (N1)
• Vucic: Kurti is provoking, wants to turn us against NATO before the elections in the USA (Kosovo Online)
• Vucevic: Kurti wants Kosovo without Serbs, int'l community tacitly allowing that (Tanjug, media)
• A protest today in North Mitrovica due to Pristina's announcements about the opening of the Ibar bridge (Kosovo Online, B92, Tanjug)
• Elshani for VoA: The case of the closure of the Post of Serbia branches in the domain of economic crime (KiM radio, VOA)

International Media:

• Alleged large-scale coin forger arrested in Kosovo due to Eurojust support (eurojust.europa.eu)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 6, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Stano: Another example of unilateral actions of Kurti administration (Reporteri)
• Kusari-Lila: QUINT ambassadors informed about opening of Iber Bridge (ekonomia)
• Presidency: Manner incident in Skopje was handled at Kurti-Mickoski conference, regrettable (media)
• Rohde: Unilateral and uncoordinated steps endanger Kosovo's application for EU membership (Klan)
• Another attempt of LVV to bring opposition into debate about Iber Bridge (Express)
• Haxhiu on wounded woman in Fushe Kosove: Negligence of justice institutions (RTK)
• EUROPOL: Person arrested in Kosovo for counterfeit money, employee of North Macedonian MIA (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• The Kosovo police stopped a Serbian Post van with letters on Jarinje (N1, FoNet)
• Vucic met Konrad: The international community must react to ensure the safety of Serbs (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic on the EU announcement; the opening of jobs for Serbs in Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug TV)
• Grenell: US has tools to prevent escalation, tough letters don't work against Kurti (Tanjug, Blic)
• Requests submitted for the abolition of custody of arrested Serbs from Kosovo Pomoravlje (RTV Puls, KiM radio)
• Elek: New jobs are an incentive for Serbs to stay and proof that Serbia is always with its people (Kosovo Online, TV Most)
• Selimi: The Kosovo Government is closing Post offices due to upcoming elections (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 6, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Police action in the north for economic activity without a licence (media)
• ARKEP: Operation of Post of Serbia was intended to be resolved in dialogue, but until today there has been no initiative to start talks (Albanian Post)
• EU: Unilateral and uncoordinated decision to close branches of Post of Serbia in the north (RFE)
• The U.S. deeply disappointed with Kosovo government for closing branches of
• Haradinaj: Kurti is deeply involved in Serbia's agenda (Koha)
• Post of Serbia in the north (media)
• Haxhiu meets her counterpart from North Macedonia (ekonomia)
• Afrim Gashi's head of security suspended, risks prison for more than three years (media)
• Abdixhiku visits the miners of Trepca, supports their demands (ekonomia)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Kurti's behaviour an attempt to provoke a war conflict, the EU announcement shameful (Kosovo Online)
• Stano: Closing the branches of the Post of Serbia is a violation of the agreement from the dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• All 9 facilities used by Serbian Post in Northern Kosovo Closed (KoSSev)
• Petkovic: Kurti's raid of post offices direct provocation of war conflict (Tanjug)
• Savo Manojlovic: If Vucic protected the citizens as he protects Rio Tinto, there would be no persecution of Serbs in Kosovo (Danas, NMagazin,KiM radio)
• New DSS: Closure of post offices in Kosovo, continuation of terror, with the tacit permission of the West (NMagazin, Beta)
• Suspension and criminal charges against a security member of the President of the Assembly of N. Macedonia due to the incident at the airport (KoSSev)

International Media:

• Vjosa Osmani did not scold Mickoski and Kurti, so that such incidents do not happen again (slobodenpecat.mk)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 5, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti travels to Skopje, meets Prime Minister Mickoski (media)
• Mexhiti after meeting with Kurti: We discussed strengthening cooperation (Albanian Post)
• Milanovic: Allies' support for Kosovo has faded (media)
• LVV: Iber Bridge must be opened, there is no argument to remain closed (Koha)
• LVV: Consultations on election date will continue (Koha)
• Hoti: This mandate will end with complete failure in capital investments (RTK)
• Klinaku: There is no need for veterans to go to Serbia (media)
• Death of woman from Gracanica, a month of detention for her husband (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• The Kosovo Police entered all the Post Offices of Serbia in the North (KoSSev)
• Protest of hundreds of Serbs in Pasjane due to the recent arrest of five compatriots (KiM radio, medijacentar.info, Radio Mitrovica sever, media)
• What is controversial about the arrest of five Serbs from Kosovo Pomoravlje for alleged war crimes? (Danas, TV Most, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Fatherland Movement: More than 50 Serbs in Pristina prisons for alleged war crimes (Beta, Danas)
• A few days after the Vjosa Osmani incident, Kurti with ministers in North Macedonia (Danas, KoSSev)
• Vacancy announcement for recruitment of new members of Kosovo police: Especially for the Serbian community (N1)

International:

• The target is training artificial intelligence on the data of Balkan citizens without notification (en.vijesti.me)
• Yugoslav Socialist Artist’s Retrospective Recalls Lost Era of Defiance and Hope (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 5, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti today in Skopje to meet PM Mickoski and government cabinet (Klan)
• Osmani: "Sinjska Alka", event that honors heroic resistance of Croatian soldiers (media)
• Fetai meets Gervalla after incident with Osmani in Skopje (media)
• Five suspects arrested for war crimes against Albanian civilian victims (media)
• About five thousand citizens converted their driver's licences to RKS (RTK)
• Albanians of the Valley warn of protest due to passivisation of their addresses (RTK)
• Reactions on murder of woman in Gracanica: One less woman, one more murderer! (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kosovo Authorities Arrest Five Serbs in War Crimes Probe, Sparking Outcry from Serbian Officials (KoSSev, media)
• “The Diocese of Raška and Prizren Deeply Concerned About Recent Arrests of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and the Deterioration of Interethnic Relations” (eparhija-prizren.com)
• Protest today in Pasjane due to the arrest of Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Lawyers: No reasonable doubt that the arrested Serbs committed the criminal offenses they are charged with (Kosovo Online)
• Bocan-Kharchenko: Kurti carrying out terror in Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti, Kosovo Online)
• Ristanovic: Gazivode is the legacy of the SFRY, it was not built with Kosovo's funds (Kosovo Online)

International Media:

• Kosovo’s president involved in Macedonian airport scuffle, sparking diplomatic row (politico.eu)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 2, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Hovenier: We do not support any change of the status of the bridge (Klan)
• Government: Iber Bridge must be opened; it is at service of everyone and against no one (Klan)
• Rasic: All parties should avoid unilateral actions (RTK)
• Kurti: Government will not stop supporting Kosovo Police (media)
• Explosion in the yard of a house in the north, no one injured (Telegrafi)
• Political parties in North Macedonia react to airport incident with Kosovo President (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Quint after meeting with Kurti: We informed him that we do not support any changes in the current status of the bridge on the Ibar (KoSSev)
• Kosovo President refuses security check at Skopje Airport (N1, media)
• The explosion took place last night in the yard of a private house in Ugljare village (KoSSev)
• Canaj: Both Pristina and Belgrade should focus on the lives of citizens (Kosovo Online)
• M.Z. from Donja Gusterica village died because of severe injuries inflicted by her husband (KiM radio, medijacentar.info, Kosovo Online, KoSSev)
• Vucic welcomed Siljanovska Davkova in the Prohor Pcinjski monastery (Kosovo Online, media)

International:

• TAV Macedonia: We categorically reject the allegations that our employee tried to take Vjosa Osmani's phone (slobodenpecat.mk)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 2, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Stano: Opening the bridge over Iber river is a matter of dialogue (RTK)
• Osmani to Stano: Issue of the bridge should not be topic of dialogue in any way (RTK)
• Osmani stopped by North Macedonian authorities at airport, an attempt to take her phone was made (media)
• North Macedonian MIA reacts after incident with President Osmani (RTK)
• MFA: We are gathering information about the Osmani incident (Koha)
• Skopje Airport reacts after incident with president (RTK)
• Bislimi meets North Macedonia’s Deputy PM (RTK)
• Musliu: Revealing KIA officials, Risk to their operations (RTK)
• Haradinaj on elections: Let us shorten Kosovo's desperate situation (media)
• Miners to Government: We should not be held responsible for management of enterprise (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Increase in pensions before January, a significant increase in salaries for educators (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug, media)
• EU reiterates: Decision to open bridge over Ibar should be part of dialogue (Beta, N1, media)
• Former KLA member Blerim Ramadani transferred to house arrest (Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio)
• KAP: The pumps in the north were not leased to EXFIS, we are investigating the case (Kosovo Online)

International Media:

• 15 arrested in crack-down on high-profile Albanian criminal network (Europol.europa.eu)
• Kosovo Miners’ Strike Over Unpaid Wages Enters Fourth Week (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 1, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Government: Financial support for "Trepca" depends on promise to resume increase in production (Koha)
• Gervalla appoints Nita Shala as Kosovo's ambassador to Italy (RTK)
• Members of KIA Supervisory Committee met director Petrit Ajeti (RTK)
• Kurti convenes Security Council, discuss fires and traffic safety (Koha)
• LVV MP asks Osmani: On what grounds did you not allow Konjufca to replace Kurti in the meeting? (Reporteri)
• Abdixhiku asks public actors to boycott RTK (Koha)
• FOL: Government has implemented 33% of 147 activities (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• On the remains of the Dolac monastery near Klina: Albanians erase the traces of the sanctuary (KiM radio, Politika)
• Petkovic: Unlawful ban of dinar in Kosovo, the state will continue with regular payments (Tanjug, RTS)
• Residents of central Kosovo half a year without the dinar: We struggle to function, this is a crime (Kosovo Online)
• North Mitrovica: In addition to the ban on dinars, residents also worried about the shortage of certain products (Kosovo Online)
• Residents of Strpce: Without the dinar, life hard for both the people and the merchants (Kosovo Online)
• A forest owned by Serbs burned down in Susica, they suspect arson (KoSSev, KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Borrell condemned the attacks by bots from Kosovo on Djordje Bojovic, Viola von Cramon's assistant (NMagazin, Beta)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 1, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani: Date of regular elections will be announced after some analysis (RTK)
• Kurti called for removal of EU measures against Kosovo (media)
• Osmani: Responsibility must be demanded for not filing indictment against Radoicic (Koha)
• Osmani talks with De Rio about security issues and removal of EU measures (RTK)
• Svecla meets with North Macedonian counterpart, talk about illegal migration (RTK)
• Kusari-Lila disagrees with opposition about January 26, mentions other dates (RTK)
• Ahmetxhekaj: Kurti invited me to his office, wanted change in management of RTK (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Djuric met Latvian FM in Riga (Tanjug)
• Petkovic receives farewell visit from OSCE ambassador in Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS)
• Odalovic: Kurti does not care about the missing, Albanians or Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• North Mitrovica Municipality: Allegations of Misconduct and Non-Compliance (KoSSev)
• YIHR and Kosovan Police Remove Offensive Graffiti in Gojbulja (KoSSev, N1)
• Radio Borzani reporter denied access to meeting in Strpce amid dispute over credentials (KoSSev)
• Census results and economy: Causes and consequences of labor force outflow from Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian parliament passes declaration on rights and joint future of Serbs (Tanjug, media)

International Media:

• Serbia, Djuric to Nova: "Top priority for EU membership, but with equal rights" (agenzianova.com)
• Advocates sound alarm over Kosovo’s new media law (VoA)
• The Dua Lipa festival aiming to change Kosovo’s image (BBC)
• Political Parties In Kosovo Seek Date For 2025 Election (RFE)
• Two More Podiums: Paris 2024 Olympics Bring More Joy to Kosovo Athletes (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 31, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: During the war in Kosovo, Serbia's strategy was to hide the crime (RTK)
• Election date to be known today? Osmani to meet leaders of political parties in afternoon (Telegrafi)
• Bislimi: Cooperation with Sinani will be inseparable (RTK)
• KIJ: Kurti and Bislimi did not have proactive approach to report to Assembly about dialogue (Klan)
• UK ambassador congratulates "Sunny Hill" team for dealing with global issue of violence against women (Klan)
• Haradinaj: In my time, Radoicic fled from Kosovo, in Kurti's time, he became a factor (ekonomia)
• IRI: Kosovars mostly watch television to get information (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic: UNESCO's objective assessment about the danger of Serbian monasteries in Kosovo (NMagazin, Beta, Kosovo Online, Kurir)
• Milivojevic: From words to move to deeds, A/CSM should be the first and previous issue (RTS)
• Transfer of Command at KFOR RC-WEST (N1)
• A Serbian citizen arrested at Jarinje on suspicion of possessing forged Kosovo documents (N1, KoSSev, NMagazin)
• SNS official says early elections possible (N1, Beta, TV Pink)

Opinion:

• Under Rama, Albania is failing on almost every score (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Serbia: Fresh protests threaten EU-backed lithium mining plan (euronews.com)
• Balkan Countries Turn Blind Eye to Growing Loneliness (Balkan Insight)