• Kurti and Mustafa to meet and discuss “hot” topics of coalition agreement (media)
• Kosnett: Dialogue break not helpful for Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• CEC: Recount could be finalised on Sunday (Bota Sot)
• Kurti: KIA to be led by an honest individual (Zeri)
• Kurti: I will send even Vetevendosje officials to the prosecution (media)
• Kosovo police in search of two suspects in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 22
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 21, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Albin Kurti and Isa Mustafa to meet tomorrow (Indeksonline)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo has gained a great deal from import tax on Serbia (media)
• Zeka: Reciprocity with Serbia would be more effective (media)
• “Tariff was used to cover up corruption scandals” (Gazeta Express)
• Van Gelder: World Bank supports regional economic integration activities (Koha)
• Kosovo police in search of two suspects in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Who beat up the residents of Strpce? Ombudsman has not launched any investigation, “because nobody complained to him” (KoSSev)
• Spahiu: ''The question of Kosovan nation should not even be raised'' (Kosovo Online, Klan Kosova)
• Moscow: Nothing can harm Russia – Serbia brotherly relations (Reuters, N1)
• Serbian Government says Referendum Law does not change because of Kosovo (RFE)
• Ruzic: New referendum regulations are merely harmonization with the Constitution (RTS)
International:
• Woman and Man Charged With Terror Offenses in Kosovo (AP/NYT)
• A year of the tariff (Prishtina Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Street Artists Brighten Up Kosovo’s Divided Mitrovica (Balkan Insight)
• Pessimism Prevails among Serbs in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 21
• Kurti: No agreement without dialogue and no dialogue with maps (media)
• LDK wants 7 ministries, president and speaker posts (Zeri)
• LVV insists on leaders’ meeting, LDK says after certification of results (Kosovapress)
• AKR ready to abandon NISMA and join government (Zeri)
• Pacolli: I don’t believe I will be part of LVV-LDK government (RTK)
• Svarqa: Vetevendosje benefited from disappointment with PDK (media)
• Haradinaj slams Rama on Mini-Schengen initiative (Gazeta Express/Zeri)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo ready for agreement with Serbia on existing borders (Epoka)
• Mandate of specialist chambers is not limited in time (Koha)
• Shpend Maxhuni will continue his career in the police force (Koha)
• The luxuries of Haradinaj’s advisors (Koha)
• Daka: CEC is being unjustly accused for delays on election process (Epoka)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2019
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Swedish Academy defends awarding Handke Nobel Prize (Prishtina Insight)
• One year since 100% tariff, Serbia loses 99 percent of Kosovo’s market (Telegrafi)
• Kurti meets Italy’s Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
• Trend Analysis: General trends not in favour of Serbs (KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio, RTV Puls, Kosovo Online)
• Politika on Visoki Decani Monastery: Attacks, walls, endurance and life (Politika, Radio KIM, Kosovo-online)
• Jevtic: Nothing disputable in fact that we go to Belgrade, we are ready to talk to everyone (Kosovo-online)
• Comic book ‘Welcome to Kosovo’ published in France (B92)
• PM of North Macedonia Zaev: "I am frightened, I am breaking inside...’ (B92, NY Times)
International:
• Motion submitted on reviewing Maldives' recognition of Kosovo independence (AVAS)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Kurti: Children's education is a constitutional right (media)
• Calls for greater mobilisation to implement Law on Child Protection (media)
• Let children be children! (KoSSev)
• No solution in sight for the Gracanka river: "Sometimes protests and roadblocks are needed'' (KIM radio, KoSSev, RTV Puls)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 20
• Kurti, Mustafa to discuss dialogue and President’s role in next meeting (RFE)
• Haziri: Coalition talks with LVV have not stalled (Klan Kosova)
• Abdixhiku: Assembly Speaker and President posts belong to LDK (T7)
• Haxhiu: PM post does not go through LDK’s offices (RTK)
• Adm Foggo: No delays in forming the new government (Koha)
• Haradinaj: Mini-Schengen, expansion of Russian influence in the Balkans (media)
• Montenegro: Demarcation with Kosovo is a concluded issue (Zeri)
• LVV initiates change of statute to enable Kurti to remain party leader (G. Express)
• Suspicions raised in the Maldives claiming Kosovo paid for its recognition (media)
• Italy Defense Minister informed on Kosovo achievements in security (Epoka)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 19, 2019
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 19, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti briefs Dutch Ambassador on priorities of new government (media)
• Thaci: Kosovo Army was born from cooperation with KFOR (Lajmi)
• “Serbs comfortable with KSF, despite pressure from Belgrade” (Indeksonline)
• Calculations for forming government coalition change (RFE)
• Weber: Rama needs Mini-Schengen for himself, he is not eminent to defend Kosovo’s interests (Express)
• LVV and LDK do not admit publicly they agreed to shut down PAK (Express)
• Haradinaj: Mini-Schengen, expansion of Russian influence in the Balkans (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Slavko Simic: Theoretical and political chance for elections to be annulled (Radio Mitrovica, Prva TV)
• Raška-Prizren Eparchy strongly protests over latest abuse of Saint Nicholas Church in Novo Brdo archaeological remains (Raska-Prizren Eparchy, Serbian media)
• Paris changes rules: Seven EU accession packages (B92, Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
• England-Kosovo match: Euphoria, gratitude and anti-Serb chants in Pristina (KoSSev)
Humanitarian/Development:
• KOMF: Air pollution with long-term consequences in children (Koha)
• Kosovo Roma Woman ‘Died in Despair’ after War Rape Testimony (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 19
• Vote recount suspends LVV – LDK negotiations for coalition government (Koha)
• LVV invites LDK to a meeting, they do not respond (Express)
• Ballot recount to complete by Monday (Express)
• Apostolova says new government should be formed soon (Telegrafi)
• One projected MP from Egyptian community joins Vetevendosje (media)
• Appathurai: Kosovo-Serbia relations, among main challenges for region (RFE)
• In Tirana, Thaci attends conference, meets Rama (media)
• Engel: Change of borders would not stop only in Kosovo (Epoka)
• “Russia doesn’t want resolution of Kosovo issue” (Lajmi/Zeri)
• Ramiz Lladrovci to appear before specialist chambers today (media)
• RIDEA: Kosovo must insist on apology from Serbia during dialogue (Koha)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Thaci address international conference on religion in Tirana (media)
• Vetevendosje rejects NISMA and AKR (Gazeta Express)
• LDK MP: There is no problem with votes, new elections in 2023 (Indeksonline)
• “41% of enterprises believe Kosovo–Serbia deal would increase export” (media)
• Major number of Kosovans still in Syria and Iraq, 40 of them ISIS fighters (media)
• RIDEA presents studies of the final phase of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan)
Serbian Language Media:
• Serbian List reaction to a music video filmed at Novo Brdo: Desecration of the Serbian holy shrines with inappropriate behaviour (RTS)
• Kurti says it's known who killed Kosovo Serb leader (N1, KoSSev, Pobjeda)
• Igor Simic: Kurti is directly interfering in the work of judicial bodies (RTS)
• Djuric: Kurti’s intention is to militarize Albanians (RTS)
• "NATO is eroding and I can only welcome that" (B92)
• France proposes seven-step EU accession process (Hina, N1, EU Observer)
• RFE: Thirteen EU members demand expansion to Western Balkans in a non-paper? (B92, Beta)
Opinion:
• It is in Russia's interest that Kosovo issue remains unresolved? (B92, Kosovo online, RFE)
• Turkish Threat over ISIS Fighters Poses Challenge for Balkans (Balkan Insight)
International:
• Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic hospitalized with heart condition (DW)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Balkan Coal Power Plants Failing Toxic Emissions Targets (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 18
• Kurti: There can be no exchange of territories without war (media)
• LVV, LDK don’t want NISMA and AKR in the government (Zeri)
• Hooper: Kosovo-Serbia agreement exists, it only needs implementation (Epoka)
• Paris wants harsher criteria for Balkans integration in EU (Koha Ditore)
• New government asked to address issue of missing persons with priority (Koha)
• Beslin: No Mini-Schengen without accepting reality of independent Kosovo (Koha)
• Albanians and Serbs paint murals on Iber bridge (Kosovapress/Telegrafi)
• Kosovo journalists to enjoy free legal counsel (Kallxo)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 16
• Kosovo MFA: Visa liberalisation not connected to dialogue with Serbia (media)
• Kurti meets Hahn in Brussels (media)
• Mustafa: Demarcation with Montenegro a done deal, Kosovo loses nothing (EO)
• D'Addario: KFOR's role is also to enable dialogue (Koha)
• Specialist Chambers investigating Kosovo government office (RFE)