Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti reacts to Serbia’s banning of 'Miredita, Dobar Dan' festival (media)
• Organisers of 'Miredita, dobar dan': "State incited hatred, intolerance, hostility" (RFE)
• Kandic: Serbia and its institutions aligned themselves with hooligans (media)
• Four sentenced to prison for involvement in Ivanovic assassination (media)
• Police searching for Serb suspects over camouflaged cameras in north (media)
• Man arrested for allegedly committing war crimes against civilians (media)
• State Department report on international religious freedom: Kosovo (media)
• Court ruling on Bureau; KLI: Another government failure for judiciary reforms (EO)
• Poll: VV-Guxo 41 percent, PDK 19.6, LDK 19.2 and AAK-Nisma 6 (Albanian Post)
• ECPMF reacts to MP remarks against media and civil society members (media)
• AJK reacts to latest death threats against reporter Vullnet Krasniqi (media)
• Police remove “provocative shirts and flags” at St. Vitus remembering (media)
• Octopus Institute analysis on arrest of Albanians, one Serb, for espionage (Telegrafi)
• FPÖ wants parliament to declare itself against Kosovo independence (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Memorial service served to Kosovo heroes at Gazimestan (Kosovo Online, media)
• Serbian MFA: St Vitus's Day reflects our love of freedom, moral essence (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: Serbia fulfilled its obligations; I do not expect anything from continuation of dialogue
(RTS)
• Verdict passed in case of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, 22 years in prison for the four defen
dants (media)
• Office for KiM: Verdict against four Serbs in Oliver Ivanovic’s case "scandalous" (Kosovo Online,
media)
• Serbian List: Draconian and politically staged verdict (media, social media)
• Ivanovic's nephew: This verdict still does not provide answers to questions about who ordered
and executed Ivanovic's murder (KoSSev)
• Lawyer: Tolic underwent surgery again, I am concerned about his health condition (Kosovo
Online)
• Indictment against Svecla, three MPs upheld 75 months after teargas was thrown (KoSSev, me
dia)
• Serb Movements from Kosovo support the protest against lithium mines (Beta, Danas)
• Radovanovic: The frozen conflict suits both Vucic and Kurti (NMagazin, Beta)

International:

• Kosovo convicts four over Serb opposition politician’s murder (BIRN)
• Serbian police ban culture festival with Kosovo as pressure mounts on liberal voices (AP)
• Germany extends army deployments in Kosovo, Bosnia, Coast of Lebanon (RFE)
• What are the takeaways from another unsuccessful round of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue?
(EWB)
• Language and infrastructure barriers halt integration of Serb majority village into Kosovo soci
ety (Prishtina Insight)
• Serbian authorities use high-tech surveillance to monitor opponents (BIRN)
• Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas bag EU top jobs (politico.eu)
• ‘Shipwreck’ and ‘carnage’: European media gawks at Biden’s debate flop against Trump
(politico.eu)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo Police find surveillance cameras in the north (media)
• Rohde calls Kurti's conditions “a burden"; “Serbia violating Article 4” (media)
• Rasic doesn’t expect Radoicic to be handed over; “Dialogue must continue” (media)
• Assembly podium used for media smearing (Koha)
• Kurti meets Serwer: Grateful for his analysis and advice (media)
• Kurti welcomes Law on the Modernization of Citizenship in Germany (media)
• Serbian delegation leaves after Kosovo MP’s speech on Banjska attack (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Kurti wanted recognition not dialogue (N1)
• Office for KiM: Arrest of Lazovic in Leposavic, continuation of Pristina’s terror (Kosovo Online, media)
• Wife of arrested Lazovic: My husband is not on photos published by Albanian media, he has never been to Djakovica (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List: Kurti’s regime continues with intimidation and expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo (Kosovo Online, media)
• Djuric: Belgrade appreciates Brazil's position on Serbia's territorial integrity (Tanjug)
• Austrian Freedom Party requests Parliament declare against recognition of Kosovo (Euronews Serbian)
• Pristina portal says 45 indicted over Banjska armed incident (N1)
• “Miredita, Dobar Dan” festival shut down (media)

International Media:

• Police Ban Serbia-Kosovo Cultural Reconciliation Festival in Belgrade (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• O’Brien: Non-implementation of past agreements, lost opportunity (media)
• Kurti says LDK, AAK want to criticise and not remove him from power (Express)
• Opposition MPs leave assembly session (media)
• AJK: Independent Media Commission draft law shouldn’t be adopted (Kallxo)
• AJK reacts to Basha’s “unacceptable, dangerous attacks” against Kusari (media)
• Former Serb member of Kosovo Police arrested for espionage (media)
• Svecla: Fighting every form of terrorism is our priority (media)
• Hoxha visits police units in Jarinje, Leposavic, Bernjak and Banjska (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• O'Brien: Failure to implement earlier agreements a lost opportunity for both sides (Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic: By rejecting the trilateral in Brussels, Kurti showed that he does not want dialogue (Tanjug, TV Pink)
• Arrested A.V. suspected of espionage (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev)
• The president of the Committee for Aid to Serbs from Republika Srpska denied entry to Kosovo (Tanjug, SRNA)
• The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the initiative to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug)
• The German and Italian embassies supported the EU statement on three draft laws (KoSSev)
• The SL MPs once again retained their mandates (NMagazin, Beta)
• Andric Rakic: No progress in dialogue or formation of the CSM realistic during Lajcak's extended mandate (Kosovo Online)
• “Miredita, dobar dan!” festival to kick off in Belgrade (N1, Beta)

Opinion:

• Hungary’s EU ‘enlargement presidency’ will achieve limited success for Western Balkans (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Kosovo: Draft law on Independent Media Commission might endanger its political independence (ecpmf.eu)
• Serbia’s Vucic fumes as footballers travel to Euro 2024 on Croatian plane (Politico)

Albanian Language Media:

• New round of high-level dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia today (media)
• Lajcak: We hope leaders come with vision and political courage (media)
• Rasic on Kurti-Vucic meet: It will increase dynamics of the dialogue (media)
• NATO appoints Mark Rutte as next secretary general (media)
• Osmani, Kurti congratulate Berset election as CoE Secretary General (media)
• Bajrami outlines reports Kosovo sent to EU following Banjska attack (media)
• Kurti meets members of Bavarian State Parliament and Chancellery (media)
• Krasniqi: No room for a monoethnic institution in Kosovo (media)
• Gervalla meets President of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (media)
• Court gives right to government on the law on the minimum wage (media)
• KLA War Veterans react after court decision, “we’ll continue protests” (media)
• Kurti congratulates Mickoski, looks forward to enhancing robust relations (media)
• Kosovo government confirms rejecting Petkovic’s visit request (Koha)
• Exhibition in Mitrovica on International Day against Hate Speech (media)
• Court extends detention by 60 days for three suspects of Banjska attack (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• New round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina; Vucic with European officials in
Brussels (RTS)
• Lajcak: Everything ready for discussion; hope for the political courage of Vucic and Kurti
(RTS)
• Office for KiM: Petkovic banned from visiting Kosovo on Saint Vitus Day (Kosovo Online,
media)
• Djuric congratulates Berset on election as CoE Secretary General (media, social media)
• Radojkovic: European Football Championship showed region still far from reconciliation
(Kosovo Online)
• YIHR filed 10 lawsuits against the media for 'hate speech' against the participants of the
'Mirdita' festival (KoSSev, Beta)

Opinion:

• Rada Trajkovic: Vucevic's "compromise" is the division of Kosovo (KiM radio, Beta)
• Hungary’s EU ‘enlargement presidency’ will achieve limited success for Western Balkans (BIRN)

International:

• NATO picks Netherlands' Mark Rutte as next boss (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media:

• VV, AAK don’t expect results “if Serbia doesn’t change approach” (EO)
• Vogel: The dialogue has been moribund for a long time (media)
• Serwer: A successful and democratic Kosovo doesn’t suit Vucic (Express)
• Qelaj: Government has not clarified objectives of expropriations in north (Koha)
• Kurti: Over 700k objects scanned in less than month at Digitization Center (media)
• Blinken appoints Tom Sullivan as new Counselor of State Department (media)
• PDK threatens government with sending two laws to Constitutional Court (Koha)
• Kosovo Defence Minister Maqedonci to visit Croatia tomorrow (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo grateful for Slovenia’s strong and continued support (media)
• Szunyog meets Lladrovci, discuss local governance issues (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: To ensure safety of Serbs in Kosovo, implement agreements made thus far (Tanjug)
• Drecun: The Brussels talks just a shell without substance (Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Sljuka: By going to Brussels, Kurti wants to demonstrate he is constructive so punitive measures would be lifted (Kosovo Online)
• Varhelyi: Serbia committed to the EU path, the goal is to open the next clusters (RTS)
• Warrant for an Albanian from Kosovo due to expulsion of Serbs (Politika, Kosovo Online)

International:

• Kosovo Serb jailed for 2023 mob attack on NATO peacekeepers (BIRN)
• Kosovo struggles to rein in wild west medication market (BIRN)
• Kosovo law ignores tech-facilitated abuse of women: Report (BIRN)