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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 14, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani has working dinner with Barduani, discuss security issues (media)
• Osmani: Clar’s determination and leadership contributed to our freedom (media)
• PDK’s Citaku welcomes Rubio’s appointment as Secretary of State (media)
• Alickaj: Rubio’s appointment, guarantee the U.S. will be impartial (Koha)
• Gervalla and Blitt talk about advancement of Kosovo-Canada cooperation (RTK)
• Clark: Serbia must recognize Kosovo; Trump will make right decisions (media)
• Kurti on new clinics: Citizens no longer have to go abroad for treatment (Koha)
• PLE strongly condemns attack in Ferizaj where four people were stabbed (Klan)
• Voice of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians objects use of RAE acronym (EO)
• Kosovo will appear independent in German banks (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic: Schools, health care system pillar of Serbs' survival in Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS)
• Guerot: To send the EU draft of the A/CSM to the Constitutional Court, unilateral closure of parallel institutions contrary to agreements (Kosovo Online)
• Mariani: Pristina under EU protection systematically harasses Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Arsenijevic on Kosovo police trust-building campaign: In order to gain trust, they should first prosecute their own colleagues (KoSSev)
• Detention of Sladjan Trajkovic extended for two more months (Radio KIM)
• Mitrovica North municipality takes over another public garage (KoSSev)
• Djuric congratulated Rubio on nomination for next US state secretary (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• No truce, no reconciliation (Politika, KiM radio)
• Trump’s return will help Serbia’s elites, not its people (BIRN)

International:

• Kosovo, Serbia actors give ancient play on women’s suffering modern slant (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 13, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: We hope opposition will stop habit of blocking positive reforms (media)
Ratcliffe appointed CIA chief, “strong ties with Albanians in the US” (media)
CEC publishes list of 941 voting centres (RTK)
British Embassy donates four drones to Kosovo Police (media)
COMKFOR Barduani meets Norwegian Special Rep for Western Balkans (media)
Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian NGO head reacts to stabbing in Ferizaj (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

Simic: Serbs rejoice over Trump’s victory, but are afraid of Kurti’s reaction (Kosovo Online, RTS)
Today’s witness did not recognize Dragisa Milenkovic (Radio KIM)
Ristic: We will submit the joint list on December 10; Serbian parties: Independently to the elections (KiM radio)
What does the new enlargement commissioner say about the division of Kosovo? (Danas)

Opinion:

Four years of Kosovo’s stalled foreign policy under Kurti government (Sbunker)

International:

With U.S. ties in balance, Kallas seeks bold EU stance on Russia and China (RFE)
As Balkan leaders attend climate summit air pollution chokes cities back home (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 12, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kallas: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, one of main paths towards EU expansion in WB (Albanian Post)
• Kurti: Kosovo is target of hybrid attacks (RTK)
• Konjufca: We are living in uncertain times (RTK)
• Lajcak: Resolving fate of missing persons important and urgent (media)
• What are the relations of eventual U.S. Secretary of State with Kosovo (media)
• Maqedonci and Blitt discuss KSF’s participation at International Security Forum in Halifax (media)
• Minister Rizvanolli being interviewed by Special Prosecutor’s Office (media)
• Bugajski: Trump could accept dominating role by Serbia in the region (media)
• CEC joins Network of Francophone Electoral Institutions (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Djuric: Trump’s victory sparked hope, Serbia’s fight for Kosovo depends on economic capabilities (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, TV Pink)
• Post of Serbia received nine eviction orders to vacate premises in northern Kosovo, it says premises are their ownership (KoSSev)
• EC report on Kosovo: Relations between PR and Serbs remain difficult, desecration of SOC sites and attempts to appropriate religious objects (KoSSev)
• EULEX: No expected results in handling of high-profile judicial cases (N1, BETA)
• Lajcak discussed missing persons issue with ICRC president (Blic, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Serbian Democracy opens municipal branch in Leposavic (social media)
• The water from Lake Badovac suitable for drinking (KoSSev, KiM radio)

International:

• IMF reaches staff-level agreement on the third reviews of Kosovo’s Stand-By Arrangement and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (IMF)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 11, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Barbano: All sectors of society to engage on road to EU (RTK)
EULEX report: There is decrease in productivity of court hearings (RTK)
Agreement with Denmark on Gjilan prison, criticism continues (RTK)
Rama meets COMKFOR, grateful for commitment to peace and security (media)
KFOR German soldiers conduct routine patrols in northern Kosovo (media)
Three municipalities led by PDK, “champions in budget transparency” (media)
Kurti meets with delegation of Regional Assembly of Europe (RTK)
Coach who slapped child suspended by European Taekwondo Federation (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Serbia marks World War I Armistice Day (N1)
Vucevic lays wreath at Monument to Unknown Hero (Tanjug, media)
Djuric: Serbia paid high price for freedom; we preserve statehood, freedom, and independence (Kosovo Online)
Vucic speaks with Trump: US President thanks Serbians for support (N1)
Serbian Democracy protest in Pristina, display photos of ‘inappropriate conduct of Kosovo police officers’ (Radio KIM)
Entry of Albanian companies in northern Kosovo: Fuel stations owned by Serbs threatened with shutdown because they are ‘missing one document more’ (Euronews)
Mitrovica North municipality takes over garage behind NIS petrol station (KoSSev)

International:

Balkan states come to UN Climate Summit with little progress to report (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 8, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Metsola meets Osmani, discuss Kosovo’s efforts for European future (media)
Osmani meets Estonian PM, “grateful for powerful support” (media)
Gervalla and Landsbergis talk about security challenges in Europe (RTK)
Maqedonci: Malign foreign services “fed” fake news on KSF food supplies (media)
Judah: Return of Grenell may bring concerns for Kosovo government (RFE)
Haradinaj meets De Riu: Strong partnership between Kosovo and Italy (media)
Hamza hosted at German chancellery: We will create conditions for German investors in economic development of Kosovo (Klan)
Hoti: Next government should turn its focus to Washington Agreement (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic receives Egyptian Senate President (Tanjug)
City celebration Saint Dimitrios Day marked in Mitrovica North (Kosovo Online)
Milicevic: Suspension of cooperation with EULEX is a forced act (Radio KIM)
Head of EULEX met with PIK (social media)
Montgomery: Kurti ‘drives Serbs out’ of Kosovo (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug)
Restraint order to Arsenijevic from approaching Visar Syla extended for two more months (KoSSev)
Trial of Dragisa Milenkovic continues (Kosovo Online)
Vujinovic: Serbian Government's measures improve livelihood of Serbs in Kosovo; Western reactions expected (Kosovo Online)
Petkovic: On this day, 80 years ago Serbs from northern Kosovo liberated 11 US airmen and 3 UK officers (Kosovo Online, social media)
21 companies from Serbia take part in economy fair in Tirana (KoSSev)

Opinion:

Donald Trump’s comeback is bad news for Bosniaks and Kosovars (BIRN)

International:

Serbia’s bill to prosecute crimes in Kosovo ‘unworkable and populist’ (BIRN)
'This is not our war' (Kosovo 2.0)

Humanitarian/Development:

Calls in Albanian and Serbian rock theatre stage in search of peace (Kallxo)
Advancing social goals through public procurement (Kosovo 2.0)
Jeton’s three promises (Kosovo 2.0)