Albanian Language Media: • Blinken to attend NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels (media) • Stoltenberg: Proposal for Association, important step for constructive dialogue (Reporteri) • KSF Day, Kurti and Osmani visit the "Adem Jashari" barracks (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo Army continues to be most trusted institution (media) • Biserko: Banjska showed that potential for conflict is huge (media) • Romanian chief diplomat meets Lajcak, supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan) • Opposition unites against the Draft Law on the Sovereign Fund (media) Serbian Language Media: • Re-registration: Does the silence of the authorities in Belgrade mean agreeing to Pristina's conditions (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Zarko Ristic: Peace comes where law and order are respected (Slobodno srpski, KiM radio) • Gogic: Kurti would rather go for new elections than accept CMS (Kosovo Online) • Deadline for submitting lists for parliamentary elections in Serbia expired (KiM radio) • Unplanned electricity restrictions continue in returnee villages in Istok municipality (Radio KIM) • Vucic: There are three candidates for new Security Information Agency chief (Tanjug, Pink TV) • Dacic thanks Belarusian ambassador for support for Serbia's territorial integrity (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) International: • Serb Ex-Policeman Denies Kosovo War Crime Charges (Balkan Insight) • Rita Ora celebrated her birthday in Kosovo (AFP) Humanitarian/Development: • Osmani: Let us raise our voice against gender-based violence (RTK) • BIRN Study Reveals Kosovo’s Inability to Combat Disinformation (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 24, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Publication of the draft statute is in the hands of internationals (media) • Belgian Minister: De-escalation - the only way for long-term peace (RTK) • Gervalla on draft statute: Not very good but we do not allow damage to state (media) • The EC will respond to government regarding visas for Kosovo Serbs (RTK) • EULEX strengthens its advisory and monitoring capacity (RTK) • Rohde: Association obligatory for Kosovo to normalize relations with Serbia (Reporteri) • Serbia certifies electoral list "For the army to return to Kosovo" lead by the US-sanctioned (Klan) • Timothy Less: Dialogue will continue, but I see no chance for progress (Reporteri) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic meets with Peach to discuss developments in Kosovo, region (Tanjug) • Belgian minister Lahbib: New investments in Serbia are on the way (RTS) • Haziri: Kurti spreads fear with statements about new conflict, diverts attention from internal problems (Kosovo Online) • Where did Kurti's tweet thanking Kearns for "raising the alarm about Serbian aggression" disappear? (KoSSev, N1) • Gogic: Banjska remained isolated event without significant consequences for dialogue (Kosovo Online) • Ashton: Compromise has a bad reputation because it gives the impression that it’s surrender, and it’s not (KoSSev) Opinion: • How Feminist Activism Offers Balkan War Survivors Hope for Change (Balkan Insight) International: • Hague Prosecutors Accuse Kosovo Guerrilla Leaders of Witness-Tampering (Balkan Insight) • What is NATO’s Balkan plan as Kosovo and Bosnia wobble? (DW) • Kosovo Serbs to Cast Votes in Serbian Elections Inside Serbia (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Analysis of EU’s Western Balkans decarbonization policy: decarbonization to remain disorderly if nothing changes (balkangreenenergynews.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti is optimistic about building trust between Serb community and government (RTK) • Osmani from Tirana to Albanians in the Valley: You are not alone (Reporteri) • CoE report for the region: Confront a violent past or risk a return to conflict (Koha) • Assembly voted international agreements (media) • German ambassador reacts after passage of international agreements in Assembly (media) • The prosecution requests suspension of visits to Thaci, Veseli and Selimi (RTK) • Krasniqi: The EC's report on Kosovo reflects poverty and scarcity (media) Serbian Language Media: • Palatova: Kosovo needs to form ASM, and implement legal framework for protection of minorities (KoSSev) • The Hague: Prosecutor requests visits to Thaci, Veseli and Selimi be suspended (Tanjug) • Milivojevic: By banning Serbs from voting, Kurti and those who support him violating all agreements (TV Most, Kosovo Online) • Burazer on Coordination Directorate passports: It makes no sense for them not to be visa-free after Kosovo was granted liberalization (KoSSev) • Milenkovic: Letter from Albanian NGOs proves that there is a lack of understanding for Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Assistants to Office for KiM Director banned from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Vecernje Novosti) • Petkovic: Some kind of "silent alliance" between Kurti and part of the Serbian opposition is clear (Kosovo Online) • Obradovic: Government should request UN SG to provide conditions for voting of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Danas) • Vucic: Memorandums signed with Cyprus to further strengthen our cooperation (Tanjug) • CoE Human Rights Commissioner warns of failure to deal with past (N1) International: • Janjevo: The Picturesque Town In Kosovo Losing Its Best And Brightest To Migration (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • Gender-related killings of women and girls: Global estimates of female intimate partner/family-related homicides in 2022 (reliefweb.int)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Stoltenberg: Situation is fragile; Association important step for stability (AP) • Rama: More NATO troops: Kosovo-Serbia border is out of control (media) • Stoltenberg: Any attack against citizens in Kosovo is unacceptable (media) • Kearns: West has no backbone in Kosovo-Serbia dispute (media) • Shea: NATO to engage more for security; parties to return to dialogue (media) • Kurti: EBRD report states economic growth continues at robust rate (media) • Kurti to ministers: Time to meet our commitments is running out (Kosovapress) • Palatova: Kosovo to implement Agreement on Path to Normalization (media) • Gashi: We cannot move forward if double standards are applied (Klan Kosova) • Disciplinary committee removes U.S. sanctioned official from civil service (Koha) • Census postponed to April 2024, government decides (Koha/Nacionale) • Nine people injured after hand grenade thrown in Prizren (media) • Haxhiu: Domestic violence must be reported, perpetrators to be sentenced (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • UNMIK Head: Efforts towards peaceful coexistence (N1) • Barbano: We increased patrols in northern Kosovo, soon community advisers to arrive, work with Kosovo police (KoSSev) • Detention of Dragisa Milenkovic extended for two more months, request for Kurti’s testimony rejected (Radio KIM) • “Yet another political manipulation” – Danas interlocutors on request of Albin Kurti that Serbia should propose specific agreement for Kosovo Serbs’ participation in elections (Danas) • Cypriot president arrives in Belgrade, welcomed by Serbian FM (Tanjug) • Serbia protests flag burning to Albania (N1) • NADA coalition: EU membership not possible if the recognition of Kosovo is condition (Beta, Danas) • Davenport: OSCE ready to collect votes of Serbs in Kosovo, however, conditions for that currently are not in place (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • In Serbia’s One-Sided Elections, Belgrade is the Opposition’s Hope (Balkan Insight) International: • West has no ‘backbone’ in Kosovo-Serbia dispute, says British MP (Financial Times) Humanitarian/Development: • In Kosovo, Girls’ Football Scores Goal Against Ethnic Intolerance (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Stoltenberg: Serbian army buildup near Kosovo doesn’t help situation (media) • Rohde: It’s important to have security in north; NATO mandate not changed (EO) • State Department: U.S. committed to integration of Western Balkans (VoA) • “Serbia is not interested in peace”: What is Vucic planning? (Albanian Post) • Is “international investigation” into Banjska delayed due to Dialogue? (Express) • Kurti: Economic growth this year is expected to be 3.8 percent (Kosovapress) • Hoti on missing persons: We want justice; Serbia calling for new crimes (media) • Berisha: Serbia doesn’t aim only for the north, but all of Kosovo (media) • 20 CSOs call on EC to withdraw proposal that allows visa-free travel for Kosovo Serbs with Serbian passports (media) Serbian Language Media: • DefMin Vucevic welcomes NATO’s Stoltenberg at Belgrade airport last night (N1) • Stoltenberg: We will continue to ensure peace for all in Kosovo; Vucic: Only Serbs are endangered (RTS, Tanjug, media) • Stoltenberg in Pristina: Any deployment of KSF in the north of Kosovo requires consent from KFOR (Tanjug, media) • Media: Pristina wants to increase the KSF to five thousand people (NMagazin, Beta) • Stoltenberg for Tanjug: Kosovo does not have the support of NATO to arm itself (Blic, Kosovo Online) • Dimitrijevic: Pristina institutions should enable Serbs to vote at elections (Kosovo Online) • Andric Rakic on visa liberalization: In some companies, 50 percent of workers announced their departure (Kosovo Online) • The Church burgled in the Devet Jugovica village (N1, RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Jablanovic met Troccaz: The position of the Serbs is untenable since Kurti came to power (KiM radio) • Office for KiM: Incidents on ground in direct correlation with inflammatory statements of Pristina politicians (Kosovo Online) • Koha: Certain NGOs in Kosovo requested to withdraw the proposal on the passports of the coordination administration of the MIA of Serbia be included in the visa liberalization (KoSSev) International: • Serbia Deployed Anti-Aircraft Systems Near Kosovo Border, Kosovo PM Warns (Prishtina Insight) • First Kosovo War Crimes Trial in Defendant’s Absence Begins (BIRN) • Serbia’s Expulsion of Croatian Diplomat Damages Relations: Zagreb (BIRN)