Albanian Language Media: • Kurti in Tirana, meeting with Scholz announced (media) • Scholz: Kosovo and Serbia must implement the agreements (media) • Kurti meets Roth: Terrorist attacks demand accountability from Serbia (media) • Rutte: Today I have opportunity to talk with Kurti and Brnabic to reduce tensions (media) • Brnabic boycotts joint photo shoot in Tirana because of Kosovo's flag (Express) • Martti Ahtisaari, former Finnish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 86 (media) • Svecla publishes pictures of mines in the north: Do we need more evidence? (RTK) • KFOR, together with Kosovo Police, patrols for border security (Klan) • Muja on elections in the north: Decision belongs to citizens, not to Serbian List (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: I expect not so easy discussions at Tirana summit (Tanjug) • Scholz in Tirana: Cooperation needed because of crisis in Ukraine, Middle East and Kosovo (FoNet, Danas) • SOC Raska-Prizren Diocese responds to unfounded accusations of unauthorised restoration of its religious sites (media, social media) • Kosovo Online: Kosovo government rejected all remarks of EU, US Embassy and OSCE related to land expropriation • Ambulance carrying medical supplies from Leposavic to Mitrovica North hospital pulled over by police, sent to custom’s terminal (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • President Vucic, ministers arrive in Beijing (Tanjug) • Largest political groups in EP to demand punitive measures against Serbia (N1, KoSSev) • Who was Marti Ahtisaari? (Danas) • EC President calls on Serbia, Kosovo to return to dialogue (FoNet, N1) • Radoicic: ‘Vucic’s naive victim’ or ‘a rich man from the criminal underworld’? (KoSSev) • Court of Appeal rejected appeals against detention measures imposed on three arrested Serbs in Banjska (KoSSev, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) Opinion: • Stiplija: Today's summit of the Berlin Process could be the tipping point for the Open Balkans (Danas) International: • Rama on EU enlargement promises: Decision makers will be gone, replaced next year (Euractiv) • Neither Serb Nor Albanian: Life In The 'Bosnian Quarter' Of Kosovo's Divided North (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 13, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: There should be increased security guarantees for Kosovo (media) • Kurti: Chapter of dialogue must take into account Serbia’s attempt for annexation (Koha) • Kurti: Attack in Banjska, an act of aggression by Serbia (media) • Sarrazin: Kosovo, Serbia to return to table to implement Ohrid agreement (media) • EEAS senior official on two-day visit to Kosovo (media) • Escobar highlights importance of implementing Ohrid agreement (Telegrafi) • Inside the Banjska Monastery (RTK) • NATO defence ministers conclude two-day meeting in Brussels (media) • “Court decides on early release for Gucati” (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian List: Pristina to call for elections in north as soon as possible, ready to take part in it (Kosovo Online) • Vucic expressed hope in a conversation with Li that cooperation between Serbia and China will be even stronger (Tanjug) • Elek: If a humanitarian disaster happens to us, all international actors will be accomplices (Kosovo Online) • More than 1000 people from northern Kosovo demand withdrawal of Kosovo special police forces (Radio KIM, social media) • Kisnica: KLA on the road sign, Serbian language inscription crossed out (KiM radio, Danas, Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev) • Ceku: Expropriation of property at the archaeological site of Ulpijana near Gracanica has begun (KoSSev) • Antonijevic: Freedom of expression is also being denied to Serbs in Kosovo, US and EU have to react (Kosovo Online) • Mitic on arrests of Serbs based on photos, comments on social media (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Only Extremists Stand to Benefit from Fresh Serbia-Kosovo Violence (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo’s vast Trepca industrial complex in limbo for 23 years (Intellinews) • Google is being sued in the US for discrimination against the Albanian language (CAN) • Census Risks Sparking Political Storm in Divided Montenegro (BIRN) • From Religious Figures to Journalists, and Minors in Peril (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: “Increasing risk of staging violent attacks by Serbian structures” (Koha) • Konjufca: Serbia must be sanctioned (Deutsche Welle) • Krasniqi: Everything has changed since September 24 (media) • Hoti: Kosovo’s leadership to be careful with conditions about dialogue (media) • Rizvanolli: Serbia is sabotaging the energy roadmap (RFE) • Opposition criticises absence of MPs from ruling party in session on police (media) • Maliqi to Varhelyi: With this level of deterrence, new escalations guaranteed (media) • Rama: Kosovo’s diplomatic self-weakening is making our efforts difficult (RFE) • Hoxhaj: My thoughts are with Israel and families of victims (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: The only way to build peace is through de-escalation (KiM radio) • Arsenijevic: Serbs in Kosovo left to themselves, there is a lack of medicine, food, and dinars (NMagazin, Beta, N1) • Dveri: International community to prevent humanitarian disaster in Kosovo (Danas, FoNet) • UN SG report on Kosovo: Main priorities are stability and reducing tensions (RTS) • Hill: Many are telling Serbia to let Kosovo go and turn to future, but I think it's more complicated than that (Danas) • Protected witness refused to testify against Thaci, said he is “extremely agitated” (Radio KIM) • Serbian military gets first CASA C-295 aircraft (N1) International: • Kosovo Attack Casts Doubt on Future of EU Mediation (BIRN) • Kosovo to Stop Paying for Energy in Serb-Majority North (BIRN) • Slovenia Strengthens NATO Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo with Additional Troops (BNN) • Serbia’s Vucic Denounces Opposition Calls for EU to Sanction Him (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 11, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Police carries out raids in three different locations related to Banjska attack (Koha) • Kosovo Police supplied with drones from the United States (Koha) • Stoltenberg: Important to increase number of KFOR troops (Koha) • Slovenia too to send additional troops to Kosovo (AP) • Special prosecution orders release of Serb arrested on Tuesday for war crimes (AP) • Bislimi: Aggression in Banjska can undo entire progress in dialogue (EO/Express) • Kulla claims he has “information that Banjska can be repeated, south or east” (Express) • Hysa: Weight of attack in north as a failed aggression is growing after events in Nagorno-Karabakh and Israel (media) • Mujanovic: “Attack in Banjska was attack by Serbian state; dialogue is over” (Telegrafi) • EU says measures against Kosovo remain in force (EO) • Tahiri: Surprised by U.S., because EU needs months to decide (Express) • Serbian opposition to Borrell: Vucic not Serbia must be sanctioned for Banjska (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic, Munsch discuss worsening of situation of Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug) • Office for KiM: International community to prevent Kurti from causing new crisis, inflaming region (media) • Kosovo police brought in Serb from Leposavic at Bistrica bridge over photo with weapons (KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • Gracanica: Post Office and Commercial Bank without money (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Serb arrested under war crimes allegations at Merdare yesterday released (KoSSev, media) • Szunyog meets Bishop Teodosije, says SOC has an important role in reconciliation process in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media) • NATO chief says increased presence in Kosovo important (N1) • Mojsilovic receives China's new ambassador (Tanjug) International: • NATO equips peacekeeping force in Kosovo with heavier armament to have “combat power” (AP) • ‘A climate of violence’: Serbian football ultras in spotlight after Kosovo monastery siege (The Guardian) • Serbian Journalist Testifies About Wartime Detention by Kosovo Fighters (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Osmani on Intl Day of Girl Child: We must amplify their voices and aspirations (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti will take part in Berlin Summit in Tirana, spokesperson confirms (Kallxo) • Munsch: KFOR presence on September 24 prevented further escalation (Koha) • Smith: KFOR will have capacities to face challenges (RFE) • Ulutas officially assumes post of KFOR commander (Kosovapress) • Palokaj: In EU there are structures that want to avoid sanctions on Serbia (Koha) • Hoti: Comprehensive agreement is only solution that secures peace (Klan) • Israeli Ambassador thanks Kosovo and Kurti for their support (media) • Albania refuses to extradite and releases former KLA members (RFE) • Lazarevic: Fake news “convinced” Serbs that Serbian army was returning (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • NATO, concerned about the security of the region, announces additional troops in Kosovo (NMagazin, balkansec.net) • Turkish General Ulutas is new KFOR Commander (Radio KIM) • Vucic meets Iraqi Assembly Speaker, thanks him for non-recognition of Kosovo (Tanjug) • Parliaments of Serbia, Iraq sign MoU, speakers discuss Kosovo issue (Tanjug) • Lavrov: EU does not wish and cannot make Pristina fulfil agreement on CSM (Kosovo Online, Novosti, RTS) • Hill: We need to know exactly what happened in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, RTS, Tanjug) International: • EU drafts measures against Serbia as Belgrade’s involvement in terrorist attack is under scrutiny (Euractiv) • The Illegal Theatre of the 90’: House of God Became House of Actors (BIRN)