Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Always grateful to U.S. for its central role and support for Kosovo (media)
• Kusari-Lila: Agreement if EU convinces Serbia to not be destructive party (EO)
• Berlin expects tangible steps on Association before final vote at CoE (Express)
• Two more months in detention for suspects of Banjska attack (Klan Kosova)
• PDK proposal to discuss State Department report at Assembly not adopted (Koha)
• Maqedonci travels to Hungary, scheduled to hold several meetings (EO)
• Police confiscate five firearms and ammunition in Zvecan (Albanian Post)
• Court finds Selimi and Demaku not guilty on war crimes charges (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian List met EU representatives: Part of the problem in Kosovo would be solved by the formation of the ZSO (Kosovo Online)
• Detention of Serbs arrested in relation to Banjska case extended by two more months, lawyer complain of prison treatment of V.T. (KoSSev)
• Lawyer: Acts witness accuses Sladjan Trajkovic of are not even criminal offense, let alone war crimes (Kosovo Online)
• 17 persons arrested over forgery of sale-purchase authorizations for properties in Kosovo, owned by Serb displaced persons (KoSSev, N1)
• A new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina today - the topic of banning the use of dinars in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS)
• The testimony of an Albanian witness whose close relative was allegedly kidnapped and killed by the KLA at the Thaci trial in Hague (KoSsev, Beta)
• Dacic, Ashton discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
• A group of Albanians beat and robbed a Serb in North Mitrovica (NMagazin, Beta, Kosovo Online)

International:

• Kosovo Fails to Offer Protection to Whistleblowers (Prishtina Insight)
• Sarrazin: UN Resolution on Srebrenica is not against Serbia and Republika Srpska (EWB)
• Opposition Candidate Wins First Round of North Macedonia’s Presidential Vote (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 24 April, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani: Serbia will try to destabilize Kosovo again, such plans are constantly being made (VoA)
• Most of EU countries are in favor of lifting measures against Kosovo (RFE)
• European Parliament approves plan of 6 billion euros for Western Balkans (Koha)
• Von Cramon: Passivization of Albanians’ addresses in the Valley must be stopped immediately (Koha)
• Freedom House: Kurti government faced a corruption scandal in 2023 (ekonomia)
• Knaus: number of Kosovo Serbs decreasing rapidly, but there is no "terror" towards them (ekonomia)
• Deliu-Kodra: Kurti government was labeled as 'government of corruption' in Department of State Report (Klan)
• Belgrade court sentences Toplica Miladinovic to 20 years in prison for war crimes in Kosovo (Klan)

Serbian Language Media: 

• Vucic: Important that we have more votes against and abstentions, which would be a heroic political success (RTS)
• The Judicial Council of Kosovo calls Serbian judges and prosecutors from the North to return (KiM radio, KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio)
• UNS submits two draft resolutions to EFJ, on murders of journalists in Kosovo and independent public channel in Serbian (KoSSev, Radio KIM, UNS)
• Belgrade-Pristina talks on use of dinar to continue tomorrow in Brussels (Tanjug)
• Belgrade war crimes court sentences former army officer for war crimes in Pec area (N1, FoNet, media)
• Pavlos: Bakoyannis in Council of Europe hasn't only harmed Serbian people, Greece could also suffer consequences (Kosovo Online)
• Drecun: Pristina, Sarajevo campaigning to portray Serbs as criminals (Tanjug, RTS)
• State Dept to VOA: US sponsoring Srebrenica resolution (N1, VoA)
• Former Kosovo FM calls Belgrade, Pristina officials to show respect (N1, social media)
Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy: EPS invested 40 million euros in a subsidiary company for supplying electricity to the north of Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Danas)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani: Kosovo-Serbia agreement must be binding for both parties (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo is proud to have so many friends and allies by its side (media)
• Atiq: Serb citizens feel safer than in the past (Klan Kosova)
• Radomirovic: Serbs don’t want their lives led by Radoicic and Serbian List (media)
• Biserko: Serbia has not relinquished idea for Kosovo partition (media)
• Balje stopped by Serbian police: Took my documents for one hour (media)
• Deliu-Kodra: Report revealed govt’s inability to build uncorrupt institutions (Koha)
• Hoti: Report highlights govt corruption, attacks against media, judiciary (media)
• Gervalla signs decision prohibiting employment of relatives in ministry (Kallxo)
• Ukrainian MP: Serbia to renounce imperial tendencies, recognize Kosovo (RFE)
• Kamberi meets Von Cramon, talk discrimination of Albanians in the Valley (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic and SL: Vucic clearly stated in NY that it is necessary to protect the Serbs in Kosovo (KiM radio)
• By advocating for the A/CSM, Belgrade working to create an independent Kosovo, says Trajkovic; No government in Pristina has treated Serbs worse, says Vorgucic (N1, KoSSev, Danas )
• The indictment for war crimes against Dragisa Milenkovic confirmed (KiM radio, RTS)
• Radomirovic “has no time” to comment on audio recording, Serbian List demands accountability (Radio KIM, KoSSev)
• Mojsilovic: Protection of fundamental human rights of Serbian people in Kosovo is still inadequate (Radio Mitrovica sever, Politika)
• European Parliament approved visa liberalization for Serbian passport holders from Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Commemoration for victims of NATO bombing at RTS (N1, RTS)
• Holocaust Remembrance Day marked in Serbia (N1, media)
• State Department: Serbia still faces problems with corruption, judiciary, media freedom (N1)

International:

• Kosovo, Serbia Trade Accusations At UN Security Council Meeting (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 22 April, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti to non-majority communities: You’re a value and identity of our state (media)
• Government: EU should remove unfair measures, Kosovo met its obligation (RTK)
• Kusari-Lila: Serbia is obstructing integration of Kosovo Serbs (media)
• Tahiri: EU should lift measures, people are being penalized (Kallxo)
• AAK: Referendum revealed Vucic’s heavy influence on Serbs (Indeksonline)
• Rohde: Boycott requested by Serbian List, regrettable and destructive (Klan)
• Osmani-Vucic confrontation, Security Council to meet on Kosovo today (RTK)
• Kurti meets Glavchev in Sofia as part of Vienna Economic Forum (media)
• Hoxhaj proposes for Assembly to support UN resolution on Srebrenica (media)

Serbian Language Media: 

• The Ohrid Agreement entered the negotiation framework for Serbia's membership in the EU (RTS)
• Serbian Democracy: EU to look again at its requests for de-escalation which Pristina did not fulfill (KoSSev)
• The UN SC in NY today on Kosovo, Vucic to represent Serbia (Tanjug, media)
• Dacic: The UN SC session another opportunity for Vucic to point out the problems of the Serbs in Kosovo (Tanjug, RTV, Kosovo Online, media)
• Sentic: Special forces in the Leposavic municipality during voting; respecting the rights of Serbs remains a challenge after the failed referendum (KoSSev, KiM radio)
• European Parliament plenary session begins, visa liberalization for Serbs in Kosovo on agenda (Tanjug)
• Roundtable on ''the occupation and (high) treason of Kosovo and Metohija'' (Beta, NMagazin)
• Confiscated weapons and marijuana worth around 70,000 euros in Suhareke/Suva Reka, four people arrested (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

• Guterres condemns Banjska attack, calls for authors to face justice (Zeri)
• Presidency confirms Osmani's participation in the UNSC session (Klan)
• Kurti: 2013 agreement violates Constitution of Kosovo (media)
• Serbian army drills at border; Kurti: Serbia poses a threat to Kosovo (RTK)
• Uglanin: Certain that April 21 vote will not be successful (media)
• Zeqiri confident he won’t be dismissed: Serbs don’t trust Serbian List (Nacionale)
• Dutch MEP reacts after the mistreatment of Kosovars in Serbia (RTK)
• “If Association not sent to court, CoE membership postponed for a year” (media)
• Dimic on Serbia stopping Kosovars: Brings back Milosevic’s time (Kosovapress)
• Police confiscate weapons in Mitrovica North (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Eleven years they have been looking for the culprits in Serbs and Serbia, and the essence of the Brussels Agreement has not been implemented (RTS)
• Stano: Brussels Agreement obligation, consequences for Pristina if it does not form the A/CSM (RTS, Tanjug, KiM radio)
• Lajcak: No stronger incentive to resolve the Belgrade, Pristina relations than a clear perspective in the EU (Kosovo Online)
• Eleven years since the Brussels Agreement; Simic: Dead letter (RTS)
• Combating Human Trafficking Director in KP accused of domestic violence (FoNet, N1, Kosovo Online)
• CEC approved 23 locations for voting on April 21 in the north (Kosovo online)
• Surlic: The situation between Belgrade and Pristina would have been more relaxed if the A/CSM had been formed 11 years ago (Kosovo Online)
• Belo Polje struggles with wild landfills, stray dogs and an unbearable stench, no response from the authorities (KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac)

International:

• North Kosovo Vote to Dismiss Mayors Risks Failure Amid Boycott (BIRN)
• Senior Kosovar Police Officer Released After Detention At Serbian Border (RFE)
• Witness to Violence: Photojournalist Recalls Decades of Documenting Kosovo’s Turbulent Times (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Murati: Kosovo receives €90 million funding from the World Bank (media)
• "Women in focus" photo exhibition: Everything is against women when they strive for a position (KiM radio, KoSSev)