UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 2, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: The terrorist attack with a plan to annex the north of Kosovo (media) • Stano: Kosovo Police investigating situation, Serbia should cooperate unconditionally (Koha) • Gervalla: If internationals tolerate Serbia, there will be a war (RTK) • Musliu: Serbia is building a military base near Izvor (Koha) • Haradinaj demands international investigation into attacks in the north (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: “Pathologists determined Mijailovic killed while lying on his back” (RTS, N1, media) • Minister of Defense: Serbia will do its utmost to preserve peace, it respects UN SC Resolution 1244 (RTS) • Serbian Army Chief of Staff: Milan Radoicic was not in training at Pasuljanske livade (N1) • Jarinje and Brnjak closed for entry for more than a week (Kosovo Online) • Dalibor Jevtic: We have warned international community more than 200 times (TV Most, TV Pink) • Orban: Hungary always for dialogue, against sanctions (Tanjug) • Mihajlovic: Radoicic tried to save Vucic and the government by confessing (KiM radio, Beta, Danas) International: • Serbia denies US, EU reports of military build-up along Kosovo border (Al Jazeera) • Belgrade official slams West for abetting Kosovar premier’s aggression against local Serbs (TASS) • The US is warning of a big build-up of Serbian troops on the Kosovo border. Here’s why tensions are high (CNN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 29, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • NATO Secretary General statement on the situation in Kosovo (media) • Raid in four locations in the north ends, the fifth ongoing (media) • Prosecutor: Action was carried out mainly in Radojcic’s properties (Koha) • Svecla says attack in Banjska will be fully investigated (media) • Berisha: We got information from intelligence on training of groups in Raska (Nacionale) • Haxhiu responds to Rama: KFOR does not need to take control of the north (media) • After attack in Banjska, increased movement of Serbian tanks in Presevo Valley (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • NATO approved sending additional forces to Kosovo (Tanjug, Politika) • Vucic: Milan Radoicic resigned from the position of vice-president of the Serbian List (media) • Borrell does not rule out the possibility of introducing punitive measures against the authorities in Serbia (N1, KiM radio) • Office for KiM: Banjska as an excuse for continuation of terror in north of Kosovo (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Serbian List: Invasion into several private facilities in north of Kosovo (RTS, N1, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Elek on Kosovo special police raid of hospital premises, nothing was found (KoSSev, media) • Ristuccia: There is no military solution for Kosovo, normalisation of relations necessary (Radio KIM, RTV, Tanjug) • Vucic meets with Orban, UAE presidential envoy in Belgrade (Tanjug) • Dacic and Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko on the situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • KoSSev: A fake priest spreading propaganda on certain Albanian media (N1) • Brnabic: Kurti's terror against Serbs continues (Tanjug) • EULEX: Monitoring activities conducted in cooperation with Kosovo police and KFOR (Tanjug, Blic) Opinion: • Hehir: The consequences of appeasing Vucic (Kosovo 2.0) • Mandic: “Murderers at best, terrorists at worst” (Kosovo 2.0/Pescanik) • “Is it possible to declare the Serbian List as a terrorist organisation?” (Danas) • Hoxha on Banjska events: It was police operation, KFOR was clear; EU characterised it as ‘terrorist act’ (KoSSev) International: • NATO Says It Has Authorized Additional Forces for Kosovo (usnews.com) • Belgrade to Question Kosovo Serb Kingpin Radoicic over Violence: Vucic (BIRN) • Concrete and Cash: The Dirty Money Behind a Balkan Building Boom (Balkan Insight) • Austria sent a non-paper for the accelerated EU integration of the Western Balkans (EWB)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Assembly adopts resolution condemning attack in Banjska (media) • Kurti: Serbia ruins bridges of cooperation; police showed determination (EO) • Kurti wants Serbia “to be punished internationally” for the attack in Banjska (Klan) • Kosovo special police step up presence in north after attack in Banjska (RFE) • Rama: KFOR should take over control in north of Kosovo (Indeksonline) • Vetevendosje’s Mihali reacts to Rama’s proposal for KFOR in north of Kosovo (media) • EU in Belgrade didn’t lower flag to half-mast: “We don’t mourn criminals” (Kallxo) • Clark: Incident in north of Kosovo, a real problem for stability in the Balkans (VoA) • Kamberi reacts to Vucic’s statement about “trained criminals from Presheva” (media) Serbian Language Media: • An order has arrived from the SNS: Mayors and presidents of municipalities across Serbia are resigning (N1) • Petkovic voices serious accusations against Kosovo police and its role in Banjska killings (Radio KIM, N1) • Increased presence of special police in the north; Petkovic: Why didn't they allow EULEX to participate in the investigative operation (RTS) • "Flags lowered, heads bowed": What are the residents in Kosovo north saying in the days after the conflict in Banjska? (Danas) • Serbs in areas south of Ibar River: Tensions, uncertainty, sadness and powerlessness felt (Kosovo Online) • PKS: Armed conflict in Banjska last alarm for all parties in dialogue (KiM radio) • The house of Bosiljka Nojic in Gnjilane stoned (RTV Puls, Kosovo Online, Kontakt plus radio) • Reaction of the Diocese to the statement of retired American General Clark (VoA, KiM radio) • Serbia’s top security agency says its chief on visit to Israel (N1) • Dveri, Oathkeepers, the People's Party demanding a parliamentary session on Kosovo (KiM Radio, Beta) • Sutanovac: I think Vucic did not know what was happening in Banjska (Radio KIM, N1) • Rada Trajkovic: How come “mysterious hand, with power on both sides, always saves Radoicic” (NMagazin, Beta, KoSSev) Opinion: • Franz-Lothar Altmann: Additional international forces need to be deployed to northern Kosovo (Demostat) International: • Kosovo Frees Four Serbs after Clashes, Alleges New Serbia Link (BIRN) • Kosovo accuses Serbia of involvement in paramilitary ambush (The Guardian) • Statute of Limitations as ‘Amnesty’ in Too Many Kosovo Criminal Cases (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo Serbs need to be liberated from Serbia’s tutelage (RFE) • Elshani: Our goal was not to kill 30 persons, but to free the territory (Koha) • Svecla says “one of those killed was Vulin’s bodyguard in 2013” (media) • Stano: EU does not rush into decisions based on a video (Albanian Post) • Rasic: There was information three months ago about military camp in Raska (media) • Abdixhiku calls for “national unity when faced with Serbia” (media) • Haradinaj: The threat is present, we cannot work separately (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Regarding requests for measures against Serbia: EU will wait for the investigation before deciding (KiM radio, FoNet) • Vucevic: Current communication with KFOR at the lowest, technical level (Danas, RTS) • Office for KiM: The breaking of windows in Lipljan is an echo of the violence in the north of Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug) • Kurti: Serbs need to be liberated (N1) • Prosecution frees four Banjska incident suspects (N1) • Entry to Banjska allowed (KiM Radio, Kosovo Online) • Mijacic: After Banjska, the most important thing to stabilize the north, with international actors on the move (Kosov Online) • SOC: We pray for the victims of Serbs and Albanians, we send our condolences, means not chosen for the disappearance of the people and the Church from Kosovo (KoSSev) International: • US envoy says Kosovo attack ‘coordinated and sophisticated’ (politico.eu)

Albanian Language Media: • Svecla publishes video claiming to show Radoicic during attack in north (RFE) • Svecla: Armed group planned to go south to the Iber River, “declare autonomy” (media) • Rohde: Urgent need to continue dialogue talks, implementation of Ohrid deal (media) • UK MP Kearns reacts to latest developments in north of Kosovo (media) • Albanian PM Rama says “Belgrade blowing the fire of an armed conflict” (media) • Kosovo Police deliver 100 food packages to citizens of Banjska (Koha) • Abazovic: Situation in north of Kosovo can turn into wider conflict (Albanian Post) • Dugolli: International community should take urgent steps against Serbia (media) • Maliqi: KFOR, NATO negotiated with Belgrade to stop armed conflict in north (media) • Former KSF commander: Operation to continue, there are more arms warehouses (KTV) • Tahiri: Borrell, Lajcak must resign; Serbia must be suspended from integration (media) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: In the afternoon, a new meeting of EU ambassadors will be held on the situation in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Vucic requests KFOR to take over security in the north of Kosovo (NMagazin, media) • Hill: Further steps are being considered after the events in Banjska (Beta, KiM radio) • Kosovo minister says Serbian List’s Radoicic was in Banjska (N1, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Tomorrow in Serbia Mourning Day due to the events in Kosovo (media) • Serbian List: Three-day mourning in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Danas) • Milicevic: The Serbian List has failed, less and less control and influence on the Serbs from the north (N1) • Kontakt plus journalist, Ana Marija Ivkovic: The atmosphere in the north of Kosovo is worse (Insajder) • Vorgucic: To me it is unbelievable that K-Serbs are behind this action (Insajder) • Brnabic met with Vucic: Discussion on measures to be taken (Beta, N1) • A vehicle set on fire in Leposavic last night (KoSSev) International: • State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller Addresses Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti’s Accusations, Violent Clashes, And Excessive Force Concerns (thepavlovictoday.com) • Svecla: What we want to do is make sure everyone feels safe (BBC Newsnight)