UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 5, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Bislimi and Nagavci in the Valley, promise support for the Albanians (media)
• KCK: Government is trying to undermine the independence of the judiciary (media)
• Brnabic from North speaks of "peace" and says that they will "fight" for Serbs (media)
• Kosovo continues lobbying for membership in the Council of Europe (RTK)
• Haradinaj wants investments in gas pipelines and new coal-fired power plant (media)
• Another protest about the case of the 11-year-old girl in Pristina (media)
• COVID-19: One death, 21 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brnabic in a visit to Kosovo north: Dialogue is important, we will insist on ZSO (media)
• Kosovo ministers in Presevo, without a meeting with the mayor (Beta, N1)
• Jeremic: Request to Russia and China to use veto ‘puts an end’ to Pristina’s UN membership issue (Danas)
• Serbian ID cards issued to Kosovo Serbs valid to enter Albania via Vrbnica crossing – but not Kosovo (KoSSev)
• SNS official announces composition of new Serbian Government by September 25 (N1)
• Erdogan to visit Serbia (RTS)

International:

• Serbia, Albania to cooperate in energy, mining sectors (seenews.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak for dialogue: Current political calendar is a chance for normalisation (Koha)
• Rama praises Vucic: He gave a clear signal of peace in relation to Kosovo (Koha)
• Trade unionists meet LDK’s Abdixhiku (media)
• Municipalities give the government until September 5 to execute the salaries (media)
• COVID-19: 67 positive cases no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Summit of leaders of the Open Balkans: Regional cooperation important in the food and energy supply crisis (NMagazin, Beta)
• Szijarto: If it depended on Hungary, the entire Western Balkans would already be in the EU (FoNet, Beta)
• Brnabic to visit Kosovo on Monday (NMagazin, Beta)
• Petkovic: EU representatives either do not know or deliberately selectively read the agreements (RTS)
• Vucic and Pahor on Saturday in Belgrade (Danas)
• EU spokeswoman: Ashton will not join Lajcak's team, they are in regular contact (Kosovo Online)
• Bus from Subotica returned by police from the Bela Zemlja crossing (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)

Opinion:

• Lazarevic: Kurti's video messages will not persuade Serbs to re-register, but Belgrade's decisions, if any (Danas, KoSSev)

International:

• Open Balkan plus Hungary, Turkey meet to discuss cooperation in Belgrade (euractive.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• Prime Minister Kurti invites citizens to convert licence plates to RKS (media)
• Osmani met with Deputy Prime Minister of Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra (media)
• The EU asks Kosovo to give "sufficient time" for licence plates (RFE Albanian)
• Kurti on the energy crisis: We are doing our best, but the situation is dire (Koha)
• BSPK: There is no withdrawal from strike, Government's intervention is illegal (media)
• LDK: The decision to freeze wages is illegal and undemocratic (media)
• PDK: Today we are in energy and educational darkness (media)
• Banners against re-registration with RKS licence plates appear again in north (Koha)
• COVID-19: One death and 64 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kurti calls Kosovo Serbs to replace license plates (N1)
• Petkovic: Kurti continues to threaten with abolition of KM plates (NMagazin, Beta)
• Vucic discusses Kosovo dialogue with UK, US officials (N1)
• Ashton could join Lajcak's team for dialogue – portal (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Arsenijevic: With a Serbian ID of the cities in Kosovo, still impossible to cross General Jankovic (KoSSev)
• US Ambassador says Serbia should turn West (N1, FoNet, NIN, KiM radio)

International:

• Kosovo pushes ahead with car licensing rule resisted by Serbs (Reuters)
• Kosovo's car licensing rule resisted by ethnic Serbs takes effect (Aljazeera)
• Serbia under growing pressure from West to allow EuroPride to go ahead (intellinews.com)
• The Open Balkan Wine Fair opens today in Belgrade (serbianmonitor.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani hosted by the president of the Czech Senate (media)
• Specialist Chambers judge Mihael Bolander resigns (media)
• Thousands participate in the protest after the rape of the 11-year-old (media)
• Director for Treatment of Prisoners and Juveniles resigns (media)
• The saga of the Serbs towards the Kosovo documents (RFE, media)
• COVID-19: 191 new cases and two deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic met US Congressman Turner (Tanjug)
• Belgrade, Zagreb, Pristina trade blame over missing persons (N1)
• Disclaimers on ID cards placed at administrative crossings towards Kosovo (RTS)
• KFOR: We are closely monitoring the situation, we are staying at Jarinje and Brnjak (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Lajcak: Two months to find a solution for the vehicle plates, some ideas proposed (RTS, Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: Lavrov makes Serbia's position even more difficult (NMagazin, Beta)
• Nine Covid-19 cases in Serbian areas (KiM radio)

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani travels for an official visit to the Czech Republic (media)
• Gervalla participating at Bled Forum (Telegrafi)
• Kurti: Archives in Belgrade should open so truth about our loved ones can be found out (Klan)
• Osmani, Kurti, Hovenier pay tribute to the disappeared (media)
• UNMIK in support of the families of persons missing from the war in Kosovo (Klan)
• EULEX: In one year, three missing persons were identified, hundreds over years (Koha)
• PSD calls the agreement on ID cards "legalization of parallel structures" (Koha)
• Government to establish a Professional Committee after rape of the 11-year-old, (Klan)
• COVID-19: 91 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• SRSG Ziadeh: Pristina and Belgrade cooperation crucial for progress on the issue of missing persons (Kontakt plus radio)
• "It turns out to be a miracle that pain united us" (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Vucic: The problem with the vehicle plates will not be solved before September (NMagazin, Beta)
• State Department: The agreement between Serbia and Kosovo is a step towards the normalization of relations (Beta, N1, VoA)
• Serbian FM Selakovic met Cuban FM Parrilla (Tanjug)
• Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic met Ambassador Hill (Tanjug, media)
• Citizens on the ID agreement: Not supported by the majority “because it is not beneficial to both sides” (KoSSev)
• Hrnjaz: Serbia did not recognize Kosovo with the new agreement, it does not mean it has not been moving towards it politically for 10 years (KoSSev)

International:

• Germany's Scholz Backs EU Expansion To Include Western Balkans, As 'Center Of Europe Is Moving Eastwards' (RFE)

Humanitarian/Development:

• New Book Tells Stories of Kosovo’s Child Casualties of War (Balkan Insight)
• Greece increases electricity exports to neighboring Balkan countries (balkangreenenergynews.com)