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)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Stoltenberg: NATO concerned with secessionist rhetoric in Bosnia (media) • Bislimi: EU should lift measures against Kosovo as soon as possible (Koha) • Rohde: Kosovo to more make efforts to implement agreements with Serbia (Koha) • Tahiri to Kurti: Tell us why you allowed Radoicic to escape on Sept 24 (Telegrafi) • Gashi on Kurti’s remarks about Radoicic: Wish it's not meant to scare people (EO) • AAK wants Assembly to take a stance on EU measures against Kosovo (media) • Maqedonci: Banjska case revealed Serbia’s aggressive objectives (Albanian Post) • Maqedonci meets Kearns, thanks her “for presenting truth about Kosovo” (media) • Calls for internationals to react to Serbia’s mobilization at border (Telegrafi) • Kurti says NGOs and businesses can register as social enterprises (EO) • Tahiri: Government takes part in dialogue, without sanctions for Serbia (media) • Trial in absentia begins for Cedomir Aksic accused of war crimes (Dukagjini) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic and Brnabic tomorrow with Stoltenberg (RTS) • Weber on relocation of monument to Serbs: "Clumsy gaffe" by French and German Embassies in Kosovo (KiM radio) • Serbian Embassy in Germany: Serbia determined never to give up on its heritage in Kosovo (Radio KIM, media, social media) • Mijacic: Statement of German ambassador about Visoki Decani Monastery is official stance of Germany (Tanjug) • To UNESCO, Visoki Decani and Gracanica are in Serbia – ambassador (Tanjug) • The office for KiM assistant director banned from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Two sides of the same story: KP on obstructing officers, Jaksic speaks of physical abuse and announces lawsuit against special forces (KoSSev) • Jeremic on upcoming Serbian elections, Kosovo, Franco-German plan (N1) • Serbian Government to open consulate in Pale (media) Opinion: • Palokaj: Association draft is not so secret – it could hardly be better (Koha) International: • NATO chief commits to Bosnia’s territorial integrity and condemns ‘malign’ Russian influence (AP)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti met Rohde and German ambassadors from region, talk about road to EU (Reporteri) • Blast near the center for technical control of vehicles in north of Kosovo (media) • Bislimi: Region faces destabilizing efforts (media) • Haliti: Radoicic sent SMS threatening to kill politicians (media) • Sources: Close protection units now guarding Gervalla and Rasic (Indeksonline) • State Department: Countering corruption, Russian malign influence in WB (media) • Surroi comments on Zelenksy’s warning of new conflict in Balkans (media) • Osmani appoints Drilon Gashi as head of Kosovo’s diplomatic mission in Warsaw (media) • Haradinaj: Kurti changes his words three times a day, has lost his way (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Rasic: The moment the CSM is adopted, the institutions of Serbia will be extinguished (KiM radio) • Petkovic: Kurti's minister Rasic trying in every way to make the CSM meaningless (Kosovo Online) • Letter of protest to France and Germany due to the removal of the memorial plaque in Pristina (Danas, FoNet, Beta, KoSSev) • Vucic: Pointless to respond to all lies, the move of the monument to Serbian soldiers (Tanjug) • Dacic: The removal of the memorial plaque is scandalous, the French Embassy in Belgrade will advocate for its return (Kosovo Online) • The European Commission proposes that visas be canceled for holders of Serbian passports in Kosovo (N1) • Ambassador to UNESCO: Serbia's election is a clear signal to Pristina that it has no support for unilateral moves (RTS) • Hill: Despite the difficulties, we recognize the common interests of Serbia and Ukraine (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug) • Another trial for Vukotic in Pristina (Kosovo Online) • The detention of Sladjan Trajkovic extended again (KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Serbia, North Macedonia sign Memorandum on construction of high-speed railway (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • Kosovo and the Western Balkans Security Order after Banjska: Policy Recommendations from the Octopus Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies (media) International: • Kosovo launches first women's football strategy (uefa.com) • Kosovo’s Thaci Didn’t Give Orders to Guerrillas: Trial Witness (BIRN) • Surge in Requests for Kosovo License Plates Signals Shifting Dynamics Among Local Serbs (Prishtina Insight) • John Hodgson: Out of spite I started learning Albanian (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media: • After Petkovic, Lajcak meets Bislimi, tests if there is will for tripartite meeting (media) • Kurti: The 2024 budget will be a defense and security budget (RTK) • PDK does not support 2024 draft budget: It does not bring development alternatives (Reporteri) • Macron: Tensions in Kosovo have calmed down a bit - I'm not worried about resumption of conflict (Klan) • Krasniqi meets Varhelyi, talk about European integration process of Kosovo (Klan) • Ekaterina Trendafilova to visit Kosovo at the end of the month (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • The meeting of the Belgrade delegation with Lajcak ended; the main topic the Statute of the CSM (N1) • Professor Ćorac: If manganese is found in water, it can cause certain health disorders (gracanicaonline.info) • Survey: A majority believe that Serbia and Kosovo Serbs’ position is weaker under the current government; the majority would vote for Vucic again (KoSSev) • The Government of Serbia sent a request for "collecting votes" for the upcoming elections, the OSCE informed Pristina (KoSSev) • Gasic: Kosovo Albanian mafia supplying weapons to people smugglers in northern Serbia (Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online, N1) • Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever)