UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 8, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Von der Leyen: Implementing Association draft statute, great step forward (RTK) • Lajcak: I proposed straightforward agenda for meeting in Brussels (media) • Osmani: We embarked on a journey of a values-based state building (media) • Kurti appoints Hetemi as head of institute for researching war crimes (AP/Koha) • Haxhiu: Statute doesn’t offer autonomy for Serb-majority municipalities (media) • Kurti, Osmani and Konjufca are preparing genocide lawsuit against Serbia (Klan) • Abazi: I have seen the draft statute, points 7 and 10 violate the Constitution (ATV) • Osmani received by President of Singapore, “deepening bilateral ties” (media) • Hoxha: I expect solution to be found in Kurti’s meeting with Special Unit (Telegrafi) • Women police officers in Kosovo, a model in the region (Kosovapress) Serbian Language Media: • European Commission presents Growth plan for Western Balkans (N1) • Petkovic met Troccaz: The Albanian side's only goal to cause new tensions and aggravate the situation on the field (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Prominent public figures call public to change reality in Serbia (N1) • Usurpation of municipal property in Caglavica – works completed (Radio KIM) • KoSSev: Tape on construction site in North means STOP, in Gracanica that procedure is underway • City celebration marked in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • Dacic says opposition is not Pro-Europe (Happy TV, N1) • Since 2020, 70 Albanians, three Serbs and two Roma employed in Bujanovac municipal administration (Bujanovacke, Danas, BETA) International: • Share Your Experience: Medical Treatment in Kosovo’s Divided Healthcare System (Balkan Insight) • Albania-Italy Deal to Set Up Migrant Centres Raises Alarm in Both Countries (Balkan Insight) • Key findings of the 2023 Report on Serbia (ec.europa.eu) Humanitarian/Development: • Konjufca: UN 2030 Agenda brings Kosovo closer to EU and UN membership (AP)

Albanian Language Media: • Lajcak meets opposition leaders and other interlocutors in Pristina (media) • Report criticizes Kosovo and Serbia for non-implementation of agreements (RFE) • Krasniqi: Threats related to tense situation in the north (Kosovapress) • Protest of Special Intervention Unit suspended, Kurti promises solution (Telegrafi) • “We miss going to work”: Stories of Serbs that left Kosovo institutions (RFE) • Osmani travels to Singapore, to meet senior state representatives (media) Serbian Language Media: • EC report on Serbia: Bad grades in key chapters (KiM radio, FoNet, RFE, N1) • Meeting of Lajcak with Serbian List planned for next visit (Kosovo Online) • Jeremic: EU offers continuation of membership illusion for real recognition of Kosovo (Radio KIM, BETA) • Vucic receives Azerbaijani Foreign Minister (Tanjug) • Gracanica Inspection: Construction near church in Laplje Selo started during time of previous mayors (KiM radio) • Illegal construction next to church and cemetery in Laplje Selo? The priest reported several times (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • NIPHK: Continued increased presence of manganese in Lake Gracanica (KiM Radio) • Jevtic meets KFOR commander Vacca, discuss security situation in Strpce (Kosovo Online) • Journalists from Belgrade, Novi Sad, and Pristina visit KoSSev offices: Same problems, limited cooperation (KoSSev) • Searches at three locations in Zubin Potok (Radio kontakt plus, Radio KIM) International: • Russia’s Second Front in Europe (Foreign Affairs) • Politics, Smuggling, and Kosovo Relations, a Talk with Former Montenegrin PM Dritan Abazovic (Prishtina Insight) • Serbia’s election campaigns all highlight Kosovo and inflation (Euractive) • Palestinian, Israeli Diplomats in Balkans Differ Sharply on Gaza Conflict (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 6, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani travelled for an official visit to Singapore (Reporteri) • Lajcak today in Kosovo for meetings with Kurti and opposition (RFE) • LDK MP expects Lajcak to present Association draft to opposition leaders (Express) • Kurti to participate at Paris Summit on Friday (Reporteri) • Serwer: Vucic’s ambitions are biggest threat to the region (media) • Maqedonci promises increased cooperation with Turkish drone company (media) • Survivor of sexual violence in war confesses, wants justice (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic meets Xi Jinping in Beijing (RTS) • Petkovic: Pristina refused invitation for dialogue that was supposed to happen on November 7 (Tanjug, RTV) • Civic Initiative Serbian Survival to become political party (Radio KIM) • Petkovic sends request to OSCE in relation to upcoming parliamentary elections (Radio KIM, Tanjug) • SMS message to MTS d.o.o. numbers for switching to “RKS” plates; more than 470 vehicles re-registered since the deadline extension (KoSSev) • Specialist Court extends detention of Isni Kilaj (Kosovo Online) • Poll shows Kosovo Serbs fear Serbian List, don’t trust Pristina (N1, NMagazin, Beta) Opinion: • Ben-Meir: EU’s Serbia-Kosovo mediation has hit a brick wall (Weekly Blitz) • Zoric: Peace has no alternative (KiM radio, Slobodno Srpski) International: • Media in Kosovo, Serbia, Focus too Much on Conflict – Report (Prishtina Insight) • US Blacklists Former Kosovo Procurement Official for Corruption (BIRN) • Kosovo University Offers First Master’s Course in Transitional Justice (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Draft statute for Association cuts off legacy of Kosovo’s non-recognition (RFE) • Gervalla: We expect Serbia to declare itself about Serbia (Deutsche Welle) • Special Intervention Unit to protest again on November 7 (Kallxo) • EULEX arrests Kilaj; Kastrati: Special Court should stop persecuting liberators (KSP) • Attackers of reporters in the north did not face justice (RFE) • U.S. sanction former procurement director at Ministry of Trade, Nexhat Krasniqi (media) Serbian Language Media: • The safety of journalists: Reporting during crisis situations a serious risk (Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev) • Rasic on the strategy for the protection of community interests: A long process, but the most important project (KiM radio) • UNDP analysis: Basic expenditures in Kosovo have been growing for three years in a row (KoSSev) • Vucic denies claims he will recognize Kosovo, silent on signing of Ohrid agreement (Beta, N1) • Trajkovic: Vucic's policy towards Kosovo will be crowned with high betrayal of national interests (KiM radio, Beta, N1, NMagazin) • Stojanovic and Bisevac gifted Gracanica municipality with “the construction tape for suspension of illegal construction” (KiM radio, Medija Centar Caglavica, KoSSev) • Abbot Sava with Bakojani on the challenges of the Serbs and the SPC in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) International: • 'Let's Just Be Albanians': A New Movement In Kosovo Calls On Muslims To Abandon Islam (RFE) • Miners at Kosovo’s Trepca Giant End Strike (Balkan Insight) • Teachers, Parents Must Adapt to Address Peer Violence in Balkans (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: In order to preserve community, discrimination must be fought (media) • President Osmani meets Dora Bakojanis (RTK) • EU: We will soon invite Bislimi and Petkovic to Brussels (Reporteri) • Kryeziu: Discussions can only continue where they left off on October 26 (RTK) • Rama announces "supportive visit" to Kosovo after acceptance of EU plan (media) • Krasniqi: Government MPs with monthly income close to €2000, voted against miners and policemen (media) • Queue in front of vehicle registration centre in the north of Kosovo (RFE) • SPO raids house of Isni Kilaj (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic informed Bocan-Kharchenko about the difficult situation in Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug) • Vucic: I will never sign the independence of Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Nova.rs: Kurti accepted the CSM, Vucic agreed to the agreement, asking to sign it after the elections (N1) • Unclear when the population census will be held in Kosovo (KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac) • The house of the Dukic family from Suvi Do near Lipljan robbed (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Hasani: Unveiling the Parallel: Serbia’s Failed Attempt to Imitate Russia’s Strategy with Neighbours (Prishtina Insight) International: • Why Ursula von der Leyen needs the Balkans to believe in EU membership (Financial Times)