UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 25, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • EU says meetings on Thursday are “support” for dialogue (RFE) • Kurti: No dialogue if no condemnation and sanctions on Serbia (media) • Kosovo agrees for plan of envoys to be framework for further discussions (media) • Konjufca on EU plan: I haven’t read it in detail, but it is in line with Constitution (media) • Osmani hosted by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (media) • Gervalla: Important to hold Serbia accountable for aggression (media) • Elshani does not rule out another attack in Kosovo (TeVe1) • 182 kilograms of marijuana seized at border with Serbia (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • New searches in relation to Banjska incident in northern Kosovo (KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • Odalovic: Kurti made every agreement meaningless; the missing persons investigation neglected (RTS) • Works on a road passing across old Orthodox cemetery in Mitrovica North halted (KoSSev) • Brnabic and Rama today with Varhelyi (NMagazin, Beta) • Drecun: West trying to expedite normalisation and get Belgrade recognize Kosovo (Tanjug) • Goran Bogdanovic on change of Serbian List leadership (N1, Danas) • Davenport: Excessive use of detention measure represents problem not only in Kosovo, but wider as well (Kosovo Online) • Pasalic: ''I am amazed because the international institutions do not react to the evidence about the situation of Serbian prisoners in Kosovo'' (Kosovo Online) • Former High Court Judge in North Mitrovica Kabasic: Serbs in Kosovo completely disenfranchised (Kosovo Online) • Mobile mammograph in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) Opinion: • Serwer: “A failed terrorist provocation” (peacefare.net) International: • Kosovo’s premier slams Serbia ahead of fresh round of talks (Financial Times)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: This week is important, but not to put a full stop to everything (RTV21) • Kurti on dialogue: Let us implement fast what we have agreed upon (Koha) • Osmani begins official visit to Iowa (media) • Detention of suspects of Banjska attack extended by two more months (Telegrafi) • “Serbia, most likely with knowledge and instructions from Vucic, formed terrorist group to attack KFOR and Kosovo”, conclusions of a report by the Kosovo Government (Albanian Post) • Osmani's request to UNSC for a resolution is being considered smart step (RTK) • Who is Zlatan Elek, the man who took over the "Serbian List" (Express) • Halimi: Kurti should report to Assembly, prior to lecturing in Greece (media) • Constitution of Investigative Committee on state reserves fails for the fifth time (media) Serbian Language Media: • Dr Zlatan Elek, new president of Serbian List (Kosovo Online) • A road built across the old Orthodox cemetery in Mitrovica (KiM radio) • Brnabic after UNSC session: Pristina does not intend to participate in dialogue, they do not want to understand how Serbs live in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Vucevic: Brnabic informed world of actual situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, TV Prva) • Serbian PM denies Belgrade’s involvement in Banjska incident (N1) • Arsenijevic: More information we have, less it is clear what happened in Banjska (Radio KIM) • IFIMES: Unserious to put blame for Banjska on one actor (Tanjug) • Djuric commends Brnabic's UN Security Council speech (Tanjug) • Vucic: In two to three days, me and Kurti will again go to Brussels for talks (RTS) International: • Shadow Clans and Shadow Wars: Kosovo PM Accuses Serbian Group of Terrorism (BNN) • Grants, Loans to Kosovo Hostage to Opposition Election Demand (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 23, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Attack in Banjska was organised by Novi Sad Clan led by Milos Vucevic (media) • A key week for dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia (RFE) • EU to condemn Banjska attackers; call for unconditional implementation of deals (RFE) • Kosovo-Serbia: Agreement or Agreement! (AP) • “Progress in dialogue difficult, if Serbia doesn’t condemn September 24 attack” (Kallxo) • Tahiri: Kurti should tell the people about his meeting with five envoys (media) • AAK: This government and Prime Minister cannot send Kosovo backwards (Klan/EO) • British KFOR soldiers start patrols along administrative boundary line (media) • Palokaj challenges Szunyog: EU members didn’t vote on measures on Kosovo (Kallxo) • Croatian FM: Attack in Banjska, serious act of regional destabilisation (AP) • Kulla: Serbia is using Association to create a Serb state within Kosovo (KSP) • Bogdanovic: “BIA preparing bloody conflict within Serb community in north” (media) • Haxhiu: Constitutional Court has become an ally institution of the opposition (KSP) • Protest against Serbia’s policies to Albanian settlements in Presevo Valley (EO) Serbian Language Media: • The Ministry of Defence reacts to Kurti's accusations: Disgusting and blatant lies (N1) • UN Security Council in an open session today on Kosovo (RTS) • Bilcik: Serious doubts regarding expropriation in the North by Pristina authorities (Kosovo Online) • Mojsilovic meets new KFOR Commander (Tanjug) • Raska-Prizren Diocese (SOC) vehemently protests deportation of Devina Voda Monastery Abbot Fotije from Kosovo (media, social media) • Raska-Prizren Eparchy to file complaint against decision to deport Abbot Fotije (Kosovo Online) • Vucevic: Serbia-China military cooperation modernises SAF defence capabilities (Tanjug) Opinion: • Hehir: Kosovo Serbs May Feel Insecure, but They’re not ‘Ethnically Cleansed’ (BIRN) • Palokaj: How the EU is failing to respect obligations to Ahtisaari (Koha) International: • Serbia Denies BIRN FOI Request on Bullets Found in Kosovo Clash (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Sanctions should be imposed on Serbia; no normalisation with security (KSP) • Borrell in Washington for EU-US Summit; Western Balkans to be discussed too (media) • PDK sends Law on Independent Supervisory Council for Civil Service to court (media) • Former police officer Dejan Pantic released from house arrest after €30,000 bail (Kallxo) • Albanians in U.S. will protest in front of UN, want Serbia to be held responsible (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic with "big five" tomorrow at 2 p.m. (media) • Gogic: Unlikely that EU and Quint representatives will jumpstart dialogue, pressures have not yielded results thus far (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic to represent Serbia at UN Security Council session (Kosovo Online) • EULEX on Elezovic: We will continue to follow the case, he has the right to adequate medical assistance (Kosovo Online) • Serb family house in Plementina, near Obilic robbed (RTS) • Dejan Pantic released from house arrest under bail in amount of 30.000 euros (Tanjug) • Survey: Serbians would support EU accession at referendum (N1) Opinion: • False Attempt at the ‘Rashomon Effect’ in Edi Rama’s Stance towards Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 19, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • European Parliament adopts resolution condemning attack in Banjska (media) • Opposition criticises government for boycotting assembly session on police (media) • Osmani to UNSC, calls for justice for survivors of sexual violence in conflict (media) • Berlin Process Summit: Recent developments threaten peace and security (media) • Bislimi travels to France, will meet Boone, diplomats and MPs (media) • Minister calls on opposition to vote in favour of international agreements (Kallxo) • Haradinaj meets Rama: I asked him to help Kosovo with challenges we’re facing (EO) • Haxhiu: Serbian army, police, were ready to help the attack, Rama knew (Express) • SPRK new case, confiscate weapons, vehicles and properties worth €20 mil (media) Serbian Language Media: • Bilcik: Message of Resolution is that both sides have same responsibility (Kosovo online, Politika, Tanjug) • Petkovic tells Konrad Pristina did not take necessary measures to calm situation in north (Radio KIM) • European Parliament adopted a resolution on dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo (Beta, NMagazin) • The Western Five come to Pristina and Belgrade to achieve 'tangible progress' (NMagazin, Beta) • Detention of Elezovic, Kostic and Milovic extended for two more months (Kosovo Online) • An explosive device thrown into the yard of a Serbian house in Ranilug village (RTS) • Travellers at Jarinje: Let them agree, to lift burden off people (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Elshani: There were searches, and there will be more (Radio KIM) • Joint protests of Serbs and Albanians over quarry in Straza (Radio KIM) • After Banjska, the "reformatting" of the Serbian List at the party assembly on October 24? (KoSSev) • Milatovic: Serbia-Montenegro relations must be the best possible (N1) International: • Lost in Translation: A Statement by French President on Visas Causes Confusion in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight) • The EU Has Failed in Serbia and Kosovo (Foreign Policy) • EP adopts Resolution on Banjska, calls for measures against Serbian government if its involvement is proven (EWB)