UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 13, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Physical confrontation at Kosovo Assembly today (media) • Osmani: We expect EU to remove unjust measures against Kosovo (Koha) • Ismaili: Kusari-Simic conversation, biggest political scandal of this government (media) • Abdixhiku: Kosovo going backwards, no progress because of Kurti (RTV21) • Krasniqi calls for early elections “to return Kosovo in right direction” (media) • Journalists Association condemns pressure against Buzhala (media) • Deadline to review Klan Kosova complaint extended to July 28 (Klan Kosova) • Police arrest renowned attorney and three other persons today (media) • Janjic: Serbian List has lost credibility among Serb citizens (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic informs Botsan-Kharchenko about Pristina’s violence against Serbs in Kosovo (RTS) • Vucic meets Chen Bo, says UN SC session on Kosovo necessary (Kosovo Online) • Dacic, Cohen: Time to return to positive agenda in Serbia-Israel ties (Tanjug) • Vucic meets Cohen, expects understanding for Serbian position on Kosovo (Tanjug, media) • Hill: Sanctions imposed on Vulin do not mean worse relations with Serbia (Beta, NMagazin) • Dusan Janjic: Serbian List has lost its credibility among Kosovo Serbs (RTK2) • Fake News: During June, more tendentious texts, and headlines on an ethnic basis (KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac) Humanitarian/Development: • Maliqi: Kosovo still far in including people with disabilities in society (ATV)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti expects sanctions will be lifted after de-escalation agreement (Koha) • Bislimi: The moment has come for Serbia to stick to its commitments (Kanal10) • Von der Leyen: There is clear plan to de-escalate situation in Kosovo (media) • Croatian president demands recognition of Kosovo by NATO member countries (Klan) • Kurti: Government has zero dependency on the Serbian List (Koha) • Haradinaj: de-escalation and cooperation between communities, the only way to stability (Klan) • Former minister Ivan Todosijevic acquitted of charges (media) • Memli Krasniqi on an official visit to Paris and Brussels (media) • Rama meets with Erdogan, discuss about the north of Kosovo (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Party of Kosovo Serbs on reducing presence of Kosovo police: Poor marketing trick (N1) • Vulovic: Situation in Zubin Potok difficult and tense, Bozovic’s detention extended (TV Most) • Rohde condemns burning of returnee house near Istok (Kosovo Online, social media) • Ivan Todosijevic acquitted of all charges (KoSSev, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Visoki Decani on burning of returnee house near Istok (KoSSev) • Radakovic: The partial withdrawal of the police means nothing, their presence unnecessary (Kosovo Online) • Serbian Parliament dismisses Economy Minister Rade Basta (N1) • Vucic says sanctions on Vulin imposed because of Russia, not crime (RTS) • Opposition calls for Vulin dismissal over US sanctions (N1) • Vucic: I expect to meet with Stoltenberg in coming days (Tanjug) • Israeli FM: Serbia a friendly country, strongest ally in region (BETA, N1) Opinion: • Under Spain’s EU presidency, the issue of the Western Balkans will be sidelined (Balkan Insight) International: • Duggan Flanakin: Tensions in Kosovo between Albanians and Serbians have led to an appalling stifling of free speech (Chicago Tribune)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 11, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Stoltenberg calls for de-escalation in the north (Reporteri) • Osmani: It is the turn of Kosovo, Ukraine and Bosnia-Herzegovina in NATO (Koha) • LDK calls for new elections in north, mobilisation to draft statute of Association (Koha) • Hovenier: Management of north is sensitive, we want coordination (Koha) • Kurti: Still no justice and peace for Srebrenica (Radio Free Europe) • Haradinaj: Kurti has built a paper castle (Gazeta Express) • Zulfaj: Serbia rejected everything, but the EU is punishing Kosovo (Albanian Post) • “Risk of Klan Kosova being closed is serious and real; process is political” (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Serbs keep protesting in Zvecan for 44 days (Kosovo Online) • Sentic: Kurti should say why there are no Serbs in many institutions (Radio KIM, Media Centre) • OSCE condemns arson attack on Serb returnee house, calls on police to investigate case (Kosovo Online, social media) • Milatovic: Montenegro is worried due to the situation in northern Kosovo (Tanjug) • Petkovic: Day does not go by without having Kurti make fun of law and justice and twisting very essence and concept of democracy (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Milatovic concludes visit to Serbia with meeting with Patriarch Porfirije (Tanjug)

Albanian Language Media: • PDK wants Assembly to be dissolved: Time for Kosovo to go to elections (Telegrafi) • Escobar: We need new elections in north; there can be even bigger crisis (media) • LDK demands minister Gervalla’s resignation (media) • Recica on Gervalla’s remarks: US, EU could ponder even harsher sanctions (EO) • Osmani hosts UNDP representative in Kosovo (media) • Nic: Kosovo is closer to open conflict than Bosnia (Radio Free Europe) • Hungarian KFOR soldier who was wounded in north has leg amputated (media) • Rexhepi on Kosovo-Bosnia relations: Stagnation comes from Serbian entity (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Pasalic: Arrested Serbs and those protesting in Kosovo are exposed to terror (NMagazin, Vecernje Novosti, Beta, KiM radio) • Dukagjin Gorani: Kurti's attitude unreasonable (KiM radio, medijacentar.info) • Jozic family house burnt in the village of Veric near Istok (KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac) • Montenegro’s Milatovic with Vucic: Turning a new leaf in our relations (N1) • British MPs distance themselves from Alicia Kearn's statement about arms smuggling in the SPC (SOC) (N1, KiM radio) International: • Serbia Ready to Use Planned Gas Terminal in Montenegro (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 7, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • EU on Rama’s proposal: Any such initiative should be coordinated (Reporteri) • Kurti meets new head of EULEX, discuss developments in Kosovo (media) • Germany temporarily suspends cooperation with Kosovo (DW, media) • Swiss MPs writes to EC: Stop measures against Kosovo, blame is more on Serbia (KSP) • Haziri: LDK will propose a draft for the Association (media) • Krasniqi: Serious situation due to crises produced by Kurti, we demand early elections (media) • Davenport: Klan Kosova case, watched closely in Kosovo and internationally (media) • Kearns receives support after Vucic threatens her with investigations (Telegrafi) • Pristina Mayor accuses Minister of Finance of blocking projects for Pristina (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Drecun: Situation in KiM is entering into a dramatic phase of development (RTS) • Kosovo to lose up to 500 million euros if the measures last until the end of the year (KoSSev, RTK2) • 'Announcements' of arrests and false lists scare Serbs in Kosovo (RFE) • Kurti did not get the floor at US Independence Day celebration in Pristina (RTS, Tanjug) • Kosovo customs confirms that ban on Serbian goods is still in force (Radio KIM) • Berlin: Germany could send additional troops to reinforce KFOR forces in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, RTV) • Vucic: I conveyed Serbian stances on situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • US Embassy calls for justice for Bytyqi brothers (N1) Opinion: • When will the elections take place in the north of Kosovo and will the Serbs turn out unconditionally? (Danas) International: • Joseph: Failure of the Serbia-Kosovo agreement would be a failure of Brussels and Washington (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Learning history and culture of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities – means against discrimination (Koha)