UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 29, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • “Civil Protection” and “Northern Brigade” declared terrorist organisations (media) • Kurti on measures: EU finds in Kosovo most honest ally and partner in region (media) • Kusari-Lila reacts to the measures that the EU may eventually impose on Kosovo (RTK) • Borrell: If there is no contribution for de-escalation, there will be costs (media) • Stoltenberg: Situation in Kosovo demonstrates importance of NATO-EU cooperation (Koha) • Charles Michel supports Rama's idea for an international conference (RTK) • Svecla: Kosovo's borders are being protected better than ever before (media) • Scholz calls for new elections in the municipalities of northern Kosovo (DW, media) • Svecla: Vucic is a chronic liar; his son was stopped only once (Koha) • Explosive device thrown at KP in north, a static point/container burned (Express) • Abdixhiku: We’ll soon present LDK plan to overcome isolation and crisis (media) • Haradinaj: Government should listen to Secretary Blinken’s advice (media) • Weapons and licence plates of Novi Pazar in North Mitrovica confiscated (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Situation in northern Kosovo calm but tense, Patriarch Porfirije visits Pec Patriarchate (RTS) • Serbian List reacts to Kurti’s visit to north (Radio KIM, media) • Molliqaj: Kosovo police arrested Serbs without court order (Kosovo Online) • Pristina declared "Northern Brigade" and "Civil Protection" as “terrorist organisations” (KiM radio, Danas) • Arsenijevic: "Civil Protection" and "Northern Brigade" do not exist in the north of Kosovo (KiM radio) • NGOs Aktiv and KIPRED published report on institutional responses to incidents targeting non-majority communities in Kosovo (media, social media) • Pyrotechnic device with “inflammable material” thrown at police kiosk in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • Kosovo special police pursued a car in Mitrovica North, disturbing local residents (KoSSev) • Vucic says guns pointed at his son, his jersey was not taken off (Kosovo Online, social media) • Lawyer: The Pristina court extended Dusan Obrenovic's detention for another two months (NMagazin, Beta, Kosovo Online) • The EU demands de-escalation in northern Kosovo, warns of negative consequences (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS) • A new international conference on Kosovo? (Danas, FoNet) • Ilazi: Equating protests with criminal gangs means you don't know the situation in the north (KiM radio) International: • BIRN Presents ‘Telco Accountability Research Using Ranking Digital Rights Methodology’ (Balkan Insight) • Balkan Mobile Users Roam Freely – Unless They’re in Kosovo (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: I call on Serbia to cease its incitements to violence before lives are lost (media) • Von der Leyen talks to Kurti, requests de-escalation and return to dialogue (media) • Borrell thanks Rama for engaging in dialogue: Happy to work with you on this issue (Klan) • Osmani: I am in Podgorica to reaffirm Kosovo's peace efforts (RTK) • Atic reacts to hand grenade attack: “organised terrorist attack” (media) • Rama: Kurti and Vucic should not leave next conference without an agreement (Klan) • Serbian reporter seeks help from KP, says he was assaulted at Gazivoda Lake (media) Serbian Language Media: • The Vidovdan declaration read in Gracanica and Mitrovica (RTS) • Vucevic: Security situation complex, we will protect Serbs in Kosovo (Beta, Vecernje Novosti, N1) • Vucic: Everybody knows who wishes war at any cost, Serbia does not want it (Kosovo Online) • Serbs gathering today in North Mitrovica, Gracanica on St. Vitus; a declaration expected (Kosovo Online, Blic) • Drecun: I do not rule out new provocations by Pristina (Kosovo Online, TV Pink) International: • Bajrami: Our strategic orientation is Euro-Atlantic integration. We have no doubts about this (Diplomatic World Institute)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 26, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • The three Kosovo policemen released from Serbian prison (media) • Kurti: Despite the joy, Serbia's serious offense must be reprimanded (media) • Osmani thanks the USA for releasing the policemen (Koha) • Svecla after release of policemen: Serbia continues to play its games (media) • The EU considers the release of the policemen as a de-escalation step (Albanian Post) • Krasniqi welcomes release of policemen, “now time to defuse tensions in north” (media) • Rama: Release of Kosovo police officers paves way to de-escalation (media) • Bujar Osmani welcomes release of three Kosovo policemen (media) • Kearns: Release took too far, without evident repercussions for Serbian govt (Telegrafi) • Hungary takes the credit for the release of Kosovo policemen from Serbia (Koha) • Rama in Brussels with a new proposal for reach of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (RTK) • Kosovo and Iowa sign agreement to further cooperation (Radio Free Europe) • Kurti meets Foreign Secretary Cleverly in London (media) • The new EULEX chief takes office (media) Serbian Language Media: • Belgrade liaison officer report on Serb detainees in Podujevo and Gnjilane prisons (KoSSev) • Court in Kraljevo confirmed indictment and released Kosovo police officers pending trial (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: A judicial, not a political decision - we will fight for the release of all arrested Serbs (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug) • House of Miladinovic family in Donja Brnjica robbed (Radio KIM) • Wigemark: People in north feel unsafe, urgent de-escalation and new elections needed (Kosovo Online) • Drecun: Situation in northern Kosovo can only be defused by withdrawal of special units and cessation of arrests (Tanjug, RTV, RTS) • Serbian Ombudsman: All acts of maltreatment and torture against arrested Serbs in Kosovo to be investigated (Kosovo Online) • Antonijevic: Torture of detained Serbs from the north is an alarm for everyone (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, Twitter) • Varhelyi welcomes release of three Kosovo police officers (Kosovo Online, social media) Opinion: • Zoran Ostojic: Serbs in Kosovo are hostages of the West's struggle against “Greater Albania” (KiM radio, medijacentar.info) International: • Serbia releases 3 Kosovo police officers whose arrest fueled tensions between the Balkan foes (AP) • Serbia Releases Three Seized Kosovo Policemen (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Police arrest suspect of violence against KFOR (media) • Svecla: 15-20 persons beat up two Albanian youths in the north last night (media) • Kurti: De-escalation, new elections and full implementation of Basic Agreement (media) • Kosovo institutions don’t know how shock bombs are entering the north (RFE) • Rama: Without return of three policemen, tensions in north cannot be defused (RFE) • Kurti: We need help Vatican’s help to promote peace in unsettling times (media) • Kurti: Serbia must recognise Kosovo; I am not stubborn, I am principled (media) • Maliqi: Kurti no longer has credibility to set conditions in dialogue (Gazeta Blic) • Surroi compares Serbian List to Dodik (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Arrest in North Mitrovica; KP: Arrested Serb suspected of attack on members of KFOR (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: New arrest just a day after the dialogue an indication that Kurti wants new crises (gracanicaonline.info) • Serbian List: Unfounded and arbitrary arrests as a method of persecution (KiM radio) • We want peace, freedom and harmony, message from protest in Gracanica (KiM radio) • Protests continue in the north, trucks with Serbian goods still at the crossings (KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Borrell to submit report on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to the heads of EU diplomacy on Monday (Kosovo Online) • Joseph in Zvecan: It is important to hear the views of Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Twitter) • DW: The German government seeking an explanation for Gasic's accusations (KiM radio)

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell to host series of meetings with Vucic and Kurti in Brussels today (media) • Hovenier says Kurti should accept EU three-point plan today (RTV21) • Sources: Osmani to call a meeting with leaders of parliamentary parties (Nacionale) • Haradinaj to PDK and LDK: Why don’t you vote on a motion against govt? (Telegrafi) • Osmani calls for unified international reaction for release of Kosovo officers (media) • Stoltenberg, Milatovic call for lowering of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia (RFE) • Citaku compares Gervalla to ministers of totalitarian countries (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: Pristina's ultimate goal is the complete emigration of the Serbian people from Kosovo (Tanjug, Blic) • The EU member states leaders to discuss the tensions between Belgrade and Pristina at the Summit in June (Danas, FoNet, RFE) • Office for KiM: The perpetrators of the crimes against the Belacevac miners have not been found a quarter of a century (Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio) • German embassy denies Minister Gasic claims on Ivanovic murder (N1) • A humanitarian disaster threatens because of Kurti, says doctor Elek (Kosovo Online) • Gracanica: New protest due to the arrest of D.M. (KiM radio) • When Svecla finally remembered the presumption of innocence (KoSSev) Opinion: • Evil spring in the north of Kosovo: A plain and simple account of a situation that is neither (KoSSev) • Effect of the Brussels meeting today, deterioration of relations or de-escalation? (Danas) International: • German minister points at Pristina to deescalate Kosovo tensions (Euractive)