UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 25, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Stano: EU is aware of Serbia’s vote against Kosovo (Radio Free Europe) • Vela: Serbia’s vote against Kosovo’s CoE application should be penalised (media) • Serbia violates agreement, threatens countries that support Kosovo (Koha) • The CEC announces results of extraordinary elections in northern municipalities (Klan) • Kusari-Lila: End of Serbia’s influence in Kosovo began on Sunday (EO) • Osmani to visit North Macedonia on Wednesday (Albanian Post) • Lajcak at Webster Vienna, discussion on normalisation of relations (Nacionale) • Krasniqi: Monoethnic institutions are not good for us (Kosovapress) • Delawie: Regrettable, Serbian authorities influenced Serbs to boycott elections (media) • Details about burning of excavator in Zvecan, belonged to an Albanian (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: President Vucic may attend the UNSC session on Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS) • Vucic: Foreign policy changes coming (RTS, N1) • Lajcak: The road to normalisation is mined, we must avoid mines (Kosovo Online, Blic) • Dacic: CoE's decision was expected, it will be ashamed of this day (Tanjug, media) • Dodik: "Srpska does not recognize self-proclaimed Kosovo, the ambassador voted outside the procedures" (Tanjug, RTRS) • PM Brnabic reacts to Von Cramon’s remarks on elections (N1) • Jablanovic to Viola von Cramon: Blackmail and threats do not pass with us (Politika, KiM radio) • Petkovic reacts to Osmani’s remarks on agreement violation (Kosovo Online, social media) • Vasiljevic responds to Vela (social media, Kosovo Online) • Dacic and Hill: Continuation of dialogue the only path to concrete results (BETA, N1) • New law on expropriation - Pristina's new plan to seize Serbian property, says Petkovic (Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio, RTS) • Foreign Affairs Committee rejects draft resolution to impose sanctions on Russia (BETA, N1) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo’s economy shows resilience despite slowing growth (worldbank.org)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Serbia’s engagement to obstruct elections is against Ohrid agreement (media) • Kurti: Low turnout because of intimidation and blackmail by Belgrade (media) • EU: These elections don’t offer long-term political solution for municipalities (media) • Kosovo govt statement on April 23 local elections in north (media) • Kurti and Hovenier expect full implementation of agreement reached in Ohrid (Telegrafi) • Krasniqi: Govt to enable forming of institutions in four northern municipalities (Kallxo) • Access to municipal premises, first challenge of the new mayors (RFE) • Bielamowicz: Lost opportunity for Kosovo Serbs (RTK) • Why according to Trajkovic, Radoicic called for boycott of elections (Express) • Kosovo’s application on the agenda of the Council of Europe (RFE) • PDK calls extraordinary session for Nagip Krasniqi’s arrest (EO) • Hovenier: We appreciate Iowa’s partnership with KSF (media) • Osmani: Turkish community enriches mosaic of diversity in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: What happened yesterday is much more than Albin Kurti’s defeat (Tanjug, media) • Serb-majority north Kosovo towns get Albanian mayors (N1) • Elections in northern Kosovo: What Belgrade and Serbs say (N1) • Petkovic: Empty ballot boxes debacle of Kurti and international community (RTS) • Jablanovic expects elections to be annulled (DW, Kosovo Online) • Arsenijevic: If the new mayor works against the interests of the Serbs, we can hold a referendum (KoSSev, N1) • Bisevac: If elections are not annulled and Albanians really take over, many people will move away (Danas) • Civil sector: The elections in the north improvised, the Serbs boycotted them (KiM radio) • Memorial service for RTS workers killed in the NATO bombing (RTS, BETA, N1) • Hill: Dialogue needs "new momentum", it is time for CSM (ZSO) (N1, Beta) Opinion: • A debacle of half a million euros (KiM radio) International: • North Kosovo elections trigger harsh words, criticisms from Belgrade (Euractive) • Kosovo Dreams of Turning Mining Heritage into Tourist Trail (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 20, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: There’s a negative mood in the State Prosecution against our government (KSP) • PDK’s Tahiri calls on Kurti to dismiss KEK Board and CEO (Indeksonline) • Rizvanolli on arrest of KEK CEO: We will wait for the facts (media) • Escobar: Waiting for concrete proposal from Kosovo for Association by May 2 (RTK) • Konjufca: Can’t accept Association without de facto recognition from Serbia (media) • “Kurti govt’s seriousness prevented further conditioning of visa liberalisation” (Kallxo) • Government with €3 million aid package for non-majority communities (Klan) • Election commission accredits around 360 observers for elections in north (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Milatovic: Open Balkans better than closed Balkans (Beta, NIN, N1) • Dacic: We have returned to the pre-Brussels era (NMagazin, Politika, RTV) • Escobar: US will recognize Kosovo election results (Tanjug, N1) • Botsan-Kharchenko on Community of Serb Municipalities (Danas) • KP: Three minors admitted that they damaged the door of the church in Prizren (KiM radio) • Ponos: Ten years after Brussels Agreement, Kosovo further from Serbia (N1, Danas) • No visa liberalisation for Serbian passport holders in Kosovo (N1, media) • Petkovic reacts to von Cramon statement, says make Pristina establish ZSO (Radio KIM) • Court of Appeals increases sentence to Vukotic, lawyer announces complaint to Supreme Court (KoSSev, media) • Dacic: Pristina has almost no chance of becoming a UNESCO member (Tanjug) • US ambassadors discuss regional stability with Vucic (N1, social media) Opinion: • Editor of RTV KiM: Serbs got a one-way ticket, Albanians an unsettled situation (Danas, Insajder) • “Serbs from Kosovo humiliated, term Kosovar insulting” (N1) International: • Kosovo Parties Split Over Energy Corporation Head’s Arrest (BIRN) • Serbia, Kosovo, Take First Steps To Implement EU Ohrid Deal (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Serbia continues “old habit of violating agreements” (Radio Free Europe) • Beyer: Ohrid agreement, only path for normalisation and EU membership (Express) • Kosovo Police raid central offices of Kosovo Power Corporation (media) • OSCE: Not part of team that drafts Association statute; if needed will help (Express) • Hoti: Dialogue wasn’t kept on tracks of mutual recognition (TV Dukagjini/Nacionale) • Serb candidate for Zvecan: If I win, I will return to work all those who resigned (Insajderi) • Krasniqi: Polls show that Vetevendosje has dropped to 36-37 percent (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: We will fulfil everything we said, but only when Pristina forms the CSM (ZSO) (N1) • Tenth anniversary of the First Brussels Agreement (N1) • Odalovic: On the 10th anniversary of the Brussels Agreement, Pristina awarded visa-free status (KiM radio, RTS, Beta) • Petkovic: The next round of dialogue in Brussels on CSM (ZSO) (Beta, N1, RTS) • Dacic: Pristina's CoE bid will not be on agenda on Wednesday (Tanjug) • Kosovo Police calls minorities to apply for jobs (KoSSev, N1) • Ziadeh: Perpetrators to be held responsible for arson incident at the church in Prizren (euronews.rs, Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online) • Elections in the north: Voting containers in places inhabited by Albanians and at crossings (Kontakt plus radio, Klan) • Jevtic: The elections in the north of Kosovo contrary to democracy (Beta, TV Prva, KiM radio) • Simic: We will not stop demanding the CSM (ZSO), we will remain a thorn to Pristina (Kosovo Online, TV Pink) • Analysis from Ljubljana: Montenegro's agreement with the SOC, a model for Kosovo (Danas) • The EU decision on visas: Residents of Kosovo with Serbian passports are the most discriminated group in Europe (Kosovo Online) International: • American Corners Bring US Closer to Kosovar Youth (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Energy from the wind in Bajgora (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Serbia should be more responsible for implementing the agreement (RTK) • Rohde: Implementation of the agreement and avoidance of any tension, needed (Klan) • European Parliament Approves Visa Liberalization for Kosovo (Prishtina Insight) • Reuten proud that the EP removed visas from Kosovars (media) • Von Cramon: Congratulations to Kosovo for the long-awaited visa liberalization (media) • Austria congratulates Kosovo on visa liberalization (ekonomia) • Kurti: Visa liberalization brings us one step closer to the European Union (media) • Osmani: The liberalisation of visas, a merit of the people of Kosovo (media) • The government takes credit for the visas (media) • Opposition parties hail EP decision on liberalisation of visas (media) • Church door in Prizren set on fire, police say gasoline smell was present at scene (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Hill: We will not give up until CSM (ZSO) becomes a reality (N1, FoNet, Kontakt plus radio) • Pristina's request for membership will not be on the CoE agenda tomorrow (Kosovo Online, Danas) • Dacic may cancel Strasbourg visit over Pristina's CoE membership bid;MFA: Dacic to attend the COE Committee of Ministers (Tanjug) • Signing of the petition for the withdrawal of special units of Kosovo police continued today in the north (Kosovo Online) • Lajcak concerned about developments in North Kosovo (Beta, N1, KoSSev) • KP: Attempt to set fire to the door of the Church of St. Panteleimon in Prizren; Office for KiM: An example of Pristina's intolerance towards everything Serbian (Kontakt plus radio) Opinion: • Andric Rakic: Almost impossible to stop the escalation of 'non-normalization' with the current negotiators (medijacentar.info, Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio)