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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 9, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Presidency: In no country in the world do they take phone of head of state for scanning (media)
• North Macedonia’s Civil Aviation Agency issues official report on incident with Kosovo president (ekonomia)
• Murati: We are supporting businesses in the north, for new jobs (RTK)
• Ministry of Internal Affairs issues new notice on conversion of driver's licenses (Reporteri)
• Maqedonci: KSF is capable of protecting the territory (media)
• MFA: Forensic procedures being carried out to identify person killed in Loznica (Koha)
• Fejza: Government has not taken any action to create counterposition with USA (Koha)
• Musliu-Shoshi: Kurti aims to keep Kosovo isolated and condemned (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Between southern and northern Mitrovica, traffic over two bridges functions without problems (Danas, Beta)
• Kabasic: Placement of cameras in the north is political control of the people (Kosovo Online)
• Residents of the North on police surveillance cameras: It's a lie that they do it for security reasons (Kosovo Online)
• Popov: Kurti is forcing Serbs to leave the north of Kosovo; if the reactions were sharper, Kurti would have behaved differently (Danas, Blic)
• The body of Faton Hajrizi handed over at the Merdare crossing (N1, KoSSev, media)

Opinion:

• ‘Open Secret’: The Growing Scourge of Labour Exploitation in the Western Balkans (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Kosovo Further Alienates Minority Serbs, Straining Status As 'Reliable Partner' (RFE)
• Analysts predict that About half a Million People will leave Kosovo this Year (Sarajevo Times)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 8, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• The EU warns of new measures against Kosovo (Koha)
• USA Embassy echoes statement of Department of State: Kurti should return to cooperation (Albanian Post)
• Krasniqi: It is absurd that bridge over Iber continues to be closed (RTK)
• Elshani: Security is no reason for Iber Bridge to remain closed (media)
• Durmishi: Within two or three days we will have report on stability of bridge (media)
• Police arrest then release two Serb politicians for "obstructing workers of north Mitrovica municipality" (media)
• Hamza after meetings in Washington: USA stands by us (media)
• Deadline for conversion of driver's licenses postponed until August 23 (RTK)
• Haradinaj advises fellow combatants: Serbia has renewed persecution of citizens who were part of war (Reporteri)
• AJK: Dangerous photo-montages with pictures of journalists and media (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Aleksandar Arsenijevic and Stefan Veljkovic arrested (KoSSev, media)
• KP: Arsenijevic and Veljkovic released (medijacentar.info)
• Protest of Serbs in front of the police station in North Mitrovica due to the arrest of Arsenijevic and Veljkovic (KoSSev, media)
• Civil society demands the immediate release of Arsenijevic and Veljkovic (KiM radio, media)
• Office for KiM: Kurti continues with arrests until he arrests the last Serb (Kosovo Online, media)
• Kosovo Serb political parties condemn the removal of national symbols and the actions of the police (KiM radio, media)
• Heavy trucks 'testing' the Ibar bridge, after Svecla did (KoSSev)
• In North Mitrovica, the discussion of the municipal committee for "multi-ethnic cooperation", i.e. bridge: Huge interest from Pristina (KoSSev)
• EXFIS and Google show that they know more than the Privatization Agency of Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Montgomery: Kurti's long-term goal the departure of all Serbs from Kosovo; and his short-term goal to provoke the Serbian Government (Kosovo Online, N1, FoNet)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 7, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Vucic is trying to create an atmosphere of fear with false accusations (RTK)
• Members of EULEX and KFOR stationed on buildings near Iber bridge (media)
• French Embassy against closure of Serbian post offices in the north: Unilateral and uncoordinated step (Reporteri)
• Haradinaj appeals to Serbs: Do not protest against free movement (RTK)
• Serbs gather at Iber Bridge, this is what they want from KFOR (Klan)
• Police on protest: Ended peacefully – we looked after safety of protesters until the end (Klan)
• Svecla says Iber Bridge will open: It is not a matter of dialogue at all (media)
• Minister Haxhiu visits woman who was injured by her husband in Fushe Kosove (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• A protest held in the northern part of Mitrovica: "On the bridge we defended survival, now we defend disappearance!" (KoSSev, media)
• The Serb protest ended, Svecla again drinking coffee in C'est la Vie caffe (KoSSev)
• Minister Starovic on the opening of the Ibar bridge: Potentially a major point of escalation (NMagazin, N1, TV Prva)
• Elshani: Educational and health institutions are a challenge for KP, but that does not mean that we will close them - politics will decide (KoSSev)
• Davenport: The closure of post offices and the proposals to open the bridge in Mitrovica must be resolved through dialogue (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 6, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Stano: Another example of unilateral actions of Kurti administration (Reporteri)
• Kusari-Lila: QUINT ambassadors informed about opening of Iber Bridge (ekonomia)
• Presidency: Manner incident in Skopje was handled at Kurti-Mickoski conference, regrettable (media)
• Rohde: Unilateral and uncoordinated steps endanger Kosovo's application for EU membership (Klan)
• Another attempt of LVV to bring opposition into debate about Iber Bridge (Express)
• Haxhiu on wounded woman in Fushe Kosove: Negligence of justice institutions (RTK)
• EUROPOL: Person arrested in Kosovo for counterfeit money, employee of North Macedonian MIA (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• The Kosovo police stopped a Serbian Post van with letters on Jarinje (N1, FoNet)
• Vucic met Konrad: The international community must react to ensure the safety of Serbs (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic on the EU announcement; the opening of jobs for Serbs in Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug TV)
• Grenell: US has tools to prevent escalation, tough letters don't work against Kurti (Tanjug, Blic)
• Requests submitted for the abolition of custody of arrested Serbs from Kosovo Pomoravlje (RTV Puls, KiM radio)
• Elek: New jobs are an incentive for Serbs to stay and proof that Serbia is always with its people (Kosovo Online, TV Most)
• Selimi: The Kosovo Government is closing Post offices due to upcoming elections (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 5, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti travels to Skopje, meets Prime Minister Mickoski (media)
• Mexhiti after meeting with Kurti: We discussed strengthening cooperation (Albanian Post)
• Milanovic: Allies' support for Kosovo has faded (media)
• LVV: Iber Bridge must be opened, there is no argument to remain closed (Koha)
• LVV: Consultations on election date will continue (Koha)
• Hoti: This mandate will end with complete failure in capital investments (RTK)
• Klinaku: There is no need for veterans to go to Serbia (media)
• Death of woman from Gracanica, a month of detention for her husband (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• The Kosovo Police entered all the Post Offices of Serbia in the North (KoSSev)
• Protest of hundreds of Serbs in Pasjane due to the recent arrest of five compatriots (KiM radio, medijacentar.info, Radio Mitrovica sever, media)
• What is controversial about the arrest of five Serbs from Kosovo Pomoravlje for alleged war crimes? (Danas, TV Most, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Fatherland Movement: More than 50 Serbs in Pristina prisons for alleged war crimes (Beta, Danas)
• A few days after the Vjosa Osmani incident, Kurti with ministers in North Macedonia (Danas, KoSSev)
• Vacancy announcement for recruitment of new members of Kosovo police: Especially for the Serbian community (N1)

International:

• The target is training artificial intelligence on the data of Balkan citizens without notification (en.vijesti.me)
• Yugoslav Socialist Artist’s Retrospective Recalls Lost Era of Defiance and Hope (Balkan Insight)