UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 15, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Prime Minister Kurti travels to Germany (RTK) • Konjufca meets the U.S. Congress delegation (RTK) • Common language found in Brussels, solution to be presented by Friday (AP) • Seven Serb candidates expected to join Assembly after SL resignations (Gazeta Blic) • The EU ready to host Kurti and Vucic at the meeting (Koha) • German Embassy: Escalation between Kosovo and Serbia, worrying (Express) • Hoti: U.S. asked govt to postpone decision, but they are meeting with Petkovic (media) • Bytyci: I expect agreement on licence plates this week (Koha) • AAK calls for 30% increase in public sector wages until wages law adopted (Telegrafi) • AAK’s Tahiri to Borrell: Your messages are not balanced (Klan) • Retired U.S. General: Kosovo Army can coexist with a force like KFOR in future (media) • Kosovo denies reports that agreement with Denmark on prison cells suspended (Klan) • MP denounces Gracanica police station chief for harassing police officer (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Elections in northern Kosovo doomed to fail (N1) • Serbian List to boycott elections in northern Kosovo (N1) • Serbian and Kosovo NGOs: The attack on Milicevic is a reflection of the deteriorating atmosphere in Kosovo (Beta, N1) • Milicevic for N1 on details of his mistreatment by Kosovo police special unit (N1) • KoSSev on police rebuttal of Milicevic’s mistreatment, Svecla’s statement (KoSSev) • OPEN Initiative: Perpetrators from ranks of Kosovo police to be punished (KoSSev) • Visoki Decani Monastery on Milicevic’s case (social media) • Serbian cemetery in Vitina renamed to Albanian, Petkovic's reaction on Twitter (Kosovo Online, medijacentar.info) • Brnabic: Serbs in Kosovo request only adherence to agreements (RTS) • Elections for mayors in the north of Kosovo and questions unanswered (RTS, Kontakt plus radio) • UN GA adopts resolution on Russian war reparations, Serbia abstains (N1) • Stano: EU ready for Vucic-Kurti meeting as soon it is possible (Kosovo Online) International: • Kosovo Albanian, Serb Journalists Trained in Fact-Checking, Media Literacy (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell: We’ve made proposal to resolve situation in north of Kosovo (Express) • Kurti at Vienna Economic Forum: Kosovo has achieved high economic growth (Koha) • AAK won’t attend President’s meeting with parties on elections in north (Klan) • Mayoral elections in northern municipalities could be held on Dec 18 (Albanian Post) • Ibrahimi on Association: Decision of Constitutional Court must not be ignored (EO) • Aurescu encourages dialogue: Tensions in north must be stopped (media) • Car with Serbian licence plates of Kosovo national set on fire in Mitrovica (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Pristina authorities should not ‘play with fire’ (Beta, N1) • Serbian FM says Belgrade won’t negotiate on something that was already agreed on (N1) • Graffiti calling for resistance appear in Zubin Potok and Zvecan as well (Kosovo Online) • Citizens again complain that special forces stop them on the roads, the police claim that this is not intimidation, but provision of security (KoSSev) • Vucic meets ambassadors from Asia and Africa accredited to Serbia, briefs them about Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Djordjevic, Obradovic on what could happen in Kosovo after November 21 (Danas) • Sentence to Stanisic reduced from 20 to 15 years in prison (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic to visit Singapore for Bloomberg New Economy Forum (Tanjug) • Slovenian President: Visit to Western Balkans first trip abroad (N1) International: • Music Mobilisation: The Concerts Connecting Neo-Nazis in Croatia (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 11, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti meets with Borrell and Lajcak (media) • Chollet to visit Kosovo in early December, sources say (Klan Kosova) • Osmani: Cannot make friends with someone with war tendencies or goals (Indeksonline) • Kurti: Ready to stretch our hand to Serbia if it is ready to free its fists (Koha) • Osmani expected to announce extraordinary elections for north municipalities (RTK) • Kurti in Paris: Serbia wants more conflict than cooperation (media) • Konjufca: We feel threatened by Serbia’s claims over our country (Koha) • Two envoys for Balkans, Sarrazin and Franges, visit Jarinje border crossing (Telegrafi) • Guerot: We are waiting for a favourable decision on visas (media) • Abazi: Government has wrong approach to internationals’ requests (RFE) • Abdixhiku: French-German plan is not the one that is circulating in the media (media) • Krasniqi's to travel for official visits to Washington and Brussels (Indeksonline) • Musliu: Kurti to safeguard sovereignty and friendships created by PDK (EO) • Haradinaj proposes a resolution on the situation in the north (Koha) • Austrian MP: All EU member states and Serbia should recognise Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • Ex-Interior Minister warns: Serbia may victimise Serb citizens in north (media) • Molliqaj: Way we treated north and Serbs lately, I think there is small similarity to how Milosevic treated us (Gazeta Express/T7) • Maloku: Molliqaj’s statement about Serbs treatment is hatred against Kurti (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Vucevic: There were drones on the administrative line, I can't say whose they were (NMagazin, Beta, RTV) • Vucic at working lunch with Borrell and Lajcak (RTS) • Vucic says good talk with Macron, no meeting with Kurti (N1) • Vucic tells Chollet that Serbia is focused on peace, despite provocations (N1) • Vucic on sanctions on Russia, pressure Serbia is facing (N1) • Vucic met Hungarian president in Paris (Tanjug, media) • Dacic: Independent Kosovo the starting point of Franco-German proposal (Beta, N1) • Kosovo officials meet Macron, accuse Serbia of destabilising north Kosovo (KoSSev, N1) • Jaksic: Vehicle plates nonsense to Kurti, for Serbs the only remaining link with Serbia (N1) • Poll: Citizens’ opinions on issues concerning the north are divided (KoSSev) • Arlov sends letter to Ambassador of Croatia in Pristina over his latest ban to enter Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Ambassador of Slovakia: Bratislava's clear position on the independence of Kosovo, which is based on international law (RTS, Tanjug) • Miners about their fate, Todic claims: KoSSev spreads disinformation, there is no strike (KoSSev) International: • EU might mulled in Kosovo-Serbia Paris rendez-vous (euractive.com) • Decision on Visas for Kosovo to be Taken Soon: EU Countries Support France’s Proposal for Visa-Free Regime on November 2023 (schengenvisainfo.com) • The Kosovo Crisis: A risky all-or-nothing game (EWB) • Metsola: Western Balkans should receive strong signal from the EU (EWB)

Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani travels for official visit to Paris (RTK) • Gervalla: EU should not tolerate criminal actions (media) • Borrell to meet Kurti and Vucic separately in Paris on Friday (Klan) • CEC replaces the ten resigned MPs of the Serbian List (Koha) • EULEX chief: Seven EU countries ready to send police to the north (Paparaci) • Kusari-Lila: Even when in parliament, SL did not address needs of Serb citizens (Klan) • Haxhiu: For first time, Kosovo has dignified position in talks with Serbia (Klan) • Tahiri: We don’t want early elections, but solution to problem in north (Indeksonline) • Haradinaj mentions four actions to overcome current situation (Telegrafi) • PDK MP: I believe today we’ll have much-anticipated visa liberalisation date (media) • Buja: North will never be quiet, only land swap brings stability (Nacionale) • Analysts: Ambassador Hovenier's appeal should be taken seriously (RTK) • Bislimi claims Tahiri insulted and threatened him, Prosecutor's Office invited to investigate (media) • 11 officials of Serb nationality resign from Kosovo Customs (RTK) • Possibility of transferring prosecutors in the north being considered (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Rakic and Simic spoke with Sarrazin, Franges (media) • Dacic met Colomina, UK ambassador (Tanjug) • DefMin Vucevic to NATO official: No obstacle to cooperation (N1) • Ambassador of Cyprus: Pristina does not respect obligations; we do not change stance on Kosovo (Tanjug) • Vucic to begin two-day visit to France (Tanjug) • Stano: Borrell will meet in Paris tomorrow with Vucic and Kurti in separate meetings (Kosovo Online) • Hovenier on visits of Kosovo ministers to US (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic to meet Sarazzin today (Kosovo Online) • Hovenier on situation in northern Kosovo, Community of Serb Municipalities (KoSSev) • Customs staff at Jarinje and Brnjak submit resignations (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Jaksic: Kurti lost advantage; the question is whether the Serbian negotiators will know how to use it (N1, KoSSev) • Why Albanians are Leaving, and What They Leave Behind (Balkan Insight) International: • Friend or Foe? For Balkan LGBT Community, TikTok is Mixed Blessing (BIRN) • Kosovo Court Approves Confiscation of ‘Illegal’ Villas in National Park (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Berlin Declaration of the WB Youth Forum: An example of youth agency and commitment (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 9, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo, reliable partner of its friends, Serbs should not abandon institutions (media) • The U.S. ambassador to UN speaks about developments in north of Kosovo (TV Klan) • Musliu: The security situation is calm, let us be careful in our actions (RTK) • Haxhiu about past governments: They indulged Belgrade by saying "yes" to everything (Koha) • Svecla to the French delegation: Kosovo has met the criteria for visas (media) • Abdixhiku: Leaving Kosovo without allies is treason (Albanian Post) • Poland opens consulate in Pristina (media) • Exclusive: Three-point proposal of internationals to exit current situation in the North (Albanian Post) • Tahiri: Increasing presence of EULEX risks turning the north into protectorate (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to meet Macron, Lajcak, says it is your turn to fulfil agreement (N1) • Officials of the municipal election commissions in the north of Kosovo submitted their resignations (Danas, Kosovo Online) • Employees of Kosovo institutions in the north of Kosovo submitted their resignations (RTK2) • Ten Serbs left KSF (Kosovo Online) • Serbian President decorates Kosovo Serb police officers (N1) • Strpce Mayor: If Pristina continues with violence, the Serbs south of the Ibar should also leave the institutions (Danas, euronews.rs) • Dacic: Greece will not yield to pressure and surprise Serbia (Tanjug) • Romania confirms it will not recognize Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Preteni: Resignations of Serbs create problems in functioning of basic prosecution in Mitrovica (Kosovo Online) • NATO official calls for restraint in Kosovo (N1, FoNet) Opinion: • For Kosovo Serbs, It’s Not Just About Licence Plates (Balkan Insight) • After K.Serbs left the institutions: Kurti in the 1990s, Serbs in the 2000s (KoSSev) International: • LEAK: Franco-German plan to resolve the Kosovo-Serbia dispute (EURACTIV)