Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo MP addresses Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly for first time (media) • Kurti condemns Russian strikes in civilian areas in Ukraine (media) • Austrian Foreign Minister: Visa liberalisation for Kosovo is close (RTK) • Greece: European integration of Western Balkans, including Kosovo (media) • Haxhiu: Agreement with Denmark to be sent to Assembly within a month (Telegrafi) • Special court confirms trial against Thaci et al will start early next year (Nacionale) • Hoxhaj: Kosovo lost chance to get closer to NATO because of Kurti govt (Koha) • Serbia decorates general convicted of war crimes in Kosovo (Albanian Post) • Around 100 buildings in Brezovica temporarily seized by prosecution (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • EC: Unfavourable report on Serbia (RFE, FoNet, KiM radio, N1) • Jovanovic (NS): Pristina doesn’t fulfil basic conditions for CoE membership (Radio KIM) • Vucic: $1 billion loan from UAE will ensure Serbia’s liquidity (N1) • How “waking up next to Albanians“ turned into “seizure“ of Kosovo (KoSSev) • Visoki Decani Monastery: We hope Kurti will bring us cadastral paper on return of land (Kosovo Online) • Vucic met Botsan-Kharchenko, discussed Kosovo and geopolitical situation (Tanjug, N1) • Vucic: We are looking after our interests in terms of oil supplies (Tanjug) • Serbian analysts say Russia using Kosovo precedent (N1) • Serbia votes against Russian proposal in the UN (serbianmonitor.com, nova.rs) International: • Romania Faces Dilemma Over Euro 2024 Matches with Kosovo (BIRN) • As EU Refloats Visa-Free Entry, Ethnic Serbs Say They Could Embrace Kosovo Passports (RFE) • Kosovo Police Seize Holiday Villas in National Park Raid (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 10, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani on Association: I support any initiative with no executive powers (RFE) • Major General Angelo Ristuccia takes over command of KFOR (media) • Osmani: Thanks to NATO, Kosovo a peaceful and prosperous country (media) • Kurti: Maintaining security, a shared objective with NATO (media) • Osmani meets Joint Force Command Naples Commander Munsch (media) • Kurti signals solution for 24 hectares of Decani Monastery (Gazeta Blic) • Kosovo to attend and address CoE plenary session for first time (Express) • Abdixhiku: During Kurti’s governance, some of worst economic records broken (Kallxo) • AAK’s Lekaj sceptical about visa liberalisation, says process linked to dialogue (EO) • 23rd anniversary of PDK: Ready to make Kosovo more modern and developed (media) • Mustafa says Abdixhiku ashamed of LDK’s past (Teve1) • Bislimi condemns attack on Kosovo bus travelling through Serbia (Lajmi) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Kosovo recognition in exchange for EU membership proposed (media) • Petkovic: Kurti spreads ‘frightening’ disinformation (Radio KIM) • Visoki Decani Monastery: Unfounded accusations endanger security of Serbian Orthodox Church (Radio KIM) • Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information: Pristina continues to misinform the public (Blic, NMagazin, Politika) • For 85% of citizens important Kosovo’s preservation within Serbia; cooperation with the EU supported but not the membership (KoSSev) • KFOR concerned about the weak interest of Serbs in re-registration (Politika, Tanjug) • Selakovic: Out of 200.000 internally displaced Serbs, less than two percent returned in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Hill on sanctions to Russia, Kosovo issue (RTV, Kosovo Online) • Schmidt: Vucic’s opinion completely different than Dodik who thinks like Putin (Beta, N1) • Vucic: I am not worried about pressure groups (Tanjug) Opinion: • German-French document; referendum (Danas, N1, KoSSev) • “Kosovo’s recognition by Serbia is baseline” (Albanian Daily News) International: • Serbian Orthodox Monastery Demands Land Awarded by Kosovo Court (Balkan Insight) • Belgrade, Pristina Confirm German-French Proposal for Kosovo Deal (Balkan Insight) • Kamberi: Some MPs want my arrest; I said Kosovo independent (Euronews Albania) • Lenny Emson: Women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights are on the frontline (Kosovo 2.0) • Russia’s sham Ukraine vote undermines Serbia’s Kosovo claims (Kyiv Post) • ‘Remembering Yugoslavia: Further than thought’ (BIRN) • Albania moves towards declassifying communist-era security files (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Brnabic: EU has provided 200 million euros to Serbia for migration management (Tanjug)

Albanian Language Media: • EC writes to EU member states about visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Radio Free Europe) • Osmani: Membership in Council of Europe, a necessity (RTK) • Tahiri: After teachers’ salaries are paid, we will return to normality (Nacionale) • Finance Ministry will process teachers’ salaries today if lists are reconfirmed (Koha) • Citaku: Kosovo deserved visa liberalisation since adopting demarcation (media) Serbian Language Media: • PM Brnabic: Vucic to announce strategic decisions (N1, Beta, TV Prva) • Vucic: Decision on Russian oil imports postponed until December 1 (Tanjug, media) • Plenkovic from Prague: Vucic did not fight for a delay (N1) • Von Cramon says EU cannot tolerate Serbia’s behaviour, Selakovic responds (N1, nova.rs) • Poll: The majority of respondents believe that local institutions in K.Serb communities are not transparent (KoSSev) • Vucic to address the nation tomorrow (Politika, Tanjug) • Another monument in Klokot desecrated (KiM radio, RTV Puls) • Petkovic reaction to Osmani’s statement in Prague (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • Osmani: Albanians are not the problem of Serbs in Kosovo, but "gangs paid by Vucic'' (KoSSev, N1, Beta) Opinion: • Preliminary reflections on the Bosnian elections (EWB) International: • Serbia welcomes EU delay to decision on Russian oil ban exemption (BIRN) • Protest in support of Republika Srpska opposition over alleged vote rigging (N1 Sarajevo) • Introducing the European Political Community (Emerging Europe) • European leaders giddy with new forum — as long as they overlook lingering tension (Politico) Humanitarian/Development: • RTK1 and RTK2 channels available in the north of Kosovo since this year (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani before ECP summit: Today is an important day for our continent (Express) • Osmani to meet Scholz and Macron in Prague today, sources say (Koha) • Progress Report on Kosovo to be published on October 12 (RTK) • Mandl: We need to give visa liberalisation to Kosovo fast (Lajmi/APA) • Teachers’ salaries, Kusari-Lila: There will be a solution soon (Nacionale) • PDK boycotts assembly sessions, will press charges against Finance Minister (Klan) • Education union will wait until Friday for teachers’ salaries to be paid (Telegrafi) • Svecla hails anti-extortion operation: We won’t stop fighting crime (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Giaufret calls for joint response to war in Ukraine (RTS, N1) • RTS: EU puts off decision on ban on Russian oil imports to W. Balkans (N1) • Vucic meeting Macron, Scholz in Prague (Tanjug) • No Russian oil for Serbia as of November 1, Brnabic: Croatia’s ultimatum (FoNet, N1, Happy TV) • Still no decision to start Kosovo's CoE admission procedure (Tanjug) • RFE: No exemption for Western Balkans because of Serbia (N1) • Gracanica mayor: The procedure for annulment of the decision on land exchange is being initiated (KoSSev, KiM radio) • Rohde: The licence plates decision legitimate but deadline short; Petkovic: It jeopardizes the dialogue process (KoSSev) • Enthronement of Patriarch Porfirije in the Patriarchate of Pec on October 14 (media) International: • Europe is quietly launching a new political club — with hopes Brexit turmoil can be forgiven (CNBC) • Macron’s New Europe Debuts in the Shadow of War (The New York Times) • Sceptical Liz Truss attends first meeting of European Political Community (The Guardian) • Macron's European Political Community summit opens in Prague (rfi.fr) • China Index: Beijing’s Influence Expands in Southeast Europe (BIRN) • BiH elections: Republika Srpska opposition claims 65,000 votes ‘contaminated’ (N1) Humanitarian/Development: • Politika: 17,000 Russians and Ukrainians in Serbia (FoNet, N1)

Albanian Language Media: • Teachers’ salaries not expected today; Minister: We will enforce the law (Kosovapress) • Union implies new actions if teachers’ salaries are not paid by 16:00 (Indeksonline) • PDK leaders calls on government to pay teachers’ salaries (media) • Municipalities call on government to urgently pay teachers’ salaries (media) • Bislimi: Kurti and Vucic expected to meet in October, but no confirmation yet (Koha) • EU doesn’t have date for new meeting between Kurti and Vucic (Kallxo) • Council of Europe: The issue of Kosovo, confidential (Klan Kosova) • Kurti: Youth is still in the focus of our government policies (media) • Muja: Kosovo with high drop in unemployment rate during Kurti’s governance (EO) Serbian Language Media: • RFE: Gracanica municipality and businessman exchange land despite protests (KiM radio) • Brnabic: New gov't to be formed within constitutional timeframes (Tanjug) • Stefanovic: The signatories of the Proclamation for the Defense of KiM want the removal of Vucic (Beta, NMagazin) • Opposition, intellectuals publish declaration on Kosovo (N1) • Vucic’s 'renunciation' of Dodik (RFE) • Djilas: Neutrality on Russia’s aggression no longer exists (Beta, N1) • Vucic meets with Saudi FM (Tanjug) Opinion: • Rama and Rutte: The European Political Community is a good idea (media) • At the Prague Summit, the family photo is the message (politico.eu) International: • CoE Report: Pandemic Worsened Backlog in Balkan Courts (BIRN) • ‘These are not factories – these are sadistic torture chambers’ (Kosovo 2.0) • As Europe’s leaders meet, some fear for EU membership hopes (whec.com) • Europa Nostra presents the Prague Manifesto “For a Value-based and Culture-driven Europe” (europanostra.com) • China Builds A New Symbol In The Balkans -- At The Site Of A NATO Bombing (RFE) • After Russia, now Turkey questions Europe’s territory (euractive.com) • EU prepares for possible power cuts and other emergencies as energy crisis intensifies -RND (Reuters)