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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 2, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Government: Rasic’s appointment has not violated the Constitution (media) • “Kurti decision on Rasic right from Kosovo standpoint; north is a problem” (Express) • Osmani calls meeting of institutional leaders after killing of pregnant woman (media) • Haxhiu: Ministry completed its tasks; problem lies with judicial institutions (Koha) • PDK’s Lushtaku tells Interior Minister: I was hoping you will resign (Kosovapress) • Kosovo Police arrest Serb suspected of war crimes in 1999 (media) • PDK deputy leader Citaku reacts to Vucic’s remarks about Kurti (media) • Court temporarily blocks decision to reduce salaries of prosecutors and judge (media) • Kurti: Judiciary very efficient when their case is concerned, but not with court cases (Klan) • Suspect of the murder of the 35-year-old pregnant woman committed suicide (media) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: The appointment of Rasic 'does not meet all the conditions stipulated by the Constitution’ (media) • Vucic: The situation in Kosovo boiling, I meant everything I said about Rasic, Trajkovic and Kurti; Serbs South of Ibar close to leave the institutions (media) • Serbia, EU sign three agreements (Tanjug) • Foreign Minister Dacic: Vucic is right (Danas, TV Pink) • Vucic: EU has demonstrated anti-Serb attitude (Tanjug, media) • Serbian List: President Vucic exposed the hypocrisy of the international community towards the Serbian people in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Hill: There will be no further agreements without solving the issue of the collective rights of Serbs, the US and the EU made it clear to Kurti (KoSSev) • KP: Arrested Serb suspected of war crimes (KoSSev) • Office for KiM: G. M. arrested when he went to report usurped property (KoSSev) • Petkovic: The EU received the answer it deserves from Vucic (Kosovo Online) • PM Brnabic reacted to Stano's statement: This kind of reaction is a shame for the EU (Blic, Kosovo Online) • Stano: Both sides urgently need to work on the return of Serbs to institutions (Tanjug, media) • Dacic met Nuland (Tanjug) International: • Kosovo Must Get Real on Threat of Far-Right Extremism (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 1, 2022

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 1, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti appoints Nenad Rasic as Minister for Communities and Returns (media) • Osmani: WB membership in the EU and NATO, pillar of peace and stability (Koha) • Rada Trajkovic, advisor to the new minister of the Kurti government (Koha) • Steinmeier praises Lajcak, says that author of agreement proposal is not important (Express) • Kurti reacts again to killing of pregnant woman by her husband (media) • Haxhiu: There will be resignations, dismissals, and criminal responsibility (EO) • Abdixhiku to Kurti: State has failed in every direction, take measures and act (media) • AAK’s Lekaj calls for resignation of Justice Minister and Acting Health Minister (EO) • Szunyog horrified by last night's murder (RTK) • CDHRF: Killing of pregnant woman, failure of state protection mechanisms (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian List announces complaint to Constitutional Court over Rasic’s appointment, says it is anti-constitutional (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Nenad Rasic and Rada Trajkovic do not represent Serbian people in Kosovo (media) • Rada Trajkovic, advisor to Minister Rasic (KiM radio) • Rasic: It won't be difficult to be better than the predecessor (KiM radio) • Dacic: Kurti lives in parallel reality (Radio KIM) • UNS: “The Black Peony” award goes to Kurti for worst cooperation with journalists (N1) • Petkovic: Everyone saw Kurti's true intentions (Kosovo Online) • Dacic: Rewarding Pristina counterproductive, EU demonstrates double standards (Tanjug) • Petkovic: ZSO obligation that Kurti undertook (Kosovo Online) • Kosovo PM: We won't allow establishment of another Republika Srpska in Kosovo (N1 Sarajevo) • Dodik on Kurti’r remarks about Republika Srpska (Kosovo Online) • Bosnia and Herzegovina border police says Kosovo residents may enter country with visa only (Kosovo Online) • Lopandic: Kosovo stands no chances of obtaining candidate status for EU membership (Kosovo online, Danas) • Petrides: Cypriot position on Kosovo unchanged, ties with Serbia strong (Tanjug) International: • Kosovo Authorities Failed Second Woman Murdered in Week (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Employment of women from non-majority communities remains a challenge (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 30, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • EU ambassadors give green light to visa liberalisation (media) • Kurti welcomes decision on green light for visa liberalisation (media) • Osmani: Serbia created crisis in order not to talk about final settlement (RFE) • Bislimi: Kosovo will apply for EU candidate status around mid-Dec (Koha) • Haziri: We’re getting ready to take the government as the first party (Kanal 10) • 7 Kosovo soldiers expected to be sent to mission in the Falkland Islands (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Grateful to China for support to territorial integrity of Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Dacic: We will continue cooperation with China despite inappropriate pressure (Tanjug) • "Families of kidnapped and missing persons discriminated against and without answers" (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev) • Dacic meets Petrides, says Serbia grateful for Cyprus support on Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic welcomed by French PM at Matignon Palace (Tanjug) • Grenell for RTS: US leadership in Belgrade-Pristina talks needed, Kurti not helpful (RTS) • EFJ Secretary General on lack of cooperation in resolving cases of murdered and missing journalists in Kosovo (media) International: • EU Moves Finally to Scrap Visa Regime for Kosovo Citizens (BIRN) • Kosovo’s Kurti Feels the Heat Over Licence Plates Crisis (BIRN) • Combatting Ethnic Hatred with Graffiti in Serbia (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Over 2,000 cases of violence against women until October (Ekonomia Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 29, 2022

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 29, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • PM Kurti interview for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung • Visa liberalisation proposal for Kosovo expected to be voted on Wednesday (RTK) • Assembly committee to draft electoral reform soon (media) • Four Albanians attacked in Mitrovica North, receive medical treatment (Klan) • LVV MP: Those who were decorated by Vucic cannot return (Gazeta Blic) • Kurti meets UN Special Rapporteur Savioli (media) • Kurti: Inaction of judicial bodies in domestic violence cases cannot be justified (Koha) • Association will be part of final settlement, according to analysts (RTK) • Veliu believes return of Serbs to work in north was discussed in Brussels (Gazeta Blic) Serbian Language Media: • Surveys: Low level of trust in politicians (KiM radio) • Vucic: ''If the issue of the status of Kosovo is over for Kurti, it is for me too'' (KiM radio, N1, Beta, KoSSev) • Vucic invites Norwegian King, Crown Prince to visit Serbia (N1, BETA, Tanjug) • Dacic meets Docherty in London (Tanjug) • Request of Thaci’s defence for early testimony of eight foreign diplomats dismissed (Kosovo Online) International: • Artwork Commemorating Kosovo Protests 32 Years Ago Unveiled in Pristina (BIRN) • Kosovo Justice Institutions Lack Training to Deal with Far-Right Extremism (BIRN) • Sexual violence against men and boys during the Kosovo war (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 28, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Let's rejoice in the successes of each Albanian (media) • Osmani: As we made historical path together, we will have our journey to EU family together (Klan) • Begaj: Albania will be the voice of Kosovo (media) • Kurti: The December 6 summit turns Tirana into a European capital (RTK) • Candidates for mayors of municipalities in the North to be certified today (Express) • The CEC certified candidates for mayors of municipalities in the north (Koha) • Aktiv: 70% of Kosovo Serbs say that Russia protects their rights best (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • PM Brnabic: Serbia appreciates Romania’s principled position on Kosovo (N1) • Dacic: There is no deadline for reaching agreement with Pristina (Danas, Kosovo Online) • Dacic: FIFA’s decision regarding Serbia is hypocritical (N1) • Petkovic to Kurti: No deadline for the normalisation of relations, only the clock ticking for the formation of the ZSO (KoSSev) • Office for KiM calls on Albanians not to use Albanian flags in Serb-majority areas (KoSSev) • “KLA” graffiti written in Brezovica (Radio KIM) • Vucevic: Situation in Kosovo still very tense (Radio KIM) • Petrides: Cyprus will not change stance on Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Varhelyi to visit Serbia (Tanjug) Opinion: • How Brussels became Aachen: A vacuum in the institutions and a change in the nature of negotiations (KoSSev)