UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 27, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Prime Minister Kurti’s interview with Republik (media) • Ternava: We support the teachers’ demands, but strike must end today (Klan) • KFOR says KSF did not ask to go north; did Rakic and Petkovic lie? (Express) • Carpenter: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, slow but steady progress (Telegrafi) • U.S. Embassy: Russia-Serbia agreement, a wrong step! (Indeksonline) • The Union of Education gives signs that the strike in education could end! (Gazeta Blic) • Abdixhiku slams Kurti for Japan visit when education sector on strike (media) • Osmani calls on Iranian women not to give up on their rights (Koha) • International partners promise continued support for KSF (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Mayor Vulovic: "The situation in Zubin Potok still tense" (Blic, Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever) • KFOR, Mehaj on KSF in northern Kosovo (KoSSev) • Petkovic: EU to condemn Kurti’s war threats (Kosovo Online) • Selakovic: Croatia has stepped beyond framework of EU policy (Tanjug) • Kurti congratulated the European Day of Languages; The experience of Serbs from Kosovo bitter, they say - he brags about other people's results (KoSSev) • Petkovic banned from visiting Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • The Socialists and Democrats MEPs: No accession talks if Serbia doesn’t align with sanctions on Russia (N1, media) • Media published document signed by Lavrov and Selakovic – An ordinary plan of meetings, without those at highest level (Danas) • Hill: I saw the Serbia-Russia Consultation Plan (FoNet, N1) International: • Ned Price: We Desire To Be A Partner To The Countries Of The Western Balkans (thepavlovictoday.com) • Serbia Rules Out Recognizing Russian Referendum in Occupied Ukraine (Balkan Insight) • Slim chance for Serbia’s progress towards the EU by the end of the year, relationship with Russia remains the biggest problem (EWB) • Junior Ruling Party Turmoil Could Shake North Macedonia Govt (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Visa liberalisation for Kosovo on the EU agenda on October 13 (Radio Free Europe) • Strike in education continues; Jasharaj: Regrettably there is no movement (RTK) • An elementary school in Prishtina decides to end strike (Kallxo) • Hoxhaj: Solution must be found for pupils to return to schools (Telegrafi) • Haradinaj to Kurti: End the strike, or resign (media) • Croatian Foreign Minister: Next months crucial for Kosovo-Serbia deal (Albanian Post) • Selimi: Kosovo leadership should think a bit (media) • EU concerned over strengthening Serbia-Russia relations (media) Serbian Language Media: • Office for KiM: Incursion of KFS to north is direct threat to Serbian people (Radio KIM) • Serbian List: The incursion of the KSF into the Zubin Potok territory a gross violation of the agreement, whose guarantor is NATO (Radio Mitrovica sever) • EU: Serbia cannot strengthen relations with Russia in the circumstances of aggression and crimes in Ukraine (Beta) • Vucic to Lavrov: Serbia committed to UNSC Resolution 1244 (N1) • What did Serbia and Russia sign – a scandal or continuation of a technical matter from 1996? (N1, media) • Brnabic visits family of Nikola Nedeljkovic (Radio KIM) • US Ambassador wants explanation of Serbia-Russia document (N1) • Serbian FM: We can not accept results of referendums in Ukraine (N1) • The Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) delegation in the US for talks on Kosovo and Serbia's foreign policy (FoNet, N1) International: • Russian Mobilization Prompts Exodus to Serbia, Turkey (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 23, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Assembly does not adopt PDK-sponsored resolution on strike in education (RFE) • Nagavci: We have addressed all demands, except for the additional €100 (Sinjali) • SBASHK: We can emerge from this situation only through an agreement (Demokracia) • SBASHK receives letter of support from American Federation of Teachers (Express) • CDHRF calls for understanding from SBASHK: The strike must end (Nacionale) • AmCham calls for dialogue and compromise to end strike (Telegrafi) • NATO: Additional troops from UK will take part in routine drill (Express) • NATO and security experts fear possible tensions in the north of Kosovo (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • EU invited 44 countries to the summit in Prague (media) • Vucic meets Iranian President Raisi (Tanjug) • Vucic meets US Under Secretary Nuland in New York (Tanjug) • Petar Miletic, former Deputy PM: The information that I was appointed as an adviser to Kurti is only half correct (Danas) • Rasic, Trajkovic on the Miletic's appointment (medijacentar.info, Kosovo Online) • Tour guide on incident in Pec (Radio KIM) • MFA: Serbia's strong diplomatic activity in UN continues (Tanjug, media) • ''Which countries have recognized Kosovo and which have not?'' (Danas) • Establishment of government war crimes institute in Kosovo – related risks and timeframe (Radio KIM) Opinion: • "Kurti is trying to place Serbia alongside Russia, and as a Marxist-Leninist he knows that Kosovo is neither a state nor independent" (Danas) Humanitarian/Development: • Rizvanolli asks citizens in Kosovo* if they are willing to pay for power imports (balkangreenenergynews.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Assembly discusses ongoing general strike (media) • Osmani: NATO membership is Kosovo’s strategic objective (media) • Osmani meets Secretary General of Organisation of Islamic States (media) • Justice Minister meets President of Specialist Chambers (media) • Dutch Foreign Ministry on whether they will support visa liberalisation (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: How is Ukraine's territorial integrity different from Serbia's? (Tanjug) • Vucic: Everyone invokes int'l law when it suits them to do so (Tanjug) • PM Brnabic explains delay in formation of new Government (RTS, FoNet, N1) • Selakovic at a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in New York (RTS, Blic) • Aleksic: Vucic's announcement about the state-building bloc a prelude to elections at all levels (Nova, FoNet, N1) • Council of Europe in 2008 considered UN membership as precondition for Kosovo – what has changed? (Kosovo Online) • ''Kosovo and Serbia: Narratives unrelated to the situation on the ground, but increase tensions'' (N1) • Office for KiM: Freedom of movement of Serbs threatened once again (Kosovo Online) • Bo: Vucic and Yi confirmed the partnership between Serbia and China (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • The Cynicism of Serbia’s Kosovo Policy (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbian President Vucic to Newsmax: Putin Not 'Bluffing' (newsmax.com) • FBI: Iranian Hackers Accessed Albanian Systems Over Year Ago (BIRN) • Hackers Likely Accessed Emails of Serbia’s Cadastre Staff, BIRN Reveals Humanitarian/Development: • Air Serbia says tickets for Moscow-Belgrade flights in September sold out long time ago (Blic)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 21, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti on the strike: We’ve made many steps, but the blackmail doesn’t stop (Koha) • Jasharaj: I’m ready to take part in meeting between Flocken and Kurti (Kosovapress) • Kurti on “new framework”: No author; it was published to test the pulse (Express) • U.S.: We support dialogue based on mutual recognition (Koha) • “No EU membership without mutual recognition; Kosovo to initiate Association” (Koha) • Osmani: Kosovo’s unwavering commitment to prevent violent extremism (media) • State Department Counselor: Good meeting with President Osmani (Lajmi) • Lajcak meets Escobar in New York: Grateful for excellent cooperation (media) • German MP: Visa liberalisation for Kosovo in the final phase (Kallxo) • Three ministry officials among arrested in latest raids in “Brezovica Operation” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic met Guterres on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (Politika, Tanjug) • Vucic: Important decisions coming soon (N1, RTS) • Serbian President's meetings yesterday with world officials on the sidelines of the 77th UNGA session (Politika) • On second day in New York, Selakovic held 27 bilateral meetings with foreign ministers (Kosovo Online) • Vucic on his meeting with Lajcak (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic: Pressure on Vucic and Serbia never greater (N1) • People’s Party (NS) asking Vucic to urgently send letters to Putin and Xi Jinping on Kosovo (Danas) • Which EU country will be the first to change its position on the independence of Kosovo (Danas) • Trendafilova: Trial of Thaci to start soon (Radio KIM) • Kurti: Decision on land in Brnjak and Jasenovik in accordance with the law (Kosovo Online, euronews.rs) Opinion: • The government vs the teachers’ union (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Kosovo War Crime Court President Suggests KLA Leaders’ Trial is Near (BIRN) • Chopping Down the Future: Heating Crisis Worsens Illegal Logging in Balkans (BIRN) • Guterres calls for ‘coalition of the world’ to overcome divisions, provide hope in place of turmoil (news.un.org) • Serbia’s Vucic Announces New Political ‘Movement’ Within Six Months (Balkan Insight) • Commission OKs plant acquisition by Serbian Gazprom-owned oil company (euractive.com) • Russian Flights Tickets to Serbia, Turkey, Sell Out After Mobilization (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • On International Day of Peace UNMIK recalls “Howdy Neighbor” series (KoSSev)