Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: I am optimistic about licence plate issue, but Belgrade's approach is quite destructive (media) • Brussels sends an invitation for a meeting to Kurti and Vucic (media) • Kusari-Lila announces solution for licence plates "within hours" (Express) • Osmani thanks Pelosi for her commitment and connection with Kosovo (media) • EC convinces Netherlands – now they are in favour of visa liberalisation (Express) • Kusari-Lila: EU plan has U.S. support and includes two phases (RTK) • Peci: In one version I’ve seen, plan includes Serb Orthodox Church (Klan) • Abazi: Kosovo to return to table of talks and coordinate with partners (Kallxo) • Hoti: Kurti doesn’t listen to U.S., but sends police to coordinate with EULEX (Koha) • EULEX on patrols in north of Kosovo: We have not assumed police responsibility (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • The EU invited Vucic and Kurti to Brussels: Find a European solution to get out of the crisis (N1) • Office for KiM: No agreement has been reached with Pristina (RTS, Blic) • Brnabic: No agreement with Pristina, it must implement agreements (Tanjug, media) • UNS and DNKiM: Urgently to determine who attacked the Insajderi cameraman (KiM radio, NMagazin, Insajder) • The KP confirms the attack on an Albanian cameraman and a student, but not a kidnapping (KoSSev) • NGO Aktiv launches a phone line for reporting cases of mistreatment by the police (KiM radio) • Drecun: We should expect Pristina to accept the EU's suggestions (Tanjug) • UNS and DNKiM not invited to the meeting of the CoE Platform for the Safety of Journalists (KiM radio) International: • UN expert on truth and justice to visit Serbia and Kosovo* (ohchr.org) • Spain Suggests Kosovo’s Visa Liberalisation Process Be Finalised on January 1, 2024 (schengenvisainfo.com) • BIRN Conference Warns of Far-Right Groups’ Influence in Balkans (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Dialogue with Serbia has never been more transparent (Klan) • New Serbian List MPs sworn in today (Koha) • Krasniqi meets Escobar: Alignment, coordination with U.S. has no alternative (media) • Rohde: Urgent need for solution to avoid escalation; more internal dialogue (Express) • Osmani: Dialogue should be centred on mutual recognition (RTK) • Italian Foreign and Defence Ministers to visit Kosovo and Serbia next week (Klan) • Svecla: Government ready to shelter up to 5,000 Ukrainian refugees (media) • Abdixhiku: Bondsteel should be a permanent military base (Kosovapress) • Haziri: U.S. first signs of reevaluating relations with Kosovo govt officials (Telegrafi) • AJK reacts to the attack on the journalist in the north (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Members of the SL verified their mandates: Kurti’s plan prevented (media) • Serbian Assembly Committee for KiM: The security situation in Kosovo unstable and tense (KoSSev) • EULEX chief says his officers can’t replace Kosovo Police (N1, KoSSev) • In North Mitrovica, two Albanians were injured, one of them a journalist (KoSSev, N1, Danas, KiM radio) • Serbia, Hungary, Austria reach agreement on readmission (N1) • Licence plates and diplomacy behind closed doors: What’s on the table in an attempt to avoid a “dangerous situation” (euronews.rs) • Vucic: Serbia grateful to Angola for principled stance on Kosovo-Metohija (Tanjug) • Petkovic: Verifying the mandate of the SL does not mean their return to parliament (RTS) • The signing of contracts with Serbs who left the institutions in Kosovo and Metohija has begun (RTS) International: • Guessing Games over Franco-German ‘Compass’ for Kosovo Conundrum (BIRN) • Media Freedom in Kosovo ‘Undermined by Political Pressure’ (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 16, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Bislimi denies agreement on licence plates has been reached (Koha) • Source: Agreement on licence plates must be reached before Nov 21 (Indeksonline) • Serbs in north different positions on elections; don’t take resistance calls seriously (KP) • The EU is waiting for Kosovo's response about new proposal on license plates (RFE, media) • EULEX chief: Situation in the North fragile, citizens afraid (media) • Trajkovic: Unlikely there will be elections in north on December 18 (RTK) • “Serbia threatening Serbs they’ll suffer if they cooperate with Kosovo govt” (EO) • Budget for KSF next year expected to be €123 million (RTK) • Hoti: Visit of LDK leadership in U.S., sign they see us as partners (T7) • LDK spokeswoman slams FM Gervalla for being “so undiplomatic” (media) • Vetevendosje MP indicates he could leave the party (media) • Szunyog: I believe decision on liberalization will be made before the end of this year (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Brussels agreement cannot be transferred onto some other agreements (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Kurti attempts to destabilise situation with unilateral decisions (Radio KIM) • Rakic and Simic meet EULEX Head, discuss security situation in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: China has always demonstrated its sincere friendship (Tanjug) • Another Serbian cemetery renamed on Google maps, this one to Illyrian (Kosovo Online) • Three prosecutors from other areas temporarily transferred to Basic Prosecution in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • Investigation into mistreatment of Miodrag Milicevic, NGO Aktiv Director initiated (Kosovo Online) • Serbia to get honorary consul in Singapore (Tanjug) • RTS: 100,000 Russians and 18,000 Ukrainians in Serbia (N1) • RFE: Elections in the north of Kosovo between law and politics (RFE) • Danas daily on the elections in northern Kosovo: There would be new conflicts on ground • Vucic met Greek Ambassador, thanked him for Greek support to territorial integrity of Serbia (Kosovo Online) International: • Disinformation everywhere (Kosovo 2.0) • BIRN Launches Interactive Map of Far-Right and Extremist Groups (BIRN)

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)