Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Last day for presenting new government is October 26 (media) • Kurti: Exit poll reports for Mitrovica must be investigated (Koha) • Kusari on Kurti's statements: Stay away from exit poll investigations (Nacionale) • Abdixhiku: LDK leads with over 180,000 votes for municipal assemblies (media) • Cakolli from KDI summarizes results of local elections so far (EO) • Albanian Alliance is second in Gracanica; “we’ll have stronger voice” (Telegrafi) • “Serbian List admits Serbia’s interference in Kosovo elections” (EO) • Nenad Vukmirovic appointed acting Minister of Communities and Returns (media) • Osmani: Honored to be invited to NATO Parliamentary Assembly (media) • Von der Leyen to visit Kosovo on Wednesday (AP) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian officials congratulated the Serbian List on victory in nine municipalities in Kosovo (RTS, media) • Mayors elected in 21 municipalities, 17 going to the second round of elections (KiM radio) • Stojanovic and Veljkovic announced retirement after local elections held on Sunday (KiM radio, Alternativna, Kontakt Plus radio, KoSSev) • Arsenijevic on elections results: One municipal councilor seat in Zvecan and Mitrovica North each, two in Leposavic (Radio KIM) • Igor Rasic: I am not satisfied with results of elections (Radio KIM) • Student protesters urge public to back farmers’ protests (N1) Opinion: • The challenge of the Serbian List’s return to local government in the north (Koha) International: • Kosovo local elections head to runoffs in most municipalities: early results (PI) • Kosovo’s main municipalities face runoffs after close-run local elections (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo spy agency’s undocumented ‘special ops’ spending: Probe halted (Balkan Insight) • With proposed law change, Serbia risks even greater leniency for rapists (Balkan Insight) • IPI joins 9 organizations calling on Ursula von der Leyen to address media freedom in WB (International Press Institute)

Albanian Language Media: Kosovo Assembly constituted; Rasic elected deputy speaker (media) Krasniqi: Hope there is no new case in court; let’s move to elections (Express) Abdixhiku: Rules are clear, either new govt or new elections (Indeksonline) Haxhiu: Vetevendosje open to a coalition, except with PDK and SL (Koha) Svecla on Sheholli: Long story, plenty of evidence and not only on him (Lajmi) Audio recording; Sheholli speaks of ties with SL and Milan Radoicic (media) Press Council of Kosovo calls for accreditation of media (media) AJK: CEC failed to accredit a small number of Albanian media too (media) Krasniqi’s message on 26th anniversary of PDK’s formation (media) UK Embassy congratulates KSF for winning silver at Cambrian Patrol (media) Serbian Language Media: Serbian List announced filling complaint after Nenad Rasic was elected Deputy Speaker of Assembly citing Constitutional violations (media) Rasic thanks colleagues in Serbian and Albanian for his election (media) Petkovic: CEC's scandalous decision on Serbian media, vote for Serbian List response to Pristina (Tanjug, RTS) ANEM: Institutions in Kosovo must allow media in Serbian language to report on local elections (Beta, NMagazin, Radio Mitrovica sever, N1) Media in Serbian language seek an urgent reaction of Ombudsman over CEC's decision (Kosovo Online, Kontakt plus radio) CSOs: Unprecedented CEC decision, request for immediate annulment (KiM radio) Mijacic: CEC decision yet another clear example of institutional discrimination against Serbs (media, social media) RTK publishes alleged audio of political analyst Fatmir Sheholli discussing ties with Serbia and Serbian List (KoSSev) Zarko Zaric family writes letter to international organizations seeking his release (Kosovo Online) Russian Ambassador: Sanctions on NIS a political decision, we will continue to support Belgrade (N1, FoNet) Tass: Russia grateful to Serbia for humanitarian aid to Kursk region (N1) Opinion: Serbs need new faces free from old power centers (KoSSev) Turkey’s drone sales to Kosovo test its friendship with Serbia (Balkan Insight) International: Kallxo election debates tackle Kosovo municipalities’ construction boom (PI) Cooper affirms UK's commitment to stability in Western Balkans at summit (BBC)

Albanian Language Media: • EU calls for no repeat of external influence in Kosovo local elections (Koha) • Kosovo Police arrest Fatmir Sheholli on espionage charges (media) • Kosovo Assembly constitutive session to resume tomorrow (media) • Wadephul: The Western Balkans is also part of the European family (AP) • Haradinaj to Djuric: Drones don’t threaten peace, your revisionism does (media) • Osmani awards Kosovo Presidential Medal to FIFA President Infantino (media) • 15-year-old fined for wearing shirt with ‘Serbian Gendarmerie’ logo (media) Serbian Language Media: • The Summit of the Western Balkans started in Great Britain, Djuric participating (Tanjug) • Petkovic: “Osmani’s absurd sophistry - Kurti acquires armed systems to intimidate and threaten” (media, social media) • Radulovic: Turkey at forefront of arming KSF; drones a boost for Kurti ahead of elections (Kosovo Online) • 15-year-old boy apprehended in North Mitrovica over sweatshirt with Serbian emblem and “Gendarmerie” inscription (KoSSev) • Serb-returnee villages in Istok municipality without electricity since last night (Radio KIM) • CoE sending observers to Kosovo local elections (N1) • NIS says US Treasury did not extend license (N1) International: • Kosovo drone delivery sparks tirade against Turkey from Serbia’s Vucic (BIRN) • Turkish drones test Ankara's 'golden age' of relations with Belgrade (Turkiye Today) • Kosovo media organisations launch initiative to fight spread of disinformation (PI) • What are the candidates for Prishtina promising? (Kosovo 2.0) • UK eyes migrant returns deal with Kosovo (Politico) • FIFA President Gianni Infantino receives Kosovo’s Presidential Medal (FIFA/media)

Albanian Language Media: Osmani: KFOR a key partner in preventing Serbia’s destabilizing tactics (media) Kurti: As soon as the Assembly starts work, we’ll elect the new government (KSP) Orav: Every vote matters and counts in strengthening Kosovo (media) Kurti asked about Vucic’s interference in the Kosovo elections (media) Kurti, Ulutas discuss the importance of coordination and cooperation (media) Limaj: Basha must resign or be dismissed from Assembly Speaker post (media) Qalaj: If we go to new elections, VV will suffer a major decline (Indeksonline) Rasic: SL using blackmail, threats, jobs to influence voters in north (media) Serbian List announces election rally with “pro-Russian singer” (Telegrafi/EO) Kurti and Rizvanolli visit Kosova B, promise stability in energy supply (RTK) Govt allocates €8.9 million for 198 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (AP) TALIS 2024: 60 percent of teachers in Kosovo are women (Express) Kosovo Police special units part of international competition in Jordan (media) Serbian Language Media: Protest of Students in Blockade in “support to their colleagues and compatriots from KiM” (Zubin Potok Info, Alternativna, Beta, NMagazin) Ombudsman and deputies to perform their duty until election of new managers of that institution (Kosovo Online) Unknown persons painted over stands in Serbian flag colors at sports pitch in Brdjane (KoSSev) Serbian Democracy: Rasic files two complaints against SD and Vladimir Radosavljevic (KiM radio) Serbian Democracy vice president claims about 40 percent of businesses were closed in north (social media) Grozdan Bisevac: Villages in Zubin Potok municipality without electricity for the seventh night (Kontakt plus radio) Miftaraj: Government in technical mandate has no legitimacy for decisions such as giving 100 euros to students (Kosovo Online, social media) More than 210,000 people left Kosovo in last four years (Kosovo Online, Radio kontakt plus) New wave of domestic violence in Kosovo – five new cases reported over last 24 hours (KoSSev) Protest in Novi Sad over Serbia’s 13th femicide of 2025 (N1) Croatian JANAF gets license to continue supplying NIS (N1) S&P Global Ratings confirms Serbia’s rating at BBB- (RTS, N1) International: World Bank affirms Kosovo’s 2025 GDP growth projection at 3.8% (SeeNews) Local elections in Kosovo 2025: the role of Russia, the US and the EU in reshaping the political landscape (IFIMES) ‘No one’s above the law’: Albania’s anti-graft prosecutor leaves formidable legacy (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Serbia is interfering in the Kosovo elections (media) • Caretaker government allocates €100 for students (media) • Albanian Foreign Ministry slams statement made by Serbian ministry (media) • Osmani thanks Belgium for steadfast support for Kosovo toward EU (media) • Osmani meets UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia (media) • Plakolm writes about her meeting with Osmani in Pristina (media) • CEC rejects accreditation of seven NGOs suspected of falsification (Koha) • KSF Commander hosts UK Military Representative to NATO and EU (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic rejects claims Belgrade interferes in Kosovo elections (Kosovo Online, social media, media) • Displaced and socially vulnerable people in buildings in Leposavic without electricity for two months (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Arsenijevic: If this did not happen to me, I would be last person to leave Kosovo voluntarily (Radio kontakt plus, Alternativna.com) • Djurdjevic: One crossing entry for Serbian goods more political than security measure (Kosovo Online) International: • Imminent end to Kosovo deal on Serbs’ diplomas a fresh blow to integration (BIRN) • Justice and Migration ministers began diplomatic mission to Albania and Kosovo (belganewsagency.eu) • In Serbia, pay-per-like scammers still evading punishment (Balkan Insight) • World Bank sees better growth for Western Balkans but more work needed on jobs (whtc.com)