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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 15, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Hovenier: US concerned with some political choices made by Kurti government (media)
Kurti meets with new director of UNICEF Office in Kosovo (RTK)
LDK in Prishtina reaches coalition agreement with AAK (Koha)
KFOR trains to control riots and remove obstacles (Albanian Post)
Haradinaj accuses the Kurti government of "budget black holes" (Reporteri)
Jasharaj warns with strikes of the education system on September 1 (RTK)
Albanian family returns to apartment in Mitrovica North 24 years later (RTK)
"Genocide in Kosovo - Open Wound" center demands that Alidemaj be punished for genocide (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic to travel to London for European Political Community meeting (Tanjug)
Rapajic: Return process of displaced Serbs no longer exists, different rules apply to Albanians (Kosovo Online)
Lawyer: Alidemaj convicted without evidence, judge only read indictment (KoSSev, media)
Party of Kosovo Serbs condemn provocations against Serbs during liturgy at Krajiste village, slam Svecla for lack of reaction (Radio KIM)
Workers of Strpce Provisional Municipal Authority questioned by police (RTS)
Politika and Jedinstvo journalists attacked on Ibar bridge in Mitrovica (Radio KIM, media)
UNS reacts to attack on Radomirovic and Vlaskovic, calls for perpetrator to be punished (Kosovo Online)
Aleksic visits US: Serbia’s future lies in healthy food, not lithium (N1)

Opinion:

Ivanovic Murder Trial Exposed Glaring Failings in Kosovo’s Justice System (Balkan Insight)

International:

Kosovo faces shrink and ageing of population, census reveals (Prishtina Insight)
Kosovo Court Convicts Ex-Policeman Over Village Massacre (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

LGBT Pride and Euro 2024 Become Focus for Online Hate Speech (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 12, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani among world leaders: Kosovo included in NATO summit for the first time (media)
Kosovo with 1,586,659 resident inhabitants (media)
Government defends Law on Independent Media Commission (media)
Slovenia will double its presence in peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (RTK)
Kica-Xhelili on Law on IMC: Intended to exercise direct control over media in Kosovo (media)
Kurti received Turkish ambassador, discussed about latest developments in Kosovo (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

SRSG Ziadeh: Regrettable that adopted IMC law does not incorporate recommendations of international community (Kosovo Online)
UNS and its branch in Kosovo say IMC law – an open censorship (Kosovo Online, media)
Vucic to visit Egypt, announces important visit to Serbia for July 19 (Tanjug)
Djuric, Bass discuss Serbia-US partnership (Tanjug)
Property Comparison and Verification Agency calls on Serbs facing evictions to leave their apartments (Kosovo Online)
Arsenijevic on evictions from disputed apartments in northern Kosovo (social media)
More than 2.400 requests to switch Serbian to Kosovo drivers’ licences submitted (KoSSev)

Opinion:

Eviction from the apartments in the North, or the ‘sticker’ policy towards Kosovo (NSI, Alternativna)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 11, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Heads of states adopt declaration at NATO Summit in Washington (media)
U.S. Embassy shares O’Brien’s remarks “Kosovo has right to defend its territory” (media)
Kosovo Assembly adopts declaration remembering Srebrenica genocide (media)
Osmani: Peace is sustainable only when there is justice for victims (media)
Rohde remembers Srebrenica victims, “their memory is a reminder to us” (media)
Italian Embassy: Measures should be removed gradually (Express)
Konjufca: People of Kosovo are very calm and trust the institutions (media)
“Is Russia seeking to destabilise Kosovo through Serbia?” (RFE)
Statovci: Serbia guilty of delays in Kosovo’s membership in CoE (media)
Kosovo Police announces vacancies for non-majority communities (media)
Police launch investigations into burning of flag in Mitrovica North (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

Popovic: Pristina judiciary treats attacks on Serbs as incidents, not as ethnically motivated crimes (Kosovo Online)
Petkovic, Starovic visit China: Strong support of Beijing to Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo Online)
Li Ming: China and Serbia to firmly safeguard together international system with UN at centre (Tanjug, media)
Vucevic: We are grateful for Madrid's principled support for territorial integrity of Serbia (Tanjug)
Djuric: I invited Blinken to visit Serbia (Tanjug)
NATO pledges commitment to Western Balkans (N1)
Vucic congratulates Pezeshkian on being elected new president of Iran (media)
Serbian ministries, scientific institutions sign MoU on nuclear power (Tanjug)

Opinion:

UN Resolution 1244 has become an impeding to lasting Serbia-Kosovo peace (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 10, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

O’Brien highlights “urgent need to recommit to EU-facilitated Dialogue” (media)
Biden: We intervened in Balkans to stop ethnic cleansing (media)
Osmani, Rama met in Washington: Kosovo belongs in NATO (Koha)
Osmani meets Glavchev, discuss Kosovo’s aspirations to join NATO (media)
U.S. senators reconfirm commitment to Western Balkans (media)
NATO report: Kosovo faces number of challenges relating to environment (media)
Roth: Passivation of Albanians’ addresses in Serbia, in direction of ethnic cleansing (Albanian Post)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic: Serbia shall never be anyone’s prey as in 1999 (Kosovo Online)
Vucevic: Kurti's new “phantasmagoria”, only Serbian people are threatened in Kosovo (RTS, Kosovo Online)
Djuric with congresswoman Tenney on continuing building Serbian-US relation (Kosovo Online, media)
Djuric meets with Szijjarto in Washington (Tanjug)

Opinion:

How does one go from “exacerbating ethnic cleansing” to “becoming the saviour of the people”? (KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 9, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Konjufca: Serbia can repeat Banjska if not punished (media)
Two trucks and a vehicle burnt after explosions in north of Kosovo (media)
Rosic, convicted in assassination of Oliver Ivanovic, flees Kosovo (Nacionale)
Haradinaj: Leaders must understand Kosovo in NATO is highest duty (media)
Haxhiu to Specialist Chambers: Removing Krasniqi’s tie, an absurd act (media)
Journalists’ Association reacts to arrest of media cameraman in Prizren (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Serbian Ministry of Culture strongly condemns continued restoration works on Xhafer Deva’s house (Radio KIM, media)
Kurti talks about restoration of 100 cultural heritage objects, among listed not a single belong to Serbian community (Radio KIM)
Northern Kosovo school principals questioned about local elections (N1, BETA)
Brnabic: Serbia wants peace, stability, cooperation, pleads for full respect for Dayton agreement (Tanjug)
Engines of two trucks belonging to “Elaa 1” company set on fire in Mitrovica North (KoSSev)
State Department spokesman calls Belgrade to complete investigation into Bytyqi brothers murder (N1)
Kosovo Assembly technical staff protest low wages: We can’t work for 275 euros (KoSSev)