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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Osmani dissolves Assembly, new elections on December 28 (media) Kurti to take part in EU Growth Plan Summit in Tirana (media) Kosovo acting state chief prosecutor dismissed from duty (media) Qelaj: I wasn’t allowed to take notes at meeting with Thaci and others (Koha) Shelter for domestic violence victims in Mitrovica North police station (media) Serbian Language Media: Vjosa Osmani dissolves Assembly (media) Clark said nothing new in The Hague - will his name alone be enough to secure Thaçi’s acquittal? (Kosovo Online) President of Bujanovac municipality: “There was no shooting, our hunters had a friendly meeting with Serbian Army” (Jugpres, Danas) Vucic: Everyone from Western Balkans belongs in EU, all should join together (Kosovo Online) Opinion: "Nationalist Transitional Justice Strategy in Kosovo" (KiM radio) International: Kosovo faces snap elections after second failure to elect govt (BIRN) Serbia: Election of REM Council undermines democratic principles (EFJ)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 19, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Assembly meets on budget amid boycott and criticism (RFE) • Kurti: There is no economic crisis that’s why people are not protesting (media) • Citaku: Osmani should set the date for new elections as soon as possible (media) • Police find Serbian military uniforms, antitank grenade, in the north (media) • Svecla says “we will continue to uproot every terrorist remnant of Serbia” (media) • Petition calling for respect for human rights at Specialist Chambers (Vox Kosova) • Consequences for Serbs in the north even three years after withdrawing from institutions (RFE) • Osmani: Kosovo committed to Japanese investments in many areas (media) • Rama submits urgent request to court to “unblock” budget for Pristina (media) Serbian Language Media: • Svecla again accuses “Serbia of terrorism” after weapons found in Donje Jarinje, while photo shows Yugoslav Army insignia (KoSSev) • KLI: Today's session of the Assembly convened contrary to the Constitution (Kosovo Online) • Constitutional Court: Serbian List’s appeal regarding election of Vice-President of Assembly still under consideration (Kosovo Online) • After last year’s ban in Belgrade, “Mirëdita, Dobar dan!” moves forward in Pristina (KoSSev) • N1 in Brussels: Montenegro and Albania take lead, Serbia to start harmonizing with EU foreign policy (KoSSev) • German FM: Serbia has hard work ahead on its EU path, me speaking only to N1 is a statement (N1) • Vucic: OSCE still represents most significant security platform for dialogue (RTS, media) • Macut: Serbian GDP to grow 2.3 pct in 2025, Serbia attractive for investments (media) • NIS files new request for license with OFAC (N1, KoSSev, media) Opinion: • TikTokcracy: When algorithms manufacture support and decide elections (BIRN) • Dayton excluded Bosnian women, and the effects are still being felt (BIRN) International: • Kosovo’s opposition PDK chooses new leader as elections loom (BIRN) • Clark: Organ-trafficking allegations were disinformation (Euronews Albania) • Albania's booming tourism, EU membership prospects draw Kosovo investors (SeeNews) • Despite unfair conditions, elections remain solution for political crisis in Serbia (EWB) Humanitarian: • Office for KiM announced aid for Serbian households affected by floods in Kosovo (Tanjug, Radio KIM)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Kurti doesn’t speak about forming new government: “I need to go,” (media) Kurti congratulates Hamza: Committed to continued cooperation (media) Clark: I have no evidence that KLA was behind expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo (media) 24 victims of UN plane that crashed in northern Kosovo commemorated (Koha) Osmani: Gender equality is an oath, an action, and a shared march (media) Kurti: We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to gender equality (media) Serbian Language Media: Head of German diplomacy: Serbia will decide in elections which way to go (Beta, N1) Djuric: In the coming period, we will redouble our efforts to reduce tensions in society (N1) Konjufca's deadline expiring for composition of new government of Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) "Clark claims he did not know of KLA crimes against Serbs, attacks on Serbian police" (Radio KIM) Media: Armed robbers intercept cash transport in Serbia, escape with millions? (KoSSev) International: Kosovo paying high price for delay in joining single Euro payment area (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 17, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: NATO membership more urgent than European integration (media) • Osmani: I’m not responsible for the 9-month delay (media) • Osmani’s office explains her remarks about destruction of gangs (media) • Kurti: Improving lives of non-majority communities has been our priority (media) • Wesley Clark’s testimony begins in The Hague (media) • Kosovo Police react to reports in some Serbian media: Misinformation (media) • Four Serbian hunters arrested in Kosovo’s territory (media) • PDK to hold its electoral Convention today (media) Serbian Language Media: • The head of German diplomacy in Belgrade today (Danas) • The trial of Lazovic closed to the public today (KiM radio) • Gogic: Institutions and the will to end the vacuum in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue are essential (RTS) • New bridges on the Ibar: Three million euros and environmental risks that went under the radar (Alternativna) Opinion: • When representation becomes a trophy (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 14, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Kosovo’s EU application still in EU drawers (media) • VV has five days left, no major party ready to back Konjufca (Reporteri) • Hoxhaj calls for postponement of PDK Convention (media) • Muhaxheri: LDK won’t support Konjufca (media) • AAK: New budget only after formation of fully mandated government (media) • CEC rejects 2,570 packages of ballots from voting by mail (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Three-hour talks with Macron on metro, EU progress, strategic matters (N1, RTS) • Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue – far from agreement, negotiations at a deadlock (RTS) • KFOR on drones from Gnjilane (RTS, TV Most) • Thaci's trial - Wesley Clark's former adviser testifies, does not remember events in Orahovac (Radio KIM) • Launching of Balkan Alliance for Local Media - "Call for Change" (KiM radio) • Vucic: We are not selling General Staff complex, but leasing it out for huge investment (media) • Macut, UK's Powell discuss bilateral cooperation (Tanjug) International: • US heavyweights rally around Kosovo’s Thaci in The Hague (Tanjug) • Kosovo’s diploma recognition platform offline for months after personal data breaches (Prishtina Insight) • Rio Tinto for EWB: Our company’s priority now is to retain legal rights over the Jadar Project Humanitarian: • 79 Stones documentary receives award at Great Britain International Film Festival (Radio KIM)