Albanian Language Media:
• Murati hails World Bank decision to remove Kosovo from FCS list (media)
• Senior U.S. official to visit Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (media)
• Trump mentions Kosovo and Serbia again (media)
• Police commander in Lipjan resigns after case of 27-year-old (media)
• Svecla: We support any action that raises readiness (Dukagjini)
• Kurti attends farewell reception of UN Resident Coordinator in Kosovo (media)
• Kamberi: Five requests of Presevo Valley Albanians for Kosovo, Albania (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic spoke to Jenca about Pristina's escalating moves (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev)
• Mitrovica: Despite the petition, the machines continue working, a bridge is being built for road and pedestrian traffic (Alternativna)
• Rapajic: MPs will automatically lose their mandates if the deadline set by the Constitutional Court is not respected (Kosovo Online)
• The Conference for the Reconstruction of Ukraine begins in Rome, Minister Djuric represents Serbia (Tanjug)
Opinion:
• Frozen funds, frozen progress: Impact of EU’s measures against Kosovo (media)
• No, nationalism has not taken over the student protests in Serbia (EWB)
• The EU's fence-sitting as Serbia's Vučić steps up violent state (EUobserver)
International:
• Rule of Law Report 2025 for EU candidates: Pressures on judiciary and corruption remain issues of concern (EWB)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 10, 2025
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 9, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti calls for thorough investigations into 27-year-old’s death in Lipjan (media)
• Gruda: On behalf of PDK, I call for Xhelal Svecla’s resignation (Nacionale)
• MPs fail to constitute Assembly even after 44 attempts (media)
• Limaj: July 27 doesn’t solve anything, the solution is political (AP)
• Basha: We offered them solutions, but they are refusing (media)
• Haradinaj: Kurti doesn’t have political majority, doesn’t want to make it (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic met Jenca: For Serbia, UN a guarantor of the preservation of sovereignty and territorial integrity (Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online, media)
• Djuric with Jenca on the situation in Kosovo, UNMIK and Pristina's unilateral moves (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List: Citizens clearly said no to Kurti's bridges of division (Tanjug, media)
• Emergency Management Agency: 41 fires yesterday, 14 more active today (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Serbian Democracy filed a complaint with the Ombudsman for targeting and repression (Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev)
• Surlic: Quite a “creative approach” by the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, new decision could paralyze the parliament (Kosovo Online)
• Residents and a nun from Gorioč saved homes from fire in the Valley of Osojane (KiM radio)
International:
• Legal limbo: Lack of documents leaves Kosovo’s Roma fearing eviction (BIRN)
• Kosovo Ombudsperson probes police brutality claims after man’s death (BIRN)
• Construction in mountain resort after ‘Kallxo Përnime’ report (PI)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 8, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• 5 police officers arrested over “negligence murder” in case of 27-year-old (media)
• Svecla: Ongoing investigations into death in Lipjan, no one above the law (media)
• Haxhiu: Forensics Institute has not presented any preliminary report yet (media)
• Maqedonci asks Pfister to support Kosovo membership in EU and NATO (media)
• Haradinaj remembers Bytyqi brothers killed in Serbia in 1999 (media)
• Krasniqi-Goodman featured in “Let’s Talk about Rape” project (media)
• Increased OSCE attention requested for Presheva Valley (media)
• Kos: No EU membership for Serbia without agreement with Kosovo (AP)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic: No Serb supports the decision on two new bridges, we will send a petition to the international community (RTS, media)
• The signing of the petition against the construction of the bridge on the Ibar continued today (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Serbian List to meet today UN Assistant Secretary General Miroslav Jenca (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Shahini: All crossings should be open for goods from Serbia, losses on both sides (Kosovo Online)
• Surlic: The EU countries did not insist on Pristina to unblock the crossings for Serbian goods at all (Kosovo Online)
• Marta Kos for DW: Serbia in a very difficult situation (KoSSev, N1, Beta)
• The Peace March towards Potocari begins on the occasion of the anniversary of the crime in Srebrenica (KoSSev)
• Donald Trump reduces tariffs for Serbia to 35 percent (N1, media)
Opinion:
• Kosovo’s Parliament remains hostage to its politicians’ irresponsibility (BIRN)
• Kosovo’s leadership failure: A dangerous hijacking of democracy (alonben-meir.com)
International:
• Media in the Balkans: the rise of oligarchs (balcanicaucaso.org)
• UN resolution boosts international commemoration of Srebrenica genocide (BIRN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 7, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Constitution of new Kosovo Assembly fails again (media)
• Haxhiu: Opposition is blocking process; VV offered compromises (media)
• “In absence of political readiness, early elections are the only option” (media)
• Haziri: Assembly dissolves only when government fails to be elected (media)
• Gashi: Compromise is national emergency, no time to lose (media)
• IKD: Impasse in Assembly risks blocking independent institutions (media)
• Musliu: Historic success of AKI in uncovering Serbian espionage network (media)
• “Several terrorists who participated in Banjska attack now guarding Vucic” (Klan)
Serbian Language Media:
• Elek: It is important that Serbs sign a petition against the construction of a bridge on the Ibar and show unity (RTS, Tanjug)
• Kurti laid the foundation stone; the SL collects signatures against parallel bridges (KoSSev, Alternativna)
• Lucic: Irrational and dangerous attacks by the Pristina authorities on Telekom Srbija (Kosovo Online)
• The import of goods from Serbia doubled in Kosovo (Beta, KoSSev, KiM radio)
• Jelena Petkovic for Radio Gorazdevac: Protests across Serbia are changing society, journalists under pressure (KiM radio)
International:
• 20 years on, new threats worsen outlook for free media in Balkans (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 4, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Osmani: Secret vote is allowed but consensus among MPs required (media)
• Kosovo leaders congratulate US on Independence Day (media)
• Kurti: KSF is transforming into a modern army (Sinjali)
• Rama: Morine-Vermice, one of most successful examples of cooperation (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Members of Serbian Democracy called to the police to give statements (KiM radio)
• Djuric spoke with a delegation of French MPs about cooperation and the situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, Blic, media)
• Djedovic Handanovic, Russian ambassador discussed cooperation in energy sector (Tanjug)
• "Vucic adding fuel to the fire”: Do the tactics of increased repression extend or shorten his rule? (Danas)
International:
• Roadblocks replace rallies as Serbian protesters demand new elections (BBC)