Albanian Language Media:
Another failed attempt to constitute the new Assembly of Kosovo (media)
Kurti: Opposition MPs are nomads, they don’t want a home (media)
Haxhiu: Court is late with decision on secret vote committee (Klan)
Citaku: Kosovo hostage to Kurti’s stubbornness and Haxhiu’s ambitions (EO)
Limaj meets Abdixhiku: On many issues we have same viewpoint (media)
Haziri: Agreement in Ohrid is the biggest damage by this government (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
Djuric: Pristina tried to denigrate Serbia at Summit in Taormina, we responded with dignity (Kosovo Online)
Serbian Justice Ministry condemns Pristina’s decision to deport Serbs from Kosovo, calls for reaction from international community (Kosovo Online, media)
Serbian Ombudsman: Encouraging support of international ombudspersons for protection of Serbs’ rights in Kosovo (RTV, Tanjug)
Apartments for displaced in Leposavic: Construction, allocation, and eviction disputes (KoSSev)
Rapajic: North and South Mitrovica joint committee should not deal with major political issues (Kosovo Online)
Minister says Serbia expecting new gas arrangement with Russia (N1)
Journalist associations to rally in Belgrade: “Stop the persecution of journalists“ (KoSSev)
Opinion:
Serwer: Careful what you wish for (media)
Jeffrey Sachs: "The goal of the NATO bombing in 1999 was to divide Serbia" (Danas, Politika, Kosovo Online)
International:
Reporting House marks Kosovo mine’s centenary (BIRN)
UK journalist who reported on Kosovo war declared ‘Honorary Citizen’ in Skenderaj (PI)
‘Serbia on the streets’: BIRN publishes free e-book of protest reporting (BIRN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 19, 2025
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 18, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Osmani: Kosovo ready to open new chapters of cooperation with Hungary (media)
• Special prosecution: Besnik Bislimi was interviewed as a witness (media)
• Bislimi: Purpose of interview was to produce media news (Koha)
• Guerot: Path to NATO and EU goes through the Association (media)
• Hargreaves hosts group of NGOs to discuss Kosovo’s democracy (media)
• Maqedonci meets COMKFOR; discuss “regional and global security” (media)
• Rizvanolli: Businesses did not prepare for energy market liberalization (media)
• Svecla visits Croatia, discusses furthering cooperation in security (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Office for KiM: One more Serbian police officer from Kosovo detained, international community silent to persecution (Kosovo Online)
• Bisevac: Kosovo MIA arbitrarily placed itself above courts and law (Danas)
• Open letter from CSOs regarding concerns over Kosovo’s MIA practice (Alternativna, N1, social media)
• Popovic: Along with Serbian police officers, their families were essentially expelled (Euronews Serbia)
• Arsenijevic reacts to attempt of Leposavic municipality to change locks at some apartments allocated by Serbian Commissariat for Refugees (social media)
• Four displaced families in fear they will be evicted from apartments in Leposavic (Radio KIM)
• Kosovo Privatization Agency says they have no mandate to license or limit work of libraries (Kosovo Online)
• Supreme Court repeals IMC amendment: Unlawful manner of amending Rules of Procedure (Radio KIM)
• Young Bosniaks and Serbs in Kosovo create but still leave (KoSSev)
Opinion:
• Kosovo can deepen US ties with cyber-defence and drone collaboration (BIRN)
International:
• Kosovo court finds Serb guilty of wartime rape (Prishtina Insight)
• Balkan states evacuate citizens from Israel amid escalating conflict (BIRN)
• Simovic: Politicians won’t act on labor rights unless we make them (Kosovo 2.0)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 17, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
33rd failed attempt to form new Kosovo Assembly (media)
Deadlock continues, MPs react about Trump’s statement on Kosovo (RFE)
Osmani in Hungary: Important visit to further our relations (media)
Court sentences Zivojin Nesic to 15 years in prison for rape during war (media)
Osmani confirms extension of EULEX mandate (media)
A Roma attacked in Prizren, police working to identify the assailants (media)
“Milosevic regime, UDB behind killing of 6 Serbian youths in Peja in ‘98” (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Serbian List: Elek will respond to summons of special prosecutor in Pristina tomorrow (Tanjug)
Petkovic: Elek's decision to respond to call of special prosecutor in Pristina an act of a brave and responsible man (Kontakt plus radio)
Serbian Health Minister: Dr. Elek exposed to disgraceful political persecution (RTV)
UNMIK on expulsions of Serbs: We urge for human rights respect and legal procedures (Kosovo Online)
OSCE on deportations of Serbs from Kosovo, learnt about it from social and media reports (Kosovo Online)
Rapajic: Pressure on Serbian community increasing, local elections path to normalization of life (media)
Zivojin Nesic sentenced to 15 years in prison (Kosovo Online, media)
Vucic: "We will also win on issue of Kosovo and Metohija, things are slowly changing in world" (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, media)
Mojsilovic in Paris: Cooperation in function of strengthening operational capabilities of armed forces (Kosovo Online)
UN Rapporteur Romero: Serbian government response disappointing (N1)
United Media editors' appeal following unexpected leadership changes in United Group (N1)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 16, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: The pressure should be on Belgrade; we welcome U.S. role (media)
• Kurti accuses MPs of other parties for blocking constitution of Assembly (media)
• LDK MP reacts to Kurti: You have usurped the PM’s Office (media)
• Court holds an initial hearing about Meja massacre in April 1999 (media)
• “Oil products rising due to tensions between Israel and Iran” (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Klokot Municipality President detained for two and a half hours at the "Bela Zemlja" crossing (RTS, Tanjug, KiM radio)
• Gavrilo Milosavljevic acquitted of the indictment for war crimes (Kosovo Online, KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Petkovic: Kurti does not want agreements, nor dialogue, but wants to expel Serbs (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Serbian Democracy: Institutional mechanisms of collective punishment directed by Kosovo MIA (Radio KiM, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Rasic reminds of Serbs’ right to freely use their symbols (Radio KIM, KoSSev)
• 26 years since kidnapping of SOC monk Hariton in Prizren (Radio Gorazdevac, Radio KIM)
• Kosovo and Serbia: When sports become a political battlefield (KoSSev)
Opinion:
• Palokaj: You are all right – and what now? (Koha)
• Gogic: Expulsion of four Serbs from Kosovo an example of ethnically motivated pseudo-legal lawlessness (Kosovo Online, FB)
International:
• Neglected and abused: Families search for wartime missing while facing trauma alone (PI)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 13, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
MPs fail again to constitute the new Kosovo Assembly (media)
Kurti on Abdixhiku’s 15-point plan: Our MP Abrashi has spoken (media)
Krasniqi: Solution is simple; 19 votes from LDK and the rest from us (media)
Citaku: No word in Albanian describes absurdity of political deadlock (media)
Rexhepi: If no compromise, let’s go to elections as soon as possible (media)
Maqedonci begins official visit to U.S.; to discuss cooperation in defense (media)
US, Kosovo troops take part in immediate response during Defender 25 (media)
Osmani meets Emperor of Japan (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic: We adhere to UN Charter, admission to EU political decision (RTV)
Vucic met Sorensen: The formation of the CSM (ZSO) crucial for the continuation of the dialogue (Kosovo Online)
Vucic, Lajcak meet in Prague, discuss regional challenges (Tanjug, media)
Petkovic meets Krois, discussed dialogue and latest Pristina’s acts (Tanjug)
Serbian PM: Ban on displaying Serbian flag in Gracanica continuation of intimidation (Tanjug, media)
SNF: Banning Serbian flag on Vidovdan means banning right of Serbs to breathe, remember and celebrate (Danas, KiM radio)
Aljovic after roundtable on abolition of child benefit: Ministry of Finance decision will affect pensioners and other vulnerable groups as well (Kosovo Online)
Most Serbians oppose EU membership but see EU as key economic partner (N1)
International:
Kosovo bans sheep, goat imports from Albania over PPR (SeeNews)
Serbian govt turns screws on protesting professors (BIRN)