UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 06, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Hoti: LDK remains committed to the creation of stable institutions (RTK)
• Haxhiu: Assembly Speaker belongs to the winning political party (RTK)
• Kosnett: Kosovo and Serbia must return to table of talks (RTK)
• Source: Visa liberalisation for Kosovo not in this year’s agenda (G. Express)
• Analysts, if there is no LVV-LDK agreement, a transitory government is required (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
• Serbian List reacts to statements of Pristina officials (RTS)
• Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije on Todosijevic’s verdict (KoSSev, Raska-Prizren Eparchy)
• Belgrade - Pristina dialogue a topic of the Berlin conference (Kosovo Online, RTK)
• Vucic spoke with Merkel: Revocation of tariffs, then dialogue (Tanjug, Radio KIM)
• Director of the Ibar HE Gazivode: Pristina's move would not jeopardize the power supply of Serbs in the north (Vecernje Novosti)
• Vuletic: Solution to the issue of Kosovo through compromise (Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Silvana Arsovic: I am not responsible, I have suffered enough (Vecernje Novosti, Blic)
• Vlajic: Indictment in Ivanovic’s case result of public pressure and legal deadlines (KoSSev)
International:
• Serbia Exploring Possibility of Purchasing Russian MC – 21 (Sputnik)
• Kosovo Court Jails Ex-Serb Minister for Ethnic Hatred (AP/NYT)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Green Politics for the Western Balkans? (Balkan Insight)
• Life in a Kosovo village in the 1970s (Prishtina Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 05, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Meta meets Kurti, Mustafa, calls for quick creation of government (Klan/KP)
• Kusari-Lila: I don't think any party in Kosovo wants fresh elections (Telegrafi)
• Former minister sentenced to prison for remarks on Recak massacre (media)
• Poll: 59% of respondents prefer import tax on Serbia remaining in force (RTK/Telegrafi)
Serbian Language Media:
• Dacic: Pristina to revoke tariffs and return to dialogue (Tanjug, TV Most)
• "If it was up to Putin back in 1999, we would never have been bombed" (Tanjug, B92)
• Vlajic: Former Kosovo Minister of Local Self-Government and Administration Ivan Todosijevic sentenced to two years in prison (KoSSev)
• Vucic: I am saying too “Racak” was fabricated, will they convict us all? (Tanjug, B92)
• Rakic: If verdict is confirmed, Serbian List will urge Serbs to leave Kosovo institutions (TV Most)
• Fake news about death of Silvana Arsovic (Radio KIM)
• Milena Ivanovic on indictment in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (RTV Puls, Blic)
International:
Serbia to Stop Buying Weapons, President Says (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Tries Serb Ex-Fighter for Deadly Wartime Attack (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
Justice demanded for missing and murdered journalists in Kosovo (media)
Organizations of persons with disabilities lack support of local authorities (Radio kontakt plus)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 04, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• LDK: We are committed to reach coalition agreement with LVV (media)
• Weber: Parties to form new government, visa liberalisation decision soon (media)
• Meta: Kosovo gave all of us strength (Lajmi/Kallxo)
• LVV: Discussions continue, no date for the new meeting (Zeri)
• Kosnett meets with minority community leaders in Kosovo (RTK)
• Apostolova: Form new government as soon as possible (Kosova Online)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic and Putin in Sochi: "I'm not optimistic when it comes to compromise on Kosovo" (Tanjug, B92)
• Ambassador Kosnett’s Interview with Kossev (KoSSev, US Embassy)
• Russian media: Two scandals in Serbia cast a shadow over Vucic's visit to Russia (BETA, Tanjug, B92)
• Kosovo Specialist Chambers mandate will continue until proceedings are concluded (KoSSev)
• Conference on missing and murdered journalists in Kosovo organized in Gracanica (Radio KIM)
• Jevtic: Serbian List will not be an obstacle for formation of institutions (Kosovo-online)
• Nikola Manitasevic on hunger strike for ten days (Danas, Radio KIM)
• Secretary of Oliver Ivanovic admitted to hospital last night (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev)
• Trial of Zoran Djokic begins in Pristina today (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online)
• Entry gate of Saint Nikola Church in Gnjilane broken (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online)
• Lawyer Vlajic: I expect acquittal in case of Ivan Todosijevic (Kosovo-online)
International:
• Post of President Holding up Kosovo Government Formation (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo Bemused by Long Wait for Hague War Court Trials (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Brain Drain: Will the Last Doctor in Kosovo Turn Out the Lights? (Balkan Insight)
• Visoki Decani Monastery delivered first shipment of humanitarian and financial aid to Albania (KoSSev, Raska-Prizren Eparchy)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 03, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• President Thaci at summit on Western Balkans in Brussels (Indeksonline)
• U.S. Ambassador Kosnett’s Interview with Koha Ditore
• Kosovo signs trade agreement with UK (media)
• LDK's Veliu speaks about coalition agreement with LVV (Gazeta Express)
Serbian Language Media:
• France could stop EU integration of Serbia? (Sputnik, B92)
• Lawyer Vlajic: Prosecutor paraphrased indictment; we do not know what evidence are (RTS)
• CI SDP: Silvana Arsovic neither knows, nor ever met other accused persons (Radio KIM)
• Aleksandar Ivanovic: We are interested in concrete evidence and political background (VoA, Radio KIM)
• First Serbian Medical Congress on consequences of bombing held in Mitrovica North (KoSSev, Radio kontakt plus)
• Djuric reacts to transmission system operators’ agreement (B92)
• French ambassador says Paris EU expansion proposal could benefit Serbia (N1, BETA)
Opinion:
• ‘Mini Schengen’: A Balkan Breakthrough or Political Stunt? (Balkan Insight)
• War Memorials in Kosovo Don’t Tell the Whole Story (Balkan Insight)
International:
• Kosovo Indicts Six for Serb Politician Ivanovic’s Murder (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo signs deal on joining Albania's power grid (Reuters)
Humanitarian/Development:
• PISA results paint dispiriting picture (Prishtina Insight)
• OSCE Mission presents report and documentary film on returns (media)
• Education centres for Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian communities face closure (Radio KIM)