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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 12, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Statements on 26th anniversary of NATO troops deployment to Kosovo (media) • COMKFOR presides over ceremony marking 26th anniversary of KFOR (media) • Abdixhiku presents 15-point plan of Unity Government (media) • PDK’s Krasniqi on a government formed by former opposition (media) • Police operation at Ministry of Infrastructure: “suspected abuse of duty” (media) • Montenegro will support Kosovo’s membership at Council of Europe (media) • Mufti Ternava hosts UNMIK chief Caroline Ziadeh (Sinjali) • Serbian flags, symbols won't be allowed on St. Vitus Day in Gazimestan (media) Serbian Language Media: • Court annulled decision of municipality of Gracanica: “Display of Serbian flag on Vidovdan is illegal” (Alternativna, media) • Petkovic: ''Ruling to ban displaying Serbian flag on Vidovdan shows anti-Serbian and fascist face of Albin Kurti's regime'' (media, kim.gov.rs) • Serbian List: Gracanica municipality to appeal court’s decision on banning display of Serbian flags on Saint Vitus Day (Radio KIM) • People harshly oppose street renaming issue in Mitrovica North (Radio KIM, Radio kontakt plus) • Zelenskyy: I thanked Vucic for financial, humanitarian assistance, support for energy sector (N1, BETA) International: • Kosovo demands release of ex-policeman detained by Serbia (BIRN) • Kosovo approves measure to 'temporarily' host migrants deported from US (RFE) • UK has not asked about asylum return hubs, other Balkan countries say (SkyNews) • Former President of Kosovo Swimming Federation Agron Zeqiri receives four-year suspension (swimswam.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 11, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Osmani is in contact with QUINT about arrested former officer (Telegrafi) Svecla: Former police officer arrested by Serbia must be released ASAP (media) Ministry contacts QUINT on former police officer arrested by Serbia (media) Wife of arrested police officer: Don’t keep silent, he needs support (media) Kosovo police officers that were arrested by Serbia (RFE) 30th failed attempt to form the new Kosovo Assembly (media) LDK to present tomorrow 15-point plan for transitional government (Nacionale) Businesses protest liberalization of energy market (RFE) Muja: LDK and PDK adopted laws for liberalization of energy market (EO) Kosovo government ready to accept migrants expelled from U.S. (RFE) Kurti hosts delegation of National Prayer Breakfast (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric: Serbia is fighting for its interests in Kosovo, building new friendships (Kosovo Online) Vucic visits Ukraine for Ukraine-Southeast Europe Summit (Beta, N1, media) Media: Kosovo not taking part in Ukraine-South Europe Summitt, it was not invited (TV Most, Tanjug) Radenkovic: Closing library is uncivilized, a solution must be found (Kosovo Online) Lawyer: Third witness in a row did not identify defendants in Banjska case (Kosovo Online) Family prevented reinstalment of memorial plaque dedicated to 11-year old Biljana Peric from Gracanica (Radio KIM) Opinion: If we forget you… (KoSSev) International: Kosovo’s insoluble political logjam is costing the country dear – experts (BIRN) Local elections in Serbia reveal cracks in Vučić’s rule despite unfair conditions (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 10, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti on meeting Hamza: We talked cooperation on both sides of Iber (Express) • Businesses to protest tomorrow against decision on free energy market (media) • Haradinaj warns against travel through Serbia (media) • CDHRF reacts to Serbia’s detention of former Kosovo Police member (media) • Osmani, Orav discuss process of forming new institutions (media) • Court sentences Zoran Vukotic to 15 years in prison for war crimes (media) • Kurti’s motorcade pelted with eggs in Skenderaj (media) Serbian Language Media: • A new round of dialogue in Brussels today (Kosovo Online, media) • MFA: Serbia relies on UNSC Resolution 1244 and consistently respects international law (Tanjug, media) • Aktiv presents report on situation in North Mitrovica: Substantive Reintegration - How to Avoid ‘Zombie Governance’ in North Kosovo (social media) • Veljkovic files complaint to PIK over incident with Svecla’s security yesterday (Radio KIM) • Kosovo Constitutional Court has not decided yet on complaint from Gracanica municipality over land appropriation (Radio KIM) • CRTA published an analysis of the elections in Kosjeric and Zajecar: Election Day neither free nor fair (Beta, Danas) • Serbian Parliament starts special session, changes to media laws also on agenda (N1) • Delegations from 140 countries gather in Serbia for first EXPO 2027 Planning Meeting (N1) • Green Legal Impact: EC failed to state reasons for Strategic Projects decision (N1) International: • Bujar Bukoshi, Kosovo independence leader, dies at 78 (AP) • Serbian lithium mine opponents undeterred by EU’s ‘strategic’ listing (Balkan Insight) • A Trump family project spurs resignations and a criminal charge in Serbia (The New York Times)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 9, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Assembly constitution fails again (media) Haxhiu: Opposition cannot interfere with VV’s right to propose candidate (media) Krasniqi: It is no longer politics, it is a tendency to blockade (Klan) LDK’s Haziri calls for a unity government, “best provisional solution” (media) Mustafa: LDK will publish 15 points of unity government (Telegrafi) Gervalla: We need unity for state, not unity for power (media) These are the first penalty measures the EU will lift on Kosovo (Kosovapress) Gervalla: We are engaged for release of former special police unit member (Koha) Koci: Former special police member must be immediately released (Telegrafi) President’s Office reacts to Behrami about extension of EULEX mandate (media) Serbia violates pledge to cooperate in resolving Iber Lepenci canal attack (Koha) Serbian Language Media: 26 years since Kumanovo agreement: Between peace, withdrawal and new security challenges (KoSSev) Serbian National Forum sends letter to international community over treatment of Serbs in Kosovo (N1, BETA) Residents of Braca Matovic Street in Lesak seek help, following notices from Leposavic municipality to demolish their houses (GracanicaOnline, media) Veljkovic urges political parties to join Serbian Democracy in opposing Leposavic municipality decision to demolish houses in Lesak (social media) One more case of sexual harassment reported in Mitrovica North (KoSSev, media) Two men detained in Gazivode yesterday, then released with a fine; different accounts of police behavior (KiM radio, KoSSev, Alternativna) Residents of Mitrovica North, critical of municipal authorities' work, claim they have discriminatory attitude towards Serbs (KoSSev. media) Radakovic: Young people without documents are invisible in system (Radio Gorazdevac, KiM radio) Lawyers of defendants in Banjska case: First witness did not specifically accuse defendants (KiM radio) Kosovo trade deficit reaches six billion euros, exports to U.S. drop from 200 to 20 million (Kosovo Online) International: Ignoring warnings, Kosovo President plans transitional justice commission (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 5, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • 27th attempt to constitute Assembly fails, VV drops to 50 votes (media) • Kryeziu: Opposition is violating the Constitution by refusing to vote (media) • LDK against idea of holding local and parliamentary elections together (media) • Haziri on govt decisions today: Motive is known, smells like campaign (Express) • Osmani: Alliance with U.S. strengthens sovereignty of Kosovo (AP) • Beke Berisha, AAK’s candidate for Pristina mayor in upcoming elections (media) • BIA agent pleads guilty to espionage (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric, US philanthropist Elaine Beck discuss Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo (Tanjug) • 21 years since murder of 17-year old Dimitrije Popovic in Gracanica (Radio KIM, media) • Serbian Democracy Vice President Radosavljevic on contradicting numbers of inhabitants in northern Kosovo (social media) • Eugen Cakolli calls idea of holding parliamentary and local elections at same time ‘irresponsible’ (social media) • The fixing agency initiative presented in Kosovo - "Fixing Kosovo" (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Education minister, Belgrade University chief clash over enrollment (N1, Nedeljnik) International: • SKY ECC raids: Exclusive footage from the Kosovo Police operation (PI) • Trump has asked Balkan states to accept deportees, Bloomberg reports (Reuters, Bloomberg)