Albanian Language Media:
• “Outgoing government is functional until election of new government” (media)
• Orav meets Basha, discuss need to respect constitutional processes (media)
• Kosovo Police celebrate 26th anniversary of formation (media)
• Was Kosovo’s security threatened by a couple suspected of espionage? (RFE)
• Ibishi: Graffiti in north threatening Kurti, part of hybrid war before elections (EO)
• Rama addresses court: Ministry is blocking Pristina’s budget (media)
• Messages on the 9th anniversary of canonization of Mother Teresa (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• NGO Aktiv announces a criminal complaint due to the broadcast on Klan Kosova in which they are portrayed as "spies" (KoSSev, Alternativna)
• NGO Aktiv reaction: A direct threat to the security of civil society actors in Kosovo (KoSSev, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
• CSOs sent a letter to O'Flaherty: Serious and systematic violation of the rights of the Serbian community (FB, Kosovo Online, Alternativna)
• Hargreaves: Kosovo must be a place where all communities want to live (KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac, KoSSev)
• Belgrade University rector, deans demand end to media harassment, and investigation into police brutality (N1, FoNet)
• Group of NGOs blasts authorities for laying off teachers over their political views (Beta, media)
Opinion:
• The crisis of Constitutional understanding (KoSSev)
• Listen to the People: Rethinking Kosovo-Serbia ‘Normalisation’ (Balkan Insight)
• "Kosovo authorities' war against graffiti, t-shirts and flags: When the law is maliciously interpreted" (Alternativna)
International:
• Man to cycle to Kosovo for charity after dad's death (BBC)
• Report raises fears for Serbia’s last dissenting media voices (BIRN)
• Albanian-language film’s disruption in Montenegro alarms EU (BIRN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 5, 2025
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 4, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Ballot order set for October 12 local elections (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo, a unique case of post-war state-building (media)
• Kurti on Prime Minister nominee: General Council to meet Sunday (Koha)
• Hoti: Washington Agreement a missed opportunity (media)
• Bislimi: Kosovo should advance toward EU candidate status (media)
• Rexha: Attacks against media and reporters are organized (media)
• How NGO close to Serbian spy monitored Kosovo police officers (Klan)
• Special Prosecutor files espionage charges against former OSCE official (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic: Pristina did not want to implement the Washington Agreement, just as it did not want to implement any other (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug, KiM radio)
• Vucic meets Xi Jinping: “Ironclad friends” (Tanjug, Beta, N1)
• N1 Slovenia: Vucic and Macut were not even invited to the Bled Strategic Forum (N1, N1 Slovenia, Danas)
• From war fronts to social networks: How does violent extremism affect Kosovo? (RFE, Kim Radio)
• Kapchan: The Washington Agreement was largely about trade relations, Kurti’s policy was wrong (Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo police confiscated the “stamp of parallel institutions” at Brnjak yesterday (KoSSev)
Opinion:
• U.S. diplomacy in the Western Balkans (GIS/Albanian Post)
International:
• Reality TV ‘normalising’ hate and violence in Kosovo, critics say (BIRN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 3, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Basha visits the Adem Jashari memorial complex in Prekaz (media)
• Two suspects for threatening Kurti say they’re innocent in court (media)
• Citaku, Bajrami react to Kurti’s appearance in court today (media)
• Government spokesperson denies claims of Kurti’s “double standards” (media)
• Life-threatening graffiti against Kurti in Mitrovica North (media)
• Hagreaves meets Osmani; urgent need for steps on Assembly formation (media)
• Police give details about two operations in the north on Tuesday (media)
• Mitrovica Board meets, discusses infrastructure projects (RTK)
• Orav meets Blaj, discuss support for Kosovo’s progress on its EU path (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Enver Hasani: Appeal of the Serbian List to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo founded (KiM radio, Euronews, KoSSev)
• No new information about the water from Badovac Lake (KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Accused of threatening Kurti denied their guilt in court (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Graffiti against Kurti in North Mitrovica (KoSSev, KiM radio, Kosovo Online, Danas)
• Simonovic on the incident at Brnjak: We are not spreading hatred, we are preserving our tradition and customs (Kosovo Online)
• Police officer’s welcome for the beginning of the school year: What are the messages of arresting minors for fan shirts in Kosovo? (Danas)
International:
• ‘I wish the stones here could talk’: an epic hike through Kosovo’s Accursed mountains (The Guardian)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 2, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Osmani meets with Barduani, discuss latest security developments (media)
• Court: Serbian List doesn’t mention “Pristina Assembly” in its complaint (Koha)
• Gervalla and Fajon discuss driver’s license recognition (media)
• Citaku slams Krasniqi’s remarks against a Supreme Court judge (media)
• Croatia guarantees national security actions after espionage case in Kosovo (AP)
• Plenkovic: Serbia is on the brink of civil war (Telegrafi)
• Whitaker: Closely following situation in Republika Srpska and Serbia (Express)
Serbian Language Media:
• Djuric with Somali Colleague: Necessary to respect the UN Charter, without creating dangerous precedents (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Elek: Unity of the Serbian people key in the upcoming fight for rights and survival (RTS, media)
• In what ways does the Gracanica ethnic structure change before the local elections? (Danas)
• Why is the Municipality of Gracanica hiding decisions on the demolition of illegal buildings? (Caglavica Media Center, KiM radio, Alternativna, Newsmax Balkans)
• KP at Brnjak ABL took away and tore up the flag of the Serbian singing society (KiM radio, RTS, Blic, NMagazin, Beta)
• Thousands march in memory of Novi Sad Railway Station victims (N1)
• Riot police, Gendarmerie attack protesters in Novi Sad; Police denies (N1)
Opinion:
• Serbia’s government remains committed to survival and to dialogue by baton (EWB)
International:
• Kosovo's c-bank intl reserves rise 9% y/y in July (SeeNews)
• Remittances to Kosovo up 3.6% y/y in Jan-July (SeeNews)
• Net FDI inflow to Kosovo grows 5% y/y in H1 (SeeNews)
• One step forward, two steps back in Kosovo's deadlocked parliament (intellinews.com)
• How the Balkan underworld turned West Africa into a cocaine hub (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 1, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Kosovo Assembly Presidency meeting fails due to lack of quorum (media)
• Basha holds consultative and informative meeting with Osmani (media)
• Murati: Ready to elect government even without Serb Deputy Speaker (ekonomia)
• Rasic against Serbian List being declared a terrorist organization (media)
• Court confirms receiving Serbian List complaint about Deputy Speaker (media)
• Gervalla in Slovenia, participating at Bled Strategic Forum 2025 (RTK)
• Serwer: Assembly deadlock damages Kosovo’s image as a success story (RTK)
• Stojkovic calls on Serbs in Kosovo not to vote for the Serbian List (Kosovapress)
• Police: Graffiti in the north calling for peace are old (AP)
• Serbian national released after distributing hate-inciting leaflets (media)
• AJK: Man arrested after threatening journalist Vehbi Kajtazi (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic in China, planned meetings with Putin and Jinping (Kosovo Online, N1)
• Bled strategic forum starts today, Djuric to represent Serbia (Beta, Kosovo Online)
• North Mitrovica: Marking of ten months since the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad (Alternativna)
• North Mitrovica: Minors in the police station because of T-shirts with controversial inscriptions (KiM radio, Alternativna)
• Posters with the tricolor appeared in Serbian areas in Kosovo, one person arrested in Leposavic (Kontakt plus radio, Alternativna, Kosovo Online, RTS)
• A mural dedicated to the KLA appeared in Decani, while in the north all murals have recently been painted over (Kosovo Online)
International:
• ‘Normalised’: The reality of online violence for Kosovo’s young (BIRN)
• Kosovo’s justice system unprepared in the battle against disinformation (PI)
• Back to school in Serbia? Universities seek to break student boycott (RFE)
• Leaked recordings reveal Vučić’s plot to neutralise Serbia’s few remaining independent media (EWB)