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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 5, 2025

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 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)