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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 15, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Prosecution: International arrest warrant issued for persons accused of expelling population from Kosovo (media) • Prattipati: Inclusion of Serb community in institutions is essential (media) • German Embassy: Respect Constitutional Court’s decision, work toward political compromise (ekonomia) • Appeals Chamber also rejects Veseli, Selimi, and Krasniqi’s temporary release request (Klan) • Tahiri on Gjilan protest: Vetevendosje is the real address for public outrage (media) • LDK MP: We won’t vote for LVV, neither for Assembly nor government (ekonomia) • Hundozi: RTK seeks government loan to overcome financial crisis (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • The appeal of the member of the MIA of Serbia against the decision on deportation from Kosovo was rejected (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Detention of the accused for war crimes Djordjevic extended for two months (KiM radio) • Prattipati met Serbian List: Important participation of Serbs and their representatives in Kosovo institutions (Kosovo Online) • Three Serbs and one Albanian in the race for mayor of Gracanica? (medijacentar.info) • Six presidents of temporary authorities were relieved of their duties (Alternativna, Zubin Potok info) • Fresh protests across Serbia (N1) • Dacic: 114 people detained after yesterday's protests, 75 police officers were injured (KiM radio, N1) • Belgrade Center for Human Rights: Police protected exclusively safety of SNS members (Beta, N1) International: • Serbia clashes escalate as ruling party loyalists and police battle protesters (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 14, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti at closing of Ambassadors’ Conference: Security is Kosovo’s priority (media) • Deadline ends, CEC meets to certify nine political entities (RTK) • Serbian Interior Ministry arrests two suspects for “War Crimes” in Rahovec (Klan) • Kosovo Customs details eligibility rules on removal of tariffs for U.S. Goods (media) • Bajrami: Kosovo has right to monitor proceedings in The Hague; it is not interference (Paparaci) • Lutfiu: 200 addresses in the Valley deactivated this year (media) • War crimes suspect Ramadan Morina appears before Pristina Basic Court (media) • RTK without salaries: Bajrami calls for immediate actions by Special Prosecution (media) Serbian Language Media: • SL demands the Quint to protect Judge Laban, and ask the authorities to end his persecution (Kosovo Online) • Two people arrested at Horgos for the war crime in Orahovac in 1999 (Kosovo Online) • Incident involving police in North Mitrovica-arrests, pepper spray and fines for breach of the public peace and order (KoSSev) • Vucic holds impromptu rally in Belgrade (N1) • Protests spread across Serbia after ruling party supporters attack demonstrators (N1) Opinion: • Marinkovic on the formation of the Albanian Alliance: The motive of supremacy and the change in the ethnic structure of the municipality of Gracanica (KiM radio)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 13, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Haxhiu expected to once again be VV’s candidate for Speaker of Assembly (media) • Deadline for election candidate certification ends tonight (media) • ERO: Power supply to be cut off for non-compliant businesses starting August 16 (media) • Hoti criticizes court ruling on energy market liberalization (media) • Mentor Hyseni appointed new director of Kosovo Tax Administration (media) • Numerous reactions on appointment of KTA Director (media) • Concrete slab poured over new bridge over Iber River in Mitrovica (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • The anniversary of the murder of Serbian children in Gorazdevac - 22 years of silence (Radio Mitrovica sever, Danas, KiM radio, media) • The father of the victim from Gorazdevac told Kurti: Open an investigation and find the killers (Radio Gorazdevac, KoSSev) • The Office for Kosovo and Metohija recalled the crime in Gorazdevac (KoSSev) • Serbian List: Remembering Pantelija and Ivan (KiM radio) • Cafe “Vuk” outdoor patio removed (KoSSev) • In the presence of the Austrian chancellor, Vucic on whether he would change the Constitution because of his mandate (FoNet, Danas) • Coordinated attack by Serbian Progressive Party activists on people of Backa Palanka and Vrbas (N1) • N1 says crew assaulted in Vrbas, police fail to react (N1) Opinion: • Kosovo à la Trump, and other misconceptions of Serbian politics (Part 1) (KoSSev) International: • 2024 Report on Human Rights Practices: Serbia (state.gov) • Leaked Files Reveal Serbia's Secret Expansion Of Chinese-Made Surveillance (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 12, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti on Constitutional Court decision: We must wait for full judgment (RTK) • Kurti: Customs has been pillar of sovereignty and first line against crime (media) • Kamberi warns multiethnic Police in Serbia facing extinction (RTK) • Suspect arrested for massacre of 34 Albanians in Burim, Malisheve (RTK) • CEC certifies first group of 10 political entities and 64 candidates (media) Serbian Language Media: • RFE: Kosovo, Albania and Croatia plan to jointly purchase American weapons (KoSSev, KiM radio) • Radojevic: The most difficult situation for Serbs in Kosovo since '99, we are trying to save people (Tanjug, TV Pink) • The North Mitrovica municipality announced a sports event: Streetball tournament near the main bridge (Alternativna, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Milivojevic: Serbia prevented a “chain reaction” of Kosovo recognitions in Africa (Kosovo Online) • Picula to EWB: reactions to X post not surprising (N1) International: • In Ten Years, 2.5 Million People left the Western Balkans in Search of a Better Life (Sarajevo Times)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 11, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani seeks Germany’s support for Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic integration (media) • Kurti, German official discuss disinformation and regional challenges (media) • Kurti: Serbia is spreading false messages against Kosovo worldwide (media) • Kurti does not answer whether he will respect Constitutional Court’s decision (ekonomia) • Osmani calls for urgent action by law enforcement and judiciary in Gjilan murders case (media) • Court: Mefail Shkodra has no active cases, was convicted three times in the past (media) • Haxhiu: Path toward strengthening Rule of Law is unstoppable despite delays (media) • U.S. soldiers and Kosovo Police conduct "Combat Life Saver" training (Reporteri) • Police uses firearm to stop suspicious vehicle in Leposaviq (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Vucevic on elections (Blic, TV Prva, NMagazin) • Serbian Democracy: Kosovo police proved that they are implementing a policy of intimidation (Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio) • Lawyer Vasic: Miladinovic questioned as a witness, the police officers could be prosecuted for using weapons (Kosovo Online) • Drecun: Continuity in terrorizing Serbs in Kosovo, the goal is to complete the ethnic cleansing (Tanjug, RTS) • LDK, PDK and experts on the case of Judge Laban and the decision of the Constitutional Court - Haxhiu and Osmani under fire of criticism (KoSSev) • Kharchenko: We hope that Vucic has solved the problem with ammunition for Ukraine (NMagazin, Beta, Danas, Politika) • Vucic says Novi Sad residents harbor anti-Serb sentiments (N1) • Students in blockade: The SNS facade farce aims to create divisions and convenient enemies (NMagazin, Beta) International: • ‘Constant War’: Kosovo’s documentary festival addresses age of conflict (Balkan Insight)