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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 21, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • 19th attempt to constitute new Assembly fails (media) • Haxhiu: It is not clear what the opposition wants (Koha) • Citaku calls on Kurti to change candidate for Assembly Speaker (media) • Deliu-Kodra: Before talking about PDK, Kurti should end blockade (media) • Peci: Opposition cannot impose its candidate on us (Koha) • Osmani received by Keller-Sutter at Residence of Swiss Federal Council (Klan) • Kallas to travel to Serbia, Kosovo and North Macedonia (media) • “Defender Europe 25” starts Sunday, military exercises in Albania, Kosovo (Koha) • TV Dukagjini publishes photo “proving sports hall was used by Civil Protection” • U.S. KFOR soldiers team up with KMSRS for three-day training (media) Serbian Language Media: • Kaja Kallas from today until Friday in Belgrade, Pristina and Skopje (NMagazin, Beta, Danas, EWB) • Awards given for trust building between communities in Kosovo (KiM radio) • Petkovic: Kurti admitted all Serbs’ votes that did not go to Serbian List, were for him (Kosovo Online, social media) • Sport coaches in Mitrovica North still can not use Sports Hall (media) • Milenkovic: Abolition of institutions in north makes process of integration meaningless (Kosovo Online) • Jevtic: Licensing Serbian institutions following examples of MTS and Elektrosever a possible solution until CSM formation (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Serbia grateful for everything Zuroff has done for truth about suffering of Serbs in Jasenovac (Tanjug) Opinion: • The murder of a dream: Prishtina’s lost vision (Kosovo 2.0) • Essential tasks ahead (KoSSev) • How Trump could fix Bosnia’s flawed peace deal (BIRN) International: • Serbia: War on journalists continues (International Press Institute) • ‘Not Normal’: Acclaimed professor decries the rise of surveillance in Serbia (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 20, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Kurti avoids questions again about the formation of institutions (media) Hasani warns: If Thaci is convicted, there will be unrest in the region (Klan) US, Swiss, and Hungarian troops fly over Bondsteel (media) Police action at Lake Ujman, intervention on a parallel institution (Klan) Abdixhiku: Italy, a strong supporter of Kosovo's state-building (RTK) Bajrami demands postponement of energy market liberalization (media) Serbian Language Media: Serbian List: Raid on Red Cross facility jeopardizes mandate of one of the most significant world humanitarian organizations (Kosovo Online, media) KP: Ibar-Lepenac company takes over Red Cross facility on Lake Gazivode (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, N1, Beta) European Commission on hermitage of St. Peter near Prizren: Kosovo institutions to respect special protection zones (N1, KoSSev) First witnesses in case of Shaqir Lutvia interviewed, lawyer claims identification process unlawful (Radio KIM) Lawyer: I expect acquittal of Caslav Jolic (Kosovo Online) Regional Water Company from Mitrovica South announces vacancies for workers in northern Kosovo (Radio KIM, KoSSev, Danas) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk in Belgrade today (FoNet, Danas) Cadez: Brussels discussion with Kos was constructive (Tanjug) International: ‘He stood up for us’: Albanians, others honor Walker for uncovering massacre in Kosovo (Fredericksburg Free Press) Kosovo’s Gjirafa becomes Starlink retailer in Western Balkans (SeeNews)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 19, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • 18th attempt to constitute the Assembly fails (media) • Basha: VV was constructive, those who vote against are blockers (media) • Krasniqi: VV not interested in unblocking, we are in a state of emergency (media) • Abdixhiku: Kosovo needs actions from the first party (media) • Limaj: Solution can be reached only through dialogue (Koha) • Kadrijaj: The same scenario is being repeated (media) • Presidency: Kosovo not represented with a footnote at EPC Summit (Express) • EU High Representative Kaja Kallas to visit Kosovo this week (Gazeta 10) • Maqedonci reveals details about the new Kosovo-US military agreement (media) • KLA War Veterans write to CoE Commissioner for Human Rights (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Twenty-five years of silence: Serbian families from Miroce and Gojbulja still denied access to their own property (KoSSev, KiM radio) • NGOs’ letter to ombudsman Qelaj regarding his statement on harassment of girls and women in north (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever, alternativna.com, social media) • Patriotism as a cover for an attack on civil sector (Radio Gorazdevac) • Kuqi's accusations against NGO Aktiv; The NGO demand a public apology (KiM radio, KoSSev) • “Neighbor watches” on streets of Mitrovica North as of Friday evening (Radio KIM) • Witnesses in a trial: Dragan Milovic saved our lives in Vucitrn (Radio KIM) • Lawyer: I expect acquittal in Caslav Jolic’s case if court rules based on facts (Radio KIM) • Nenad Stojanovic from Pasjane accused of war crimes in poor health condition (KoSSev, Radio KIM) • CoE: Condition for Kosovo membership is dialogue with all communities, including people in north (Kosovo Online) • Analyst Spahiu: I discussed dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia with Minister Djuric (Danas, Beta) International: • Exhibition commemorates Kosovo Albanian soldiers killed in Yugoslav Army (PI)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 16, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Osmani from Tirana Summit calls for lifting of EU measures against Kosovo (Klan) Kaja Kallas to visit Kosovo next week (media) Rutte: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue inevitably be discussed at Tirana Summit (Klan) Osmani: Kosovo still has a plenipotentiary chief negotiator (RTK) PDK MP Artan Behrami meets Richard Grenell (media) Germany abolishes Western Balkans envoy position (Reporteri) Ramadani: Kosovo needs to take two steps in security and defense (Nacionale) UNMIK concerned about closure of Serbia’s institutions in Kosovo (AP) Police, inspectors find evidence suspected of offence in north (Telegrafi) Rohde: Even in football game, if a player fails, he must be changed (Klan) Trajkovic: Russia is deepening its influence in Serbia (Klan) Advisor: SL was invited but refused to attend meeting with Osmani (Reporteri) Kurti calls on prosecution to act on Hoti’s disappearance in 1999 (media) Serbian Language Media: Kosovo police in premises of Serbian Employment Service in Mitrovica North (Radio Kontakt plus, Kosovo Online) Petkovic: Tens of thousands of users depend on the National Employment Service in N. Mitrovica, Kurti wants to persecute Serbian people (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) SL: Kurti's regime's incursion into National Employment Service a direct attack on right to work (Kosovo Online, KiM radio, Tanjug) Parents with children protest in front of Sports Hall in Mitrovica North (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, KiM radio) Children at today’s protest in front of Sport Hall: We are deprived of right to sport (KoSSev) Minister Gajic: Kurti also discriminates against children; erasing Serbian sports heritage (RTV, Tanjug, Kosovo Online) Subotic, Veljkovic on closure of Sports Hall in North Mitrovica and other facilities in the north (social media) OSCE concerned over recent actions affecting public service providers (Kosovo Online, social media) Djuric meets German Ambassador, discusses latest situation in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online, media) Trial of Garvilo Milosavljevic for war crimes continues (Radio KIM) Minister Bratina: We just lost with EULEX, they are doing nothing (Beta, Danas, TV Pink) Loiseau: Delay in announcing Election results benefited no one (Kosovo Online) International: Kosovo arrests Serb ex-police unit commander on war crimes charges (BIRN) Costa wraps up the WB tour in Tirana: The region should seize the enlargement momentum (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 15, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Another failed attempt to constitute new Assembly (media) • Krasniqi to Kurti: Change candidate, she will never get 61 votes (media) • Osmani meets Prattipati, discuss importance of constituting institutions (media) • Kurti: Journalists did not verify extent to which campaign promises could be fulfilled (Koha) • Police arrest former Serb police commander suspected of war crimes (media) • Nikaj: PDK won't send current Association draft statute to Court (media) • Hargreaves: Truth and justice must prevail (media) • KFOR welcomes Slovak Republic as a troop contributing country (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic in Tirana on May 15 and 16 at the 6th Summit of the European Political Community (Tanjug) • Petkovic to meet Quint representatives today (media) • Djuric: “Kurti consciously and brazenly defying EU and its efforts to stabilize WB” (media, social media) • Kosovo police raided Regional Water Supply facility in Zubin Potok (Blic) • US Embassy: Sudden and abrupt changes in status of institutions threaten provision of vital services to citizens (Kosovo Online) • German Embassy: KP actions further increase tensions, do not contribute to lifting of measures (Kosovo Online) • Workers of Ibar Vodovod company gather in front of premise they worked in (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online) • Mitrovica North municipality allocates previously taken premises to Kosovo MIA and one more to Post Office (KoSSev) • Serbian Democracy Vice President on sexual harassment in Leposavic (social media) • Students will visit Kosovo (KoSSev, Danas) • Six major student protests planned across Serbia from May 17 to June 6 (N1) International: • On Balkan tour, European Council chief praises reformers, scolds backsliders (BIRN) • ‘A lot to work on: Kosovo parents say kindergartens falling short (BIRN)