Albanian Language Media:

• Scholz, Macron and Meloni to meet Kurti then Vucic, meeting starts at 14:00 (Telegrafi)
• Osmani in Iowa: September 24 attack was aimed at annexing north of Kosovo (media)
• Internationals express support for KSF, condemn attack in Banjska (media)
• Kosovo agreed to European “new plan” on Saturday; Vucic and Kurti expected to meet at Paris Peace Forum and sanctions lifted after the meeting (Albanian Post)
• Gervalla meets U.S. Congressman Torres (media)
• Citaku: U.S. always supported an Association in line with Constitution (media)
• Nitaj: Implementation of French-German plan today is a patriotic duty (Klan Kosova)
• Hehir: Vucic’s appeasement does not end in Mitrovica (KTV)
• “No Republika Srpska in Kosovo”; Albanians protest in Brussels (Telegrafi)
• Over €1 billion sent by diaspora to Kosovo this year (Kallxo)
• Kurti in Athens meets leaders of companies from energy field (media)
• Kosovo Judicial Council publishes decision to dismiss Stefanovic (Klan Kosova)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Guler's visit extremely significant for peace, stability in Balkans (Tanjug)
• SNF: Albanisation of Serbian municipality at stake in Caglavica (Radio KIM)
• One person interviewed in relation to old Orthodox cemetery desecration, case goes in regular procedure (Tanjug)
• Montenegrin Minister of Justice refused to extradite Serbian citizen Pristina accused of alleged war crimes (Tanjug)
• Brnabic speaks about Kosovo, Serbia's EU perspective in Brussels (Tanjug)
• Most Serbian citizens see China as friendly (N1)
• Stoltenberg in an official visit to Serbia in November (N1, RFE)
• EU Office in Kosovo: We are closely following the case of Abbot Fotije's deportation (Kosovo Online)
• Serbs upon arrests sent to detention in 90 percent of cases (Kosovo Online)
• Church of Saint Gabriel in Osojane robbed (Radio Gorazdevac)
• Djuric: Support to KSF transformation into army encourages extremism of Pristina government (Kosovo Online, social media)

International:

• Feuding Serbia and Kosovo leaders set for talks Thursday on the sidelines of an EU summit (AP)
• Serbian List gets new leadership, more Kosovo Serb parties are emerging (EWB)
• Montenegro Refuses to Extradite War Crime Suspect to Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 25, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• EU says meetings on Thursday are “support” for dialogue (RFE)
• Kurti: No dialogue if no condemnation and sanctions on Serbia (media)
• Kosovo agrees for plan of envoys to be framework for further discussions (media)
• Konjufca on EU plan: I haven’t read it in detail, but it is in line with Constitution (media)
• Osmani hosted by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (media)
• Gervalla: Important to hold Serbia accountable for aggression (media)
• Elshani does not rule out another attack in Kosovo (TeVe1)
• 182 kilograms of marijuana seized at border with Serbia (Telegrafi)

Serbian Language Media:

• New searches in relation to Banjska incident in northern Kosovo (KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• Odalovic: Kurti made every agreement meaningless; the missing persons investigation neglected (RTS)
• Works on a road passing across old Orthodox cemetery in Mitrovica North halted (KoSSev)
• Brnabic and Rama today with Varhelyi (NMagazin, Beta)
• Drecun: West trying to expedite normalisation and get Belgrade recognize Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Goran Bogdanovic on change of Serbian List leadership (N1, Danas)
• Davenport: Excessive use of detention measure represents problem not only in Kosovo, but wider as well (Kosovo Online)
• Pasalic: ''I am amazed because the international institutions do not react to the evidence about the situation of Serbian prisoners in Kosovo'' (Kosovo Online)
• Former High Court Judge in North Mitrovica Kabasic: Serbs in Kosovo completely disenfranchised (Kosovo Online)
• Mobile mammograph in Mitrovica North (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Serwer: “A failed terrorist provocation” (peacefare.net)

International:

• Kosovo’s premier slams Serbia ahead of fresh round of talks (Financial Times)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani: This week is important, but not to put a full stop to everything (RTV21)
• Kurti on dialogue: Let us implement fast what we have agreed upon (Koha)
• Osmani begins official visit to Iowa (media)
• Detention of suspects of Banjska attack extended by two more months (Telegrafi)
• “Serbia, most likely with knowledge and instructions from Vucic, formed terrorist group to attack KFOR and Kosovo”, conclusions of a report by the Kosovo Government (Albanian Post)
• Osmani's request to UNSC for a resolution is being considered smart step (RTK)
• Who is Zlatan Elek, the man who took over the "Serbian List" (Express)
• Halimi: Kurti should report to Assembly, prior to lecturing in Greece (media)
• Constitution of Investigative Committee on state reserves fails for the fifth time (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Dr Zlatan Elek, new president of Serbian List (Kosovo Online)
• A road built across the old Orthodox cemetery in Mitrovica (KiM radio)
• Brnabic after UNSC session: Pristina does not intend to participate in dialogue, they do not want to understand how Serbs live in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Vucevic: Brnabic informed world of actual situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, TV Prva)
• Serbian PM denies Belgrade’s involvement in Banjska incident (N1)
• Arsenijevic: More information we have, less it is clear what happened in Banjska (Radio KIM)
• IFIMES: Unserious to put blame for Banjska on one actor (Tanjug)
• Djuric commends Brnabic's UN Security Council speech (Tanjug)
• Vucic: In two to three days, me and Kurti will again go to Brussels for talks (RTS)

International:

• Shadow Clans and Shadow Wars: Kosovo PM Accuses Serbian Group of Terrorism (BNN)
• Grants, Loans to Kosovo Hostage to Opposition Election Demand (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 23, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Attack in Banjska was organised by Novi Sad Clan led by Milos Vucevic (media)
• A key week for dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia (RFE)
• EU to condemn Banjska attackers; call for unconditional implementation of deals (RFE)
• Kosovo-Serbia: Agreement or Agreement! (AP)
• “Progress in dialogue difficult, if Serbia doesn’t condemn September 24 attack” (Kallxo)
• Tahiri: Kurti should tell the people about his meeting with five envoys (media)
• AAK: This government and Prime Minister cannot send Kosovo backwards (Klan/EO)
• British KFOR soldiers start patrols along administrative boundary line (media)
• Palokaj challenges Szunyog: EU members didn’t vote on measures on Kosovo (Kallxo)
• Croatian FM: Attack in Banjska, serious act of regional destabilisation (AP)
• Kulla: Serbia is using Association to create a Serb state within Kosovo (KSP)
• Bogdanovic: “BIA preparing bloody conflict within Serb community in north” (media)
• Haxhiu: Constitutional Court has become an ally institution of the opposition (KSP)
• Protest against Serbia’s policies to Albanian settlements in Presevo Valley (EO)

Serbian Language Media:

• The Ministry of Defence reacts to Kurti's accusations: Disgusting and blatant lies (N1)
• UN Security Council in an open session today on Kosovo (RTS)
• Bilcik: Serious doubts regarding expropriation in the North by Pristina authorities (Kosovo Online)
• Mojsilovic meets new KFOR Commander (Tanjug)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese (SOC) vehemently protests deportation of Devina Voda Monastery Abbot Fotije from Kosovo (media, social media)
• Raska-Prizren Eparchy to file complaint against decision to deport Abbot Fotije (Kosovo Online)
• Vucevic: Serbia-China military cooperation modernises SAF defence capabilities (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Hehir: Kosovo Serbs May Feel Insecure, but They’re not ‘Ethnically Cleansed’ (BIRN)
• Palokaj: How the EU is failing to respect obligations to Ahtisaari (Koha)

International:

• Serbia Denies BIRN FOI Request on Bullets Found in Kosovo Clash (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Sanctions should be imposed on Serbia; no normalisation with security (KSP)
• Borrell in Washington for EU-US Summit; Western Balkans to be discussed too (media)
• PDK sends Law on Independent Supervisory Council for Civil Service to court (media)
• Former police officer Dejan Pantic released from house arrest after €30,000 bail (Kallxo)
• Albanians in U.S. will protest in front of UN, want Serbia to be held responsible (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic with "big five" tomorrow at 2 p.m. (media)
• Gogic: Unlikely that EU and Quint representatives will jumpstart dialogue, pressures have not yielded results thus far (Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic to represent Serbia at UN Security Council session (Kosovo Online)
• EULEX on Elezovic: We will continue to follow the case, he has the right to adequate medical assistance (Kosovo Online)
• Serb family house in Plementina, near Obilic robbed (RTS)
• Dejan Pantic released from house arrest under bail in amount of 30.000 euros (Tanjug)
• Survey: Serbians would support EU accession at referendum (N1)

Opinion:

• False Attempt at the ‘Rashomon Effect’ in Edi Rama’s Stance towards Kosovo (BIRN)