Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani and Ulutas talked about deepening cooperation with KFOR (RTK)
• Krasniqi replies to Escobar: Everything beyond administrative instruction is Belgrade's request (Koha)
• Rama: Kosovo's self-destructive tactics are helping victimization of Serbia (media)
• Rohde on Radomirovic’s detention in Serbia: Suspicions of political harassment (Klan)
• Nait Hasan's phone was confiscated by EULEX (media)
• Tahiri: Kurti has degraded dialogue process, he is agreeing to discuss internal issues (Reporteri)
• Bedri Krasniqi acquitted of charge of murdering the UNMIK and Kosovo policemen, Dizdari sentenced to 8 years in prison (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Escobar: I did not receive assurances from Kurti about commitment to normalisation (VoA)
• Botsan-Kharchenko: Kosovo issue will not be resolved tomorrow, but under new geopolitical circumstances (Politika, Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Filipovic: Witness of prosecution said he does not know Dusko Arsic (Kosovo Online)
• Mihajlovic: Vucic mustn’t consent to unconditional participation of Serbs in Kosovo elections (BETA, Novi Magazin)
• Zaporozac: 300 pupils more than last year in Serbian schools in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• 542,000 people who migrated from Kosovo live in Germany (Beta, N1, Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 12, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• EU: High-level meeting of Dialogue on Thursday (media)
• Joseph: Kurti and Vucic benefit from crisis in the north (Radio Free Europe)
• Feilcke: Urgent for Kosovo to find way out of this situation (Telegrafi)
• Kurti meets Major General Ozkan Ulutas (media)
• U.S. senators write to Blinken about situation of Albanians in Presevo Valley (media)
• Sinani: Historic that Presevo Valley issue reached peaks of world diplomacy (media)
• Albanian President meets Albanian political leaders from North Macedonia (AP)

Serbian Language Media:

• Spoke with Lajcak, security of Serbs main topic in Brussels, says Vucic (Kosovo Online, N1)
• Brnabic on upcoming high-level talks in Brussels (RTS)
• Odalovic: The declaration of the Brdo-Brioni summit a wish list, Kurti comes to Brussels only to create problems (RTS)
• Marinkovic: In two years number of Serb pupils in Kosovo decreased by 1000 (Radio KIM, BETA)
• Radosavljevic: Fining of companies in north aimed at putting additional pressure on Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Subaric: Attack on young man from Gracanica unprovoked, asks international community to react (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Journalists’ Association of Serbia branch in KiM statement on incidents against media workers (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)

International:

• Prishtina’s Chaotic Urban Evolution Evoques Nostalgia About the Past (BIRN)
• New Elections Are no ‘Magic Wand’ for Serbia’s Divided Opposition (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 11, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani at meeting of leaders of region within Brdo-Brione Process (Koha)
• Kurti and the U.S. deputy ambassador commemorate the September 11 attack (media)
• Emin Hoxhaj appointed director of Agency for Protection of Classified Information (media)
• Israeli Minister of Tourism to visit Kosovo (media)
• Tahiri: We are committed to overthrow Kurti government (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brdo-Brioni summit in Skopje, leaders on dialogue in the region and the European path (RTS)
• Vucic: Correct and constructive discussion in Skopje (Tanjug, RTS)
• Dacic: Kurti politically disoriented, he is the biggest threat to peace (Kosovo Online, Kurir)
• Third hearing in case of Sladjan Trajkovic closed to public (Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM: Burned returnee house in Madjunsko; Serbian List: Attacks are a daily occurrence (KiM radio)
• Protest organisers submit request for snap elections (N1)
• Serbian opposition leader: We will focus on forming large bloc for elections (BETA, N1)

International:

• Athens denies Kosovo PMs statement that it’s close to recognising independence (Euractiv)
• Men Only: Kosovo’s Public Broadcaster Snubs High-Scoring Women for Top Posts (BIRN)
• State Department Rebukes Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti For Uncoordinated Actions In North Mitrovica (The Pavlovic Today)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Greece is near recognising Kosovo (media)
• “U.S. will continue to support advancement of Kosovo stability and prosperity” (media)
• Osmani meets Quint permanent ambassadors at NATO (media)
• Police at Zubin Potok factory; Elshani: We assisted privatisation agency (media)
• Ex-police officer in north arrested, suspected of taking bribe and abuse of duty (Sinjali)
• Gjoshi: We won’t overthrow Kurti government with votes of Serbian List (Koha)
• Biserko: Serbia is not giving up on idea of Greater Serbia (media)
• Haxhixhemajli: Through Northern Brigade, Vucic tries to incite tensions in north (KSP)
• Construction of houses in north, VV MP emotional: Tears of joy (Nacionale)
• Osmani congratulates Pendarovski on North Macedonia Independence Day (media)
• Lutfi calls on internationals: Albanians in Serbia are being discriminated (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Pristina shows that their power has no limits (RTS)
• Radio KiM: Privatization Agency and the police at the factory in Zubin Potok (N1)
• The trial in the case of Dusko Arsic for war crimes continued in Pristina (Beta, N1, Kosovo Online)
• Stoltenberg: KSF deployment in the north requires prior concurrence of KFOR; Osmani: The north will always be part of Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Poll: The majority would sign the petition to remove the mayors; a part if the conditions are met or Belgrade request it (KoSSev)
• Starovic: Stoltenberg implicitly admitted that the KP is a destabilizing factor in the north

Opinion:

• Fajon: Full speed ahead to 2030 (media)

International:

• Kosovo’s Blueprint for Mayoral Dismissals Meets Scepticism From Experts (BIRN)
• Kosovo’s Beloved Hardh Fest Shuts Its Doors on a Spectacular Season (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: We’re really trying; Serbia is not distancing from Milosevic’s policy (media)
• Stoltenberg: We’re working hand in hand with EU on Kosovo and WB (Klan)
• EU official: Measures against Kosovo are provisional and reversible (media)
• Butikofer: Situation in WB destabilised through wrong EU-US positioning (media)
• Rohde: Berlin Process driving vital economic integration in Western Balkans (media)
• Police says bomb alarm in a Mitrovica North building was false (Albanian Post)
• Graffiti with inciting content seen in Leposavic, police investigating (media)
• Selimi on administrative instruction, “very complicated process” (Albanian Post)
• Haxhiu: Civil Code this year, we’ll have votes of VV MPs that were against (Express)
• Pendarovski: Kurti didn’t misuse visit to North Macedonia even for a second (media)
• Canak: There are no Serbian monasteries in Kosovo, they are orthodox monasteries appropriated by Serbia (Koha/TV Happy)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic to address nation “about all important issues” (N1)
• Dacic certain of SNS, SPS election victory (Beta, FoNet, N1)
• Petkovic to the Quint and Lajcak: Pristina's ultimatum can deepen the crisis and raise tensions (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• A day before the deadline for Serb institutions to vacate the building, KP inspected the premises after receiving a tip about a bomb (KoSSev)
• Igor Simic: The attempt to evict the building in Bosniak Mahala part of the plan to expel the Serbs (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Petkovic: ''The false bomb alert is Kurti's trick, I informed the international community'' (Tanjug)
• "KFOR dedicated to preserving security and freedom of movement in Kosovo" (KiM radio)
• Andric Rakic: If the decision to “vacate” the facility in Bosniak Mahala is implemented, the scenario of May 26 can be repeated (Kontakt plus radio)
• US Ambassador Hill: Serbia-US relations stable (FoNet, N1)
• Day of America in Belgrade, the US Embassy: When the Ohio National Guard returns to Serbia (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Shasha: Between cynicism and hope (Koha)

International:

• RTK’s Board Blocks High-Scoring Women from Top Jobs (Prishtina Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• GAP report on progress of mayors in implementing election promises (media)
• Ministry bans use of plastic bags, some will be paid (Kosovapress)