UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 24, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Publication of the draft statute is in the hands of internationals (media)
• Belgian Minister: De-escalation - the only way for long-term peace (RTK)
• Gervalla on draft statute: Not very good but we do not allow damage to state (media)
• The EC will respond to government regarding visas for Kosovo Serbs (RTK)
• EULEX strengthens its advisory and monitoring capacity (RTK)
• Rohde: Association obligatory for Kosovo to normalize relations with Serbia (Reporteri)
• Serbia certifies electoral list "For the army to return to Kosovo" lead by the US-sanctioned (Klan)
• Timothy Less: Dialogue will continue, but I see no chance for progress (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets with Peach to discuss developments in Kosovo, region (Tanjug)
• Belgian minister Lahbib: New investments in Serbia are on the way (RTS)
• Haziri: Kurti spreads fear with statements about new conflict, diverts attention from internal problems (Kosovo Online)
• Where did Kurti's tweet thanking Kearns for "raising the alarm about Serbian aggression" disappear? (KoSSev, N1)
• Gogic: Banjska remained isolated event without significant consequences for dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• Ashton: Compromise has a bad reputation because it gives the impression that it’s surrender, and it’s not (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• How Feminist Activism Offers Balkan War Survivors Hope for Change (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Hague Prosecutors Accuse Kosovo Guerrilla Leaders of Witness-Tampering (Balkan Insight)
• What is NATO’s Balkan plan as Kosovo and Bosnia wobble? (DW)
• Kosovo Serbs to Cast Votes in Serbian Elections Inside Serbia (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Analysis of EU’s Western Balkans decarbonization policy: decarbonization to remain disorderly if nothing changes (balkangreenenergynews.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti is optimistic about building trust between Serb community and government (RTK)
• Osmani from Tirana to Albanians in the Valley: You are not alone (Reporteri)
• CoE report for the region: Confront a violent past or risk a return to conflict (Koha)
• Assembly voted international agreements (media)
• German ambassador reacts after passage of international agreements in Assembly (media)
• The prosecution requests suspension of visits to Thaci, Veseli and Selimi (RTK)
• Krasniqi: The EC's report on Kosovo reflects poverty and scarcity (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Palatova: Kosovo needs to form ASM, and implement legal framework for protection of minorities (KoSSev)
• The Hague: Prosecutor requests visits to Thaci, Veseli and Selimi be suspended (Tanjug)
• Milivojevic: By banning Serbs from voting, Kurti and those who support him violating all agreements (TV Most, Kosovo Online)
• Burazer on Coordination Directorate passports: It makes no sense for them not to be visa-free after Kosovo was granted liberalization (KoSSev)
• Milenkovic: Letter from Albanian NGOs proves that there is a lack of understanding for Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Assistants to Office for KiM Director banned from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Vecernje Novosti)
• Petkovic: Some kind of "silent alliance" between Kurti and part of the Serbian opposition is clear (Kosovo Online)
• Obradovic: Government should request UN SG to provide conditions for voting of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• Vucic: Memorandums signed with Cyprus to further strengthen our cooperation (Tanjug)
• CoE Human Rights Commissioner warns of failure to deal with past (N1)

International:

• Janjevo: The Picturesque Town In Kosovo Losing Its Best And Brightest To Migration (RFE)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Gender-related killings of women and girls: Global estimates of female intimate partner/family-related homicides in 2022 (reliefweb.int)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Stoltenberg: Situation is fragile; Association important step for stability (AP)
• Rama: More NATO troops: Kosovo-Serbia border is out of control (media)
• Stoltenberg: Any attack against citizens in Kosovo is unacceptable (media)
• Kearns: West has no backbone in Kosovo-Serbia dispute (media)
• Shea: NATO to engage more for security; parties to return to dialogue (media)
• Kurti: EBRD report states economic growth continues at robust rate (media)
• Kurti to ministers: Time to meet our commitments is running out (Kosovapress)
• Palatova: Kosovo to implement Agreement on Path to Normalization (media)
• Gashi: We cannot move forward if double standards are applied (Klan Kosova)
• Disciplinary committee removes U.S. sanctioned official from civil service (Koha)
• Census postponed to April 2024, government decides (Koha/Nacionale)
• Nine people injured after hand grenade thrown in Prizren (media)
• Haxhiu: Domestic violence must be reported, perpetrators to be sentenced (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• UNMIK Head: Efforts towards peaceful coexistence (N1)
• Barbano: We increased patrols in northern Kosovo, soon community advisers to arrive, work with Kosovo police (KoSSev)
• Detention of Dragisa Milenkovic extended for two more months, request for Kurti’s testimony rejected (Radio KIM)
• “Yet another political manipulation” – Danas interlocutors on request of Albin Kurti that Serbia should propose specific agreement for Kosovo Serbs’ participation in elections (Danas)
• Cypriot president arrives in Belgrade, welcomed by Serbian FM (Tanjug)
• Serbia protests flag burning to Albania (N1)
• NADA coalition: EU membership not possible if the recognition of Kosovo is condition (Beta, Danas)
• Davenport: OSCE ready to collect votes of Serbs in Kosovo, however, conditions for that currently are not in place (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• In Serbia’s One-Sided Elections, Belgrade is the Opposition’s Hope (Balkan Insight)

International:

• West has no ‘backbone’ in Kosovo-Serbia dispute, says British MP (Financial Times)

Humanitarian/Development:

• In Kosovo, Girls’ Football Scores Goal Against Ethnic Intolerance (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Stoltenberg: Serbian army buildup near Kosovo doesn’t help situation (media)
• Rohde: It’s important to have security in north; NATO mandate not changed (EO)
• State Department: U.S. committed to integration of Western Balkans (VoA)
• “Serbia is not interested in peace”: What is Vucic planning? (Albanian Post)
• Is “international investigation” into Banjska delayed due to Dialogue? (Express)
• Kurti: Economic growth this year is expected to be 3.8 percent (Kosovapress)
• Hoti on missing persons: We want justice; Serbia calling for new crimes (media)
• Berisha: Serbia doesn’t aim only for the north, but all of Kosovo (media)
• 20 CSOs call on EC to withdraw proposal that allows visa-free travel for Kosovo Serbs with Serbian passports (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• DefMin Vucevic welcomes NATO’s Stoltenberg at Belgrade airport last night (N1)
• Stoltenberg: We will continue to ensure peace for all in Kosovo; Vucic: Only Serbs are endangered (RTS, Tanjug, media)
• Stoltenberg in Pristina: Any deployment of KSF in the north of Kosovo requires consent from KFOR (Tanjug, media)
• Media: Pristina wants to increase the KSF to five thousand people (NMagazin, Beta)
• Stoltenberg for Tanjug: Kosovo does not have the support of NATO to arm itself (Blic, Kosovo Online)
• Dimitrijevic: Pristina institutions should enable Serbs to vote at elections (Kosovo Online)
• Andric Rakic on visa liberalization: In some companies, 50 percent of workers announced their departure (Kosovo Online)
• The Church burgled in the Devet Jugovica village (N1, RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Jablanovic met Troccaz: The position of the Serbs is untenable since Kurti came to power (KiM radio)
• Office for KiM: Incidents on ground in direct correlation with inflammatory statements of Pristina politicians (Kosovo Online)
• Koha: Certain NGOs in Kosovo requested to withdraw the proposal on the passports of the coordination administration of the MIA of Serbia be included in the visa liberalization (KoSSev)

International:

• Serbia Deployed Anti-Aircraft Systems Near Kosovo Border, Kosovo PM Warns (Prishtina Insight)
• First Kosovo War Crimes Trial in Defendant’s Absence Begins (BIRN)
• Serbia’s Expulsion of Croatian Diplomat Damages Relations: Zagreb (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Stoltenberg: NATO concerned with secessionist rhetoric in Bosnia (media)
• Bislimi: EU should lift measures against Kosovo as soon as possible (Koha)
• Rohde: Kosovo to more make efforts to implement agreements with Serbia (Koha)
• Tahiri to Kurti: Tell us why you allowed Radoicic to escape on Sept 24 (Telegrafi)
• Gashi on Kurti’s remarks about Radoicic: Wish it's not meant to scare people (EO)
• AAK wants Assembly to take a stance on EU measures against Kosovo (media)
• Maqedonci: Banjska case revealed Serbia’s aggressive objectives (Albanian Post)
• Maqedonci meets Kearns, thanks her “for presenting truth about Kosovo” (media)
• Calls for internationals to react to Serbia’s mobilization at border (Telegrafi)
• Kurti says NGOs and businesses can register as social enterprises (EO)
• Tahiri: Government takes part in dialogue, without sanctions for Serbia (media)
• Trial in absentia begins for Cedomir Aksic accused of war crimes (Dukagjini)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic and Brnabic tomorrow with Stoltenberg (RTS)
• Weber on relocation of monument to Serbs: "Clumsy gaffe" by French and German Embassies in Kosovo (KiM radio)
• Serbian Embassy in Germany: Serbia determined never to give up on its heritage in Kosovo (Radio KIM, media, social media)
• Mijacic: Statement of German ambassador about Visoki Decani Monastery is official stance of Germany (Tanjug)
• To UNESCO, Visoki Decani and Gracanica are in Serbia – ambassador (Tanjug)
• The office for KiM assistant director banned from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Two sides of the same story: KP on obstructing officers, Jaksic speaks of physical abuse and announces lawsuit against special forces (KoSSev)
• Jeremic on upcoming Serbian elections, Kosovo, Franco-German plan (N1)
• Serbian Government to open consulate in Pale (media)

Opinion:

• Palokaj: Association draft is not so secret – it could hardly be better (Koha)

International:

• NATO chief commits to Bosnia’s territorial integrity and condemns ‘malign’ Russian influence (AP)