Albanian Language Media:
• Kadiu: Borrell should conclude that conditions have been met (Telegrafi)
• Rohde: LGBTQI+ rights must not be negotiated, they have to be enforced (media)
• Westerlund underlines need to adopt civil code, need for LGBTQ+ shelters (media)
• Manxhuka: Their bad legacy cannot become our sin (media)
• Sources: ILECU preparing international arrest warrant for Bojic (Kosovapress)
• Kurti meets Pamuk during stay in Turkey (media)
• Osmani congratulates Sheinbaum as first woman President of Mexico (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Kurti's adviser got the most votes in Presevo, Bislimi's adviser got the least in Bujanovac (KoSSev, RFE)
• Kosovo Minister: The government's support for a political option in the Presevo Valley was a mistake (Beta, Danas)
• The anniversary of the murder of the Stolic family in Obilic, the killers still at large (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, RTS)
• Petkovic: Pristina's constant policy of denying the suffering of Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Gracanica: The consumer failed to file a complaint a second time, the water supply company says it was too late (KiM radio)
• Rapajic: Kurti shows with the new expropriation decision that he doesn't want to meet any international community conditions (Kosovo Online)
Opinion:
• Western disunity has enabled Russia to disrupt Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (BIRN)
• Who’s afraid of unmarried mothers? (Kosovo 2.0)
International:
• Kosovo Albanian remanded in custody in Serbia on war crimes charge (BIRN)
• From coal to renewables: Kosovo’s long energy transition journey (Prishtina Insight)
• Türkiye targets $1B in bilateral trade with Kosovo by year-end (Daily Sabah)
• Kosovo signs 3 agreements for 105 MW solar project (Balkan Green Energy News)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 4, 2024
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 3, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: Kosovo will strengthen relations with Turkey in two areas (media)
• Kurti: We’re not against Serbs, Serbia is against us (Sinjali)
• Swedish Ambassador: Comparing Association with Republika Srpska is unfair (media)
• Szunyog: EU supports Kosovo with € 75 million as part of Energy Package (Reporteri)
• LVV Secretary to French media: We cannot stop people from leaving, some even return (media)
• Haradinaj: Government is harming state, it has betrayed trust of every citizen (media)
• Opposition: Differences between president and prime minister, obvious (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
• Djuric meets Babity: The alarming situation in Kosovo, the fight against extermination (Kosovo Online)
• Census in Kosovo completed: Data on the number of Serbs will not reflect the real situation (N1, NMagazin)
• Vasic: Nepotism and political influence in institutions - the causes of youth emigration (KiM radio, medijacentar.info)
• Cooperation between the Ministry of Communities and Return and the Property Agency agreed (KiM radio)
• SNS claims victory in all but 4 municipalities (N1)
• Opposition claims victory in city of Nis (N1)
International:
• Disinformation stoking interethnic tensions in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• Opposition discord weakens pressure in Kosovo for snap election (BIRN)
• Serbia's ruling party wins local polls marred by irregularities (RFE)
• Tensions soar in Serbia municipal election as ruling party seeks to retain power (VoA)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 31, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Osmani: Perpetrators of attacks on NATO troops to be held accountable (media)
• Police arrest Kosovo Serb in north suspected of identity theft (media)
• Gervalla: Another war in the Balkans would be very welcomed by Russia (media)
• Citaku says “very deep gap” between PDK and Vetevendosje (media)
• Krasniqi: Three municipalities led by PDK mayors lead in transparency (Telegrafi)
• Authorities in Kosovo arrest seven persons involved with AlbKings group (RFE)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic responds to Osmani’s remarks about impunity (Kosovo Online)
• SL: The opening the Ibar bridge announcement is an unacceptable move with the aim of further destabilization (Kosovo Online)
• Close Vulin's associate arrested in Leposavic for "identity theft", different names in Serbian and Kosovo documents (KoSSev)
• Borrell's report: Minority representation in institutions and the use of both official languages are not respected in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Surlic: European draft CSM statute is not non-paper as Kurti represents it (Kosovo Online)
• Gathering in Pristina for local elections in Presevo and Bujanovac - Kurti with mayoral candidates (KoSSev)
• Emanuele Giaufret: We want Serbia in the EU as soon as possible, but accession is a merit-based process (NIN)
International:
• NATO demands accountability for attacks on peacekeepers in north Kosovo (RFE)
• Why do the 2024 EU elections matter for the Balkans? (Kosovo 2.0)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 29, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Gervalla and McKay talk about increasing Kosovo’s military capacities (RTK)
• KFOR: Authors of attacks against our troops must be held accountable (media)
• LVV on anniversary of riots in Zvecan: Republic cannot be suspended (Koha)
• Konjufca: Chances for dissolution of Assembly have decreased (media)
• Konjufca on Borrell's report on Kosovo: It would be good to write that banks of Serbia were illegal (media)
• German government votes in favor of extending mandate of soldiers in Kosovo (media)
• Germany and Spain argue about recognition of Kosovo (RFE)
Serbian Language Media:
• One year of Albanian mayors’ mandate: What was done in the four Serbian municipalities in the north of Kosovo? (Euronews)
• Consequences of clashes in Zvecan – deteriorated situation, difficult life with many unpopular decisions (Radio KIM)
• Ulutas: Courage of KFOR soldiers at protests in Zvecan helped stabilize situation (Kosovo Online, media, social media)
• Todic: Great uncertainty in Leposavic, ordinary people suffer the most (Kosovo Online)
• Pantovic: Stricter actions by judicial authorities after last year's events in Zvecan, people are afraid (Kosovo Online)
• Constitutional Court in Pristina without membership in Conference of European Constitutional Courts (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug)
• A Serbian young man attacked in ETC store in Gracanica; the police arrested the suspect (KiM radio, RTS, Kosovo Online, KoSSev)
• Desecrated cemetery and commemoration hall in Donje Korminjane village (KoSSev, Danas)
• Vucic, Beyer discuss EU integration of Serbia, region (Tanjug)
International:
• Kosovo prepares to house 300 inmates from Denmark, raising human rights concerns (Reuters)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 28, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti meets Sarrazin, discuss Berlin Process agreements (media)
• Osmani meets Sarrazin, “grateful for Germany’s support” (media)
• Kurti says U.S. and EU are too soft on Serbia (media)
• EU report on eventual lifting of measures not finalized yet (media)
• Torres: I will continue to push for their full inclusion into NATO (media)
• Citaku: We want Kurti to resign, but Assembly dissolution only possibility (EO)
• LDK General Council to meet this evening, will discuss early elections (media)
• Osmani hosts heads of Judicial Council and Prosecutorial Council (media)
• Gervalla: Serbia poses a threat to stability in Western Balkans (media)
• AJK: Assembly to improve draft law on Independent Media Commission (media)
• Osmani congratulates Kosovo cadets on graduating from West Point (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• A series of bans in Kosovo that mostly apply to Serbs living there (Euronews Serbia)
• Djuric: Admission of Kosovo to NATO PA sends bad signal, Kurti's regime rewarded for violating rights of Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• SNV, SNF and Otadzbina disappointed by the lack of a response from the SOC to their invitation to talk (KiM radio, KoSSev, N1)
• Introductory remarks in trial of Dragisa Milenkovic by prosecution and defense (KoSSev, Radio KIM)
• Awards for building peace and trust in Kosovo (KiM radio)
International:
• US and EU ‘too soft’ on Serbia, Kosovo PM says (Financial Times)
• Kosovo Granted NATO Parliamentary Assembly Status Upgrade (Prishtina Insight)
• ‘Out of Control’: Kosovo Struggles to Curb Online Sexual Harassment (BIRN)