UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 24 April, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Serbia will try to destabilize Kosovo again, such plans are constantly being made (VoA) • Most of EU countries are in favor of lifting measures against Kosovo (RFE) • European Parliament approves plan of 6 billion euros for Western Balkans (Koha) • Von Cramon: Passivization of Albanians’ addresses in the Valley must be stopped immediately (Koha) • Freedom House: Kurti government faced a corruption scandal in 2023 (ekonomia) • Knaus: number of Kosovo Serbs decreasing rapidly, but there is no "terror" towards them (ekonomia) • Deliu-Kodra: Kurti government was labeled as 'government of corruption' in Department of State Report (Klan) • Belgrade court sentences Toplica Miladinovic to 20 years in prison for war crimes in Kosovo (Klan) Serbian Language Media:  • Vucic: Important that we have more votes against and abstentions, which would be a heroic political success (RTS) • The Judicial Council of Kosovo calls Serbian judges and prosecutors from the North to return (KiM radio, KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio) • UNS submits two draft resolutions to EFJ, on murders of journalists in Kosovo and independent public channel in Serbian (KoSSev, Radio KIM, UNS) • Belgrade-Pristina talks on use of dinar to continue tomorrow in Brussels (Tanjug) • Belgrade war crimes court sentences former army officer for war crimes in Pec area (N1, FoNet, media) • Pavlos: Bakoyannis in Council of Europe hasn't only harmed Serbian people, Greece could also suffer consequences (Kosovo Online) • Drecun: Pristina, Sarajevo campaigning to portray Serbs as criminals (Tanjug, RTS) • State Dept to VOA: US sponsoring Srebrenica resolution (N1, VoA) • Former Kosovo FM calls Belgrade, Pristina officials to show respect (N1, social media) Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy: EPS invested 40 million euros in a subsidiary company for supplying electricity to the north of Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Danas)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Kosovo-Serbia agreement must be binding for both parties (media) • Osmani: Kosovo is proud to have so many friends and allies by its side (media) • Atiq: Serb citizens feel safer than in the past (Klan Kosova) • Radomirovic: Serbs don’t want their lives led by Radoicic and Serbian List (media) • Biserko: Serbia has not relinquished idea for Kosovo partition (media) • Balje stopped by Serbian police: Took my documents for one hour (media) • Deliu-Kodra: Report revealed govt’s inability to build uncorrupt institutions (Koha) • Hoti: Report highlights govt corruption, attacks against media, judiciary (media) • Gervalla signs decision prohibiting employment of relatives in ministry (Kallxo) • Ukrainian MP: Serbia to renounce imperial tendencies, recognize Kosovo (RFE) • Kamberi meets Von Cramon, talk discrimination of Albanians in the Valley (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic and SL: Vucic clearly stated in NY that it is necessary to protect the Serbs in Kosovo (KiM radio) • By advocating for the A/CSM, Belgrade working to create an independent Kosovo, says Trajkovic; No government in Pristina has treated Serbs worse, says Vorgucic (N1, KoSSev, Danas ) • The indictment for war crimes against Dragisa Milenkovic confirmed (KiM radio, RTS) • Radomirovic “has no time” to comment on audio recording, Serbian List demands accountability (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Mojsilovic: Protection of fundamental human rights of Serbian people in Kosovo is still inadequate (Radio Mitrovica sever, Politika) • European Parliament approved visa liberalization for Serbian passport holders from Kosovo (Tanjug) • Commemoration for victims of NATO bombing at RTS (N1, RTS) • Holocaust Remembrance Day marked in Serbia (N1, media) • State Department: Serbia still faces problems with corruption, judiciary, media freedom (N1) International: • Kosovo, Serbia Trade Accusations At UN Security Council Meeting (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 22 April, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti to non-majority communities: You’re a value and identity of our state (media) • Government: EU should remove unfair measures, Kosovo met its obligation (RTK) • Kusari-Lila: Serbia is obstructing integration of Kosovo Serbs (media) • Tahiri: EU should lift measures, people are being penalized (Kallxo) • AAK: Referendum revealed Vucic’s heavy influence on Serbs (Indeksonline) • Rohde: Boycott requested by Serbian List, regrettable and destructive (Klan) • Osmani-Vucic confrontation, Security Council to meet on Kosovo today (RTK) • Kurti meets Glavchev in Sofia as part of Vienna Economic Forum (media) • Hoxhaj proposes for Assembly to support UN resolution on Srebrenica (media) Serbian Language Media:  • The Ohrid Agreement entered the negotiation framework for Serbia's membership in the EU (RTS) • Serbian Democracy: EU to look again at its requests for de-escalation which Pristina did not fulfill (KoSSev) • The UN SC in NY today on Kosovo, Vucic to represent Serbia (Tanjug, media) • Dacic: The UN SC session another opportunity for Vucic to point out the problems of the Serbs in Kosovo (Tanjug, RTV, Kosovo Online, media) • Sentic: Special forces in the Leposavic municipality during voting; respecting the rights of Serbs remains a challenge after the failed referendum (KoSSev, KiM radio) • European Parliament plenary session begins, visa liberalization for Serbs in Kosovo on agenda (Tanjug) • Roundtable on ''the occupation and (high) treason of Kosovo and Metohija'' (Beta, NMagazin) • Confiscated weapons and marijuana worth around 70,000 euros in Suhareke/Suva Reka, four people arrested (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media: • Guterres condemns Banjska attack, calls for authors to face justice (Zeri) • Presidency confirms Osmani's participation in the UNSC session (Klan) • Kurti: 2013 agreement violates Constitution of Kosovo (media) • Serbian army drills at border; Kurti: Serbia poses a threat to Kosovo (RTK) • Uglanin: Certain that April 21 vote will not be successful (media) • Zeqiri confident he won’t be dismissed: Serbs don’t trust Serbian List (Nacionale) • Dutch MEP reacts after the mistreatment of Kosovars in Serbia (RTK) • “If Association not sent to court, CoE membership postponed for a year” (media) • Dimic on Serbia stopping Kosovars: Brings back Milosevic’s time (Kosovapress) • Police confiscate weapons in Mitrovica North (Kosovapress) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Eleven years they have been looking for the culprits in Serbs and Serbia, and the essence of the Brussels Agreement has not been implemented (RTS) • Stano: Brussels Agreement obligation, consequences for Pristina if it does not form the A/CSM (RTS, Tanjug, KiM radio) • Lajcak: No stronger incentive to resolve the Belgrade, Pristina relations than a clear perspective in the EU (Kosovo Online) • Eleven years since the Brussels Agreement; Simic: Dead letter (RTS) • Combating Human Trafficking Director in KP accused of domestic violence (FoNet, N1, Kosovo Online) • CEC approved 23 locations for voting on April 21 in the north (Kosovo online) • Surlic: The situation between Belgrade and Pristina would have been more relaxed if the A/CSM had been formed 11 years ago (Kosovo Online) • Belo Polje struggles with wild landfills, stray dogs and an unbearable stench, no response from the authorities (KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac) International: • North Kosovo Vote to Dismiss Mayors Risks Failure Amid Boycott (BIRN) • Senior Kosovar Police Officer Released After Detention At Serbian Border (RFE) • Witness to Violence: Photojournalist Recalls Decades of Documenting Kosovo’s Turbulent Times (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Murati: Kosovo receives €90 million funding from the World Bank (media) • "Women in focus" photo exhibition: Everything is against women when they strive for a position (KiM radio, KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia has violated several agreements (media)
• Kurti: Vucic is retaliating over Kosovo’s success at CoE (media)
• Osmani: Five Kosovo police officers held hostage by Serbia (RFE)
• Rohde: Detention of Kosovo law enforcement officials is unacceptable (media)
• Hovenier: Concerned over detention of Jankovic by Serbian authorities (media)
• Svecla: Jankovic sent to detention for breaking Ser