UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 08, 2024 Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Feminist policies are advancing democracy (RFE) Kurti congratulates Sweden on becoming 32nd member of NATO (media) Osmani on Sweden in NATO: Strengthens European peace and security (media) New UK Ambassador reconfirms support for EU-facilitated dialogue (media) Elshani on Banjska: We confiscated 55 RPGs, they fired seven or eight (media) Kosovo “needs a law on the currency” (RFE) Two premises owned by Zvecan deputy mayor set on fire in north (media) Awareness-raising campaign for census starts today (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: Djuric: Kurti causes crisis because he is not faced with adequate consequences (RTV, Tanjug) Zecevic: International community not ready to pressure Kurti in the right way (RTS) Filipovic: Cooperation between Serbia and NATO continuously good, important for preservation of peace in Kosovo (Tanjug) Antonijevic: For membership in Council of Europe, Kosovo needs to meet broader set of standards (Kosovo Online) German Ambassador: Transition period necessary (N1, BETA) New Serbian parliament to elect speaker on Monday (Tanjug) Kosovo police said business premises in Zvecan set on fire (KoSSev) Vucevic: Belgrade elections should be called as soon as possible (media) Opinion: Yugoslavia Pioneered Abortion Rights in Constitution Long Before France (BIRN) International: Women in Albanian Textile Sector Pay High Price for Lek’s Rally (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 07, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Specialist Chambers conducting operations in Kosovo (media) • Customs carry out operation against smuggled medical products in north (RFE) • Central Bank Governor meets Swedish Ambassador to Kosovo (media) • New UK Ambassador to Kosovo: Can’t wait to get to know you (media) • Qalaj: 3 policemen that arrested Russian official of UNMIK for barricades in the north are now on Interpol list (Express) • Mehmetaj: Charges against me came from the ruling party (Albanian Post) • Sandulovic publishes photo of Jashari children killed in Prekaz in 1998 (media) • Day when Serb clerics visited church in Studenica, woman told police fence was damaged (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Education workers in Leposavic did not manage to withdraw their salaries (Kosovo Online) • Fico: I see not a single reason for us to recognize Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug) • Raska-Prizren Diocese: Our Church objects are still endangered, they need protection (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Instead of de-escalation, Kurti makes new escalatory acts (Tanjug) • Pharmacies searched in Mitrovica North and Zvecan (Radio KIM, media) • EU adopts joint position on Growth Plan for WB, stipulates conditions (BETA, N1) • Brnabic meets with Mitsotakis (Tanjug) • Brnabic: I am preparing for new role, I will build stronger ties with MEPs (Tanjug) International: • Kosovo Police Arrest Serb for Wartime Sexual Violence (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 06, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Leaders’ homage in Prekaz: Jashari family personify highest sacrifice (Telegrafi) • Cameron mentions Kosovo visit: Investing in countries that need stability (media) • Martens: If govt doesn’t act, Council of Europe doors remain closed (media) • Surroi: The Decani Monastery as a turning point (Koha) • Bajrami: We don’t coordinate with VV on vote for international agreements (media) • Hoti: Level of capital investments in Mustafa’s government was bigger (media) • Haradinaj: Kurti must manage relations with allies in a better way (Kanal 10) • Basic Prosecution in Pristina issues statement on summon for Mehmetaj (media) • Explosive device thrown at closed store in Ranillug, no injuries (Klan Kosova) • Stradner warns about “another round” of escalation (media) Serbian Language Media: • Workers of utility companies in northern Kosovo cannot withdraw their salaries (RTS) • Novo Brdo residents after CBK’s decision: They want to expel us, what should we live from? (Kosovo Online) • Economy minister says 60% of FDI from EU (Beta, N1) • Dragisic: NATO base in Albania can be useful for Serbs in Kosovo (KiM Radio, Danas) • Stosic: If number of Kosovo Serbs becomes a statistical error, solutions to their problems will not be of essential importance (Kosovo Online) • Lajcak: Implementation of Basic Agreement blocked by Kosovo; formation of A/CSM inevitable (Kosovo Online, Politika, Tanjug, Euronews Serbia, Nacionale) • Antonijevic: Appointment of Nemec as EP Rapporteur good news for Serbs from Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media) • Dacic receives new Syrian ambassador to Serbia (Tanjug) International: • TikTok Used Across Balkans to ‘Slutshame’ Women and Girls (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak plans to organize meeting of chief negotiators in coming days (media)
• Kosovo marks 26th anniversary of KLA Epopee (media)
• Kurti says it isn’t true he’s ruining relations with internationals (EO)
• Hoxhaj: Serbia wants to north municipalities to be tensest point in Europe (media)
• Kurti joins call for Gaza ceasefire, hostage release, more humanitarian aid (media) 
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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 04, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Our membership in EU structures, response to Serbia threats (media) • Osmani welcomes opening of NATO Tactical Air Base in Albania (media) • Begaj: Banjska proved how fragile security is in our region (media) • Maqedonci: Air base in Albania, NATO’s message for Western Balkans (media) • Haradinaj on NATO air base in Albania: A base for regional security (media) • Baerbock: Security and stability of Western Balkans, crucial for EU (RFE) • Konjufca: Government can propose draft statute for Association (RTV21) • Svecla on reports about Russia arrest warrants for Kosovo police officers (Kallxo) • Gashi: Fake news concerning security of Kosovo – the main problem (Kallxo) • Kurti meets anthropologist Janet Reineck (media) • Jaksic, Trajkovic to Vucic: You suffered a debacle in Banjska (media) • Gruhonjic: West’s reaction to terrorism on September 24, serious slap to Vucic regime (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: • Mijacic: An opportunity for OSCE to conduct an impartial study on security in Kosovo with special emphasis on Serbs and impact on migration (KoSSev, KiM radio) • How Serbs in Kosovo live one month after dinar was abolished (RTS) • Principals of primary schools in north: CBK regulation made regular teaching impossible (Kosovo Online) • Serbian Democracy files appeal to Ombudsperson over rejection of petition against allocation of land to Kosovo Ministry of Internal Affairs (social media) • KDI criticizes CEC and MLSGA – Why process of verifying signatures to recall mayors takes so long (KoSSev) • Filipovic: It is important that KFOR’s mandate is fulfilled in line with UN Resolution 1244 (Radio KIM, EWB) • Milicevic: Government of parties currently in opposition would respect fact that Serbs live in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Lawyer: Detention of Zarko Zaric extended for two more months (Kosovo Online) • Fahri Musliu: ''Vucic would not end his political career if he recognized Kosovo independence'' (KiM radio, Media Center) Opinion: • The Myth of Rising Defence Spending in Balkans Needs Unpacking (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo Journalist Chronicles Rigged Trials of Milosevic’s ‘Ferocious Regime’ (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Leposava, one of the last remaining Serbs in Pristina dies (Radio KIM, KoSSev)