UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 29, 2025 • Kurti’s VV party scores clear victory in Kosovo vote, looks to end political deadlock (RFE) • Kosovo’s ‘political earthquake’ election sees Kurti resurgent (Reuters) • Kurti: The work continues; security and prosperity will increase (media) • Hamza: PDK has maintained its electorate (AP) • Rasic’s party says it has secured a seat in the Assembly (RFE) • Rudolph congratulates Kosovo on calm and democratic elections (media) • Terras: Kurti has clear mandate and responsibility to govern more pragmatically (media) • Rama congratulates Kurti on “significant victory” (media) • Spiropali commends Kosovo on democratic maturity in elections (media) • Time for a VV government that will cooperate maximally with the opposition (Koha) • From deadlock to direction: What Kosovo’s parliamentary vote revealed (BIRN) • Gogic: Main impression after elections is convincing victory by VV (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 26, 2025 • Main contenders in Kosovo's snap election (AFP) • PDK rep at CEC raises alarm: Elections can be threatened by power cuts (Nacionale) • Rasic: They accepted to be slaves, SNS has been doing that since 2014 (Insajder) • ECAP fines Serbian List €52,000 for multiple campaign violations (Kossev) • Trajkovic sentenced to 10 years in prison for war crimes against civilians (media) • Culture being strangled by Kosovo's political crisis (AFP) • Kosovo’s power grid operator investing 6.7 mln euro in new substation (SeeNews) • Digital rights review: Online aggression, conspiracy theories, seasonal scams (BIRN) • A year in retrospect for Kosovo-Serbia normalization talks: What lies ahead 2026? (Sbunker)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 24, 2025 • Kosovo, Serbia ‘need to normalize’ relations: Kosovo PM (AFP) • Kosovo in limbo: The year’s political deadlock paralyzed progress (BIRN) • Electricity cuts risk December 28 election process (Koha) • KSF Commander hosts Chief of Albanian Armed Forces (Telegrafi) • EBRD to back Kosovo SME investments with 31 mln euro package (SeeNews) • OSCE report on Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • AJK welcomes ruling in favor of journalist “after unlawful demotion at RTK” (media) • Sekerinska calls for constructive engagement in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Osmani: May light of Christmas guide us toward understanding and unity (media) • “Two models under consideration for Serbian-licensed vehicles in Kosovo” (Kossev) • Deda: A Glimmer of Hope (Kossev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 23, 2025 • Osmani: We have full faith in the Trump administration (RTK) • Kurti: Four recognitions within a year (media) • Hargreaves: As always impressed with calm professionalism of CEC staff (media) • ECAP fines Serbian List with €20,000 for violating code of ethics and conduct (media) • Bajrami: LDK will restore institutional stability; we won’t accept coalition with VV (AP) • “Campaign is more moderate, parties leaving room for cooperation” (Indeksonline) • Elections in Kosovo: how to represent the diaspora? (OBCT) • Can December elections break political stalemate in Kosovo? (Swiss Info) • COMKFOR: Security situation in Kosovo is quiet, but still fragile (RTK2) • Police operation in Leposavic; weapons, ammunition and military gear seized (Kallxo) • Kosovo’s First Gentleman invites Kushner to invest in Pristina (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 22, 2025 • Osmani to meet US Deputy Secretary of State Landau today (RFE) • One third of candidates for MPs for Dec 28 elections are women (Indeksonline) • Decrease in number of asylum applications in second year of visa liberalization (RFE) • The lifting of measures that should have never been imposed (Koha) • Kosovo awards 3.6 mln euro customs terminal upgrade deal (SeeNews) • AJK: Individual arrested for threatening Klan Kosova and its journalists (media) • Doyle: SCK mandate defined by Council of Europe report (Kosovo Online) • Alija: After Thaci’s trial, gradual closure of SCK will follow (Kosovo Online)