Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell expects Kurti and Vucic to meet soon in support of proposal (RFE)
• EP calls on Kosovo and Serbia to advance in dialogue process (RFE)
• Kurti to opposition: Words you tell me, tell them to Escobar with same zeal (Kallxo)
• Krasniqi to Kurti: Dialogue is not a private matter between you and Vucic (EO)
• Haradinaj: Kurti inherited the Association; we didn’t ask Thaci for an agreement centred on recognition (Koha)
• Abdixhiku: No one knows what Kosovo has agreed to; is this a final agreement? (EO)
• Kurti: Why Serbia doesn’t give monoethnic association to its own minorities (media)
• Berlin Process agreements; Szunyog: I hope for swift ratification by Assembly (Koha)
• Assembly adopts Law on Bureau for Confiscation of Unjustifiable Wealth (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Bilcik: No progress in negotiations until Serbia makes progress (N1)
• Vucic: Konjufca's statement about CSM (ZSO) expected, I congratulate them for their honesty (Beta, NMagazin)
• Vucic met Quint ambassadors to the OSCE and diplomatic representatives in Belgrade (RTS, Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Hill: Serbia needs to cross the final part of the road to the West (RTS)
• Bocan-Kharchenko: The final status of Kosovo after the end of the conflict between the West and Russia (NMagazin, Beta, media)
• Bislimi: The Serbian government can play with its decisions, but vehicles with "illegal" license plates are not allowed to enter Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Elektrosever: Pristina authorities accusations incorrect, we fulfil all the obligations of the Energy Roadmap (KoSSev)
• Bislimi: Part of the blame for the non-implementation of the energy agreement lies with Brussels itself (Beta, KiM radio)
• German Embassy in Pristina: We do not approve of Kurti’s conditions for CSM (N1, FoNet, Kosovo Online, Gazeta Express))
• RFE: EU leaders to discuss Kosovo dialogue (N1)
• Djurovic: Pristina's CoE membership bid not discussed on Wednesday (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Less: Failure of the dialogue at this moment is at least as likely as success (Blic, Tanjug)
• New President could bring clarity to Czechia’s ambiguous policy on Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Avrupa Minerals to Continue Positive Progress in Finland, Portugal, and Kosovo in 2023 (investingnews.com)
• BIRN Conference Highlights Importance of Environmental Journalism in Balkans (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti visits two Serb families: Every citizen deserves prosperity (media)
• Bislimi: French-German plan, de-facto recognition between both states (media)
• Government approves three agreements of the Berlin Process (media)
• Mehaj in Brussels talks about possibilities of cooperation with NATO (media)
• Hill: Association could implement by summer, French-German plan by end of the year (media)
• German MP: It's good that Kosovo accepted the European proposal (media)
• CEC sets deadlines for elections in northern municipalities, starting from March 9 (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic to receive Quint ambassadors on Thursday (Tanjug)
• Vucic: Not a good time for early elections (N1, TV Pink, Tanjug)
• The National Order of Merit presented to KoSSev portal editor, Tatjana Lazarevic (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
• U.S. Embassy: Serbia and the US military cooperation developing at the highest level (Blic)
• Serbia, Hungary establishes strategic cooperation in energy sector (FoNet, N1)
• Rakic, Simic discussed security situation with Wigemark (Tanjug)
• Suspects detained and released for damaging the mural in Orahovac (KoSSev)
• 138 hectares of land - what is being expropriated in the North; The Kosovo government has scheduled public hearings (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia deprived northern municipalities of development (media)
• Konjufca: A new form of Association must be found (media)
• The U.S. welcomes Kosovo's decision to accept the EU proposal (media)
• Kurti met US Permanent Representative to OSCE, Michael Carpenter (media)
• Konjufca to Szunyog: dialogue with Serbia must conclude with mutual recognition (media)
• Abdixiku: Two years of governing to be celebrated with unkept promises (media)
• LDK: Kosovo does not need a basic agreement that does not contain recognition (media)
• Hoti: Five points that should be included in Kosovo's agreement with Serbia (media)
• Hoxhaj: The dialogue has never been more non-transparent than now (media)
• Tahiri: Plan accepted without opposition or LVV consent, without mutual recognition, with Association (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: We are ready to organise high level dialogue, but no date yet (RTS, Tanjug)
• Vecernje Novosti: Elections in October or November (Danas)
• Dacic: I expect MP Stevic to resign today (RTS, Nova, N1, media)
• SPS supports President Vucic's policy regarding Kosovo and Metohija (RTS, Tanjug)
• Lajcak: I am glad Kosovo accepted EU proposal in principle (Beta, N1)
• Vucic: ''Mutual recognition? Dream on'' (Kontakt plus radio, media)
• Milivojevic: The smouldering conflict between the SNS and the SPS should not be viewed fatalistically (Beta, NMagazin)
• Criminal complaint filed against a wounded Serbian young man and a minor of Albanian nationality (N1, Srna, RTS)
• A criminal complaint filed against the young man who was attacked by the Albanians (N1, Srna, RTS)
• Mural of the world's best tennis player destroyed in Orahovac (KiM radio)
• Savo Manojlovic: ROSU must go from the north of Kosovo (Danas)
• Serbian military chief meets US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (FoNet, Tanjug, N1)

Opinion:

• Tadic: West created precedent now used by Putin (N1, media)

International:

• EU’s carbon levy poses new test for Western Balkan integration (Euractive)
• Countries Worldwide Mobilize Aid Following Earthquake in Turkey, Syria (VoA)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Europe, US, Balkan Countries, Pledge Aid for Quake-Hit Turkey (Balkan Insight)
• Serbia sends rescue teams to Turkey (N1)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti meets Quint ambassadors; meeting focused on dialogue, European proposal and the way forward (media)
• PM Kurti’s interview with Associated Press (media)
• Kosovo leaders react to earthquake in Turkiye (media)
• Pristina University Student Parliament to march against Association (EO)
• Hoti: Serbia not giving information about location of missing persons (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• PM Brnabic on Lajcak’s visit to Belgrade, Pristina: Pressure is increasing (Beta, N1, RTS)
• Trajkovic hearing postponed until February 16; The family protested in front of the Prosecutor's Office (KiM radio)
• Vucic today with Lajcak in Belgrade (RTS)
• NSI: Criminal charges rejected for spreading hatred in the campaign to boycott Serbian products (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Chief of NATO MLO in Belgrade: We respect Serbia’s military neutrality (N1, Beta)
• Friday shooting in Gracanica: KP report; Gracanica Mayor condemnation (N1, KoSSev, KiM radio, RTS)
• Father of young man who was attacked in Kosovo asks Serbia to provide lawyer (N1, RTS)
• The Kosovo Ministry of Trade banned the sale of edible oil from Serbia, they say it does not meet the criteria (KoSSev)
• Serbian Ministry of Economy: Criteria for opening of Chapter 1 in negotiations with EU met (N1, Beta)

International:

• Kosovo PM calls on West not to put pressure over Serb entity (AP)
• Government Launches Youth Employment Platform (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 3, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• EU reiterates: Agreement on Association must be implemented (RTK)
• Haradinaj: AAK will not support motion to dismiss Kurti (TeVe1)
• Mujanovic: Kurti is right – Kosovo must resist (media)
• Tahiri: Kurti must ask for guarantees from Escobar and Lajcak (media)
• Osmani received by Speaker of Assembly of Iceland, Birgir Ármannsson (media)
• LDK decides to officially boycott public broadcaster (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• The session of the Serbian Assembly on Kosovo continued today (BBC, N1)
• Kosovo Government’s decision on new expropriations in Leposavic and Zubin Potok (KiM Radio, KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• EU concerned over works in Leposavic, asks government to respect law and property rights (KoSSev, media)
• Locals from Dren and surrounding hamlets protest for third day (Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Lawyer says Trajkovic’s health condition deteriorates (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic in Washington: US thinks Belgrade is constructive, unlike Kosovo’s Kurti (Beta, RTS, N1)
• Peskov: Kremlin understands that Serbia is under enormous pressure from West (RTS)
• Egypt, Serbia working on FTA, respect each other’s territorial integrity (Tanjug)
• Chief of Serbian Army visits US (RTS)

Opinion:

• West Piles Pressure on Kosovo Over Serb-Majority Municipalities Body (BIRN)

International:

• Kosovo Govt Moves to Expropriate Land in North Despite Protests (BIRN)
• Escobar Exclusive Interview: The View of the Western Balkans from inside the State Department (The Pavlovic Today)