UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 5, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Eliminating violence is an obligation; victims must be protected (KP)
• Osmani asks for USAID support in fight against gender based violence (KP)
• PDK’s Krasniqi: Vetting must happen; unclear why it is running late (EO)
• Civil society: Judiciary inefficient; reforms can have results only through vetting (KP)
• Baraliu: Election reform must happen as soon as possible (RTK)
• Hoti: Government turned Serbia into main trade partner in the region (media)
• Arsenijevic confirms withdrawal of candidacy for Mitrovica North mayor (media)
• CEC confirms: Serb candidate for elections in north withdrew on Dec 2 (Gazeta Blic)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic to Lajcak: It is necessary to implement agreement on ZSO (RTS)
• Brnabic accuses Kurti of violating Brussels Agreement (N1)
• Serbs who left Kosovo institutions start receiving salary payments from Belgrade (KoSSev)
• Dacic meets Iranian diplomacy head, expresses gratitude for stance on Kosovo (RTS)
• The candidates of an extraordinary elections for mayors of municipalities in the north of Kosovo (RTS)
• Detention of Djokovic extended for two more months (Radio KIM)

Albanian Language Media:

• Government: Rasic’s appointment has not violated the Constitution (media)
• “Kurti decision on Rasic right from Kosovo standpoint; north is a problem” (Express)
• Osmani calls meeting of institutional leaders after killing of pregnant woman (media)
• Haxhiu: Ministry completed its tasks; problem lies with judicial institutions (Koha)
• PDK’s Lushtaku tells Interior Minister: I was hoping you will resign (Kosovapress)
• Kosovo Police arrest Serb suspected of war crimes in 1999 (media)
• PDK deputy leader Citaku reacts to Vucic’s remarks about Kurti (media)
• Court temporarily blocks decision to reduce salaries of prosecutors and judge (media)
• Kurti: Judiciary very efficient when their case is concerned, but not with court cases (Klan)
• Suspect of the murder of the 35-year-old pregnant woman committed suicide (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: The appointment of Rasic 'does not meet all the conditions stipulated by the Constitution’ (media)
• Vucic: The situation in Kosovo boiling, I meant everything I said about Rasic, Trajkovic and Kurti; Serbs South of Ibar close to leave the institutions (media)
• Serbia, EU sign three agreements (Tanjug)
• Foreign Minister Dacic: Vucic is right (Danas, TV Pink)
• Vucic: EU has demonstrated anti-Serb attitude (Tanjug, media)
• Serbian List: President Vucic exposed the hypocrisy of the international community towards the Serbian people in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Hill: There will be no further agreements without solving the issue of the collective rights of Serbs, the US and the EU made it clear to Kurti (KoSSev)
• KP: Arrested Serb suspected of war crimes (KoSSev)
• Office for KiM: G. M. arrested when he went to report usurped property (KoSSev)
• Petkovic: The EU received the answer it deserves from Vucic (Kosovo Online)
• PM Brnabic reacted to Stano's statement: This kind of reaction is a shame for the EU (Blic, Kosovo Online)
• Stano: Both sides urgently need to work on the return of Serbs to institutions (Tanjug, media)
• Dacic met Nuland (Tanjug)

International:

• Kosovo Must Get Real on Threat of Far-Right Extremism (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 1, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti appoints Nenad Rasic as Minister for Communities and Returns (media)
• Osmani: WB membership in the EU and NATO, pillar of peace and stability (Koha)
• Rada Trajkovic, advisor to the new minister of the Kurti government (Koha)
• Steinmeier praises Lajcak, says that author of agreement proposal is not important (Express)
• Kurti reacts again to killing of pregnant woman by her husband (media)
• Haxhiu: There will be resignations, dismissals, and criminal responsibility (EO)
• Abdixhiku to Kurti: State has failed in every direction, take measures and act (media)
• AAK’s Lekaj calls for resignation of Justice Minister and Acting Health Minister (EO)
• Szunyog horrified by last night's murder (RTK)
• CDHRF: Killing of pregnant woman, failure of state protection mechanisms (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian List announces complaint to Constitutional Court over Rasic’s appointment, says it is anti-constitutional (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic: Nenad Rasic and Rada Trajkovic do not represent Serbian people in Kosovo (media)
• Rada Trajkovic, advisor to Minister Rasic (KiM radio)
• Rasic: It won't be difficult to be better than the predecessor (KiM radio)
• Dacic: Kurti lives in parallel reality (Radio KIM)
• UNS: “The Black Peony” award goes to Kurti for worst cooperation with journalists (N1)
• Petkovic: Everyone saw Kurti's true intentions (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic: Rewarding Pristina counterproductive, EU demonstrates double standards (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: ZSO obligation that Kurti undertook (Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo PM: We won't allow establishment of another Republika Srpska in Kosovo (N1 Sarajevo)
• Dodik on Kurti’r remarks about Republika Srpska (Kosovo Online)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina border police says Kosovo residents may enter country with visa only (Kosovo Online)
• Lopandic: Kosovo stands no chances of obtaining candidate status for EU membership (Kosovo online, Danas)
• Petrides: Cypriot position on Kosovo unchanged, ties with Serbia strong (Tanjug)

International:

• Kosovo Authorities Failed Second Woman Murdered in Week (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Employment of women from non-majority communities remains a challenge (RTK)

Albanian Language Media:

• EU ambassadors give green light to visa liberalisation (media)
• Kurti welcomes decision on green light for visa liberalisation (media)
• Osmani: Serbia created crisis in order not to talk about final settlement (RFE)
• Bislimi: Kosovo will apply for EU candidate status around mid-Dec (Koha)
• Haziri: We’re getting ready to take the government as the first party (Kanal 10)
• 7 Kosovo soldiers expected to be sent to mission in the Falkland Islands (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Grateful to China for support to territorial integrity of Serbia (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic: We will continue cooperation with China despite inappropriate pressure (Tanjug)
• "Families of kidnapped and missing persons discriminated against and without answers" (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev)
• Dacic meets Petrides, says Serbia grateful for Cyprus support on Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic welcomed by French PM at Matignon Palace (Tanjug)
• Grenell for RTS: US leadership in Belgrade-Pristina talks needed, Kurti not helpful (RTS)
• EFJ Secretary General on lack of cooperation in resolving cases of murdered and missing journalists in Kosovo (media)

International:

• EU Moves Finally to Scrap Visa Regime for Kosovo Citizens (BIRN)
• Kosovo’s Kurti Feels the Heat Over Licence Plates Crisis (BIRN)
• Combatting Ethnic Hatred with Graffiti in Serbia (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Over 2,000 cases of violence against women until October (Ekonomia Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 29, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• PM Kurti interview for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• Visa liberalisation proposal for Kosovo expected to be voted on Wednesday (RTK)
• Assembly committee to draft electoral reform soon (media)
• Four Albanians attacked in Mitrovica North, receive medical treatment (Klan)
• LVV MP: Those who were decorated by Vucic cannot return (Gazeta Blic)
• Kurti meets UN Special Rapporteur Savioli (media)
• Kurti: Inaction of judicial bodies in domestic violence cases cannot be justified (Koha)
• Association will be part of final settlement, according to analysts (RTK)
• Veliu believes return of Serbs to work in north was discussed in Brussels (Gazeta Blic)

Serbian Language Media:

• Surveys: Low level of trust in politicians (KiM radio)
• Vucic: ''If the issue of the status of Kosovo is over for Kurti, it is for me too'' (KiM radio, N1, Beta, KoSSev)
• Vucic invites Norwegian King, Crown Prince to visit Serbia (N1, BETA, Tanjug)
• Dacic meets Docherty in London (Tanjug)
• Request of Thaci’s defence for early testimony of eight foreign diplomats dismissed (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Artwork Commemorating Kosovo Protests 32 Years Ago Unveiled in Pristina (BIRN)
• Kosovo Justice Institutions Lack Training to Deal with Far-Right Extremism (BIRN)
• Sexual violence against men and boys during the Kosovo war (Kosovo 2.0)