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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 17, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Bislimi: Without signing agreements, we can’t move toward implementation (RFE) • Lajcak: Discussions were helpful to make progress on a number of issues (media) • “EU officials expect Kosovo to adopt Association draft statute soon” (KTV) • PDK’s Tahiri says Kurti agreed to self-governing autonomy for Serbs (Klan) • Westerlund: Association draft statute in line with the Constitution (Kanal 10) • Kosovo Assembly adopts budget for 2024 (media) • Zelensky warns “Russia could be laying ground for conflict in Balkans” (media) • Kurti: Diaspora has enriched our country in innumerable ways (media) • Dozens protest in Pristina, ask government “not to side with Israel” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic after the Brussels meetings: We talked about the CSM Statute, energy, the missing, expects the dialogue to continue (RTS) • Thursday's round of Brussels dialogue concludes without trilateral meeting (Tanjug) • Dacic: Serbia's re-election to the UNESCO Executive Board greater security in protecting heritage in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • US imposes sanctions on two Serbian politicians (N1) • Vucic: Open Balkan an affirmed peace platform (Tanjug) • Blast shakes Mitrovica North (RTS, N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 16, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Belgrade wants territorial compensation for losing Yugoslavia (media) • Bislimi travels to Brussels for meeting of chief negotiators (media) • Kurti meets Police Deputy General Director and Special Intervention Unit (media) • Hoxhaj on draft statute: Kurti does not dare publish what he agreed to (media) • Kosovo seeks assistance from the region to investigate Banjska attack (RFE) • Osmani meets President of Portugal (media) • Selimi: Exactly five months since EU put sanctions on Kosovo (media) • Montenegro Deputy Prime Minister on extradition of war crimes suspect (media) Serbian Language Media: • Technical dialogue between Belgrade, Pristina to continue in Brussels Thursday (Tanjug) • The Belgrade delegation led by Petkovic to meet Lajcak at 9.30 am (Kosovo Online) • French Embassy: „We will consider the technical possibilities“ of returning all the monuments to where they were (KoSSev) • Jablanovic: From political persecution to posing with Vucic (KoSSev) • Arrested attacker on G.M. from Caglavica (medijacentar.info, KiM radio) • Pristina asking for the help of countries in the region regarding the investigation of the Banjska case (KoSSev, RFE) • Serbia elected to the Executive Council of UNESCO, for the third time in a row (Kosovo Online) International Media: • North Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Kosovo* take step towards day-ahead market coupling (balkangreenenergynews.com) • Serbia Signs Natural Gas Deal With Azerbaijan (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 15, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 15, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti on Association: Vucic wants a "state within the state", I can discuss everything within Constitution (media) • Lajcak: It is necessary to continue dialogue and respect agreement (RTK) • Osmani has traveled for an official visit to Portugal (media) • Minister Maqedonci and head of EULEX discussed security (RTK) • Osmani on burned vehicle in Leposaviq: It aims to hinder integration of Serbs (Koha) • Scholz: We are working hard to solve really difficult Kosovo-Serbia situation (Klan) • Rama: Kosovo and Serbia must reach an agreement (Koha) • Rohde: Now it’s up to the countries to implement what is necessary (media) • PDK: Any statute of Association that contradicts founding ideals of Kosovo, unacceptable (media) • CEC: Serbian List election assembly, in compliance with the laws (EO) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak: We discussed steps for implementation of normalization agreement (Tanjug, media) • Petition to return memorial plaque to original place launched, apology demanded (KoSSev, N1, Kosovo Online, RTS) • Serbian List demands return of memorial plaque to original place, apology from ambassadors (N1, FoNet) • SPS leader Dacic says alliance with opposition not an option (N1, BETA) • Government adopts plan on harmonizing Serbia's visa regime with EU (Tanjug) • United Media launches five licensed Forbes websites in the Adriatic region (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 14, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: After visa liberalization, Kosovo should be given status of candidate country (Koha) • Borell after the meeting of chief diplomats in Brussels: Western Balkans belongs in EU (media) • Gervalla calls EU to take a clear stand on 24 September attack (media) • A new "non-paper" for the Western Balkans, made pubic (Albanian Post) • Kurti and Kovacevski discussed joint integration process (RTK) • Jonathan Hargreaves, new ambassador of the United Kingdom in Kosovo (Express) • Number of requests for passports increases in the north (media) • A suspect arrested in Zubin Potok, several weapons confiscated (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to meet with Lajcak in Belgrade Tuesday (Tanjug) • French and German embassies confirmed relocation of Serbian soldiers memorial plaque (KoSSev, media) • Tanja Lazarevic’s public letter to French Ambassador (KoSSev, N1, media) • Reactions to Serbian soldiers’ memorial plaque relocation continue (Kosovo Online, social media) • Pristina municipality says it was neither informed nor received request to relocate memorial plaque (Kosovo Online) • Informational campaign in North Mitrovica headed by a government representative who doesn’t speak Serbian (KoSSev) • Brnabic: US one of Serbia's top foreign policy and economic partners (Tanjug) • Borrell: Western Balkans place is in EU (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 12, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo, supporter of regional security (media) • Kurti meets with O'Brien, says U.S. support for Kosovo confirmed (RTK) • Borrell to chair today EU-Western Balkans meeting (Reporteri) • Kurti: Neighboring countries are not safe from Serbia, as long as they are not part of EU (RFE) • Prime Minister Kurti for a two-day visit to Vienna (media) • Ramadani publishes a version of the Association's draft statute (media) • Analysts: If it is official, this statute legalizes parallel structures in north (media) • The flag of Palestine unfurled in Pristina, removed (media) • Kosovo model can serve as solution for Gaza - says Israeli diplomat (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Kurti playing on the Europeans' fear of a repeat of the conflict in the Balkans (Kontakt plus radio) • FT: Serbia is ‘glaring example’ of how far aspirant members are from meeting EU enlargement criteria (N1) • German and French Ambassadors Mark Armistice Day, but where is the Monument to Serbian Soldiers? (KoSSev) • The monument to the fallen Serbian fighters at the cemetery in Pristina was moved (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS, KiM radio) • Diocese of Raska - Prizren on relocation of the monument to the liberators from the First World War (eparhija-prizren.com, KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • An Albanian beat a Serb while cultivating his field near Ajvalija (KiM radio, medijacentar.info) • It snowed in Brezovica, the locals still without firewood (KoSSev, RTK2) • Vucic with O'Brien on the dialogue in Brussels and the situation in Kosovo (RTS) • Vucic: No progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue as long as Kurti is in power (Tanjug) International Media: • In Memory of the UN Flight Tragedy in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight) • RSF and 16 partners unveil Paris Charter on AI and Journalism (rsf.org) • Türkiye, Serbia share objective of 'stable Balkans' (dailysabah.com) • President of Serbia commented on the Meeting between Two Members of BiH Presidency with Kosovo PM (Sarajevo Times) • Israeli national team arrives in Kosovo for soccer game under tight security measures (AP)