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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 10, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • EU: Next dialogue meeting for implementation of commitments (Koha) • U.S. Assistant Secretary O’Brien’s to meet Kurti during his stay in France (media) • Kurti and his spouse welcomed by Macron on eve of Paris Peace Forum (media) • Elshani: 1,140 vehicles with illegal plates registered to RKS (RTK) • First truck from Serbia with medicines arrives in Mitrovica North (media) • Kosovo Defence Minister meets Italian counterpart (media) • Vacancy announcement for Director of RTK 2 annulled (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Medications from central Serbia arrived at Clinical Hospital Center in Mitrovica North, Gracanica (Kosovo Online, media) • Dacic, Azoulay discuss Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Dacic: Serbian cultural monuments in Kosovo should be guarded by KFOR (Tanjug, media) • Office for KiM: Two Serb families in MIlosevo village robbed (media) • Vucic to attend Peace Forum in Paris, meet Macron (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 9, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Chief negotiators to meet in Brussels on November 16 (Koha) • Szunyog: We need to see more steps to lift measures on Kosovo (media) • Kurti travels to Paris, will attend the Peace Forum (media) • Hoxhaj: EU sanctions will remain in force for some time (media) • Kanin: De facto recognition doesn’t solve problems between Kosovo and Serbia (RFE) • Krasniqi: No initiative for removal of mayors in the north (RTK) • Kurti meets Albanian candidates for Parliament of Serbia (media) • Leposavic: Car tries to hit police officer, the latter use arms (Gazeta Express) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic on the EC report, visit to France: It is important that a progress has been seen (Beta, N1, TV Prva, Danas, KiM radio) • Giaufret presents report: Brnabic says EC recognized Serbia’s clear progress (FoNet, N1) • Bilcik: Serbia needs real, not limited progress (N1) • Varhelyi: Serbia, Kosovo expected to implement agreement on normalization of relations (N1, Tanjug) • If Serbia and Kosovo do not reach an agreement, there will be no EU money (Danas) • Dacic with the French envoy on Kosovo: The goal is to stabilize the situation and normalize relations (FoNet) • Owners of land plots in Gracanica fear that they will be left without property (KiM radio, RTS, KoSSev) • Krasniqi: There are no requests from Serbs to replace the mayor in the north (KiM radio, Kosovo Online, Beta)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 8, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Draft is more advanced, but we are not fully satisfied (media) • Kosovo, Serbia chief negotiators to meet next week in Brussels (RFE) • Edtstadler: Recognition of Kosovo by all EU member states is imperative (media) • Haradinaj on draft statute: Serbia has reason to feel victorious (Klan Kosova) • Haziri expects agreement in Brussels next week (media) • Haxhiu appointed coordinator against domestic, gender-based violence (media) • Gazeta Express publishes Albanian PM Rama’s draft statute of Association • Xhaferi: No potential for border changes; implications would be fatal (media) • Osmani meets Prince William, “conversation centered on cooperation” (media) • Court confirms verdict against Vukotic for sexual violence in war (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: We appreciate Romania's non-recognition of Kosovo (Tanjug, media) • Lajcak on meetings in Pristina (media, social media) • Brnabic: Relations with Azerbaijan at historical high point (media) • Over 850 vehicles with Serbian license plates switch to “RKS” plates (N1, KoSSev) • Lazarevic on vehicles re-registration: Belgrade in a shameful way shifted responsibility to Serbs in Kosovo (KoSSev, N1) • Kosovo Supreme Court upholds 13 years imprisonment sentence for Vukotic, Lawyer: From Nuremberg to The Hague no one has been tried in such a way (KoSSev, N1) • RFE: Possible new meeting of Belgrade, Pristina chief negotiators next week (RFE, N1) International Media: • Kosovo Govt’s Reform Agenda Gets Bogged Down in Court (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 7, 2023

Albanian Language Media: Lajcak says he has agreed with Bislimi about next steps in dialogue (Koha) Kurti and Bayraktar discuss possibilities for further cooperation (Express) Memli Krasniqi and Lumir Abdixhiku taken under protection by the Kosovo Police (RTK) A page of Association's statute published, it is based on "Zajednica" of 2013 (Albanian Post) Joseph: With new proposal, the Republika Srpska model has been excluded (RTK) Hovenier: Too few answers for the families of the missing (RTK) Security experts in Belgrade: Investigate how weapons went to the north (RTK) Serbian Language Media: Orlic: Serbia appreciates Romania's principled stance on respect of its sovereignty (media) New Slovak government respects territorial integrity of Serbia (BETA, Kosovo Online) OSCE informed Kosovo Government of Belgrade’s request on ballots collection (Kosovo Online) Dacic meets Yemeni counterpart bin Mubarak, discuss Kosovo as well (Tanjug, media) Xi: Serbia maintains sincere friendship with Chinese people (Tanjug) SRSG Ziadeh meets KFOR Commander Ulutas (Kosovo Online) Serbia, Kosovo exchange project ends with exhibition (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 6, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • EU: New proposal on Association is balanced (RTK) • Kryeziu: Kosovo did not accept or agree to any autonomy (RTK) • Escobar firm on Kosovo-Serbia agreements; “Legally binding” (Sinjali) • Svecla: Our citizens positively responded to decision to register vehicles (media) • Kurti: We will surely win the new elections too (Kallxo) • Osmani attends the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball (media) • Isufaj also enters race for Chief Prosecutor of Special Prosecution (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: The Brussels meeting was supposed to take place in a couple of days, but the other side did not accept it (Tanjug, RTS) • Security Information Agency (BIA) chief Aleksandar Vulin resigns (Tanjug, media) • “Since the SNS has been in power, the goal has been to turn the BIA into a party police” (N1) • Petkovic: By announcing the increase of KSF and KP members, Kurti threatens the Serbs in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • Serbian List: And the world is silently watching it (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: A contingent with medicine enters Kosovo, to be delivered to hospitals (KoSSev) • Serbian List representatives meet with CoE rapporteur (Tanjug) • Politicians are allowed to lie; it is up to the media to not transmit those lies (KoSSev)