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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 29, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: 3941 Serb citizens have applied for conversion of driver's licenses (Nacionale)
• Removal of visas for Serbs - LVV blames EU, AAK sees it violation of sovereignty (Ekonomia)
• CEC: Preparations for elections will start after the date is set (media)
• Abdixhiku to citizens: On one side you have division, on the other the "New Way" (media)
• Hoti: Kurti turned dialogue to zero, attacks on media like in totalitarian states (Reporteri)
• Kandic called for re-excavations in Serbia, in search of bodies of the missing (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucevic: Serbs in Kosovo do not have basic conditions for life (Tanjug, RTS)
• Vilan: After four years in Serbia, I understand all the sensitivity of solving the issue of Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Office for KiM: Threatening graffiti on the house of a Serbian family in Gojbulja village near Vucitrn; SL reaction (RTS, Kosovo Online, media)
• The Kosovo police launched an investigation into graffiti on a family home near Vucitrn (NMagazin, Beta, KoSSev, media)
• UNESCO: Monasteries in Kosovo endangered due to political problems (NMagazin, Beta, KoSSev, Vreme, media)
• Vucic: Lavrov right, Western double standards for Kosovo and Crimea (Kosovo Online)
• Stosic: Only one goal behind the opening of the Bridge on the Ibar – raising tensions (Kosovo Online)

International Media:

• Roma Refugees from Kosovo Still Suffering Exclusion in Serbia – Report (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 26, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

RTK acting director resigns after publication of Slobodna Bosna article (media)
Can the bridge in Mitrovica be opened without the consent of KFOR? (RFE)
Hasani: Poverty the biggest concern of Serb community, not security (KTV)
Brussels says that validity of Basic Agreement should not be questioned (Koha)
AJK reacts to threats against editorial office of online media “Sbunker” (media)
Guterres: Humanity suffering from an extreme heat pandemic (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic to attend opening ceremony of Paris Olympics (Tanjug)
Serbian Democracy reacts to Kosovo police calls to owners of weekend houses to provide documents (Danas, social media)
By jumping off bridge at Gazivode lake, Albanians intend to pay tribute to killed Kosovo police officers (KoSSev)
Surveillance cameras installed at Gazivode lake (Kosovo Online)
AAK MP Kadrijaj says people who were visiting Gazivode organised by Self-determination (Kosovo Online)
“Gallery of Threats” to Serbian Democracy (social media)
Drecun: Investigation to reveal objectives of policeman's killer, Germany not cooperating (Tanjug)
Serbian Government adopts Anti-Corruption Strategy (N1)

Opinion:

Opening the Iber Bridge to car traffic is a bad idea (Sbunker)

International Media:

‘We have built a name: Kosovo Sunny Hill festival founder eyes record year" (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 25, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

OSCE commends RTK Board for prompt decision to review recent report (media)
German Embassy: No statements that cannot be verified with facts (Nacionale)
Gervalla: Some within the EU are working to divide the Serbs in Kosovo (Koha)
Citaku blames Kurti and Gervalla for EU Council’s decision (media)
Ministry refuses to appoint Serb judge of Constitutional Court as notary (RFE)
AmCham concerned with preferential treatment of POEs (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Serbian FM: Kosovo dialogue has to be priority (N1)
Gasic, Mojsilovic visit army troops in Ground Safety Zone (Tanjug)
Another Serb arrested for the attack in front of the municipality of Zvecan (KoSSev)
Sasa Z. from Belgrade, arrested at the Merdare crossing, detained for 30 days (Tanjug)
Srecko Sofronijevic released, the court in Pristina accepted bail (RTS)
Petkovic, Turkish ambassador discuss situation in Kosovo, position of Serbs (Tanjug)
Journalists' Associations in Kosovo: The IMC Law will affect the control and shutdown of the media (KiM radio, Media Center Caglavica)

International Media:

Kosovo’s ruling party, broadcaster, accused of ‘smearing’ two media (BIRN)
Photographer Ron Haviv reflects on documenting the breakup of Yugoslavia (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 24, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

State Department: Kasanof committed to Balkan’s Euro-Atlantic integration (RFE)
Hoxhaj says removal of visas for Serbs is “double sovereignty” (KTV)
RTK Board issues explanation for reporting on “controversial article” (media)
KFOR: Any decision on Iber bridge to be made in Brussels dialogue (Express)
EFJ calls on Osmani “to speak out and protect media independence” (media)
Faton Hajrizi’s family authorizes lawyer to return his body from Serbia (RFE)
Haradinaj blames “Kurti’s approach with allies” for “deteriorating security” (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic: Serbia has very good relations with Russian Federation (Tanjug, media)
Joksimovic, Tolkach: Serbia-Ukraine dialogue to foster mutual understanding (N1)
KFOR: Any decision on opening Ibar River bridge in Mitrovica only within the dialogue (Kosovo Online)
KFOR Commander visits Gazivode lake (Kosovo Online, social media)
Kosovo police arrests Serb for alleged spreading of racial and religious hatred (Tanjug, media)
Serbian List: Serbs persecuted over verbal delicts, while no one is held responsible for crimes against Serbs (media)
Staro Gracko - Waiting for Justice: Two and a half decades since murder of 14 harvesters (Kosovo Online)
Investigative journalism or intimidation of journalists? (KoSSev)
UK Ambassador visits northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media)

International Media:

‘Smashing the Patriarchy’: Anibar Film Festival provides possibilities for equality (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 23, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

President says EU decision to lift visas for Serbs legally unimplementable (media)
Osmani: Kosovo remains steadfast on path to rightful place within EU (media)
Kosovo Police install security cameras near Iber Bridge (media)
Foreign Ministry: Fingerprints sent by Serbia match those of Faton Hajrizi (media)
Market inspectorate closes two more gas stations in north of Kosovo (media)
Kasanof appointed U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Balkans (media)
AJK slams “dangerous smearing campaign” by VV MPs against two media (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Antonijevic: Abolition of visas has ended long-standing injustice, closed black hole in region (Kosovo Online)
Sljuka: Visa liberalisation for Serbian passports holders in Kosovo positive news amid sea of negative things (Kosovo Online)
Alexander Sasha Kasanof appointed new Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Balkans (KoSSev)
Kosovo police installed surveillance cameras on northern side of Ibar River Bridge (media)
Two more NIS gas stations closed in northern Kosovo (RTS)

International Media:

EU Scraps Visa Requirement for Kosovo Serbs With ‘Special’ Passports (Balkan Insight)