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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 2, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

U.S State Department urges postponement of decision to ban dinar (VoA) 
Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss latest developments (media) 
Hovenier: Kosovo risks facing ethnic tensions (media) 
Kurti meets Ambassador Ziv, talk about organizing an Economic Forum (Klan) 
Over 800 Serbs applied for Kosovo passport only in January (Express) 
Kurti dismisses adviser seen in party with parallel structures' officials (media) 
Kosovo urged to drop legal push to 'control online media' (Prishtina Insight) 
Illegal activity near Police seen as security concern (Koha) 

Serbian Language Media:

Hovenier: US concerned the dinar ban could escalate tensions (Beta, N1, KiM radio)
Serbian List with Hovenier regarding the last decision of Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever)
More than 800 Serbs applied for Kosovo passports during January (N1, FoNet, Danas)
Drecun: Dinar ban one of toughest blows yet but Kurti will not stop there (Tanjug)
A ministerial duo visited Albanian houses under construction in Brdjani, workers tore down a billboard with the Serbian flag nearby (KoSSev)
Arsenijevic on the occasion of the visit of Kosovo ministers to North Mitrovica (Danas) 
The State Department calls on the GoK to immediately postpone the CBK's decision to abolish dinars (Kosovo Online, thepavlovictoday.com, media)
Andric Rakic: If the withdrawal of dinars is prevented, the cost of living for citizens will increase (Kosovo Online)

International Media:

Closed Hearings at Hague War Crimes Court ‘Heighten Mistrust’ in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 1, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Bislimi: CBK regulation to enter into force on Thursday, facilitated transition (RFE)
• Svecla informs about raid of NGO inside a police station in Pristina (RFE)
• Stoltenberg: NATO most successful alliance (Albanian Post)
• Haradinaj asks Rounds to support Kosovo in Partnership for Peace (media)
• Serwer: Trump’s election would be misfortunate for the Balkans (KTV)
• Grenell: Kurti to stop unilateral moves that risk safety of U.S. troops (media)
• Osmani speaks to Al Thani, discuss excellent Kosovo-Qatar relations (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• No statement from Vucic's meeting with Quint, EU representatives (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic: Vucic's meeting with Quint representatives most difficult ever (Tanjug, RTS)
• Vucic to speak with White House officials, and with Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti, Blic)
• Eparchy of Raska-Prizren: Banning dinar will block normal life in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Tanjug, KiM radio)
• KP search clinic used by Kosovo Serbs in Pristina (N1, RTS, media)
• Starovic: The remaining Serbs in Pristina are denied basic medical services (Tanjug)
• The Serbian People's Movement submitted documents for the registration of a new political party (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio, Caglavica Media Center)
International Media:
• Grenell: Kosovo’s PM Albin Kurti Is Putting American Lives At Risk (thepavlovictoday.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 31, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: Kosovo committed to normalization centered on mutual recognition (media)
Osmani: Brussels agreement, Ohrid annex must be fully implemented (media)
Lajcak: Important results but little progress on big picture (media)
Osmani meets Rohde, discuss latest developments (media)
Tahiri: We asked Kosovo’s membership in NATO from Escobar (Klan Kosova)
Ahmeti: Kosovo-Serbia reconciliation for quiet and peace in Balkans (RTK)
Cakolli: Firing of whistleblowers is intimidation for others (KTV)

Serbian Language Media:

ICG: Constant pressure drives Serbs out of Kosovo, tensions increased since Kurti came to power (Kosovo Online, media)
Media: Vucic held meeting with ministers last night over Kurti’s decision to ban dinar (Tanjug)
Lajcak: Kosovo government to announce information about dinar decision (Kosovo Online)
Petkovic: Quint statement different this time (media)
Witness at Thaci’s trial: KLA was killing Albanians declared collaborators near Orahovac (N1, BETA)
Vucic: Serbia has to be prepared (N1)
Businessman from Zvecan to go on hunger strike, Tax Administration damaged him for 310.000 euros (KoSSev)
Cvetkovic, Marinkovic meet with Escobar in Washington (Tanjug)

International Media:

Pavlovic Today: Diplomatic Memo Outlines Risks To Serbs Amid Suspension Of Serbian Dinar In Kosovo
Four Kosovo Men Jailed for Plotting Acts of Terrorism (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 30, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

O'Brien: U.S. demands full implementation of agreements (media)
Lajcak announces next Kosovo-Serbia meeting at level of chief negotiators (Reporteri)
Israel to lift visas for Kosovars, Osmani calls it a positive development (RTK)
Haxhiu meets head of EULEX, discuss reforms in justice and vetting (media)
Haradinaj at U.S. Department of State, meets Escobar (media)
CEC starts verifying signatures from citizens' petition in the north (Koha)
Kurti and Svecla visit Police Inspectorate (media)
Weber: West aware that Serbia’s high levels are involved in attack in Banjska (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

Lajcak met Vucic, says they discussed next steps in normalization of relations (Kosovo Online, social media)
Andric Rakic: Implementation of cash operations regulation would mean recognition of Serbian institutions in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
Lucic: We explained that Competition Authority operates contrary to European practise norms and regulations (Kosovo Online)
Protest over timber poachers from Kosovo held in Kursumlija (N1)
Portal: Plaque of Kosovo institutions placed on center for social welfare, firefighters’ station in Zubin Potok (KoSSev)
Vucevic: We are not preparing for wars, but we will be ready to defend Serbia (Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 29, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Quint embassies statement on recent regulation of Kosovo Central Bank (media)
• Lajcak to visit Serbia today, Kosovo tomorrow (RTK)
• Xhaferi elected head of caretaker government in North Macedonia (media)
• Bauer: Not enough to expect EU and NATO to do everything in Balkans (Lajmi)
• Car of president of Leposavic municipal assembly set on fire (RFE)
• Lajcak: Busy week in Brussels (media)
• Lajcak meets Von Cramon, discuss developments in Kosovo and region (media)
• Kosovo leaders’ messages on Holocaust Remembrance Day (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic to meet Lajcak (media)
• Quint calls for suspension of CBK regulation due to concern over its impact on K. Serb community (KoSSev)
• Mijacic: A strong message would be for the Central European Bank to prohibit the euro in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, N1)
• KP suspects arson after Leposavic MA president’s car partially torched (KoSSev)
• In Ljubozda returnee village seven houses robbed since the beginning of the year (Kosovo Online)
• Vasic: Milosavljevic and Zaric’s unfounded detention a clear message to all Serbs who want to return to Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Jevtic: Attacks on Serbian returnees are a result of the policy of the regime in Pristina (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Czech minister: Kosovo’s political scene united on nationalism (N1, Beta, KoSSev)
• Kurti: No former Kosovo PM maintained dialogue with Serbia as much as I do (Beta, N1)
International Media:
• North Macedonia's Parliament Elects First Ethnic Albanian PM (RFE)