Albanian Language Media:
• Svecla on weapons found in Uglare: There is no compromise on crime (RTK)
• Osmani meets with president of North Macedonia (Klan)
• Hovenier: We’ll help protect Kosovo from cyberattacks, false information (media)
• NDI deputy chief: TV stations are the main source of information (Koha)
• Kosovo joins Demining Coalition for Ukraine (media)
• Rohde remembers “German journalists killed during war in Kosovo” (Telegrafi)
• Municipality of Mitrovica North continues to free public spaces (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucevic: We preserve peace and protect Serbs in Kosovo, but we are far from resolving status issues (Kosovo Online)
• Djuric: Serbia wants relationship of trust and cooperation with all EU member states (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Serbia does not accept violations of Resolution 1244 or the rights of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic informs Latin American ambassadors of situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, media)
• Serbs could not attend liturgy at Christ the Savior Temple in Pristina centre (Radio KIM)
• More than 1000 requests submitted to switching driver’s licences (KoSSev)
• EU: Belgrade violating agreement on path to normalisation of relations with Pristina (N1, FoNet)
• Vulin meets with Russian security services leadership in Moscow (BETA, N1)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 14, 2024
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 13, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti on the 19th anniversary of LVV: I thank the people who support us so much (RTK)
• Osmani: Freedom will have no meaning without justice for 1133 children killed during war (Klan)
• EP Vice-President: I hope we will soon welcome Kosovo into big EU family (Express)
• NATO: Our work remains ensuring peace and freedom of movement for all without distinction (Reporteri)
• Ulutash: KFOR role remains essential, I will spare no effort (Reporteri)
• UK Chief of Defense Staff: Our troops continue to support Kosovo's sovereignty (Reporteri)
• Hovenier: NATO's entry into Kosovo ended the brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Milosevic regime (Reporteri)
• Lajcak talks with O'Brien about developments in Western Balkans (Koha)
• Maqedonci in Brussels to sign agreement on demining (media)
• Serbian delegation leaves meeting in Sarajevo after "Kosovo's membership in CoE" mentioned (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic: Foreigners take only what they like from UNSCR 1244 (Tanjug, Dnevni avaz, media)
• Pristina must be put under pressure to continue dialogue, Vucevic tells UK ambassador (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: The decision to ban the import of Serbian goods into Kosovo threatens basic European values (Kosovo Online, TV Most)
• Djuric: Serbia unequivocally supports Dayton Agreement; Vranjes: I did not bring or hand Sarajevo's protest note to Serbia (Tanjug)
• Vladimir Orlic appointed director of Serbia’s Security Intelligence Agency (N1, media)
International:
• ‘Administrative Silence’: FOI Requests Go Unanswered in Balkans, BIRN Report Says (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 12, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• U.S. calls for stability, reconciliation in Balkans, after All-Serbian Assembly (RFE)
• Rohde: We are not here to punish but to support (media)
• Kurti hosts Walker, Robertson, Begaj and Mesic for dinner (media)
• Lajcak briefs Council of Europe members on state of dialogue (media)
• Osmani attends opening of Reporting House exhibition by BIRN (media)
• Kurti meets representatives of “Yes-EU” innovation group (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Djuric speaks by phone with Schallenberg, informs him of difficulties Serbs face in Kosovo (Tanjug, media)
• Djuric: Position of Serbia is such that Kosovo can never be member of UN (Tanjug, RTV)
• Petkovic responds to Hovenier: For Serbia, UN Charter, UNSCR 1244 and international law are power (Tanjug, media)
• Vucevic: Serbia looking after its interests, that’s cooperation with Russia (FoNet, N1)
• Sentic: Law on use of languages is broad in granted rights, but its implementation in practice is problematic (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List on organized criminal-espionage network being increasingly exposed (Kosovo Online)
• Indictment raised against one more Serb in relation to protest in Zvecan (Kosovo Online)
• Zoran Kostic and Dragan Milovic pleaded not guilty for alleged war crimes in Vucitrn (RTS)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 11, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti after meeting Blair: I sincerely thanked our friend for his unwavering support (Nacionale)
• Kurti met with Director of Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center, Emir Suljagic: Serbia must face its past (Telegrafi)
• USA: "All-Serbian" declaration, dangerous attack on Dayton and Bosnian institutions (media)
• Edi Rama, advised Kurti to get out of trap of "cat and mouse" game with Serbia (Telegrafi)
• Szunyog visited "Bllaca 99" memorial center (RTK)
• Municipality of Pristina announces Kouchner's visit has been cancelled (RTK)
• Express: Lord Robertson arrives in Pristina for the 25th anniversary of liberation (Express)
Serbian Language Media:
• Djuric: Solution for Kosovo can be sought only through dialogue within framework of UNSCR 1244 (media, social
media)
• Dacic: UNSCR 1244 still valid, everyone must comply with it (media)
• Vucevic thanks Mexico for abstaining in UNGA vote, stance on Kosovo issue (Tanjug, media)
• US and West do not agree with positions of Declaration of the All-Serbian Assembly (RFE, N1)
• Vulin: Serbia highly appreciates Russia’s consistent support (N1)
• UNS: It is unacceptable to deny translation into Serbian for journalists (Radio KIM, media)
International Media:
• 'I Never Regretted Helping Kosovo', UK's Tony Blair Says (Prishtina Insight)
• BIRN Marks End of Kosovo War with ‘Reporting House’ Exhibition (Prishtina Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 10, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: 2024 is the year of integration (media)
• Borrell’s report expected on Tuesday; govt skeptical of lifting measures (Koha)
• Gervalla: We’ll consider Association draft only if Serbia implements Basic Agreement (media)
• LDK, AAK react to declaration adopted by All-Serbian assembly (media)
• EU spokeswoman in Kosovo: Russia trying to disrupt Western Balkans integration (media)
• Police arrest Russian national in Zvecan for illegal border crossing (RFE)
• Barbano: Banjska aggression proved fragility of the situation in the north (media)
• Kurti: Another successful Pride Parade took place in heart of Pristina (media)
• Surroi: June 8 as a metaphor of two societies (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Fatherland: The All-Serbian Assembly marginalized Kosovo, served to cover up betrayal (N1, NMagazin, Danas)
• Vucevic on the All-Serb Assembly: A new political reality that everyone will have to get used to (Kosovo Online)
• Djuric: Spreading falsehoods about the character and nature of the All-Serb Assembly is harmful and destructive (Kosovo Online)
• Governments of Serbia and RS adopt Declaration on Protection of National and Political Rights and the Joint Future of the Serb People (N1, Beta, FoNet)
• Petkovic, Djuric met representatives of Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug)