Albanian Language Media:
• Kusari-Lila: Association draft to court, not a condition before vote at Committee of Ministers (EO)
• Knaus shares part of Kurt's speech in Berlin: He said he cannot impose QUINT draft statute on Serbs (Albanian Post)
• Martens: Berlin, Paris intend to postpone vote for CoE membership (Albanian Post)
• Haxhiu: CoE membership paves way for justice for war crimes (media)
• Kryeziu reacts to SL: Cameras in north are in service of public security (media)
• “Nearly 900,000 citizens registered so far, Serbs in north remain hesitant” (Klan)
• Tahiri: Kurti to explain why Serbia remains unpunished even after Banjska (EO)
Serbian Language Media:
• Two Serbs beaten up in Bosniak mahala, Mitrovica North, three Albanians arrested (Tanjug, N1, media)
• Three Albanians arrested, two more identified and one looked for, in relation to attack against Serb young man in Mitrovica North (KoSSev, media)
• Lawyer: Bosniak arrested at Brnjak crossing point over alleged war crimes sent to one-month detention (Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo police started installing security cameras in Mitrovica North, Serbian List demands their removal (KoSSev, media)
• Will holders of “second class“ travel documents, who cannot obtain Kosovo ones, finally get good news? (KoSSev)
• Vucic: Good discussion with Ashton about Serbia's future, place in world (Tanjug)
• Pahor preparing new proposal for Pristina-Belgrade dialogue (N1)
• Serbia to receive €1.6 billion from EU’s Growth Plan for Western Balkans (N1, RTS)
• Kurti surprised with State Department’s report on human rights in Kosovo (N1, BETA)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 29, 2024
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 26, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
- Lajcak: Presented a compromise paper in effort to bridge differences (media)
- Bislimi: Serbia wants illegal structures to be funded until Association formed (RFE)
- Kurti thanks German MPs for supporting Kosovo (media)
- Citaku: Result of general elections will be surprising (media)
- Rasic comments on Serbian army’s drills near border with Kosovo (media)
- Ruecker: Kosovo needs to establish the Associati
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 25, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
O'Brien meets with Kurti, seeks progress for the Association (Koha)
Germany and France demand sending of draft of Association to the Constitutional Court before the vote in the Council of Europe (Koha)
Osmani hosts delegation of EU Working Group for Western Balkans (media)
COMKFOR conveys three messages from Brussels for Kosovo (media)
Kurti calls on the diaspora to register (Koha)
Sveqla: Serbia continues to have territorial aspirations towards Kosovo (ekonomia)
Krasniqi: EU punitive measures to be removed as soon as possible (RTK)
Trajkovic: Boycott of Serbs in the north harms Kosovo Serbs themselves (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
Ulutas: NATO supports the Belgrade and Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
Vucic met Guterres at the UN headquarters (RTS)
Vucic apologizes to Slovenians but not to their politicians; Dacic: Charge d’affaires rejected Slovenia’s allegations (N1, Beta, Tanjug)
SNV, SNF and Fatherland asked Brnabic to call local elections in Kosovo as well (KoSSev)
UNS: Untrue information about the March Pogrom for more than a month on the RTK2 website (KiM radio)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 24, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Macron calls Kurti, support for Kosovo at CoE and mentions Association (media)
• Kurti thanks Macron for France’s unwavering support (media)
• Rohde: Tangible steps needed on Association in order to join CoE (KTV)
• Lajcak: I believe we have managed to narrow the gap (media)
• Croatia supports Albania’s EU membership, Kosovo at Council of Europe (Klan)
• Mothers of Srebrenica thank Osmani for statement at UN Security Council (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic speaks with German envoy, discusses problems Serbs in Kosovo face (Tanjug)
• Lajcak announces resumption of talks on use of dinar in Kosovo (N1)
• Macron speaks with Kurti: Progress in establishing CSM important for Kosovo membership in CoE (Kosovo Online)
• BiH Presidency without consensus on Kosovo membership in CoE (Radio KIM)
• Djuric: Osmani’s ‘tasteless performance’ at UNSC session, none of women present is her adviser (N1, Kosovo Online, social media)
• Citizens of North Mitrovica on visa liberalization: Thank God, something in our favor (Kosovo Online)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 23, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• UN Security Council meets to discuss situation in Kosovo (media)
• EU: Vote result in north of Kosovo does not contribute to reducing tensions (RFE)
• Kurti hosted in Sofia by his Bulgarian counterpart Dimitar Glavchev (media)
• U.S. State Department publishes country report on human rights for Kosovo (media)
• Over half a million citizens registered in Kosovo census so far (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
• UN Security Council discussed report on Kosovo, SRSG Ziadeh addressed the SC (FoNet, N1, Tanjug, RTS)
• Vucic: Pristina creating unbearable living conditions for Serbs, other non-Albanians (N1, RTS, Tanjug, FoNet)
• Vucic reacts to Osmani’s remarks, terms it political theater (RTS, N1, Novosti, Kosovo Online)
• Russian Representative: Who are the persons sitting behind Vjosa Osmani and who do they represent? (RTS)
• China calls upon Pristina to retract unilateral acts leading to destabilization (RTS, media)
• Serbian List demands Radoica Radomirovic be prosecuted (Kosovo Online)
• Vucevic meets with German MFA's envoy (Tanjug)
• Vucic calls on UN members to vote against resolution on Srebrenica (N1)
International Media:
• Police Intervenes as Protesting Students Push University’s Council of Ethics to Decide on Sexual Harassment Claims (Balkan Insight)