UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 6, 2019

Albanian Language Media:

• CEC: Election results to be announced tomorrow, if no complaints filed (Telegrafi)
• EP Rapporteur for Kosovo: No reason to delay visa liberalisation (Express)
• Haradinaj: Kurti to be careful in relations with Serbia (EO)
• Maliqi: Border correction idea could be brought back to the table (Zeri)
• Kurti: I cannot treat Bosnia the same as Serbia (N1, RTK)
• Albin Kurti to resign from the post of the leader of Vetevendosje Movement (Lajmi.net)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: If I promised something to the West on Kosovo, why didn't I fulfil it so far? (RTS, B92)
• Molina: Spain will not change its stance on Kosovo (RTS)
• “We are disappointed with EU, let them make it up with Serbia and Montenegro” (Tanjug, B92)
• Dacic: Palmer didn’t mention sanctions over Russian military equipment (N1, Danas)
• Vecernje Novosti daily on Zarzecki’s visit to Serbia (Vecernje Novosti, B92)
• Trajkovic on Palmer’s visit to Belgrade and Pristina: (Non)achieving the lasting solution (Radio KIM)

International:

• Can Kosovo Get Payback for Wartime Devastation? (Balkan Insight)

Development/Humanitarian:

• Lluka: Kosovo to become energy regulatory area as of next year (Kallxo)

• Diaspora votes secure Vetevendosje another MP seat (Zeri)
• NISMA insists it has crossed election threshold (media)
• Palmer: Not realistic to expect Serbia will soon recognise Kosovo (media)
• Haxhiu: Kurti, first PM that will demand war reparation from Serbia (Bota Sot)
• Thousands gather in Pristina in march for Astrit Dehari (media)
• Osmani meets Hahn, Wieland and McAllister (Epoka)
• Haradinaj: Lifting the tariff would be a capital political mistake (Koha)
• Kosovo prepares to admit another 100 citizens from Syria (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 5, 2019

Albanian Language Media:

• Delays in announcing election results hurt decision-making processes (Telegrafi)
• Kurti: Astrit Dehari, symbol of battle for justice (Kallxo/Telegrafi)
• LDK leader Mustafa meets representatives of non-majority communities (media)
• Ramadani: ‘Imperial’ Russia returns as threat to Balkans (RTK)
• Haradinaj with a message for Kurti on reciprocity with Serbia (Gazeta Express)

Serbian Language Media:

• Palmer: If Belgrade and Pristina want our political support, the agreement must be acceptable to the US as well (RTV, KoSSev)
• Elections in Serbia between 22 March and 5 April, says Serbian president Vucic (RTS)
• Dacic with Palmer: Support to the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Serbian media)
• Serbian FM Dacic: By year end, four to five states to withdraw Kosovo's recognition (NMagazin, TV Happy)
• Delo: Trump urgently needs his “Dayton” (Delo, B92)

International:

• US to push France on Western Balkans enlargement (EUobserver)
• New Format for Discussing Kosovo at the UN Needed, Russia Could Act as Mediator – Analysts (Sputnik)

• LVV: Coalition talks with LDK to be finalised in two weeks' time (media)
• Vetevendosje complains to Supreme Court over Diaspora ballots (Klan Kosova)
• The endless game of vote recount (Bota Sot)
• Haziri: No doubt, prime minister post goes to Vetevendosje (Koha)
• Veliu: LDK-LVV coalition not in danger, post of President to be defined (Telegrafi)
• Zogiani: We can’t discuss post of President two years beforehand (Indeksonline)
• Vetevendosje leader Kurti meets North Macedonia PM Zaev (media)
• Thaci: Kosovo remains champion of war against terrorism (RTK)
• A new approach to the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (Radio Free Europe)

Albanian Language Media:

Analysts comment on disagreements between VV and LDK officials (Telegrafi)
Haradinaj: Serbia’s armament from Russia and China, a threat to Kosovo (media)
Haradinaj: DASH Report values highly Kosovo’s war against terrorism (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic pleased with the content of the talks with Palmer; Important to respect the results of democratic elections, says Palmer (RTS)
Dacic: There is no pressure we would succumb to (RTS)
Media: Palmer withdraws ultimatum? (Tanjug, Kurir, B92)
"Recognition" or "sanctions" that is the question (Tanjug, B92)
Blic: Three reasons why Serbia is pressured by US (Blic, B92)
Vucic’s Media Advisor: It won't be easy for Palmer with Vucic either (Tanjug, TV Prva, B92)
Serbian PM Brnabic met Chinese President Xi Jinping (Serbian media)
SRNA: Pacolli cannot hold lectures (media)
Belgrade has no communication with Serbs detained in Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
Vucic wrote to EU on “poisoning case” again (Serbian media, KoSSev)
Mihajlovic: Whoever recognizes Kosovo, he has sealed his political career (N1, KIM radio)
Simic: It is good that Palmer heard what Serbs think as well (RTS)

International:

Kosovo’s 1990s Generation Take Reconciliation Personally (Balkan Insight)
Balkan leaders warn that EU accession delay risks stoking tensions (Financial Times)
Blocking Enlargement Is an Act of European Self-Harm (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian and Development:

Protest gathering in Laplje Selo over pollution of Gracanka riverbed (Radio KIM, KoSSev)
Journalists benefit from training organized by APJ and UN Women (RTK)

• LDK includes PM post in table of talks (Koha/Zeri)
• VV, LDK working groups to hold fifth meeting today (media)
• LDK’s Hoti hopes new government will be formed in November (media)
• Godfrey: Agreement to be based on mutual recognition (RTK)
• Thaci: EU leaders should not make mistakes of the 1990s (Epoka)
• Pacolli: We cannot talk about independence, constitution or borders (media)
• Berisha: Belgrade making pressure on KSF Serb members (media)

• Mustafa: If we don’t reach agreement with VV, we’ll go into opposition (media)
• U.S. Special Rep for Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer’s speech in Pristina (media)
• Special Rep for Western Balkans Matthew Palmer’s interview to Radio Free Europe
• Gashi wants agreement with VV to be based on equality (Koha)
• Former Croatian President against eventual border changes (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 1, 2019

Albanian Language Media:

• VV-LDK government program to be finalised next week (ekonomiaonline)
• Haradinaj: Thaci, Rama, Citaku, Vucic supported Kosovo’s partition (Telegrafi)
• Munter: Trump wants to bring Kurti and Vucic to Washington for a deal (media)
• Incoming government may cancel 2020 budget projections (RFE)

Serbian Language Media:

• Dacic: Serbia strengthened its foreign-policy position (RTS)
• “Same message to Belgrade and Pristina from all ambassadors at UN SC session” (Tanjug, B92)
• A secret even for CEC members to which country were sent votes from Serbia for the analysis (Politika, TV Most, Kosovo Online)
• Concluded hearing of a witness in connection with the case of Nenad Arsic (Kontakt plus radio)
• Kosovo Special Prosecutor announces first indictments for murder of Oliver Ivanovic (KoSSev, N1)
• "If the borders within former Yugoslavia begin to change, it will be a disaster" (RTS, B92)
• Surlic to N1: How to believe in the final agreement on Kosovo when the agreed so far is not implemented

Opinions:

• Mustafaj: Vjosa Osmani as a stateswoman (Telegrafi)

Humanitarian and Development:

• Kosovo Failing to Protect Diaspora Rights and Tap Potential (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo rape: Teacher and policeman accused in teenager case (BBC)

• UN Security Council discusses quarterly report on Kosovo (media)
• LVV, LDK discuss establishing special investigation office (media)
• Reeker: U.S. not focused on border change (media)
• Palmer to visit Kosovo today (media)
• Limaj: There never was worse election administration in Kosovo (Koha)
• Serbian List: Kurti not to deny rights of Serbs and SL’s victory (Zeri)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 31, 2019

Albanian Language Media:

• Hoxhaj to Guterres: Kosovo should become UN member (RTK)
• CEC: Diaspora ballot count not expected to begin today (Kosovapress)
• Daka after Supreme Court decision: We are obliged to count ballots (Telegrafi)
• Rule of law, main topic of today's LVV-LDK meeting (Telegrafi)
• EULEX: Kosovo did not ask us to be involved on Astrit Dehari’s autopsy (Express)

Serbian Language Media:

• UNSC on Kosovo today, Belgrade will indicate the real situation on the field (RTS)
• Russian Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko: Kosovo should be the main focus of the UN Security Council (Tanjug, TV Most, TASS)
• Odalovic: What Kurti advocates for moves us away from dialogue (Danas)
• In case of EU accession plan failure, Serbia has a "plan B" (Tanjug, Kurir, B92)
• Bregu: EU in deep crisis, region to connect and focus on reforms (BETA, N1)
• Joksimovic: Serbia was first to start EU accession under new rules (N1)
• Vucic: Peace, stability and cooperation in the region are Serbia's priorities (Tanjug, B92)
• Fajon: Continuation of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia EU priority (RTK2, Tanjug)
• British policy in Western Balkans unchanged, UK ambassador in Belgrade says (BETA, N1)

Opinions:

• Macron is Gambling Away EU Influence in Balkans (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Serbia Vows to Adopt New NATO Plan Soon (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian and Development:

• NGOs call for halt to hydropower (Prishtina Insight)