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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 19, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Sources: Borrell recommends lifting of EU measures against Kosovo (RFE) • Kurti: In 1998-99, Serbia used sexual violence as weapon of war in Kosovo (media) • U.S. is committed to supporting victims and survivors of CRSV (media) • Maqedonci: Kosovo determined to join NATO (media) • Lajcak meets international community representatives in Kosovo (media) • Citaku: PDK is ready for new elections (media) • Bogujevci, Perestrello talk Kosovo’s membership in intl organisations (media) • Kurti travelled to Hamburg following invitation by Sarrazin (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak appreciates reports of international community in Kosovo about situation on ground (Kosovo Online) • Lajcak: My work continues; I am confident the CSM will be established, we have considered red lines of both sides (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Pristina misuses sexual violence victims for daily political purposes (Radio KIM) • Odalovic: 567 Serbs are still listed as missing (Radio KIM) • The strengthening of the right not a good signal for the region's membership in the EU, and the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Kosovo Online, VoA) • Darko Tanaskovic: Border changes in the Balkans as a distant possibility not impossible (N1, NMagazin, Danas) • UEFA fines Albanian Football Federation (Kosovo Online, media) International: • Crosetto: NATO intervention in Kosovo, pillar of peace and democracy in world (Nova) • Unconnected: Kosovo’s health information system remains ‘forgotten promise’ (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 19, 2024

Albanian Language Media: •    Borrell submits report on possibility of lifting measures against Kosovo (RTK) •    Bislimi meets Lajcak, discuss way forward for agreement implementation (media) •    Lajcak: Implementation of agreement on normalization must be accelerated (RFE) •    Osmani did not meet Lajcak due to different agendas (Telegrafi) •    Meeting between Kurti and Lajcak in Pristina does not take place (media) •    Kurti, Arbel discuss strengthening economic cooperation (media) •    Israel removes visas for Kosovars (RTK) •    Maqedonci: Radoicic’s group is still organized; “poses threat to Kosovo” (media) Serbian Language Media: •    Vucic to meet Lajcak today (Kosovo Online, media) •    Lajcak met KFOR commander: Decisions about the bridge in Mitrovica should be made in Brussels (KoSSev, N1, NMagazin) •    Rasic: The silent surrender of Kosovo, especially of the Kosovo Serbs, continues (N1, NMagazin) •    Serbian List: Rasic tells lies about Vucic and our party (Kosovo Online) •    Festival "Mirdita, Dobar dan" – Aims for dialogue, accompanied by disagreements (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 18, 2024

Albanian Language Media: •    Kurti: I don’t think I should speculate over speculations (media) •    Pacolli: We’ve heard from EU that lifting of measures has been foreseen (media) •    Lajcak arrives in Pristina, scheduled to meet Osmani, Kurti and Bislimi (media) •    Osmani: Unwavering commitment to lasting and just peace in Ukraine (media) •    Kurti shares British reporter’s story who recorded attack on Jashari family (media) •    Lajcak: We have a new momentum, which should not be missed (media) •    UN Special Rapporteur publishes report from visit to Kosovo and Serbia (media) •    Aliu gives details on construction of Pristina-Durres railway (media) •    Kosovo to hand over to Serbia remains of three persons killed during war (RFE) •    Prizren to host biggest cycling festival in Kosovo this weekend (media) •    Klinaku: Kurti govt worked against veterans; we will protest (media) •    KSC issues final warning to Nasim Haradinaj re. his media contacts (media) •    UEFA initiates disciplinary proceedings against Serbia (media) Serbian Language Media: •    Vucic meets Jenca, discusses situation in Kosovo, necessity to establish CSM (Kosovo Online) •    Djuric meets SRSG Ziadeh, says dialogue at stalemate because of Pristina (Kosovo Online, social media) •    PM Vucevic with Lajcak: Time for Europe to give a clear signal (N1) •    Lajcak says he discussed with Vucevic Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, EU relations with Serbia (RTS) •    Dacic called on the organisers to cancel the "Mirdita, Dobar dan" festival (KiM radio) •    A land parcel and field of Ilija Draskovic usurped in Kosovo Polje, one of usurpers threatened him with death (Radio KIM) •    The remains of three Serbian civilians killed in 1999 handed over at Merdare (KiM radio) Opinion: •    Mutual recognition between Serbia and Kosovo: How do we get there? (IDN) •    Serbia’s new intelligence chief will guard Vucic’s ‘captured’ state (BIRN) International: •    Reporter reflects “25 years after Kosovo’s secession from state of Serbia” (BBC) •    UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings, prove over Serbian fact actions at Euro 2024 (RFE) •    UEFA open disciplinary probe against Albania FA after Euro 2024 match (DPA International, MSN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 18, 2024

Albanian Language Media: •    Kurti: Opposition cannot postpone elections indefinitely (Koha) •    Stano on report on EU measures for Kosovo: No exact date, don’t speculate (RTK) •    Svecla: Partners did not criticize us, they expressed concern (media) •    Rasic: Vucic and Serbian List used the north for money laundering (media) •    Osmani meets leaders at Peace Summit for Ukraine (media) •    Svecla: Serbian government is financing terrorism (Koha) Serbian Language Media: •    Djuric meets Jenca, discusses Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online, media) •    Dacic: Role of UNMIK of crucial importance for security of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) •    Petkovic meets ASG Jenca, SRSG Ziadeh, informs them of unilateral Pristina acts (Radio KIM, media) •    Kosovo police entered two schools in Leposavic without warrant, photographed premises (Kosovo Online, media) •    Kosovo police searched for “illegal things” at two schools in Leposavic, without explaining what it was (KoSSev, social media) •    Two Serb youths say they were mistreated by Kosovo police in Leposavic (Kosovo Online, social media) •    Serbian List, Office for KiM react to Rasic’s remarks he is ready to engage in preparing CSM draft statute (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, media) •    Mortal remains of three Serbian civilians killed in Kosovo to be handed over to Belgrade delegation at Merdare (media) •    25 years since kidnapping of several Serbs in Orahovac (Radio Gorazdevac, media) •    Insulting graffiti written on House of Culture, children’s playground in Susica (KoSSev, media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 14, 2024

Albanian Language Media: •    State Department: Long-term U.S. policy is mutual recognition (Express) •    Rohde recalls 'Scholz’s clear statement during visits to Kosovo and Serbia’ (media) •    Bajrami: Without mutual recognition, there can be no normalisation (media) •    State Department comments on declaration of All-Serbian Assembly (media) •    De Riu: Opening Iber bridge has "political and electoral purposes" (media) •    Investigation of war crimes; Svecla, Haxhiu meet senior police officers (Kallxo) •    Government ministers, MPs help clean shores of lake in north Kosovo (media) •    Kurti: Walker is among Kosovo’s greatest friends (media) •    Sources: “Shabani wanted BIA to act faster, stronger in Kosovo” (Express) •    Arifi: “Elections in October; increase in public sector wages in summer” (media) Serbian Language Media: •    Petkovic says 150 Serb families to be evicted from their apartments in the north by Kosovo Verification Agency: "Ethnic cleansing continues" (Kosovo Online, RTS) •    Petkovic: Shameful and anti-civilized decision of Pristina to ban goods from central Serbia (Tanjug) •    People in the north, Strpce on Serbian goods import ban (Kosovo Online) •    Gracanica residents: "We buy what we must" - dissatisfaction with quality and prices of available goods (Kosovo Online) •    Shahini: Serbs affected the most with goods import ban, Albanians were buying those goods also (Kosovo Online) •    Gogic: Ban on Serbian goods an illegal measure violating human rights (media) •    Vucic meets with Sarrazin (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) •    Stano on banning the import of Serbian goods: Refrain from unilateral steps (KiM radio) Opinion: •    Qirezi: “All-Serbian Assembly is a shameful return to the 1990s” (Koha) International: •    Kosovo ‘child of war’ wins competition to rebuild war-destroyed school in Ukraine (Prishtina Insight) •    Suffering in silence: The horrors of giving birth in Kosovo state hospitals (BIRN) •    People are convinced Tony Blair statue unveiled in Kosovo is Jason Donovan (The Independent)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 14, 2024

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, Afternoon Edition, June 13, 2024

Albanian Language Media: •    Kurti: Kosovo grateful to international friends and allies (Telegrafi) •    Bislimi: I have information Borrell's report recommends lifting of measures (media) •    Bislimi: We don’t send to court drafts and articles without ownership (Express) •    Haxhiu calls on internationals to pressure Serbia over arrest of Kosovars (Koha) •    Osmani travels to Skopje to attend SEECP summit (media) •    Walker: Kosovo is an exceptional success story (Albanian Post) •    Latest NDI poll: Major drop by Vetevendosje, PDK is second (Paparaci) •    EU: Serbia cannot join EU without normalising relations with Kosovo (RFE) •    The Geopost publishes “second surveillance between Shabani and Rosic” (media) •    The village in south of Kosovo where Albanians and Serbs help each other (RFE) •    Kusari comments on amendments to the IMC draft law (media) Serbian Language Media: •    US Ambassador: Recognition of Kosovo will not be a condition for Serbia's entry into the EU, but normalisation (NMagazin, NIN) •    "The deputy from Albania persistently tried to turn off the microphone of the deputies from Serbia": the Serbian delegation left the conference in Sarajevo (Danas,     FoNet, Klix.ba, Srna) •    Milicevic: Embargo on goods from central Serbia and dinar issue affected small businesses and people (TV Most) •    Lawyer: The defence attorneys are more than ready to prove Milun Milenkovic's innocence (TV Most) •    Starovic: The issue of Kosovo’s status, when and if possible, Serbs and Albanians to discuss themselves directly (Kosovo Online) •    Gasic meets with Jaqsylyqov in Astana (Tanjug) Opinion: •    Serwer: Mealy-mouthed won’t work, riot act will (peacefare.net)    International: •    Kosovo hails NATO contribution as it celebrates quarter century of liberation (Prishtina Insight) •    Brothers indeed: Kosovo Albanians share memories of sheltering displaced families during the war (Prishtina Insight) •    Between gender and profession (Kosovo 2.0) •    Albania, Kosovo launch eased local border traffic regime (See News) •    Easyjet to launch two routes to Pristina (See News)

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, Afternoon Edition, June 12, 2024

Albanian Language Media: •    Media: Kosovo Assembly meets on 25th anniversary of liberation •    Clinton: Today I give thanks for 25 years of peace in Kosovo (media) •    Solana: Kosovo must be transformed into a strong state (RTK) •    Robertson: Inaction would allow continuation of ethnic cleansing of Albanians by Milosevic (Klan) •    Robertson: Kurti, Vucic to find agreement, or we could face a situation like 90s (media) •    Hovenier: What Kosovo has achieved is remarkable (media) •    British Ambassador: We remember and mourn all human suffering that happened in Kosovo (Klan) •    Kurti: Kosovo army has never been bigger and better armed (media) •    Haradinaj: In one week, Serbia humiliated intl community and QUINT twice (media) •    EU: Borrell’s report on Kosovo measures hasn’t been submitted yet (media) •    Ex-NATO Commander comments on Kushner real estate project in Serbia (media) Serbian Language Media: •    25 years after the end of conflict Serbs have no reasons to celebrate (Radio KIM) •    Was the Declaration of the All-Serbian Assembly necessary? (KoSSev, Danas) •    The State Department calls for stability and reconciliation in a comment on the Declaration of the All-Serbian Assembly (RFE, N1, media) •    Vucevic: If Kosovo issue is closed, why is there pressure on Serbia? (RTS)nb •    Serbian Justice Minister: Serbia not denying crimes or glorifying criminals (N1, FoNet) •    Vucic: I congratulated Orban on another victory, we continue friendly cooperation (Tanjug) Opinion: •    Mjeku: Kosovo has many reasons to celebrate its Liberation Day (Arab News) International: •    War stories: Exhibition recalls coverage of Kosovo conflict, 25 years later (BIRN) •    From war to peace: Before and after photos of Kosovo’s transformation (RFE) •    British brigadier recalls ‘World War Three’ moment in Kosovo (BIRN) •    Kosovo special prosecution indicts eight for abuse of office after Kallxo.com investigation (Prishtina 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)