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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 7, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: We’re really trying; Serbia is not distancing from Milosevic’s policy (media)
• Stoltenberg: We’re working hand in hand with EU on Kosovo and WB (Klan)
• EU official: Measures against Kosovo are provisional and reversible (media)
• Butikofer: Situation in WB destabilised through wrong EU-US positioning (media)
• Rohde: Berlin Process driving vital economic integration in Western Balkans (media)
• Police says bomb alarm in a Mitrovica North building was false (Albanian Post)
• Graffiti with inciting content seen in Leposavic, police investigating (media)
• Selimi on administrative instruction, “very complicated process” (Albanian Post)
• Haxhiu: Civil Code this year, we’ll have votes of VV MPs that were against (Express)
• Pendarovski: Kurti didn’t misuse visit to North Macedonia even for a second (media)
• Canak: There are no Serbian monasteries in Kosovo, they are orthodox monasteries appropriated by Serbia (Koha/TV Happy)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic to address nation “about all important issues” (N1)
• Dacic certain of SNS, SPS election victory (Beta, FoNet, N1)
• Petkovic to the Quint and Lajcak: Pristina's ultimatum can deepen the crisis and raise tensions (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• A day before the deadline for Serb institutions to vacate the building, KP inspected the premises after receiving a tip about a bomb (KoSSev)
• Igor Simic: The attempt to evict the building in Bosniak Mahala part of the plan to expel the Serbs (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Petkovic: ''The false bomb alert is Kurti's trick, I informed the international community'' (Tanjug)
• "KFOR dedicated to preserving security and freedom of movement in Kosovo" (KiM radio)
• Andric Rakic: If the decision to “vacate” the facility in Bosniak Mahala is implemented, the scenario of May 26 can be repeated (Kontakt plus radio)
• US Ambassador Hill: Serbia-US relations stable (FoNet, N1)
• Day of America in Belgrade, the US Embassy: When the Ohio National Guard returns to Serbia (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Shasha: Between cynicism and hope (Koha)

International:

• RTK’s Board Blocks High-Scoring Women from Top Jobs (Prishtina Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• GAP report on progress of mayors in implementing election promises (media)
• Ministry bans use of plastic bags, some will be paid (Kosovapress)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 7, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

Kosovo, the newest member of the Open Government Partnership (RTK)
Kurti meets with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of US Department of State (Reporteri)
President Osmani traveled to Brussels, to meet with NATO SG (media)
Bislimi meets Lajcak: Kosovo remains constructive and insists on full equality between parties (Klan)
EULEX chief visits Special Prosecutor's Office: I support work of prosecutors (RTK)
Kurti on the 24th anniversary of the Police: Together in the fight against crime (media)
Svecla in the north, congratulates policemen on anniversary of KP establishment (Klan)
KFOR Commander: There is no military solution to the unstable situation in Kosovo (Klan)
Svecla on Interpol membership: There are political obstacles (Klan)
LDK initiates the Investigative Commission for State Reserves (media)

Serbian Language Media:

KFOR Commander: The situation in Kosovo still "very unstable" due to mutual distrust (Tanjug)
Dejan Pantic released on bail (KoSSev)
Petkovic on Pantic's release on bail (Radio Mitrovica sever) 
Enver Hasani: The instruction to remove the mayor is illegal and inconsistent with the Constitution (Radio Mitrovica sever, RFE)
Who is moving in, and who is usurping apartments in the Leposavic municipality? (KoSSev)
Tamara Vucic at First Ladies Summit in Kyiv (N1)

International Media:

EU enlargement chief backs 2030 deadline (politico.eu)
Rights Activists Weren’t Able to Fully Probe Kosovo Crimes: Witness (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 6, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti accuses "Russia's allies" of undermining the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE)
• Svecla on threats from Serbian terrorist organization: enemies of Kosovo will end up being accountable to the law (Reporteri)
• After being admitted to the OGP, Kurti talks about the developments in Kosovo (media)
• Konjufca: Association can be made in 1 minute, but only after we have de facto recognition (Albanian Post)
• Kurti meets Prime Minister of Estonia, discuss about situation in Kosovo (media)
• German Government: Our position on visa liberalization remains unchanged (media)
• Special Prosecutor approves request for Kurti as witness in case of Serb arrested for war crimes (Reporteri)
• Selmanaj accuses Kurti of sanctions by the democratic world (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian List: “We reject Pristina's ultimatum to leave the premises of the building in North Mitrovica” (Kosovo Online)
• Andric Rakic: The Constitutional Court will overturn the instruction for the petition to remove the mayors (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• Bugaku: The best option is the resignation of mayors in the north (Kosovo Online, RTK2)
• Between European promises and conditionality - three scenarios for Serbia (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS)
• In seven months, 14 people killed in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• The mayor of Zubin Potok appointed his daughter as the municipal director: I was forced (Danas, Kosovo Online, KiM radio)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 6, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti on arms confiscated: Another victory for rule of law and security (media)
• “Northern Brigade” makes death threat against Minister Svecla (Telegrafi)
• Administrative instruction for citizens’ initiative in north published (media)
• Mayor: No conditions for elections soon; resignations more dignifying (Klan)
• Sadiku: Serbs are not in favor of elections through petition (KTV)
• Lajcak meets COMKFOR Ristuccia, “grateful for KFOR’s vital work” (media)
• Konjufca: In case of early general elections, race will be for second place (ATV)
• Kurti meets OSCE Head of Mission, discuss cooperation (media)
• Kurti hosts Swedish Ambassador, discuss dialogue and elections in north (media)
• Muja: Haziri’s statement about second set of sanctions, speculation (Indeksonline)
• Increase in direct foreign investments, almost €100 mil from Germany (Nacionale)
• Deputy minister points to abuse with school books distribution in the past (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• “Early parliamentary elections in Serbia in December” (N1, Blic)
• PM Brnabic: Elections - better sooner than later (NMagazin, Beta, Blic)
• Lajcak and Ristuccia - Exchanged assessments on "potential sources of future tensions" (KoSSev)
• Head of EULEX visit to the North: We are committed to promoting human rights and security (KoSsev)
• Grenell: Thaci was accused because they did not want Trump to achieve success in the Balkans (Kosovo Online, Blic)
• The special prosecutor approved the Kosovo PM to testify in the case of Milenkovic (KiM radio)

International Media:

• Turkish reserve forces to leave Kosovo after fulfilling mission (Anadolu Agency)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 5, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Germany defies Macron over Kosovo visa liberalisation threat (media)
• Administrative instruction for removal of mayors in north finalised (Telegrafi)
• Rama: Thaci trial raises question of level of respect for democratic principle (media)
• Interior Minister comments on weapons seized in Zvecan (media)
• AmCham calls for lifting of measures on imports from Serbia (RFE)
• Haziri: Second package of measures against Kosovo is ready, govt knows this (TeVe1)
• Rukiqi criticises govt: Failed to initiate a single important economic project (Nacionale)
• Hoxhaj criticises Kurti government for “awfully wrong foreign policy” (media)
• Tahiri: U.S. will no longer allow Kurti to hide content of talks (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• FM Dacic with Philippines FM Manalo in Jakarta (Tanjug)
• Minister Marsudi: Indonesia will not change its position regarding the non-recognition of Kosovo's independence (Politika, Beta)
• Former KP police officers received a summons for questioning as suspects in the "murder of Prime Minister of R. Kosova" (KoSSev)
• Weapons recovered in house raid in northern Kosovo; Svecla: We raided a weapons base in the North (N1, KoSSev)
• Rakic with Barbano on the withdrawal of special units from the north, and bigger presence of EULEX and KFOR (Tanjug)
• Opposition demands immediate parliamentary and Belgrade elections (N1)
• Popov: Kurti does not want to form the ZSO, imposes extreme topics and sways the West (Kosovo Online, Blic)

Opinion:

• Issue of missing persons shouldn’t have become part of Brussels dialogue (Koha)

International:

• Hashim Thaçi’s Interview From The Hague – by Petrit Selimi (medium.com)
• Kosovo’s Thaci Gives First Interview from Detention in The Hague (BIRN)
• Lynching and Public Propaganda Remain a Challenge for Women in Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 5, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani meets Rama: Kosovo and Albania can pave way for brighter future (media)
Osmani on reaction to Macron: It was not a threat, I was just being honest (media)
Thaci: Peace with Serbia must be achieved through mutual recognition (media)
Germany requests additional steps in the north prior to lifting sanctions (Koha)
“Not much willingness in the north to participate in dismissal of mayors” (Koha)
Daka: CEC does not have mandate to organize referendum in the north (Klan)
Kryeziu on Assembly session: conclusion was drawn before start of debate (RTK)
Opposition warns of criminal charges against Minister Nagavci (media)
Bislimi: Kosovo committed to protection of rights in the Valley (RTK)
Selmanaj: Kurti government has an anti-national approach with our allies (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucevic: I do not expect any de-escalation in Kosovo (KiM radio)
Chief of Staff in Ground Safety Zone (N1)
Petkovic to Osmani: Instead of sabotaging normalization, ask yourself what good the constant warming of the war atmosphere brings to the Albanian people in Kosovo (KoSSev)
Tax Administration of Kosovo: Business owners in Mitrovica given a deadline to register, ‘our aim is not to punish them’ (KoSSev)
Office for KiM: ''New incursion into Serbian buildings, continuation of terror in Pristina'' (Beta, Danas)
Radomirovic: We are not in favor of forced entry into apartments, Todic sharing false solutions and moving in "his own people" (Kosovo Online)
International Media:

Kosovo's President accuses Serbia of following 'Putin's plan' by destabilizing Balkans (RFE)
Kosovo Albanian Witness Testifies About Relative’s Abduction by Guerrillas (BIRN)
Serbia Signs Cooperation Treaty with Southeast Asian Association (Balkan Insight)
Balkans Grapples with Escalating Cyberviolence Against Women (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 4, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani begins her visit to Albania, welcomed by Begaj (media)
• Begaj: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, the only way to peace and normalization of relations (media)
• Government MPs do not participate in Assembly's extraordinary session (media)
• Hoti: Opponents of the Washington Agreement are bearing consequences today (media)
• Three Serbian citizens arrested for entering Kosovo illegally (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• FM Dacic to attend ASEAN Summit, sign Instrument of Accession (N1, RTS, Tanjug, Beta)
• Grenell: Three years after the Washington Agreement, relations between Belgrade and Pristina have deteriorated (Tanjug, Blic)
• Adjancic: The Prosecution Council requests the release of the building in Mitrovica, by September 8 (KiM radio, Slobodno srpski)

Opinion:

• Bazdulj on the Kosovo issue: The war is not a reality, the agreement is, provide the CSM to the Serbs (KoSSev, Fonet, Danas)

International:

• Three years since the Washington Agreement between Serbia and Kosovo: What has been implemented? (EWB)
• Albanian-Supplied AKs Fuel Violence on Refugee Route through Serbia (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo Inspectors Search Lakes in Clampdown on Illegal Fishing (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 4, 2023

Albanian Language Media:
Lajcak: Dialogue agreements remain valid, need to be fully implemented (media)
Osmani begins two-day visit to Albania today (media)
Stano: Elections in the north of Kosovo ASAP (media)
Analysts: Elections through petition not expected to solve situation in north (VoA)
Assembly to hold extraordinary session today, discuss school books (Express)
Increase in direct foreign investments in Kosovo (Radio Free Europe)
VV MP blames previous governments for EU measures (KTV)
Halimi: Discrimination of women in RTK decision-making posts, evident (EO)
Special Prosecution will file indictment for massacre at Dubrava Prison (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:
Lajcak: Concern about the situation in the north, all agreements binding (KiM radio, media)
Vucic: Challenging times await us, we must defend Serbia's interests (RTS, media)
Radakovic: Resignations of the mayors in the north of Kosovo maybe in mid-November, December (Tanjug)
Petkovic: Serbs accused in the "Brezovica" case released from custody (RTS)
The Kosovo police conducted a control of fishermen on Lake Gazivode (Blic, KiM radio)
KFOR: In the battalion for intelligence work, surveillance and reconnaissance in Kosovo, soldiers from eight countries (Radio Mitrovica sever)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 1, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani wishes “best of luck” to Albania as it takes over UNSC Presidency (media)
• Opposition MPs call extraordinary session for school books (Ekonomia Online)
• September is here; opposition doesn’t plan to organise protests (Albanian Post)
• Sources: Milan Radoicic brutally assaulted Aleksandar Spiric (Dukagjini)
• Rama suspends decision to block road that leads to former RTP (Express)
• Emini: Kosovo’s membership in EPC, major step for athletes (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic: ''We are fighting for every Serb in Kosovo and Metohija'' (Tanjug)
• The session of the N.Mitrovica MA marked by chairman’s accusations against the mayor (KoSSev)
• The Prosecutor’s Office received a request to question Vucic in the case of the murder of Serb youths in the “Panda” café (KoSSev)
• Dusan Janjic: Vucic does not have a strategic policy towards Kosovo, he is only interested in Serbian List (Danas, Beta)

International:

• Kosovo School Year Starts Amid Turmoil Over Missing Textbooks (BIRN)
• Schallenberg: It is time to be bold about EU enlargement, we cannot wait (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 1, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

Borrell to meet Kurti and Vucic on September 14, in Brussels (media)
Zulfaj: We go to Brussels for implementation of Agreement (KTV)
Atiq: I would leave through a petition, I don't think it appropriate to resign (RTK)
Abdixhiku: The government's incompetence is costing us (Koha)
PDK calls for early elections: Government is harming the state (Reporteri)
Dreshaj: We hope to overthrow the government in September (Reporteri)
Graffiti “when the army returns to Kosovo” appears in Zubin Potok (Koha)
AI: Lack of proper treatment for domestic violence victims in Kosovo (VoA)
State reserves affair; suspects released from detention (media)

Serbian Language Media:
Borrell: The next round of high-level dialogue on September 14 in Brussels (media)
Michel: If the EU does not set a goal, it will never be ready for enlargement (Tanjug, Hina, N1)
Petkovic: Pristina does not want peace, but escalation (KiM radio, Danas)
Djuric met Chollet: Serbia a reliable partner of the USA, not only in words, but also in actions (Danas, Kosovo Online)
Pantovic: Family members of the arrested in the "Brezovica" case when paying the bail detained because of the origin of the money (KoSSev, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, Kosovo Online)
The detention of those arrested in the case of embezzlement of Kosovo's reserves has been terminated (Beta, N1, Kontakt plus radio)
Serb A. A. stopped by KP at the checkpoint near the Bistrica Bridge; KP: Interrogated, then released (KoSSev)
International Media:

Kosovo's President Criticizes Macron Over Visa-Free Travel Comments (Schengen Visa)