Albanian Language Media:

• After Petkovic, Lajcak meets Bislimi, tests if there is will for tripartite meeting (media)
• Kurti: The 2024 budget will be a defense and security budget (RTK)
• PDK does not support 2024 draft budget: It does not bring development alternatives (Reporteri)
• Macron: Tensions in Kosovo have calmed down a bit - I'm not worried about resumption of conflict (Klan)
• Krasniqi meets Varhelyi, talk about European integration process of Kosovo (Klan)
• Ekaterina Trendafilova to visit Kosovo at the end of the month (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• The meeting of the Belgrade delegation with Lajcak ended; the main topic the Statute of the CSM (N1)
• Professor Ćorac: If manganese is found in water, it can cause certain health disorders (gracanicaonline.info)
• Survey: A majority believe that Serbia and Kosovo Serbs’ position is weaker under the current government; the majority would vote for Vucic again (KoSSev)
• The Government of Serbia sent a request for "collecting votes" for the upcoming elections, the OSCE informed Pristina (KoSSev)
• Gasic: Kosovo Albanian mafia supplying weapons to people smugglers in northern Serbia (Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online, N1)
• Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever)

Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: Belgrade wants territorial compensation for losing Yugoslavia (media)
• Bislimi travels to Brussels for meeting of chief negotiators (media)
• Kurti meets Police Deputy General Director and Special Intervention Unit (media)
• Hoxhaj on draft statute: Kurti does not dare publish what he agreed to (media)
• Kosovo seeks assistance from the region to investigate Banjska attack (RFE)
• Osmani meets President of Portugal (media)
• Selimi: Exactly five months since EU put sanctions on Kosovo (media)
• Montenegro Deputy Prime Minister on extradition of war crimes suspect (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Technical dialogue between Belgrade, Pristina to continue in Brussels Thursday (Tanjug)
• The Belgrade delegation led by Petkovic to meet Lajcak at 9.30 am (Kosovo Online)
• French Embassy: „We will consider the technical possibilities“ of returning all the monuments to where they were (KoSSev)
• Jablanovic: From political persecution to posing with Vucic (KoSSev)
• Arrested attacker on G.M. from Caglavica (medijacentar.info, KiM radio)
• Pristina asking for the help of countries in the region regarding the investigation of the Banjska case (KoSSev, RFE)
• Serbia elected to the Executive Council of UNESCO, for the third time in a row (Kosovo Online)
International Media:

• North Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Kosovo* take step towards day-ahead market coupling (balkangreenenergynews.com)
• Serbia Signs Natural Gas Deal With Azerbaijan (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 15, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Government: Impossible to comment on authenticity of every document (Klan)
• Hoxhaj: Meaningless, anti-democratic that Association draft is kept secret (EO)
• Bajrami: LDK doesn’t have the draft statute of the Association (RTV21)
• Kurti to community youths: Make Academy of Safety part of your dreams (Klan)
• Kurti to meet Special Intervention Unit today (Koha)
• CEC chief: Participation of women in election bodies is low (EO)
• Hoti: €113 million paid for electricity in the north in 2021 and 2022 (Nacionale)
• Malaj: Albania will increase its military presence in KFOR (Gazeta Express)
• Abazovic on Banjska attack: It damaged Serbia; Kurti had some warnings (media)
• Fried: Kosovo is a state now, not an issue or aspiration (Albanian Post)
• Suspected of terrorism: Identity of person wanted by Interpol revealed (Paparaci)

Serbian Language Media:

• Giaufret: Kosovo not alpha and omega of Serbia's European integration, but part of package (euronews.rs, Kontakt plus radio)
• RSF calls Serbian government to implement EC recommendations (N1)
• Marinkovic: “Act of ambassadors consequence of Albanian urge to erase historic ties of Serbs with Kosovo” (N1, KoSSev)
• Mijacic: More than 2,000 people so far have signed petition for return of monument to fallen Serbian soldiers in First World War (Kosovo Online)
• Stefanovic reacts to memorial plaque relocation, terms decision as tragic (N1, Radio KIM)
• Russian Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko reacts to memorial plaque relocation (Euronews Serbia, Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo police refuses to respond who beat up Serb G.M. from Caglavica (Radio KIM, Media Center)

International:

• No More ‘Brotherhood and Unity’: Pre-War Kosovo Captured on Camera (Balkan Insight)
• EU ‘lacked momentum’ on Balkan enlargement, says Serbia’s Europe minister (Politico)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 15, 2023
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti on Association: Vucic wants a "state within the state", I can discuss everything within Constitution (media)
• Lajcak: It is necessary to continue dialogue and respect agreement (RTK)
• Osmani has traveled for an official visit to Portugal (media)
• Minister Maqedonci and head of EULEX discussed security (RTK)
• Osmani on burned vehicle in Leposaviq: It aims to hinder integration of Serbs (Koha)
• Scholz: We are working hard to solve really difficult Kosovo-Serbia situation (Klan)
• Rama: Kosovo and Serbia must reach an agreement (Koha)
• Rohde: Now it’s up to the countries to implement what is necessary (media)
• PDK: Any statute of Association that contradicts founding ideals of Kosovo, unacceptable (media)
• CEC: Serbian List election assembly, in compliance with the laws (EO)
Serbian Language Media:
• Lajcak: We discussed steps for implementation of normalization agreement (Tanjug, media)
• Petition to return memorial plaque to original place launched, apology demanded (KoSSev, N1, Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Serbian List demands return of memorial plaque to original place, apology from ambassadors (N1, FoNet)
• SPS leader Dacic says alliance with opposition not an option (N1, BETA)
• Government adopts plan on harmonizing Serbia's visa regime with EU (Tanjug)
• United Media launches five licensed Forbes websites in the Adriatic region (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 14, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Upclose, Serbian reporters saw a different Kosovo (Kallxo)
• A vehicle set on fire in Leposavic, reportedly belongs to deputy mayor (Koha)
• EU membership, government criticized for not consulting civil society (KSP)
• Citaku: Propaganda, only area where government excels (Koha)
• Albanian Ambassador meets Kosovo Defense Minister (media)
• Serbian flag burned in Hoca e Madhe, “incitement of division, intolerance” (Koha)
• Trajkovic: Vucic accepted Kosovo’s territorial integrity (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Serbia committed to dialogue and respect for everything agreed upon, Serbs in Kosovo in difficult situation (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic: On Thursday, continuation of talks between Belgrade and Pristina on statute of CSM (ZSO) (NMagazin, Beta, Blic)
• Residents of Gracanica dissatisfied because of land expropriation (Euronews)
• Dacic: Unacceptable and scandalous relocation of memorial plaque in Pristina (RTV, Kosovo Online)
• Director of CESID condemns relocation of memorial plaque (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Jaksic plans to form an initiative that will advocate for the division of Kosovo (KiM radio)
• Sentic: Setting flag on fire is criminal act, clear condemnation necessary (KoSSev)
• Investigation into the burning of the Serbian flag in Velika Hoca (KiM radio, RTS, N1)
• New flag placed on monument to killed Serbs from Orahovac (Kosovo Online)
• Assembly of the Serbian National Council on November 26 in Belgrade (KiM radio)
• Vehicle of Leposavic municipality vice president set on fire (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Serwer: The good, the bad and the unwritten (media)

International:

• North Macedonia Seeks to Get Russia’s Lavrov to Skopje for OSCE Meeting (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: After visa liberalization, Kosovo should be given status of candidate country (Koha)
• Borell after the meeting of chief diplomats in Brussels: Western Balkans belongs in EU (media)
• Gervalla calls EU to take a clear stand on 24 September attack (media)
• A new "non-paper" for the Western Balkans, made pubic (Albanian Post)
• Kurti and Kovacevski discussed joint integration process (RTK)
• Jonathan Hargreaves, new ambassador of the United Kingdom in Kosovo (Express)
• Number of requests for passports increases in the north (media)
• A suspect arrested in Zubin Potok, several weapons confiscated (Kallxo)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic to meet with Lajcak in Belgrade Tuesday (Tanjug)
• French and German embassies confirmed relocation of Serbian soldiers memorial plaque (KoSSev, media)
• Tanja Lazarevic’s public letter to French Ambassador (KoSSev, N1, media)
• Reactions to Serbian soldiers’ memorial plaque relocation continue (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Pristina municipality says it was neither informed nor received request to relocate memorial plaque (Kosovo Online)
• Informational campaign in North Mitrovica headed by a government representative who doesn’t speak Serbian (KoSSev)
• Brnabic: US one of Serbia's top foreign policy and economic partners (Tanjug)
• Borrell: Western Balkans place is in EU (N1)

Albanian Language Media:

• Gervalla: September 24 attack in Banjska changed everything (media)
• Baerbock with clear messages for Kosovo’s prospect of EU membership (Klan)
• Croatian FM: Visa liberalization for Kosovo, a major step forward (RTK)
• Stano doesn’t comment on draft statute published by Ramadani (media)
• PSD warns it will “escalate actions” against Association (Albanian Post)
• Tahiri: Scandalous, Resolution 1244 is part of the Association’s statute (media)
• Over 1,350 citizens in north re-register their vehicles to RKS plates (Telegrafi)
• Svecla meets Turkish Defense Minister (media)
• Petkovic: “In time of Serbian List and Vucic, 40,000 Serbs fled Kosovo” (Dukagjini)

Serbian Language Media:

• Borrell on Western Balkans: We insist on alignment with EU foreign policy (N1)
• Office for KiM reacts to relocation of Serb soldiers memorial plaque (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online)
• New KFOR Commander visits Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online, social media)
• Ambassador Vilan denied Israeli soccer coach: Serbia showed that it is a true friend (Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Office for KiM: Flag of Serbia set on fire at the monument to the murdered Serbs in Orahovac (Tanjug)
• SNF gathering: “Prevent ‘Albanization’ of Serb-majority municipalities with ‘tacit approval’ of Serbian List” (KoSSev)

International:

• Belgrade Paid for Lawyers Defending Kosovo Serbs Accused of Corruption, Documents Reveal (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo Defeats Israel In Soccer Match Amid High Security, Small Crowd (RFE)

Humanitarian/Development:
• 53 grants worth €500,000 allocated for women and minority led businesses (KSP)

Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: Kosovo, supporter of regional security (media)
• Kurti meets with O'Brien, says U.S. support for Kosovo confirmed (RTK)
• Borrell to chair today EU-Western Balkans meeting (Reporteri)
• Kurti: Neighboring countries are not safe from Serbia, as long as they are not part of EU (RFE)
• Prime Minister Kurti for a two-day visit to Vienna (media)
• Ramadani publishes a version of the Association's draft statute (media)
• Analysts: If it is official, this statute legalizes parallel structures in north (media)
• The flag of Palestine unfurled in Pristina, removed (media)
• Kosovo model can serve as solution for Gaza - says Israeli diplomat (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic: Kurti playing on the Europeans' fear of a repeat of the conflict in the Balkans (Kontakt plus radio)
• FT: Serbia is ‘glaring example’ of how far aspirant members are from meeting EU enlargement criteria (N1)
• German and French Ambassadors Mark Armistice Day, but where is the Monument to Serbian Soldiers? (KoSSev)
• The monument to the fallen Serbian fighters at the cemetery in Pristina was moved (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS, KiM radio)
• Diocese of Raska - Prizren on relocation of the monument to the liberators from the First World War (eparhija-prizren.com, KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• An Albanian beat a Serb while cultivating his field near Ajvalija (KiM radio, medijacentar.info)
• It snowed in Brezovica, the locals still without firewood (KoSSev, RTK2)
• Vucic with O'Brien on the dialogue in Brussels and the situation in Kosovo (RTS)
• Vucic: No progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue as long as Kurti is in power (Tanjug)
International Media:
• In Memory of the UN Flight Tragedy in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• RSF and 16 partners unveil Paris Charter on AI and Journalism (rsf.org)
• Türkiye, Serbia share objective of 'stable Balkans' (dailysabah.com)
• President of Serbia commented on the Meeting between Two Members of BiH Presidency with Kosovo PM (Sarajevo Times)
• Israeli national team arrives in Kosovo for soccer game under tight security measures (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 10, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti meets representatives of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (media)
• Gervalla: The world should stand together to protect peace (media)
• On Monday EU Foreign Ministers meet those of Western Balkans (Albanian Post)
• Serbian analysts say that Serbia has de facto recognized Kosovo (Klan)
• The IMC approves regulation for the chief executive officer (media)
• Bislimi: Gender equality a prerequisite for European integration (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• EC Report: Relations of Kosovo Government with Serbian community significantly deteriorated (KoSSev)
• Vucic in Paris for Peace Forum (N1)
• Vucic meets Macron on sidelines of Paris Peace Forum (RTS, social media)
• EU foreign ministers on Monday with the heads of diplomacy of the Western Balkans (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• State Department’s O’Brien to meet Western Balkan leaders in Paris (N1)
• Another truck with medications from central Serbia arrived at Clinical Hospital Center in Mitrovica North (Tanjug)
• Party of Kosovo Serbs: CSM must be in line with Resolution 1244 and interests of Serbs (Radio KIM)
• Djuric: Israeli recognition of Kosovo was strongest blow to Serbian-Israeli relations (Tanjug)
• 1,140 vehicles re-registered to Kosovo license plates since November 1 (Beta, N1)

Albanian Language Media:
• EU: Next dialogue meeting for implementation of commitments (Koha)
• U.S. Assistant Secretary O’Brien’s to meet Kurti during his stay in France (media)
• Kurti and his spouse welcomed by Macron on eve of Paris Peace Forum (media)
• Elshani: 1,140 vehicles with illegal plates registered to RKS (RTK)
• First truck from Serbia with medicines arrives in Mitrovica North (media)
• Kosovo Defence Minister meets Italian counterpart (media)
• Vacancy announcement for Director of RTK 2 annulled (Kallxo)
Serbian Language Media:
• Medications from central Serbia arrived at Clinical Hospital Center in Mitrovica North, Gracanica (Kosovo Online, media)
• Dacic, Azoulay discuss Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Serbian cultural monuments in Kosovo should be guarded by KFOR (Tanjug, media)
• Office for KiM: Two Serb families in MIlosevo village robbed (media)
• Vucic to attend Peace Forum in Paris, meet Macron (media)