Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani meets with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jim O'Brien (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo should have more coordination and cooperation with the U.S. (media)
• Kurti: Diplomatic and economic ties with Greece have increased (RTK)
• Gervalla meets her counterpart from Monaco, discusses joint projects (media)
• Pacolli: Hovenier's message should not have been conveyed to Kosovo but to Serbia (RTK)
• Haxhiu hosts Danish Minister of Justice, discusses implementation of agreement on prisons (media)
• Rasic: Radomirovic fired for involvement in suspicious activities in the north (Dukagjini)
• KFOR and Serbian army carry out synchronised patrolling (media)
• Anti-smuggling measures, police set up obstacles for trucks at the Bernjak/Brnjak bridge (Dukagjini)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets SG Guterres in New York, discusses Kosovo, cooperation and geopolitical challenges (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: We know they deceived us with the Brussels Agreement (Kosovo Online, media)
• Petkovic: “Pristina continues police occupation of northern Kosovo” (media)
• Serbian List: Decision on allocating building in "Bosiak" Mahala made by illegitimate Albanian councillors (Radio KIM)
• Serbian List: Possible abolishment of Serbian goods import ban decision is not a merit of Nenad Rasic (Radio KIM)
• Gerxhaliu: U.S. and Europe have taken Serbian goods blockade seriously; compromise will certainly be reached (Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo police placed concrete barriers on Bernjak/Brnjak bridge (KoSSev)
• Vucic not sure he can make it to parliamentary debate on lithium, will attend that on Kosovo (N1)
• Serbia, Azerbaijan sign agreement on additional gas supply (N1)

International Media:

• Serbia-Albania joint bid with political history set to win hosting of soccer’s Under-21 Euros (AP)

Albanian Language Media:

Kosovo Police deny that U.S. has canceled training for them (Klan Kosova)
Osmani joins world leaders for summit on Ukraine (media)
Haradinaj after U.S. warnings: We are entering a worse period (EO)
Svecla: Radoicic’s group being trained to cause instability in Kosovo (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Djuric with Sybiha: Serbia's commitment to peace and resolving issues through dialogue is universal (Kosovo Online)
Radosavljevic: No functional local governments in the north without new mayors and councilors (Kosovo Online)
Mazreku: Municipalities in north, like all others, should have legitimate authorities (Kosovo Online)
Building housing Office for KiM and other Serbian services handed over to Kosovo MIA (KoSSev)
Dismissed deputy minister Radomirovic accuses Rasic of neglecting northern Serbs (KoSSev)
Rasic responds to Radomirovic, calls him ‘controversial’ personality (Radio KIM)
European Greens stand with anti-lithium protesters (N1)

International:

Kosovo postpones trial for Banjska attack, awaits Supreme Court ruling (Prishtina Insight)
Massacres relived: Book sheds new light on Kosovo war’s atrocities (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

Borrell: Leaders of the region must take bold decisions to move towards integration (media)

KFOR: Serbia should help on urgently bringing perpetrators of attack in Banjska to justice (Koha)

Osmani and Carpenter talk about importance of Kosovo-USA cooperation (RTK)

Kurti: Serbia violating agreement, harbouring Radoicic (media)

Bislimi: Kosovo is working intensively for membership in SEPA (RTK)

Kurti meets Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, talk about cooperation (RTK)

Gervalla: Full Euro-Atlantic integration of Kosovo, necessary (RTK)

Maqedonci: KSF will have three infantry regiments (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic says health care, education to stay out of Kosovo system (Beta, N1)

Mijacic: Svecla's statement inappropriate; education and healthcare are resolved within the framework of dialogue (Kosovo Online)

Imeri: All open issues with the Serbian community in Kosovo should be resolved through the A/CSM (Kosovo Online)

Directors of CHC Kosovska Mitrovica and CHC Pristina-Gracanica deny Svecla's statement (Kontakt plus radio, Kosovo Online)

COMKFOR: Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue crucial and possible (N1)

Vucic: China's support even stronger, I conveyed our frustration to Lajcak (Tanjug, media)

Serbian FM met Greek FM, OSCE Acting SG (Tanjug, media)

Momirovic: A meeting of the Joint Committee of CEFTA has been called, the unblocking of the agreement expected (Kosovo Online)

Radomirovic dismissed from the post of Deputy Minister for Returns (Blic, Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti travels to NY, to take part in UN General Assembly High-Level Week (media)
Hovenier calls on Kosovo and Serbia to fulfill obligations and take dialogue more seriously (media)
Rohde calls for concrete steps to establish the Association (media)
Lajcak meets Plotner, talk how to unblock implementation of Ohrid deal (media)
Maqedonci: Groups near border with Serbia are a threat to Kosovo (Dukagjini)
Torres: Those responsible for Banjska to be held accountable in Kosovo (media)
Hoxhaj says diplomacy turned Banjska victory into isolation, sanctions (media)
Osmani at Summit on Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats (media)
Kurti: Public administration reforms in the service of economic development (EO)
Kosovo confirms another statistic: “Serbia has stolen 3,274 artifacts” (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

Banjska case preliminary hearing: Names of all accused read out, trial to those arrested; Hearing postponed for October 9 (KiM radio, media)
"Broader autonomy": Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs, Svecla on Serbs’ health and education system in Kosovo (Danas, Kosovo Online, Kontakt plus radio)
Hovenier: No other way for Kosovo and Serbia than dialogue (Kosovo Online)
Vucic meets China FM Yi, tells him of difficulties Serbs in Kosovo face (Tanjug)
Vucic meets Iranian President, discuss Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online, media)
Serbian opposition submits request to hold debate on Kosovo, Vucic invited (N1)
EU Justice Commissioner: EC’s enlargement package “in a couple of weeks” (N1)
German Minister: Important for the CEFTA agreement to be concluded (DW)

International:

Silence over Kosovo’s stalled Council of Europe bid as France, Italy dig in their heels (Euractive)
Kosovo commemorates police sergeant killed in 2023 Banjska attack (BIRN)
Kosovo says indictments ignore Serbian role in deadly siege (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 25, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: Serbia is responsible, it must be held accountable (media)
One year from the attack that can be repeated (Koha)
Osmani: The women of Kosovo have always been at the forefront (media)
Osmani meets Albright and Rand during stay in NY (media)
Lajcak meets O’Brien and Kasanof, discuss Kosovo-Serbia normalisations (media)
CEFTA, German minister: We’re trying to find a solution on Kosovo (media)
Study: High level of mistrust between Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo (RFE)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic: There is no justice for Serbs in Kosovo, why UN Charter was not respected in case of Serbia (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, media)
Petkovic in Paris talks about situation of Serbs in Kosovo, difficulties they face (Kosovo Online)
Petkovic: “Who authorised Stano to violate status neutrality and recognise Kosovo?” (Tanjug)
Trade Minister: Blockade on Serbian goods in Kosovo must end (N1)
Dacic: No dramatic turn to West, relations with Russia, China not in jeopardy (Tanjug)
Marinkovic: Banjska discredited interests of Serbian community (Radio KIM)
Banjska: A year later, poll highlights fear and unresolved questions (KoSSev)
Serbian diaspora in New York warns of difficult situation Serbs face in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo leaders remember police sergeant killed during Banjska attack (media)
• Stano: EU reiterates call for swift prosecution of those responsible (media)
• Hovenier: Perpetrators and all those involved in horrific crime must be held fully accountable (media)
• EU Ambassador Orav pays his respects to Afrim Bunjaku (media)
• German Embassy: Radoicic free in Serbia, although he is behind the crime (RTK)
• Elshani: Situation in north compared to last year is like night and day (media)
• Weapons and confiscations; a history of police actions in north of Kosovo (RFE)
• Kosovo PM Kurti’s interview with the Financial Times (media)
• Shahini: Kosovo will lift ban on Serbian goods, but trying to score twice (media)
• IMC adopts fake news complaint: RTK obliged to give Nacionale room for rebuttal

Serbian Language Media:

• COMKFOR discusses security with NATO, allied ambassadors (N1)
• Vucic attends reception hosted by German chancellor, Namibian president (Tanjug)
• One year after, Banjska still in shadow of armed conflict: Life between silence and bitter reality (Alternativna.com)
• Stojanovic, Sheholli on Banjska (KiM radio)
• A board with name of fallen police officer placed on street in Banjska (KiM radio)
• What protects Radoicic? (RFE, Danas, N1)
• Donald Trump Jr at business dinner in Belgrade (N1)

International:

• A year after Banjska attack, Kosovo indictment chronicles Serb ‘land grab plot’ (BIRN)
• A year after brazen attack in Kosovo, questions remain (RFE)
• Kosovo’s leader defies western pressure to compromise with Serbia (FT)
• Kosovo’s 90s turmoil: Elez Biberaj recounts key interviews in VOA (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani meets with Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as with Sultan of Brunei (media)
• Gervalla arrives in New York, starts with the meetings (media)
• KFOR commander and ambassadors discusses security in Kosovo (RTK)
• Kusari-Lila: Ban on Serbian products will be lifted when illegal smuggling can be prevented (Klan)
• Prime Minister Kurti met ambassador of Finland, discussed cooperation (RTK)
• Svecla from Banjska: According to the law, attackers can be tried even in absentia (media)
• KFOR, together with Kosovo Police, increase patrols in the north (Klan)
• Sarrazin next week in Kosovo (Albanian Post)
• AJK: Number of attacks on journalists in 2023 has increased significantly (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Cypriot President interested in resolution of Kosovo issue (Tanjug, media)
• Djuric: Reinforcing Serbia’s position at UN (N1)
• Djuric: Serbia continues to be responsible, constructive partner in Western Balkans (Tanjug, media)
• KFOR, Kosovo police step up patrols in northern Kosovo (N1, media)
• Rizvanolli and Krasniqi visited yesterday Mitrovica North, Svecla in Banjska (KoSSev)
• EU formalises visa-free access for Serbian Coordination Directorate passport holders with Official Journal announcement (KoSSev)
• Seized archives in Leposavic – Serbian cultural heritage being processed in Pristina (Kosovo Online)

International Media:

• Kosovo risks deeper isolation over ban on Serbian imports: German diplomat (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kusari-Lila: No time to form new parliamentary inquiry committees (EO)
• Kosovo joins Istanbul Convention of World Customs Organization (media)
• Germany wants swift actions from Serbia for authors for Banjska attack (KTV)
• Shea: EU measures against Kosovo could be lifted in autumn (RTK)
• The CEC invites diaspora to register as voters outside Kosovo (media)
• Osmani at West Point: U.S. soldiers, a symbol of freedom for Kosovo (media)
• Haradinaj: Over 11 percent of soldiers left KSF in two years (media)
• BIRN Kosova, KCSS train journalists, students of journalism to identify and combat disinformation (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• The Diocese of Raska-Prizren expresses deep concern over the Medjugore’s church site desecration (Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Serbian Ministry of Culture: Destroyed icons; fired at a historic church site in Kosovo (N1, KoSSev, NMagazin)
• Mijacic: EU lost the capacity to organize a trilateral meeting; Deda: The situation never worse (Kosovo Online)
• Celic: Possible misuse of the confiscated archives, Serbia should demand their return (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Nedeljkovic speaks on Banjska’s struggles: “A village turned ghost town after the violence” (KoSSev)
• Vucic met Erdogan in New York (Tanjug, media)
• Djuric thanked Kazakhstan for the support to the Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online)
• Holders of Serbian passports in Kosovo in 20 days without visas to EU countries (KiM radio, KoSSev, Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• EU and US need to be more concrete about Banjska (Koha)

International:

• Kosovo risks deeper isolation over ban on Serbian imports: German Diplomat (BIRN)
• Disinformation undermining Kosovo’s justice system (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 23, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: Kosovo, a beacon of democracy in Western Balkans and beyond (media)
Gervalla arrives in NY for meetings as part of UN High-Level Week (media)
UN adopts Pact for the Future (media)
Kurti meets Koopman in Brussels (media)
Osmani: Albanian diaspora, driving force for many historical processes (media)
Maqedonci: Process of transformation into army in the second phase (EO)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic: International law applies only to "small" countries; peace important than anything else (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTS)
Djuric at the UN Future Summit: Serbia committed to maintaining international peace and security (Beta, Tanjug, media)
Kosinus: Lazovic and Trajkovic on solving the Kosovo problem (KiM radio, FoNet)
Marsenic (New DSS) proposes declaring Kosovo an occupied territory as the only solution to the crisis (Beta, N1, Nova)
Serbian Democracy: The holy place in Zubin Potok desecrated (Kontakt plus radio)
Serbia to delay appointment of ambassador to the U.S. until after American elections (N1)

International Media:

The Roma Forced to Clean up Serbia’s Crimes in Kosovo (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani in NY to represent Kosovo at UNGA79 High-Level Week (media)
• Dejona Mihali interviewed by the Special Prosecution (media)
• Maqedonci: There is a risk of Banjska happening again (EO)
• Dugolli: Gangs that fled the north regrouping in Serbia for another attack (RTV21)
• Vokrri: Opening of bridge will be postponed because of coordination (media)
• “Massacres in Kosovo 1998-1999” book published (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets General Harris, requests stronger support from US in protection of Serbs in Kosovo (Radio Kontakt plus, media)
• Office for KiM: Serb beaten and robbed in Staro Gracko, near Lipljan (Tanjug, KiM radio, media)
• Serbian List: Attack on Radic consequence of Pristina’s anti-Serb policy (Kosovo Online, media)
• Rector Arsic: No plans to relocate University, it stays in Mitrovica North (Kosovo Online)
• Kabasic: Belgrade's measures a form of political declaration, but without concrete consequences for Pristina (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• Celic: Unilateral implementation of Cadastral Agreement endangers Serbian property in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo's Ministry of Culture renovated the house of Xhafer Deva in South Mitrovica despite the opposition of the EU (Kosovo Online)
• Nova: A law on Kosovo being prepared, almost the entire opposition agrees (Danas)
• Zakharova: Russia supports Vucic’s initiative on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Congressman Swalwell: Serbia has proven to be an important partner of the USA in relation to Ukraine (VoA, Danas)

International:

• War of words between Serbia and Kosovo intensifies as EU talks stall (politico.eu)