Albanian Language Media:

Osmani meets Chollet and Escobar: U.S. plays key role in dialogue process (media)
Borrell requests implementation of Agreement based on EU proposal (Koha)
Department of State: Lajcak, tireless efforts for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (VoA)
Lajcak meets Chollet and Escobar: We have the same reading of the situation in the Balkans (Klan)
Osmani meets president of Kenya, and Prime Minister of Lebanon (media)
Gervalla thanks Blinken for the invitation at AI discussions (media)
Kurti welcomed the new ambassador of Austria to Kosovo (RTK)
Konjufca: Kosovo is ready to join the Council of Europe (RTK)
Kosovo and North Macedonia sign agreement for joint border points (media)
KDI: After alarming statements, Kurti should report to Assembly about dialogue (media)
AJK: Bislimi's statement against media, dangerous and unacceptable (media)
Serbia accommodates members of Serbian List in illegal institutions in Kosovo (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

State Department: Lajcak making tireless efforts in the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia (Kosovo Online, VoA)
In New York, Borrell informs European ministers on September 14, BG-PR dialogue (KoSSev)
Vucic: A cordial meeting with Scholz, I invited him to visit Serbia (RTS, Tanjug)
The UN GA an opportunity for the voice of all of us from the Western Balkans to be heard stronger and better, says Vucic (Kosovo Online)
Dacic in a series of meetings in NY, attending and the Summit on Sustainable Development (RTS, Tanjug)
Borrell: Serbia again out of compliance with EU restrictive measures due to the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol (Beta, NMagazin, KiM radio)
The CI Serbian Survival: Referendum on the introduction of an international protectorate in the north (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
Movement for the defense of KiM: Vucic deliberately missed a good opportunity to condition the holding of talks by returning to the situation from the end of February (KoSSev)
US investments in Kosovo in the first six months of this year reduced by 50 percent (FoNet, Danas, N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 18, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti says that Borrell and Lajcak were in sync with Serbia in September 14 meeting (media)
• Hoti: Kurti's reporting, lament and evidence of inability to lead dialogue (media)
• Osmani took part in marking the 10th anniversary of Women Leaders (RTK)
• Abdixhiku publishes the promises of the "New Road" (media)
• Tahiri: This mandate is the last one for Kurt as prime minister (media)
• Kumnova files a criminal complaint against Veljko Odallovic (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic this week in NY at the UN GA (Beta, Danas, KiM radio)
• Serbian List: Serbian people understood Kurti’s threats, KFOR and EULEX to be vigilant (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Petkovic: Kurti had it all out in open, so that everyone could see he does not want to negotiate (media)
• Serbian National Council asks bishop to allow gathering be held in Gracanica monastery (KiM radio)
• Covic: Repression against Serbs foundation of Kurti’s democracy (Kosovo Online, TV Pink)
• Opposition SSP adopts Declaration on Preventing Serbia’s Decline (N1, KoSSev)
• Kurti confirms he will respond to eventual court’s summon in case of D.M. from Gracanica (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Surlic: The CSM (ZSO) not the priority need of Serbs in Kosovo (KiM radio, Slobodno srpski)

Albanian Language Media:

Lajcak: We’ll discuss tense situation in north with US, European partners (media)
Measures against Kosovo depend on course of dialogue (Radio Free Europe)
Commentators don’t rule out additional measures against Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
Kurti meets Ashton, discuss politics and European and regional affairs (media)
Osmani in New York, scheduled to meet world leaders, including Biden (Koha)
Kurti, Bislimi to hold press conference today (Gazeta Express)
Assembly Presidency to meet today, discuss Kurti interpellation (Gazeta Express)

Serbian Language Media:
Vucic: West ignoring Kurti's statements from Brussels (Tanjug)
Lajcak: We hoped for better outcome in dialogue, situation in Kosovo to be discussed with US and European partners (Kosovo Online, social media)
Vucic talks about upcoming challenges, says Serbian elections on March 4, or week before (RTS, Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
Orlic thanks Angola for supporting Serbia's territorial integrity (Tanjug, media)
Vucevic: After failure in Brussels situation on ground tense (Radio KIM, TV Prva)
Serbia, RS celebrate Day of Serb Unity, Freedom and National Flag (N1, media)
Visoki Decani Monastery: SOC heritage in Kosovo requires long term protection (Radio KIM, media, social media)
Rakic-Andric: De-escalation possible with effort of international community or Pristina’s willingness (media)
International Media:
Balkans’ frustration mounts over Ukraine’s fast-track to EU membership (Financial Times)

Albanian Language Media:

• U.S. will consult EU partners on next step toward Kosovo-Serbia agreement (Reporteri)
• EU denies that Kurti’s proposal was the only one on the table (RFE)
• US$34.7 mil grant agreement signed with USAID (Koha)
• Zvecan too votes in favor of joining Association of Kosovo Municipalities (Koha)
• World Democracy Day; Konjufca: Transparency, one of the key elements (KSP)
• After Radoicic threats, persons with Russian symbols place Serbian flags in north (KSP)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: A round of dialogue without progress, the EU did not see a willingness to compromise (FoNet, N1, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic meets Sarrazin (Tanjug, RTS)
• Petkovic: The EU said for the first time that Kurti is to blame for the failure of the dialogue in Brussels (RTS)
• Serbian List: Kurti sent a threat (KiM radio)
• Radakovic: Kurti’s message to Serbian List shameful, new type of threat (Kosovo Online)
• Gracanica: Serbian youths ordered 48 hours detention (KiM radio)
• Petkovic: Reckless beating of brothers Andrija and Mihajlo M. by the Kosovo police (Kosovo Online)
• Bus company owner: Pristina banned our vehicles from entering Kosovo – it’s discrimination (KoSSev)
• Serbian national interests in Kosovo - survival, normal life, and existence (KiM radio, KoSSev)

International:

• Struggle for Acceptance: Kosovo Societal Stigma Challenges LGBT Community’s Mental Health (BIRN)
• David Albahari, in memoriam (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media:

No results in the dialogue, Borrell blames Kurti for rejecting the proposal (Koha)
Kurti after meeting with Vucic: I cannot compromise with old condition (media)
The U.S. State Department disappointed with lack of progress in dialogue (RFE)
Zulfaj: Document used by Borell, six months old (media)
Murati: Borrell and Lajcak on Serbia’s side, not even trying to hide it anymore (Reporteri)
Vucic announced a visit to Kosovo, Kurti responds (Kallxo)
Krasniqi: Kurti's populist calls to unite against West, madness of its own kind (Koha)
Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss about latest developments in Kosovo (media)
Suspicions of "obstruction of justice," reason for new wave of investigations by Specialist Chambers (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:
Borrell: Kurti rejected, Vucic accepted new proposal (N1, media)
Dacic: It is clear once again that Kurti is main threat to peace and stability (RTV, Tanjug)
Radoicic: Kurti’s threat to Serbian List demonstrates that he does not want dialogue (Radio KIM, media)
Vucic: Serb municipalities will not join Pristina's association (Tanjug)
Serbian List: Illegitimate decision of municipal councilors (Radio KIM)
PKS: Decisions of Leposavic and Zubin Potok MAs have no significance at all (Radio KIM)
Media: Kosovo police beat up and arrested two young Serbs in center of Gracanica (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online)
Martinovic refutes Sinani's allegations about "ethnic cleansing of Albanians in the south" (Radio KIM, media)
Vucic discusses topical issues with Orban (BETA, N1)
International Media:
Serbian, Kosovar Leaders Fail To Reach Agreement Amid Worsening Relations (RFE)
EU blames Kosovo over stalled normalisation pact with Serbia (Reuters)
Talks between Serbia and Kosovo break down again (Al Jazeera)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 14, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell: Time to start implementing agreement in earnest (media)
• Osmani: Ready for new elections in north; guarantees from internationals (media)
• Haradinaj: Assembly must help Kosovo, bring down Kurti government (RTV21)
• Citaku to Kurti: Kosovo is more important than his ego (media)
• Klinaku: We will protest tomorrow against SPO and EULEX (Nacionale)
• After Leposavic, Zubin Potok too joins Association of Kosovo Municipalities (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic says talks in Brussels ended unsuccessfully, Pristina did not accept EU proposal (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Trilateral meeting takes place in Brussels (Tanjug)
• Vucic in Brussels, meets with Borrell, Lajcak (N1)
• Vucevic: Elections at the end of this year or at the beginning of 2024 (KiM radio, Beta, TV Prva)
• Bilcik: EU ready for enlargement, Belgrade and Pristina to normalise relations (RTS, Tanjug)
• Detention of Milun Milenkovic extended for two more months (Kosovo Online)
• Covic: “Brussels cunningly subverting again, they allow Kurti to create new reality” (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Momirovic: I have written to EC and EU, UK and US ministers about Pristina's ban on goods (Tanjug, media)
• When a JKP “Standard” accountant ends up working as street sweeper – a lawsuit filed against Rakic (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Abbot Sava Janjic: Kurti repeats Milosevic’s mistakes (DW)

International:

• BIRN Fact Check: Kosovo-Serbia ‘Implementation Annex’ Not Being Implemented (BIRN)
• The Future of Ukraine, Western Balkans & Moldova Is in the EU, von der Leyen Says (schengenvisainfo.com)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti says dialogue has been damaged, criticizes EU for unbalanced approach (media)
Kryeziu: Serbia, Lajcak and Borrell on one side, Kosovo is alone (Koha)
The US Embassy demands seriousness for implementation of Ohrid Agreement (media)
German Embassy: Parties  to urgently commit to de-escalation (media)
Kurti and Guerot talk about bilateral relations and the Brussels meeting (media)
Reuten: Start of Brussels meeting with measures in force against Kosovo is neither balanced nor fair (Kallxo)
Hoti: Only implementation of Agreement reached in Tito's villas in Ohrid is being negotiated (Reporteri)
Kurti: Albanian community in Serbia should have same attention as Serb community in Kosovo (Koha)
Kurti: For the first time, Prime Minister's Office publishes communiqués in Serbian (RTK)
COVID-19: One person died and 67 positive cases in last two weeks in Kosovo (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic confirms trip to Brussels for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1)
Serbian FM says West won’t pressure Kurti (BETA, N1, B92, Kosovo Online)
Brnabic receives Sarrazin (Tanjug)
Dacic calls for soonest possible establishment of Community of Serb Municipalities (Tanjug, media)
Djuric meets Escobar, tells him Serbia firmly committed for peace and cooperation (RTS, social media)
Serbian Parliament Speaker meets OSCE High Commissioner (Tanjug)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani and Ulutas talked about deepening cooperation with KFOR (RTK)
• Krasniqi replies to Escobar: Everything beyond administrative instruction is Belgrade's request (Koha)
• Rama: Kosovo's self-destructive tactics are helping victimization of Serbia (media)
• Rohde on Radomirovic’s detention in Serbia: Suspicions of political harassment (Klan)
• Nait Hasan's phone was confiscated by EULEX (media)
• Tahiri: Kurti has degraded dialogue process, he is agreeing to discuss internal issues (Reporteri)
• Bedri Krasniqi acquitted of charge of murdering the UNMIK and Kosovo policemen, Dizdari sentenced to 8 years in prison (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Escobar: I did not receive assurances from Kurti about commitment to normalisation (VoA)
• Botsan-Kharchenko: Kosovo issue will not be resolved tomorrow, but under new geopolitical circumstances (Politika, Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Filipovic: Witness of prosecution said he does not know Dusko Arsic (Kosovo Online)
• Mihajlovic: Vucic mustn’t consent to unconditional participation of Serbs in Kosovo elections (BETA, Novi Magazin)
• Zaporozac: 300 pupils more than last year in Serbian schools in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• 542,000 people who migrated from Kosovo live in Germany (Beta, N1, Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media:

Escobar: Resignations of mayors in north, shortest and easiest way (VoA)
Kurti: Pristina will never be behind re-escalation (Deutsche Welle)
Kurti, Peach talk about high-level meeting in Brussels on September 14 (media)
Vela on differences between Presidency and Govt on dialogue (KTV)
Tahiri: Kurti used dialogue to shift attention from internal problems (media)
Serwer: Vucic wants to invade north of Kosovo (RTK)
Mustafa: My phone was taken on order from Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (media)

Serbian Language Media:
Attacks on Serbs, the main topic for Belgrade - what will be on the table in Brussels (RTS)
Lucic: Response to Telekom Srbija appeal due in 15 days (Tanjug)
Jevtic: Pristina's long-term plan to never allow the Serbs to return to Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
Antonijevic: Kurti leading a campaign against Serbs and on the tragic murder of Anna Lindh (Kosovo Online)
Joseph: Little prospect of progress in Brussels (N1, RFE)
US Embassy denies Serbian election claims by former diplomat (N1)
International Media:
Romania-Kosovo soccer game in Euro 2024 qualifying stopped because of home fans’ pro-Serbia chants (AP)
Talks with Kosovo to be difficult, Serbian premier says ahead of EU-sponsored peace talks (AA)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 12, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• EU: High-level meeting of Dialogue on Thursday (media)
• Joseph: Kurti and Vucic benefit from crisis in the north (Radio Free Europe)
• Feilcke: Urgent for Kosovo to find way out of this situation (Telegrafi)
• Kurti meets Major General Ozkan Ulutas (media)
• U.S. senators write to Blinken about situation of Albanians in Presevo Valley (media)
• Sinani: Historic that Presevo Valley issue reached peaks of world diplomacy (media)
• Albanian President meets Albanian political leaders from North Macedonia (AP)

Serbian Language Media:

• Spoke with Lajcak, security of Serbs main topic in Brussels, says Vucic (Kosovo Online, N1)
• Brnabic on upcoming high-level talks in Brussels (RTS)
• Odalovic: The declaration of the Brdo-Brioni summit a wish list, Kurti comes to Brussels only to create problems (RTS)
• Marinkovic: In two years number of Serb pupils in Kosovo decreased by 1000 (Radio KIM, BETA)
• Radosavljevic: Fining of companies in north aimed at putting additional pressure on Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Subaric: Attack on young man from Gracanica unprovoked, asks international community to react (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Journalists’ Association of Serbia branch in KiM statement on incidents against media workers (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)

International:

• Prishtina’s Chaotic Urban Evolution Evoques Nostalgia About the Past (BIRN)
• New Elections Are no ‘Magic Wand’ for Serbia’s Divided Opposition (BIRN)