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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 20, 2023

• Chollet: Final agreement requires tough choices and political courage (RFE)
• PM Kurti hosts five envoys from U.S. and EU today (media)
• Kurti: Mutual recognition, central point of agreement with Serbia (media)
• Kosovo License-Plate Issue Flares Up Again With Ban On Cars With Kosovar City Abbreviation (RFE)
• Haradinaj warns Vetevendosje: Forcing us to consider total blockade (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo in 2023: Between ‘crisis management’ and ‘conflict resolution’ (BIRN)
• Floods hit Kosovo, cutting drinking water supply to many towns (BIRN)
• Preparation conference in Thaci et al case rescheduled for Feb 15 (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 19, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 19, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani welcomes the European Parliament resolution for Kosovo (media)
• Western Balkans leaders gather to discuss in Davos, Switzerland (Klan)
• EU doesn’t consider Serbia has renewed KM licence plates (media)
• COMKFOR: Security situation generally calm but extremely fragile (media)
• CoE: Not aware that Kosovo membership is conditioned with Association (Klan)
• Lajcak: I believe Finland will continue its support for the dialogue (media)
• Konjufca condemns threats against Abdixhiku and Krasniqi (Nacionale)
• Abdixhiku after reported assassination plots: We don’t feel threatened at all (Telegrafi)
• Hoxhaj: Government failed to keep the recognitions we secured (EO)
• Slovenian PM on suspected affair with Martin Berishaj: Pure fabrication (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: Belgrade didn’t violate agreement on licence plates (Radio KIM, RTS)
• Petkovic responds to Svecla on licence plates agreement (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Petkovic: Kurti provoking crisis again (N1)
• Serbian List calls on EU to prevent violation of licence plates agreement by Pristina (Kosovo Online)
• Ambulance vehicle with KM plates held at Jarinje (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic on Kurti, secessionism, EP resolution (Tanjug)
• Dacic: EP resolution another example of enormous hypocrisy (N1)
• Hill: Serbia itself should decide what standards it needs (Tanjug, Nedeljnik)
• Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (media)
• Lawyer: Calling someone who was not convicted a war criminal is a criminal act (KoSSev)
• Analyst: Who gives right to Sarrazin to make Serbia recognize Kosovo, when EU does not have unified stance (Danas, BETA, Nova.rs, N1)

International:

• Kosovo License-Plate Issue Flares Up Again With Ban On Cars With Kosovar City Abbreviation (RFE)
• Serbian Police Ex-Commander Wanted in Kosovo for War Crimes (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 19, 2023

• Svecla: Serbia violated agreement on license plates (Klan)
• Police on reports for assassination plans against LDK and PDK MPs (media)
• PM Kurti meets Croatian counterpart in Davos (media)
• Bislimi meets Swiss Ambassador - support of 83 million francs, confirmed (Klan)
• The shooting in Shterpce: an eye-witness’s words (Prishtina Insight)
• Bitter rhetoric: Politicisation of missing persons in post-conflict Kosovo (BIRN)
• Supreme Court suspends licences to build power plants on Lumbardh (BIRN)
• Begaj: We are sensitive but cautious about recent tensions in Kosovo (Klan)
• Vucic: 2023, one of most difficult years in Serbia’s modern history (media)
• Serbia in 2023: Against backdrop of war, pressure for deal on Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 18, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 18, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Greater dynamic in dialogue: Five internationals in Pristina on Friday (Koha)
• PM Kurti interview for Swiss newspaper Blick (media)
• Lajcak meets Kurti in Davos; talk next steps in dialogue and pressing issues (media)
• FES: Draft statute of Association, good basis for discussion (RFE)
• Kurti meets Vice President of Switzerland Viola Amherd (media)
• Hoti criticises Kurti: Calls for investors and warnings for war do not go together (Klan)
• Supreme Court reinstates measure on permits for Decan hydropower plants (Telegrafi)
• The judge in KLA leaders’ case: The trial will be long, about 5 years (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic’s meetings in Davos (RTS, media)
• Petkovic meets Botsan-Kharchenko, discuss situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Bilcik: I see goodwill of Belgrade in dialogue, Pristina has to establish ZSO (Tanjug, RTS)
• Former Slovenian PM asks for parliamentary investigation of Berishaj affair (Radio KIM)
• Peach: Sides should not see implementation of agreements as threat (Radio KIM)
• Dacic, Peach discuss bilateral ties, Kosovo, Ukraine (Tanjug)
• European Court of Justice annuls EC decision on Kosovo (N1)
• Lajcak to visit Pristina and Belgrade on January 20 (Radio kontakt plus)
• European Parliament calls Belgrade to align with EU policies (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 18, 2023

• Prime Minister Kurti’s meetings in Davos (media)
• Will he meet with Vucic in Davos? Albin Kurti responds (euronews.al)
• Kosovo’s Deputy PM Bislimi in an unannounced visit to Berlin (Klan)
• Trial against Thaci et al; The Hague announces upcoming conference (media)
• “Visa-free in the European Union next year” (RTK)
• Quitters need not apply? Warily, Kosovo starts to refill protesting Serbs’ vacated posts (RFE)
• Slovenia urges Serbia, Kosovo to start normalization talks (Anadolu Agency)
• Walker: Belgrade wants to use Serbs and Albanians in north as chess pieces (euronews.al)
• NATO Military Committee to meet in Brussels; discuss on Kosovo too (Express)
• Opposition criticises Kurti for his statement on Ivanovic (Koha)
• Ethnic tensions have created a political 'volcano' that could erupt anytime (Yahoo.uk)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 17, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 17, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia is trying to regain influence in Kosovo, Bosnia and Montenegro (media)
• KPC says Haxhiu’s statements about treating war crimes are not true (Koha)
• LDK blames the government for increase in imports from Serbia (Reporteri)
• Krasniqi: Kurti interrupted ex-KLA fighter, and praised Ivanovic (media)
• Gucati & Haradinaj case: Appeal judgement on 2 February (media)
• Abbott: Past should not be forgotten, but Kosovo and Serbia must make compromises (Klan)
• Jahjaga: NATO and U.S. crucial role for security in Europe and the world (media)
• “Municipalities concerned with govt’s tendency to interfere in local level” (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kosovo Govt passes decision on expropriation of land in north Kosovo (N1)
• Petkovic says Kurti generates crises again, expects EU reaction to land expropriation in Leposavic (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Serbian List reacts to decision to expropriate land in Leposavic (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: Community of Municipalities must be formed for Serbs to return to Pristina's institutions (Tanjug)
• Kurti on late Oliver Ivanovic in 2023 and three years prior to it (KoSSev)
• Fajon: BG and PR to work on further steps to prevent escalation because people are afraid (KoSSev)
• Vucic met UK Envoy Peach: Serbia committed to preserving peace, formation of ZSO key issue (RTV)
• Grenell for RTS: Mutual recognition does not bring food to table, economic development needed
• Vucic to attend World Economic Forum meeting in Davos (Tanjug, media)
• Dussey: Togo's derecognition of Kosovo definitive (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• The difference between Pristina and Belgrade (peacefare.net)
• I saw my fellow Albanians in Kosovo die from afar (BIRN)
• Serbia and Kosovo – rejecting or accepting guilt (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 17, 2023

• Kurti: Serbia must recognize Kosovo; association contradicts Constitution (media)
• Kurti invites the communities: Become part of the Kosovo Police (Klan)
• Escobar and Lajcak to visit Kosovo and Serbia this week (RFE)
• Kurti commemorates Oliver Ivanovic on 5th anniversary of assassination (RTK)
• Fajon: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue should start as soon as possible (media)
• Slovenia FM refuses to discuss ambassador’s alleged financial scandal (BIRN)
• Gervalla: We’ll never accept an association that violates Constitution (media)
• Abdixhiku: Kosovo doesn’t need agreement that doesn’t include recognition (media)
• Gervalla: Derecognition from Togo happened in 2019 (media)
• Kosovo seeks arrest of 18 wartime massacre suspects (BIRN)
• Kosovo woman breaks prejudices by taking village leader role (BIRN)
• Albanian President awards William Walker with High Title (ANA)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 16, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 16, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Kosovo is a double success story (media)
• Osmani: Slovenia remains one of the most important allies of Kosovo (media)
• Kurti travels to Switzerland, to participate in World Economic Forum in Davos (Klan)
• Haxhiu welcomes request for international arrest warrant for those that ordered Recak massacre (Telegrafi)
• Fajon: Slovenia supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue; normalisation of relations (media)
• Gervalla: Serbia’s threats in the region require a common response (Koha)
• Kusari-Lila: No organisation or association was voted in the Assembly (Kallxo)
• Fifth anniversary of Oliver Ivanovic’s assassination commemorated (Kosovapress)
• FES branch in Pristina finishes drafting of Association statute (Express)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic: No one requested services of Friedrich Ebert organisation (Kosovo Online)
• SRSG Ziadeh meets President Vucic (RTS, media)
• Dacic thanks countries that will amend position on Kosovo pending solution (N1, FoNet)
• Petkovic reacts to Kurti’s interview to Dutch NRC, says he utters untruths (BETA, Danas, Kosovo-Online)
• Vucic reacts to Kurti’s interview to Viennese Der Standard (KoSSev)
• Russian Ambassador: Moscow consistent in its support of Serbia’s sovereignty (N1)
• Albanian living in Belgrade accused of war crimes; Neighbours take action to help him, claim he’s innocent (KoSSev)
• Commemorations held on fifth anniversary of Oliver Ivanovic’s assassination (RTS, KoSSev)
• German Embassy on ZSO, Pristina CoE membership bid (KoSSev)
• Detention of Trajkovic extended for two more months, lawyer to appeal it (Kosovo Online)
• Two Serbs from Klokot sent to one-month house arrest (Kosovo Online)
• Vucevic: Situation in Kosovo highest security risk for Serbia (Radio KIM)
• Dacic: “Misuse of events in Racak continues” (RTS)

International:

• Wider Europe Briefing: The Conundrum Of Kosovo's EU Application And The Broader Effects Of Qatar-Gate (RFE)
• Serbia, Kosovo Accused of Sabotaging Political Assassination Trial (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 16, 2023

• Statements on 24th anniversary of the Recak massacre (media)
• Dendias and Kurti discuss latest developments in north of Kosovo (RTK)
• PM Kurti appoints two more deputy ministers from communities (RTK)
• MFA: There was no vote against and no failure to join CoE (RTK)
• Slovenian Foreign Minister Fajon to visit Kosovo today (media)
• Lajcak will visit Pristina this week (media)
• "Vucic is preparing for unpopular step, Kurti must accept Association, USA can depose him if he refuses" (Zeri)
• Kosovo debunks Serbian claims about derecognitions (BIRN)
• Idea for a joint opposition front, impossible for now (Koha)
• Military observation trenches in the north (media)
• Kosovo ends 2022 with record inflation (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 13, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 13, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia considers Bosnia, Montenegro and Kosovo as temporary states (Klan)
• European Parliament to vote on visa liberalisation for Kosovo in three months (RTK)
• Kurti: Readiness to further political and economic cooperation with Austria (Koha)
• Interpol: We have not addressed the issue of Kosovo's application (media)
• Serwer on Chollet’s post: diplomatic expression used to show disagreement (Express)
• Hoti: Inflation 12%, citizens bear the consequences (media)
• Decan Monastery: Italy protected us from Albanian extremists in 1941 and 1999 (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: We are grateful to US delegation for insisting on implementation of agreements (media)
• Dacic: I told Chollet no one in Serbia would accept independence of Kosovo (Prva TV, Tanjug)
• Vucic: I expect US to encourage Pristina to meet commitments (Tanjug)
• Brnabic meets with Chollet (media)
• Chollet: No ultimatums, support for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1, BETA, Danas)
• Jevtic: Residents demand increase of KFOR presence, face numerous challenges (Kosovo Online, TV Pink)
• Two young Serb men detained in Klokot (RTS)
• A boy wounded in Gotovusa discharged from hospital (Kosovo Online, RTS)

International:

• HRW Report: Southeast, Central Europe Backsliding on Human Rights (Balkan Insight)