UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 2, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani declares Wednesday a day of mourning in Kosovo in honour of Kadare (Koha)
Gervalla meets the Speaker of the Slovenian Parliament (media)
KLI: For six months government approved only 15% of planned draft laws (ekonomia)
Serb citizens convert driver’s licences: We live in Kosovo, we have to respect the law (RTK)
False bomb alert at Pristina Airport (Reporteri)
Serwer: Trump might support idea of ​​dividing Kosovo if re-elected US president (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic meets with Grushko, thanks Russia for support in UN (Tanjug)
Vucevic: While Kurti in power, no possibility of progress in dialogue (Kosovo Online, Blic TV)
Hill: Normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina absolutely crucial (Kosovo Online, Euronews, diplomacyandcommerce.rs)
Gouillon: Office for Public and Cultural Diplomacy to promote Serbia, defend its interests (Tanjug)
Cameraman who attacked Serbian politician at Gazimestan suspended (NMagazin, Beta, N1, KiM radio)
Statements on conflicts with Serbia have a negative impact on Kosovo's business environment (Kosovo Online, Gazeta Blic)

Humanitarian/Development:

OSCE report on domestic violence, inadequate trials for perpetrators (RTK)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo leaders mourn loss of Albanian world-known writer Ismail Kadare (media)
• Bislimi and Petkovic tomorrow in Brussels to discuss implementation of agreements (Koha)
• Zupancic: Issues should be resolved through dialogue so that we don't see situations like in Ukraine (media)
• Konjufca: Hundreds of people in Serbia are training and preparing for an attack on Kosovo (Reporteri)
• Gervalla meets Turkish minister Hakan Fidan, discuss economic cooperation (RTK)
• Haxhiu submits request to Ministry of Justice in Serbia to transfer Kosovar citizens (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic: Dialogue only way to normalise relations, Kurti not interested in dialogue (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
• Belgrade-Pristina dialogue at technical level to take place in Brussels tomorrow, Stano says implementation of agreements priority (Tanjug)
• Aleksandar Vlajic accused of “espionage” sent to one month detention, lawyer says detention ungrounded (KoSSev, media)
• Milicevic: It has reached a point where you can't anymore (KiM radio, Slobodno srpski)
• "We don't need that kind of low-level propaganda": Comments from N. Mitrovica on posters with Vucic's image (N1)
• Serbia-China free trade agreement takes effect (N1, BETA)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti reacts to Serbia’s banning of 'Miredita, Dobar Dan' festival (media)
• Organisers of 'Miredita, dobar dan': "State incited hatred, intolerance, hostility" (RFE)
• Kandic: Serbia and its institutions aligned themselves with hooligans (media)
• Four sentenced to prison for involvement in Ivanovic assassination (media)
• Police searching for Serb suspects over camouflaged cameras in north (media)
• Man arrested for allegedly committing war crimes against civilians (media)
• State Department report on international religious freedom: Kosovo (media)
• Court ruling on Bureau; KLI: Another government failure for judiciary reforms (EO)
• Poll: VV-Guxo 41 percent, PDK 19.6, LDK 19.2 and AAK-Nisma 6 (Albanian Post)
• ECPMF reacts to MP remarks against media and civil society members (media)
• AJK reacts to latest death threats against reporter Vullnet Krasniqi (media)
• Police remove “provocative shirts and flags” at St. Vitus remembering (media)
• Octopus Institute analysis on arrest of Albanians, one Serb, for espionage (Telegrafi)
• FPÖ wants parliament to declare itself against Kosovo independence (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Memorial service served to Kosovo heroes at Gazimestan (Kosovo Online, media)
• Serbian MFA: St Vitus's Day reflects our love of freedom, moral essence (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: Serbia fulfilled its obligations; I do not expect anything from continuation of dialogue
(RTS)
• Verdict passed in case of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, 22 years in prison for the four defen
dants (media)
• Office for KiM: Verdict against four Serbs in Oliver Ivanovic’s case "scandalous" (Kosovo Online,
media)
• Serbian List: Draconian and politically staged verdict (media, social media)
• Ivanovic's nephew: This verdict still does not provide answers to questions about who ordered
and executed Ivanovic's murder (KoSSev)
• Lawyer: Tolic underwent surgery again, I am concerned about his health condition (Kosovo
Online)
• Indictment against Svecla, three MPs upheld 75 months after teargas was thrown (KoSSev, me
dia)
• Serb Movements from Kosovo support the protest against lithium mines (Beta, Danas)
• Radovanovic: The frozen conflict suits both Vucic and Kurti (NMagazin, Beta)

International:

• Kosovo convicts four over Serb opposition politician’s murder (BIRN)
• Serbian police ban culture festival with Kosovo as pressure mounts on liberal voices (AP)
• Germany extends army deployments in Kosovo, Bosnia, Coast of Lebanon (RFE)
• What are the takeaways from another unsuccessful round of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue?
(EWB)
• Language and infrastructure barriers halt integration of Serb majority village into Kosovo soci
ety (Prishtina Insight)
• Serbian authorities use high-tech surveillance to monitor opponents (BIRN)
• Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas bag EU top jobs (politico.eu)
• ‘Shipwreck’ and ‘carnage’: European media gawks at Biden’s debate flop against Trump
(politico.eu)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo Police find surveillance cameras in the north (media)
• Rohde calls Kurti's conditions “a burden"; “Serbia violating Article 4” (media)
• Rasic doesn’t expect Radoicic to be handed over; “Dialogue must continue” (media)
• Assembly podium used for media smearing (Koha)
• Kurti meets Serwer: Grateful for his analysis and advice (media)
• Kurti welcomes Law on the Modernization of Citizenship in Germany (media)
• Serbian delegation leaves after Kosovo MP’s speech on Banjska attack (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Kurti wanted recognition not dialogue (N1)
• Office for KiM: Arrest of Lazovic in Leposavic, continuation of Pristina’s terror (Kosovo Online, media)
• Wife of arrested Lazovic: My husband is not on photos published by Albanian media, he has never been to Djakovica (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List: Kurti’s regime continues with intimidation and expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo (Kosovo Online, media)
• Djuric: Belgrade appreciates Brazil's position on Serbia's territorial integrity (Tanjug)
• Austrian Freedom Party requests Parliament declare against recognition of Kosovo (Euronews Serbian)
• Pristina portal says 45 indicted over Banjska armed incident (N1)
• “Miredita, Dobar Dan” festival shut down (media)

International Media:

• Police Ban Serbia-Kosovo Cultural Reconciliation Festival in Belgrade (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• O’Brien: Non-implementation of past agreements, lost opportunity (media)
• Kurti says LDK, AAK want to criticise and not remove him from power (Express)
• Opposition MPs leave assembly session (media)
• AJK: Independent Media Commission draft law shouldn’t be adopted (Kallxo)
• AJK reacts to Basha’s “unacceptable, dangerous attacks” against Kusari (media)
• Former Serb member of Kosovo Police arrested for espionage (media)
• Svecla: Fighting every form of terrorism is our priority (media)
• Hoxha visits police units in Jarinje, Leposavic, Bernjak and Banjska (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• O'Brien: Failure to implement earlier agreements a lost opportunity for both sides (Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic: By rejecting the trilateral in Brussels, Kurti showed that he does not want dialogue (Tanjug, TV Pink)
• Arrested A.V. suspected of espionage (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev)
• The president of the Committee for Aid to Serbs from Republika Srpska denied entry to Kosovo (Tanjug, SRNA)
• The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the initiative to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug)
• The German and Italian embassies supported the EU statement on three draft laws (KoSSev)
• The SL MPs once again retained their mandates (NMagazin, Beta)
• Andric Rakic: No progress in dialogue or formation of the CSM realistic during Lajcak's extended mandate (Kosovo Online)
• “Miredita, dobar dan!” festival to kick off in Belgrade (N1, Beta)

Opinion:

• Hungary’s EU ‘enlargement presidency’ will achieve limited success for Western Balkans (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Kosovo: Draft law on Independent Media Commission might endanger its political independence (ecpmf.eu)
• Serbia’s Vucic fumes as footballers travel to Euro 2024 on Croatian plane (Politico)