UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Stoltenberg: NATO concerned with secessionist rhetoric in Bosnia (media) • Bislimi: EU should lift measures against Kosovo as soon as possible (Koha) • Rohde: Kosovo to more make efforts to implement agreements with Serbia (Koha) • Tahiri to Kurti: Tell us why you allowed Radoicic to escape on Sept 24 (Telegrafi) • Gashi on Kurti’s remarks about Radoicic: Wish it's not meant to scare people (EO) • AAK wants Assembly to take a stance on EU measures against Kosovo (media) • Maqedonci: Banjska case revealed Serbia’s aggressive objectives (Albanian Post) • Maqedonci meets Kearns, thanks her “for presenting truth about Kosovo” (media) • Calls for internationals to react to Serbia’s mobilization at border (Telegrafi) • Kurti says NGOs and businesses can register as social enterprises (EO) • Tahiri: Government takes part in dialogue, without sanctions for Serbia (media) • Trial in absentia begins for Cedomir Aksic accused of war crimes (Dukagjini) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic and Brnabic tomorrow with Stoltenberg (RTS) • Weber on relocation of monument to Serbs: "Clumsy gaffe" by French and German Embassies in Kosovo (KiM radio) • Serbian Embassy in Germany: Serbia determined never to give up on its heritage in Kosovo (Radio KIM, media, social media) • Mijacic: Statement of German ambassador about Visoki Decani Monastery is official stance of Germany (Tanjug) • To UNESCO, Visoki Decani and Gracanica are in Serbia – ambassador (Tanjug) • The office for KiM assistant director banned from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Two sides of the same story: KP on obstructing officers, Jaksic speaks of physical abuse and announces lawsuit against special forces (KoSSev) • Jeremic on upcoming Serbian elections, Kosovo, Franco-German plan (N1) • Serbian Government to open consulate in Pale (media) Opinion: • Palokaj: Association draft is not so secret – it could hardly be better (Koha) International: • NATO chief commits to Bosnia’s territorial integrity and condemns ‘malign’ Russian influence (AP)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti met Rohde and German ambassadors from region, talk about road to EU (Reporteri) • Blast near the center for technical control of vehicles in north of Kosovo (media) • Bislimi: Region faces destabilizing efforts (media) • Haliti: Radoicic sent SMS threatening to kill politicians (media) • Sources: Close protection units now guarding Gervalla and Rasic (Indeksonline) • State Department: Countering corruption, Russian malign influence in WB (media) • Surroi comments on Zelenksy’s warning of new conflict in Balkans (media) • Osmani appoints Drilon Gashi as head of Kosovo’s diplomatic mission in Warsaw (media) • Haradinaj: Kurti changes his words three times a day, has lost his way (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Rasic: The moment the CSM is adopted, the institutions of Serbia will be extinguished (KiM radio) • Petkovic: Kurti's minister Rasic trying in every way to make the CSM meaningless (Kosovo Online) • Letter of protest to France and Germany due to the removal of the memorial plaque in Pristina (Danas, FoNet, Beta, KoSSev) • Vucic: Pointless to respond to all lies, the move of the monument to Serbian soldiers (Tanjug) • Dacic: The removal of the memorial plaque is scandalous, the French Embassy in Belgrade will advocate for its return (Kosovo Online) • The European Commission proposes that visas be canceled for holders of Serbian passports in Kosovo (N1) • Ambassador to UNESCO: Serbia's election is a clear signal to Pristina that it has no support for unilateral moves (RTS) • Hill: Despite the difficulties, we recognize the common interests of Serbia and Ukraine (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug) • Another trial for Vukotic in Pristina (Kosovo Online) • The detention of Sladjan Trajkovic extended again (KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Serbia, North Macedonia sign Memorandum on construction of high-speed railway (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • Kosovo and the Western Balkans Security Order after Banjska: Policy Recommendations from the Octopus Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies (media) International: • Kosovo launches first women's football strategy (uefa.com) • Kosovo’s Thaci Didn’t Give Orders to Guerrillas: Trial Witness (BIRN) • Surge in Requests for Kosovo License Plates Signals Shifting Dynamics Among Local Serbs (Prishtina Insight) • John Hodgson: Out of spite I started learning Albanian (Kosovo 2.0)

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)

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, 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)