UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 30, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti - to QUINT ambassadors: Kosovo ready to sign basic agreement, Serbia refusing (media) • Szunyog on Ursula von der Leyen's meetings: Waiting for fruitful discussions (Klan) • Sources from Special Prosecution: “Almost all terrorists of Sept 24 are identified” (AP) • Specialist Prosecutor’s Office raids houses of Thaci’s former advisors (media) • Court sentences Bozovic to seven months in prison for incidents in the north (Koha) • Delawie: The EU really needs to stop coddling Vucic (media) • PDK: We do not vote international agreements without setting date for elections (Reporteri) • Kurti expected to report to Assembly on developments in dialogue on Friday (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: I will call elections on Wednesday or Thursday (media) • Serbia Against Violence parties will offer cooperation to right wing parties if need be (media) • Less: It's no secret that London has more understanding for Pristina than other Western actors (Kosovo Online) • Janjic: Brussels talks ended without an agreement, but showed a change in work methodology (Kim radio, Slobodno srpski) • Milovan Bozovic from Zubin Potok sentenced to seven months in prison (KoSSev, media) • Larger number of Kosovo police present in Zubin Potok, works on police station construction continue (Kosovo Online) • "Fatherland" on construction of police station: “The brutality of Pristina while Belgrade is busy collecting voters” (KiM radio) • Office for KiM: Tractor stolen from Djuric family in Osojane village (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio, N1) • Vucic receives farewell visit from Albanian ambassador (Tanjug) Opinion: • Palokaj: Vucic continues to successfully challenge the EU (Koha) International: • Kosovo’s Report Reveals Banjska Terrorist Attack Details (Prishtina Insight) • After BIRN Investigation, Prishtina Court Sentenced 13 Police Officers for Smuggling Operations (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 27, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Von der Leyen in Western Balkans next week to present details of Growth Plan (media) • Rama: Kosova accepted EU proposal, time for Serbia to do the same (media) • Haradinaj: A big step forward, we are in the right position (Albanian Post) • Kearns: A month since Radoicic admitted guilt, yet he remains free in Serbia (media) • U.S. Senator Peters meets Gervalla (media) • Kelmendi criticises Borrell for never putting blame on Serbia (media) • Selimi: Do we let the progress of Kosovo be hostage to Serbian refusal? (media) • “Former chief of special police for north was involved in Banjska group” (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Michel: At European Council summit today on dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia (Kosovo Online, RTV) • Vucevic: In Brussels, Serbia avoided scenario of being culprit and disruptive factor (N1, Beta) • KFOR, Serbian military commanders meet in Kosovo (N1) • The trial in the case of Ivanovic's murder postponed due to the impossibility of broadcasting the video material (KiM radio) • Von der Leyen visiting the Western Balkans next week (Kosovo Online) • Part of Serbian opposition reaches final agreement on elections (N1) International: • Kosovo’s Ruling Party Takes Risk in Snubbing Parliamentary Inquiry (BIRN) • OSCE, Serbian Church Criticise Damage to Serb Cemetery in Kosovo (Balkan Insight) • Leaders of Serbia, Kosovo End Talks In Brussels With No Sign Of Progress On Normalizing Relations (RFE) • Pressure builds on Serbia over controversial new media laws (Euractive) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo Alpinist Uta Ibrahimi featured at a UNHQ exhibition honoring 50 women from around the world for their contributions to Women, Peace and Security (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Scholz, Macron and Meloni to meet Kurti then Vucic, meeting starts at 14:00 (Telegrafi) • Osmani in Iowa: September 24 attack was aimed at annexing north of Kosovo (media) • Internationals express support for KSF, condemn attack in Banjska (media) • Kosovo agreed to European “new plan” on Saturday; Vucic and Kurti expected to meet at Paris Peace Forum and sanctions lifted after the meeting (Albanian Post) • Gervalla meets U.S. Congressman Torres (media) • Citaku: U.S. always supported an Association in line with Constitution (media) • Nitaj: Implementation of French-German plan today is a patriotic duty (Klan Kosova) • Hehir: Vucic’s appeasement does not end in Mitrovica (KTV) • “No Republika Srpska in Kosovo”; Albanians protest in Brussels (Telegrafi) • Over €1 billion sent by diaspora to Kosovo this year (Kallxo) • Kurti in Athens meets leaders of companies from energy field (media) • Kosovo Judicial Council publishes decision to dismiss Stefanovic (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Guler's visit extremely significant for peace, stability in Balkans (Tanjug) • SNF: Albanisation of Serbian municipality at stake in Caglavica (Radio KIM) • One person interviewed in relation to old Orthodox cemetery desecration, case goes in regular procedure (Tanjug) • Montenegrin Minister of Justice refused to extradite Serbian citizen Pristina accused of alleged war crimes (Tanjug) • Brnabic speaks about Kosovo, Serbia's EU perspective in Brussels (Tanjug) • Most Serbian citizens see China as friendly (N1) • Stoltenberg in an official visit to Serbia in November (N1, RFE) • EU Office in Kosovo: We are closely following the case of Abbot Fotije's deportation (Kosovo Online) • Serbs upon arrests sent to detention in 90 percent of cases (Kosovo Online) • Church of Saint Gabriel in Osojane robbed (Radio Gorazdevac) • Djuric: Support to KSF transformation into army encourages extremism of Pristina government (Kosovo Online, social media) International: • Feuding Serbia and Kosovo leaders set for talks Thursday on the sidelines of an EU summit (AP) • Serbian List gets new leadership, more Kosovo Serb parties are emerging (EWB) • Montenegro Refuses to Extradite War Crime Suspect to Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 25, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • EU says meetings on Thursday are “support” for dialogue (RFE) • Kurti: No dialogue if no condemnation and sanctions on Serbia (media) • Kosovo agrees for plan of envoys to be framework for further discussions (media) • Konjufca on EU plan: I haven’t read it in detail, but it is in line with Constitution (media) • Osmani hosted by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (media) • Gervalla: Important to hold Serbia accountable for aggression (media) • Elshani does not rule out another attack in Kosovo (TeVe1) • 182 kilograms of marijuana seized at border with Serbia (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • New searches in relation to Banjska incident in northern Kosovo (KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • Odalovic: Kurti made every agreement meaningless; the missing persons investigation neglected (RTS) • Works on a road passing across old Orthodox cemetery in Mitrovica North halted (KoSSev) • Brnabic and Rama today with Varhelyi (NMagazin, Beta) • Drecun: West trying to expedite normalisation and get Belgrade recognize Kosovo (Tanjug) • Goran Bogdanovic on change of Serbian List leadership (N1, Danas) • Davenport: Excessive use of detention measure represents problem not only in Kosovo, but wider as well (Kosovo Online) • Pasalic: ''I am amazed because the international institutions do not react to the evidence about the situation of Serbian prisoners in Kosovo'' (Kosovo Online) • Former High Court Judge in North Mitrovica Kabasic: Serbs in Kosovo completely disenfranchised (Kosovo Online) • Mobile mammograph in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) Opinion: • Serwer: “A failed terrorist provocation” (peacefare.net) International: • Kosovo’s premier slams Serbia ahead of fresh round of talks (Financial Times)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: This week is important, but not to put a full stop to everything (RTV21) • Kurti on dialogue: Let us implement fast what we have agreed upon (Koha) • Osmani begins official visit to Iowa (media) • Detention of suspects of Banjska attack extended by two more months (Telegrafi) • “Serbia, most likely with knowledge and instructions from Vucic, formed terrorist group to attack KFOR and Kosovo”, conclusions of a report by the Kosovo Government (Albanian Post) • Osmani's request to UNSC for a resolution is being considered smart step (RTK) • Who is Zlatan Elek, the man who took over the "Serbian List" (Express) • Halimi: Kurti should report to Assembly, prior to lecturing in Greece (media) • Constitution of Investigative Committee on state reserves fails for the fifth time (media) Serbian Language Media: • Dr Zlatan Elek, new president of Serbian List (Kosovo Online) • A road built across the old Orthodox cemetery in Mitrovica (KiM radio) • Brnabic after UNSC session: Pristina does not intend to participate in dialogue, they do not want to understand how Serbs live in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Vucevic: Brnabic informed world of actual situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, TV Prva) • Serbian PM denies Belgrade’s involvement in Banjska incident (N1) • Arsenijevic: More information we have, less it is clear what happened in Banjska (Radio KIM) • IFIMES: Unserious to put blame for Banjska on one actor (Tanjug) • Djuric commends Brnabic's UN Security Council speech (Tanjug) • Vucic: In two to three days, me and Kurti will again go to Brussels for talks (RTS) International: • Shadow Clans and Shadow Wars: Kosovo PM Accuses Serbian Group of Terrorism (BNN) • Grants, Loans to Kosovo Hostage to Opposition Election Demand (BIRN)