Albanian Language Media: • Body of another dead attacker found in Banjska (Koha) • Blinken: Violent attacks on Kosovo Police near Banjska Monastery, unacceptable (media) • “Weapons seized at Banjska Monastery will be presented today” (TeVe1) • Another vehicle with weapons found in the north (Koha) • Crisis in Banjska – Police find new evidence, including drone (Kallxo) • Kurti: Bunjaku was killed by a professionally trained group supported by Serbia (media) • Osmani awards slain police officer with “Hero of Kosovo” order (media) • Sarrazin condemns “criminal and terrorist” attack on Kosovo Police (Albanian Post) • Lajcak to meet French, German, Italian representatives today, Escobar will attend (RFE) • “Arms seized in the north; terror group tried to camouflage as KFOR” (Indeksonline) • Rohde calls on Serbian List to react against killing of Kosovo police officer (media) • Vela: Vucic resorted to unprecedented aggression; he will fail (media) • Lajcak: Cowardly acts of violence, against principles of peace and cooperation (media) • Bogdanovic, Biserko comment on yesterday’s developments in north (Nacionale) • Kanin: Kosovo is victim of attacks in north; Association favours Serbia (media) • Kupchan: The attack in Kosovo was not spontaneous (Radio Free Europe) • Maliqi: “Serb terrorists” wanted to frame massacre and blame Albanians (Dukagjini) • Taravari: Kosovo can’t be another Ukraine, because it would mean World War III (media) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: A very dangerous situation happened in Kosovo, urgent de-escalation needed (Kosovo Online) • Visoki Decani monastery warns against misinformation (KiM radio, N1) • Vucic meets Bostan-Kharchenko, tells him ethnic cleansing is ongoing in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Sarrazin: We must have a successful dialogue (KiM radio) • Brussels: Lajcak and Escobar with diplomats from France, Germany, and Italy (KiM radio, Tanjug) • Elshani: Police are looking for uniformed attackers (KiM radio) • Jarinje and Brnjak still closed for entry in Kosovo (N1) • Believers still in Banjska monastery, citizens of North Macedonia went home (Kim Radio, Beta, N1) • BETA: Injured near Banjska transferred to hospital in Novi Pazar (N1, nova.rs, KiM Radio, NMagazin) • Attacker from Banjska underwent surgery in Pristina (N1) • Due to incompetence of Serbian regime, Kosovo Serbs at mercy of Kurti, Freedom and Justice Party said (Beta, N1, KiM radio) • Dacic: Kurti wants war (FoNet, Danas) • Serbian Minister says events in northern Kosovo planned, conflict suits Kurti only (Kosovo Online, TV Pink) • Regional media: "The state of war", "terrorists" and "the spark that could ignite the region" (NMagazin, N1) • Serbian citizen arrested in Montenegro suspected of war crimes in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, RTCG, N1) • Post of Serbia: Post office in Banjska intruded, property damaged (RTS) Opinion: • Palokaj: “Terrorism cannot be a topic of the dialogue” (Koha) International: • Siege of Serb monastery in Kosovo ends after militants withdraw (Financial Times) • Why Kosovo’s standoff with Serbs continues 15 years after statehood (Al Jazeera) • Telekom Srbija wins Kosovo appeal (broadbendtvnews.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Women in Kosovo always at forefront of peace and security processes (media) • Gervalla reacts to Vucic: Kosovo’s independence doesn’t violate UN charter (media) • Escobar: I don’t see any impartiality from Lajcak (Radio Free Europe) • Osmani meets U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer (media) • Explosion in Mitrovica North (Koha) • Svecla: Grenade throwing, revolt to arrest of Serbs suspected of war crimes (RFE) • Hate slogans in Zvecan; Police: We’re investigating, suspects unknown (media) Serbian Language Media: • KFOR: Kosovo police informed us about arrest of three Serbs a day later (Kosovo Online, RTS) • Vucic meets Chinese Vice-President on UN GA sidelines (BETA, N1) • Dacic in New York: We respect principle of territorial integrity, but we are victim of this principle violations (RTS) • Jeremic on Vucic’s speech at UN GA (N1, BETA) • Explosive devices thrown at Serbian families’ yards in Ranilug municipality (RTS) • Office for KiM on Ranilug: The goal is ethnic cleansing of Serbs; KP: Investigation ongoing (KiM radio, RTV Puls) • Detonation in Bosniak mahala, suspected it was a shock bomb (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Serbia’s weapons exports to exceed $ 1.6 bn (BETA, N1) Opinion: • Latifi suggests referendum on Association of Serb-majority municipalities (Nacionale) • Janjic: Deep security crisis in northern Kosovo (KiM radio, Beta, Demostat) • Enlargement: The EU’s imperative (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 21, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Escobar wants Kosovo government to have “new approach” to dialogue (media) • Osmani meets Biden in New York; “alliance of freedom, eternal alliance” (media) • Opposition, ruling party MPs clash over inquiry committee for state reserves (Telegrafi) • Stano on arrests of Serbs for war crimes: We’re monitoring situation (Gazeta Express) • Begaj: We’re together with Kosovo at UN; Kurti-Rama relations are very good (media) • “Pressure against Serbs in north comes directly from BIA and Vucic” (Kosovapress) • German deputy ambassador: EU is not complete without Western Balkans (EO) • Haradinaj: Kosovo Army has capacities to protect peace with NATO anywhere (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Escobar: Kosovo should change "take it or leave it" approach, Milatovic agrees with American position on government (VoA) • Vucic informed Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan about violence against Serbs in Kosovo (NMagazin, Beta) • Rada Trajkovic: Arrest of Serbs deliberate destabilisation, Kurti wanted to be Zelensky, but I'm afraid he went the way of Aliyev (KoSSev) • Miletic resigned from position of adviser in Kosovo PM’s cabinet (KiM Radio, KoSSev) • Radakovic: Every autumn in north is "hot", I am afraid of mass arrests (Kosovo Online) • Hill: US does not have many details about yesterday's arrests of Serbs in Kosovo (KiM Radio, Tanjug, RTV) • Stano: EU closely monitors situation in northern Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug, Radio KIM) • FM Dacic holds bilateral meetings on sidelines of UNGA (N1, BETA) International: • Kosovo and Taiwan Eye an Alliance of Outsiders (Foreign Policy) • Fact-Check: Kosovo Is Attracting More FDI, But Not Where It’s Needed (BIRN) • Romania FA sanctioned over 'Serbia' chants in Kosovo match (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media: • Hovenier: We have full confidence in EU as facilitator of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE) • Konjufca supports Kurti: Key of dialogue recognition and formation of Association (EO) • Lajcak’s advisor: Disagreements, not proof that the envoy sides with Serbia (EO) • Borrell: Preparing for next enlargement wave (media) • Szunyog: Hate speech falls in same group with terrorism (Gazeta Express) • Increasing hate speech, Konjufca: Politicians not a good example (Kosovapress) • Hoti: The degradation of dialogue during Kurti-led government (media) • Posselt: Vucic, the political son of Milosevic! (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Three months without Serbian press in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • FM Dacic: Serbia condemns Russia’s attack on Ukraine, it is not neutral (N1, FoNet, VoA) • Two Serbs arrested in northern Kosovo (KoSSev, RTS, Kosovo Online) • Serbian List reacts to arrests in Mitrovica North and Zvecan (Radio KIM, social media) • Office for KIM on arrests: New deterioration and causing uneasiness among Serbs (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online) • ACDC research: Trust in police and judiciary in northern Kosovo on drastic decline (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Nervous Kurti (KiM Radio) • PACE: Legal team to come to Kosovo and prepare a report on the compliance of the legal system with the standards of the CoE (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: I will continue to fight for what is the best possible for Serbia (Tanjug) • PM Brnabic on elections: Opposition says one thing, writes another (N1, BETA) International: • Kosovo, North Macedonia Sign Agreement for Common Border Crossing Point (BIRN) • Serb Fighter Beat Kosovo Albanian for Aiding Journalists, Court Told (BIRN) • Andoni: Kurti lost time with Association, this is his only mistake (Euronews Albania)

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell on EU expectations from Serbia and Kosovo (media) • Chollet: Good discussion with President Osmani (media) • Lajcak meets Chollet, Escobar; “same reading of situation in Western Balkans” (media) • Osmani meets MCC CEO Albright (media) • Osmani: Proud of unwavering Kosovo-Germany partnership (media) • Krasniqi: Request for resignations of mayors comes from Belgrade (EO) • Kurti to visit ministry led by Nenad Rasic today at 15:00 (Gazeta Express) Serbian Language Media: • EU calls on Belgrade, Pristina to fulfil their commitments (N1, media) • Schole: Pristina to urgently engage in dialogue with Belgrade (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug) • Lajcak discussed Western Balkans with “good friends” Cholet and Escobar in New York (N1) • Mijacic: A note in which Kosovo complains to EU members about Lajcak ‘unprecedented amateurism’ (Kosovo Online, social media) • Stano: Without comment on Kurti’s statement, all 27 EU member states extend full support to Lajcak (Kosovo Online) International: • EU Warns Kosovo, Serbia of Repercussions if Deals Not Implemented (Balkan Insight) • In a Kosovo Mountain Resort, Villas, Bribes and a Big-Name Scandal (BIRN) • German-French working group proposes reforms to make the EU ready for enlargement by 2030 (EWB)