UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 11, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani at meeting of leaders of region within Brdo-Brione Process (Koha) • Kurti and the U.S. deputy ambassador commemorate the September 11 attack (media) • Emin Hoxhaj appointed director of Agency for Protection of Classified Information (media) • Israeli Minister of Tourism to visit Kosovo (media) • Tahiri: We are committed to overthrow Kurti government (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brdo-Brioni summit in Skopje, leaders on dialogue in the region and the European path (RTS) • Vucic: Correct and constructive discussion in Skopje (Tanjug, RTS) • Dacic: Kurti politically disoriented, he is the biggest threat to peace (Kosovo Online, Kurir) • Third hearing in case of Sladjan Trajkovic closed to public (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Burned returnee house in Madjunsko; Serbian List: Attacks are a daily occurrence (KiM radio) • Protest organisers submit request for snap elections (N1) • Serbian opposition leader: We will focus on forming large bloc for elections (BETA, N1) International: • Athens denies Kosovo PMs statement that it’s close to recognising independence (Euractiv) • Men Only: Kosovo’s Public Broadcaster Snubs High-Scoring Women for Top Posts (BIRN) • State Department Rebukes Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti For Uncoordinated Actions In North Mitrovica (The Pavlovic Today)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Greece is near recognising Kosovo (media) • “U.S. will continue to support advancement of Kosovo stability and prosperity” (media) • Osmani meets Quint permanent ambassadors at NATO (media) • Police at Zubin Potok factory; Elshani: We assisted privatisation agency (media) • Ex-police officer in north arrested, suspected of taking bribe and abuse of duty (Sinjali) • Gjoshi: We won’t overthrow Kurti government with votes of Serbian List (Koha) • Biserko: Serbia is not giving up on idea of Greater Serbia (media) • Haxhixhemajli: Through Northern Brigade, Vucic tries to incite tensions in north (KSP) • Construction of houses in north, VV MP emotional: Tears of joy (Nacionale) • Osmani congratulates Pendarovski on North Macedonia Independence Day (media) • Lutfi calls on internationals: Albanians in Serbia are being discriminated (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Pristina shows that their power has no limits (RTS) • Radio KiM: Privatization Agency and the police at the factory in Zubin Potok (N1) • The trial in the case of Dusko Arsic for war crimes continued in Pristina (Beta, N1, Kosovo Online) • Stoltenberg: KSF deployment in the north requires prior concurrence of KFOR; Osmani: The north will always be part of Kosovo (KoSSev) • Poll: The majority would sign the petition to remove the mayors; a part if the conditions are met or Belgrade request it (KoSSev) • Starovic: Stoltenberg implicitly admitted that the KP is a destabilizing factor in the north Opinion: • Fajon: Full speed ahead to 2030 (media) International: • Kosovo’s Blueprint for Mayoral Dismissals Meets Scepticism From Experts (BIRN) • Kosovo’s Beloved Hardh Fest Shuts Its Doors on a Spectacular Season (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We’re really trying; Serbia is not distancing from Milosevic’s policy (media) • Stoltenberg: We’re working hand in hand with EU on Kosovo and WB (Klan) • EU official: Measures against Kosovo are provisional and reversible (media) • Butikofer: Situation in WB destabilised through wrong EU-US positioning (media) • Rohde: Berlin Process driving vital economic integration in Western Balkans (media) • Police says bomb alarm in a Mitrovica North building was false (Albanian Post) • Graffiti with inciting content seen in Leposavic, police investigating (media) • Selimi on administrative instruction, “very complicated process” (Albanian Post) • Haxhiu: Civil Code this year, we’ll have votes of VV MPs that were against (Express) • Pendarovski: Kurti didn’t misuse visit to North Macedonia even for a second (media) • Canak: There are no Serbian monasteries in Kosovo, they are orthodox monasteries appropriated by Serbia (Koha/TV Happy) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to address nation “about all important issues” (N1) • Dacic certain of SNS, SPS election victory (Beta, FoNet, N1) • Petkovic to the Quint and Lajcak: Pristina's ultimatum can deepen the crisis and raise tensions (Radio Mitrovica sever) • A day before the deadline for Serb institutions to vacate the building, KP inspected the premises after receiving a tip about a bomb (KoSSev) • Igor Simic: The attempt to evict the building in Bosniak Mahala part of the plan to expel the Serbs (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Petkovic: ''The false bomb alert is Kurti's trick, I informed the international community'' (Tanjug) • "KFOR dedicated to preserving security and freedom of movement in Kosovo" (KiM radio) • Andric Rakic: If the decision to “vacate” the facility in Bosniak Mahala is implemented, the scenario of May 26 can be repeated (Kontakt plus radio) • US Ambassador Hill: Serbia-US relations stable (FoNet, N1) • Day of America in Belgrade, the US Embassy: When the Ohio National Guard returns to Serbia (KoSSev) Opinion: • Shasha: Between cynicism and hope (Koha) International: • RTK’s Board Blocks High-Scoring Women from Top Jobs (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • GAP report on progress of mayors in implementing election promises (media) • Ministry bans use of plastic bags, some will be paid (Kosovapress)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti accuses "Russia's allies" of undermining the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE) • Svecla on threats from Serbian terrorist organization: enemies of Kosovo will end up being accountable to the law (Reporteri) • After being admitted to the OGP, Kurti talks about the developments in Kosovo (media) • Konjufca: Association can be made in 1 minute, but only after we have de facto recognition (Albanian Post) • Kurti meets Prime Minister of Estonia, discuss about situation in Kosovo (media) • German Government: Our position on visa liberalization remains unchanged (media) • Special Prosecutor approves request for Kurti as witness in case of Serb arrested for war crimes (Reporteri) • Selmanaj accuses Kurti of sanctions by the democratic world (Reporteri) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian List: “We reject Pristina's ultimatum to leave the premises of the building in North Mitrovica” (Kosovo Online) • Andric Rakic: The Constitutional Court will overturn the instruction for the petition to remove the mayors (Kosovo Online, Danas) • Bugaku: The best option is the resignation of mayors in the north (Kosovo Online, RTK2) • Between European promises and conditionality - three scenarios for Serbia (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS) • In seven months, 14 people killed in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • The mayor of Zubin Potok appointed his daughter as the municipal director: I was forced (Danas, Kosovo Online, KiM radio)

Albanian Language Media: • Germany defies Macron over Kosovo visa liberalisation threat (media) • Administrative instruction for removal of mayors in north finalised (Telegrafi) • Rama: Thaci trial raises question of level of respect for democratic principle (media) • Interior Minister comments on weapons seized in Zvecan (media) • AmCham calls for lifting of measures on imports from Serbia (RFE) • Haziri: Second package of measures against Kosovo is ready, govt knows this (TeVe1) • Rukiqi criticises govt: Failed to initiate a single important economic project (Nacionale) • Hoxhaj criticises Kurti government for “awfully wrong foreign policy” (media) • Tahiri: U.S. will no longer allow Kurti to hide content of talks (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • FM Dacic with Philippines FM Manalo in Jakarta (Tanjug) • Minister Marsudi: Indonesia will not change its position regarding the non-recognition of Kosovo's independence (Politika, Beta) • Former KP police officers received a summons for questioning as suspects in the "murder of Prime Minister of R. Kosova" (KoSSev) • Weapons recovered in house raid in northern Kosovo; Svecla: We raided a weapons base in the North (N1, KoSSev) • Rakic with Barbano on the withdrawal of special units from the north, and bigger presence of EULEX and KFOR (Tanjug) • Opposition demands immediate parliamentary and Belgrade elections (N1) • Popov: Kurti does not want to form the ZSO, imposes extreme topics and sways the West (Kosovo Online, Blic) Opinion: • Issue of missing persons shouldn’t have become part of Brussels dialogue (Koha) International: • Hashim Thaçi’s Interview From The Hague – by Petrit Selimi (medium.com) • Kosovo’s Thaci Gives First Interview from Detention in The Hague (BIRN) • Lynching and Public Propaganda Remain a Challenge for Women in Kosovo (BIRN)