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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 2, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• EU considers new round of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue a priority (media)
• Police: Protests in Mitrovica north took place peacefully, without incidents (media)
• Shea: Opening of Bridge has caused concern about possibility of violence (Albanian Post)
• Kupchan: Maneuvers in the north serve Kurti, not Kosovo (Klan)
• Tahiri: Any reckless action from wherever it comes from cannot endanger Kosovo (Klan)
• Kurti: The Kosovo Telecom has been returned to the people (media)
• Orav: Looking forward to work closely with local and intl partners (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: The main goal of the EU an urgent meeting of the main negotiators, many unresolved issues (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, media)
• The Association of the Kosovo-Mitrovica district announced the blockade of all crossings from September 6 (KoSSev, KiM radio)
• Simic: The usurpers snatched the property of the Serbian state, the right to work and life of the Serbs in Kosovo was denied (Kosovo Online)
• Veljkovic: The closure of the Provisional Authorities is a direct violation of human rights (KiM radio)
• Kosovo Serbs protest closure of municipality building (N1, KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic on the visit of Biserko and Canak to Kurti: ''I have never seen a circus like this before'' (Danas)
• Head of the School Administration: About 1,100 first-year students and the same number of high school students are enrolled (KiM radio, Kosovo Online, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev)
• Rada Trajkovic: Kurti destroying the sovereignty of the international community (KiM radio, N1)
• Citaku: Criminal gangs encouraged, the government is reduced to propaganda (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Palokaj: Societies are fed up with dialogue (Koha)

International:

• Kosovo parents struggle for textbooks as new school year begins (BIRN)
• Bulgarian military contingent departs for NATO mission in Kosovo (novinite.com)
• Vučić denies close links to Putin and says Serbia is on the path to the EU (euronews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 30, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani: Over 1,600 remain forcibly disappeared, many of them children (media)
Kurti on the missing: In Serbia, there is no will, in Kosovo, close to 3 thousand excavations (RTK)
Kurti: France, allied country and partner, “we want close cooperation” (Gazeta10)
Goffus: Uncoordinated actions increase the risk of violence (media)
Osmani decrees 31 judges, nearly half of them women (media)
Albanian Defense Minister “friendly and open meeting” with Kurti (media)
Hovenier: We repeat call to solve missing persons cases (RTK)
Osmani travels to Prague, represents Kosovo at GLOBSEC (Zeri)
Kurti meets with head of OSCE, talk about strengthening cooperation (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic: Purchase of French Rafale aircraft is huge for Serbia (N1)
Vucic, Macron want Serbia and France as AI powers (N1)
Arsenijevic: Kurti, as if wanting to go to war with someone, because he has nothing to offer to people (N1)
Office for KiM: Verdict to Zlatkovic proof Pristina continues to oppress and intimidate Serbs (Kosovo Online, media)
International Day of Disappeared (Radio KIM)
Hovenier: Institutions and officials to overcome differences and work to resolve missing persons cases (Kosovo Online, social media)

International:

‘It was Wartime’: Kosovo man still waits for word of missing daughter (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 29, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: Milosevic’s strategy ‘no corpse, no crime’ continues to this day (EO)
Kurti: Employment in Kosovo increased thanks to government support (EO)
Post of Kosovo branch opened in Mitrovica north (media)
PDK after meeting Sarrazin; “cooperation with partners very important” (Express)
“Readiness to restore mosque near Iber bridge; don’t want to politicize it” (Klan)
Rohde “proud to see Kosovo join Paralympics for 1st time” (media)
Hasani: Good work is done by agreeing with those that love Kosovo (Nacionale)
Sinani: Every time I cross the border I am stopped by Serbian authorities (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Macron: EU needs strong, democratic Serbia (N1)
Kosovo Post office opened in Mitrovica North amid whistles and discontent (Radio Kontakt Plus, media)
Petkovic: Opening of Kosovo Post office new unilateral act by Pristina (Tanjug)
Andric-Rakic: Kosovo Post office does not meet needs of Serbian population (Kosovo Online)
Protected witness at trial to Thaci and others about murder of 25 Serbs in Volujak cave, detention center in Malisevo (KoSSev, BETA)
Selimi: Kurti’s government turned Kosovo into security issue (Kosovo Online, social media)

International:

People picturing war: Capturing a Kosovo child’s birth in a refugee tent (BIRN)
Vucic will gain most from Macron visit to Serbia, French analyst predicts (BIRN)
Serbia will take regional celebrities off entry ‘watch list’, Minister says (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 28, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Government decides: Minimum gross wage in Kosovo increased to €350 (media)
Haradinaj: This minimum wage is a humiliation (media)
Kurti comments on recent visits, says they are waiting for final report on Iber Bridge (Klan)
NATO's Assistant Secretary for Operations to visit Kosovo Thursday (Klan)
Over 1,600 missing; “lack of reliable information is a challenge” (RTK)
Deadline for registration of diaspora extended to December 31 (media)
2,047,148 voters in the CEC preliminary list Elections 2025 (RTK)
Rohde hikes Kosovo’s highest peak Gjeravica (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Life under ‘police protectorate’ (Radio KIM, NIN)
Velebit: Situation for Serbs in Kosovo equivalent to a humanitarian catastrophe (Kosovo Online)
Dacic with UN Coordinator in Serbia discusses cooperation, in particular with UNMIK (Tanjug)
Lawyer: Nesic is accused of war crime with direct violation of defendant’s right to defense (Kosovo Online)
Davenport pays farewell visit to Bishop Teodosije (Kosovo Online, social media)
Meeting on Jadar lithium project closed to public (N1)
Vucic with scientists on Jadar Project: The state invested in you, it’s time to give back (N1, BETA)

International:

Choked with plastic and sewage, plight of Kosovar river highlights country’s pollution crisis (RFE)
Kosovo’s fierce divas (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 27, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: Meeting with CIA chief proves U.S. commitment to Kosovo security (media)
Selimi: CIA director’s visit seems to have had an effect in Kosovo (media)
COMKFOR meets Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples (media)
Kosovo Post Office expected to open in ‘Car Llazar’ square in Mitrovica North (Reporteri)
After entry into force of law on minimum wages, salaries increase from 6.8 euros (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic denies Macron wants nuclear waste storage agreement (N1)
"They want to suppress and expel us, what else?"- Does Pristina want to change ethnic structure in north with new projects (Euronews in Serbian)
Ristanovic: Fear from ‘albanization’ of north justified, aim at expulsion of Serbs (Kosovo Online)
New Kosovo Post Office emerges in North Mitrovica after Serbian branches were closed down (KoSSev)
Media: Kurti avoided questions about Ibar Bridge (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

For Serbia’s govt, law to ‘protect constitutional order’ is an anti-protest weapon (BIRN)

International:

Skepticism surrounds revived truth and reconciliation initiative in Kosovo (BIRN)
Kosovo’s capital expands tourism potential (Prishtina Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

Why is the employment rate among women in Kosovo so low? (RFE)