UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 26, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • The three Kosovo policemen released from Serbian prison (media) • Kurti: Despite the joy, Serbia's serious offense must be reprimanded (media) • Osmani thanks the USA for releasing the policemen (Koha) • Svecla after release of policemen: Serbia continues to play its games (media) • The EU considers the release of the policemen as a de-escalation step (Albanian Post) • Krasniqi welcomes release of policemen, “now time to defuse tensions in north” (media) • Rama: Release of Kosovo police officers paves way to de-escalation (media) • Bujar Osmani welcomes release of three Kosovo policemen (media) • Kearns: Release took too far, without evident repercussions for Serbian govt (Telegrafi) • Hungary takes the credit for the release of Kosovo policemen from Serbia (Koha) • Rama in Brussels with a new proposal for reach of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (RTK) • Kosovo and Iowa sign agreement to further cooperation (Radio Free Europe) • Kurti meets Foreign Secretary Cleverly in London (media) • The new EULEX chief takes office (media) Serbian Language Media: • Belgrade liaison officer report on Serb detainees in Podujevo and Gnjilane prisons (KoSSev) • Court in Kraljevo confirmed indictment and released Kosovo police officers pending trial (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: A judicial, not a political decision - we will fight for the release of all arrested Serbs (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug) • House of Miladinovic family in Donja Brnjica robbed (Radio KIM) • Wigemark: People in north feel unsafe, urgent de-escalation and new elections needed (Kosovo Online) • Drecun: Situation in northern Kosovo can only be defused by withdrawal of special units and cessation of arrests (Tanjug, RTV, RTS) • Serbian Ombudsman: All acts of maltreatment and torture against arrested Serbs in Kosovo to be investigated (Kosovo Online) • Antonijevic: Torture of detained Serbs from the north is an alarm for everyone (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, Twitter) • Varhelyi welcomes release of three Kosovo police officers (Kosovo Online, social media) Opinion: • Zoran Ostojic: Serbs in Kosovo are hostages of the West's struggle against “Greater Albania” (KiM radio, medijacentar.info) International: • Serbia releases 3 Kosovo police officers whose arrest fueled tensions between the Balkan foes (AP) • Serbia Releases Three Seized Kosovo Policemen (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Police arrest suspect of violence against KFOR (media) • Svecla: 15-20 persons beat up two Albanian youths in the north last night (media) • Kurti: De-escalation, new elections and full implementation of Basic Agreement (media) • Kosovo institutions don’t know how shock bombs are entering the north (RFE) • Rama: Without return of three policemen, tensions in north cannot be defused (RFE) • Kurti: We need help Vatican’s help to promote peace in unsettling times (media) • Kurti: Serbia must recognise Kosovo; I am not stubborn, I am principled (media) • Maliqi: Kurti no longer has credibility to set conditions in dialogue (Gazeta Blic) • Surroi compares Serbian List to Dodik (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Arrest in North Mitrovica; KP: Arrested Serb suspected of attack on members of KFOR (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: New arrest just a day after the dialogue an indication that Kurti wants new crises (gracanicaonline.info) • Serbian List: Unfounded and arbitrary arrests as a method of persecution (KiM radio) • We want peace, freedom and harmony, message from protest in Gracanica (KiM radio) • Protests continue in the north, trucks with Serbian goods still at the crossings (KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Borrell to submit report on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to the heads of EU diplomacy on Monday (Kosovo Online) • Joseph in Zvecan: It is important to hear the views of Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Twitter) • DW: The German government seeking an explanation for Gasic's accusations (KiM radio)

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell to host series of meetings with Vucic and Kurti in Brussels today (media) • Hovenier says Kurti should accept EU three-point plan today (RTV21) • Sources: Osmani to call a meeting with leaders of parliamentary parties (Nacionale) • Haradinaj to PDK and LDK: Why don’t you vote on a motion against govt? (Telegrafi) • Osmani calls for unified international reaction for release of Kosovo officers (media) • Stoltenberg, Milatovic call for lowering of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia (RFE) • Citaku compares Gervalla to ministers of totalitarian countries (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: Pristina's ultimate goal is the complete emigration of the Serbian people from Kosovo (Tanjug, Blic) • The EU member states leaders to discuss the tensions between Belgrade and Pristina at the Summit in June (Danas, FoNet, RFE) • Office for KiM: The perpetrators of the crimes against the Belacevac miners have not been found a quarter of a century (Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio) • German embassy denies Minister Gasic claims on Ivanovic murder (N1) • A humanitarian disaster threatens because of Kurti, says doctor Elek (Kosovo Online) • Gracanica: New protest due to the arrest of D.M. (KiM radio) • When Svecla finally remembered the presumption of innocence (KoSSev) Opinion: • Evil spring in the north of Kosovo: A plain and simple account of a situation that is neither (KoSSev) • Effect of the Brussels meeting today, deterioration of relations or de-escalation? (Danas) International: • German minister points at Pristina to deescalate Kosovo tensions (Euractive)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti with video address in Serbian for Kosovo Serbs (media) • Kurti travels to Italy, will meet Pope Francis tomorrow (media) • Nuland: We urge Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate tensions immediately (media) • EU: No confirmation yet for Kurti-Vucic meeting, we expect positive response (RFE) • Kim: Time for leaders to set ego aside, consider advice from your true friends (Express) • Ristuccia: In Kosovo, KFOR troops avoided a massacre (media) • Svecla shares video how Kosovo policemen were “abducted” in the north (media) • Musliu: We warned months ago about risk of getting to this situation in north (Koha) • Bogdanovic: Indirectly informed policemen discovered illegal transfer of weapons (AP) • Reporters want security and conditions to carry out their mission (Kosovapress) • One month detention for suspect of assault against reporters in Leposavic (media) • VV continues to criticise Borrell: His approach toward Kosovo is unfair (Kosovapress) • Banning of Serbian products, a good moment for local manufacturers (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • RTS: Another brutal arrest of a Serb in the vicinity of Gracanica (NMagazin, Kosovo Online, KiM radio) • Gracanica: Gathered Gracanica residents demand immediate release of D.M. (KiM radio) • Office for KiM: The arrest of Milenkovic a brutal demonstration of the power of Kurti's anti-Serbian regime (Kosovo Online) • The Serbian List and Gracanica Mayor reactions to the arrest of Kisnica village resident (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • Serbian police Ministar, Gasic on the murder of Oliver Ivanovic: We know who the killer is (NMagazin, N1) • SL on the opposition MPs in Serbian Parliament visit, Aleksic and Jovanovic (Radio Mitrovica sever) • A shock bomb thrown in front of a cafe where opposition MPs, Aleksic and Jovanovic were (KiM radio) • Jovanovic: ''Being in Kosovska Mitrovica means that you will be met with explosive devices, it is not safe'' (N1, Danas, KiM radio) • Stefanovic: The Serbian List representatives moving to Belgrade, the people have been let down (KiM radio, N1) • Serbian List: We are here, every day with the people at the protests (Radio Mitrovica Sever) • Surlic: No change in Pristina politics until the entire society feel the consequences through concrete sanctions (RTS, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • EU and Western Balkans: Twenty years of hopes and dreams (Euractiv)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 20, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Three border crossings with Serbia remain blocked for trucks and buses (RFE) • European Parliament President: Situation in the north must de-escalate (Gazeta Metro) • Kurti-Vucic meeting; analysts says dialogue only way to overcome situation (Telegrafi) • Osmani and Haradinaj with messages on World Refugee Day (media) • Surroi reacts to Grenell about “potential idea of removing NATO troops in 2020” (media) • Gashi: Attacks against reporters extending Prime Minister Kurti’s narrative (Kallxo) • Case initiated for throwing of Molotov cocktail at police car in Leposavic (media) • Austrian reporter: EU sanctions against Kosovo taken seriously as it seems (Nacionale) • CDHRF: Serbia is not allowing anyone to visit the police officers (Kosovapress) • Populism is threatening societies and countries in the region (Kosovapress) • Hasani on Rama’s proposal: Philosophically equal to project for Kosovo’s partition (T7) • Abazovic: I have asked Kurti not to get into conflict with internationals (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: I will not talk to Kurti until each arrested Serb have not been released (TV Pink, Kosovo Online) • Orban asked Vucic to release Kosovo police officers (NMagazin, Beta) • Protests in northern Kosovo continue (Kosovo Online) • Colleagues of arrested Vukasinovic talk to KoSSev, claim that he is innocent (KoSSev) • Truck drivers from Serbia: We are blocking all trucks from Kosovo until they let us go (N1) • Members of the Serbian opposition Miroslav Aleksic and Aleksandar Jovanovic in Zvecan (KiM radio) • Serbian opposition Zvetnici party supports truck drivers blocking the roads (Kosovo Online) • Odalovic: KFOR must order the withdrawal of special units from northern Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Behind Lajcak's sudden departure to Washington for "intensive talks on urgent steps" (Blic)