Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Implementation of basic agreement, situation in north to be calmed down (media) • Hovenier after meeting Osmani: Situation is very concerning (media) • Szunyog : We asked them to show restraint, not to escalate situation further (Reporteri) • Kurti: Important to intensify dialogue for full implementation of Basic Agreement (media) • KFOR: We have increased our presence in north, ready for necessary actions (RTK) • Media teams attacked in the north: tires slashed, and symbols sprayed (media) • Protesters in Zvecan throw empty bottles at SL leader Goran Rakic (media) • Serbian flag placed on Kosovo Police armoured vehicle in Zvecan (Koha) • Von Cramon calls on Kosovo to withdraw special police units from north (Koha) • Atic: I have asked to be connected to network and to start paying electricity (Kallxo) • Hyseni: Kurti, Osmani definitely bringing back 1244 and UNMIK in north (Nacionale) • Prosecution files charges against Foreign Minister Donika Gervalla (media) • Haradinaj: We thank U.S. soldiers that served and still serve in Kosovo (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Rakic: We presented our demands, mayors to leave and special police forces to withdraw (Kosovo Online) • Milovic: Protests are peaceful (RTS) • Protests in the north: We gathered in peace, with request that police and new mayors go home (Radio Mitrovica sever, TV Most, Kontakt plus radio) • KFOR Region North Commander arrived to Zvecan (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic: Situation in Kosovo tense, we must preserve peace (Tanjug) • Dacic on situation in northern Kosovo (RTS, media) • Mayors from Self-determination Movement didn’t attend meeting with US Ambassador (RTS, KoSSev) • KFOR: We increased presence in north, we will ensure safe environment (Kosovo Online) • Von Cramon visited Zvecan and Leposavic yesterday (KoSSev) • Grenell: From peace and progress we went to chaos and occupation (N1, social media) • Vucic no longer leader of SNS, Vucevic takes his place (BETA) • Vucevic: By 2:00 p.m. we will finish deploying the units, we hope for a political solution (N1) • Detention of Sladjan Trajkovic extended for two more months (Radio KIM) • Albanian journalists for a brief time in the municipal building in Zvecan (KiM radio) Opinion: • Palokaj: Could it really be that Serbia met all obligations and Kosovo didn’t (Koha) International: • NATO troops form security cordons in Kosovo as Serbs protest (Al Jazeera) • Kosovo Serbs trying to take over municipality building in north clash with police (AP) • Embassies of Quint and EU condemn Kosovo decision to force access in north (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 25, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Varhelyi: Parties to implement reached agreements, including Association (Koha) • New mayors of northern municipalities sworn in (Radio Free Europe) • Kurti calls for full, swift and unconditional implementation of agreement (media) • Exclusive: These are four steps of implementation of the agreement, needs to end by autumn, otherwise “consequences will be immediate” (Albanian Post) • Haxhiu: Kosovo needs a professional and brave state chief prosecutor (media) • Radoica Radomirovic appointed Deputy Minister for Communities and Returns (media) • AJK: Sami Kurteshi’s language against us is very dangerous and unacceptable (Klan) • Who is Srdjan Jurisevic, Montenegrin arrested in Gjilan on international warrant (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic receives US senators (Tanjug, media) • ‘KLA’ graffiti appeared on children’s playground in Ugljare village (Tanjug, RTS, N1) • Freedom House: No change for Serbia (N1) • Radoica Radomirovic appointed as Rasic’s deputy (KoSSev) • UNS: In four months 43 cases of attacks, pressure on journalists in Serbia (Beta, N1) • Without presence of Serbian councillors, with flags of Kosovo and Albania: Mayor of Zubin Potok took oath (Danas) • Hetemi took oath as Leposavic mayor in Saljska Bistrica (Kosovo Online) • Zvecan Mayor, Ilir Peci, after taking oath, made statements next to grave of Isa Boletini (Kosovo Online) • Vucic receives farewell visit from Cypriot ambassador (Tanjug) • Dacic: Serbia wishes more active presence of OSCE in Kosovo (RTS) International: • Kosovo Ruling Party Criticised for Electing Supporter to Media Regulator Board (BIRN) • Activists Advocate for Lower Taxes on Menstrual Products in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Three mayors in the north will swear in tomorrow in public premises (media) • Krasniqi: New mayors will exercise mandates in their municipalities (Albanian Post) • Osmani on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue: There is more pressure on Kosovo (Dukagjini) • Freedom House report: War deepens a regional divide (media) • Senior western diplomat: If Kosovo doesn’t propose statute for Association, facilitators could seek solutions outside the Constitution (Albanian Post) • LDK proposal for own source revenues will go to the Assembly (Koha) • LDK’s Lumir Abdixhiku goes to party elections, certain of another mandate (Express) • Faton Bislimi resigns from LDK presidency (Paparaci) Serbian Language Media: • Diplomatic corps visits Visoki Decani Monastery, recalls unimplemented Constitutional Court decision (KoSSev, media) • Jevtic: The Constitutional Court assessed that Kostic, the defendant in the "Brezovica" case, was unjustifiably detained (Radio Mitrovica sever, Blic, KiM radio) • Pristina: Ceremony of signing memorandum to organise European judoka championship without translation in Serbian (Radio KIM) • General Mojsilovic met Brig Gen Romano (Tanjug) • Petkovic: Strong willingness of Serbs from Kosovo to come to Belgrade, despite Pristina’s threats (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Momcilo Trajkovic called on fellow citizens of Kosovo not to go to the counter rally on May 26 (N1, FoNet, KiM radio) • Peci to take the oath at the "Tower of Isa Boletini", Zeqiri in Cabra, Hetemi in Bistrica (Kontakt plus radio, Koha) • Orlic receives Theophylactou (Tanjug) • Vucic: Escobar should read Brussels Agreement again (Tanjug, RTS) • Poll: Majority of respondents believe that BG and PR authorities benefited after Serbs withdrew from Kosovo institutions (KoSSev) International: • Germany’s Unique Opportunity to Locate Kosovo War Mass Graves (BIRN) • Freedom House: Democratic institutions in the Western Balkans continued to falter in 2022 (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 23, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca: No Association without Serbs returning to institutions (Koha) • Kurti: Judicial and prosecutorial system must be freed from political influence (Koha) • Gervalla: The region doesn’t need another Republika Srpska (media) • Krasniqi: Elected mayors will exercise their mandate according to law (media) • New mayors of northern municipalities expected to swear in this week (RTK) • EULEX on swearing-in of mayors: We are on standby 24 hrs to react (Front Online) • Citaku: This government acts as a weak administrator of our taxes (media) Serbian Language Media: • Radio Gorazdevac: House of a returnee in Vitomirica demolished despite Supreme Court ruling in his favour (Radio Gorazdevac, KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • US Senators: Good faith should be a demand of negotiations, while joint action is key to the implementation of the agreement (KoSSev) • Dacic: There was no pronounced pressure on Serbia (Tanjug) • Former North Mitrovica mayor: Situation in north Kosovo extremely difficult (Tanjug, TV Pink) • KP: Three minors arrested for shooting in Ugljare (Kosovo Online) International: • UK Ambassador Urges Kosovo to Draft Statute for Association (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • From the fields of Nivokaz (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Membership in EU and NATO remain our common objectives (EO) • Gervalla to take part in meeting of EU foreign ministers (media) • Exclusive details for swearing-in of the other three mayors in the north (Indeksonline) • Tahiri: Meeting of Assembly Presidency failed because there was no quorum (Klan) • PDK: Government doesn’t care that parliamentary agenda is blocked (Klan) • Kosovo leaders commemorate anniversary of Dubrava Prison massacre (media) • Court extends for two months detention measure for Nagip Krasniqi (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic on arrest and subsequent release of a Serb at Jarinje (RTS) • Milan Radoicic and Danilo Vucic visited Serbs from Kosovo who took on foot to attend gathering in Belgrade (Danas, KoSSev, Politika) • Atiq started appointing directors of departments in Mitrovica North municipality (Kosovo Online) • Kurti on “cultural wealth of Kosovo“, shares photo of Gracanica monastery: “We restored mosques, Catholic and Orthodox churches” (KoSSev) • Starovic: Military exercise in Kosovo is violation of SC Resolution 1244 (N1, RTS) • Dacic to meet with EU and Western Balkan FMs in Brussels (Tanjug) International: • Assessing Kosovo-Serbia Agreement: Implementation Challenges and Potential Benefits (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Work begins on 150 MW capacity solar thermal power plant in Gjakova village (media) • Rasic attends laying of foundation for house of Jovanovic family (Klan)