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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 4, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Ballot order set for October 12 local elections (media) • Kurti: Kosovo, a unique case of post-war state-building (media) • Kurti on Prime Minister nominee: General Council to meet Sunday (Koha) • Hoti: Washington Agreement a missed opportunity (media) • Bislimi: Kosovo should advance toward EU candidate status (media) • Rexha: Attacks against media and reporters are organized (media) • How NGO close to Serbian spy monitored Kosovo police officers (Klan) • Special Prosecutor files espionage charges against former OSCE official (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Pristina did not want to implement the Washington Agreement, just as it did not want to implement any other (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug, KiM radio) • Vucic meets Xi Jinping: “Ironclad friends” (Tanjug, Beta, N1) • N1 Slovenia: Vucic and Macut were not even invited to the Bled Strategic Forum (N1, N1 Slovenia, Danas) • From war fronts to social networks: How does violent extremism affect Kosovo? (RFE, Kim Radio) • Kapchan: The Washington Agreement was largely about trade relations, Kurti’s policy was wrong (Kosovo Online) • Kosovo police confiscated the “stamp of parallel institutions” at Brnjak yesterday (KoSSev) Opinion: • U.S. diplomacy in the Western Balkans (GIS/Albanian Post) International: • Reality TV ‘normalising’ hate and violence in Kosovo, critics say (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 3, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Basha visits the Adem Jashari memorial complex in Prekaz (media) • Two suspects for threatening Kurti say they’re innocent in court (media) • Citaku, Bajrami react to Kurti’s appearance in court today (media) • Government spokesperson denies claims of Kurti’s “double standards” (media) • Life-threatening graffiti against Kurti in Mitrovica North (media) • Hagreaves meets Osmani; urgent need for steps on Assembly formation (media) • Police give details about two operations in the north on Tuesday (media) • Mitrovica Board meets, discusses infrastructure projects (RTK) • Orav meets Blaj, discuss support for Kosovo’s progress on its EU path (media) Serbian Language Media: • Enver Hasani: Appeal of the Serbian List to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo founded (KiM radio, Euronews, KoSSev) • No new information about the water from Badovac Lake (KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Accused of threatening Kurti denied their guilt in court (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Graffiti against Kurti in North Mitrovica (KoSSev, KiM radio, Kosovo Online, Danas) • Simonovic on the incident at Brnjak: We are not spreading hatred, we are preserving our tradition and customs (Kosovo Online) • Police officer’s welcome for the beginning of the school year: What are the messages of arresting minors for fan shirts in Kosovo? (Danas) International: • ‘I wish the stones here could talk’: an epic hike through Kosovo’s Accursed mountains (The Guardian)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 2, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani meets with Barduani, discuss latest security developments (media) • Court: Serbian List doesn’t mention “Pristina Assembly” in its complaint (Koha) • Gervalla and Fajon discuss driver’s license recognition (media) • Citaku slams Krasniqi’s remarks against a Supreme Court judge (media) • Croatia guarantees national security actions after espionage case in Kosovo (AP) • Plenkovic: Serbia is on the brink of civil war (Telegrafi) • Whitaker: Closely following situation in Republika Srpska and Serbia (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric with Somali Colleague: Necessary to respect the UN Charter, without creating dangerous precedents (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Elek: Unity of the Serbian people key in the upcoming fight for rights and survival (RTS, media) • In what ways does the Gracanica ethnic structure change before the local elections? (Danas) • Why is the Municipality of Gracanica hiding decisions on the demolition of illegal buildings? (Caglavica Media Center, KiM radio, Alternativna, Newsmax Balkans) • KP at Brnjak ABL took away and tore up the flag of the Serbian singing society (KiM radio, RTS, Blic, NMagazin, Beta) • Thousands march in memory of Novi Sad Railway Station victims (N1) • Riot police, Gendarmerie attack protesters in Novi Sad; Police denies (N1) Opinion: • Serbia’s government remains committed to survival and to dialogue by baton (EWB) International: • Kosovo's c-bank intl reserves rise 9% y/y in July (SeeNews) • Remittances to Kosovo up 3.6% y/y in Jan-July (SeeNews) • Net FDI inflow to Kosovo grows 5% y/y in H1 (SeeNews) • One step forward, two steps back in Kosovo's deadlocked parliament (intellinews.com) • How the Balkan underworld turned West Africa into a cocaine hub (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 1, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Assembly Presidency meeting fails due to lack of quorum (media) • Basha holds consultative and informative meeting with Osmani (media) • Murati: Ready to elect government even without Serb Deputy Speaker (ekonomia) • Rasic against Serbian List being declared a terrorist organization (media) • Court confirms receiving Serbian List complaint about Deputy Speaker (media) • Gervalla in Slovenia, participating at Bled Strategic Forum 2025 (RTK) • Serwer: Assembly deadlock damages Kosovo’s image as a success story (RTK) • Stojkovic calls on Serbs in Kosovo not to vote for the Serbian List (Kosovapress) • Police: Graffiti in the north calling for peace are old (AP) • Serbian national released after distributing hate-inciting leaflets (media) • AJK: Man arrested after threatening journalist Vehbi Kajtazi (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic in China, planned meetings with Putin and Jinping (Kosovo Online, N1) • Bled strategic forum starts today, Djuric to represent Serbia (Beta, Kosovo Online) • North Mitrovica: Marking of ten months since the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad (Alternativna) • North Mitrovica: Minors in the police station because of T-shirts with controversial inscriptions (KiM radio, Alternativna) • Posters with the tricolor appeared in Serbian areas in Kosovo, one person arrested in Leposavic (Kontakt plus radio, Alternativna, Kosovo Online, RTS) • A mural dedicated to the KLA appeared in Decani, while in the north all murals have recently been painted over (Kosovo Online) International: • ‘Normalised’: The reality of online violence for Kosovo’s young (BIRN) • Kosovo’s justice system unprepared in the battle against disinformation (PI) • Back to school in Serbia? Universities seek to break student boycott (RFE) • Leaked recordings reveal Vučić’s plot to neutralise Serbia’s few remaining independent media (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 29 2025

Albanian Language Media: Kosovo’s leaders pay homage at Monument of Missing Persons (media) Prattipati joins remembrance of victims of enforced disappearance (media) Names carved on wood: Memorial for missing from the war in Kosovo (RFE) Osmani: New assembly and government must be formed urgently (media) EU calls for swift completion of the Assembly's constitution (media) Kurti: Our problems today are from previous govts, not Basha’s article (media) War veterans call on parliamentary groups and MPs to dismiss Basha (media) Court rejects Vetevendosje’s appeal against Serbian List certification (media) Rasic: MPs hesitate to vote for me thinking they’ll violate Constitution (media) “Neither the place nor day” Kurti asked to comment Aliu’s resignation (media) Graffiti calling on Kurti to go to the prosecution appear in Pristina (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: There will be many problems with elections in Kosovo, Kurti wants to prevent Serbian List participation (Kosovo Online, media) Vucic receives Lebanese Ambassador for a farewell meeting, expresses gratitude over her country stance on Kosovo (media) Djuric: It is important for Serbia to advance its position in Japan, we also discussed Kosovo issue (Tanjug) EU: Deputy speaker from Serbian community should be elected in line with Constitution (media) Sljuka: Opposition to election of Serbian List representative constitutes degradation and destruction of institutions (media) Bisevac: Decision to repurpose land in Mikronaselje contrary to interests of Serbian community (Kosovo Online) Kamp met civil society and media from non-majority communities, discussed challenges and their work (media, social media) Another protest held outside Novi Sad Faculty of Philosophy: Students, professors demand dean’s resignation (N1) Letter with three bullets sent to Minister Dacic, police identified sender (N1) International: Mystery of Kosovo girl’s wartime disappearance still ‘mired in shame’ (BIRN)