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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 19, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Serbia continues “old habit of violating agreements” (Radio Free Europe) • Beyer: Ohrid agreement, only path for normalisation and EU membership (Express) • Kosovo Police raid central offices of Kosovo Power Corporation (media) • OSCE: Not part of team that drafts Association statute; if needed will help (Express) • Hoti: Dialogue wasn’t kept on tracks of mutual recognition (TV Dukagjini/Nacionale) • Serb candidate for Zvecan: If I win, I will return to work all those who resigned (Insajderi) • Krasniqi: Polls show that Vetevendosje has dropped to 36-37 percent (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: We will fulfil everything we said, but only when Pristina forms the CSM (ZSO) (N1) • Tenth anniversary of the First Brussels Agreement (N1) • Odalovic: On the 10th anniversary of the Brussels Agreement, Pristina awarded visa-free status (KiM radio, RTS, Beta) • Petkovic: The next round of dialogue in Brussels on CSM (ZSO) (Beta, N1, RTS) • Dacic: Pristina's CoE bid will not be on agenda on Wednesday (Tanjug) • Kosovo Police calls minorities to apply for jobs (KoSSev, N1) • Ziadeh: Perpetrators to be held responsible for arson incident at the church in Prizren (euronews.rs, Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online) • Elections in the north: Voting containers in places inhabited by Albanians and at crossings (Kontakt plus radio, Klan) • Jevtic: The elections in the north of Kosovo contrary to democracy (Beta, TV Prva, KiM radio) • Simic: We will not stop demanding the CSM (ZSO), we will remain a thorn to Pristina (Kosovo Online, TV Pink) • Analysis from Ljubljana: Montenegro's agreement with the SOC, a model for Kosovo (Danas) • The EU decision on visas: Residents of Kosovo with Serbian passports are the most discriminated group in Europe (Kosovo Online) International: • American Corners Bring US Closer to Kosovar Youth (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Energy from the wind in Bajgora (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 18, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Serbia should be more responsible for implementing the agreement (RTK) • Rohde: Implementation of the agreement and avoidance of any tension, needed (Klan) • European Parliament Approves Visa Liberalization for Kosovo (Prishtina Insight) • Reuten proud that the EP removed visas from Kosovars (media) • Von Cramon: Congratulations to Kosovo for the long-awaited visa liberalization (media) • Austria congratulates Kosovo on visa liberalization (ekonomia) • Kurti: Visa liberalization brings us one step closer to the European Union (media) • Osmani: The liberalisation of visas, a merit of the people of Kosovo (media) • The government takes credit for the visas (media) • Opposition parties hail EP decision on liberalisation of visas (media) • Church door in Prizren set on fire, police say gasoline smell was present at scene (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Hill: We will not give up until CSM (ZSO) becomes a reality (N1, FoNet, Kontakt plus radio) • Pristina's request for membership will not be on the CoE agenda tomorrow (Kosovo Online, Danas) • Dacic may cancel Strasbourg visit over Pristina's CoE membership bid;MFA: Dacic to attend the COE Committee of Ministers (Tanjug) • Signing of the petition for the withdrawal of special units of Kosovo police continued today in the north (Kosovo Online) • Lajcak concerned about developments in North Kosovo (Beta, N1, KoSSev) • KP: Attempt to set fire to the door of the Church of St. Panteleimon in Prizren; Office for KiM: An example of Pristina's intolerance towards everything Serbian (Kontakt plus radio) Opinion: • Andric Rakic: Almost impossible to stop the escalation of 'non-normalization' with the current negotiators (medijacentar.info, Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 14, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 14, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Tajani meets Osmani: The future of the Western Balkans is in the EU (RTK) • Kurti and Abazovic sign agreement on air services between Kosovo and Montenegro (media) • Konjufca: Without the Serbian parties in the elections, there is no Association (media) • Svecla on elections in the north: I am convinced that whole process will end peacefully (media) • Kurti honors the victims and survivors of sexual violence during the war (media) • The CEC reduces the number of voting centers in the north from 44 to 19 (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic presents five conclusions after meeting with Serbs from Kosovo (Tanjug) • Patriarch: Prayer for peace more powerful than any weapon (Tanjug) • Petkovic says he should be in Kosovo for Easter, announced visit to Pristina (Kosovo Online) • Kovac in a meeting with Vucic on problems Serb sports associations face in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Conclusions from yesterday’s meeting will be binding for Serbian negotiating team (media) • Jeremic: Why elections when Vucic would be defeated in a referendum (FoNet, N1) • Orthodox Christians mark Good Friday (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 13, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 13, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca: There is a tendency to destabilise the north before the April 23 elections (Koha) • Haradinaj requests the postponement of the elections in the north (Koha) • Bislimi and Murati travel to U.S., to meet representatives of IMF and World Bank (media) • Abazovic in Kosovo tomorrow, to meet senior officials and opposition (media) • Monastery of Decan not included in list of seven endangered monuments this year (Klan) • "Everything ready to undo Dick Marty's report" (Reporteri) • The Supreme Court: Citizens have the right to demand the money they were billed for electricity in the North (media) • U.S. Embassy: Interference with freedom of expression,violates principles of democracy (Reporteri) • WB Regional Platform Safe Journalists condemns attack on journalist (Reporteri) • Jakup Krasniqi is not in good condition, lawyer requests his withdrawal from session (Reporteri) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic meeting Serbs from Kosovo (RTS) • Serbs protested shooting of their fellow citizen at Bistrica bridge, demand special forces withdraw from north (KoSSev) • Signing of petition for withdrawal of Kosovo special police from northern Kosovo continues (Radio kontakt plus) • Vucic, Dacic met with Spanish Foreign Minister (RTS) • PM Brnabic thanks Spanish Minister for position on Kosovo (FoNet) • Petkovic with Botsan-Kharchenko: Peace and security of Serbian people our biggest concern (Kosovo Online) • Media: Todosijevic’s prison sentence postponed by two months (Kosovo Online, BETA, N1) • KFOR condemns incident in which Milan Jovanovic was wounded (RTS) • Serbian ambassador says strategic dialogue with US discussed (BETA)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 12, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 12, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti, senior officials: Attack on Valon Syla is unacceptable (Express) • Haxhiu: Extraordinary job has been done to find causes of injury of Serb citizen (Klan) • German Ambassador condemns incident in the north (media) • General Secretary of EU Federation of Journalists calls on Kurti to condemn attack on journalist (Reporteri) • Kurti: Draft law on general elections ends injustice against diaspora (media) • Haxhiu: Government obeys demands of CEC on elections in the North (Express) • The CEC does not meet, approval of polling stations list postponed again (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to Hill: Serbs in Kosovo face increasing difficulties (N1) • Condemnation of Bistrica shooting incident, calls for withdrawal of Kosovo special police from north continue (Radio KIM, media) • Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Kosovo condemns wounding of M.J. (Radio KIM) • EULEX says it considers possibility of increasing reconnaissance patrols in area of Bistrica (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic on Kosovo police statement and involvement in Bistrica shooting incident (Tanjug) • Serbian officials slammed foreign ambassadors in Pristina for their reactions on Bistrica shooting incident (Kosovo Online, KoSSev) • PIK: One of arrested police officers in case of M.J.’s injury suspected of attempted murder (KoSSev) • Radojevic compares cases in Prizren and northern Kosovo, points out double standards (Kosovo Online, social media) • The Politics of Sport (KoSSev) • Vucic meets with US Congressman Swalwell (Tanjug)