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 19, 2023
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)