UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 3, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Prosecutor says KLA not on trial: Only what four defendants have done (media) • Rohde: It is not the KLA which is on trial (media) • Abbott: Neither KLA nor Kosovo struggle for freedom is on trial (media) • Rama on trial of KLA leaders: They fought against ethnic cleansing (media) • PDK’s Hoxhaj certain of innocence of former KLA leaders (EO) • AAK’s Tahiri: Two years of Kurti government most difficult for the country (EO) • President Osmani appoints Donika Kadaj-Bujupi as advisor (media) • UN Rapporteur: More progress needed; Assembly should adopt code of ethics (EO) Serbian Language Media: • Prosecutor: We will prove that Thaci and others are guilty of crimes in Kosovo and Albania (KiM radio, Beta, media) • Tensions in the north of Kosovo should not affect the continuation of the dialogue, according to Stano (Radio Free Europe) • Who threw an explosive device at Kosovo police and set fire to cars of Serbs who re-registered vehicles from Serbian to Kosovo plates? (Danas) • Serbian officials’ reactions to arrest of M.B. in Zubin Potok (RTS, KoSSev, media) • People’s Party started collecting signatures for referendum on Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Vucic to Milatovic: Serbia a reliable partner to Montenegro (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • Vasic: There is a matrix in Kosovo that usurpers of Serb properties report owners for war crimes (KoSSev, Radio KIM) • Janjic: Possible demonstrations, barricades, and even armed conflicts in the north of Kosovo (Beta, N1) International: • Former Kosovar President Thaci Opens War Crimes Trial With Plea Of Not Guilty (RFE) • Milatovic claims victory in Montenegro as longtime leader Djukanovic concedes (BIRN) • Views of Kosovo Women Often Unheard on TV, Attacked Online (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: The Presidency and the Assembly lit up in blue on World Autism Day (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Another three vehicles of Serbs with RKS plates burnt in the north (media) • Vela: Serbia’s illegal structures continue campaign of intimidation (media) • Szunyog: We condemn the act, those responsible should be identified (media) • Von Cramon: Both Kosovo and Serbia guilty for lack of progress in dialogue (Klan) • KFOR ready to deal with any scenario during the elections in the north (Express) • Haradinaj: The Brussels agreement reflects the return of normality in the north (media) • PDK invites citizens to join the "March for Justice" (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Kurti's senseless statement that the Open Balkans is not according to EU rules (Kosovo Online) • Odalovic: The indictment against Thaci mentions 445 imprisoned, tortured and killed persons (NMagazin, RTS, Beta) • Petkovic: “Kurti cannot forbid Vucic from visiting Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, he is not asked anything” (NMagazin, Beta) • Bregu thanks Serbian gov't for supporting RCC (Tanjug) • Pisonero: Serbia’s EU accession depends on judiciary, relations with Pristina (N1, EWB) • Kurti on Klan Kosovo: I won’t give Vucic permission to come to Kosovo (KoSSev) • “KM remains“: Deadline for (re)registration expires today? Queues in front of AMSS (KoSSev) • Last night, three more vehicles with RKS license plates burned in the north (KoSSev) • Stano: The agreement on plates has no deadline or expiration date (N1) • The Milic family in Plemetina robbed (KiM radio, Medija Centar Caglavica) International: • Fake News ‘Virus’ Needs ‘Vaccine’, BIRN Media Conference Concludes (BIRN) • Kosovo: War Crimes Trial to Begin in The Hague (hrw.org) • Witnesses Claim Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ Tortured Their Relatives (Balkan Insight) • Report Warns of Challenges in Western Balkans’ Energy Transition (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca at Summit for Democracy: Kosovo has made extraordinary progress (media) • Vela on reports that Constitutional Court "will bring down" Osmani: attempted coup against institutions (Klan) • KSF will have a military airport (media) • Two vehicles with RKS license plates burned in Zubin Potok (media) • Vela reacts to vehicles of Kosovo Serbs set on fire in Zubin Potok (RTK) • Haradinaj after meeting Szunyog: Parties should fulfill obligations arising from Ohrid agreement (Klan) • GLPS with a report on achievements and setbacks in second year of Kurti government (media) Serbian Language Media: • ''If the Constitutional Court accepts the request of the former MP Berisha, it may lead to the dismissal of the President of Kosovo'' (NMagazin, Beta) • Hopes and fears of families regarding the Declaration on Missing Persons in Kosovo (RFE) • Dveri: Serbs in the north left to themselves, they are re-registering their cars massively (NMagazin, Beta) • Pantovic: Every Serb accused of a war crime in Kosovo accused in advance (KoSSev) • Serbian Chamber of Commerce chief says EU needs stable Western Balkans (N1) • Petkovic: Pristina has no intention of allowing the CSM (ZSO), it wants to deceive Brussels again (Blic, Tanjug) International: • Kosovo Guerrilla Chiefs’ Landmark Trial: What are the Charges? (Balkan Insight) • Four Western Balkan countries launched “100% Alignment with CFSP” platform (EWB)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We need accurate and swift implementation of the agreement (Koha) • Dialogue continues: Bislimi, Lajcak and Petkovic to meet in Brussels on April 4 (RTK) • Osmani: Democracy is more than a mere system of governance (media) • OSCE: SL decision regrettable, communities should take part in elections (Express) • Elections in north, fear of tensions and low turnout (Lajmi) • Konjufca meets Torres; discuss close cooperation between Kosovo and U.S. (media) • Arifi: Agreement avoided legitimate requests of Albanians from the Valley (Indeksonline) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: In Brussels on concrete steps to implement the agreement from Ohrid (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo online) • Skopje: Meeting of Chambers of Commerce of Serbia and Kosovo on removing obstacles in economic cooperation (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Rakic met UNMIK head: Necessary to form the CSM ( ZSO) as soon as possible, withdraw special units from the north and stop political arrests (Radio Mitrovica sever) • The former police officer arrested at Jarinje released from custody (RTS) • Former Serb Kosovo police officer arrested at Jarinje checkpoint (N1, KoSSev, FoNet, Kosovo Online) • Hill in Presevo: It was not easy for Albin Kurti or Aleksandar Vucic, but I feel progress (FoNet, Danas) • Does the Serbian List violate the Agreement on Normalization if it does not participate in the Kosovo elections and are new barricades possible? (Danas)

Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca meets Escobar; “no association that threatens Kosovo’s sovereignty” (media) • Kosovo-Serbia dialogue to continue next week at level of chief negotiators (RFE) • Kurti: EU and U.S. to apply more pressure on Belgrade (media) • LDK leader calls for resignation of Justice Minister (media) • Osmani and Kurti: Serbia committed genocide in Kosovo (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: The main negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina next week in Brussels (Blic, RFE, Kosovo Online, N1) • Greek President Sakellaropoulou on two-day visit to Serbia, stance on Kosovo remains unchanged (Tanjug, RTS) • Petkovic: Pristina stages political process against Todosijevic (Kosovo Online) • Stano: The EU institutions with Belgrade and Pristina starting to implement the Ohrid agreement (Beta, NMagazin, N1, KiM radio) • Dacic, Botsan-Kharchenko discuss situation in region, bilateral ties (Tanjug) • Djilas: Topic of Kosovo UN membership depends on Russia, China (Beta, N1) • House of Zikica Stevic in Laplje Selo broken into (RTS) • Serbia committed to its European path, Vucic tells Giaufret (media) International: • EU history offers a model for Kosovo-Serbia reconciliation (Euractive) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian climbers rescued by Albanian military (N1)