UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 10, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Lajcak discusses with Bislimi urgent issues on the agenda of the Dialogue (media) • Krasniqi: I expressed to Lajcak the PDK’s reservations about the agreement (Koha) • AAK supports EU proposal even though "it is not de jure recognition of Kosovo" (media) • Abrashi: Only opposition parties are talking about the Association (Nacionale) • Lekaj: AAK is against increased energy tariffs, there will be protests too (Telegrafi) • MacShane: Surreal nonsense that EU countries don’t recognize state of Kosovo (media) • Tahiri: Self-management and Association will ruin Kosovo’s sovereignty (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: There will be no capitulation or surrender, nor consent for Pristina to join UN (RTS) • Prince Filip Karadjordjevic: Franco-German proposal unacceptable for Serbia (KoSSev, social media) • Dveri Movement, public figures demand Parliament session on Kosovo (FoNet) • Vucevic: People's Movement to bring together all those wishing to preserve Serbia (Tanjug) • Lawyer: What ever happened in Kosovo during conflict, from brawl to robbery, Pristina accuses Serbs of war crimes (RTS) • French ambassador: Vucic and Kurti should show flexibility and reach agreement, people in north suffer most from situation (KoSSev) • Vucic congratulates China's Xi on his re-election as president (Tanjug) International: • Death of a Premier: How Serbia’s Rotten System Enabled Zoran Djindjic’s Killers (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Public Pulse: Trust in Kosovo government on decline, Serbs feel drastically less safe (KoSSev) • ACDC offers free legal aid to people in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Residents from Miroce village without access to their properties for two decades (KoSSev) • Ruzica Simic: Protection of women’s rights and victims of violence in north virtually non-existent now (KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 9, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti and Lajcak to discuss roadmap for implementation of European plan (Koha) • U.S. calls for mutual recognition after European plan (Demokracia/The Pavlovic Today) • Freedom in the World: Kosovo, among countries with greatest improvement (RFE) • The last diplomatic shuttle (Albanian Post) • Haziri: How can we support Kurti? We don’t know what he negotiated (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian List says it will not take part at extraordinary elections in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic: We are pursuing best but most difficult policy for our country (Tanjug) • Vucic with Botsan-Kharchenko on situation in Kosovo (social media, media) • Office for KiM reacts to beating of two young Serbs by Kosovo police (Danas, Kosovo Online) • Protest in Josanica over beating of two young Serbs by Kosovo police (RTV) • Kosovo police on media reports on beatings in Josanica (KoSSev) • Zlatan Arsic sent to one month detention (Radio KIM) • UNS and DNKiM: Sanctions for organisers of conferences in Kosovo for not providing translation in Serbian language (Radio KIM, media) • Ombudsman met landowners in Leposavic affected by expropriation (KoSSev) • Analysts on announcements of creating Peoples’ Movement for State (Danas, media) • Opposition failed to collect signatures necessary for extraordinary assembly session on European plan (media) • Freedom House: ‘Dramatic’ decline in liberties in Serbia (Voice of America, N1) International: • Southeast Europe Marches for Women’s Rights (Balkan Insight) • US Urges Prompt Mutual Recognition Between Serbia And Kosovo Following EU Proposal (The Pavlovic Today) • Freedom House: Southeast, Central Europe – Except Kosovo – Sees Freedoms Decline (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani to all women: Never stop dreaming, but especially, never stop believing (media) • Kurti appreciates the role of women who spoke publicly about sexual violence during the war (Koha) • Government appoints Gazmend Hoxha as director of the Kosovo Police (media) • Hill about the meeting in Ohrid: Too early to make assessments (Express) • The opposition parties leave the Assembly hall, government waiting for its MP (Koha) • Haradinaj: The European plan also includes recognition, it will have the vote of AAK (media) • Tahiri: I hope the MPs today understand the danger of "self-management” (Paparaci) Serbian Language Media: • Office for KiM: Arrested Arsic member of Kosovo police, declared guilty before trial (Radio KIM) • Serbian List: The arrest of Arsic is intimidation aimed at expelling the Serbian people (Kosovo Online, KiM radio) • Students in Belgrade protested the European proposal for Kosovo (KiM radio, Danas) • Novosti: Vucic to form People’s Movement for state, start touring Serbia (N1) • Tanjug: Kosovo special police beat up two Serbs near Leposavic • Aktiv survey says Serbs in north feel unsafe, majority of respondents want to leave (Radio KIM) • Kovacevic: Reconciliation between two peoples is solution (Radio KIM, N1) • On 8 March women in Pristina and Belgrade march (KoSSev) Opinion: • More on the European agreement, Waiting for March 18/24 (KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • Regional documentaries on media and journalism you must watch: What makes a good documentary? (seenpm.org)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 7, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Scholz: I believe this process will soon be successfully completed (media) • Stoltenberg: NATO takes situation in Kosovo seriously, parties should find solution (Koha) • Rohde: Opposition should be constructive vis-a-vis European plan (media) • Haziri: None of Lajcak’s 16 models for Association suits Kosovo (teve1) • Slovak Foreign Ministry: We expect constructive approach in upcoming talks (Express) • LDK leader Abdixhiku invited to official visit in Paris (media) • Citizen puts his property for sale in Shterpce, blames Serbian List for pressure (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak with Vucic on March 13 and 14 on the implementation of the plan for the normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina (RTS) • Serbian List: KLA leaders as a logo on official emails (Beta, Danas) • Raskovic-Ivic: We will launch initiative to impeach Vucic for violation of Constitution (Danas) • Part of opposition to request Constitutional Court’s assessment of Vucic’s acts (Danas) • Rakic Vodinelic: Vucic violated the Constitution to the extent that Kosovo is recognized (NMagazin, Nova, Beta) • Judge Petrov: Possible violation of the oath and the preamble of the Constitution cannot be the basis for the president's responsibility (NMagazin, Politika, Beta) • Dacic: No need for new discussion in Parliament, nothing has been signed (N1, FoNet, Politika) • Miljan Adzic released pending trial (KoSSev) Opinion: • Short public letter to fellow journalists, civil society and politicians in Serbia (AP) International: • EU Plan Puts Kosovo In ‘Better Strategic Position Than Serbia’ – Foreign Advisor (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Bislimi: We will ensure that all minorities are safe (media) • Eichhorst: Now we have to find ways to implement provisions from European proposal (Klan) • Opposition: European proposal is a continuation of "status-quos" (Ekonomia Online) • Association: This is what solution looks like, there is no other – it is European (Albanian Post) • Shea: Association can be done without jeopardising sovereignty (Paparaci) • PSD places 205 thousand signatures against Association in front of government, warns of a protest (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: ‘Anti-state coalition’ did everything to make Serbia’s position difficult (N1) • Obradovic: Five parliamentary parties request Assembly session on Kosovo (Radio KIM, media) • Opposition: In Belgrade on March 17, a warning protest ahead of the meeting between Vucic and Kurti (KoSSev) • Djilas: Rejecting agreement which is not good for Serbia – is not good either (Radio KIM, media) • Patriarch Porfirije: The Church has never deviated from Kosovo and Metohija and has never abandoned it (SOC website, media) • Ristic, Trajkovic and Jovic sent third letter to Patriarch (media) • Peoples’ Party undertakes action against Franco-German plan for Kosovo (social media) • Nova.rs: European diplomats on point 4 of the agreement: Kosovo in the UN only with the consent of permanent members (KoSSev, N1) • Romania's stance on Kosovo unchanged – MFA (Tanjug) • UNS and DNKiM call on institutions to ensure translation for journalists (media) • Hill: ZSO must be formed, 10 years is too long (KiM radio, Tanjug, N1)