Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo is a good example of democracy (RFE) • Blinken congratulates people of Kosovo on 15th anniversary of independence (media) • EU: Kurti and Vucic will meet in Brussels on February 27 (media) • Hovenier congratulates Kosovo on 15th anniversary of independence (media) • Sandulovic: On behalf of Serbia, I apologise for the crimes against you (Kosovapress) • Germans imply talks on French-German plan at Munich Security Conference (Express) Serbian Language Media: • EC says Vucic, Kurti confirmed meeting in Brussels next week on 27 February (N1) • Vucic: We will announce good news on Kosovo-Metohija today and in seven days (Tanjug) • Pristina authorities marked the 15th anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence (N1) • Dalibor Jevtic: The position of Serbs in Kosovo has never been worse (RTS, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Rasic: Agreement soon, Belgrade and Pristina have little room for "no" (N1, KoSSev, KiM radio) • Amendment by the Greens: EULEX to become a response unit in the north of Kosovo (KoSSev, N1) • Rama: Kurti and I have the same goal - for the Albanians to unite and they must, but we have different approaches to get there (KoSSev, Danas, Blic) International: • It’s Official: One Serbian diplomat per year to join the State Department for up to 12 months (thepavlovictoday.com) • Week in Review: Spies, Coups and Earthquakes (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 16, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: EU plan for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue includes de facto recognition from Serbia (media) • President Osmani receives Albania’s President Bajram Begaj (media) • Kurti: Final agreement with Serbia depends on international pressure on Belgrade (media) • Abazi claims there are videos that show "who vanished samples of Dehari case" (media) • LVV dismisses Haki Abazi, replaces him with Arbereshe Kryeziu-Hyseni (media) • Kurti meets with the former head of the legal team of Kosovo, at the ICJ (media) Serbian Language Media: • 22 years since the bomb attack on the bus in Livadice, memorial service today in Laplje Selo (KoSSev) • Serbian List: Wall of silence when it comes to crimes against Serbs (Radio KIM, media) • Leposavic residents at the public discussion on expropriation: There’s no life left here; we’ll defend our land (KoSSev) • Nenezic to the Expropriation Department: You’re misapplying your own law, violating the Constitution and the CoE Convention (KoSSev) • Civil society: Leposavic locals did not feel unsafe until they were overrun by bases; Central institutions violate the law (KoSSev) • Vucic holds meeting with police and security chiefs (Tanjug, Insajder, N1) • President Vucic awards Statehood Day honours (N1, media) • Grenell thanks Vucic and Serbian people for receiving award (Kosovo Online, social media) • RFE: US maintains stand on Serbia-Kosovo recognition (N1) Humanitarian/Development: • How Serbs live in Kosovo: “We dream of being in Serbia, but reality is different” (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 15, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Prosecution: Over 300 witnesses in trial against former KLA leaders (RFE) • Heusgen: Association of Serb municipalities must be implemented (Deutsche Welle) • Beka on students’ march: We are not pushed by any political party (Albanian Post) • Judicial Council submits request to send law on wages to Constitutional Court (media) • Kurti thanks UK MP for speaking about situation in Kosovo (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Pristina’s refusal to establish CSM creating a frozen conflict (Politika, BETA, N1) • Todic writes to Quint, heads of international organisations over expropriation in north (Kosovo Online) • Public discussion on expropriation held in Leposavic, residents demand decisions to be annulled (KoSSev, Radio KIM, Kosovo Online) • Blinken congratulates the Statehood Day: Serbian and Kosovo leaders will make difficult compromises (Beta, N1) • Biden congratulates Vucic on Statehood Day (N1, FoNet) • Putin to Vucic: Moscow supports Belgrade (FoNet, N1) • Varhelyi: Failure to impose sanctions should not affect Serbia’s EU negotiations (N1) • Public invitations in the municipality of Orahovac only in the Albanian language (KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev) International: • Inside global diplomacy with Baroness Catherine Ashton, former European Commission vice president — "Intelligence Matters" (cbsnews.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani thanks KSF teams helping save lives after Turkey earthquake (media) • Rizvanolli: Fight against organised crime pays off in multiple ways! (media) • Over 140 candidates to replace 500 police officers in the north (Koha) • Beslin: Serbia and Kosovo will accept the French-German plan (RTK) • Kosovo hosts another Afghan journalist (Radio Free Europe) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Serbia greatly dependent on EU, cannot move forward without it (Tanjug) • Von Cramon's speech before the EP's Foreign Affairs Committee on the Kosovo 2022 report (KoSSev) • Lawyer: Entire Serb community damaged by decision on expropriation (Kosovo Online) • Lavrov to Dacic: Russia ready for further development of relations with Serbia (N1, BETA) • Vucic: KFOR contributing to peace, stability in Kosovo-Metohija (Tanjug) • PM Brnabic: CSM and only then resumption of negotiations (Beta, N1) • Xi to Vucic: Joint effort to defend international law (FoNet, N1) • Last week review: Principled acceptance of EU proposals, through mutual accusations on energy, to the discovery of drug labs in the north (KoSSev) • UNS protest over airing Assembly session in Albanian language only (Radio KIM) Opinion: • The Desperate Desire to be ‘European’ (K2.0) International: • 'Quietly endure': north Kosovo braves security vacuum after resignations (AFP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 13, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: I made it clear to Borrell and Vucic, Kosovo does not accept dialogue without a final agreement with recognition (Klan) • Abdixhiku slams Kurti on French-German plan (Nacionale) • Krasniqi: Dialogue with recognition, a sentence that sums up our interest (media) • Haradinaj: I’m in favour of French-German plan; it includes path to NATO (Koha) • Stano: EU ready to facilitate discussions on Association in future dialogue meetings (Sinjali) • “Kurti given deadline for final answer on Association, matter of days” (Albanian Post) • 57th generation of police graduates; Osmani: Diversity reflects safe environment (Koha) • Rizvanolli reacts to report about situation in one of Trepca mines (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Albin Kurti's brutal lie (RTS, NMagazin, Beta) • Kurti: Non-payment of electricity in the North "cost" taxpayers 337 million; Petkovic: Lies and nothing more (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Nobody will be fooled by Svecla's attempt to criminalise Serbs (Beta, NMagazin, RTS, KoSSev) • CSOs demand Kosovo government to stop all projects on expropriated land in north (KoSSev) • Serbian List: Delevic recently shot at has nothing to do with latest arrests in north (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Vacancy for new police officers in north still open, although deadline was February 10 (Euronews) • Drecun: Our position is clear, fist CSM (ZSO) then the continuation of the dialogue (TV Prva, Kosovo Online) • Health condition of Sladjan Trajkovic deteriorates again, his wife says (Kosovo Online, RTS, Tanjug) • Botsan-Kharcenko: The European plan – the EU's detour for Serbia to recognize Kosovo (N1, FoNet, Vecernje Novosti) International: • Kosovo Police Seize Drug Labs in Serb-Run North (BIRN)