UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 20, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Lajcak after the 2-hour meeting with Kurti: We expected greater understanding (media) • Kurti: Kosovo's membership in EU and NATO has nothing to do with Serbia (Sinjali) • Plan for “political assassinations” in Kosovo, only a rumour (media) • French Ambassador: I am confident news on threats will be investigated (media) • LDK: Conduct independent investigations into assassination plan (Klan) • Hoti to government: Do not compromise on goals of dialogue and coordinate with allies (Sinjali) • EP to investigate Varhelyi on suspicions of favouring Serbia in negotiations (Klan) • Kurti visits areas affected by floods (Reporteri) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: I am certain Serbia will not join EU soon (Tanjug) • Gazivode Dam safe, no room for panic, spillway opened on time (KoSSev) • Floods affecting Serb-populated areas (Radio KIM, KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • Djuric: Strategic affairs to be discussed with "big five" (Tanjug) • Odalovic banned from entering Kosovo again (RTS, Tanjug) • Ukrainian Ambassador: We are grateful to Serbs for humanitarian support (N1) • Vucic to meet with Lajcak, Escobar, political advisers (media) • Vucic receives German representatives (media) • Kenya confirms it will not recognize Kosovo (RTV) • Lawyer of Sladjan Trajkovic filed an appeal on his detention measure (Danas) International: • ‘We need autonomy’: Kosovo Serbs object to western diplomacy (Financial Times)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 19, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani welcomes the European Parliament resolution for Kosovo (media) • Western Balkans leaders gather to discuss in Davos, Switzerland (Klan) • EU doesn’t consider Serbia has renewed KM licence plates (media) • COMKFOR: Security situation generally calm but extremely fragile (media) • CoE: Not aware that Kosovo membership is conditioned with Association (Klan) • Lajcak: I believe Finland will continue its support for the dialogue (media) • Konjufca condemns threats against Abdixhiku and Krasniqi (Nacionale) • Abdixhiku after reported assassination plots: We don’t feel threatened at all (Telegrafi) • Hoxhaj: Government failed to keep the recognitions we secured (EO) • Slovenian PM on suspected affair with Martin Berishaj: Pure fabrication (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: Belgrade didn’t violate agreement on licence plates (Radio KIM, RTS) • Petkovic responds to Svecla on licence plates agreement (Kosovo Online, social media) • Petkovic: Kurti provoking crisis again (N1) • Serbian List calls on EU to prevent violation of licence plates agreement by Pristina (Kosovo Online) • Ambulance vehicle with KM plates held at Jarinje (Kosovo Online) • Vucic on Kurti, secessionism, EP resolution (Tanjug) • Dacic: EP resolution another example of enormous hypocrisy (N1) • Hill: Serbia itself should decide what standards it needs (Tanjug, Nedeljnik) • Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (media) • Lawyer: Calling someone who was not convicted a war criminal is a criminal act (KoSSev) • Analyst: Who gives right to Sarrazin to make Serbia recognize Kosovo, when EU does not have unified stance (Danas, BETA, Nova.rs, N1) International: • Kosovo License-Plate Issue Flares Up Again With Ban On Cars With Kosovar City Abbreviation (RFE) • Serbian Police Ex-Commander Wanted in Kosovo for War Crimes (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 18, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Greater dynamic in dialogue: Five internationals in Pristina on Friday (Koha) • PM Kurti interview for Swiss newspaper Blick (media) • Lajcak meets Kurti in Davos; talk next steps in dialogue and pressing issues (media) • FES: Draft statute of Association, good basis for discussion (RFE) • Kurti meets Vice President of Switzerland Viola Amherd (media) • Hoti criticises Kurti: Calls for investors and warnings for war do not go together (Klan) • Supreme Court reinstates measure on permits for Decan hydropower plants (Telegrafi) • The judge in KLA leaders’ case: The trial will be long, about 5 years (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic’s meetings in Davos (RTS, media) • Petkovic meets Botsan-Kharchenko, discuss situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Bilcik: I see goodwill of Belgrade in dialogue, Pristina has to establish ZSO (Tanjug, RTS) • Former Slovenian PM asks for parliamentary investigation of Berishaj affair (Radio KIM) • Peach: Sides should not see implementation of agreements as threat (Radio KIM) • Dacic, Peach discuss bilateral ties, Kosovo, Ukraine (Tanjug) • European Court of Justice annuls EC decision on Kosovo (N1) • Lajcak to visit Pristina and Belgrade on January 20 (Radio kontakt plus) • European Parliament calls Belgrade to align with EU policies (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 17, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Serbia is trying to regain influence in Kosovo, Bosnia and Montenegro (media) • KPC says Haxhiu’s statements about treating war crimes are not true (Koha) • LDK blames the government for increase in imports from Serbia (Reporteri) • Krasniqi: Kurti interrupted ex-KLA fighter, and praised Ivanovic (media) • Gucati & Haradinaj case: Appeal judgement on 2 February (media) • Abbott: Past should not be forgotten, but Kosovo and Serbia must make compromises (Klan) • Jahjaga: NATO and U.S. crucial role for security in Europe and the world (media) • “Municipalities concerned with govt’s tendency to interfere in local level” (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Kosovo Govt passes decision on expropriation of land in north Kosovo (N1) • Petkovic says Kurti generates crises again, expects EU reaction to land expropriation in Leposavic (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Serbian List reacts to decision to expropriate land in Leposavic (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Community of Municipalities must be formed for Serbs to return to Pristina's institutions (Tanjug) • Kurti on late Oliver Ivanovic in 2023 and three years prior to it (KoSSev) • Fajon: BG and PR to work on further steps to prevent escalation because people are afraid (KoSSev) • Vucic met UK Envoy Peach: Serbia committed to preserving peace, formation of ZSO key issue (RTV) • Grenell for RTS: Mutual recognition does not bring food to table, economic development needed • Vucic to attend World Economic Forum meeting in Davos (Tanjug, media) • Dussey: Togo's derecognition of Kosovo definitive (Tanjug) Opinion: • The difference between Pristina and Belgrade (peacefare.net) • I saw my fellow Albanians in Kosovo die from afar (BIRN) • Serbia and Kosovo – rejecting or accepting guilt (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 16, 2023 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo is a double success story (media) • Osmani: Slovenia remains one of the most important allies of Kosovo (media) • Kurti travels to Switzerland, to participate in World Economic Forum in Davos (Klan) • Haxhiu welcomes request for international arrest warrant for those that ordered Recak massacre (Telegrafi) • Fajon: Slovenia supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue; normalisation of relations (media) • Gervalla: Serbia’s threats in the region require a common response (Koha) • Kusari-Lila: No organisation or association was voted in the Assembly (Kallxo) • Fifth anniversary of Oliver Ivanovic’s assassination commemorated (Kosovapress) • FES branch in Pristina finishes drafting of Association statute (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: No one requested services of Friedrich Ebert organisation (Kosovo Online) • SRSG Ziadeh meets President Vucic (RTS, media) • Dacic thanks countries that will amend position on Kosovo pending solution (N1, FoNet) • Petkovic reacts to Kurti’s interview to Dutch NRC, says he utters untruths (BETA, Danas, Kosovo-Online) • Vucic reacts to Kurti’s interview to Viennese Der Standard (KoSSev) • Russian Ambassador: Moscow consistent in its support of Serbia’s sovereignty (N1) • Albanian living in Belgrade accused of war crimes; Neighbours take action to help him, claim he’s innocent (KoSSev) • Commemorations held on fifth anniversary of Oliver Ivanovic’s assassination (RTS, KoSSev) • German Embassy on ZSO, Pristina CoE membership bid (KoSSev) • Detention of Trajkovic extended for two more months, lawyer to appeal it (Kosovo Online) • Two Serbs from Klokot sent to one-month house arrest (Kosovo Online) • Vucevic: Situation in Kosovo highest security risk for Serbia (Radio KIM) • Dacic: “Misuse of events in Racak continues” (RTS) International: • Wider Europe Briefing: The Conundrum Of Kosovo's EU Application And The Broader Effects Of Qatar-Gate (RFE) • Serbia, Kosovo Accused of Sabotaging Political Assassination Trial (BIRN)