UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 13, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Stoltenberg: NATO closely monitoring the situation in north (Lajmi) • KFOR: Important to avoid any renewed escalation; we remain extremely vigilant (media) • Kurti: This week we will submit application for EU membership (RFE) • Kurti discussed with MEPs about Kosovo's membership in the EU (RTK) • Lajcak to visit Pristina and Belgrade (media) • Haradinaj meets Escobar and Hovenier (media) • KP: Reports of rude behaviour do not stand (media) • Roads in the north of Kosovo remain blocked (RTK) • Text of "European" proposal for "basic agreement between Kosovo and Serbia" (Koha) • Krasniqi: Law does not foresee appointment of administrators in municipalities (EO) • Rasic: I am here to build bridges and I have experience in this (Klan Kosova) • Tahiri: Serbia wants to divide north from Kosovo because of Trepca mine (media) Serbian Language Media: • Situation in northern Kosovo unchanged (RTS) • UNMIK calls for de-escalation and restraint in northern Kosovo (RTS) • Drecun: Pressure on Serbia to accept the EU plan and abandon Resolution 1244 (NMagazin, Beta, TV Pink) • EU ministers today and about the situation in the north of Kosovo (media) • Pantic rendered 30-day detention (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Detention of Dejan Pantic attempt to criminalise Serbs in Kosovo (N1. media) • Simic says Pantic and Adzic are innocent (Radio KIM) • KFOR: Important to avoid renewed escalation, the road to peace is the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Kosovo Online, Danas) • Stoltenberg: All sides to restrain from escalation, NATO forces vigilant (Tanjug, RTV) • Escobar: No comment after meeting with Kurti (N1, BETA, social media) • Serbian PM Brnabic reacts to Viola von Cramon’s remarks (N1, media) • Dacic: We are trying to get Pristina's EU bid disputed by non-recognizers (Tanjug, media) International: • Kosovo Assembly Approves Law on Salaries in Principle (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell: Fighting in the street doesn’t lead to normalisation of situation (Telegrafi) • Von Cramon: Restoration of peace and stability must be a priority (media) • Escobar, Chollet expected to meet opposition leaders tomorrow morning (Telegrafi) • Chollet’s visit to Kosovo postponed, infected with COVID-19 (Telegrafi) • German diplomat reiterates: Serbia is responsible for the situation in the north (RTK) • Musliu: Police officers in Jarinje for 55 hours; food supplies running out (Nacionale) • Rama: Kosovo has understanding and support of Albanian government (KP) • Serb schools in north of Kosovo closed (RFE) • Trajkovic: My children too are being threatened; responsibility falls on Vucic (media) • Two reporters threatened in the north (Gazeta Metro) • Ukrainian MP expresses support for Kosovo (RTK) • Grenell: Europeans must change their directions on Kosovo-Serbia strategy (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to Pristina and EU officials: Which of the five agreements will you respect (N1) • Dacic reveals what Annalena Baerbock told him (Danas) • Rakic in Rudare: We want peace and an end to hunting of Serbs (Kosovo Online) • Belgrade liaison officer sent request to Pristina to visit Dejan Pantic (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Serbs to respect KFOR and EULEX (KiM radio, Beta, RTS) • Vucevic: I hope that KFOR and EULEX will not allow the violent removal of the barricades (KiM radio, Beta, TV Pink) • Northern Kosovo still blocked, peaceful night at barricades (N1) • Primary and secondary schools in northern Kosovo closed until further notice (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: We have assurances EULEX, KFOR will not take violent action (Tanjug) • Vucic: We have taken measures to protect our homeland, we call for peace (N1) • Petkovic: Kosovo special forces entered Gazivode (N1) • New reports of Kosovo special police mistreating local Serbs in Zubin Potok (Kosovo Online) • Drecun claims Pristina eavesdropping on communications (Kosovo Online) • Tadic: International public must know Serbs are exposed to Kurti’s violence (Kosovo Online) • Jeremic says Kurti the most responsible for escalation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic reacts to Baerbock’s remarks, terms it ‘stunning level of absurdity’ (Kosovo Online) • Grenell reacts to Baerbock’s remarks on tensions in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Branbic reacts to Borrell’s remarks on barricades in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Check Foreign Minister reacts to situation in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) International: • Kosovo Serb Barricades Remain up Despite Calls for Removal (BIRN) • EU's Borrell urges Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate after latest clashes (Reuters) • EU Urges De-Escalation In Kosovo, U.S. Sends Envoys To Pristina After Latest Clashes (RFE) • Kosovo calls for NATO intervention after weekend of violence amid rising ethnic tensions (CNN) • Serbia's president says Belgrade seeks to deescalate situation in Kosovo (Reuters) Humanitarian/Development: • Municipality of Pristina allocates €500 per month to victims of violence (Klan)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 9, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: There will never be police and soldiers of Serbia in Kosovo again (media) • Kurti: Kosovo Police is not oriented against Serbs (media) • Situation in north of Kosovo reported to be calm (RFE) • EU concerned about “very serious” situation in north Kosovo (RFE) • Rohde: Elections in the north must be postponed (RTK) • AJK condemns the attack on journalists in the north, demands security (media) • UK sanctions Milan Radoicic and Zvonko Veselinovic (Gazeta Express) • Masked persons attack vehicle of reporters in Mitrovica North (Kallxo) • Masked persons seen near Bosniak Neighborhood in north Kosovo (Klan) • U.S. recommends religious communities’ registration without criteria on number of their members (Koha) • LDK demands Minister Haxhiu’s resignation after disappearance of samples (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: ZSO not a matter of Kurti's wishes, but an obligation from the agreement (KiM radio) • Serbian List reaction to Veselinovic, Radoicic, Tepic sanctions (Kosovo Online, Danas, Kontakt plus radio) • Situation in Mitrovica North calm, but tense (RTS) • Stano: EU calls for responsibility and calming of tensions in north of Kosovo (RTS) • Brnabic says Serbia to demand everything that is in line with UN SC Resolution 1244 (Tanjug) • Petkovic: “We sent final appeal to international community, Serbs will no longer endure Kurti’s terror” (RTS, Kosovo Online) • Tadic says Petkovic ‘deceives’ public (Danas) • Igor Simic: We are committed to peace, but it is boiling here (RTS, Tanjug, media) • Djuric: A textbook example of inflaming conflict in Kosovo (Danas) • Rasic: I will ask Kurti to delay the election (KiM radio, Danas) • Serbian Orthodox Church: Increased pressure of Kosovo institutions on Serbs (Beta, NMagazin) • In three settlements in Mitrovica North there were no members of Kosovo police this morning (N1) • Drecun: Ultimate Kurti’s goal is to send KSF to northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Attempted robbery in Leposavic, Serbian bank confirms exchange of fire (KoSSev) • Stojanovic: Return of Serbian army in Kosovo at this moment unrealistic (Radio KIM) International: • KALLXO Team and Police Attacked in the North (BIRN) • Branded ‘Scum’ in Serbia, Kosovo Serb Defends Cabinet Role (BIRN) • Serbia Considering Sending 1,000 ‘Security Personnel’ Into Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Decision on elections in north, in a matter of days (Koha) • Osmani: Progress made with non-recognisers; compromise needed in dialogue (media) • Borrell invites Kurti and Vucic to Brussels (media) • Kurti in Vienna: ‘Perspective in EU’ not enough, accelerated process is needed (Koha) • Varhelyi: Kosovo imminent application to start membership process discussed (media) • Kosovo gets €57.6 million in grants from WBIF media) • Gjoshi: Kurti decided to leave Kosovo at a critical moment (media) • Customs: Confiscated 42,000 litres of alcoholic drinks in village near Rahovec (media) • Two months without Minister of Health; opposition says government is negligent (RTK) • Haxhiu: Dehari’s blood samples missing from Institute of Forensic Medicine (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic discusses with Hill security situation in Kosovo (RTS) • Vucevic: Events in northern Kosovo and Velika Hoca message that Serbs are unwelcome (Tanjug) • Confiscation of wine from a Serb family in Velika Hoca (RTS) • Giuafret: ZSO must be formed, I am convinced that the talks will continue (RTS) • Zarazzin: Pristina knows there must be talks on ZSO (Tanjug) • A strong blast of a pyrotechnic device disturbed Bosniak Mahala residents, another device thrown in Mikronaselje (KoSSev) • Hoxha: Svecla should be more careful in his statements (Kosovo Online) • The special Kosovo police entered the yard of the kindergarten in Leposavic with combat vehicles (Kosovo Online) • KFOR clarifies situation, extends apology over accidental entry to kindergarten yard in Leposavic (Tanjug) • Popovic calls for rejection of Kosovo HCCH membership bid (Tanjug) • Stano: Borrell invited Vucic and Kurti for a meeting (Kosovo Online) • DiA invite President Osmani to start the consultations on the postponement of elections (Kosovo Online) • The latest version of the Franco-German proposal: What the top-secret document says? (Danas, N1) • Serbian Ministry of Justice: Albanian who died in prison refused treatments (N1) Opinion: • Mihajlovic: ''ZSO a colorful lie that Belgrade uses to cover up the sale of Serbian interests in Kosovo'' (Beta, Danas, KoSSev) International: • EU, US, Civil Society, Query Conditions for North Kosovo Elections (BIRN) • Kosovo president: Progress made in lobbying non-recognisers (Euractiv) • New Underground Carpark in Prishtina Creates ‘Above-ground’ Dilemma (BIRN) • Study Reports 25,000 Violent Pushbacks at EU Borders (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • A candidate for deputy ombudsman with views that are against human rights (gorazdevac.com, Kallxo)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 7, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • U.S.: Conditions not in place at this time for elections in the north (media) • Government: Waiting for assessment of situation in north for further steps (media) • EULEX says protests should be peaceful; calls for calm and restraint (media) • Rohde: Full support for peaceful demonstrations; zero tolerance for violence (media) • Guerot: Acts of intimidation very concerning; dialogue only way forward (media) • Kusari-Lila: Milosevic’s Serbia still functions with Vucic at the helm (Klan) • Gjoshi: Postponing elections is Vucic’s request; shouldn’t be accepted (Nacionale) • Abazi: Wouldn’t be the end of the world to postpone elections in north (T7) • Bislimi to travel to Brussels tomorrow; to meet Varhelyi and Jourova (Express) • Ceku: Kosovo will apply for UNESCO membership next year (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: New French-German proposal no improvement for us (Tanjug) • Vucevic: Situation in Kosovo flammable (Kosovo Online, media) • Vulovic says Pristina officials “acted arrogantly and unprofessionally” (Kosovo Online) • Trajkovic: They came with automatic weapons, detonations were heard (Kosovo Online) • After incidents in north, Belgrade and Pristina hurl accusations against one another (KoSSev) • New manifestation of an old crisis and lack of understanding (Radio KIM) • Wigemark concerned with incidents in north, says any protests should be peaceful (Kosovo Online) • EU, W. Balkan mobile operators sign declaration on reduction of roaming charges (Tanjug) • Doderovic: Dismayed by appointment of Radulovic, we support Serbian List (Kosovo Online) • EULEX monitors the situation in the north of Kosovo; Kurti increases the presence of the police (Beta, NMagazin, KoSSev) Opinion: • Failure to Protect Murdered 35-year-old Was Result of Catalogue of Errors (BIRN) • Cooper: Belgrade and Pristina enjoy media attention (VoA, Beta, KiM radio) International: • Kosovo PM Announces More Police Presence in North Following Attacks (BIRN) • Explosions, Attacks in North Put Elections in Question (Prishtina Insight) • Leaders sign the Declaration of the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tirana (EWB) • Kosovo Activist Threatened After Criticising Football Player’s ‘Thuggish’ Gestures (Balkan Insight)