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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 8, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Opposition leaders are more unsatisfied than disagreeing (Indeksonline) • Kurti received leaders of opposition parties today (media) • Krasniqi: I didn’t get assurances that govt will keep situation under control (media) • Abdixhiku: We didn’t hear concrete plan from Kurti to emerge from situation (media) • Haradinaj leaves meeting: Kurti was lecturing (Koha) • Citaku: In relation to Serbia, we don’t want Kurti to fail (Nacionale) • Trajkovic would consider offer for MP; wants guarantees from Kurti (Indeksonline) • Delawie: Kosovo’s non-recognition by Serbia caused tensions in north (VoA) • “If you don’t sign, your car will be burned”: Stories of workers that withdrew from Kosovo institutions (RFE) • Another vehicle with RKS licence plates set on fire in the north (Koha) • PSD painted the windows of the government building in black (media) • Suttora on border correction: Better peaceful division, than another Donbas (Nacionale) • Civil society activist places 17 U.S. flags in front of govt building (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucevic: Brussels Agreement must be respected for Serbs to return to institutions; KFOR must supersede Serb police officers (media) • Dacic: Pristina to make EU bid, Serbia to start discussions (Tanjug, media) • Djuric: Latest escalation in Kosovo sole responsibility of Pristina (Tanjug) • Petkovic says Kurti without grounds accuses Belgrade for crisis in northern Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Stoltenberg, Vucic spoke by phone (media) • MFA of Spain: Stance on Kosovo remains unchanged (Kosovo Online) • Dacic meets Greek President, expresses gratitude for Greece support to Serbia’s sovereignty (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic with Diacofotakis, briefs him on latest developments in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Kohli: India supports Serbia’s stance on Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Kurti: More than 900 reprimands issued, fines for licence plates as of November 21 (Kosovo Online) • Minors detained for incident in Kisnica (KiM radio) • Nenad Rasic acquitted of charges for misusing official duty (Radio KIM) • Lazarevic, Jaksic on Serbs’ leaving Kosovo institutions; Shala on 'paralyzed' judicial system in North (KoSSev, Nova S, Kosovo Online) • Car set on fire in Zvecan with BG licence plates, the police say with RKS plates (KoSSev) International: • Serbia Convicts Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla of War Crime (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Policy Brief: Environmental degradation is an alarming problem in the Western Balkans (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 7, 2022

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 7, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca: I would not like Vucic to lead us to the elections (media) • Konjufca proceeds with the request for replacement on MPs (media) • PDK’s Krasniqi writes to Kurti: PDK ready to communicate (Indeksonline) • AAK: Maybe elections would be the solution (media) • Mehaj: We condemn Serbia’s actions to destabilise our country (media) • Serbian List MPs submitted resignations today (Indeksonline) • Serb judge after resigning: I’m never coming back (Nacionale) • Many Serbian flags and slogans “This is Serbia” seen in Leposavic streets (Kallxo) • “Association to be formed according to Constitutional Court recommendations” (Klan) • Deputy Minister of Justice accuses CDHRF of abusing €100,000 (Koha) • EULEX police at the police station north of Mitrovica (media) • Haziri: Point zero now; tense situation in north should’ve been prevented (Indeksonline) • Police investigating attack with suspected Molotov cocktail on Serb house (Telegrafi) • New local elections expected in four municipalities of northern Kosovo (RTK) • Brussels: We do not comment on Lajcak’s every interaction with partners (RTK) • Former Dutch Ambassador: Protest in north reveals true face of Vucic regime (media) • Tahiri: Vucic wants to take the north from Kosovo (Gazeta Express) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: Kosovo has a clear obligation to form the CSM (ZSO) (N1) • Dacic: Masks should fall, it should be seen whether there is a Brussels agreement or not (RTS) • Vucic: Tectonic changes with the Serbs' resignations; important that we act responsibly (TV Pink, RTS, media) • Kosovo institutions in northern Kosovo without Serbs as of today (RTS, media) • Serbs gather in Mitrovica North, send messages of peace and that they are on their own land (RTS) • Minister of Defense: KFOR not to allow Pristina to send Albanian police to northern Kosovo (RTS) • Petkovic responds to Vela: Propaganda in vain (Kosovo Online, social media) • Petkovic: Why didn’t the EU insist on formation of CSM earlier? (N1) • Petritsch: An urgent step that must be taken is establishment of Community of Serb Municipalities (Tanjug) • Dacic: French-German plan on Kosovo unacceptable for us (N1) • Opposition MPs: Brussels agreement ‘has died’, Orlic to call elections in northern Kosovo (N1) • Vuk Jeremic banned from entering Kosovo (Danas) • Gracanica: Molotov cocktail thrown at Trajkovic's family house in Kisnica village (KiM radio, gracanicaoline.info, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Serbia Should Admit it’s the ‘Author’ of Kosovo’s Independence (BIRN) • Anti-western sentiment in Serbia is not rooted in support for Putin (The Guardian) International: • EU urges Serbs to return to institutions, Kosovo to form municipal association (BIRN) • Kosovar PM addresses security situation as more police officers in north resign (RFE) • Kosovo Serbs Continue Mass Resignations from State Institutions (BIRN) • Serbia ‘in a hurry’ to ease energy dependence on Russia (Financial Times) Humanitarian/Development: • First Regional Summit for Protection against Racial Discrimination in Pristina (media) • National Network for Research and Education – KREN is inaugurated (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 4, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: I’ve asked Borrell to condemn burning of vehicles in north (Klan) • Kurti about the drones: I cannot comment on what happens in Serbia’s territory (Klan) • Borell: Let's avoid Russia's intervention in the affairs of the Western Balkans (media) • Government statement on travelling without visas between Kosovo and Bosnia (Zeri) • Weber about French-German plan: You can't get anywhere without recognition (Koha) • MEP: Dialogue is between Kosovo and Serbia and not Pristina and Belgrade (Paparaci) • Abazi: Serbian List and structures created by Belgrade, political and blackmailing instruments against the stability and security of Kosovo (Indeksonline) • Abazi: Government should be more flexible on the licence plate issue (Albanian Post) • Head of IMF mission for Kosovo: 2 to 3 percent economic growth this year (Nacionale) • Protest in Gjakova, support for woman who was mistreated in nursing home (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic talked with Serbs from Kosovo all night, government meeting tomorrow, Vucic to meet the Synod of the SOC; Petkovic to address media today (media) • Petkovic: Suspension of Djuric beginning of an end to Brussels agreement (Kosovo Online) • Vucic to meet Lajcak in Belgrade today (Tanjug) • Dacic: We must continue de-recognition campaign, no solution for Kosovo without verification in UN (KoSSev) • Brnabic: We will respond to French-German plan with non-paper (Tanjug) • Covic: German-French proposal has nothing that Serbia could accept (Kosovo Online) • How serious are the warnings of the Serbian List that they will leave Kosovo's institutions (Danas) • Rosic, Spasojevic, Basara no longer under house arrest (KoSSev) • Former KFOR commander Kajari: I tried to convince Pristina not to send special police to the north (balkansec.net, media) • Kosovo police issued arrest warrants for six Serbs over alleged war crimes (RTS) • NUNS: Serbian List to stop discriminating against independent media (Radio KIM) • Giaufret: EU demonstrating it wants to stand by Serbia in good and bad times (RTS, N1) International: • Police Chief In Northern Kosovo Suspended Over Alleged Refusal To Implement License Plate Conversion Rule (RFE) • Serbia agrees 2.45 bln euro standby deal with IMF (seenews.com) Humanitarian/Development: • CEFTA at the Western Balkans Summit: Four agreements await adoption (RTS) • Europe could be hit by similar protests against lithium as Serbia (balkangreenenergynews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 3, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Western Balkan countries sign the three agreements at the Berlin Summit (Ekonomia) • Scholz: War in Ukraine is a danger for Balkans, conflicts must be overcome (Express) • Kurti meets Lajcak and Borrell: Decision on license plates, determination for the rule of law (Koha) • Borell: Setting cars on fire in the north is unacceptable (RTK) • Scholz: Process of normalising Kosovo-Serbia relations must be accelerated (media) • Kurti on Vucic’s absence at Berlin Summit: I did not miss him (Telegrafi) • Osmani: Agreements reached in Berlin contribute to regional cooperation (Koha) • Kurti at the energy session: Russia's cheap gas, costly for Europe's security (Koha) • Gervalla: The agreements must be implemented, including Serbia (RTK) • Von Cramon: The EU failed in the case of Kosovo (Koha) • IPK recommends suspension of the police director in the north (Kallxo) • Tahiri: No place for Vucic in a summit for peace and stability (media) • Shots fired at police station for border monitoring in Jasenovik (Telegrafi) • Clark, Walker and Kouchner to testify in Thaci’s favor at Specialist Chambers (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Borrell and Lajcak for neutral licence plates, but they say they can't do anything (RTS) • Vucic: We are not in conflict with anyone, but we cannot allow someone to spy on our army (Beta, media) • Scholz: It is time to overcome internal conflicts in the Western Balkans (Beta, Danas, N1) • Borrell met Kurti on the sidelines of the Berlin Process Summit: Agreements on dialogue must be respected (euronews.rs, media) • Djuric confirms police of region north will not issue reprimands (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Creation of new tensions (Radio KIM) • Dacic: Belgrade can’t let go of Moscow’s hand (N1) • Lavrov congratulates Dacic, says Russia ready to continue cooperation (Kosovo Online) • Serbian military downs drone near barracks (N1) • Sarazzin: Acceptance of Franco-German proposal up to Pristina, Belgrade (N1) • Pristina prosecution raises indictment for war crimes against D.A. (Radio KIM, KoSSev, RTS) • Council of EU to call on Serbia to align with bloc's foreign policy (Tanjug) • Trajkovic: I endure threats ever since I spoke about Ivanovic’s murder (Radio KIM, Nova, N1) Opinion: • Wrong to think that re-registration is unsuccessful only because of intimidation, says Andric Rakic (Danas) • Radakovic: Decision of police officers in North was completely legitimate (Radio Mitrovica sever) International: • Western Balkans Youth Forum 2022: Young people have potential for solving the crisis of today (EWB) • UN extends EU peacekeeping force’s mandate in Bosnia (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 2, 2022

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 2, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • U.S. condemns burning property; calls for full extension for plates (media) • KFOR refutes Serbia’s claims about drones from Kosovo: No evidence! (Indeksonline) • Rohde: More common sense needed on issue of licence plates (media) • Serbia continues provocations; sends heavy artillery to Kosovo border (Indeksonline) • Vehicle with RKS plates belonging to a Serb set on fire in Zubin Potok (Lajmi) • Jamie Shea comments on Vucic’s objectives with army mobilisation (Albanian Post) • Germany confirms: EU-Western Balkans summit to be held on December 6 (RTK) • Berlin Process and Open Balkan as two parallel initiatives for a final goal (Albanian Post) • “Relations with Serbia determine Kosovo’s European future” (Dukagjini) • European MP: Kosovo now has a key role for peace in Europe (Klan Kosova) • Memli Krasniqi for an official visit to Washington and Brussels next week (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • KFOR: At the moment, no evidence of drones flying over from Kosovo to Serbia (KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Vucevic to RTS: Drones were coming from several directions to central Serbia, MiGs-29 were not raised because of them (media) • Aleksic: Agreed transfer of authorities to Pristina, Vucic presents as ‘snatching’ (N1) • Balkan leaders off to Berlin: Serbia to choose between EU and Russia (FoNet, N1) • Dacic meets Chen Bo: Gratitude to China for support on Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online) • Orlic to Ambassador Tolkach: We thank Ukraine for its support on Kosovo issue (N1) • Orlic: We appreciate principled stance of Russia on Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Trajkovic: I’m being threatened for testifying in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (KoSSev) • Bislimi: Licence plates can no longer be part of the dialog (RFE, media) • KP in north to also issue reprimands (KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • Ambassador Koshar: We are not guided by the logic of blackmail in our relations with Belgrade (Tanjug, media) Opinion: • Expert says Belgrade has advantage over Pristina (N1) International: • Serbia, Kosovo, Trade Accusations Over Mystery Drones (BIRN) • Berlin Process 2022: Western Balkans week in Berlin (EWB) • Relations between Serbia and Kosovo should be normalized (EWB)