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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 28, 2025

Osmani expects swift formation of institutions after Dec 28 elections (media) EU member states discussing draft conclusions on enlargement (Koha) Kosovo leaders’ messages on Albanian Independence Day (media) Thaci criticizes Specialist Chambers for holding session on November 28 (media) EU awards BIRN journalist, Xhorxhina Bami, for investigative reporting (PI) Serbia pushes deadline for healthcare workers in Kosovo before elections (RFE) Nine Serb-majority municipalities to get new leadership on Dec 5 (Radio KiM) The legal and illegal landfills harming lives and land in Kosovo (BIRN) Young people clean Ibar River, learn how the local community works (Radio KiM) Pedaling beyond myself (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 27, 2025

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 27, 2025 Albanian Language Media: Osmani: We are proud of KSF, guarantee for our sovereignty (media) Kurti mentions investments in KSF: Equipped with modern technology (media) Kosovo government finds solution for RTK salaries (media) IFJ: Kosovo govt must immediately release funds owed to RTK (media) Hoxhaj: PDK has least responsibility for institutional blockade this year (KTV) CEC certifies results for runoff elections in 18 municipalities (media) Special prosecution charges a person for war crimes in Istog in 1999 (media) Serbian Language Media: Dacic: Interior Ministry to bid for regional Interpol bureau in Belgrade (N1, Beta) Viktor Orban suddenly arrives in Subotica (Danas) Constitutive session of the Gracanica MA on December 5 (KiM radio) Simic: Continuation of electoral engineering, in the municipality of Gracanica 740 fewer voters (Kosovo Online) War crimes indictment filed against T.P. (KiM radio) US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires: We expect Serbia to make wise decisions, choose reliable partners (FoNet, Danas, N1, NIN) International: Budget deadlock paralyses public transport in Prishtina (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian: Bosnian war child’s memoir launched in Serbian capital (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 26, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence launched in Kosovo (media) • RTK Union: If government doesn’t act, we will go into full boycott (AP) • Hargreaves meets President of Constitutional Court (media) • Sorensen: Grateful for Spain’s strong support for EU-facilitated dialogue (media) • Police: Unknown persons have damaged Iber Lepenci water canal (media) • 77-year-old Albanian from Kosovo still held in Serbian prison (EO) Serbian Language Media: • War crimes in Kosovo: Testimonies without evidence - are the real perpetrators prosecuted? (KiM radio, KoSSev) • New damage reported on the Ibar-Lepenac canal (Kontakt plus radio) • "Women stand up for peace" photo exhibition opened in Pristina (Kontakt plus radio) • Mijacic: If Nisma forms a coalition with Self-Determination, the AAK could go to the elections with the PDK (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 25, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Orav: Kosovo needs stable govt, continuous dialogue with Serbia (EO) • PD and AKR will consider LDK’s offer for a preelection coalition (Telegrafi) • Two-hour strike at RTK, no news editions over unpaid salaries (RTK) • Kelmendi’s dismissal from KPC: US Embassy calls for respect of laws (RFE) • Bislimi meets German Minister of State of Europe (media) • UN report: One woman or girl is killed by a partner or family member almost every 10 minutes (media) Serbian Language Media: • Human remains discovered in Pec and Prizren, families await identification (KoSSev) • Miftaraj: The EC report did not show the harsh reality in which Kosovo found itself (Kosovo Online) • Doyle: Protests against the Specialized Chambers will not affect their work (Kosovo Online) • Lucic: With the US administration always about the company’s operations in Kosovo as well (Kosovo Online, TV Prva) International: • Kosovo's trade gap expands 7.5% y/y in Oct (SeeNews) • In smalltown Serbia, a Kosovo war protest inspired a journalist to act (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 24, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti meets two US congressmen, talk furthering cooperation in defense (media) • Private and public transporters protest in front of municipality and govt (AP) • Haxhiu blames opposition for not voting the budget for Pristina (media) • Abdixhiku: Pristina not asking for the government’s money, but its own (media) • “LDK in Pristina failed in transportation and almost every other area” (media) • RTK workers go on two-hour general strike over unpaid salaries (media) • Gutierrez calls on Kurti “to ensure that RTK salaries are paid” (media) • Kurti: Our candidate status has been left sitting on an EU shelf for 3 years (media) • Former Kosovo Police member released from prison in Serbia (media) • Kosovo Customs confiscates 300 kilos of explosives at Vermice crossing (media) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric: With US congressmen about the position of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, RTS) • Deadlines for coalitions, certification of parties and candidates begin today (KiM radio, KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio) • Surlic: A return to negotiations with delegations would be a performance with the same outcome (Kosovo Online) • Kosovo with the highest inflation rate since 2023 (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Political parties in Kosovo will now pay the bills of their year-long tactics (Koha) International: • “Mirëdita, Dobar dan!” festival resumes in Prishtina, after last year’s Belgrade ban (Prishtina Insight) • “That trauma never lets you breathe”: A daughter’s 26-year search for her missing father (Prishtina Insight) • Digital rights violations pose democratic risks for Southeast Europe (BIRN) • Kosovo to offer 20 mln euro of 7-yr T-notes on Nov 25 (SeeNews)