Albanian Language Media: NATO notes that consensus of 32 members required on Kosovo (RTV21) Kurti: Austria and Kosovo built a strong partnership over the decades (RTK) Kosovo’s Election Commission joins A-WEB Executive Committee (media) Agency denies reports about removal of “Mitrovica North” from IDs (media) Hoxhaj: Kurti accepted Association, biggest damage in last 30 years (RTV21) Albanians in Serbia to protest against passivization of addresses (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: Head of UN: Situation in north of Kosovo tense, possible escalation (RTS, Blic, Danas) Ursula von der Leyen in two-day visit to Serbia (RTS, media) Arsenijevic calls on Kosovo police to open case against Missini café for ‘spreading ethnic intolerance’ (social media) Mesarovic: Serbia has significant economic cooperation with BRICS member states (Tanjug) Barac: EU lost ability to moderate dialogue, negotiations became ‘absurd’ (Kosovo Online) In Pristina, graffiti written against Fadil Geci, along with derogatory words for Serbs (KoSSev, Kallxo) International: Tena Prelec: People in the region need to feel like a part of Europe, rather than as a “super-periphery” (EWB)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti repeats the demands toward Serbia in the dialogue (RTK) • Barduani meets Kurti: Dialogue only way to compose ongoing issues (media) • Reuten: Punitive measures against Kosovo must be removed (media) • Kurti on terrorist attack in Turkey: Let’s work together to combat terrorism (media) • Haradinaj condemns terrorist attack in Ankara; “attack against peace” (media) • Osmani: Courts in Kosovo set a very good example of rule of law (RTK) • UNMIK: In north of Kosovo, still potential for escalation (Albanian Post) • Hovenier calls for fair, open, and inclusive selection process in call of KPC (media) • Citaku: Investigations against Kajtazi and Mehmetaj, orchestrated scandal (media) • First two projects of Kosovo Prosperity Fund signed in Mitrovica North (RTK) • Murati meets head of IMF Mission for Kosovo (media) • Police arrest person, find visit cards, shirts with nationalistic signs (media) • United Nations Day (Kosovapress) • Kearns: Vucic continues to seek closer ties to Putin (media) Serbian Language Media: • Meeting of Serbian delegation with Lajcak ended in Brussels, uncertainty about "tripartite" meeting (Beta, N1) • KoSSev: North Mitrovica omitted from ID cards, technical mistake or intention? • Students: This is beginning of our non-violent and democratic struggle for rights of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, media, social media) • Lawyer: Prosecution opened proceeding against President of Football Association in Kosovo over jerseys (Kosovo Online) • Subaric informs British Ambassador about appropriation of municipal land, seeks his support (Radio KIM) • Vulin: Belgrade will not impose sanctions on Moscow (N1) • Less: In long term, border changes are prerequisite for stabilization of Balkans (Kosovo Online) • Vucic recalled Serbian Ambassador to the UN Nemanja Stevanovic (NMagazin, Beta, Danas) • Vucic and Tusk meeting: Strengthening bilateral relations, EU integration, situations in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, media) Opinion: • NIN on story which is kept quiet about: Serbian women from Kosovo suffer sexual harassment (NIN, Blic) International: • Serbian, Kosovar negotiators meet with EU envoy to jump start stalled talks (RFE) • Ethnic tensions dominate life in divided Kosovan city, decades after war (Reuters) • Lost in Translation: Open Balkan ID initiative yet to take off (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: EC adopts reforms agenda of Kosovo and four countries of region (RFE) Kurti: The Berlin Process was crowned successfully (Gazeta Express) Krasniqi: Iber bridge should be opened, no reason for it to remain closed (media) Aliu: I have no official information from the Special Prosecution (media) Stano: Focus of the meeting, urgent need to implement the agreement (media) Svecla hails police operation that seized over 10 kilos of cocaine (media) Haradinaj meets Kasanof, asks for speedy NATO membership for Kosovo (media) Slovakia to close its liaison office in Kosovo by December 31 this year (RTK) Serbian Language Media: Donald Tusk and Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Belgrade today (RTS) A new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina tomorrow in Brussels (RTS, media) Lajcak, Lorkowski on WB integration to EU in context of normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina (Tanjug, Blic) Silent protest in North Mitrovica: University students march with mouths taped (KoSSev, media) First hearing in throwing tear gas in Kosovo Assembly case, Konjufca and others were not present (Kosovo Online) ARTICLE 19 launches news fact-checking campaign (N1, KoSSev) EC approves reform agendas of Serbia, other W Balkan partners (Tanjug) EP Rapporteur Picula insists on Serbia meeting EU accession criteria (N1, Hina) International: IMF keeps Kosovo's 2024 GDP growth projection at 3.8% (Seenews) Biserko: Vucic has given up on Kosovo (Albanian Daily News) 'Feces Everywhere': Balkan lake must clean up or lose UNESCO status (RFE) Balkan criminals planned murders using encrypted phones from Canadian startup Sky Global (OCCRP)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti opposes replication of Italy-Albania migration deals in Balkans (media) • Kurti: We already have an agreement, not only dialogue (Telegrafi) • US Embassy: O’Brien had important conversations with govt leaders (media) • Osmani emphasizes “importance of never giving up on freedom” (media) • Osmani meets Lawler, “strong partnership ensures regional stability” (media) • EU Office: Von der Leyen will visit Kosovo on October 26 (media) • Torres: Kosovo, American success story of democracy in the Balkans (media) • Terras from Estonia expected to be appointed EP Rapporteur for Kosovo (RFE) • Murati travels to U.S. for annual meetings of IMF and World Bank (media) • Govt, ICO with strategy to address challenges of communities in Kosovo (EO) • “SL silence about Rakic backs theories Radoicic’s people beat him up” (Express) • ARKEP authorizes Starlink to offer services in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Aljazeera on construction of 200 houses in northern Kosovo: Residents are asking for information about the future tenants • Tonino Picula the new rapporteur of the European Parliament for Serbia (N1, FoNet) • O'Brien: Pristina to send CSM draft to Constitutional Court (Kosovo Online) • Director of Telekom in Pristina: If they do not give us a license, damage will be paid (RTS) • Croatia to strengthen its presence in KFOR (Beta, Kosovo Online) • Selimi: Kurti signed agreement with Denmark to allocate prison, and criticizes Rama (Kosovo Online, social media) Opinion: • From girlhood to womanhood through public spaces (Kosovo 2.0) • Instead of a round of drinks - harsh glares (Radio kontakt plus) International: • Kurti opposes replication of Italy-Albania migration deals in Balkans (Euractiv) • Serbia hints at new long-term deal on Russian gas (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 21, 2024 Albanian Language Media: Kurti publishes agreement and declarations from Berlin Process (media) Osmani meets Torres; grateful for unwavering support for Kosovo (media) O’Brien: Establishment of Association, an important step (media) Kurti: Diplomacy played a key role in changing the status quo (RTK) AJK establishes Network of Women Journalists of Kosovo (media) “Unemployment rate among women has dropped to 10.7%” (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: Petkovic: We insist on all agreements reached over last 11 years (Kosovo Online) O’Brien: It is most important that Serbs in Kosovo live like normal, European people (Tanjug) Gerxhaliu: Ordinary people and private sector of Kosovo and Serbia suffering due to politicization (KiM radio) Gerxhaliu: We can't make young people stay with stories about war, we need to restore their lost hope (Kosovo Online) An explosive device thrown in a private yard in Zubin Potok (Radio KIM, KoSSev) Opinion What does Milorad Djokovic's case say about the judiciary in Kosovo? (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio) Choose carefully what you call “victories” (Sbunker) Beyond sovereignty and reforms: Safeguarding Kosovo’s multi-ethnicity and promoting a civic identity (New Social Initiative)