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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2019

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Daka: Election process coming to a close (RFE) • Makolli: Increasingly difficult to return citizens from Syria (media) Serbian Language Media: • KP released photos of “new suspects in Ivanovic’s murder”; Vucic: Students who had nothing to do with murder (KoSSev) • Nauru revoked recognition of Kosovo (RTS, Blic) • KoSSev: A year of 100% taxes • Djuric: Reciprocity is self-isolation (Danas) • Detention of Nenad Arsic extended (Tanjug, B92) • Potera: Ballots from Serbia were poisoned in Pristina (Kosovo Online, FB) • Djuric comments a meeting between Kurti and Ugljanin (Blic, B92) International: • Serbia and Russia defend ties as spy scandal erupts before leaders meet (The Irish Times) Humanitarian/Development: • Minister: Kosovo to gain access to global environment funds (Koha) • Lion discovered caged in Gjilan restaurant (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 21, 2019

Albanian Language Media: • Albin Kurti and Isa Mustafa to meet tomorrow (Indeksonline) • Haradinaj: Kosovo has gained a great deal from import tax on Serbia (media) • Zeka: Reciprocity with Serbia would be more effective (media) • “Tariff was used to cover up corruption scandals” (Gazeta Express) • Van Gelder: World Bank supports regional economic integration activities (Koha) • Kosovo police in search of two suspects in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (media) Serbian Language Media: • Who beat up the residents of Strpce? Ombudsman has not launched any investigation, “because nobody complained to him” (KoSSev) • Spahiu: ''The question of Kosovan nation should not even be raised'' (Kosovo Online, Klan Kosova) • Moscow: Nothing can harm Russia – Serbia brotherly relations (Reuters, N1) • Serbian Government says Referendum Law does not change because of Kosovo (RFE) • Ruzic: New referendum regulations are merely harmonization with the Constitution (RTS) International: • Woman and Man Charged With Terror Offenses in Kosovo (AP/NYT) • A year of the tariff (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Street Artists Brighten Up Kosovo’s Divided Mitrovica (Balkan Insight) • Pessimism Prevails among Serbs in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2019

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Swedish Academy defends awarding Handke Nobel Prize (Prishtina Insight) • One year since 100% tariff, Serbia loses 99 percent of Kosovo’s market (Telegrafi) • Kurti meets Italy’s Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Trend Analysis: General trends not in favour of Serbs (KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio, RTV Puls, Kosovo Online) • Politika on Visoki Decani Monastery: Attacks, walls, endurance and life (Politika, Radio KIM, Kosovo-online) • Jevtic: Nothing disputable in fact that we go to Belgrade, we are ready to talk to everyone (Kosovo-online) • Comic book ‘Welcome to Kosovo’ published in France (B92) • PM of North Macedonia Zaev: "I am frightened, I am breaking inside...’ (B92, NY Times) International: • Motion submitted on reviewing Maldives' recognition of Kosovo independence (AVAS) Humanitarian/Development: • Kurti: Children's education is a constitutional right (media) • Calls for greater mobilisation to implement Law on Child Protection (media) • Let children be children! (KoSSev) • No solution in sight for the Gracanka river: "Sometimes protests and roadblocks are needed'' (KIM radio, KoSSev, RTV Puls)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 19, 2019

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 19, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti briefs Dutch Ambassador on priorities of new government (media) • Thaci: Kosovo Army was born from cooperation with KFOR (Lajmi) • “Serbs comfortable with KSF, despite pressure from Belgrade” (Indeksonline) • Calculations for forming government coalition change (RFE) • Weber: Rama needs Mini-Schengen for himself, he is not eminent to defend Kosovo’s interests (Express) • LVV and LDK do not admit publicly they agreed to shut down PAK (Express) • Haradinaj: Mini-Schengen, expansion of Russian influence in the Balkans (media) Serbian Language Media: • Slavko Simic: Theoretical and political chance for elections to be annulled (Radio Mitrovica, Prva TV) • Raška-Prizren Eparchy strongly protests over latest abuse of Saint Nicholas Church in Novo Brdo archaeological remains (Raska-Prizren Eparchy, Serbian media) • Paris changes rules: Seven EU accession packages (B92, Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti) • England-Kosovo match: Euphoria, gratitude and anti-Serb chants in Pristina (KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • KOMF: Air pollution with long-term consequences in children (Koha) • Kosovo Roma Woman ‘Died in Despair’ after War Rape Testimony (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2019

Albanian Language Media: • Thaci address international conference on religion in Tirana (media) • Vetevendosje rejects NISMA and AKR (Gazeta Express) • LDK MP: There is no problem with votes, new elections in 2023 (Indeksonline) • “41% of enterprises believe Kosovo–Serbia deal would increase export” (media) • Major number of Kosovans still in Syria and Iraq, 40 of them ISIS fighters (media) • RIDEA presents studies of the final phase of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian List reaction to a music video filmed at Novo Brdo: Desecration of the Serbian holy shrines with inappropriate behaviour (RTS) • Kurti says it's known who killed Kosovo Serb leader (N1, KoSSev, Pobjeda) • Igor Simic: Kurti is directly interfering in the work of judicial bodies (RTS) • Djuric: Kurti’s intention is to militarize Albanians (RTS) • "NATO is eroding and I can only welcome that" (B92) • France proposes seven-step EU accession process (Hina, N1, EU Observer) • RFE: Thirteen EU members demand expansion to Western Balkans in a non-paper? (B92, Beta) Opinion: • It is in Russia's interest that Kosovo issue remains unresolved? (B92, Kosovo online, RFE) • Turkish Threat over ISIS Fighters Poses Challenge for Balkans (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic hospitalized with heart condition (DW) Humanitarian/Development: • Balkan Coal Power Plants Failing Toxic Emissions Targets (Balkan Insight)