Albanian Language Media:
Kurti received teams of election observation missions from European Union and CoE Parliamentary Assembly (media)
Konjufca meets CoE Parliamentary Assembly delegation (media)
Specialist Chambers confirm that former KLA leaders will be allowed to vote in February 9 elections (media)
Kusari: IMC Chairman Jeton Mehmeti expected to be illegally dismissed today (Reporteri)
ECSP rejects LVV's complaint against Aleksandar Arsenijevic (Kallxo)
French MFA: Kosovo government's unilateral actions jeopardize prospects for lifting measures (media)
World Bank approves over $89 million for two new projects Kosovo (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Petkovic meets with representatives of Serbs from Kosovo (Tanjug)
Serbian List meets chief of EU Election Observation Mission (Kosovo Online)
Jablanovic meets chief of EU Observation Mission (Radio KIM)
Serbian People’s Movement starts election campaign (Alternativna.com, media)
Commissariat calls on displaced persons from Kosovo to vote on February 9 elections (Danas, RTS, media)
CEC does not have information in Serbian language on its portal about accreditation procedure of journalists and observers (Radio KIM)
Vucic, Chinese Ambassador discuss bilateral cooperation (Tanjug)
China MFA: Unilateral actions not conducive to resolving problems (Kosovo Online)
Northern Kosovo: Top destination for morning shopping (Alternativna.com, social media)
Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch calls for peace (N1)
“You won’t run us over”: Protests over hit-and-run of student (N1)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 17, 2025
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 16, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Osmani meets EU election observation mission (media)
• UNMIK Chief reiterates calls for dialogue and sustainable solutions following yesterday’s Police action (media)
• ECAP issues fines to LDK and Vetevendosje for violating code of conduct (media)
• EU election observation mission in Kosovo starts work on Jan 18 (Express)
• Ivanovic’s son on 7th anniversary of killing: Disappointed but I have hope (Koha)
• Serwer says Kosovo-Serbia relations could deteriorate (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
• Head of UNMIK: We are concerned about the closure of institutions financed by Serbia (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTS, media)
• Petkovic: The Serbs who lost their jobs in Kosovo will not be left without salaries and affiliation (RTS, Beta, NMagazin, N1)
• Seven years without Oliver Ivanovic: A legacy remembered, justice awaited (KoSSev)
• Serbian List today filed an appeal against the CEC's decision on electoral commissions (Blic, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio, media)
• Defense of Milosavljevic: The whole procedure consists of unreliable witnesses, matrix for the trial of Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: The deepest respect for Donald Trump, your contribution to peace deserves every praise (Tanjug, media)
• Dragan Šutanovac the new ambassador of Serbia to the USA (Tanjug, RTS, media)
Opinion:
• Things in the Balkans can get worse (peacefare.net)
International Media:
• Kosovo leaders honour US diplomat who exposed brutal village massacre (BIRN)
• Witness-tampering charges could prove costly for Kosovo’s Thaci (BIRN)
• Energy security: political party pledges (Kosovo 2.0)
• Husband and three others indicted over femicide in Prishtina (PI)
• Albania greenlights Jared Kushner plan to develop island as luxury resort (BIRN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 15, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• Kosovo shuts down Serbian-funded municipalities and institutions (media)
• British Minister encourages Kosovo, Serbia for constructive dialogue (RTK)
• EU Office: Justice and accountability for crimes in Recak remain delayed (media)
• Osmani and Kurti pay homage together in Recak (Zeri)
• OSCE Mission in Kosovo remembers Racak massacre (Express)
• US Embassy in Kosovo commemorates Recak massacre (RTK)
• Rohde: What happened in Recak is a fact (RTK)
• Albanian President on Recak massacre: It changed Kosovo’s history (media)
• Maqedonci meets congressman Hamadeh, discusses global security challenges (Klan)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic left the Brussels talks due to the intrusion of the KP into Serbian institutions (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Vucevic: Kurti turned the pre-election campaign into a continuation of violence against the Serbian people (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Djuric and Petkovic on the KP incursion into Serbian institutions; the international community to react: "The time for action is now, silence is complicity" (Blic, media)
• KP without a search warrant raided post office and municipal buildings (Kosovo Online)
• The KP detained the presidents of the temporary authorities of the municipalities of Vucitrn and Lipljan (Blic, Kosovo Online)
• KP raided all municipal and Post Office buildings in the Serbian system south of the Ibar River (media)
• President of the PA Pristina in Gracanica: A great shame, we will not surrender (KiM radio)
• Director of the Serbian Post in Kosovo: We will manage, we will live (KiM radio)
• Director of the Center for Social Work in Gracanica: Families using the Center for Social Work’s services are at risk (Kosovo Online)
• Barduani: Banjska and the Sabotage on the Ibar-Lepenac canal are separate incidents, each requiring an independent investigation (KoSSev)
International Media:
• Kosovo factory offers hope to disabled people struggling for work (BIRN)
• CEFTA and path to EU accession: challenges and new directions (Osservatorio balcani)
• Serbia in 2025: Potential for new protest momentum (BIRN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 14, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
Kos: We expect movement in Kosovo after elections (media)
Kallas to choose Sorensen as envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE)
Maqedonci meets Buland, discuss furthering cooperation (media)
Barduani: KFOR will maintain its permanent presence on Iber Bridge until political solution is reached (media)
CoE Parliamentary delegation to visit Kosovo to assess election campaign (media)
YIHR to open Children of War Museum in Pristina on January 22 (Klan)
EULEX Strengthens with Reserve Formed Police Unit to support stability (media)
Kadiu: Kosovo was equal party at dialogue table during this mandate (media)
Symbolic action against Serbian discrimination by Albanians in the Valley (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic requested an advisory referendum on his dismissal (Beta, N1, media)
Vucic meets with Botsan-Kharchenko, requests start of consultations on NIS (Tanjug, media)
Lavrov: Russia requested urgent consultations with Serbia over sanctions on NIS (N1)
Hill: I am satisfied with the level of development in the relations between Serbia and Ukraine (Kosovo Online, Blic TV)
Ignoring Special Prosecutor's Office summons by Kurti: Is law in Kosovo equal for everyone? (Kosovo Online)
Simic: Serbian List's appeal approved; CEC meeting expected today to form new polling committees (Kosovo Online)
Removal of waste from house used by socially vulnerable families started (Radio KIM)
“Long barrels” barred from entering two restaurants in Leposavic (Alternativna.com)
Opinion:
Rakocevic: Not even the Orthodox New Year without incidents; people got used to fear in Kosovo (N1, nova.rs)
Serbs in Kosovo: One week until Trump and one month until the elections (KoSSev)
International Media:
Grieving parents seek justice for Serbian media coverage of school shooting (Balkan Insight)
Switzerland and Serbia both offer to host Putin-Trump meeting (euronews.com)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 13, 2025
Albanian Language Media:
• CEC announces online registration of voters with special needs (media)
• Different expectations from the February 9 elections (media)
• Kurti: We increased participation of women in state administration (media)
• “Djuric interferes in Kosovo elections, calls on Serbs to vote Serbian List” (media)
• Lajcak: This week’s focus on meeting of Missing Persons commission (media)
• Maqedonci and Jashari in US, meetings also at State Department (RTK)
• Osmani congratulates Milanovic on reelection as Croatian President (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Serbian FM says talks started with US on NIS (RTS, N1, Kosovo Online)
• UNS: Constitutional Court removed Cyrillic inscription from its name, thus violated Constitution (Radio KIM, media)
• Serbian Democracy, Serbian People’s Movement filed appeal against composition of polling committees (Alternativna.com, media)
• Former members of Brezovica Ski Center Management Board request annulment of selection, claim new board is ‘illegal, biased and political’ (KoSSev, media)
• Poland's MFA: Opportunities for Kosovo progress in the EU are limited (Kosovo Online)
• "Greater Albania" flag flown at Self-Determination rally in Mitrovica South (Kosovo Online, media)
• Protest in front of Constitutional Court in Belgrade (N1)
Opinion:
• The EU keeps on improvising with Kosovo (Koha)
• Election campaign in Kosovo - Serbian parties fighting for votes, but also with imposed procedures (RTS)
International Media:
• Elections 2025: The election campaign begins (Kosovo 2.0)
• Trump’s annexation remarks risk reigniting Balkan border disputes (intellinews.com)