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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 27, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Torres, Mandl: Kosovo is, will always be an independent democracy (media) • German embassy on closing of Serbia-funded centers in north of Kosovo (media) • Hyseni: Kurti 3 government will be formed (EO) • Osmani and civil society discuss Commission for Transitional Justice (media) • Orav: Over €880 million for implementation of Kosovo Reform Agenda (media) • COMKFOR Barduani visits Albania (media) • Prosecution requests from Court of Appeal Glauk Konjufca’s retrial (media) Serbian Language Media: • German Embassy: Agreement on the Path to Normalization between Kosovo and Serbia not outdated (Kosovo online, RFE) • Petkovic met Li Ming: 9,000 users are at risk with the closure of centers for social work (KiM radio) • SNV, 'Otadzbina' and SNF: Serbian List organizes Serbs from Kosovo to support Vucic (KiM radio) • Vucic: Dodik’s verdict is directed against the Serb people as a whole (N1, Beta, media) • Picula: Dialogue positive, not optimistic about EU integration (N1, Hina) • NIS gets 30-day extension on US sanctions, said Vucic (N1) Opinion: • Kosovo’s foreign policy amid global uncertainty (Kosovo 2.0) International Media: • Outcomes from Kosovo’s 2025 Parliamentary Election (e-ir.info) • U.S. State Department Backs Conviction of Milorad Dodik (Sarajevo Times) • Shrugging off pay threats, Serbian teachers strike in support of students (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 26, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: People expecting from us to form new institutions ASAP (media) • French Embassy: Actions in north damage efforts for normalization (media) • “Actions of security institutions not aimed against international partners” (media) • Haxhiu: Kurti never refused to give testimony to prosecution (Indeksonline) • Taravari: If part of Kosovo taken away, it could ignite Third World Conflict (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic met Botsan-Kharchenko, discussed current affairs (Kosovo Online, media) • Journalists' Association of Serbia and its branch in Kosovo: Ensure working conditions and professional independence of RTK2 (KiM Radio, medijacentar.info) • Vorgucic and Milutinovic: There will be no Serbian media in Kosovo if there is no support (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Slovak MFA: A principled stance on Ukraine, just as we do not recognize Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Pilja: Pristina's request for special guest status in the Council of Europe is on the agenda (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, Blic) • 15 Minutes of Silence vigil held in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • EC expects Serbia to provide good environment for civil society (N1) • Freedom House: Because of Vucic and SNS, citizens' freedoms are constantly deteriorating (NMagazin, N1) International Media: • Germany’s new parliament includes 21 MPs of Balkan origin (BIRN) • Serbian police raids target NGOs supported by USAID (RFE) • Dodik sentenced to a year in prison and and banned from serving as RS president (N1 Sarajevo)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 25, 2025

Albanian Language Media: Osmani and Swedish Ambassador sign Cooperation Agreement (RTK) Six people arrested for assaulting police officers in Mitrovica North (media) KFOR Finnish soldiers conduct patrol in northern Kosovo (media) Feith to Kosovo: Don't take U.S. support for granted from now on (euronews.al) Prelec calls CEC’s protracted vote count a state collapse (ekonomia) Enver Hoxhaj congratulates German CDU officials (Blic) Kurti: Faik Rexhepi – symbol of important political events (RTK) Serbian Language Media: Vucic receives EP's Fourlas, says Serbia remains on EU path (Tanjug) Vucic: Serbia should have abstained in UNGA vote on EU resolution on Ukraine (Tanjug, media) Serbian List condemns mistreatment of young men during arrest by Kosovo police (Kosovo Online, media) Claims of excessive use of force by Kosovo police during arrest of six men in Mitrovica North, police deny (Alternativna.com, Radio KIM) Brnabic: I will meet with Picula, his assessment of Serbia's progress is ‘disgrace’ (Tanjug) Police raid NGOs, investigating USAID funding (N1, RTS) Joe Travel provides free transport for upcoming students protest in Nis from Mitrovica North (Radio kontakt plus) International Media: Dazed and confused: Kosovo parties mull options after indecisive election (BIRN) ‘Case Closed’: How Kosovo authorities neglected investigation into North Mitrovica incident (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 24, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani congratulates Merz on victory in German elections (Klan) • Maqedonci says U.S. troops will not leave Kosovo (media) • Osmani expresses condolences to Bajram Qerkini's family (Kallxo) • EULEX statement on the passing of Bajram Qerkini (media) • IMC continues field monitoring to stop illegal broadcasting (media) Serbian Language Media: • Head of the Resource Center for Missing Persons, Bajram Qerkini, passed away (KoSSev, KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac) • Shahini: Producers, traders, and consumers will benefit from the agreement with EFTA members (Kosovo Online) • Kosovo and EU measures: A deadlock with long-term consequences (RFE, KiM radio) • Brnabic: First laws, then the resignation of the Government, we are not going to new elections (KiM radio, Beta, euronews.rs) International Media: • Ukraine war anniversary: Exiles in Balkans rebuild lives in uncertain times (BIRN) • Parallel government: How Vucic turned Serbia’s constitution on its head (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 21, 2025

Albanian Language Media: • Pentagon official: No changes to presence of U.S. troops in Kosovo (media) • KFOR Commander: We support the EU-facilitated dialogue (media) • Kosovo police intelligence unit member “threatened by Serbian BIA” (media) • Police shut down three centers in the north (Koha) • Maqedonci at Halifax Security Forum: Kosovo achieved thanks to partners (RTK) • Haradinaj with a harsh status on Facebook (media) • Specialist Chambers release Sabit Januzi and Ismet Bahtijari on bail (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucevic: The possible withdrawal of the US from KFOR may complicate the Kosovo security conditions (Tanjug) • Petkovic: By raiding social welfare centers, Kurti directly hit most sensitive and vulnerable categories of Serbs (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Serbian List: Disappointed by election results, Kurti again attacking everything that is Serbian (Kosovo Online, media) • Leposavic Social Welfare Centre Director: This is blow to most vulnerable categories of population (Kosovo Online) • Kosovo police raids centers for social welfare in Leposavic and Mitrovica North (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Trial of Sladjan Trajkovic continues (Kosovo Online) • Investigations launched due to seven cases of election abuses, in two suspicions of "Bulgarian train" scheme (KoSSev) • Vucic blames construction industry for Novi Sad railway station tragedy (N1) • Nis municipality declares March 1 Students’ Day (N1, Juzne Vesti)