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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 17, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• State Department reiterates Kosovo-Serbia dialogue the only way forward (media)
• Kurti on Vucic measures: Desperation, part of campaign for new conflicts (media)
• Kurti: Association only as part of package for normalization with mutual recognition (media)
• House built by government funds in Mitrovica North set on fire (media)
• Ramadani: Serbia wants situation in north to go from fragile to escalation (media)
• Kurti meets mayor of Zubin Potok municipality and department heads (media)
• Threatening message left on car of Zvecan municipal assembly member (media)
• Maqedonci: Serbia’s approach does not scare Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• Joseph: U.S. needs to change its position towards Belgrade (media)
• Orav meets Aliu; “the Green Agenda remains one of EU’s top priorities!” (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian List meets SRSG Ziadeh, discusses position of Serbs in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• 230 hectares of usurped Serb properties in village of Miroce village still unresolved, owners appeal to competent Prosecutor's Office to act (KoSSev)
• Serbian delegation warned of Pristina’s terror against Serbs at meetings during NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Tanjug)
• Brnabic: For Serbs in Kosovo there is no bigger threat than Kurti (RTV, TV Pink)
• Kurti again with Canak and Baskin, this time reinforced by Rasic and Boris Bojovic (KoSSev)
• Haziri: Presence of Kosovo special police in north does not represent de-escalation (Kosovo Online)
• Strategic agreement cooperation soon between Serbia and USA in Washington (Tanjug)
• Former police officer in Prizren refuted allegations of committing war crimes in Kosovo (RTS)
• Threatening message written on vehicle of Zvecan municipal assembly official in Mitrovica South (KoSSev, media)
• Signing of decision to abolish visas for Serbian Administration Directorate passport holders to take place tomorrow (Kosovo Online)
• Bieber: Support for Jadar lithium mining project a tragic mistake of EU (N1, Radar)

Opinion:

• U.S. policy reset in the Western Balkans (media)
• The inaugural editorial, or why is everyone acting oblivious? (EWB)

International:

• Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania among world’s worst in household waste disposal - report (BIRN)
• Marta Kos from Slovenia nominated as the new European Commissioner for Enlargement (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 16, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Konjufca: We don’t fear Vucic’s threats (media)
Kurti: We never had greater support from the people than now (Kallxo)
Konjufca: Democracy is maintained through civic engagement (Indeksonline)
Haxhiu: Internationals must pressure Serbia to hand over criminals (EO)
Kurti and Rasic meet with Canak and Bojovic in Pristina (media)
Kandic: Closing of Serbia’s institutions in Kosovo, not a ‘terror by Kurti’ (media)
Luhrmann to arrive in Kosovo today, will meet Osmani (media)
Stradner: Another Vucic’s nonsense as he seeks attention from West (media)
Georgiev: Let’s accept the truth, Serbia has recognized Kosovo (media)
Kosovo welcomes Ukrainian journalist Kostyantyn Grygorenko (media)

Serbian Language Media:

The EU welcomes Belgrade's request for the return of Serbs to Kosovo's institutions (RFE)
Serbian Foreign Ministry: Pristina’s political structures violate Serbs’ human rights (FoNet, N1)
Son of arrested Panitc: Only fault of my father was that he did not want to sell his apartment and property (Kosovo Online)
Vucic approves initiative to reintroduce mandatory military service in Serbia (Tanjug, N1)
Aleksic on mandatory military service (N1)
Miletic from Zvecan issued financial fine and suspended sentence over last year’s May 29 events (Kosovo Online, media)

Opinion:

What does the US election mean for Kosovo? (Kosovo 2.0)
From whistle to Kalashnikov, from actor to masked criminal: Arsenijević as a protagonist of disinformation (Alternativna.com)

International:

From behind a curtain, Kosovo teen films military turmoil (BIRN)
Vucic maneuver to stay with and against the West by destabilizing Kosovo (media)
Worst floods in decades claim lives in Central, Southeast Europe (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 13, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani: Vucic wants to annex the north according to Putin’s scenario (media)
• Police confirm pamphlets ‘inciting hatred and division’ in north of Kosovo (media)
• Haliti: Govt decided to give time to allies on the opening of bridge (Telegrafi)
• VV MP says bridge will be opened: We never mentioned a date (media)
• Police seize 6 million dinars, US$ 57,000, €10,000 in raid in Leposavic (Koha)
• “Serbs in north concerned by reports in media controlled by Vucic” (media)
• Knaus: The blindness of the West is remarkable (media)
• Rohde congratulates Osmani on receiving M100 Media Award (media)
• “The truth” about Kosovo in Serbia (Radio Free Europe)
• “Social Media: from the “Magic Bullet” to the “Tragic Bullet” (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucevic: Measures we will take will be aimed at keeping peace and protecting Serbs in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS, media)
• Serbia’s path to resolve Kosovo crisis unveiled by Serbian ambassador to Montenegro (KoSSev)
• Simic: Situation in Kosovo has never been worse, Serbs live in a situation similar to apartheid (Tanjug, RTS)
• New dialogue round on Tuesday, Pristina refuses trilateral meeting (Tanjug)
• Stano didn’t confirm date of next chief negotiators meeting (N1, media)
• Orav with representatives of Serb parties and civil society; Vokrri: “No incident is provoked without the support of international bureaucrats” (N1, KoSSev)
• Photo from filming a movie is reason for new discrediting of Arsenijevic (Radio KIM, KoSSev, Radio Kontakt plus, social media)

International:

• “We had an impact”: Kosovo war photographer says images affected West’s policies (Prishtina Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• ‘Dream come true’: Kosovo’s paralympic pioneer recalls making history in Paris (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 12, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: Banjska indictment could’ve been filed earlier, better late than never (media)
EU welcomes filing of indictment about Banjska attack (media)
Kurti: Archive material seized to be used for research needs and purposes (media)
Prelec: Kurti’s strategy in the north of Kosovo is successful (media)
Ternava: Presentations with hate speech ruining inter-religious harmony (media)
AmCham expresses concern over Kosovo’s potential exclusion from regional initiatives (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Serbian List met Orav, calls on EU to take clear stance in condemning Pristina’s behavior (Kosovo Online)
Sentic after visiting arrested young men: Inhuman treatment by police, visible injuries which were not recorded in medical report (KoSSev)
Fourteenth day of blockade of Serbian institutions in North of Kosovo (Danas, KoSSev)
Initiative “Freedom from Fear” letter to European institutions: “Kurti's rule like South African Apartheid” (Danas, Beta, Politika)
Vucic to address the public tomorrow at 6pm (Danas, media)
Vucic: The EU and its member states urgently to oppose the arbitrariness of Pristina (RTS, media)
Vulin: Chinese support for Serbia's integrity appreciated exceptionally highly (Tanjug)
US Ambassador: Anti-lithium protesters against Serbia turning to West (N1)

International:

Prishtina opens shelter to combat stray dogs crisis amid rising attacks (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

A study on the long-term consequences of war-time rape in Kosovo (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 11, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Indictment filed against 45 people for the "Banjska" case (Koha)
• Kurti: Investments that have not been made for two decades, are being made in north (Koha)
• Konjufca: Internationals discriminating Kosovo; different treatment for Serbia (Koha)
• Gervalla on the bridge: We’re waiting for a convenient moment for citizens (media)
• Maqedonci: We will have Javelin missiles at the right time (Koha)
• Government approves amended draft law on Bureau of Asset Confiscation (Koha)
• Kosovo leaders’ messages on anniversary of September 11 attacks (media)
• Kurti remembers “end of supervision of Kosovo’s independence” (media)
• Qelaj: Every action in north needs to attend to respect for human rights (EO)
• Protest at Mitrovica North police station, demanding release of four Serbs (Koha)
• Spiropali in Pristina: Kosovo is a national priority for Albania (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Protest in front of police station in Mitrovica North over arrest of 4 young Serbs, “Police of Kurti-land” among banners (KoSSev, media, social media)
• The interrogation of the arrested young men will be in the north (KoSSev, KiM radio, Kontak plus)
• Rade Nedeljkovic: My son was brutally beaten up (Radio KIM)
• Blowing whistles in Mitrovica North is obstruction of public peace and order, when Kurti blew whistles in Kosovo Assembly it was ‘patriotic policy’ (KoSSev)
• Arsenijevic: No reason to complain to PIK, they act as police advocate (KoSSev)
• Serbs in Kosovo exposed to persecution and police torture (NMagazin, Beta)
• Discrimination of newborn children due to discharge papers in Kosovo (Zenski.info, Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic: Pristina demonstrates force daily, Kurti wants an ethnically pure Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTV)
• Vucic to Herzog: No outbursts of anti-semitism in Serbia (N1, media)

Opinion:

• Don’t drop the ball on Kosovo (carnegieendowment.org)

International:

• Kurti’s unilateral takeover of North Kosovo: Pre-election boost which risks increasing tensions (EWB)
• Arming Serbia is dangerous for Europe, says Kosovo FM (TRT World)
• Kosovo resident found guilty of threatening BIRN crew (BIRN)