Albanian Language Media:

• U.S. will consult EU partners on next step toward Kosovo-Serbia agreement (Reporteri)
• EU denies that Kurti’s proposal was the only one on the table (RFE)
• US$34.7 mil grant agreement signed with USAID (Koha)
• Zvecan too votes in favor of joining Association of Kosovo Municipalities (Koha)
• World Democracy Day; Konjufca: Transparency, one of the key elements (KSP)
• After Radoicic threats, persons with Russian symbols place Serbian flags in north (KSP)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: A round of dialogue without progress, the EU did not see a willingness to compromise (FoNet, N1, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic meets Sarrazin (Tanjug, RTS)
• Petkovic: The EU said for the first time that Kurti is to blame for the failure of the dialogue in Brussels (RTS)
• Serbian List: Kurti sent a threat (KiM radio)
• Radakovic: Kurti’s message to Serbian List shameful, new type of threat (Kosovo Online)
• Gracanica: Serbian youths ordered 48 hours detention (KiM radio)
• Petkovic: Reckless beating of brothers Andrija and Mihajlo M. by the Kosovo police (Kosovo Online)
• Bus company owner: Pristina banned our vehicles from entering Kosovo – it’s discrimination (KoSSev)
• Serbian national interests in Kosovo - survival, normal life, and existence (KiM radio, KoSSev)

International:

• Struggle for Acceptance: Kosovo Societal Stigma Challenges LGBT Community’s Mental Health (BIRN)
• David Albahari, in memoriam (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 14, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell: Time to start implementing agreement in earnest (media)
• Osmani: Ready for new elections in north; guarantees from internationals (media)
• Haradinaj: Assembly must help Kosovo, bring down Kurti government (RTV21)
• Citaku to Kurti: Kosovo is more important than his ego (media)
• Klinaku: We will protest tomorrow against SPO and EULEX (Nacionale)
• After Leposavic, Zubin Potok too joins Association of Kosovo Municipalities (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic says talks in Brussels ended unsuccessfully, Pristina did not accept EU proposal (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Trilateral meeting takes place in Brussels (Tanjug)
• Vucic in Brussels, meets with Borrell, Lajcak (N1)
• Vucevic: Elections at the end of this year or at the beginning of 2024 (KiM radio, Beta, TV Prva)
• Bilcik: EU ready for enlargement, Belgrade and Pristina to normalise relations (RTS, Tanjug)
• Detention of Milun Milenkovic extended for two more months (Kosovo Online)
• Covic: “Brussels cunningly subverting again, they allow Kurti to create new reality” (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Momirovic: I have written to EC and EU, UK and US ministers about Pristina's ban on goods (Tanjug, media)
• When a JKP “Standard” accountant ends up working as street sweeper – a lawsuit filed against Rakic (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Abbot Sava Janjic: Kurti repeats Milosevic’s mistakes (DW)

International:

• BIRN Fact Check: Kosovo-Serbia ‘Implementation Annex’ Not Being Implemented (BIRN)
• The Future of Ukraine, Western Balkans & Moldova Is in the EU, von der Leyen Says (schengenvisainfo.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani and Ulutas talked about deepening cooperation with KFOR (RTK)
• Krasniqi replies to Escobar: Everything beyond administrative instruction is Belgrade's request (Koha)
• Rama: Kosovo's self-destructive tactics are helping victimization of Serbia (media)
• Rohde on Radomirovic’s detention in Serbia: Suspicions of political harassment (Klan)
• Nait Hasan's phone was confiscated by EULEX (media)
• Tahiri: Kurti has degraded dialogue process, he is agreeing to discuss internal issues (Reporteri)
• Bedri Krasniqi acquitted of charge of murdering the UNMIK and Kosovo policemen, Dizdari sentenced to 8 years in prison (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Escobar: I did not receive assurances from Kurti about commitment to normalisation (VoA)
• Botsan-Kharchenko: Kosovo issue will not be resolved tomorrow, but under new geopolitical circumstances (Politika, Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Filipovic: Witness of prosecution said he does not know Dusko Arsic (Kosovo Online)
• Mihajlovic: Vucic mustn’t consent to unconditional participation of Serbs in Kosovo elections (BETA, Novi Magazin)
• Zaporozac: 300 pupils more than last year in Serbian schools in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• 542,000 people who migrated from Kosovo live in Germany (Beta, N1, Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 12, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• EU: High-level meeting of Dialogue on Thursday (media)
• Joseph: Kurti and Vucic benefit from crisis in the north (Radio Free Europe)
• Feilcke: Urgent for Kosovo to find way out of this situation (Telegrafi)
• Kurti meets Major General Ozkan Ulutas (media)
• U.S. senators write to Blinken about situation of Albanians in Presevo Valley (media)
• Sinani: Historic that Presevo Valley issue reached peaks of world diplomacy (media)
• Albanian President meets Albanian political leaders from North Macedonia (AP)

Serbian Language Media:

• Spoke with Lajcak, security of Serbs main topic in Brussels, says Vucic (Kosovo Online, N1)
• Brnabic on upcoming high-level talks in Brussels (RTS)
• Odalovic: The declaration of the Brdo-Brioni summit a wish list, Kurti comes to Brussels only to create problems (RTS)
• Marinkovic: In two years number of Serb pupils in Kosovo decreased by 1000 (Radio KIM, BETA)
• Radosavljevic: Fining of companies in north aimed at putting additional pressure on Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Subaric: Attack on young man from Gracanica unprovoked, asks international community to react (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Journalists’ Association of Serbia branch in KiM statement on incidents against media workers (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)

International:

• Prishtina’s Chaotic Urban Evolution Evoques Nostalgia About the Past (BIRN)
• New Elections Are no ‘Magic Wand’ for Serbia’s Divided Opposition (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 11, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani at meeting of leaders of region within Brdo-Brione Process (Koha)
• Kurti and the U.S. deputy ambassador commemorate the September 11 attack (media)
• Emin Hoxhaj appointed director of Agency for Protection of Classified Information (media)
• Israeli Minister of Tourism to visit Kosovo (media)
• Tahiri: We are committed to overthrow Kurti government (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brdo-Brioni summit in Skopje, leaders on dialogue in the region and the European path (RTS)
• Vucic: Correct and constructive discussion in Skopje (Tanjug, RTS)
• Dacic: Kurti politically disoriented, he is the biggest threat to peace (Kosovo Online, Kurir)
• Third hearing in case of Sladjan Trajkovic closed to public (Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM: Burned returnee house in Madjunsko; Serbian List: Attacks are a daily occurrence (KiM radio)
• Protest organisers submit request for snap elections (N1)
• Serbian opposition leader: We will focus on forming large bloc for elections (BETA, N1)

International:

• Athens denies Kosovo PMs statement that it’s close to recognising independence (Euractiv)
• Men Only: Kosovo’s Public Broadcaster Snubs High-Scoring Women for Top Posts (BIRN)
• State Department Rebukes Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti For Uncoordinated Actions In North Mitrovica (The Pavlovic Today)