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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 8, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani to all women: Never stop dreaming, but especially, never stop believing (media)
• Kurti appreciates the role of women who spoke publicly about sexual violence during the war (Koha)
• Government appoints Gazmend Hoxha as director of the Kosovo Police (media)
• Hill about the meeting in Ohrid: Too early to make assessments (Express)
• The opposition parties leave the Assembly hall, government waiting for its MP (Koha)
• Haradinaj: The European plan also includes recognition, it will have the vote of AAK (media)
• Tahiri: I hope the MPs today understand the danger of "self-management” (Paparaci)

Serbian Language Media:

• Office for KiM: Arrested Arsic member of Kosovo police, declared guilty before trial (Radio KIM)
• Serbian List: The arrest of Arsic is intimidation aimed at expelling the Serbian people (Kosovo Online, KiM radio)
• Students in Belgrade protested the European proposal for Kosovo (KiM radio, Danas)
• Novosti: Vucic to form People’s Movement for state, start touring Serbia (N1)
• Tanjug: Kosovo special police beat up two Serbs near Leposavic
• Aktiv survey says Serbs in north feel unsafe, majority of respondents want to leave (Radio KIM)
• Kovacevic: Reconciliation between two peoples is solution (Radio KIM, N1)
• On 8 March women in Pristina and Belgrade march (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• More on the European agreement, Waiting for March 18/24 (KoSSev)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Regional documentaries on media and journalism you must watch: What makes a good documentary? (seenpm.org)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 7, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 7, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Scholz: I believe this process will soon be successfully completed (media)
• Stoltenberg: NATO takes situation in Kosovo seriously, parties should find solution (Koha)
• Rohde: Opposition should be constructive vis-a-vis European plan (media)
• Haziri: None of Lajcak’s 16 models for Association suits Kosovo (teve1)
• Slovak Foreign Ministry: We expect constructive approach in upcoming talks (Express)
• LDK leader Abdixhiku invited to official visit in Paris (media)
• Citizen puts his property for sale in Shterpce, blames Serbian List for pressure (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Lajcak with Vucic on March 13 and 14 on the implementation of the plan for the normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina (RTS)
• Serbian List: KLA leaders as a logo on official emails (Beta, Danas)
• Raskovic-Ivic: We will launch initiative to impeach Vucic for violation of Constitution (Danas)
• Part of opposition to request Constitutional Court’s assessment of Vucic’s acts (Danas)
• Rakic Vodinelic: Vucic violated the Constitution to the extent that Kosovo is recognized (NMagazin, Nova, Beta)
• Judge Petrov: Possible violation of the oath and the preamble of the Constitution cannot be the basis for the president's responsibility (NMagazin, Politika, Beta)
• Dacic: No need for new discussion in Parliament, nothing has been signed (N1, FoNet, Politika)
• Miljan Adzic released pending trial (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Short public letter to fellow journalists, civil society and politicians in Serbia (AP)

International:

• EU Plan Puts Kosovo In ‘Better Strategic Position Than Serbia’ – Foreign Advisor (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 6, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Bislimi: We will ensure that all minorities are safe (media)
• Eichhorst: Now we have to find ways to implement provisions from European proposal (Klan)
• Opposition: European proposal is a continuation of "status-quos" (Ekonomia Online)
• Association: This is what solution looks like, there is no other – it is European (Albanian Post)
• Shea: Association can be done without jeopardising sovereignty (Paparaci)
• PSD places 205 thousand signatures against Association in front of government, warns of a protest (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brnabic: ‘Anti-state coalition’ did everything to make Serbia’s position difficult (N1)
• Obradovic: Five parliamentary parties request Assembly session on Kosovo (Radio KIM, media)
• Opposition: In Belgrade on March 17, a warning protest ahead of the meeting between Vucic and Kurti (KoSSev)
• Djilas: Rejecting agreement which is not good for Serbia – is not good either (Radio KIM, media)
• Patriarch Porfirije: The Church has never deviated from Kosovo and Metohija and has never abandoned it (SOC website, media)
• Ristic, Trajkovic and Jovic sent third letter to Patriarch (media)
• Peoples’ Party undertakes action against Franco-German plan for Kosovo (social media)
• Nova.rs: European diplomats on point 4 of the agreement: Kosovo in the UN only with the consent of permanent members (KoSSev, N1)
• Romania's stance on Kosovo unchanged – MFA (Tanjug)
• UNS and DNKiM call on institutions to ensure translation for journalists (media)
• Hill: ZSO must be formed, 10 years is too long (KiM radio, Tanjug, N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 3, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 2, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Kosovo, the first among six WB countries for electoral democracy (media)
• Germany: Without the Association, there is no agreement with Serbia (Klan)
• Rasic on the European proposal: The agreement is good (Koha)
• “Prime Ministers of 27 EU countries planned to participate at the signing ceremony” (Paparaci)
• Bislimi on an official visit to Athens (media)
• Elections in the north are legitimate even without participation of Serbian List (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vox Pop in Gracanica: No one must give up on Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Survey: Most respondents negatively assess European proposal, claim it would lead to accelerated departure of Serbs from Kosovo, bring nothing good (KoSSev)
• Invisible People: Large number of adult persons cannot obtain Kosovo documents (Radio Gorazdevac, Radio KIM)
• Women in Media: Sexual harassment, discrimination, extra working hours (Radio KIM, KoSSev)
• Synzog on expropriations, EU proposal, development of north (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev)
• Vucic meets with Hill (Tanjug)
• Lavrov: ZSO issue in Kosovo and Minsk Agreement same deceptions by West (Kosovo Online, Klix.ba)
• We expect implementation of all agreements to date - Slovak MFA (Tanjug)
• Abazi: Serbia “colonised” all areas with natural resources and underground ores, which is why SOC wants property (KoSSev)
• Sveclla accuses member of “parallel structures” for a brawl in student dormitory in Mitrovica North (Radio KIM, media)
• Office for KiM: Request of liaison officer to visit Trajkovic and Adzic denied (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Hague Court Publishes Details of Hashim Thaci’s Alleged War Crimes (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 2, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Political historical mistakes of previous governments won’t be repeated (Koha)
• Kurti: Serbia has two choices, to recognize Kosovo or align with Putin - I believe it will be the first (Shenja, media)
• Vela reacts after Vucic said he will not agree to Kosovo UN membership (media)
• Bislimi: Kosovo cannot form Association with executive competencies (media)
• Konjufca will travel to U.S., to attend Summit for Democracy (Express)
• Haradinaj: Association not product of Kurti; two signing parties responsible (Kanal 10)
• Krasniqi to Kurti: No reason to flee or fear the MPs (Koha)
• Abdixhiku: Kurti didn’t confront Serbia; with piece of paper overcame crimes and massacres committed in Kosovo (Gazeta Blic)
• Dodik implies he will block removal of visas for Kosovo, Von Cramon reacts (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: The European proposal should not be signed (Kosovo Online, RTS, RTV)
• Drecun says European plan is not agreement but proposal, de facto recognition means nothing (N1, Kosovo Online)
• Vucevic on European proposal: Nothing has been signed, Brussels agreement in force (Vecernje Novosti, media)
• Peoples’ Party mobilises resources to oppose acceptance of European plan (social media, media)
• Serbian List reacts to verdict against Todosijevic (TV Most, media)
• Dacic thanks NAM member states that stand with Serbia (Tanjug, RTV)
• Why are young people leaving north of Kosovo? (KoSSev)
• The CEC has again announced a competition for municipal election officials in the North (KoSSev, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Tanjug: Pristina's Interpol membership request taken off agenda
• Office for KiM submits guarantees to EULEX for Adzic and Trajkovic (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic meets with FMs of Sudan, Yemen, Uganda and Ethiopia in Baku (Tanjug, media)

International:

• Bosnian Serb Leader Blocks Regional Kosovo ID Travel Deal (Balkan Insight)