UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 22, 2025 • Osmani to meet US Deputy Secretary of State Landau today (RFE) • One third of candidates for MPs for Dec 28 elections are women (Indeksonline) • Decrease in number of asylum applications in second year of visa liberalization (RFE) • The lifting of measures that should have never been imposed (Koha) • Kosovo awards 3.6 mln euro customs terminal upgrade deal (SeeNews) • AJK: Individual arrested for threatening Klan Kosova and its journalists (media) • Doyle: SCK mandate defined by Council of Europe report (Kosovo Online) • Alija: After Thaci’s trial, gradual closure of SCK will follow (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 19, 2025 • US calls for implementation of Ohrid agreement between Kosovo and Serbia (RFE) • Haradinaj hails the NDAA: “US stands with Kosovo” (EO) • Kurti: Kosovo suffered biggest measures not from EU but from opposition (media) • PACE delegation to observe the December 28 parliamentary elections (media) • Hoxhaj: Without strong defense, dialogue with Serbia is dangerous (Express) • Krasniqi cites “unlawful actions” by mayors of four northern municipalities (EO) • Germany reaffirms strong support for KFOR and NALT (Sinjali) • First female president of Kosovo Academy for Arts and Sciences elected (media) • Govt extends mandate of diploma verification commission till March ’26 (Kossev) • Remains of missing persons could be at location earlier excavated by UNMIK (Koha) • Don’t blame the Hague tribunal for amnesia about war crimes (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 18, 2025 • EU to lift all measures, Kosovo expected to get millions of euros in early 2026 (RFE) • Hamza welcomes lifting of EU measures on Kosovo (Nacionale) • Rama speaks of coordination with Osmani in unblocking EU funds (Express) • Reuten on lifting of measures: Major EU policy fail finally corrected (AP) • Hamza’s first pledges: Increased salaries and pensions, lower taxes (Nacionale) • Rama visits Thaci in the Hague, “theatre of shame of international justice” (Express) • Prosecution indicts Ramadan Morina of war crimes against civilians (Indeksonline) • Northern municipalities withdraw from Association of Kosovo Municipalities (RFE) • Hargreaves meets newly-elected mayors of Mitrovica North and Zvecan (media) • Pensioners are no longer required to prove they are alive in order to receive pensions (RFE) • Hungary’s Orban: Serbia is key to region, Brussels’ treatment is unfair, shameful (N1) • Vucic meets with Georgia's Kavelashvili in Belgrade (Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 17, 2025 • Kosovo President praises Trump’s contribution to peace in region (Bloomberg) • Osmani: Kosovo in the EU, both a strategic and security imperative (Euronews) • European Commission confirms: We’ll remove only 50 percent of measures (Koha) • Hargreaves, Kurti discuss election campaign, hopes for smooth elections (Express) • Court annuls decision to dismiss Kelmendi as acting state chief prosecutor (RFE) • Feride Rushiti given “European of the Year” Award (RTK) • Durmishi on new bus lines linking Mitrovica South and Mitrovica North (Telegrafi) • Kosovo signs contract to purchase HUMVEE Hawkeye artillery systems (AP) • AJK condemns threats and abusive language against journalist Saranda Aliu (Kallxo) • From a de facto colony to a colony de jure (Kosovo 2.0) • How Serbia’s government spent the year trying to dodge an election (BIRN) • Spahiu: All topics in the pre-election campaign have been exhausted (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Talks between Russian side and major company about NIS nearing conclusion (Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 16, 2025 • Osmani to attend EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brussels on Wednesday (Express) • EU: Kosovo asked to form Association, reforms, progress in dialogue (RFE) • Kosovo’s 2025 ends as it began, at the ballot box (BIRN) • Vetevendosje’s Haxhiu: We will be more present in the media now (Ekonomia Online) • Kosovo cannot turn its back on its allies, Haradinaj says (AP) • Police arrest six people, five of them minors, for damaging graves in Obiliq (Express) • €4 mil for semi-Olympic swimming pool for Mediterranean Games (EuronewsAlbania) • Kosovo becomes 154th member of International Golf Federation (Telegrafi/Koha) • Research: Life of LGBTQI+ in Kosovo north not at a satisfactory level (Kallxo) • Vreme writes on passivisation of Albanian addresses in Presevo Valley (Nacionale) • WSJ: Kushner pulls out of Belgrade project (N1) • Vucic: Investment worth at least 750 mln euros lost due to General Staff campaign (Tanjug)