UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 4, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• EU: Role of Management Team ends only when statute is adopted (RFE)
• Zulfaj: EU asked to burn the mandates in the north by not swearing in (Koha)
• Indictment filed against a person for war crimes in Kosovo (media)
• Limaj: Kurti cannot wait to sign agreement with Serbia (Lajmi)
• Gervalla: We send our deepest condolences to the families (media)
• Vela: Diplomats closely following Serbia cannot be surprised with NYT article (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Brussels meeting was aimed at tricking us into recognising Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Mitrovica North residents pay tribute to victims of Belgrade school shooting (Kosovo Online, media)
• Foreign, regional officials express condolences over Belgrade school shooting (media)
• Hill: The Serbian-Kosovo issue must be resolved; it is a difficult issue and the tone between the parties is not good (KoSSev)
• Another war crime indictment filed in absentia (KoSSev)
• Dacic: EU officials condemned the dismissal of the Management Team for the formation of the CSM (ZSO) (NMagazin, Beta)

International:

• Grieving Serbs Demand Resignations Over Fatal School Shootout (BIRN)
• The President, the Soccer Hooligans and an Underworld ‘House of Horrors’ (NY Times)

Albanian Language Media:

• Konjufca: The management team presented the interests of Serbia, not Kosovo (Koha)
• Presidency: Management team submitted a draft statute similar to one of Vojvodina (Koha)
• Haradinaj believes U.S. and EU have a draft statute for Association in accordance with Constitution (media)
• Reactions on the Declaration on the missing accepted by Kurti (Reporteri)
• Osmani: We defend the role of free and impartial media (media)
• Statement of the AJK Board on the World Press Freedom Day (media)
• Haradinaj: The attacks on the media and journalists are disturbing (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic: Abolishment of Management Team leads to abolishment of ZSO and dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• European officials extend condolences over shooting at Belgrade school (N1, media)
• Association of Kosmet Victims’ Families welcomes adoption of Declaration on Missing Persons (Radio KIM)
• Dacic: Meeting in Brussels confirmed our fears, we must not lose majority in UN (RTS)
• Rakic Andric: By raising opening of Ibar River bridge topic Self-determination wants to score political points (Kosovo Online)
• Reporters Without Borders: Serbia drops 12 places on Press Freedom Index (N1)
• Blakaj: Adoption of the Declaration on the Missing a step forward (KiM radio)
• Lawyer Vasic writes to Quint ambassadors over Trajkovic’s health condition (Kosovo Online)
• Families of the missing on the adopted Declaration: Political camouflage (KiM radio)
• Borrell: Important, symbolic step taken towards forming Community (Tanjug)

International:

• Kosovo, Serbia fall short of diffusing tensions, agree to resolve war missing cases (Euractive)
• Kosovo and Serbia agree to help find war's missing (BBC)
• Southeast, Central Europe – Bar Serbia and Turkey – Rise in RSF Freedom Index (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• World Press Freedom Day: Joint Declaration on Media Freedom and Democracy (article19.com)
• 2023 World Press Freedom Index – journalism threatened by fake content industry (rsf.org)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 2, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti and Vucic to meet in Brussels today (media)
• Lajcak: A statute acceptable for both parties is needed (media)
• Selmanaj: Constitutional Court must have final say (media)
• Kurti commemorates Studime massacre; 116 Albanians civilians were killed (media)
• Decision to open Ibar bridge sent to Ministry of Local Government (Insajderi)
• Rasic: Media in Serbia close to government constantly attack me (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• EU’s Lajcak says not right moment to open bridge in Mitrovica North (N1, RTS)
• KFOR: Ibar Bridge opening an issue that should be resolved in political dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• Milan Radojevic: Only Serbs can make decision on bridge opening in Mitrovica (Tanjug, social media)
• Vucic ahead of Brussels meeting with Kurti, says it will be difficult (Radio KIM, media)
• Dacic: Pristina to continue to avoid establishment of ZSO (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic: It is not up to Kurti to allow or not allow something for CSM (ZSO) (RTS, Beta, Danas)
• Anniversary of NATO attack on bus near Luzane marked yesterday (RTS, Radio kontakt plus, Gracanica-online)
• Visoki Decani Monastery: Robberies becoming more frequent (Radio KIM)
• The Declaration on the Missing, first on the agenda of the new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (BBC)
• The director of the "Dajana Paunovic" Foundation banned from entering Kosovo (Tanjug)

Albanian Language Media:

• The EU confirms the agenda of the May 2 meeting between Kurti and Vucic (RFE)
• Kurti at the Economic Forum in Delphi, meets Lord Stuart Peach (RTK)
• Lajcak meets Dendias, discuss the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Albanian Post)
• The Assembly of Mitrovica decides to open for traffic the bridge over river Iber (Koha)
• The ruling MPs are boycotting the Parliament, says KIJ (Koha)
• The CEC certifies elections results for mayors of four northern municipalities (Kallxo)
• Krasniqi: The door of autonomy for Serb community, opened (TV21, ekonomia)

Serbian Language Media:

• Security Council on Kosovo – between ZSO, UNMIK and war crimes accusations (RTS)
• Dacic: Dialogue with Pristina in very complex, decisive moment (Tanjug, media)
• Dacic: UN SC members noted Pristina's obligation to form Community (Tanjug)
• Poll shows low support for Franco-German agreement (NSPM, N1, Beta)
• Vucic: Kurti to open Ibar bridge in Mitrovica to expel the Serbs (RTS)
• Petkovic reacts to decision of Mitrovica North councillors on opening main bridge, says Pristina wants conflict (Tanjug)
• Serbian List: International community to prevent implementation of decision on opening main bridge (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Aleksandar Arsenijevic opposes decision to open bridge on Ibar River (social media)
• Councillors in North Mitrovica voted to open the Ibar Bridge (Kosovo Online)
• Lajcak: Serbia dissolved parallel structures; Kosovo did not form the CSM (ZSO) (RTK2)
• Strpce Missing Persons Association president: To stop separating missing persons based on nationality (RTK2)
• Qerkini: During Kurti's government, solving the issue of missing persons stagnated (Kosovo Online, ekonomiaonline.com)
• EEAS: Vucic, Kurti confirm attendance on May 2 (N1)
• Fidesz MEPs reject EP report on Serbia (N1)

Opinion:

• Vuletic: The words heard in the UNSC sound nice, but do not mean much, the most important thing not included in the report (RTS)

Humanitarian/Development:

• 24 years waiting for his son, the sad story of a father who still lives with hope (euronews.al)
• Statistics office publishes Serbian census results (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 27, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• A new report on Kosovo at the UN Security Council (RFE)
• Kurti expects May 2 meeting to treat missing persons issue with urgency (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo marks National Missing Persons Day (RFE)
• Germany: We expect unconditional implementation of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (RTK)
• Krasniqi: Management Team didn’t respond to invitation for meeting (RFE)
• Vela: Meja massacre, a crime that Serbia cannot deny! (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Dacic meets with US ambassador to UN (Tanjug)
• 15-year prison verdict to Goran Stanisic upheld (Radio KIM)
• Dacic thanks Greece's Syriza party for supporting Serbia, Vucic thanks Azerbaijan (Politika, Tanjug, media)
• SNS to hold extraordinary assembly session on May 27 (Tanjug, media)
• Post of Serbia employees released after being apprehended by police in northern Kosovo (RTS)
• Another Serb from Kosovo arrested for undermining the constitutional order of Serbia (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio)

International:

• Inadequate State of Social Services in Kosovo, Analysis Shows (Prishtina Insight)