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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 9 April, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Implementation of Constitution accelerates Kosovo’s integration process (RTK) • Kurti: Dedicated to preserving the legacy of liberation war (media) • Hovenier: Proud to support people of Kosovo on Constitution vision (media) • Krasniqi: In these three years, we mostly needed to protect Constitution from government (Koha) • EU calls on Serbian List to reconsider its decision not to participate in April 21 elections (Reporteri) • German Embassy: Boycott is not in interest of citizens in the north (Koha) • Removal of visas for holders of Serbian passports, voted (RTK) • Lajcak meets Polish official, discuss Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Reporteri) Serbian Language Media: • Macron: The future of Serbia being written now (Danas, Beta, X) • Starovic: Facts are clear why Serbs decided to boycott referendum (Blic, social media) • European Parliament Committee supported lifting visas for Serbian Coordination Directorate passport holders (Kosovo Online) • Momirovic writes to ministers of trade, warns of Serbian goods import ban in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Macron: Reached agreements should be implemented, Pristina needs to make progress in establishing Community of Serb-majority Municipalities (Kosovo Online) • Fazliu: Kosovo Prosecutor's Office conducting an extensive investigation in the Banjska case, the publication of evidence may harm the case (Beta, N1, KiM radio) • Opposition People’s Party calls for unity on Srebrenica resolution (N1) • Varhelyi: Serbia making progress on EU path, Cluster 3 ready for opening (N1) • Kosovo: Zana Avdiu in the fight against domestic violence, sexism, macho culture, patriarchy...(en.vijesti.me, N1, DW, KoSSev) • Masralli: The EU encourages Serbs to participate in the census and Srpska list to reconsider the decision to boycott the vote (Kosovo Online) • Andric Rakic: We will see another boycott of future local elections in the north (Kosovo online, X) Opinion: • Marinkovic to Demostat: Possible postponement of Kosovo's admission to the Council of Europe (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 8, 2024

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 8 April, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kastrati: Serb community must understand that population census does not return (Klan) • Serbian List members resign from municipal election commissions in the north (media) • Knaus: EU's current strategy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue has collapsed (RTK) • Petritsch: The Kurti-Vucic agreement has international validity (RTK) • LDK: Claims that Kosovo has progressed in international indexes is government propaganda (media) • Osmani: The Roma community is an integral part of our society (media) • Tahiri: What is this silence in LVV about samples from Dehari case? (media) Serbian Language Media: • Radosavljevic: Boycott of referendum does not come as surprise, Serbs do not feel safe (Euronews, Kosovo Online) • Russian MFA: Attempts for Kosovo to become CoE member witness to degradation of this organization (N1, FoNet) • Pristina: Little willingness of Serbs in the north of Kosovo to register (KiM radio, RTS) • Kastrati: The census mandatory for everyone, no one has the right to call for a boycott (KiM radio, Slobodno Srpski, Kosovo Online) • What questions are being asked at the census, who is “Woman with Crown” and “Woman without Crown”, and what period “War Damage” entails? (KoSSev) • World Roma Day (KiM radio) • Vucic lays wreath in Paris, due to meet Macron (N1, Tanjug) • Swedish ambassador says Serbia gets second highest EU fund payouts (N1, FoNet) • Vucevic, Brnabic met Peach: Commitment to preserving peace and stability in the region (Tanjug, RTS) International: • It is in the interest of the EU that Enlargement takes place soon, Varhelyi says (Sarajevo Times)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 5 April, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Population data helps us guide policies (Koha) • Kurti: I call on international community to demand from Serbia to clarify fate of those who disappeared during war (Reporteri) • Svecla and Haxhiu go to Radoicic's villa, announce security cameras have been installed (Klan) • Krasniqi: Serbian List has lost its influence in the North (A2 CNN) • Serbian List: Serbs will not participate in population census in Kosovo (RFE) • Census - Most Serb enumerators in Zubin Potok withdraw (Koha) • Hamza: Current draft of Association, poorest offer that Kosovo has had on table (ekonomia) • Lajcak informed of challenges faced by Albanians of the Valley (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Serbia will oppose the humiliations that have been prepared for it in the Council of Europe and the UN (Kosovo Online) • Serbian parties from Kosovo against the participation of Serbs in the population census (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTS) • Kurti with the presidents of Kosovo municipalities without translation into Serbian language; The UNS protests (KiM radio, Medija Centar Caglavica) • Blakaj: Recording of war damage within the census is problematic; it may result in a distorted picture (Kosovo Online) • Raska-Prizren Diocese reacts to accusations by Elonora Visoka Weller against SOC, says they indirectly foster ethnic and religious intolerance (Raska-Prizren Eparchy, media, social media) • Dacic: Today the government meeting on a team to fight against the Pristina admission into the CoE (NMagazin, media) • Sarovic: Pristina membership to Council of Europe, consequence of Vucic’s Kosovo policy (KoSSev) • North: Names of places in the Albanian language covered with Cyrillic stickers, then taken off (Kontakt plus radio, media) Opinion: • Serbian Coordination Directorate passport holders the only people in Western Balkans not allowed free travel to Europe (Kosovo Online, EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 4 April, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo and Serbia without an agreement on the dinar in Brussels (RFE) • Kurti met British emissary Stuart Peach, discuss developments in Kosovo (media) • Gervalla meets Japan’s Speaker of Parliament, bilateral relations highly valued (Klan) • Haxhiu: 31 vehicles of "Banjska" case have been given to police for use - court's decision must be waited for the villa (Klan) • Weller: Lands of Serb churches in Kosovo should be managed by institutions (RTK) • German MEP: I hope Lajcak will not cloud EU-Swiss relations as well (Reporteri) • EULEX's donation helps reactivate KP substation in Suhodoll (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic from the Government extraordinary session (RTS, Tanjug) • Belgrade-Pristina dialogue – trilateral meeting started in Brussels (RTS) • Petkovic: We reiterated our proposal, Pristina not ready for compromise (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Bouyx visited Visoki Decani Monastery, Father Petar says Serbs currently experience most severe form of ethnic repression (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, social media) • Pantic Pilja: Admission of Kosovo to Council of Europe would represent violation of international law (Tanjug) • UNS: Inaccurate information about March violence against Serbs for longer than two weeks on RTK2 website (Radio KIM, media) • Andric Rakic: Voting by mail is problematic, it can call into question impeachment of mayors (Kosovo Online) • KFOR: We are ready to take all necessary measures for safety, regardless of where danger comes from (Kosovo Online, social media) • EULEX: Kurti's visit to the municipalities in the north was not announced to us (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) International: • Bridging Borders: Roma NGOs Unite For Peace And Inclusion In Serbia And Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 3, 2024

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 3 April, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti visits north, participates in inauguration of memorial plaque for Enver Zymberi (Reporteri) • Gervalla in Tokyo talks about new Japanese projects and investments in Kosovo (media) • LVV asks US and EU to be more rational in their demands towards Kosovo (ekonomia) • General Bernacca: Who messes with our people, faces most powerful military organization in world (Reporteri) • Vehicle of Serb police officer in the north set on fire, prosecution suspects deliberate act (Reporteri) • LVV officially enters competition in North Macedonia’s elections, competes with three candidates for MP (Reporteri) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic reacts to Kurti’s visit to the north (Kosovo Online, media) • Serbian List: Kurti’s visit to the north aims at destabilization and inciting tensions (Kosovo Online, media) • Vucic: Discussion with Hill open, substantial (Tanjug, media) • Dacic meets with Bouyx (Tanjug) • Mojsilovic visits Cyprus (Tanjug) • “No one has informed us” – Non-majority community uninformed about census (Radio Free Europe) • Fatherland: Census in Kosovo starts in two days, and “kitty has got Belgrade’s tongue” (KoSSev) • Brnabic to call Belgrade local elections for June 2 on Wednesday (Tanjug) International: • One Year into Kosovo War Leaders’ Trial, Much Remains Unclear (Balkan Insight) • Prosecution Probes Allegations of Grant Misappropriation in Kosovo’s Community Programs (Prishtina Insight)