UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 27, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Prime Minister Kurti’s interview with Republik (media)
• Ternava: We support the teachers’ demands, but strike must end today (Klan)
• KFOR says KSF did not ask to go north; did Rakic and Petkovic lie? (Express)
• Carpenter: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, slow but steady progress (Telegrafi)
• U.S. Embassy: Russia-Serbia agreement, a wrong step! (Indeksonline)
• The Union of Education gives signs that the strike in education could end! (Gazeta Blic)
• Abdixhiku slams Kurti for Japan visit when education sector on strike (media)
• Osmani calls on Iranian women not to give up on their rights (Koha)
• International partners promise continued support for KSF (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Mayor Vulovic: "The situation in Zubin Potok still tense" (Blic, Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• KFOR, Mehaj on KSF in northern Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Petkovic: EU to condemn Kurti’s war threats (Kosovo Online)
• Selakovic: Croatia has stepped beyond framework of EU policy (Tanjug)
• Kurti congratulated the European Day of Languages; The experience of Serbs from Kosovo bitter, they say - he brags about other people's results (KoSSev)
• Petkovic banned from visiting Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• The Socialists and Democrats MEPs: No accession talks if Serbia doesn’t align with sanctions on Russia (N1, media)
• Media published document signed by Lavrov and Selakovic – An ordinary plan of meetings, without those at highest level (Danas)
• Hill: I saw the Serbia-Russia Consultation Plan (FoNet, N1)

International:

• Ned Price: We Desire To Be A Partner To The Countries Of The Western Balkans (thepavlovictoday.com)
• Serbia Rules Out Recognizing Russian Referendum in Occupied Ukraine (Balkan Insight)
• Slim chance for Serbia’s progress towards the EU by the end of the year, relationship with Russia remains the biggest problem (EWB)
• Junior Ruling Party Turmoil Could Shake North Macedonia Govt (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Visa liberalisation for Kosovo on the EU agenda on October 13 (Radio Free Europe)
• Strike in education continues; Jasharaj: Regrettably there is no movement (RTK)
• An elementary school in Prishtina decides to end strike (Kallxo)
• Hoxhaj: Solution must be found for pupils to return to schools (Telegrafi)
• Haradinaj to Kurti: End the strike, or resign (media)
• Croatian Foreign Minister: Next months crucial for Kosovo-Serbia deal (Albanian Post)
• Selimi: Kosovo leadership should think a bit (media)
• EU concerned over strengthening Serbia-Russia relations (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Office for KiM: Incursion of KFS to north is direct threat to Serbian people (Radio KIM)
• Serbian List: The incursion of the KSF into the Zubin Potok territory a gross violation of the agreement, whose guarantor is NATO (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• EU: Serbia cannot strengthen relations with Russia in the circumstances of aggression and crimes in Ukraine (Beta)
• Vucic to Lavrov: Serbia committed to UNSC Resolution 1244 (N1)
• What did Serbia and Russia sign – a scandal or continuation of a technical matter from 1996? (N1, media)
• Brnabic visits family of Nikola Nedeljkovic (Radio KIM)
• US Ambassador wants explanation of Serbia-Russia document (N1)
• Serbian FM: We can not accept results of referendums in Ukraine (N1)
• The Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) delegation in the US for talks on Kosovo and Serbia's foreign policy (FoNet, N1)

International:

• Russian Mobilization Prompts Exodus to Serbia, Turkey (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 23, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Assembly does not adopt PDK-sponsored resolution on strike in education (RFE)
• Nagavci: We have addressed all demands, except for the additional €100 (Sinjali)
• SBASHK: We can emerge from this situation only through an agreement (Demokracia)
• SBASHK receives letter of support from American Federation of Teachers (Express)
• CDHRF calls for understanding from SBASHK: The strike must end (Nacionale)
• AmCham calls for dialogue and compromise to end strike (Telegrafi)
• NATO: Additional troops from UK will take part in routine drill (Express)
• NATO and security experts fear possible tensions in the north of Kosovo (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• EU invited 44 countries to the summit in Prague (media)
• Vucic meets Iranian President Raisi (Tanjug)
• Vucic meets US Under Secretary Nuland in New York (Tanjug)
• Petar Miletic, former Deputy PM: The information that I was appointed as an adviser to Kurti is only half correct (Danas)
• Rasic, Trajkovic on the Miletic's appointment (medijacentar.info, Kosovo Online)
• Tour guide on incident in Pec (Radio KIM)
• MFA: Serbia's strong diplomatic activity in UN continues (Tanjug, media)
• ''Which countries have recognized Kosovo and which have not?'' (Danas)
• Establishment of government war crimes institute in Kosovo – related risks and timeframe (Radio KIM)

Opinion:

• "Kurti is trying to place Serbia alongside Russia, and as a Marxist-Leninist he knows that Kosovo is neither a state nor independent" (Danas)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Rizvanolli asks citizens in Kosovo* if they are willing to pay for power imports (balkangreenenergynews.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo Assembly discusses ongoing general strike (media)
• Osmani: NATO membership is Kosovo’s strategic objective (media)
• Osmani meets Secretary General of Organisation of Islamic States (media)
• Justice Minister meets President of Specialist Chambers (media)
• Dutch Foreign Ministry on whether they will support visa liberalisation (Express)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: How is Ukraine's territorial integrity different from Serbia's? (Tanjug)
• Vucic: Everyone invokes int'l law when it suits them to do so (Tanjug)
• PM Brnabic explains delay in formation of new Government (RTS, FoNet, N1)
• Selakovic at a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in New York (RTS, Blic)
• Aleksic: Vucic's announcement about the state-building bloc a prelude to elections at all levels (Nova, FoNet, N1)
• Council of Europe in 2008 considered UN membership as precondition for Kosovo – what has changed? (Kosovo Online)
• ''Kosovo and Serbia: Narratives unrelated to the situation on the ground, but increase tensions'' (N1)
• Office for KiM: Freedom of movement of Serbs threatened once again (Kosovo Online)
• Bo: Vucic and Yi confirmed the partnership between Serbia and China (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• The Cynicism of Serbia’s Kosovo Policy (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Serbian President Vucic to Newsmax: Putin Not 'Bluffing' (newsmax.com)
• FBI: Iranian Hackers Accessed Albanian Systems Over Year Ago (BIRN)
• Hackers Likely Accessed Emails of Serbia’s Cadastre Staff, BIRN Reveals

Humanitarian/Development:

• Air Serbia says tickets for Moscow-Belgrade flights in September sold out long time ago (Blic)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 21, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti on the strike: We’ve made many steps, but the blackmail doesn’t stop (Koha)
• Jasharaj: I’m ready to take part in meeting between Flocken and Kurti (Kosovapress)
• Kurti on “new framework”: No author; it was published to test the pulse (Express)
• U.S.: We support dialogue based on mutual recognition (Koha)
• “No EU membership without mutual recognition; Kosovo to initiate Association” (Koha)
• Osmani: Kosovo’s unwavering commitment to prevent violent extremism (media)
• State Department Counselor: Good meeting with President Osmani (Lajmi)
• Lajcak meets Escobar in New York: Grateful for excellent cooperation (media)
• German MP: Visa liberalisation for Kosovo in the final phase (Kallxo)
• Three ministry officials among arrested in latest raids in “Brezovica Operation” (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic met Guterres on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (Politika, Tanjug)
• Vucic: Important decisions coming soon (N1, RTS)
• Serbian President's meetings yesterday with world officials on the sidelines of the 77th UNGA session (Politika)
• On second day in New York, Selakovic held 27 bilateral meetings with foreign ministers (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic on his meeting with Lajcak (Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic: Pressure on Vucic and Serbia never greater (N1)
• People’s Party (NS) asking Vucic to urgently send letters to Putin and Xi Jinping on Kosovo (Danas)
• Which EU country will be the first to change its position on the independence of Kosovo (Danas)
• Trendafilova: Trial of Thaci to start soon (Radio KIM)
• Kurti: Decision on land in Brnjak and Jasenovik in accordance with the law (Kosovo Online, euronews.rs)

Opinion:

• The government vs the teachers’ union (Kosovo 2.0)

International:

• Kosovo War Crime Court President Suggests KLA Leaders’ Trial is Near (BIRN)
• Chopping Down the Future: Heating Crisis Worsens Illegal Logging in Balkans (BIRN)
• Guterres calls for ‘coalition of the world’ to overcome divisions, provide hope in place of turmoil (news.un.org)
• Serbia’s Vucic Announces New Political ‘Movement’ Within Six Months (Balkan Insight)
• Commission OKs plant acquisition by Serbian Gazprom-owned oil company (euractive.com)
• Russian Flights Tickets to Serbia, Turkey, Sell Out After Mobilization (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• On International Day of Peace UNMIK recalls “Howdy Neighbor” series (KoSSev)