UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 14, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani to participate in Copenhagen Democracy Summit (media) • Lajcak optimistic that agreement on dinar can be reached (media) • Sources: PDK proposed dissolution of Assembly next week (Indeksonline) • Tahiri: Assembly dissolution only after Kurti’s dismissal or resignation (Koha) • Krasniqi slams conditioning of CoE membership with Association (media) • Weber: Kosovo won’t be included in agenda to avoid failed vote (Sinjali) • Gervalla: Serbia against EU-proposed agreement, wants only Association (media) • Bislimi speaks of importance of Kosovo’s membership in CoE (media) • Reuten reacts to Vahelyi: Serbian President destabilizes the region (media) • Lajcak “insightful and inspiring meeting” with Finnish President (media) Serbian Language Media:  • Quint and EU statement on Kosovo Government May 13 decision not to allow entry of Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch and accompanying clergy (media, social media) • Stano: Pristina violated the Agreement on official visits by banning the Patriarch of the SOC to enter (Kosovo Online) • The Mesihat of the Islamic Community of Serbia condemned Pristina's decision (KiM radio, Blic) • Office for KiM: Transport of Zvezdara Theater equipment to Kosovo forbidden (KiM radio, N1, RTS, Kosovo Online) • Zvezdara Theater: Crew of theater play The Book of Milutin banned from entering Kosovo (Tanjug, KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Pristina's moves, Srebrenica draft resolution not contributing to regional stability (Tanjug) • Varhelyi: I hope for Serbia’s membership in EU by 2029 (Beta, N1) • Indictment raised against Goran Rakic for not reporting incomes while being a minister (N1, KoSSev) • Andric-Rakic: Until there is agreement on how people will receive money from Serbia, it is irrational to start with punitive measures (Kosovo Online) • Tutin: Unknown assailants shot at police officers in the Ground Security Zone (Tanjug) • Olena Zelenska thanked Serbia for its support to Ukraine (RTS, media) International: • Kosovo Nears the End of a Challenged Census Process (Prishtina Insight) • Political Attacks, Misogynistic Insults Continue to Pollute Balkan Online Space (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: CBK regulation aims at legality, not punishment (RTK) • Kosovo, Serbia to discuss Serbian Dinar in Brussels on Wednesday (Telegrafi) • Kosovo off the agenda at meeting of CoE Committee of Ministers (Koha) • Statistics Agency: Over 1,420,000 persons registered in census so far (EO) • Heads of opposition parliamentary groups also refuse Kurti’s invitation (media) • Svecla and Tomlinson discuss intensifying cooperation on border security (media) • Osmani commemorates Korisha massacre: Serbia wanted extermination (Koha) • Zimmerman: Kosovo can be accepted in CoE as associate member (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: I informed Scholz about the almost unbearable situation for the Serbian community in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Ukraine’s first lady pays visit to Belgrade (N1, Tanjug) • Lawyer: Slobodan Miletic did not take part in clash in Zvecan, was standing next to church, watching what was going on (KoSSev) • Petkovic meets with Quint ambassadors, EU delegation head (Tanjug) • Komazec: Jedinstvo newspaper expelled for second time, threatened by forced eviction (Kosovo Online, media) • SPM formed Municipal Committee, opened office in Zubin Potok (Radio KIM) • Pristina’s admission to the CoE opens numerous questions: Is Serbia ready for thousands of lawsuits from Kosovo (NIN) International: • Fresh start for Belgrade-Pristina after the elections? (Euractive)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 10, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Albanians of the Valley have their unwavering support (media) • Kurti: All evidence of crimes committed during war is being collected (RTK) • Lajcak meets with DiCarlo, discuss the Western Balkans (ekonomia) • EC: Progress in dialogue, condition for financial benefits for Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Rohde urges Kosovo to take bold decision: the agenda in CoE can change (Koha) • Osmani in Texas visits the 'Bell' helicopter company (RTK) • Kosovo inaugurates General Consulate in Poland (media) • Conversion of illegal driver’s license to RKS, Italy congratulates Kosovo (Koha) • Biserko: Serbia "Trojan Horse" of Russia and China in Europe (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media:  • EU: Serbia and Kosovo risk missing out on funds from the Growth Plan due to lack of dialogue (RFE, KiM radio) • Joint statement of presidents Vucic and Xi: Objecting imposition of solution on Kosovo issue and call for compliance with Resolution 1244 (Kosovo Online, Novosti) • Djuric: Awarding Kosovo membership in Council of Europe would be an international scandal (Kosovo Online, euronews.rs) • Serbian List: Displaying and posting national symbols is an internationally recognized right, even according to the Kosovo constitution (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Novosti daily on new incriminating video in Leposavic municipality (Kosovo Online) • Two Serbs arrested at Jarinje crossing point (KoSSev) • RCC: The Western Balkans citizens' support for EU membership has declined significantly (Beta, KiM radio) • KFOR gets new Chief of Staff (N1) • Vucic receives UAE defense minister (Tanjug) • Djuric meets ambassador of Mexico, expresses gratitude for support on Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani congratulates first woman president of RNM: I am looking forward to deepening cooperation (RTK) • Gervalla: Kosovo supports Ukraine unconditionally, even though it does not recognize us (Albanian Post) • Kosovo not on next week’s agenda of Council of Ministers (Koha) • Belgian presidency in favor of lifting measures against Kosovo (media) • Basha: Europe committed to keeping Kosovo out due to lack of favors to Serbia (Reporteri) • Serwer: The U.S. should reevaluate its policy towards Serbia (RTK) • Hoti: When Kosovo coordinates with its allies, it becomes member, it is not conditioned (media) • Hoxhaj: Kosovo without a single recognition in four years (media) • Haxhiu: Kurti divided Albanians in North Macedonia, unified Macedonians around VMRO (ekonomia) Serbian Language Media: • Hasani: The French and the Germans conditioned Kosovo because of distrust towards Kurti (KiM radio, KoSSev, Beta) • Press Council of Kosovo rejected the UNS appeal regarding the RTK's repeated fake news (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Giafreut: Focus on expansion (N1, RTS) • Blakaj on European of the Year award – Confirmation that we are doing right (Radio KIM) • Vitia with the managers of the health sector in the North, appointed in the Kosovo system (KoSSev) • Vucic congratulates new North Macedonian President on election win (Tanjug) • Mali: Xi's visit opens new chapter of cooperation and Serbia's economic growth (Tanjug, media) International: • Russian Hackers Accused of Cyberattacks on Kosovo Government Websites (Prishtina Insight) • North Macedonia's Right-Wing Nationalists Win Both Presidential And Parliamentary Polls (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 8 May, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Conditioning membership in CoE with the Association is absurd (media) • Hacker: Linking Kosovo CoE membership with Association, grave mistake (media) • Kurti on the Dinar: I cannot put myself above the Central Bank Governor (Express) • Zulfaj: EU must lift measures in order not to damage its credibility (EO) • Kosovo Police, EULEX and KFOR conclude “Golden Sabre 2024” exercise (KSP) • Police find camera on mountain road on eastern border with Serbia (RFE) Serbian Language Media:  • Vucic: We are making history today, Xi's visit historic (Tanjug, media) • Xi Jinping: China supports Serbia’s efforts to preserve territorial integrity regarding Kosovo issue (Tanjug) • Rajic: We can expect China's support both on the issue of Kosovo and on the issue of the Resolution on Srebrenica (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS) • RTK website changed name of page in Serbian, instead of “RTK2” it now says “Serbian” (Radio KIM) • The State Department had insight into the draft amendments of the Montenegro to the resolution on Srebrenica (KiM radio, Beta, N1) Opinion: • EU’s ‘Foreign Agent Law’ is Misguided (Balkan Insight) International: • Berlin hints at insistence of Serb association in Kosovo before CoE membership (Euractiv) • Austria plans to deport convicts to Kosovo (politico.eu) • China's Xi Arrives In Belgrade In Push For Greater Influence In Europe (RFE) • Montenegro Accused of Kowtowing to Serbs on UN Srebrenica Resolution (BIRN)