Albanian Language Media: • Biden congratulates Osmani on Kosovo independence day (media) • Krasniqi meets Hovenier, “crucial to safeguard partnership with U.S.” (media) • Ismaili meets Guerot, briefs on new cash payment operations regulation (media) • Quint, EU ambassadors meet representatives of Kosovo Serb community (media) • Joint meeting with Kurti and Vucic not on Borrell’s agenda (RFE) • Ahmeti: Kosovo got here through cooperation with international community (KSP) • Montenegro Deputy PM Gjeloshaj to visit Kosovo (media) • VV MPs want IMC board dismissed, because of return of “Arena Sport” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Quint ambassadors and head of EU delegation in Kosovo with representatives of Serbs (KiM radio) • Borrell announced separate meetings with Kurti and Vucic in Munich (Beta, Danas) • Vucic in Munich with Cameron and Hahn (RTS) • Vucevic: Kurti creating impossible conditions for survival of Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug, TV Prva) • 23 years since bomb attack against Nis-Express bus in Livadice, memorial service held in Laplje Selo (KoSSev, media) • Office for KiM: Devastating that the Livadice crime is a closed case (RTS, media) • Serbian List: We demand those responsible for crimes against Serbs be urgently found and punished (Kosovo Online) • Abolition of dinar directly affects salaries, pensions, and social assistance for about 95,000 people (DW, Danas, KoSSev) • Derikravic continues hunger strike, his representative says his condition deteriorates (KoSSev, Radio KIM) • Sentic visits Visoki Decani Monastery, says Constitutional Court decision on monastery’s land to be implemented without delay (KoSSev, media) Opinion: • Weller: Serbia’s great challenge to Kosovo (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • Kusari-Lila: Dinar has not been banned, it can be used like any other currency (RTK) • Minister Gervalla leaves for Munich to participate in the Security Conference (media) • Kryeziu-Hyseni: Focus of the reporting has been on Banjska issue (RTK) • NCU says Bislimi’s labeling, against spirit of dialogue and European values (Koha) • The American Chamber of Commerce proposes three alternatives for solving dinar issue (Koha) • Georg Schnetzer: Kosovo remains a priority of Austria's foreign policy (RTK) • 55 NGOs request dismissal of Balje and Deme-Murtezi from Human Rights Committee (media) • Kamberi accuses Lajcak of double standards (Koha) • The EESC accepts 9 candidate countries, Kosovo not included (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Only strong Serbia can solve issues of national interest (Tanjug) • Dacic meets Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug) • Selimi and Thaci gave confidential information about witnesses to visitors in Hague custody (KiM radio, Beta, NMagazin, Danas) • Joseph: Kurti scored “an own goal”, continues uncoordinated actions which damage Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Reactions to Bislimi’s statement on Serbian NGOs and Brussels meetings continue (social media, media) • Rama: Every attack on Kosovo is an attack on Albania, but we should also think about the importance of allies every day (KoSSev) • Kosovo police stopped and beat up Serb in northern Kosovo, claims he obstructed officers (RTS) • Presentation of the defense in the Ivanovic case only after the Prosecution submits documents in the Serbian language (KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) International: • US secretary of state visits Albania, a key regional ally seeking European Union membership (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 14, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Ismaili: CBK regulation has not banned any currency (RTK) • Murati on CBK regulation: Belgrade propaganda creating confusion (Klan) • Kurti meets Davenport, discuss transition phase for CBK regulation (media) • Kurti only words of praise for his government on 3rd anniversary of victory (Koha) • Bajrami: Because of Kurti, U.S. questioning partnership with Kosovo (media) • Serwer: EU, U.S. were wrong to appease Serbia and punish Kosovo (Kallxo) • Kanin: Kurti’s actions make everyone forget about Banjska (RFE) • Ex UNMIK chief: Kosovo Serbs, hostage of Belgrade destabilizing policies (media) • “Darling, you’ve failed” – LDK with symbolic action in front of govt building (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • NATO SG urges all sides in Western Balkans to refrain from inflammatory rhetoric and actions (Tanjug) • Yet another shipment of dinars for Kosovo stopped at Jarinje (RTS) • Serbian List meets French MEPs (Kosovo Online) • Biden congratulates Vucic and the Serbian people the Statehood Day (NMagazin, Beta, media) • Exhibitions, events to mark Serbian Statehood Day (N1) • Vucic meets Russian Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug) • Nova: Marko Djuric the new head of diplomacy? (Danas, FoNet) • Djuric: US companies condemn Pristina's blockade of Serbian goods (Kosovo Online) • Ugljanin: There are no flyers calling for violence against Kosovo police on streets of Mitrovica, my statement was misinterpreted (Danas) • Lucic: Signal for users in northern Kosovo to be restored today, criminal complaint against Hetemi filed (Kosovo Online) International: • Advertising inequality (Kosovo 2.0) • New Gas Supplies For the Western Balkans Facilitates a Geopolitical Game Rather Than the Green Energy Transition (visegradinsight.eu)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Vucic wants to leave open the possibility of invading Kosovo (media) • State Department: Kosovo can continue procedures to purchase Javelins (Klan) • New pamphlets in north, police initiate case for call to resistance (Koha) • Uglanin: Pamphlets calling for resistance, threat to population (Telegrafi) • EU: IMC draft law should not negative effect on media freedom (RFE) • "Postponed prohibition" of dinar, Rohde surprised "how deadlines are given without a plan?"(Nacionale) • Gjoshi: CBK has become a shelter of Kurti’s militants (media) • Shala: Situation in north can escalate; protest led by Belgrade-backed SL (EO) Serbian Language Media: • Elek: Kurti’s goal is to displace Serbs, I hope reason will prevail (Radio KIM) • Gogic: CBK measures are phrases, they won’t ensure stable flow of funds to Serbs and Serbian institutions (Kosovo Online) • Escobar: Unilateral moves in Kosovo will have consequences (Tanjug, RTS, KiM radio) • Hill: We were clear about the concerns regarding the dinar ban (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Leaflets for “resistance to Kurti’s police” allegedly appeared in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • How will elections in the USA affect Serbia? (Danas, FoNet, ipese.rs) • Szijjarto: Serbia ready to join EU tomorrow, membership not to be conditioned with Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online, Insajder) • Livadice victims' commemoration on Friday (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, radio Mitrovica sever) Opinion: • How a German journalist misinterprets unrelated facts: Dragutin Nenezic’s answer to Mihael Martens (Danas) International: • Former Allies Argue Over Prishtina Coalition Crisis (Prishtina Insight) • As Serbian Journalist’s Murder Goes Unpunished, Verdict Comes Under Scrutiny (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti to Bloomberg: Euro rules won’t be reversed (media) • Prime Minister Kurti travels to United Kingdom (media) • Kosovo Police initiate case for new graffiti in the north (Koha) • Rrahmani on the Dinar: Every action must be in agreement with U.S. (Gazeta Blic) • Serbs protest: Cancel the decision on dinar (media) • 108 million euros used for armament of KSF during 2023 (media) • Journalists’ Association condemn threatening messages against reporter (media) • Lack of progress in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, one of main challenges of EU Growth Plan (Albanian Post) • Hoti: Data from 2023 budget report create impression that there is no master of house (media) • Tahiri: PDK to propose establishment of two Inquiry Parliamentary Commissions (media) • Tahiri: The average salary in the public sector should be 1000 euros (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbs protest in Mitrovica North: CBK’s decision means end of life for Serbian people (Kosovo Online, N1, media) • Kurti on 17th anniversary of demonstrations against Ahtisaari: We rightly opposed mono-ethnic concessions (KoSSev) • Arsenijevic: The more Kurti speaks in Serbian; the more Serbs get beaten (Danas) • “People are frustrated, situation on the brink of survival” – Atmosphere ahead of protest in Mitrovica North (N1) • Serbian National Council (SNV) supported protest in North Mitrovica (Danas, KiM radio) • President of Trade Union of Private Sector: 140,000 workers have left Kosovo since visa liberalization (Kontakt plus, N1, FoNet) • Orban: ‘I’m afraid we’ll lose Serbia, it is key for entire EU’ (N1) • Vucic: Serbia, Greece have always supported each other's territorial integrity (Tanjug) • Mitsotakis: Our position on Kosovo unchanged, dialogue only path (Tanjug) • Dacic speaks by phone with FMs of Romania, Spain, Cyprus (Tanjug) • North Macedonia rejects allegations from Pristina regarding Kurti’s assassination (N1, BETA, media) International: • ‘Kurti Hates The United Nations,’ Declares President Vucic In Interview (The Pavlovic Today)