UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 26 April, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti addresses event organized by German Socialist Democratic Party (media) • Maqedonci reconfirms Kosovo’s orientation for EU and NATO membership (media) • Rasic believes govt will send Association draft to court before mid-May (media) • Qelaj: Missing persons issue should be priority and obligation in dialogue (media) • KLI says Assembly made decisions in opposition with Constitution (media) • Kurti: Vetevendosje continues to fight today’s fascism - at home, abroad (media) • Vetevendosje MP says he won’t change position on same sex marriages (media) Serbian Language Media:  • First municipal assembly session held in Zubin Potok municipal building (KoSSev) • Serbian List: Audio recording of Radomirovic and Vokrri “proves existence of organized criminal group” (Kosovo Online) • Kabasic on census in Kosovo: What about damage after June 1999? (Kosovo Online) • Blakaj: Why has an expert commission not been established to register war damage? (Kosovo Online) • Mavric: Questions about war damage have no place in population census (Kosovo Online) • YUCOM: Access to justice worsened with the exit of Serbs from institutions in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, N1, FoNet) • Unstable funding, lack of personnel and unavailability of interlocutors the main problems of the Serbian media in Kosovo (KoSSev, Medija Centar, KiM radio) • Brnabic calls all local elections for June 2 (N1, KoSSev, media) International: • Serbia Opposition’s Collapse Will Cost it Dearly in Elections (BIRN) • Chinese president to visit France, Serbia and Hungary in May (euronews.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Always grateful to U.S. for its central role and support for Kosovo (media) • Kusari-Lila: Agreement if EU convinces Serbia to not be destructive party (EO) • Berlin expects tangible steps on Association before final vote at CoE (Express) • Two more months in detention for suspects of Banjska attack (Klan Kosova) • PDK proposal to discuss State Department report at Assembly not adopted (Koha) • Maqedonci travels to Hungary, scheduled to hold several meetings (EO) • Police confiscate five firearms and ammunition in Zvecan (Albanian Post) • Court finds Selimi and Demaku not guilty on war crimes charges (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian List met EU representatives: Part of the problem in Kosovo would be solved by the formation of the ZSO (Kosovo Online) • Detention of Serbs arrested in relation to Banjska case extended by two more months, lawyer complain of prison treatment of V.T. (KoSSev) • Lawyer: Acts witness accuses Sladjan Trajkovic of are not even criminal offense, let alone war crimes (Kosovo Online) • 17 persons arrested over forgery of sale-purchase authorizations for properties in Kosovo, owned by Serb displaced persons (KoSSev, N1) • A new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina today - the topic of banning the use of dinars in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS) • The testimony of an Albanian witness whose close relative was allegedly kidnapped and killed by the KLA at the Thaci trial in Hague (KoSsev, Beta) • Dacic, Ashton discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug) • A group of Albanians beat and robbed a Serb in North Mitrovica (NMagazin, Beta, Kosovo Online) International: • Kosovo Fails to Offer Protection to Whistleblowers (Prishtina Insight) • Sarrazin: UN Resolution on Srebrenica is not against Serbia and Republika Srpska (EWB) • Opposition Candidate Wins First Round of North Macedonia’s Presidential Vote (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 24 April, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Serbia will try to destabilize Kosovo again, such plans are constantly being made (VoA) • Most of EU countries are in favor of lifting measures against Kosovo (RFE) • European Parliament approves plan of 6 billion euros for Western Balkans (Koha) • Von Cramon: Passivization of Albanians’ addresses in the Valley must be stopped immediately (Koha) • Freedom House: Kurti government faced a corruption scandal in 2023 (ekonomia) • Knaus: number of Kosovo Serbs decreasing rapidly, but there is no "terror" towards them (ekonomia) • Deliu-Kodra: Kurti government was labeled as 'government of corruption' in Department of State Report (Klan) • Belgrade court sentences Toplica Miladinovic to 20 years in prison for war crimes in Kosovo (Klan) Serbian Language Media:  • Vucic: Important that we have more votes against and abstentions, which would be a heroic political success (RTS) • The Judicial Council of Kosovo calls Serbian judges and prosecutors from the North to return (KiM radio, KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio) • UNS submits two draft resolutions to EFJ, on murders of journalists in Kosovo and independent public channel in Serbian (KoSSev, Radio KIM, UNS) • Belgrade-Pristina talks on use of dinar to continue tomorrow in Brussels (Tanjug) • Belgrade war crimes court sentences former army officer for war crimes in Pec area (N1, FoNet, media) • Pavlos: Bakoyannis in Council of Europe hasn't only harmed Serbian people, Greece could also suffer consequences (Kosovo Online) • Drecun: Pristina, Sarajevo campaigning to portray Serbs as criminals (Tanjug, RTS) • State Dept to VOA: US sponsoring Srebrenica resolution (N1, VoA) • Former Kosovo FM calls Belgrade, Pristina officials to show respect (N1, social media) Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy: EPS invested 40 million euros in a subsidiary company for supplying electricity to the north of Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Danas)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Kosovo-Serbia agreement must be binding for both parties (media) • Osmani: Kosovo is proud to have so many friends and allies by its side (media) • Atiq: Serb citizens feel safer than in the past (Klan Kosova) • Radomirovic: Serbs don’t want their lives led by Radoicic and Serbian List (media) • Biserko: Serbia has not relinquished idea for Kosovo partition (media) • Balje stopped by Serbian police: Took my documents for one hour (media) • Deliu-Kodra: Report revealed govt’s inability to build uncorrupt institutions (Koha) • Hoti: Report highlights govt corruption, attacks against media, judiciary (media) • Gervalla signs decision prohibiting employment of relatives in ministry (Kallxo) • Ukrainian MP: Serbia to renounce imperial tendencies, recognize Kosovo (RFE) • Kamberi meets Von Cramon, talk discrimination of Albanians in the Valley (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic and SL: Vucic clearly stated in NY that it is necessary to protect the Serbs in Kosovo (KiM radio) • By advocating for the A/CSM, Belgrade working to create an independent Kosovo, says Trajkovic; No government in Pristina has treated Serbs worse, says Vorgucic (N1, KoSSev, Danas ) • The indictment for war crimes against Dragisa Milenkovic confirmed (KiM radio, RTS) • Radomirovic “has no time” to comment on audio recording, Serbian List demands accountability (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Mojsilovic: Protection of fundamental human rights of Serbian people in Kosovo is still inadequate (Radio Mitrovica sever, Politika) • European Parliament approved visa liberalization for Serbian passport holders from Kosovo (Tanjug) • Commemoration for victims of NATO bombing at RTS (N1, RTS) • Holocaust Remembrance Day marked in Serbia (N1, media) • State Department: Serbia still faces problems with corruption, judiciary, media freedom (N1) International: • Kosovo, Serbia Trade Accusations At UN Security Council Meeting (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 22 April, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti to non-majority communities: You’re a value and identity of our state (media) • Government: EU should remove unfair measures, Kosovo met its obligation (RTK) • Kusari-Lila: Serbia is obstructing integration of Kosovo Serbs (media) • Tahiri: EU should lift measures, people are being penalized (Kallxo) • AAK: Referendum revealed Vucic’s heavy influence on Serbs (Indeksonline) • Rohde: Boycott requested by Serbian List, regrettable and destructive (Klan) • Osmani-Vucic confrontation, Security Council to meet on Kosovo today (RTK) • Kurti meets Glavchev in Sofia as part of Vienna Economic Forum (media) • Hoxhaj proposes for Assembly to support UN resolution on Srebrenica (media) Serbian Language Media:  • The Ohrid Agreement entered the negotiation framework for Serbia's membership in the EU (RTS) • Serbian Democracy: EU to look again at its requests for de-escalation which Pristina did not fulfill (KoSSev) • The UN SC in NY today on Kosovo, Vucic to represent Serbia (Tanjug, media) • Dacic: The UN SC session another opportunity for Vucic to point out the problems of the Serbs in Kosovo (Tanjug, RTV, Kosovo Online, media) • Sentic: Special forces in the Leposavic municipality during voting; respecting the rights of Serbs remains a challenge after the failed referendum (KoSSev, KiM radio) • European Parliament plenary session begins, visa liberalization for Serbs in Kosovo on agenda (Tanjug) • Roundtable on ''the occupation and (high) treason of Kosovo and Metohija'' (Beta, NMagazin) • Confiscated weapons and marijuana worth around 70,000 euros in Suhareke/Suva Reka, four people arrested (KoSSev)