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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 8, 2024

Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Dinar is not banned but euro is legal currency (AFP, media) Bislimi: Serbia intends to create artificial tension (RTK) Murati: We cannot allow billions of Serbian dinars to enter without authorization (Koha) Customs: We do not allow importation of dinars without CBK’s authorization (RTK) Pisonero: Dialogue framework is clear, Kosovo and Serbia know their obligations (media) German minister answers to Vucic about why Germany is arming Kosovo (Koha) Rohde: We have special relationship with Kosovo, friends like us should be listened to (Reporteri) Gervalla in Italy: Kosovo is ready for CoE membership (RTK) Haxhiu meets with British Minister of Justice, support for Kosovo reconfirmed (RTK) Serwer: Pristina authorities should be more careful with Serbs (RTK) Serbian Language Media: Dacic: The UN SC session an opportunity for Serbia to present its arguments, pressure on Guyana (Tanjug) Office for KiM: Continuing harassment and intimidation of Serbs in Gorazdevac (Tanjug, Danas, Radio Mitrovica sever) Serbian List: Kurti does not give up intimidation; the international community must react more harshly (Tanjug, KiM radio) Radio Gorazdevac: Action by KP in Gorazdevac Post of Serbia, one computer seized (KoSSev) NBS to N1: Pristina turned away Dinar cash transport (N1) Vucic to Pistorius: ready to accept OSCE/ODIHR recommendations (N1) Petkovic said the stopped NBS vehicle at Jarinje was another attack by Kurti on the Serbs (Tanjug, media) Zaklin Nastic: Pristina authorities trying to expel the few Serbs who remained in Kosovo (Tanjug, Adria, Kosovo Online) International Media: Kosovo anticipates reviving ties with Serbia in 2024: Kurti (dailysabah.com, AFP) Running Through Fear: Kosovar Women Jog In Groups For Safety (RFE) Serbia Denies Budget Discrimination Against Albanian Minority (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 7, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Ziadeh: Restraint and constructive engagement to resolve outstanding issues (media) • Kurti: Transition period needed for regulation on cash payment operations (media) • Hovenier: Kosovo government should postpone enforcement of regulation (media) • UN Security Council to hold session on Kosovo on Thursday (media) • Rohde: We’re not criticizing the regulation, but the manner of enforcement (media) • Abbott: A transition period is needed for the Dinar (media) • Von Cramon: Current decision on Dinar came very unexpected (Gazeta Express) • Belgian Presidency of EU Council: Implementation of agreements crucial to consider application (Koha) • Bislimi reacts to Serbia cutting budget to Albanian National Council (media) Serbian Language Media: • UNMIK chief calls for resolving outstanding issues through dialogue (Tanjug, media) • UNSC session on Kosovo to be held on Thursday (Kosovo Online) • French Ambassador: Quint requests suspension of decision on dinar, establishment of ZSO (Tanjug) • Zakharova reacts to Pristina’s decision on abolishing dinar (Tanjug, media) • Rohde: We are not criticizing CBK decision, but manner of its implementation (Kosovo Online) • SNF: Working meeting of Serb political representatives held in Mitrovica North (Radio KIM) • Independent Media Commission to reinstate Arena sport channels (KoSSev) • Signboard “Republic of Kosovo” placed on Zubin Potok municipal building (KoSSev, N1, media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 6, 2024

Albanian Language Media: Kurti meets German Minister of Defense, Boris Pistorius (RTK) Kurti gathers accredited ambassadors in Kosovo, discuss CBK Regulation (media) Kurti handed to ambassadors documents to present factual situation (media) Lajcak: I am closely following developments related to new CBK Regulation (media) Kadiu to EU: Since when legality and constitutionality are worrying and contribute to escalation(Albanian Post) Rama: Kosovo has right to implement Constitution (RTK) Bislimi called again for removal of EU measures against Kosovo (Koha) Gervalla presents Kosovo's successes to EU and WB ministers (RTK) Germany to increase number of KFOR soldiers in coming months (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: “Kurti is going for open ethnic cleansing of Serbs” (Kosovo Online, media) Serbia submits request for extraordinary UNSC session over Kosovo (Tanjug, media) Dacic: Request for urgent UNSC session due to overall situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, media) UN received Serbia’s request to convene extraordinary UNSC session (Kosovo Online) Dacic: We want EU integration, recognition of Kosovo unacceptable (media) Rector Arsic: Abolishing dinar jeopardizes survival of University, but also of Serbs (Kosovo Online, KoSSev) Lajcak: I am closely monitoring developments regarding CBK decision (Kosovo Online) Indictment raised against two Serbs for hooliganism in northern Kosovo (N1, BETA, Kosovo Online, KoSSev) German DefMin: Progress in Kosovo-Serbia relations needed (N1) nternational Media: Germany vows security support amid Kosovo-Serbia tensions (Deutsche Welle)  Kosovo Court Acquits Serb of Wartime Assault (Balkan Insight) Kosovo Prosecution only Partially Investigated the Over 53-Million-Euro Extra Payment for Motorway (Prishtina Insight) Kosovo Government Faces Backlash Over Media Licensing Draft Law (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 5, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • U.S., EU react to latest decisions by Kosovo authorities (media) • Governor: This is a fight against money laundering and terrorism (Kallxo) • German Defense Minister to visit Kosovo today (media) • Kurti remembers Albanian civilians killed in Mitrovica North in 2000 (media) • “Association current draft status creates room for Republika Srpska” (media) • Kurti: First 100MW solar auction bidding process successful conclusion (media) Serbian Language Media: • Displaced Serbs from Kosovo announced a three-hour blockade of the road in Rudare on Monday (euronews.rs, Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Serbs in Kosovo in a difficult situation; we ask for an urgent session of the UN SC (NMagazin, RTS, media) • Tabakovic: Serbia cannot renounce the use of the dinar in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Vecernje Novosti, Blic) • Serbian List: The Quint countries responsible for the moves that Albin Kurti makes without bearing the consequences (RTS) • SNV again sent a request to Bishop Teodosije to schedule a national assembly (Danas, KiM radio, KoSSev) • The Bishop of Raska-Prizren visited the Serbian people in Osojane to encourage them to stay (Tanjug, KiM radio) • Dimitrijevic: The Pristina government destroying one of the last positive examples of coexistence (KoSSev) • The new DSS adopts the Declaration on Kosovo, requests the state to declare the occupation of that part of the territory (Beta, NMagazin, RTS) • Surlic: Amendments to Chapter 35 call dialogue and European integration into question (Tanjug) • Office for KiM : "Post" workers detained in Gorazdevac, Kurti's terror against Serbs continues (Kosovo Online) • Post of Serbia: The arrest of our workers in Kosovo another in a series of attacks on Serbs (NMagazin, Beta) • KP: Seized 4,000,000 dinars from the Post of Serbia pending the decision of the CBK (Kosovo Online) • The Post Office in Ugljare robbed (KiM radio) • HLC: Arsic found guilty of expulsion, robbery, burning property, and no direct evidence was provided (KoSSev) • Serbian List: Radoica Radomirovic placed posters (KiM radio) • Posters against Radoicic and the SL in the north of Kosovo (Danas, KoSSev) • Reactions to acquittals in Slavko Curuvija case (Beta, N1, nova.rs) International Media: • US Slams Kosovo for Unnecessarily Raising Ethnic Tensions (Bloomberg) • EU Council Formally Asked To Insert Recent Kosovo Commitments Into Serbia's Accession Talks (RFE) • ‘They hit me so hard I lost consciousness’: Serbian opposition politician tells of secret service ordeal (The Guardian) • Rights Groups, U.S. Assail Serbian Court's Acquittal Of Ex-Intelligence Officers In 1999 Murder Of Journalist (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 2, 2024

Albanian Language Media: U.S State Department urges postponement of decision to ban dinar (VoA)  Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss latest developments (media)  Hovenier: Kosovo risks facing ethnic tensions (media)  Kurti meets Ambassador Ziv, talk about organizing an Economic Forum (Klan)  Over 800 Serbs applied for Kosovo passport only in January (Express)  Kurti dismisses adviser seen in party with parallel structures' officials (media)  Kosovo urged to drop legal push to 'control online media' (Prishtina Insight)  Illegal activity near Police seen as security concern (Koha)  Serbian Language Media: Hovenier: US concerned the dinar ban could escalate tensions (Beta, N1, KiM radio) Serbian List with Hovenier regarding the last decision of Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever) More than 800 Serbs applied for Kosovo passports during January (N1, FoNet, Danas) Drecun: Dinar ban one of toughest blows yet but Kurti will not stop there (Tanjug) A ministerial duo visited Albanian houses under construction in Brdjani, workers tore down a billboard with the Serbian flag nearby (KoSSev) Arsenijevic on the occasion of the visit of Kosovo ministers to North Mitrovica (Danas)  The State Department calls on the GoK to immediately postpone the CBK's decision to abolish dinars (Kosovo Online, thepavlovictoday.com, media) Andric Rakic: If the withdrawal of dinars is prevented, the cost of living for citizens will increase (Kosovo Online) International Media: Closed Hearings at Hague War Crimes Court ‘Heighten Mistrust’ in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)