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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 4, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • KFOR: After Banjska attack, we quadrupled presence in north of Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo man arrested under suspicion of ordering his wife’s murder (media) • Osmani meets Von der Leyen, discuss Kosovo’s getting closer to EU (media) • Kurti hosts Jovanovic, discuss relations between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Redzepi with messages from Bosnia: Careful with the Association! (EO) • Lajcak holds series of productive meetings with reps of European govts (media) • Kamberi meets Kurti: Albanians in the Valley must have representation (KSP) Serbian Language Media: • The European Council requests the Agreement on the Normalization of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia to enter Chapter 35 (N1, media) • Italy’s PM meets Vucic: Italy will always support Serbia in Council of Europe (N1) • A petition launched to ban the false priest Nikola Xhufka from entering Kosovo (KiM radio) • ‘ProGlas’ initiative presented in North Mitrovica (N1, KoSSev) • The SL presidency member: "Support and sign ProGlas" experienced a fiasco in North Mitrovica (Kontakt plus radio) • Monument to fallen Serb soldiers in Pristina cemetery returned to its original place (KoSSev) • Peach held dinner with leaders of Albanian parties and K.Serbs – Arsenijevic, Bisevac, Trajkovic, Rasic (KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 01, 2023

Albanian Language Media: Kurti meets QUINT representatives: Interstate agreement needed to hold elections (media) Osmani hosts Hovenier, discuss security in Kosovo (media) Bislimi responds to Stano: No Serbian elections in Kosovo without official request from Serbia (media) Hovenier: Meetings of Chief Negotiators in Brussels have narrowed differences (T7) Osmani meets ambassador of Turkiye (Klan) Lavrov: OSCE was destroyed when NATO bombed Serbia and took over Kosovo (media) Albania: Russia, the biggest threat to security (media) Kosovo president's chief of staff, Blerim Vela, resigns (media) Government postpones deadline for vehicle registration (media) Serbian Language Media: Dacic tells OSCE Ministerial Council: Serbs in Kosovo under threat, discriminated (Tanjug, media) Dacic on territorial integrity principle, says Kosovo will never become OSCE member (Kosovo Online, media) Mijacic after intrusion into Church in Rakinica: No legal and moral boundaries when it comes to attacks on SOC property (KoSSev, social media) Raska-Prizren Eparchy priest visited Church in Rakinica, found locked door and new padlock (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, Radio KIM) The UK’s Special Envoy visits Gracanica Monastery (media, Raska-Prizren Eparchy) Mitrovica North MA: New coat of arms and symbols to be designed (KoSSev, media) UK Special Envoy meets KFOR Commander in Pristina (N1, social media) Southeast European FMs sign statement on fight against corruption (Tanjug, media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 30, 2023

Albanian Language Media: Stoltenberg: Kosovo is an example of how NATO and EU cooperate closely (Koha) Blinken: Kosovo and Bosnia, at the center of our concerns (Koha) Osmani and Peach talk about latest developments in Kosovo and region (RTK) Kurti and Bislimi meet Peach, talk about dialogue and security situation (media) Lajcak and Sarrazin meet, talk about dialogue (Koha) Trendafilova: The highest penalty for war crimes, life imprisonment (media) 48 hours detention assigned to six PSD members (media) AJK appeals to the Police: Respect work of journalists (media) Police carrying out operations in several locations in the north of Kosovo (Koha) The National Program for Perpetrators of Violence against Women launched (RTK) Serbian Language Media: Diocese Raska-Prizren: A fake priest from Albania performed a service in a church near Podujevo (KiM radio, KoSSev, Radio Mitrovica sever, N1) Office for KiM: A new attack on the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Diocese of Raska-Prizren (Radio Mitrovica sever) KFOR and the Kosovo Police agreed on joint patrols (NMagazin, Beta) An indictment filed in Pristina against Gavrilo Milosavljevic, arrested last December (RTS, Beta, NMagazin) Lawyer: Savic released on bail, we will prove his innocence (Kosovo Online) Lajcak and Barbano before the EP foreign policy committee on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever) Lajcak and Sarrazin discussed the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Tanjug) Dacic meets with German interior minister (Tanjug) International Media: Kosovo Indicts Serbs for 1999 Dubrava Prison Massacre (BIRN) Smoke Bombs Thrown as War Crime Court President Visits Kosovo (BIRN) Switzerland to boost Kosovo Force next year (Swissinfo.ch) KFOR has the largest Presence in Kosovo in the last Decade (sarajevotimes.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 29, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • NATO and EU with mission to prevent conflicts in the Balkans (Koha) • Blinken: NATO ready to face different challenges, including in Western Balkans (media) • Borrell: We will ensure stability in north of Kosovo and border with Serbia (Express) • Increasing number of Serbs in north get Kosovo license plates (VoA) • VV MP: Association draft statute will be made public at the end of the process (media) • Trendafilova in Pristina today; PSD says “she is not welcomed” (Gazeta Express) • Hovenier: Always a pleasure to visit Peja (media) Serbian Language Media: • Borrell calls Belgrade, Pristina to show will for agreements (N1) • Dacic: 13 percent of Serbs left Kosovo over last year (Radio KIM, BETA) • Petkovic, Botsan-Kharchenko discuss situation in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Russian Ambassador meets with Serbian Defense Minister (N1, media) • Hill: Serbs in Kosovo must know what they will get by establishment of CSM (KoSSev, media) • Ambassador Hovenier visits Pec Patriarchate (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, social media) • Vucic to meet with Kazakh FM on Wednesday (media) • Albanian flags flying in southern Serbia (BETA, N1, Bujanovacke)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 28, 2023

Albanian Language Media: O'Brien: Causing unrest in the north means confronting NATO (RFE) Kurti: In two and a half years, 58 agreements with Albania have been reached and implemented(media) Opposition criticizes Kurti about Association, government criticizes Serbia for not implementing agreements (Koha) Rama: Kosovo-Serbia issue should be finally resolved with full recognition (media) KFOR commander speaks on the phone with commander of Serbian army (RTK) Gervalla-Schwarz meets with Defense Minister of Gambia (media) PSD with slogan "KLA cannot be tried" opposes visit of Specialist Chambers president (Reporteri) Aliu: Five municipalities in the north of Kosovo now have cadastral offices (RTK) Ibishi: Radoicic still in action, continuing to gather people for another possible act (Koha) Serbian Language Media: KSF day in Kosovo marked with symbols of “Greater Albania” (KoSSev, media) Serbian List reacts to KSF celebration day with “Greater Albania” symbols, terms it as public promotion of mono-ethnic Kosovo (KoSSev) Petkovic: Militarisation of KSF biggest threat to peace in W Balkans (Tanjug) Starovic, Mijacic on KSF day celebration (Kosovo Online, social media) Dusan Obrenovic released on bail, arrived to Mitrovica North (Kosovo Online, media) KFOR, Serbian military chief discuss developments, cooperation (N1) CoE warns of polarized election campaign (N1)