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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 6, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • EU: New proposal on Association is balanced (RTK) • Kryeziu: Kosovo did not accept or agree to any autonomy (RTK) • Escobar firm on Kosovo-Serbia agreements; “Legally binding” (Sinjali) • Svecla: Our citizens positively responded to decision to register vehicles (media) • Kurti: We will surely win the new elections too (Kallxo) • Osmani attends the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball (media) • Isufaj also enters race for Chief Prosecutor of Special Prosecution (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: The Brussels meeting was supposed to take place in a couple of days, but the other side did not accept it (Tanjug, RTS) • Security Information Agency (BIA) chief Aleksandar Vulin resigns (Tanjug, media) • “Since the SNS has been in power, the goal has been to turn the BIA into a party police” (N1) • Petkovic: By announcing the increase of KSF and KP members, Kurti threatens the Serbs in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • Serbian List: And the world is silently watching it (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: A contingent with medicine enters Kosovo, to be delivered to hospitals (KoSSev) • Serbian List representatives meet with CoE rapporteur (Tanjug) • Politicians are allowed to lie; it is up to the media to not transmit those lies (KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 3, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Agreement reached, Trepca mineworkers’ strike ends (RTK) • Osmani: Proposal of draft statute of Association should be reviewed by court (media) • Kurti to report to Assembly on latest meeting in Brussels and Association draft (media) • SPO conducts operations in investigation of administration of justice offences (media) • Kurti: Kosovo’s membership in CoE – a historic process (media) • Hovenier welcomes minister’s decision to supply hospitals in north (media) • Rama: Association’s draft statute is an EU draft (media) • Serbia deletes 3,370 Albanians in Presevo Valley from voter lists (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: Pristina more likely to open embassy on moon than in Belgrade (Tanjug) • Bocan-Kharchenko: Vucic is clear - he will not recognize Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Politika, Tanjug) • Ponos: Vucic and Kurti are the "yin and yang" of the Kosovo disaster (NMagazin, N1, Nova.rs) • Petkovic: The opposition hopes that they will succeed in deceiving the citizens with falsehoods at the expense of Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • The police in Zubin Potok complete the station, put up a sign and flags (RTS) • Municipality of Strpce: Concern about firewood is increasing (Kontakt plus radio) • NJSI protest in front of the government building with opposition support, media reports on success in Banjska, Svecla and Kurti on investments in special forces (KoSSev) International Media: • Kosovo Serb Testifies About Son’s Abduction by Guerrillas (Balkan Insight) • Troubles Underground: Kosovo's Trepca Miners Strike For Better Conditions (RFE) • High-level conference in Germany: There is consensus on EU enlargement and reform, roadmap needed (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 2, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Needs and desires are simpler than solutions (media) • Svecla: Average monthly income of officers who protested is over €2,000 (media) • Albanian PM’s proposal for Kosovo-Serbia agreement published (Klan) • PDK: The Specialist Chambers must stop political persecution (media) • Rasic: One third of Serbs fled Kosovo because of the Serbian List (media) • Reuten: The West must draw a line on Serbia (media) Serbian Language Media: • Bilcik: Enlargement top priority, Von der Leyen clearly said EU wants Serbia (The Guardian, N1, Beta, Tanjug) • Senator Shaheen: The relationship between Serbia and Kosovo worrying (VoA, KiM radio) • Bishop Teodosije met with the British ambassadors from Belgrade and Pristina (KoSSev) • The doctor arrested in April in Jarinje released (KoSSev) • Those wanted for war crimes in Kosovo released in Montenegro (RFE, KoSSev) • ANEM: 56 cases of threats, attacks on journalists, N1 and Danas targeted the most (FoNet, N1) International Media: • Western countries press for reform ahead of Ukraine decision (Politico)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 1, 2023

Albanian Language Media: Von der Leyen in Belgrade demands 'de facto' recognition of Kosovo's independence (RTK) Hovenier: Agreements are binding even without signatures (media) AAK calls on government to implement dialogue obligations as soon as possible (Koha) Paparaci claims to possess draft statute of Association agreed by Kurti (media) Government approves Draft Law for Budget of 2024 (media) Court of Appeal confirms Basic Court Decision on three Banjska attackers (media) Rama surprised by EU's non-reaction to Dodik's statements (Koha) Artan Behrami's lawyer calls SPO’s orders for raid unconstitutional (media) Citaku: SPO conducting  "witch hunt" against anyone connected to KLA (media) Serbian Language Media: Von der Leyen from Belgrade: De facto recognition means documents, institutions, CSM (N1) Von der Leyen, Brnabic discuss EU growth plan, reforms (Tanjug) Search of the "Metal" store in Zvecan, Elshani says not related to Banjska (Radio Mitrovica sever) The Court of Appeal rejected the appeal, the three detained for the Banjska case remain in custody (KiM radio) Rada Trajkovic: Vucic will first recognize Kosovo documents and passports, and the rest after the election (Beta, Danas) Petkovic: Rada Trajkovic has neither a moral nor a legitimate right to attack Vucic (Radio Mitrovica sever) Serbia Names New Ambassadors to Vienna, Sarajevo, Riyadh, and UNESCO (Beta) Dveri Movement: Statehood and patriotic opposition parties to join forces pre or post-election (Beta, media) International Media: EU Chief Demands Kosovo and Serbia Stick to Normalisation Deal (Balkan insight) The best deal Kosovo and Serbia can get (EUobserver)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 31, 2023

Albanian Language Media: • Von der Leyen: Kosovo to accept Association, Serbia de facto recognition (media) • Osmani: EU should open its doors to Kosovo, lift measures (RTK) • Kurti pointed out to Von der Leyen the need for extradition of Radoicic to Kosovo (media) • Haxhiu: Our reform journey in justice will continue (Klan) • Specialized Chambers confiscate materials from Shala’s and Smakaj’s properties (media) • CDHRF: Specialized Chambers causing psychological violence (media) • Deadline for registration of cars with RKS license plates postponed until December 1 (media) • Indictment for Bislimi, Beqa, Haxhiu and Lushtaku’s fight in the Assembly (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian gov't proposes dissolution of parliament, calling of elections (Tanjug, media) • Vucic to receive von der Leyen in Belgrade Tuesday (media) • Vucic says he will discuss all important issues with von der Leyen (RTS) • Von der Leyen to Osmani: EU accession only after normalization with Belgrade (N1) • Lawyer: Detention of Dusan Obrenovic extended for two more months (Kosovo Online, KoSsev, media) • Montenegrin Minister of Justice refuses to extradite another Serb Pristina accuses of alleged war crimes (Kosovo Online, media) • “State-building opposition” negotiations fall through (N1, media) International Media: • Faced with Growing Discontent, Kosovo’s Kurti Reinstates Police Hazard Pay (Balkan Insight) • What of Inter-Ethnic Relations in Post-Banjska Kosovo? (Balkan Insight) • Videos Show Kosovo Serb Politician Being Followed Before Murder (Balkan Insight)