Albanian Language Media:
Kurti at Economic Forum requests that Serbia ease transit procedures (Koha)
Kurti met non-resident ambassador of Japan for Kosovo, discuss bilateral relations (Klan)
Osmani requests Luxembourg's support for membership in CoE (RTK)
Minister of Luxembourg promises about 25 million euros of investments in Kosovo (Klan)
Bislimi: Derogatory terms against Albanians have become legal in Serbia (Koha)
Gervalla: Only in Stuttgart and its surroundings there are more voters than in Prizren, we will find a way with CEC (Kallxo)
Serwer warns of chaos in the region if Trump wins: Serbia may try to invade northern Kosovo(Albanian Post)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic: Serbia, EC have differing views on Kosovo, dialogue only solution (Tanjug, media)
Dacic: There was no request for Kosovo membership at Interpol Assembly (Kosovo Online, media)
Swiss residents sent to one-month detention for showing “Greater Albania” symbol in Belgrade (N1, media)
Serbian Supreme Court ruling on hate speech case met with criticism from Albanians (KoSSev)
Opposition demands dismissal of RTK board amid claims of government control (KoSSev)
Danish Minister: I hope Serbia seizes EU enlargement momentum (N1)
Vesic to officially resign as minister on Tuesday because of tragedy in Novi Sad (Tanjug, media)
International Media:
Kosovo authorities urged to act after minor allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted (Prishtina Insight)
Serbian govt faces growing calls for answers over railway station deaths (Balkan Insight)
Serbian minister offers to resign after deadly train station roof collapse (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 5, 2024
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 4, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti travels to Austria to participate in Vienna Economic Forum (media)
• Kamala Harris: We will continue our support for Kosovo (RTK)
• Luxembourg Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo today (RTK)
• PDK holds convention, Hamza unveils program for February 9 elections (media)
• Survey: Over 50 percent of Kosovars would vote for Harris on November 5 (media)
• Albanians protest in Medvegja, demand return of their addresses (media)
• Hamza in Italy: Businesses that invest over €500,000 or employ over 50 workers will be exempt from profit tax (Klan)
• 750 shipments from Serbia entered Kosovo in a month (Klan)
Serbian Language Media:
• In Gracanica candles lit for the victims in Novi Sad; North Mitrovica high school students donated blood for the injured (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Serbian List: We strongly condemn Bogdanovic's call for “the murder of Vucic” (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Novi Sad prosecution says 14 killed in railway station roof collapse (N1, media)
• Protest held in Belgrade over Novi Sad tragedy, resignations demanded (N1)
• Dacic: Kosovo did not apply for candidacy and has no chance of becoming a member of INTERPOL (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 1, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• The USA: Serbia has violated obligations deriving from dialogue with Kosovo (media)
• EU considers that Kosovo has accepted draft statute for Association (Koha)
• Gervalla: Support for Ukraine, key for the peace and stability of Europe (media)
• LVV MP: Association draft should be written by the government of Kosovo (Reporteri)
• Abdixiku: Current association is autonomy - we will reject it (Klan)
• EU Reacts to approval of Law amending and supplementing Law on Public Officials (media)
• Giaufret: Without normalisation with Kosovo, there is no EU for Serbia (RTK)
• Bosnjacka Mahala blocked for a while, police intervene, disperse the crowd (media)
• U.S. sanctions Serbian and Montenegrin firms for supporting Russia’s war (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Civil society organisations met Ombudsman, pointed out Kosovo police actions and harassments (Kosovo Online)
• Tires of two vehicles with Serbian licence plates slashed in Bosnjacka Mahala, four persons taken for interrogation (KoSSev)
• Arsenijevic: I would not be surprised if someone close to Atiq’s cabinet stapled sticker (KoSSev, social media)
• Police Inspectorate recommends suspension of three police officers over arrest of EULEX security local staff member (KoSSev)
• Giaufret: We expect to see progress in establishing A/CSM (TV Prva, Kosovo Online, media)
• Vulin meets Lavrov: Serbia maintaining traditional friendships (N1)
• RFE: State Department agrees with EU (N1)
• Shea: State Department disappointed with Kurti and his actions in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
International Media:
• KLA saw outsiders as ‘traitors’, witness tell Kosovo war crime trial (Balkan Insight)
• US sanctions companies from Serbia, Montenegro for military exports to Russia (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 31, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• UNSC discusses Kosovo, UNMIK chief says building confidence through achievable goals is key to decisive political outcomes (media)
• Kosovo government adopts budget for 2025 (RFE)
• Kurti welcomes EU recommendations: Committed to path of reforms (RTK)
• Kosovo Assembly adopts National Plan for European Integration 2024 – 2028 (media)
• Borrell: EU membership and progress in Dialogue must go hand in hand (Koha)
• PDK’s Krasniqi slams government after publication of Progress Report (media)
• Kosovo leaders send condolences to Spain after devastating floods (media)
• Kosovo Police Inspectorate recommends suspension of two police officers in the north (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• UNMIK Chief reports to UN Security Council (Beta, N1, Tanjug, KoSSev, media)
• Djuric: Kurti's moves creating a climate of fear, violence against Serbs escalated (Tanjug, media)
• UNSC on the Belgrade Pristina dialogue, Banjska, the Kosovo authorities’ moves, the UNMIK mandate (Beta, KoSSev, media)
• Djuric: We have sent a clear message - Kurti destroying all accomplished by the international community in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic: The truth was heard in NY about the suffering of Serbs from Kosovo and the brutal lies of Gervalla (Kosovo Online)
• SL: Djuric presented the difficult situation of Serbs in Kosovo, from Gervalla only insults and lies (Kosovo Online)
• EULEX chief says north Kosovo NGOs break ties with the mission (N1, Kosovo Online)
• Plans of Pristina for Prizren - The path to UNESCO leads through Belgrade (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: Next US president needs to forge truce in Ukraine (Tanjug, Bloomberg, media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 30, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti meets Sarrazin, talk strengthening bilateral relations, regional cooperation (media)
• Bislimi on Serbia’s bill on Kosovo: EU should respond and react in a firm way (media)
• Foreign Minister Gervalla to represent Kosovo at UN Security Council session (media)
• Kurti meets AIRabiah of Saudi Arabia, thanks him for support for Kosovo (media)
• COMKFOR talks about security and increased presence of troops in Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• Trade Unions and opposition dissatisfied with increase of salaries (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Djuric to represent Serbia at UNSC session on UNMIK (Tanjug, media)
• Gouillon: 81 attacks on Serbs registered in Kosovo since Kurti's rise to power (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, TV Pink)
• The Gracanica municipality sued the GoK for the illegal confiscation of land (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, KoSSev, KiM radio, Danas)
• Petkovic: Kurti is the only one taking hostile actions in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio)
• The SL representatives met Sarrazin: Necessary to prevent the persecution of Serbs (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio)
• Arsenijevic placed "EULEX VETËVENDOSJE! Police" at the gate of the EU mission base; KP questioned him: Disturbance of public order (KoSSev)
• Barduani: Resolving open issues through dialogue key to lasting security in Kosovo (K4, Kosovo Online)