• Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia continues in Brussels (RFE)
• Lajcak: I expect chief negotiators to be ready to agree on next steps (media)
• Osmani hosts USG: Kosovo, model for promoting Women’s Agenda (media)
• World Bank Group’s New Strategy in Kosovo Supports Competitiveness for Higher Job Creation and Living Standards (worldbank.org)
• Kosovo Opens Auction for First Solar Park (BIRN)
• Conference calls for stronger collaboration among prosecutors investigating war crimes in Western Balkans (BIRN)
• Kurti to meet mayors of municipalities today (RTK)
• KSF launch search for Serb man from Strpce who went missing (Kosovapress)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 15, 2023
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 12, 2023
• Lacroix hosted by Kurti, says “results are apparent” in several areas (media)
• Trust, an important component for social and economic development (RTV21)
• After meeting Lajcak, Kurti says he will draft "vision" for Serbs (Koha)
• Lajcak: What I heard left me worried (media)
• Serbian List: We’ll not return to institutions without Association forming (Koha)
• Konjufca: Lajcak is biased, he conceives dialogue as if Kosovo's status has not yet been defined (RTV21)
• Power: The U.S. wants mutual recognition (RTK)
• Von Cramon: Vucic should end the dialogue with Kosovo (Albanian Post)
• More political will needed for progress of Serbia and Kosovo on the EU path (EWB)
• Osmani asks for Kosovo to have seat at COP28: Climate change knows no politics (Koha)
• Kurti: We have had cyber-attacks on our government system (media)
• Osmani invited to inauguration of Montenegro President Milatovic (media)
• Maldives presidency refutes Vucic: We have not withdrawn recognition of Kosovo (media)
• Kosovo: RTK continuing to push for EBU membership (Eurovoix)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 11, 2023
• Osmani slams Borrell over Association comments, says Vucic can’t be “normalized” (media)
• Kurti meets Council of U.S. Ambassadors, informs them about dialogue with Serbia (media)
• Konjufca: Kosovo will not accept models that aim to undo the state (media)
• Association will also be an administrative authority, with a distinct legal identity, but which does not form a third power (Albanian Post)
• Power: It takes political courage to reach a lasting solution in dialogue (media)
• “Draft statute of Association must be consistent with Kosovo’s laws,” says Serbian minister (euronews.al)
• European Parliament adopted resolutions on Kosovo and Serbia (EWB)
• Svecla on EP report: We share common concerns about challenging situation in north (Koha)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 10, 2023
• Osmani: We won’t give Serbia instrument to violate Kosovo (media)
• Kurti informs Radman on Croatian model he proposed for Association (media)
• Varhelyi: Management team’s proposal, starting point for discussions (RFE)
• USAID Director: Biden strongly supports normalisation of relations (Koha)
• Abbott: Time for Kosovo to present draft statute for Association (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo is an embodiment of European values (Euronews)
• Families of missing demand investigations, no faith in agreements (Euronews)
• Head of municipal assembly resigns, to prevent swearing in of mayor (media)
• Domi: As a society, we must work to give more space to communities (Koha)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 9, 2023
Kurti meets Sobotka, emphasizes importance of implementing the Basic Agreement without conditions (media)
At the Vienna Economic Forum, Kosovo is considered a functional state with a vibrant economy (Koha)
USAID chief Power heads to Serbia, Kosovo to lower tensions (Associated Press)
Croatia’s Foreign Minister visits Kosovo, today he meets with Grvalla and Kurti (RTK)
What is next in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue? Mediators visit expected this month (euronews.al)
Hoti: Government's decisions of the past two years are typical of communist systems (Reporteri)
Kamberi: Self-management also for Albanians in Serbia (media)
Postcard Collection Creates Vivid Picture of Bygone Era in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)