UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 20, 2023
Albanian Language Media:
• RLI: Likelihood of new attacks on Kosovo remains considerable (media)
• Kurti meets Barbano, discuss security, rule of law, and justice (media)
• Osmani’s office and AAK trade blame for failed meeting on Tuesday (media)
• Krasniqi: Consultative meetings have no effect on Association draft statute (Koha)
• Tahiri reacts to Vetevendosje: Panicking in fear from constitutionality (media)
• Svecla: Smuggled cigarettes confiscated in Mitrovica North, law and order (Klan)
• PAK: Complex in Banjska has been rented to Ministry of Interior Affairs (RFE)
• Kearns: Serbia sheltering man guilty of murdering Kosovo police officer (media)
• Pristina ranked 10th in list of cities with high air pollution (Indeksonline)
Serbian Language Media:
• Kosovo Privatization Agency took under its control Rajska Banja spa complex in Banjska (KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic reacts to decision of Kosovo Privatization Agency to take over Rajska Banja spa complex (media)
• Serbian List: Kurti in front of international community usurps Rajska Banja and Serbian properties (media)
• Serbian Democracy on Rajska Banja spa complex take over: Step towards deteriorating security situation (Radio KIM)
• Privatization Agency: Complex in Banjska given for lease to Ministry of Internal Affairs (Kosovo Online, Radio Free Europe)
• Reactions to decision of KPA: Institutional violence (media, social media)
• Serbian cemetery in Orahovac desecrated (Kosovo Online)
• European Commission on Serbian elections (N1)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti and Osmani meet Moller talk about Germany's support in the field of defense (media)
Osmani meets Abdixhiku, discuss security and Association (RFE) 
PDK’s Krasniqi turns down Osmani’s invitation for meeting (Nacionale) 
LDK: Association's draft statute gives Serbs autonomous and territorial regulation (media)
Specialist Chambers extend detention for Thaci and Veseli (Indeksonline) 
Kurti meets representatives of Montenegrin community in Kosovo (media) 
Albania to assume presidency of Adriatic Charter: Kosovo's membership, priority (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

Vucic: Peace, law and order will regain in Serbia, citizens should not worry (Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online)
Serbia Against Violence coalition holds protest rally in Belgrade (N1)
Brnabic: Opposition creates chaos and mistreats RIK (Radio KIM, social media)
Dimitrijevic: RZZS director and several members of commission attacked, RIK is not body to implement Belgrade elections (RTS)
International observers on elections, irregularities (N1)
Vucic: Good and open discussion with von Cramon (Tanjug)
State Department on cooperation with Serbia on strengthening democracy following elections (KoSSev)
Serbian List officials on elections (Kosovo Online)
Majority of Kosovo Serbs voted for Vucic’s list, Pec locals went for SPS (KoSSev)
Dimitrijevic: These elections will seal fate of Kosovo Serbs (KoSSev)

International Media:

Vaccine-Sceptic Doctor Becomes Kingmaker in Belgrade After Polls (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti doesn’t exclude possibility of a new Serbian attack in Kosovo (media)
• Mustafi: Kamberi won another mandate as MP in Serbia (Koha)
• Lajcak: Further consultations in the coming period will be necessary (media)
• Biserko: The West will no longer tolerate Belgrade’s adventures (media)
• Coordination group on Kosovo’s membership at CoE will meet today (Telegrafi)
• Osmani on Judo Championship: Historic milestone for our country (media)
• Kurti: Association of Architects joins Architects’ Council of Europe (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Brnabic: With 50 pct of votes counted, SNS list has 47.1 pct (Tanjug, media)
• The list "Serbia must not stop" received 74.2 percent of the votes of Serbs from Kosovo, says Vucic (Kosovo Online)
• Polling stations for parliamentary, provincial, and local elections close in Serbia (Tanjug)
• Dimitrijevic: Around 22,000 voters from Kosovo voted by 6 pm (Tanjug)
• Petkovic after the vote: Today decided whether the Serbian people will survive in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Elek: Serbia must not stop, today's unity of Serbs from KiM will contribute to that (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Bogdanovic: We expect a change of government (Kosovo Online)
• The mayor of Presevo accuses Kurti of having led to the division of Albanians (Beta, NMagazin, Danas)
• Election watchdog program director expresses concern about gathering spots for voters in Belgrade (N1)
• Demostat: EU recognizes Belgrade’s hypocrisy (N1)
• Political analysts: It is too late to change the Annex, Serbia will not be able to avoid Kosovo’s entry into intl institutions (N1)
International Media:
• Serbian polls close in snap election called by Vucic (BBC)
• Live Blog: Serbian Elections 2023 (Balkan Insight)
• Serbia's populists claim a sweeping victory in the country's parliamentary election (abcnews.go.com)
• Serbia's ruling populists claim sweeping election victory (euronews.com)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo Assembly adopts budget for 2024 (media)
• Deliu-Kodra: 2024 will be an election year (KTV)
• Serbia confirms in writing not considering implementing Brussels deal (Koha)
• Gervalla: Policy of appeasement towards Serbia has failed (media)
• Kearns on letter to EU to lift measures against Kosovo (Kallxo)
• Osmani to give end of year speech at Kosovo Assembly today (media)
• COMKFOR Ulutas meets Quint ambassadors (media)
• Rohde: Governments sometimes listen, and sometimes they don’t (Kosovapress)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic: West will not give up on Kosovo independence (Tanjug)
• Rada Trajkovic on unveiling plaque at former Panda café: Cynical act of PM Kurti (KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• Kurti wading into the election campaign, urges Albanians in Serbia to mobilize and vote for Kamberi (KoSSev)
• Westerlund: Pristina has to implement its obligations (Kosovo Online)
• Haradinaj says budget scandalous, discrimination of municipalities not run by Self-determination (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media:

• Von der Leyen: Kosovo and Serbia to fulfill their commitments within dialogue (media)
• Borrell: I have invested a lot of energy in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Reporteri)
• Osmani: We have information that Serbia is preparing new attacks, will inform EU leaders (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo-Serbia agreement must be defended by EU and USA (VoA)
• Osmani: We will make association if it does not create additional level of governance (media)
• Bislimi: Association after elements of de-facto recognition are met (RTK)
• Lajcak in conversation with Bislimi: We agreed on the next steps in the dialogue (media)
• O'Brien meets Maqedonci: U.S. supports KSF (Koha)
• Osmani asks Von der Leyen to remove punitive measures against Kosovo (media)
• KFOR commander goes to Leposaviq, meets personnel patrolling along border line (media)
• Kurti and Abbott meet, discuss developments during 2023 (media)
• Bislimi and Blankenborg talk about economy and dialogue (RTK)
• Indictment filed against four northern Serbs, who threw bombs at offices of CEC (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brnabic placed a reservation on the EU declaration: No recognition of Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Blic)
• Vucic: I do not believe that the Kosovo issue will be resolved quickly and easily (Kosovo Online, TV Prva)
• Serbian PM Brnabic met Orban and Varhelyi ahead of the summit (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Borrell: Both sides in the dialogue are moving slowly, but they are moving (Tanjug)
• Michel: We expect more reforms from the Western Balkans (KiM radio)
• CEC received the requests of the president of the Leposavic, North Mitrovica and Zubin Potok municipal assemblies, response in five days (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Goran Bogdanovic: The French-German plan is already being implemented (KiM radio)
• KFOR Commander Ulutas in Leposavic, visited the church of St. Vasilije Ostroski (KoSSev)
• Four persons indicted in connection with last year's attack on the premises of the MEC (KoSSev)

International Media:

• EU-Western Balkans summit, 13 December 2023 (consilium.europa.eu)
• Who Owns the Media? Only 30 Per Cent of Media in Kosovo Reported Ownership, BIRN Finds (Prishtina Insight)
• Extradition To Kosovo Of Monastery Attack Suspect 'Impossible,' Serbian FM Says (RFE)
• Vučić received an invitation to the EU-WB Summit, Serbian authorities decided Brnabić will attend (EWB)
• Countries call on the EU to remove measures against Kosovo (politico.eu)