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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 18, 2023

Albanian Language Media:
Osmani: I notified Biden about our security challenges before Sept 24 (KTV)
Visa suspension cannot be done without procedure at EU Council (RFE)
Kurti’s speech at the Peace Conference: Autocracy vs Democracy (media)
Abdixhiku on Macron’s remarks: Bad news for Kosovo (media)
Kurti meets Turkish Defense Minister, reiterates commitment to peace (media)
Butikofer: “Serbia is showing the EU the middle finger” (media)
Jarinje crossing with Serbia to be opened today (Koha)
Limaj reveals: “Serb terrorists also had lists for executions in Kosovo” (Paparaci)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic: I also discussed Kosovo with Xi, we were met with understanding (Tanjug)
Not known who will represent Serbia at the UN Security Council on Kosovo, said Vucic (NMagazin, Beta)
Vucic: In Tirana, Kurti tried to persuade Serbia to recognize Kosovo (NMagazin, Beta)
Arifi: Kurti is a national traitor for Albanians in Bujanovac and Presevo (NMagazin)
New party for Serbs in Kosovo: Bisevac and Stojanovic against the Serbian List, the first criticisms arrived (Danas)
The petition for the removal of special units forwarded to UNMIK, KFOR and ambassadors in Kosovo (KiM radio)
Office for KiM: Normalization in the supply of money in Serbian areas in Kosovo is underway (KiM radio, Tanjug)
International Media:
As US Pivots to Middle East, Kosovo Looks More Vulnerable (BIRN)
Kosovo President Refuses to Appoint Top Prosecutor (BIRN)
Kosovo and Serbia leaders to meet for talks after flurry of diplomacy (The Guardian)
German representative to Western Balkans: No need for new approach to Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Euractiv)
China’s Xi seeks to promote stronger ties with ‘ironclad friend’ Serbia (Euractiv)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 17, 2023

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 17, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

EU offers new growth plan to WB, partly opens access to single market (AP/media)
Kurti: I asked Brnabic to sign Basic Agreement, she wasn’t interested (Telegrafi)
Scholz: We condemn attack in north; Kosovo and Serbia must reach many points (media)
“The people are disappointed” – Does anyone represent Serbs in north of Kosovo? (RFE)
Peach: Attack in Kosovo “very serious incident”; calls for investigations and return to dialogue (VoA)
Von Cramon says Vucic visit to China “a signal towards the EU” (media)
Palokaj: EU is buying time for Serbia for the attack in Banjska (KTV)

Serbian Language Media:

Brnabic says position of Serbs in Kosovo humanitarian and not political issue (Tanjug, KoSSev)
Scholz: We will resolve conflict in Kosovo (Radio KIM, N1, BETA)
Government denies Serbian PM refused photo shoot in Tirana (N1)
Tanjug: Kurti after Tirana Summitt refused to respond to Serbian media questions
Vucic: Even worst dialogue with Pristina better than having no dialogue (media)
Local roads in Leposavic municipality dug up, villages cut off and movement of vehicles made difficult (Kosovo Online, media)
Ambassador Molina: Spain supports European path of Serbia and its territorial integrity (media)
Lawyer: Saqir Lutvija sent to 30-day detention over alleged war crime in 1998 (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 16, 2023

Albanian Language Media:
Kurti to take part in the Berlin Process Summit (media)
Montenegro doesn’t plan to send more troops to Kosovo (media)
Viola von Cramon reacts to Vucic who compared her to Nazis (media)
European Parliament to call for penalty measures for Serbia over Banjska (media)
Kurti: €79 million allocated in one week for Kosovo’s development (media)
Mesic: Aggression in Banjska was prepared to incite war (Kosovapress)
Serbian Language Media:
Messages from Brussels ahead of the Berlin Process Summit in Tirana (NMagazin, RTS)
Petkovic: Kurti deliberately complicated the situation with an administrative instruction (RTS)
Kurti formed a "special police unit for dressing," announced Serbian List (Politika, Tanjug) 
The CI 'Serbian Survival' asking for a "fashion prospectus" from the Government of Kosovo (KiM Radio)
A person detained because of T-Shirt and a knife, then released (KoSsev)
Office for KiM: Pristina's policy to evict Serbs from Kosovo (NMagazin, N1)
Chinese Ambassador Li Ming: After the forum in Beijing, relations between Serbia and China will be raised to a new level (Tanjug)
NGOs to international public: Abandon policy of cooperating with Vucic regime (Beta, N1)
International Media:
Romania Sends Reinforcements To KFOR In Kosovo, Says NATO (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 13, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

The "big five" in Kosovo and Serbia in an effort "to save the dialogue" (media)
Stoltenberg: It is important that NATO has increased its presence in Kosovo (RTK)
Hovenier disputes claims that dialogue is dead: EU and US make maximum effort to promote an agreement (VoA)
Hill: Interesting proposals will be presented to Kosovo and Serbia (Kallxo)
Lajcak’s adviser requests establishment of Association (RTK)
President Osmani to meet with two U.S. senators (media)
French Ambassador: We are waiting to see exactly how the attack was organized (RTK)
Albania’s Assembly adopts Resolution on Kosovo approved (media)
New details on Radoicic and drug laboratories in the north (Koha)
Candles lit for the Israeli victims, Hovenier present: Terrorism is not justified (media)
Helsinki Committee in Serbia: Opening of Draza Mihailovic’s museum is step towards fascism (Albanian Post)
Serbian Language Media:

Vucic: Elections on December 17 – parliamentary, Belgrade mayoral and provincial (RTS, Prva TV)
Petkovic warns of Pristina’s war rhetoric (Kosovo Online, social media)
Stoltenberg calls Belgrade, Pristina to behave responsibly (N1, media)
Momirovic meets with Varhelyi, calls for lifting of Pristina's ban on Serbian goods (Tanjug)
EU high delegation visits Banjska Monastery (RTS, media)
Re-construction of Albanian-owned houses in Brdjani has begun (KoSSev)
Serb from Leposavic arrested at Bistrica released, police opens case for “illegal possession of weapons” (KoSSev)
Indictment raised against Serb over attack against journalist in Zvecan (RTS)
Air Serbia to keep flying to Tel Aviv as long as security is guaranteed (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 12, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani: The EU should not be silent about what happened on September 24 (media)
Konjufca: Grateful to Germany for its steadfast partnership towards Kosovo (media)
Hovenier on Banjska attack: Most of war material they left behind was of Serbian origin (VoA)
Latvian Minister: There is no consensus for Kosovo's membership in CoE (Koha)
Assembly of Albania, with resolution on Kosovo (Kallxo)
Kearns: Radoicic should surrender to Kosovo, police officer's daughter deserves to face him in court (Reporteri)
Serwer: EU has turned into a de-facto opponent of Kosovo's sovereignty (media)
Haliti: Terrorists planned to kill some Serb civilians, then Serbian army would enter the north (media)
Why is Radojicic no longer owner of million-dollar companies in Serbia? (RFE)
Serbian Language Media:

Serbian List sends open letter to Kosovo Serbs (FoNet, media)
Petkovic and Makovec discussed political and security situation in Kosovo (Tanjug)
Bishop Teodosije: Tragic situation should not be excuse for Pristina to forget obligations from dialogue (KoSSev)
SAF Chief of Staff: KFOR the only legitimate security actor in Kosovo (N1, FoNet)
Vucic: Full investigation on Radoicic role in Banjska (N1)
Lawyer: Vladimir Tolic arrested in Banjska transferred from hospital to prison (Kosovo Online)
International Media:

A climate of violence’: Serbian football ultras in spotlight after Kosovo monastery siege (The Guardian)