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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 4, 2023

• Escobar: Implementation of Ohrid agreement must start with Association (RFE)
• Rohde: Association statute to be in line with Constitution of Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• EU: Management team should be functional until statute is approved (Kallxo)
• EU insists Association is main issue and biggest priority (Koha)
• Serwer: Bilateral isn’t working, so… (media)
• EFJ calls on Kurti “not to allow further politicization of IMC” (media)
• Osmani, Kurti messages on World Press Freedom Day (media)
• Szunyog: Media institutional setup in Kosovo needs to be enhanced (media)
• LDK: Reporters in Kosovo at threat from attacks and intimidation (media)
• Kosovo rises in World Press Freedom Index, media independence still at risk (Prishtina Insight)
• Balkan, Central European journalists highlight safety concerns on Press Freedom Day (BIRN)
• Haki Abazi expelled from Vetevendosje parliamentary group (media)
• Kosovo solar farm goes even greener, using sheep to mow the grass (Reuters)
• EU, W. Balkans telcos to cut data roaming charges from October (SeeNews)
• Mass shooting in Belgrade school kills nine, shocks Serbia (BIRN)
• Osmani, Kurti, Bislimi send condolences after school shooting in Belgrade (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 3, 2023

• Kosovo, Serbia agree to cooperate on resolving cases of missing persons (RFE)
• Borrell: Kosovo, Serbia fail to agree on lowering tensions in north Kosovo (Reuters)
• Kurti: Draft statute fundamentally incompatible with our Constitution (Koha)
• Management team for drafting statute of Association relieved from duty (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo should have its own draft for the Association (RTK)
• Osmani: Declaration, a moment of relief for affected families (media)
• Petkovic: Declaration confirms we have protected Serbian interests (media)
• Vucic: Pristina unwilling to meet commitment; hope dialogue will continue (media)
• Kurti met with Escobar, before meeting with Vucic and Borrell (RTK)
• Konjufca: I don't expect Serbia to change quickly (RTK)
• First indictment filed, for rape during the war in Kosovo (media)
• Serbia ratifies three agreements of Berlin Process, including Kosovo (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 2, 2023

• Kurti and Vucic to meet in Brussels today (media)
• Kurti: Basic agreement and annex must be implemented in their entirety (media)
• Lajcak: We discussed with Kurti about May 2 meeting (RTK)
• Kurti: There will be no Republika Srpska in the north (media)
• Kosovar PM, Greek FM meet for 10th time in two years (Euractiv)
• Vela: BIA interviewed Kosovo police officers who were transiting (media)
• Tahiri: Statute of Association will affect borders in the Balkans (Klan)
• Corruption suspicious about energy corporation’s director cause turmoil in Kosovo (BIRN)
• “Kosovo seeking conflict at any cost,” Vucic slams opening of Iber bridge (Euronews)
• After bridge decision, Mitrovica North assembly to decide on mosque (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo’s abandoned ‘ghost houses’ guard their secrets (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 28, 2023

UN Security Council discusses report on Kosovo (media)
Kurti: Serbia is not constructive; internationals must apply pressure on it (KSP)
Kosovo remembers the forcibly disappeared of the 1990s war (BIRN)
U.S. Embassy message on National Day of Missing Persons (media)
Abbott urges governments to do all they can to resolve fate of missing (media)
Lajcak: Important to start defining status, competencies of Association (media)
Abdixhiku: We can’t be with Kurti in government, he represents the past (T7)
Kosovo’s CoE membership may take up to two years (Albanian Daily News)
Kosovo Supreme Court upholds ex-policeman’s war crimes sentence (BIRN)
Chollet talks with Vucic; “we expect constructive meeting on May 2” (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 27, 2023

• Kurti seeks support from France, Italy and Germany (Koha)
• EU won’t allow conditioning of implementation of agreements (Koha)
• Gervalla and Greenfield talked about the UN role in Kosovo (RTK)
• Osmani in Skopje: Albanian language law should be implemented (Euronews)
• Kosovo demands EU condemn Serbia's 'breach' of intl agreement (Euronews)
• Ruling party, opposition, trade blame about crisis in KEK (Prishtina Insight)
• Members of European Parliament adopt report on Kosovo (media)
• COMKFOR briefs representatives of contributing countries on situation (media)
• Police stops two Serbia Post vehicles, finds large amount of money (Kallxo)
• Serb Orthodox Church thanks Kosovo Police for swift reaction (Koha Ditore)
• Report: Serbia's EU membership depends on normalization of relations with Kosovo (Telegrafi)