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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 15, 2023

• Kurti responds to Lajcak: Success of agreement does not depend on me (media)
• Osmani: I expect the internationals to put pressure on Serbia (media)
• Borrell: EU and U.S. cooperate effectively on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan)
• Escobar this week in Kosovo and Serbia (Koha)
• U.S.: Kosovo, Serbia to use March 18 meet to prove their commitment (Express)
• German emissary: Kosovo is always strong when it manages to say yes (RTK)
• Prime Minister Kurti travels to Strasbourg (media)
• Abdixhiku: Kosovo needs an agreement with mutual recognition (media)
• Haradinaj: Partnership with the USA is long-term and strategic (RTK)
• Slain Politician Ivanovic’s Widow ‘Afraid to Testify’ in Kosovo Court (BIRN)
• Serbian rightists protest again against the European proposal (RFE)
• Kosovo refuse to compete at IBA Women's Boxing World Championships over "discriminatory" conditions (Inside the Games)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 14, 2023

• Govt treating modalities offered by EU for non-majority communities (Koha)
• Weller: Crunch-point at Upcoming Ohrid Negotiations on Normalization (Koha)
• 'We have to normalise relations' with Serbia, Kosovo PM tells Euronews
• Kurti visits Kapia: Serbia not implementing 2011 agreement in Brussels (media)
• Abbott: This week is important for Kosovo; real steps are being made (Klan)
• Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan)
• Krasniqi expresses ‘reservations’ on European plan to Hovenier (Albanian Post)
• Von Cramon: We have no interest in creating a new “Republika Srpska” (RTK)
• Wigemark meets Kurti, discuss rule of law and security situation (media)
• 11 parties say they will not participate in elections in north, but not SL (Klan)
• Kosovo and Serbia Backtracking on EU-Brokered Deal (europeanconservative)
• Kosovo Seeks Extradition of War Crimes Defendants from Serbia (BIRN)
• Share Your Experience: Domestic Violence in Kosovo (BIRN)
• Kosovo parliamentary delegation in Taiwan for 1st time ever (TaiwanNews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 13, 2023

Kurti: Basic agreement, advancement toward mutual recognition (media) 
Rohde: Agreement, historic chance toward full normalisation and mutual recognition (media)
Osmani meets Dendias, discuss dialogue with Serbia and relations (media)
Kurti meets Greek Foreign Minister Dendias (media)
Kosovo Serb villagers stage camp protest to stop land expropriation (BIRN)
Kurti: Latest IMF report notes Kosovo had strongest tax revenue increase (media)
Nesic: Kosovo-Serbia agreement would relax tensions in the Balkans (Koha)
Serbian President rules out ‘factual de jure’ recognition of Kosovo (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 10, 2023

• Council of Ministers gives Kosovo green light to visa free travel (media)
• Lajcak visit to Kosovo, “my expectations were met” (media)
• EU hopeful that Kosovo and Serbia will reach deal this month (Reuters)
• Next high-level meeting on Saturday 18 March in Ohrid (eeas.europa.eu)
• Vucic: I won’t sign Serbia’s capitulation; Kurti won’t form Association (Telegrafi)
• Southeast, Central Europe, except Kosovo, sees freedoms decline (BIRN)
• PDK in favor of Association, with three conditions (Koha)
• Kosovo women still struggling to win property rights (BIRN)
• Session of ex-KSF member accused of wounding two Serbs, postponed (Koha)
• Police forced to use firearm against a person that refused to stop his car (Kallxo)
• Attacks on Bogujevci, Citaku: Outrageous and unacceptable (Gazeta Metro)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 9, 2023

• Kurti: On March 18, we discuss implementation plan (RTK)
• Lajcak to arrive in Kosovo today (media)
• U.S. concerned with opposition’s objection to European plan (Koha)
• Konjufca: Association should not be formed before agreement (Zeri)
• EU Council is expected to adopt visa liberalization for Kosovo today (media)
• Abdixhiku: Agreement with Serbia must have recognition at center (media)
• Krasniqi: We expressed our reservations regarding agreement (Reporteri)
• Southeast Europe Marches for Women’s Rights (BIRN)
• Kosovo Serb Policeman Arrested on War Crimes Charges (BIRN)
• Right-Wing Serbian Students Protest Against EU Kosovo Deal (BIRN)