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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 17, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo signs agreement for ammunition factory with Turkish company (media) • Rutte on attack in the north: Stability in Western Balkans fragile (media) • Costa: Progress in dialogue helps Kosovo on candidate status (media) • KFOR Commander meets Croatian Defense Minister, talks about security (Media) • Nenad Rasic's party accuses Serbian List of blackmail and pressure (RTK) • Maqedonci meets Anusic, informs him about situation in the north (media) • US soldiers patrol northern Kosovo (Reporteri) • Behrami: Visit of Special Chambers Chief Prosecutor, interference in justice (Reporteri) • Richard Grenell is returning to the Balkans, here is his role (Nacionale) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: I hope EU enlargement policy will become clearer, more vigorous (Tanjug) • Rutte: Attack on water canal in Kosovo underline fragility of the stability in Western Balkans (Kosovo Online) • US KFOR members conducted routine patrols in northern Kosovo (KoSSev, social media) • Hetemi defends budget allocation for roads in Albanian-majority villages of Leposavic (KoSSev) • New round of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to be held in Brussels Tuesday (media) • Western Balkans' future is in EU – declaration (Tanjug) • Internal Affairs Ministry denies Amnesty report on forensic tools (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 16, 2024

Albanian Language Media: • Major disagreements in EU over lifting measures against Kosovo (RFE) • Osmani thanks Carpenter for unwavering support for Kosovo (media) • Kurti meets with Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, Luka Mesec (media) • Kurti: Serbia killed young Serbs to justify genocide in Kosovo (media) • EU-Western Balkans summit to confirm European path (RTK) • Two former Kosovo Police officers arrested in Zubin-Potok (media) • Trump nominates Grenell as special envoy for international missions (media) • Instagram accounts of senior LDK officials, including Abdixhiku’s, attacked (media) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric: Situation in Kosovo the worst in the last two decades (Kosovo Online, Kurir) • Hill: No alternative to Dialogue; the CSM must be established (Kosovo Online, euronews.rs) • Simic: Without 10 mandates for the Serb List, ethnic cleansing of Serbs from Kosovo will be finalized (TV Prva, Kosovo Online) • The Serbian People's Movement presented its candidates for the parliamentary elections (KiM radio, KoSSev) • KFOR practiced the defense of Visoki Decani (RTS) • SOC files criminal complaint against Selim Pacolli (Radio Mitrovica sever, NMagazin, Beta, eparhija-prizren.com) • KP officer sentenced to three years for attempted murder of Serbian civilian (KoSSev) • Student protests in Serbia continue amid incidents (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 13, 2024

Albanian Language Media: EU demands sending Association draft statute to Constitutional Court (RTK) Kurti travels for an official visit to Croatia (media) Ziadeh meets Hovenier, thanks him for cooperation, support to dialogue (media) Osmani in Washington D.C. met with Congressman Pete Sessions (media) Maqedonci meets Spruds, discuss latest attack in the north of Kosovo (media) Barduani: Very good cooperation with Kosovo institutions (RTK) Svecla commends joint Kosovo-Albania operation against arms trafficking (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic receives Interpol President (Tanjug) Dacic opens 2nd SEPCA General Assembly meeting (Tanjug) Dragisa Vicentijevic to remain in detention (Kosovo Online, media) Slovakian Ministry of Defence: Proposal to send 150 soldiers to Kosovo (Kosovo Online) Mojsilovic met US European Command Deputy Director (Tanjug) Mass shooter found guilty of Serbian village massacres, sentenced to 20 years (N1) International Media: Serbia students continue protests despite government concessions (Balkan Insight) Alarm raised in Balkans over TikTok ‘Superman Challenge’ risks to children (Balkan Insight) Workshop “Early Warning and Early Action Against Extremist Ideologies” (Sbunker.org)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 11, 2024

Albanian Language Media: Scholz: Agreement between Kosovo and Serbia must be implemented (media) Hovenier: Still no evidence to hold anyone responsible for "Iber-Lepenc" attack (Kallxo) Peci: Sources in KFOR say over 1,500 members of Civil Protection in Raska (KTV) Maqedonci: It is suspected that attack was carried out by operational remnants of Radojcic's group (Klan) Svecla: Members of Serbian List involved in ongoing unrest in the north (Reporteri) Perteshi: Serbia’s structures prepared the attacks in the north for three years (RTK) Bislimi: Serbia has no right to obstruct our support for Albanians in Presevo Valley (RFE) Nexhmi Rexhepi elected new president of Constitutional Court (RTK) Gervalla: Kosovo guarantees the highest standards of human rights (RTK) Kurti welcomed Hella Ben Youssef (RTK) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: Kosovo, geopolitics and other important issues also discussed with Scholz (Tanjug) Scholz: There is an agreement that has been reached and must be implemented (Kosovo Online) Petkovic: Kurti and Svecla trying to criminalize Serbian List before the elections (Radio Mitrovica sever) SL: Kurti started an undisguised showdown with Serbian List (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online, KoSSev) Kosovo Serbs abandoned by all but God, says Metropolitan Grigorije (KoSSev) Students of the University of Pristina relocated in North Mitrovica: We face daily violations of human rights (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 10, 2024

Albanian Language Media: Osmani: Kosovo, a champion of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (media) Terras condemns terrorist attack on Iber Lepenci water canal (Koha) Kurti meets Terras, calls for removal of EU measures against Kosovo (media) COMKFOR Barduani meets Terras (media) Interethnic relations in Kosovo, prey to disinformation (RFE) Kurti: Fight against corruption among key priorities of our government (media) Unfounded asylum requests from Kosovo increased by over 100 percent (RFE) Kurti: Proud that Kosovo will organize the Mediterranean Games (RTK) Serbian Language Media: Serbian Labor Minister: “Kurti brags about result of expulsion of more than 200.000 Serbs from Kosovo after 1999” (Kosovo Online, social media) Development Fund for North suffers losses: Who benefits? (Kosovo Online) Turkish KFOR soldiers patrol in Zubin Potok (media, social media) Minister Popovic: No to EU membership if Kosovo is the price (N1, BETA) EC: Serbia implementing visa-liberalization recommendations (N1) Montenegro Defense Minister on detained soldiers: Draconian punishment, I am calling for their release (Radio KIM) Berliner Zeitung from Zurich: Vucic’s "Insights without illusions" (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)