UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 4, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti meets Hargreaves, discuss bilateral relations, developments (media)
Gervalla: Serbia is the one threatening the region (Koha)
Haxhiu: Serbia should be pressured to hand over war criminals, terrorists (TeVe1)
Canak: Info about plans to displace Serbs to Sandzak from sources (media)
Five Serbs summoned for interviews for “falsification of documents”(Koha)
Shea: Kosovo government needs to engage fully in the dialogue (Klan Kosova)

Serbian Language Media:

Petkovic: Hearings of the leaders of the Serbian List - brutal political persecution of Serbs from the north (Kosovo Online)
Milovic: The presidents of the provisional authorities of the municipalities were summoned to the police for questioning (RTS, Kosovo Online)
Serbian democracy: Through dialogue, Serbian institutions were recognized as a reality (KiM radio)
Leaders of closed Serbian institutions summoned for interview - suspected of "falsifying documents" (KoSSev, alternativna.com, KiM radio)
"If a child is born, there is nowhere to register": While Serbs in Kosovo live without institutions, Albanians open shops (N1, NMagazin)
Peci announces investment in agro-tourism in the North, reacts to claims of Serbian discrimination: “I cannot imagine any reason for it” (KoSSev)
Minister Miscevic in Bled: Serbia understands the importance of dialogue; Hill: EU enlargement a very complex process (RTS)
Lajcak, Miscevic discuss EU Growth Plan for Western Balkans (Tanjug)
ProGlas on the meeting with the delegation of Serbs from Kosovo: The situation in Kosovo a consequence of Vucic's policy (Danas)
RFE: EU says relations with Russia can’t be business as usual (N1, NMagazin, Danas)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 2, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Kosovo closes five Serbia-run institutions in the north (media)
Osmani meets Kasanof, “insightful discussion on recent developments” (media)
Plaques of Kosovo institutions put up in former “parallel municipalities” (media)
Osmani: Our true power lies in partnerships that have kept us strong (media)
Lajcak: Societies in Kosovo and Serbia not ready for normalization (RFE)
Lajcak will travel to Pristina to prepare next meeting of chief negotiators (media)
Canak and Biserko: Belgrade plans to displace Kosovo Serbs to Sandzak (media)

Serbian Language Media:

SRSG Ziadeh on the situation in northern Kosovo (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, NIN, Euronews.rs, media)
Controversy Erupts at Ulpiana Fest Over Burning of Christian Crosses (KoSSev)
The Eparchy of Raska-Prizren condemns the burning of crosses at the Ulpiana Fest (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, N1, media)
Hargreaves: The Kosovo government must do more to ensure Serbs feel secure about their future here (KoSSev)
How identity verification looks like in North Mitrovica (KoSSev)
Biserko, Canak informed Kurti that Belgrade plans to move Serbs from the North to Raska, asking him to prevent it (KoSSev)
Lajcak after Bled travels to Pristina (RTS, media)
Signs of Kosovo institutions placed on the buildings of Serbian institutions in North Mitrovica (Kosovo Online, media)
BIRODI: The GoK to fulfil its obligations towards Serbs in Kosovo, instead of discrimination (NMagazin, N1, Beta, KoSSev)
Kosovo’s Northern Security Sweep: An Overview (KoSSev, media)
Vucic criticizes Kosovo’s provocations and expresses doubts about Serbia’s EU accession by 2028 (N1, Beta, media)

International Media:

Protest from US after Kosovo closes Serbian offices (The Guardian)
Taking Heat From Allies, Kosovo President Blames 'Dark Forces' (RFE)
After greeting Macron in Belgrade, Serbia's Vučić sets off to meet von der Leyen in Prague (euronews.com)
EU's Balkan Envoy Says Serbia-Kosovo Stalemate Risks 'Outbursts Of Instability' (RFE)

Albanian Language Media:

• Macron: Kosovo's unilateral moves, not a good signal (media)
• Kurti and Goffus discuss importance of continuous coordination with NATO (media)
• Osmani asks senior NATO official to draw up joint plan for opening of Iber Bridge (Reporteri)
• Osmani meets Manuel Sarrazin, discuss political developments and security (media)
• Kurti to Sarazin: Kosovo is fully engaged in Berlin Process (RTK)
• Sarrazin: We need difficult compromises between Kosovo and Serbia for EU membership (Koha)
• Abdixiku to Sarrazin: LDK will give priority to Berlin Process (Koha)
• Maqedonci meets Goffus, discuss security in Kosovo and the region (RTK)
• KSF members are being trained for battles by Turkish military (Koha)
• EULEX and IML Forensic Team visiting Novi Pazar (RTK)
• Maqedonci: The CIA chief's visit to Kosovo was to curb Russian influence in Balkans (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Macron arrives to Belgrade, contract on purchase of 12 Rafale aircrafts signed (media)
• Odalovic: Kurti is trying to hide Pristina has done nothing regarding missing persons issue (Kosovo Online)
• EULEX and IFM collaborate as excavations begin in Novi Pazar (KoSSev)
• Serbian man sentenced to five months in prison and deportation from Kosovo for ‘insulting KLA’ (media)
• Sopjani: Presence of ministers during opening of Kosovo Post office in Mitrovica North unnecessary (Kosovo Online, social media)

International Media:

• Serbia signs deal to buy French fighter jets as Macron visits Belgrade (Balkan Insight)
• Serbia announces $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in a shift away from Russia (AP)
• Serbia buys 12 Rafale jets from France's Dassault Aviation for 2.7 billion euros (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Kosovo deserves full membership in CoE, it has met all conditions (media)
• Sarrazin to visit Kosovo today (media)
• Kallas expected to engage in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, position of special emissary may be removed (Zeri)
• Opposition calls minimum wage of 350 euros an "electoral decision" (Koha)
• KLI: Kosovo failing to provide strategic approach to fighting corruption (Koha)
• Uglanin: We do not want to politicise process, but we are ready to rebuild Iber Mosque (Klan)
• Sormaz: Attack in Banjska was organised by Vucic (RTK)
• Cerkini on the missing: No August 30 has found us in worse position (RTK)
• Mayor of Presheva reacts to Vulin, says she is constantly discriminated (media)
• MPs who left VV to join PD, enter elections with AKR and Unity Movement? (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Stances of France, USA and others regarding Ibar River bridge are firm (Kosovo Online)
• Mojsilovic met Admiral Munsch: We expect KFOR to take measures to preserve safety of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Minister Gasic met Admiral Munsch (RTV, media)
• JFCNP post on Admiral Munsch meeting with Minister Gasic, General Mojsilovic (social media)
• Pro-lithium mining organisation formed in Serbia (N1)

International Media:

• Switch to Kosovo Driving Licences Leaves Many Serbs Stuck in Limbo (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo Govt Doubles Minimum Wage Ahead of Elections (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 28, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

Admiral Munsch meets Kurti in Pristina (media)
KFOR personnel carry out 24-hour operation along ABL (media)
Parties have three more days to announce pre-election coalitions (RTK)
Serwer suggests abandoning appeasing policy towards Belgrade (media)
“Serbs in north of Kosovo call for boycott of Albanian businesses” (TeVe1)
Begaj asks Albanian ambassadors to work in support of Kosovo (media)

Serbian Language Media:

‘Ethnic engineering’ in northern Kosovo - do Serbs have reasons to fear ‘albanization’? (Kosovo Online)
Can Kosovo Post replace Serbian Post in northern Kosovo? (Danas, Kosovo Online)
Admiral Stuart Munsch met Kurti, KFOR Commander Ulutas (Radio KIM, social media)
24-hour KFOR exercise along administrative line concluded (Kosovo Online, social media)
German official denies EU traded lithium for democracy (N1, Danas)
Misleading reporting in Serbian media on U.S. criticism of Albin Kurti (KoSSev)