Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: Opposition cannot postpone elections indefinitely (Koha)
• Stano on report on EU measures for Kosovo: No exact date, don’t speculate (RTK)
• Svecla: Partners did not criticize us, they expressed concern (media)
• Rasic: Vucic and Serbian List used the north for money laundering (media)
• Osmani meets leaders at Peace Summit for Ukraine (media)
• Svecla: Serbian government is financing terrorism (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• Djuric meets Jenca, discusses Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online, media)
• Dacic: Role of UNMIK of crucial importance for security of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic meets ASG Jenca, SRSG Ziadeh, informs them of unilateral Pristina acts (Radio KIM, media)
• Kosovo police entered two schools in Leposavic without warrant, photographed premises (Kosovo Online, media)
• Kosovo police searched for “illegal things” at two schools in Leposavic, without explaining what it was (KoSSev, social media)
• Two Serb youths say they were mistreated by Kosovo police in Leposavic (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Serbian List, Office for KiM react to Rasic’s remarks he is ready to engage in preparing CSM draft statute (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, media)
• Mortal remains of three Serbian civilians killed in Kosovo to be handed over to Belgrade delegation at Merdare (media)
• 25 years since kidnapping of several Serbs in Orahovac (Radio Gorazdevac, media)
• Insulting graffiti written on House of Culture, children’s playground in Susica (KoSSev, media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 18, 2024
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 14, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Svecla on weapons found in Uglare: There is no compromise on crime (RTK)
• Osmani meets with president of North Macedonia (Klan)
• Hovenier: We’ll help protect Kosovo from cyberattacks, false information (media)
• NDI deputy chief: TV stations are the main source of information (Koha)
• Kosovo joins Demining Coalition for Ukraine (media)
• Rohde remembers “German journalists killed during war in Kosovo” (Telegrafi)
• Municipality of Mitrovica North continues to free public spaces (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucevic: We preserve peace and protect Serbs in Kosovo, but we are far from resolving status issues (Kosovo Online)
• Djuric: Serbia wants relationship of trust and cooperation with all EU member states (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Serbia does not accept violations of Resolution 1244 or the rights of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic informs Latin American ambassadors of situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, media)
• Serbs could not attend liturgy at Christ the Savior Temple in Pristina centre (Radio KIM)
• More than 1000 requests submitted to switching driver’s licences (KoSSev)
• EU: Belgrade violating agreement on path to normalisation of relations with Pristina (N1, FoNet)
• Vulin meets with Russian security services leadership in Moscow (BETA, N1)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 13, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti on the 19th anniversary of LVV: I thank the people who support us so much (RTK)
• Osmani: Freedom will have no meaning without justice for 1133 children killed during war (Klan)
• EP Vice-President: I hope we will soon welcome Kosovo into big EU family (Express)
• NATO: Our work remains ensuring peace and freedom of movement for all without distinction (Reporteri)
• Ulutash: KFOR role remains essential, I will spare no effort (Reporteri)
• UK Chief of Defense Staff: Our troops continue to support Kosovo's sovereignty (Reporteri)
• Hovenier: NATO's entry into Kosovo ended the brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Milosevic regime (Reporteri)
• Lajcak talks with O'Brien about developments in Western Balkans (Koha)
• Maqedonci in Brussels to sign agreement on demining (media)
• Serbian delegation leaves meeting in Sarajevo after "Kosovo's membership in CoE" mentioned (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic: Foreigners take only what they like from UNSCR 1244 (Tanjug, Dnevni avaz, media)
• Pristina must be put under pressure to continue dialogue, Vucevic tells UK ambassador (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: The decision to ban the import of Serbian goods into Kosovo threatens basic European values (Kosovo Online, TV Most)
• Djuric: Serbia unequivocally supports Dayton Agreement; Vranjes: I did not bring or hand Sarajevo's protest note to Serbia (Tanjug)
• Vladimir Orlic appointed director of Serbia’s Security Intelligence Agency (N1, media)
International:
• ‘Administrative Silence’: FOI Requests Go Unanswered in Balkans, BIRN Report Says (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 12, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• U.S. calls for stability, reconciliation in Balkans, after All-Serbian Assembly (RFE)
• Rohde: We are not here to punish but to support (media)
• Kurti hosts Walker, Robertson, Begaj and Mesic for dinner (media)
• Lajcak briefs Council of Europe members on state of dialogue (media)
• Osmani attends opening of Reporting House exhibition by BIRN (media)
• Kurti meets representatives of “Yes-EU” innovation group (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Djuric speaks by phone with Schallenberg, informs him of difficulties Serbs face in Kosovo (Tanjug, media)
• Djuric: Position of Serbia is such that Kosovo can never be member of UN (Tanjug, RTV)
• Petkovic responds to Hovenier: For Serbia, UN Charter, UNSCR 1244 and international law are power (Tanjug, media)
• Vucevic: Serbia looking after its interests, that’s cooperation with Russia (FoNet, N1)
• Sentic: Law on use of languages is broad in granted rights, but its implementation in practice is problematic (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List on organized criminal-espionage network being increasingly exposed (Kosovo Online)
• Indictment raised against one more Serb in relation to protest in Zvecan (Kosovo Online)
• Zoran Kostic and Dragan Milovic pleaded not guilty for alleged war crimes in Vucitrn (RTS)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 11, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti after meeting Blair: I sincerely thanked our friend for his unwavering support (Nacionale)
• Kurti met with Director of Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center, Emir Suljagic: Serbia must face its past (Telegrafi)
• USA: "All-Serbian" declaration, dangerous attack on Dayton and Bosnian institutions (media)
• Edi Rama, advised Kurti to get out of trap of "cat and mouse" game with Serbia (Telegrafi)
• Szunyog visited "Bllaca 99" memorial center (RTK)
• Municipality of Pristina announces Kouchner's visit has been cancelled (RTK)
• Express: Lord Robertson arrives in Pristina for the 25th anniversary of liberation (Express)
Serbian Language Media:
• Djuric: Solution for Kosovo can be sought only through dialogue within framework of UNSCR 1244 (media, social
media)
• Dacic: UNSCR 1244 still valid, everyone must comply with it (media)
• Vucevic thanks Mexico for abstaining in UNGA vote, stance on Kosovo issue (Tanjug, media)
• US and West do not agree with positions of Declaration of the All-Serbian Assembly (RFE, N1)
• Vulin: Serbia highly appreciates Russia’s consistent support (N1)
• UNS: It is unacceptable to deny translation into Serbian for journalists (Radio KIM, media)
International Media:
• 'I Never Regretted Helping Kosovo', UK's Tony Blair Says (Prishtina Insight)
• BIRN Marks End of Kosovo War with ‘Reporting House’ Exhibition (Prishtina Insight)