• Serbian President, Ruling Party Won Elections (BIRN) • Elections in Serbia, Albanians eyeing to secure over 3 seats in parliament (euronews.al) • Shaip Kamberi expected to be the only Albanian MP in Serbia (Klan) • Osmani: According to reports, 6,000 Albanians denied vote in Serbia (media) • Svecla: The day was successfully concluded, thanks to Enver Zymberi's colleagues (media) • German and French ambassadors visited border crossing in Merdare (media) • Wigemark: Traffic between Kosovo and Serbia without any major delays or incidents (media) • End of practice - Kosovo Serbs head to Serbia to vote (Koha) • Cramon reacts after reports that Albanians are being removed from voter lists (RTK) • Still no agreement on license plates, EU calls for engagement (Koha) • Ahmeti: Kosovo to apply to international organisations at the right time (Kosovapress) • Pentagon official talks Ukraine war, Russian interference in Balkans (VOA) • Germany and Austria in favor of accelerating Western Balkans’ EU membership (Express) • Justice Minister Haxhiu meets KSC President at The Hague (media) • Kosovo Courts Too Lenient in Femicide Sentences, NGO Warns (BIRN) • Kosovo Muslims Want Ban on Religious Dress in Schools Lifted (BIRN) • COVID-19: 19 new cases, one death (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 31, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: American people pledge $32 million for Kosovo (media) • Lajcak discusses Balkans security with France's secretary of state (Klan) • Rizvanolli: Kosovo not depended on Gazprom; Government focused on energy efficiency projects (Klan) • Nagavci: We have discontinued payment of 32 Serb officials (Kosovapress) • AAK presses Government to pass law on salaries (media) • COVID-19: 32 new cases, two deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • “180 incidents against Serbian community recorded during pandemic” (Radio KIM) • Office for KiM on Zoran Djokic’s case: No right to fair trial (Radio KIM, media) • Brnabic on ban to hold Serbian elections in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Dacic: Kurti respects neither Brussels agreement nor international community (Kosovo-online) • EU Ambassador says sanctions on Serbia not considered (N1) • Vucic stepping down as party leader after new government formed (N1) International: • Kosovo Opposition Party Criticises PM Kurti Over Serbs’ Vote (Balkan Insight) • Belgrade Slams War Crimes Conviction of Serb in Kosovo (Balkan Insight) • Bound by a Sense of Victimhood, Serbia Sticks With Russia (NYT) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia donates 35 tons of food to Lesotho (Tanjug)

• Prime Minister Kurti interview with Le Monde • Haradinaj threatens Kurti about veterans’ list (media) • Draft law on wages – risk of outbreak of social dissatisfaction (RFE) • Hovenier: Kosovo’s multiethnic diversity, among its greatest strengths (media) • 5 to 7 percent increase in prices by end of year, financial expert says (Koha) • COVID-19: 30 new cases, no deaths (media) • Serbia sues person who “discovered” killer of Oliver Ivanovic (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 30, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • COMKFOR: No indications of threats; ready to react against threats (Telegrafi) • Clark: I hope Kosovo will be invited to join NATO soon (Gazeta Express) • Tahiri: With Kurti-led government, everyone toward emigration (Indeksonline) • Some Serb judges go to work at Mitrovica court, others continue boycott (media) • “Kosovo, a success story in administering vaccines against COVID-19” (Klan Kosova) • COVID-19: 30 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: Serbia ready to host Kiev-Moscow negotiations (RTS) • Ukrainian Ambassador on Belgrade’s offer to host negotiations (Tanjug) • Arsenijevic: Neutral registration points for transporting voters from Kosovo should be formed (Radio kontakt plus) • Opposition ‘United for Serbia’s Victory’ calls on people to vote on Sunday (N1) • Vucic on April 3 presidential elections (N1) • Kosovo Supreme Court upheld verdict of 12 years in prison to Zoran Djokic (Kosovo-online) • MIA on allegations relating to murder of Oliver Ivanovic (RTS) Opinion: • Serbia’s Vucic Should Learn from Russia’s Ukraine Debacle (BIRN) • More on “Kurti’s doctrine”: much ado about elections and semantics as destiny (KoSSev) International: • BIRN Fact-Check: Does Kosovo Still Rely on Goods from Serbia? (BIRN) • Kosovo Charges Ex-Fighter with Wartime Massacre of Villagers (BIRN) • North Macedonia census reveals over 29% of population is Albanian (euronews.al) Humanitarian/Development: • “Withdrawal of savings, a competency of the Kosovo Assembly” (Telegrafi) • Authorities look into suspicions of orchestrated rise in oil prices (Koha) • Fuel prices in Kosovo increased again (Radio KIM)

• U.S. expresses "unwavering support" for Kosovo (RFE) • Osmani: Strengthening existing alliances and forging new ones remains strategic objective (media) • Roth: EU to keep promise, grant Kosovo visa liberalisation (media) • Haziri: Kosovo Government did not ban Serbian elections, it conditioned them (Kallxo) • Gjini: AAK is against Serbia's elections in Kosovo without prior agreement (Kallxo) • PDK: Inquiry committee to determine how €100 million were spent (media) • Germany striving for independence from Russian gas, commends Kosovo (Koha) • Montenegro declares border demarcation issue closed (media) • Panel dismisses Krasniqi and Selimi appeals against detention (media) • Kosovo man, detained by Serbian authorities, released (media) • Kosovo Albanian indicted for 1999 war crimes (AP) • War Criminals Campaign for Ruling Parties in Serbian Elections (BIRN) • Konjufca: Shameful if members of LGBTI are not considered as human beings (Koha) • COVID-19: 32 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 29, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti meets Norwegian Prime Minister Store (media) • Osmani meets business community in Qatar (media) • Vela: Vucic should be sanctioned for endangering peace and stability (media) • Haxhiu travels to Hague today to meet former KLA leaders (RTK) • Kosovo and Albania aim to protect together from possible attacks (EO) • Indictment filed against a person for Izbica massacre (RFE) • Hajdari: 62 percent increase in export in 2021; foreign investments almost €500 (media) • Ben-Meir: Result of Ukraine war could change Serbia position toward Kosovo (Zeri) • COVID-19: 32 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: We are ready to offer Belgrade to Russian and Ukrainian negotiators (N1, Happy TV) • Guerini: Cooperation with Serbia important (RTS) • New US ambassador arrives in Belgrade soon, says let’s look to future (N1) • Vucic: Serbia’s economic success best answer to attacks from region (N1) • RFE: Kurti ‘forgot’ internal dialogue with Serbs (media) • Head of OSCE Mission visits Visoki Decani Monastery (Kosovo-online) • Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi to remain in detention (Radio KIM) • REC makes decision on polling stations’ committees for voting of Serbs from Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever) International: • Kosovo Backs EU Fast-Track for Ukraine Despite Dutch Balkans Warning (Newsweek) • Frightened witnesses jeopardise Kosovo politician’s assassination trial (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Ukrainian Refugees in Southeast Europe Risk Being Cash-Strapped (Balkan Insight)

• Osmani to Al Jazeera: Threats do not stop Kosovo from aspirations to join NATO (Telegrafi) • EU Urges Serbia and Kosovo for Restrain over Judge’s Suspension (Exit) • NATO on Serbia's elections: Act responsibly, refrain from actions that escalate the situation (Nacionale) • PM Kurti begins official visit to Norway (media) • Lavrov: Pristina taking advantage of situation to get quasi-independence recognised (Tanjug/Klan) • PDK approves formation of good governance cabinet (media) • Haradinaj: Kurti mas much more important matters than that of KLA veterans (RTK) • EULEX to transfer dialogue-related issues to EU Office (Klan) • Kosovo Hails Solar Energy Project as Potential Game Changer (BIRN) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, two deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • “A dirty game”, the opposition feels betrayed by Vetevendosje (Express) • Prime Minister Albin Kurti on official visit to Norway (Express) • President Osmani meets IMF Managing Director Georgieva (media) • Hoxhaj: Membership in NATO more important than technical dialogue (media) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, two deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • EU: Disciplinary proceedings are not part of the Brussels Agreement (KiM radio, RFE) • Vucic: We exceptionally value support of Angola to Serbian territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo-online) • Lavrov: Peace talks could also be held in Belgrade (Tanjug) • Office for KiM: Flammable device thrown into Vesic family yard (Radio KIM) • Vulin: International community doesn’t implement its mandate in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • French Ambassador says EU integration has to speed up (FoNet, N1) • Mojsilovic visits Serbian army units in Raska and Novi Pazar on Saturday (Kosovo-online) • Brnabic: Serbia's policy will not be shaped by desires of big powers (Tanjug) Opinion: • “Depriving Serbs in Kosovo from right to vote: Consequences of Kurti's or Vucic's policy?” International: • North Macedonia expels five Russian diplomats for 'inappropriate' activities (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • Trade Unions call on government to draft Law on Wages (Indeksonline) • Decision on strike in educational system expected on April 2 (Telegrafi) • Last containers settlement closes down (Radio KIM)

• Kurti to Kosovo Serbs: Do not be influenced by Belgrade's authoritarian regime (media) • Szunyog: Practice of OSCE collecting ballots should have continued (media) • UK envoy comments on Serbia's elections in Kosovo, dialogue process (media) • "No easy discussions" between Lajcak and Bislimi (Koha) • Kosovo President Osmani attended Doha Forum (media) • Kosovo reburies remains of seven persons from Krusha e Vogel (media) • Smuggling of Novoberde castle artifacts to Serbia confirmed (Koha) • Kosovo Ministry reacts after citizen arrested by Serbia’s authorities (media) • Kosnett: It seems Vucic chose Putin over the West (Express) • Abazovic: There is no issue that will not be discussed with Kosovo (Klan) • Last group of Afghan citizens depart Kosovo (media) • COVID-19: 37 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 25, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Quint countries call on Kosovo and Serbia to act with restraint (media) • Kurti sends letter to EU regarding Serbia's elections (media) • Serbs protest decision not to allow Serbia's elections in Kosovo (media) • KJC: Decision to suspend Stevanovic was not politically influenced (Koha) • North Macedonia's support for Kosovo discussed during Gervalla's visit to Skopje (media) • Mehaj: Kosovo is safe, will not succumb to threats or blackmail (media) • COVID-19: 31 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • US Embassy: Quint and the EU share democratic value of peaceful assembly (Facebook) • Serbs protest in Gracanica and Mitrovica North (Radio KIM, media) • Petkovic: ''Peaceful protests of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are a magnificent picture of Serbian harmony and unity'' (Kosovo Online, Facebook) • Pristina suspend Serb judge, Vucic says Brussels Agreement dead (media) • REC: Voters from Kosovo to vote in Raska, Kursumlija, Bujanovac and Tutin (Radio KIM) • Fires in the villages near Kamenica localised (KiM radio) • Serbia votes to adopt new UN General Assembly resolution (N1) • Institute for European Affairs: Record low support of Serbia – NATO cooperation (NMagazin, N1, FoNet) Opinion: • Kosovo’s Kurti Has Created Own Goal Over Serbian Elections (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo Serbs to Vote in Serbian Elections in Serbia (Prishtina Insight) • Serbia Remembers NATO Victims on Bombing Anniversary (Balkan Insight) • Western Balkan countries vote in favour of the second UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian Government approves export of wheat and maize in Albania (RTS)