Svecla: Jarinje and Bernjak border points opened, barricades removed (media) Opposition boycotts the meeting at the Presidency (Klan) NATO DSG: KFOR ready to intervene if stability in the north is threatened (media) EU confirms that Kurti and Vucic have been invited to Brussels (Klan Kosova) Petkovic: One step away from conflict because of Prishtina (media) NATO peacekeepers oversee the removal of roadblocks in Kosovo (Reuters) Serbia, Cyprus discuss Kosovo, Turkey (Cyprus Mail) Ukrainian MP: Putin's scenario is being repeated in Kosovo (euronews.al) Social Media Disinformation Spreads Panic About Kosovo-Serbia 'War' (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 1, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We expect all barricades to be removed today (media) • Kosovo institutions continue coordination on latest developments (media) • Jarinje, Bernjak remain closed; four cases of mistreatment against Albanians (media) • Over 1,500 entry-exit documents issued so far at border crossing points (Koha) • Borrell invites Kurti and Vucic to Brussels to resume dialogue (RFE) • EU is following events in Kosovo with concern, spokesperson says (media) • Rama: Kosovo is right in its sovereignty; Vucic mustn’t feed groups in north (media) • Begaj: Kosovo authorities avoided a serious provocation (media) • PDK: Unprepared action in the north; government must coordinate with allies (Koha) • Haradinaj: Security operations must be studied, analysed and explained well (media) • Majko: Serbia has launched an aggression against the state of Kosovo (media) • Kosovo government adopts emergency measures in energy supply (Kallxo) • 513 new cases with COVID-19 in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbs in northern Kosovo spent night at barricades set up in protest (Tanjug) • Reactions on situation in northern Kosovo, Pristina’s decision (Tanjug, media) • Visoki Decani: Interethnic relations have never been worse due to attitude of Kosovo authorities (media, social media) • Obradovic from Dveri Movement to demand session on Kosovo (Danas) • Dendias on situation in Kosovo: Caution and respect of international law needed (Kosovo Online) • Kremlin: Rights of Serbs in KiM must be guaranteed with resolution (Kosovo Online) • Survey: Most people in northern Kosovo unwilling to change licence plates (N1, KoSSev) • Billboards “Welcome to ZSO” posted in four northern municipalities (Kosovo Online, media) • Starovic responds to Osmani’s chief of cabinet (Kosovo Online) • Sanchez: We support Serbia regarding Kosovo (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Long vehicles queues at Merdare and Konculj crossing points (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Kosovo police arrested two Serbs, case goes in regular procedure (Kosovo Online, RTS) International: • Russia’s war in Ukraine finds echoes in the Balkans (The Washington Post) • Serb Barricades Still up in North Kosovo Despite Govt Climbdown (BIRN) • Kosovo delays plan for volatile north as tensions rise near Serbian border (The Guardian) • Serbia Awards National TV Licences to Pro Govt Stations – Again (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia Ignores Calls to Free Kurdish Politician on Hunger Strike (Balkan Insight)

• Kosovo agrees to delay new rules after tensions rise at Serbian border (RFE) • Kurti: Reciprocity will be postponed if all barricades are removed (media) • Svecla: Decision is being implemented except in Jarinje and Bernjak (RTK) • Roads in the north of Kosovo remain blocked (RFE/Koha) • Borell welcomes decision to move measures; “roadblocks to be removed” (media) • Lajcak welcomes decision to postpone implementation by 1 month (media) • Osmani: Vucic’s efforts to destabilise Kosovo will fail (media) • Vela: Repetition of Putin’s playbook by Vucic’s regime (media) • UNMIK chief Ziadeh calls for calm amid developments in the north (media) • LDK leader Abdixhiku condemns attack of local Serbs against police (media) • Turkish FM: Peace, stability in Balkans, always a priority for Turkey (media) • Russian Foreign Ministry reacts to development in the north (media) • Nearly 10,000 active cases with COVID-19 in Kosovo (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 29, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Serbian nationals to be issued entry-exit document for entering Kosovo (media) • Kosovo on the brink of an energy crisis (RTK) • U.S. Ambassador Hovenier visits Grand Mosque in Prishtina (media) • Kosovo elected as member of IASIA management board (Kallxo) • 1,480 new cases with COVID-19 in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: Pristina main factor of instability (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: New attack on a church near Prizren (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic reacts to Kurti’s statements on dialogue (media) • Milivojevic: Sanchez’s visit to Belgrade confirmation that Spain will not change stance on Kosovo (RTS) • Dacic, Vulin met Chinese Ambassador (N1) • Djuric meets Escobar (RTS) • Detention of Nikola Nedeljkovic, arrested at Gazimestan, extended for two more months (Radio KIM) • Stprce: House of Slavisa Vasiljevic searched (Radio KIM) International: • Is There a Future for the Kosovo War Truth Commission? (BIRN) • ‘Communist Informer’ Controversy Hits Albanian Ex-President’s Comeback (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Cruel games of living with dead ones (Radio KIM) • More than 236.000 unresolved cases in Kosovo courts (Kosovo Online)

• Kurti: Normalization of relations with Serbia, with mutual recognition (VoA, media) • Prime Minister Kurti meets the Assistant Secretary for Energy, Andrew Light • Escobar: Kosovo is an extremely good partner in the region (VoA, media) • Vucic: There is no dialogue in Brussels as long as Kurti is there (Koha) • EU: IPA agreement enables Kosovo to receive technical and financial assistance (media) • Over €6 million euros of undeclared cash circulating in Kosovo (euronews.al) • Justice of Serbia amnesties murderers who committed crimes in Kosovo (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 28 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Assembly ratifies the energy agreement with the MCC (media) • President Osmani welcomes adoption of agreement with MCC (media) • Rizvanolli: More than proud to sign agreement on behalf of Kosovo (media) • Hovenier happy about the agreement between Kosovo and MCC (media) • Kusari: Gashi’s statement is speculative; government will not fall (Telegrafi) • Kosovo Assembly ratifies international agreement for IPA III (Kosovapress) • UEFA disciplinary body fines soccer club from Kosovo (media) • Two deaths and 1,603 new cases with COVID-19 in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Constitutive session of new Serbian Parliament scheduled for August 1 (N1) • Vucic: Why did you abolish KS plates, who did you ask? (Kosovo Online, Danas) • Survey: 84 percent of Serbian citizens against imposing sanctions on Russia (N1, Nedeljnik, NSPM) • Visoki Decani Monastery expresses gratitude to KFOR (Radio KIM) • Covid-19: 23 new cases registered in Serbian areas (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Three days left until August 1: What awaits Serbs in northern Kosovo and what will implementation of new Pristina rules look like? (Kosovo Online) International: • High Representative Gives Bosnia Leaders Ultimatum to Change Election Law (BIRN) • Price Hikes Dent Tourist Industry in Western Balkans (BIRN) • Montenegro MPs Expected to Condemn WWII Massacre of Serbs as Genocide (Balkan Insight) • Call to Rebuild Njegos Chapel Divides Montenegro (Balkan Insight)

• U.S., Kosovo Celebrate $202M Energy Grant on Capitol Hill (mcc.gov) • Osmani: Agreement with MCC seals U.S. support for Kosovo (RTK) • Kurti: Agreement vital to energy security, social economic transformation (media) • Gashi: Government may fall in autumn (media) • Haradinaj indicates Kosovo-Serbia agreement in autumn (Klan Kosova) • Draft Security Strategy: “Serbia, the main threat” (Radio Free Europe) • Montenegrin President Djukanovic slams Open Balkan initiative (media) • Kosovo festival lets artists transform public spaces (Reuters) • Itinerant exhibit, ‘Ecodesign’, arrives in Kosovo’s capital (ansamed.info)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 27 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Ambassador Hovenier welcomes Osmani’s and Kurt's meeting with Blinken (RTK) • Haradinaj demands mutual recognition of Kosovo-Serbia under US leadership (media) • Analysts and politicians: Meeting with Blinken very positive (RTK) • Government approves agreement with MCC (RTK) • Serbs in the north threatened again by their compatriots (KosovaPress) • Three deaths and 1,853 new cases of Covid-19 (media) Serbian Language Media: • Flayers ‘No Surrender, KM Stays’ appeared this morning on vehicles in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • 25 persons requested victim status from Specialist Chambers, only one ready to testify publicly (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic with Chen Bo on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Vucic and Orban: Serbia and Hungary support each other in difficult times (SRNA, N1) • Spanish Prime Minister to visit Serbia on 29 and 30 July (Blic) • Odalovic: Kurti blocked work of working group that resolved more than 1.800 missing persons cases (RTV) • “Kosovo Serbs will speak about their problems with Kurti in September” (Radio KIM) • Elek: Deterioration of epidemiological situation in northern Serbian areas (Radio Mitrovica Sever) • Covid-19: 21 new cases registered in Gracanica (Kosovo Online) International: • Albanian Ex-President Meta’s Comeback Greeted with Scepticism (Balkan Insight) • Crashed Plane was Flying Arms for Polish-Owned Bosnian Company (Balkan Insight) • North Macedonia Proposes Jail Terms for Media Freedom Violations (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania creating mutual assistance mechanisms (BETA, N1) • Nedimovic: Serbia to again export food to Saudi Arabia (BETA, N1)

• President Osmani, PM Kurti meet US Secretary of State Blinken (media) • Johnson: U.S. believes Kosovo’s future is in Europe and NATO (KTV) • Specialist Chambers continue detention of Kadri Veseli (media) • Kosovo to apply for EU membership by end of 2022 (Euractiv) • Surroi asks for support to his candidacy at RCC (Express) • Social media fuels distrust in institutions across EU, report finds (Exit News) • Cyberattacks big threat to Western Balkans, US expert says (Exit News) • North Macedonia proposes jail terms for media freedom violations (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 26, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Gervalla on Kosovo's membership in CoE: We expect good news in the fall (Paparaci) • Kosovo leaders remember Enver Zymberi (media) • Two French citizens arrested, entered Kosovo illegally in a vehicle with Russian license plates (Koha) • 1,187 infected with coronavirus today, number of active cases reaches 10,000 (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Varhelyi: Serbia taking little steps in aligning with EU foreign policy • Vukcevic on Albanian resolution on Marty’s report (Kosovo Online) • Bujanovac mayor on upcoming census and Kosovo government permission (Kosovo Online) • Covid-19: 20 new cases registered in Serbian areas (Kosovo Online) International: • EU’s Varhelyi: Will for enlargement is back, we’re ready to move fast (EURAKTIV) • Balkan Ports Becoming ‘Growing’ Magnets for Smugglers, Report says (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Balkan Flyers Suffer From Europe’s Airport Chaos (Balkan Insight) • Average net salary in Serbia in May 74,168 Dinars (N1)