UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 30, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Nine new cases, no deaths (media)
• EU to remove Kosovo from red travel list (RFE)
• Government stands by SEFTA proposal, as alternative for Balkans mini-Schengen (Koha)
• Gervalla: Luxembourg continues to support visa-free travel for Kosovo citizens (media)
• LDK criticises Kurti-led government's performance in first 100 days (media)
• Kurti and Osmani sack intelligence deputy director (media)
• Anti-corruption agency rejects claims of errors in asset declaration forms (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Rada Trajkovic: Expertise on the circumstances of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic arrived from Germany (Novi Magazin, Beta, Danas, N1)
• Vucic: Serbia's position - Kosovo will never get a seat in the UN (KiM radio, Tanjug, Euronews TV)
• Detention of Risto Jovanovic expires tomorrow (Radio KIM)
• Rakic: The latest events in Djakovica a bad message to the displaced persons (Kontakt plus radio)
• Office for KiM: Inspectors confiscated security door of Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM)
• Jevtic: Will anyone react to the torture of the Kosovo Police in Djakovica? (Kosovo Online)
• SOC flag at Gracanica Monastery entry gate taken away (Kosovo-online)
• 30 days detention for Risto Jovanovic (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Albania and Kosovo: Unification through the back door? (Emerging Europe)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Majlinda Kelmendi: Judo superstar who unites Kosovo (AFP/France 24)
• New plays from the Balkans (Kosovo 2.0)

• COVID-19: Six new cases, no deaths (media)
• First cases of COVID-19 Delta variant confirmed in Kosovo (media)
• More anti-COVID vaccines arrive in Kosovo (media)
• EU helps Norway to deliver vaccines to Kosovo (media)
• Borrell writes to Kurti, says he looks forward to close cooperation (media)
• Schuetz: All countries are equal in the Berlin Process (Koha)
• Voss: "Mini Schengen" and visas, main topics of Berlin Process summit (Klan)
• PM Kurti meets COMKFOR Federici (media)
• Abdixhiku criticises government's performance in first 100 days (media)
• PDK on Government's first 100 days: Poor performance (Kosovapress)
• Former EULEX judge to report to Kosovo Assembly (RTK)
• Hasani: Osmani violated the Constitution in firing Daka (Koha)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Six new cases, no deaths (media)
• Von Cramon expects rapprochement in dialogue, criticises France on visas (Koha)
• Rama, Zaev and Vucic discuss “Mini-Schengen” (Klan Kosova)
• Von Cramon “advises” Kosovo leaders to visit the north (Klan Kosova)
• Gasic not wanted in Gjakova, the government keeps silent (RFE)
• Church on university campus should be genocide museum, historian says (KTV)
• Vehicle of Serb confiscated, after he posted insulting messages (Indeksonline)

Serbian Language Media:

• No new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Montenegrin MFA: The Embassy of Montenegro in Kosovo will take all necessary activities to protect its citizen (KoSSev)
• PIK: Police officer who wanted to prevent arrest under investigation (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online)
• Grenell, Citaku clash on Twitter over St Vitus Day celebration (N1)
• Stanojevic: 450 Serb families want to return to Djakovica (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Kandic on NGOs petition to evict Serb returnee from Djakovica (KoSSev)
• Milena Popovic left the session of the Assembly of Serbia on Kosovo because of Milan Radoicic (N1, Beta, Novi Magazin)
• Participants of EP-Western Balkans Speakers’ Summit adopt joint Declaration (BETA, N1)

International:

• Chicago Mayor Hails Serbian Religious Holiday of Vidovdan (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Majority of Kosovo Citizens Support Rights of Same-Sex Couples, Poll Finds (Civil Rights Defenders)

• COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)
• New shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Kosovo (media)
• Kurti: Serbia to open archives and reveal location of mass graves (media)
• President Osmani meets European Parliament officials (media)
• In Brussels, Konjufca underscores importance of EU's approach to Western Balkans (media)
• Von Cramon says Macron made a mistake in a meeting with Kurti (Klan)
• Memli Krasniqi announces candidacy for PDK leader (media)
• Gjakova mayor says return of Serb woman should not be politicised (Koha)
• FM Gervalla confuses NATO with UN in Twitter post (media)
• Ceremony marks the launch of Pride Week in Kosovo (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 28, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)
• Gervalla at anti-DAESH coalition meeting reaffirms Kosovo's comittment to fight terrorism (media)
• Konjufca in Brussels for EP summit (media)
• CEC chief calls for conclusion of election reform (EO/Koha)
• Koci: The Serb woman should be allowed to live in Gjakova (G. Express)
• AI calls on Kelkos to withdraw lawsuit against environmental activists (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbs commemorate Saint Vitus Day (Radio KIM)
• Thousands of people at Gazimestan, police searched and confiscated Serbian symbols (RTS)
• Patriarch Porfirije: "Kosovo and Metohija home of Orthodox Serbs; Albanians as brothers" (N1, KoSSev)
• Vucic: Don’t leave conflicts to future generations (N1)
• Several NGOs from Djakovica demand eviction of Serb returnee (KoSSev)
• Reactions to demand to evict Serb returnee from Djakovica (media, social media)
• “Dragica Gasic is no threat to anyone” (Radio KIM)
• Jeremic to Minister Selakovic: Support to Albania as a non-permanent member of the UNSC, 'incautious step' (Danas, Vreme)
• Vucic: We are not interested in wars but in country’s defence (BETA, N1)
• Czech FM: Western Balkans a priority of Czech EU Presidency (N1)
• Financing leaves Western Balkans lagging EU neighbors (N1, Beta)

Opinion:

• Claims an association would advance the rights of the Serb community in Kosovo are misleading (Kosovo 2.0)

International:

• Kosovo War Crimes Court’s First Trial Will Set a Precedent (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo: Slapp suits seeking to silence environmental activist must end (Amnesty International)

• COVID-19: 14 new cases, one death (media)
• Kurti: Talks not about status, but about Kosovo-Serbia relations (media)
• Kosovo President says ethnic borders are a dangerous idea (media)
• Government analysing Ujmani report, legals experts warn of consequences it is not implemented (Koha Ditore)
• Kurti: I have not changed my position on Ujmani Lake (Koha Ditore)
• EC President: We want Kosovo to advance fast in European path (media)
• KFOR Commander: KSF in the north only if KFOR permits (Klan Kosova)
• Protest and indignation over return of Serbian national to Gjakova (media)
• Von Cramon in Prizren: Great place for multiethnic life (media)
• Stanisic and Simatovic, Belgrade’s security strongmen (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 7 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kurti maintains silence over US report on Lake Ujmani (Prishtina Insight)
• US Ambassador congratulates new President of Constitutional Court (media)
• KSF to buy four military drones; they will cost millions of Euros (Lajmi)
• Legal battle between church and university over land on campus (RFE)

Serbian Language Media:

• Lajcak discussed the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo with UNSG Guterres (Kosovo Online)
• Belgrade wants to join OIF (N1)
• Bundestag extends mandate of German soldiers in Kosovo (RTS)
• Mayors of Gracanica, Partes and Novo Brdo: Statements of employees about Kurti without weight, the event was staged (KiM radio, RTV pulse)
• Stefanovic thanks Russia over support to Serbia regarding Kosovo (RTS)
• Selakovic thanks Kazakhstan over support to Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity (Kosovo-online
• Brnabic: Dialogue with Pristina in line with Constitution (FoNet, Radio kontakt plus)
• Office for KiM: Stanojevic family house in Babin Most robbed (Radio kontakt plus)
• Morton: Britain supports dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Blic, Tanjug)
• Office for KiM: Experts will do detailed analysis of report on Gazivode (Radio Mitrovica sever)

International:

• Albin Kurti: Quand la Serbie sera-t-elle prête à reconnaître le Kosovo? (Le Monde)
• The path to recognition: Kosovo’s and Serbia’s evolving dialogue (ecfr.eu)
• Kosovo’s Broadcaster at Crossroads as MPs Ready to Sack Board (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• New case of sexual violence in Serbia, this time in science centre (N1)

• COVID-19: 14 new cases, two deaths (media)
• Opposition calls for Washington Agreement to be implemented (Koha Ditore)
• Government to prepare for all scenarios for Ujman Lake, experts say (KTV)
• US recommends ways to ease Kosovo-Serbia lake dispute (BIRN)
• Hoxhaj resigns as PDK Acting Leader ahead of party convention (Kallxo)
• Vlora Citaku says she will not run for PDK leader (Klan Kosova)
• UK reconfirms support for Kosovo – Serbia Dialogue (media)
• Haradinaj: If border with Montenegro not corrected, then arbitration (Klan Kosova)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 14 new cases, two deaths (media)
• Opposition MPs call on Kurti to clarify position on Washington agreement (media)
• Hoxhaj: U.S. presence in Ujman - vital for Kosovo (Klan)
• Haradinaj urges Kurti to 'stop deceit' with dialogue (RTK)
• Gen. Wolters: KFOR plays key role in maintaining security in Western Balkans (Klan)
• Assembly has no quorum to vote for dismissal of civil service oversight board (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• No new Covid-19 cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Dacic: We will not impose sanctions on Russia despite the pressure (Danas, Beta)
• Vucic receives Primakov (Tanjug)
• Office for KIM: 22 years since kidnapping of doctor Andrija Tomanovic in Pristina (KoSSev)
• Odalovic: We are searching for bodies of 21 soldiers in Kosovo (N1)
• Vucic: President of China to visit Serbia again (RTS)
• Defense ministers of Serbia and Russia plan 91 joint activities this year (N1)
• Western Balkans parliaments’ speakers in EP on Monday (N1)
• Serbian List thanked Vucic for his presentation (Radio KIM)
• Serbs from Kosovo Polje invite President Vucic to visit them (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: Construction and reconstruction of hospitals in Kosovo within the shortest deadline (Radio Mitrovica North, KiM radio, Tanjug)
• Harvard lecturer: Tacit deal between Belgrade and Pristina on crime, corruption (N1, Vreme, Beta, KoSSev)
• Spahiu: Kosovo will use good relations of France with Serbia and Russia (Kosovo-online)
• "Kurti is welcome if he is well-meaning" (KiM radio)

International:

• Merkel Wants EU Outreach to Putin to Address ‘Provocations’ (Bloomberg)
• German-French overture to Putin splits EU (politico.eu)
• French-German push for Putin summit sparks fury in Baltic states (Financial Times)

Humanitarian/Development:

• UN Global Open Day: Women to be part of decision-making during the Covid-19 pandemic (media)
• Pagan ritual ‘Gjama’ revived through audiovisual installation in Prishtina (Prishtina Insight)

• COVID-19: 20 new cases, one death (media)
• PDK’s Haxhiu: Norway donating vaccines with imminent expiration date (media)
• Kosovo PM Kurti meets French President Macron (media)
• Kurti: We can discuss with Serbia status of our relations, not Kosovo's (Koha)
• Analysts comment on Kurti-Macron meeting (Telegrafi)
• President Osmani meets Chancellor Kurz during her visit to Austria (media)
• U.S. submits report on water management at Ujmani/Gazivode Lake (media)
• Hoti reacts to the U.S. report on Ujmani/Gazivode Lake (media)
• Sauer: Ahtisaari package provides a balanced solution in dialogue (Koha)
• Haxhiu speaks about Kosovo's plan to sue Serbia for genocide (ABC News)
• Izetbegovic: Kosovo and Republika Srpska cannot be compared (Koha)