• President Vjosa Osmani’s interview with Channel 4 (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo will apply for EU membership this year (media)
• U.S.: We expect immediate engagement in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Reporteri)
• Bislimi: Agreement needed on April 3 Serbian elections (Kossev/Kallxo)
• President Osmani to meet White House delegation, Austrian Chancellor (media)
• In Kosovo, fears that Russia could inspire a new Serbian offensive (Euronews)
• President Osmani meets COMKFOR Kajari (media)
• Kurti: Committed to social policies centering on citizen and equality (media)
• Kosovo Parliament approves draft law on financing parties (BIRN)
• Prosecutors seek six-year jail terms for Kosovo veterans’ leaders (BIRN)
• Serbs commemorate victims of deadly 2004 unrest in Kosovo (BIRN)
• Half of poll respondents say they would leave Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• COVID-19: 33 new cases, two deaths (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 18, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 17, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 17, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Osmani writes to Biden, asks for support towards NATO membership (media)
• Sarrazin: EU membership perspective applies to the whole region (RTK)
• Spanish foreign ministry asked to comment on calls to recognise Kosovo (G.Express)
• Osmani awards medal to KFOR’s Ukrainian contingent (Koha/Kallxo)
• Mehaj: We need to be cautious to malign influence on information (media)
• Kosovo institutions targets of cyber attack, no damage incurred (Klan Kosova)
• Protest against homophobia takes place in Pristina (media)
• COVID-19: 33 new cases, two deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Marking the 18th anniversary of the March 2004 violence (media)
• “Video spot of Besa Bese group misuse of child and hatred call against Serbs” (Radio KIM)
• Arsenijevic files criminal report against author of video on boycotting Serbian products (Radio KIM)
• Around 2.500 refugees from Ukraine staying in Serbia (RTS)
• EU Ambassadors: We know we can count on Serbia (N1)
• Nehammer: EU will not be complete until it is joined by W. Balkan states (Tanjug)
• Djuric at international conference in Washington on ‘Open Balkans’, regional cooperation (Tanjug)
• Jevtic: Police action and arrests in Strpce mere politics (RTS)
• N1 invites Vucic, Ponos to presidential debate (N1)
Opinion:
• Legal framework for Kosovo Serbs tailored to Pristina (Part V): NATO, EU, Council of Europe (KoSSev)
• We need to talk about Serbia (Kosovo 2.0)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Wave of Fake News Confuses Kosovars About Ukraine War (Prishtina Insight)
• Drop of fuel prices in Kosovo announced (EO/Koha)
• Kosovo's economy grew by over 10 percent in 2021 (Kallxo)
• Vucic: Serbia will have enough food to export to neighbours (N1)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 17, 2022
• Osmani: I have insisted for Council of Europe to be a top priority (Kosovapress)
• Kurti for Milliyet: Kosovo is in danger (media)
• Kosovo Assembly fails to adopt draft law of new Civil Code (media)
• Lajcak: We are close to an agreement on several concrete topics (RTK)
• “A model for Serbian elections in Kosovo, without flag or posters” (Klan Kosova)
• Kosovo Police raid Serb-run office in anti-corruption operation (BIRN)
• Poll: 95 percent of respondents in favor of NATO membership (Kallxo)
• EULEX Police strengthened following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (BIRN)
• Kosovo veterans’ leader didn’t threaten war crime witnesses: Lawyer (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 51 new cases, one death (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 16, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Borrell: Resolving Kosovo-Serbia relations only through dialogue (DW)
• Kosovo Assembly adopts draft law on funding of political parties (media)
• Two persons arrested as suspects during “Brezovica” police operation (media)
• Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry sacks 11 officials (media)
• Austrian Chancellor Nehammer to visit the Western Balkans (Klan Kosova)
• COVID-19: 51 new cases, one death (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic about gas price negotiations with Russia; the action of the Kosovo police in Strpce (NMagazin, Beta)
• Missing Persons Resource Centre: We are not satisfied with the work of either domestic or Brussels institutions (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, RTK2)
• Dacic: Serbia will not impose sanctions on Russia (Tanjug, RTS)
• Petkovic: Special police intimidate Serbs the day before March 17 (Kosovo Online)
• SOC Patriarch meets EU Delegation head (RTS)
• Vucic receives letters of credence from newly appointed ambassadors (RTS)
• Vucic to meet Austrian Chancellor on Thursday (Tanjug)
International:
• Russian invasion prompts region to rethink defence spending (BIRN)
• Serbia Resists EU Pressure to Impose Sanctions on Russia (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Montenegro seeks from Serbia seven million litres of oil, 18.000 tons of flour and 4000 tons of wheat (Kosovo-online, CDM)
• More than 11 000 Albanians and over 3 000 Serbs applied for asylum in the EU last year (KiM radio, Beta)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 16, 2022
• Kosovo legislators fail to pass resolution on price hike (media)
• Serbia Urged to Request Poll Centers for Kosovo Serbs (Exit News)
• Kurti: We are working with Quint on solution to Serbian elections (media)
• U.S. congressman calls on five EU states to recognise Kosovo (media)
• Wigemark: Security situation in Kosovo stable, but could change quickly (Reporteri)
• Borrell: EU is concerned about Russia’s interference in the Balkans (euronews.al)
• Kosovo receives first refugees from Ukraine (Koha/Klan)
• Conference on why inclusive democracy matters opens Week of Women (media)
• KIPRED publishes report: Russian Diplomatic Warfae and Media Disinformation (media)
• AJK: Journalists to enjoy free legal aid (Kallxo)
• A group of 150 Afghan citizens departs Kosovo, bound for U.S. (media)
• Kosovo Veterans’ Leader Accuses Hague Court of ‘Selective Justice’ (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 22 new cases, no deaths (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 15, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 15, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: Kosovo-Serbia high-level meetings have become very difficult (Kosovapress)
• Chollet holds telephone conversation with Kurti (Klan Kosova/Gazeta Express)
• Kosovo authorities refuse to comment why illegal cameras are still up in north (Kallxo)
• Komsic: We in Bosnia who are against crimes recognise Kosovo (Gazeta Express)
• Glorified and Vilified: Who Was Kosovo’s Nazi Ally, Xhafer Deva? (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 22 new cases, no deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Serbia between requests to terminate its negotiations with EU and those calling for urgent membership (N1)
• Stano: EU urges Serbia to introduce all political, economic, and financial measures against Russia (Tanjug, N1)
• Dacic: Europe doesn’t want to retract recognition of Kosovo, pushes for its membership in all institutions (Kosovo-online, N1)
• Hill: I am coming with a new perspective to Serbia (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian President says haters behind letter by MEPs (N1)
• Vucic: Our people should know that Serbia is with them, time of pogroms and persecution is over (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Hofer: International pressure on Serbia unjustified and wrong (Tanjug, B92)
• Trajkovic: When it comes to rights of Serbs, US appeals have thus far fallen on deaf ears (Kosovo-online)
• Five new Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities (Kontakt plus radio)
International:
• The president of Kosovo warns against the appeasement of autocrats (The Economist)
• Serbia under pressure to choose EU as Ukraine war raises stakes for Vucic (Financial Times)
• War in Ukraine triggers energy dilemma in Central Europe (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• NDI marks Week of Women; organises two-day conference (EO)
• Serbia to export wheat to Albania (Kosovo-online)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 15, 2022
• EULEX to deploy additional police officers to Kosovo (media)
• Kurti meets Norway's special envoy to Western Balkans (media)
• Djukanovic: Situation in Ukraine risks destabilising Western Balkans (Koha)
• General Buhler: Kosovo is safe, it has NATO (RTK)
• Kosovo arrests 50 police, customs officers in bribe probe (Reuters)
• German MFA says Kosovo has done its part on visa liberalisation (schengenvisainfo)
• Kosovo War Veterans’ Leaders ‘Tried to Derail Hague Court’ (BIRN)
• Anti-Corruption Agency files lawsuit against Minister Hajdari over asset declaration (media)
• Kosovo ministry cuts payment for staff that don't report to work (RFE)
• Kosovo's annual inflation accelerates to 7.5% in Feb (SeeNews)
• COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 14, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kusari-Lila: Kosovo has not received any request for allowing Serbian elections (media)
• LDK calls on Assembly to adopt resolution against price rises (Klan)
• PDK requests citizens be given right to withdraw part of pension trust (RTK)
• Szunyog meets opposition leaders, discuss European agenda and electoral reform (Telegrafi)
• Ahmeti talks to Dzhaparova: Kosovo supports Ukraine's sovereignty (media)
• Dozens of Kosovo border police and customs officers arrested for bribery (Express)
• Haxhiu welcomes today's action of the Police Inspectorate (media)
• COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic: Some want four NATO member states to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic: Peace, stability most important, problems must be solved through dialogue (Tanjug)
• Waugh: Kosovo abusing the situation in Ukraine for its own purposes (KiM Radio, Slobodno srpski)
• “Thanks to Open Balkans we will get wheat from Serbia” (KoSSev)
• Visoki Decani: International community to dedicate attention to demolished churches and cemeteries in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Ponos: Western powers pressured Vucic into UN vote on Russia (N1)
• Serbian Orthodox Church on European Parliament Resolution (media, SOC website)
International:
• Turkey Rules Out Sanctioning Russia, Citing Risk to Economy (Balkan Insight)
• Belgrade Denies Serbian ‘Militants’ are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine (Balkan Insight)
• Borrell Says North Macedonia's EU Accession Process Should Start As Soon As Possible (RFE)
Humanitarian/Development:
• New Wind Park Hailed as Step Towards Green Energy (Prishtina Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 14, 2022
• Kurti: Political change requires a movement: a cause, organisation, struggle (media)
• In Antalya, Kurti has meetings with Borrell, Lajcak (media)
• Osmani: Regional and global cooperation enables peace and stability (media)
• Gervalla calls on Serbia to make its position on Ukraine clear; rejects resignation reports (media)
• Kosovo-Serbia working groups meet in Brussels, no agreement on license plates yet (media)
• Kosovo-Serbia dialogue under the shadow of war in Ukraine (RFE)
• Ukrainian ambassador says position on Kosovo is unchanged (Koha)
• Von Cramon: Russia's disinformation campaigns fly easily in Serbian tabloids (Koha/Express)
• Pro-Russian graffiti sprayed in the north of Kosovo (media)
• COVID-19: 32 new cases, two deaths (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti receives German Foreign Minister Baerbock (media)
• Osmani and Gervalla participate in the Diplomatic Forum of Antalya (media)
• Lajcak: Integration of the Western Balkans into the EU, an urgency (Ekonomia)
• Haxhiu and Haekkerup expect the prison agreement to be finalised in May (RTK)
• Prime Minister Kurti participates in the inauguration of "Selac Windpark" (media)
• Kurti to AFP: Despotic Putin is looking for new conflicts, Kosovo endangered (Reporteri)
• COVID-19: 47 new cases, one death (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic meets with Baerbock (Tanjug)
• Baerbock: Solution for Serbs in Kosovo to vote on April 3 to be found, dialogue before EU candidate status (Kosovo-online, media)
• The US Senate confirmed: Christopher Hill is the new US Ambassador to Serbia (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic on a two-day visit in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Baerbock met mayors Hamza and Radojevic at Mitrovica main bridge this morning (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev)
• EU Ambassador: We know that Serbia faces specific circumstances over Ukraine war (N1, RTS)
• Serbian government bans exports of staple foods, caps eurodiesel, petrol prices (Tanjug)
• Limited sale of basic grocery essentials in Mitrovica North (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Ukraine to withdraw from UN peacekeeping operations, from Kosovo as well (Radio KIM)
• EU says there is no fast membership for Ukraine (VoA, Kosovo-online)
International:
• Kosovo Probes ‘Artificial’ Hikes in Basic Goods’ Prices (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Serbian authorities revoke Covid-19 passes (N1)