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)

• Prime Minister Albin Kurti interview with KTV • Kosovo Serb judge suspended for attending Vucic meeting (BIRN) • Justice Minister: Judge ridiculed Kosovo judicial system (media) • Kosovo Serbs can vote in four municipalities in Serbia (media) • Bislimi to travel to Brussels today to meet Lajcak (Express) • Croatian President suggests Kosovo to join NATO (media) • President sets Friday as National Day of Mourning to honor Albright (media) • COVID-19: 34 new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo commemorates anniversary of NATO airstrikes (media) • Clark: Honour of a lifetime to help in stopping ethnic cleansing (media) • Gervalla: We need NATO, Russia through Serbia trying to destabilise Balkans (Zeri) • Kosovo declares day of mourning to honour former U.S. secretary of state, Madeleine Albright (media) • COVID-19: 34 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbia marks 23rd anniversary of NATO bombing (Beta, N1) • 23rd anniversary of NATO bombing in northern Mitrovica and Gracanica marked (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: “No excuse for NATO aggression” (Tanjug, Kosovo-online) • REC expects information from authorities regarding possibility to vote in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Serbian opposition on elections in Kosovo (media) • Dusko Arsic: “I ended up in prison because of my own land” (Radio KIM) • Vucic: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo (N1) • Ambassador of Norway: Kosovo should ensure full civic and political rights of its people (Kosovo-online) • All the "threats" of the Serbian List on leaving Kosovo institutions (RFE) Opinion: • Rada Trajkovic: Kurti wants to expel the guaranteed rights of Serbs outside Kosovo, leaving the institutions is a message (JUGpress, FoNet, Danas) International: • Western Diplomats Criticise Kosovo for Not Allowing Serbian Vote (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Mourns US Envoy and ‘Friend’ Madeleine Albright (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • War in Ukraine to slow down Kosovo's economic growth (RFE) • Germany confirms 60 million euro investment for solar energy in Kosovo (Telegrafi)

• Quint countries issue statement on Serbia's elections in Kosovo (media) • Lajcak: Kurti and Vucic will meet when they agree on something (RFE) • No Serbian Polling Stations in Kosovo after Talks Fail (Exit) • Vucic Meets Kosovo Serbs Alongside Wanted Radoicic (BIRN) • Supreme Court to look into Mitrovica court president attending meeting with Vucic (RFE) • German envoy: We expect Serbia to introduce sanctions to Russia (RFE) • Kosovo leaders saddened by the death of former U.S. Secretary, Madeleine Albright (media) • Kosovo plans to build 200 MWh battery storage facility (Reuters) • KSC appeals panel denies amendment of indictment against Thaci and others (RTK) • KFOR drone crashes in a house yard in Mitrovica (media) • RTK Cancels Director’s Election After BIRN Voices Suspicions (BIRN) • COVID-19: 40 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 23, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: No agreement reached on Serbia's elections; we have information of protest plans (media) • First year in office: Kurti describes it as a turnaround time (Koha/Telegrafi) • Tahiri: A year with Kurti-led government, Kosovo at crossroads, citizens poorer (EO) • Kosovo pledges €100,000 as first instalment of aid to Ukraine (media) • Mehaj: Kosovo and Israel are advancing diplomatic relations (media) • COVID-19: 40 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Quint issued statement on Kosovo Serb voting within Kosovo in Serbia’s elections (gov.uk website) • Vucic: Kurti causes instability in region, to be seen if Quint will succeed (KoSSev) • Voting in Serbia, peaceful protests announced in central and northern Kosovo on Friday (Radio KIM) • Jevtic: We do not want to take part in institutional violence against Serbs (RTS) • Radojevic with Rhode on elections, challenges of Serb community (Kosovo-online) • Vucic spoke with Russian Ambassador and Chinese Chargé d'affaires (Kosovo-online) • The European Union sees Serbia as a problem, which can be bad but also good news (Danas) • UNS and DNKiM condemned robbery of RTK2 journalist (KiM radio) • Serbian Patriarch calls faithful to aid Ukraine refugees (N1) • Montenegro allows more polling stations for Serbian elections (N1) • KLA graffiti painted on Serbian Consulate in Germany (N1) Opinion: • Kosovo’s Undiplomatic Diplomacy is Getting Country Nowhere (Balkan Insight) • One year of Kurti’s government: How is it going? (Kosovo 2.0)

• Prime Minister Kurti’s interview with RTK • Bislimi: Serbia has not officially requested holding elections in Kosovo (Express) • “Internationals asked us not to make Serbian elections a political issue” (Express) • Montenegro prime minister reacts to Kurti's statement on demarcation (media) • Ukrainian crisis revived Kosovo’s long-standing NATO aspirations (EWB) • Kosovo’s ‘Commander Cali’ didn’t murder prisoners, lawyer says (BIRN) • COVID-19: 41 new cases, three deaths (media)