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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 22, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti reiterates: Serbian elections in Kosovo only with an agreement (Klan Kosova) • PDK’s Krasniqi says Kurti-led government is incompetent (media) • LDK’s Abdixhiku slams Kurti government on first anniversary (Express) • “Prolonging Kosovo-Serbia agreement will damage peace efforts” (Klan Kosova) • Abbot: We’re making a positive contribution to reinforcing rule of law (media) • U.S. Embassy shares video about disinformation by Russian government (media) • Schmitt: Kosovo with most functional democracy in the region (Indeksonline) • COVID-19: 41 new cases, three deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • EU: We respect Belgrade's constructive approach, we regret Pristina's decision (RTS) • President Vucic met Serb representatives from Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Vucic with Patriarch Porfirije discuss Kosovo, situation in Ukraine (Kosovo-online) • Serbian NGOs take legal steps against campaign calling for boycotting Serbian products (KoSSev, social media) • Trajkovic: Kurti persistently diminishes rights of Kosovo Serbs guaranteed by Ahtisaari’s plan (Kosovo-online) • Radulovic: Voting of Serbian citizens in Montenegro not banned (Kosovo-online) • Assistant Director of Office for KiM banned from entering Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Krivokapic reacts to Kurti’s statement on demarcation (Kosovo-online) • Kamberi: It is a pity that Albanians are going to the 3 April polls in two columns (Danas, Beta) • OSCE ready to collect ballots at Serbian elections in Kosovo if agreement is made (Kosovo-online) • Vulin meets Botsan-Kharchenko (RTS) • ‘I’ll unite Serbia’, opposition presidential candidate says (N1) International: • Serbia vows retaliation in election row with Montenegro, Kosovo (BIRN) • Western Balkans: Silence over Ukraine’s EU membership bid (euractive.com) • Tailored partnership with the Western Balkans part of the EU’s new Strategic Compass (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Kurti: Social and institutional obligations to people with Down Syndrome (media) • “Kosovo’s economic growth in 2021 estimated at 10.5 percent” (Telegrafi) • “We have no state reserves” (Radio KIM) • Serbia to revoke ban on exporting wheat, floor and oil to North Macedonia (Kosovo-online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 22, 2022

• Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti’s interview for BBC’s Newsday (media) • "Agreement needed for Serbian elections to take place in Kosovo" (media) • State Department: Kosovo to not derail from KSF transition plan (RFE) • Kurti waiting for new government in Montenegro to discuss demarcation (Kosovapress) • EU Strategic Compass warns of frail stability of Western Balkans (N1) • Kosovo's Defence Minister Mehaj visits Israel (media) • Vetevendosje against idea of pension withdrawals (RTK) • AJK condemns Kurti's aide remarks on news portals (media) • Montenegro refuses Serbia's request to open voting polls (VOA/media) • COVID-19: 26 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 21, 2022

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 21, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti’s interview for La Repubblica (media) • Kusari-Lila: First time a government is fighting organised crime (Klan Kosova) • PDK invites Kurti and Gervalla to parliamentary debate on foreign policy (Klan Kosova) • AAK: Only beautiful words, no concrete actions from Kurti government in one year (Zeri) • COVID-19: 26 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • EU Delegation: There are no plans to impose whatsoever sanctions on Serbia (KoSSev) • N1: Vucic rejects N1’s invitation for a TV presidential duel • Vucic at SNS rally: I expect ‘strong, impossible’ pressure because of Kosovo (N1) • A total of 6,501,689 eligible voters in Serbia (N1, KoSSev) • Rakic Andric: No reaction of international community to video against Serbian products (Nova.rs) • Djoric: Increased negative rhetoric against Serbian products has impact on security situation (Kosovo-online) • SPS: Serbia to care about relations with Russia and continue along European path (N1) • Vucic convenes National Security Council session tomorrow (B92) • Selakovic: Serbia-Austria relations very good, stable (Tanjug) International: • Propaganda and Hysteria Flourish in Russo-Ukrainian War (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Pacolli writes to ministers on road maintenance, environmental protection (Zeri) • Report: Over half of businesses say corruption present in public procurement (Telegrafi) • “Preventing Serbs to return, owners of properties in Kosovo facing major troubles” (Radio kontakt plus) • More than 20 doctors left Kosovo in a month (KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 21, 2022

• Kosovo Government in communication with Quint over Serbian elections (Koha/KP) • Serbia's elections "without implications" to Kosovo's sovereignty (Koha) • Borrell: Time to move forward on EU integration in the Western Balkans (media) • Kosovo leaders, Kurti and Osmani, meet a White House delegation (media) • U.S. expresses support for Kosovo and Bosnia (media) • Leaders of Austria, Kosovo Urge for Visa Liberalization, Regional Security (Exit) • Haziri: Government to wake up, prevent destabilisation of Kosovo (media) • Von Cramon: Do not raise expectations over NATO membership (RTK) • Ceku: It is possible for Kosovo to join NATO in these circumstances (RTV21) • EULEX reinforcements begin arriving in Kosovo (media) • World Bank approves a 50-million-euro support for Kosovo (Kallxo) • COVID-19: 31 new cases, no deaths (media)

Correction: UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 18, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Peach: We need to make sure war in Ukraine does not spill over to the Western Balkans (Albanian Post) • Kurti pays tribute to Ukranian police officer, killed in Kosovo's north in 2008 (media) • Kurti: Kosovo needs a chief prosecutor with high moral and professional integrity (media) • Dora Bakoyannis appointed PACE rapporteur for Kosovo (media) • U.S Embassy in Sarajevo reacts to Russian ambassador remarks (Express) • COVID-19: 56 new cases, two deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Austria significant partner, Serbia pillar of stability (Tanjug) • Vucic: Serbia appreciates Austria's support on EU path (Tanjug) • Patriarch Porfirije met Austrian Chancellor Nehammer (SOC website, media) • Serbian government marks anniversary of anti-Serb violence in Kosovo (N1, media) • Petkovic on April 3 elections in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Strpce residents protest recent arrests (Kosovo-online) • The civil society of Kosovo and Serbia condemn the aggression in Ukraine and the inflammatory rhetoric of politicians (KiM radio) Opinion: • EU Should Make Ukraine, Moldova and Western Balkans a New Offer (Balkan Insight) International: • Balkans Brace for Economic Blowback of War in Ukraine (Balkan Insight) • Divided Montenegro Again Delays Imposing Sanctions on Russia (Balkan Insight) • British envoy for Western Balkans: Bosnia is not experiencing a security crisis (N1 Zagreb) Humanitarian/Development: • ''Biber'' last night in Pristina, tonight in Prizren: "All victims are ours" (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Cryptocurrency mining in the north of Kosovo resumes (RFE) • Minister Peci: Farmers growing more than two hectares of wheat will be subsidised (Kallxo) • Survey: Traders and Kosovo government responsible for price hikes (Radio KIM) • The land of the Sleeping Beauty Cave is waking up to tourism (National Geographic)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 18, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Peach: We need to make sure war in Ukraine does not spill over to the Western Balkans (Albanian Post) • Kurti pays tribute to Ukranian police officer, killed in Kosovo's north in 2008 (media) • Kurti: Kosovo needs a chief prosecutor with high moral and professional integrity (media) • Dora Bakoyannis appointed PACE rapporteur for Kosovo (media) • U.S Embassy in Sarajevo reacts to Russian ambassador remarks (Express) • COVID-19: 56 new cases, two deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Austria significant partner, Serbia pillar of stability (Tanjug) • Vucic: Serbia appreciates Austria's support on EU path (Tanjug) • Patriarch Porfirije met Austrian Chancellor Nehammer (SOC website, media) • Serbian government marks anniversary of anti-Serb violence in Kosovo (N1, media) • Petkovic on April 3 elections in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Strpce residents protest recent arrests (Kosovo-online) • The civil society of Kosovo and Serbia condemn the aggression in Ukraine and the inflammatory rhetoric of politicians (KiM radio) Opinion: • EU Should Make Ukraine, Moldova and Western Balkans a New Offer (Balkan Insight) International: • Balkans Brace for Economic Blowback of War in Ukraine (Balkan Insight) • Divided Montenegro Again Delays Imposing Sanctions on Russia (Balkan Insight) • British envoy for Western Balkans: Bosnia is not experiencing a security crisis (N1 Zagreb) Humanitarian/Development: • ''Biber'' last night in Pristina, tonight in Prizren: "All victims are ours" (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Cryptocurrency mining in the north of Kosovo resumes (RFE) • Minister Peci: Farmers growing more than two hectares of wheat will be subsidised (Kallxo) • Survey: Traders and Kosovo government responsible for price hikes (Radio KIM) • The land of the Sleeping Beauty Cave is waking up to tourism (National Geographic)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 18, 2022

• 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, 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)