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UNMIK Headlines 9 May

• Thaci meets Mogherini, discuss the dialogue (media) • Mogherini: If tax was revoked tonight, I’d call for dialogue tomorrow (RTK) • “Vucic, Thaci, Rama discussed partition under Mogherini's mediation” (media) • Rama rejects involvement on plot to divide Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj: Liberalisation of visas might happen in September (RTK) • Thaci in Tirana mentions Presevo Valley’s unification with Kosovo (Zeri) • Swiss ambassador: Border correction idea could lead to trouble (media) • O’Connell calls for civic pressure on politicians over corruption (Koha) • U.S. General: In ten years, KSF will fully transform into an army (media) • Ex-intelligence chief refuses to report on deportation of Turkish nationals (Koha) • Zvizdic: Bosnia will lift visas for Kosovo, if tariff is removed (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 8 May

• Haradinaj warns supporters of border correction with “political burial” (Koha) • Tax no longer obstacle to U.S. officials visiting Kosovo (Koha) • Thaci annuls EBRD Summit due to relations with Bosnia (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo committed to prevent Russian impact (RTK) • Mogherini to meet Thaci and Vucic separately in Tirana (Indeksonline) • Vucic: You can kill me, but I do not recognize Kosovo (Tanjug, Klan) • Mustafa meets O’Connell: Political situation, complicated (media) • Haradinaj meets Apostolova (media) • KFOR replaces borderline markings (RTK) • Assembly committee approves draft resolution on condemning genocide (media)

UNMIK Headlines 7 May

• U.S.: Kosovo-Serbia agreement to end in mutual recognition (Zeri) • Kocijancic: Mogherini, the only facilitator in dialogue (media) • Analysts: No breakthrough in dialogue expected from Tirana meeting (Zeri) • Ischinger: No EU membership for Serbia without Kosovo recognition (media) • Veseli initiates setting up of international tribunal on Serbia’s crimes (media) • Daka on elections in the north, clarifies OSCE role (Bota Sot) • Hoxha: This is last year that Kosovo citizens will be isolated (media) • Minister Mustafa warns with reciprocity measures against Serbia (RTK) • Iowa National Guard Commander to visit Kosovo today (media) • Vetevendosje to protest in Tirana against Vucic’s visit (media) • Uran Ismaili announces candidacy for head of PDK Pristina branch (media)

UNMIK Headlines 4 May

• Haradinaj claims he has prevented division of Kosovo (media) • The three leaders in Paris (Zeri) • Macron’s Balkan breakdown (Politico, media) • Limaj: No agreement with Serbia without the U.S. (RTV21) • Mustafa: Change of borders is change of Declaration of Independence (media) • Thaci hosts a meeting with Kai Eide in Pristina (RTK) • Veseli: I am not going to Hague, I was not invited by Special Court (media) • Kosnett against Sylejman Selimi’s nomination for ambassador (Klan)

UNMIK Headlines 3 May

• Haradinaj: We are entering a serious process (media) • Veseli: Tariff will be suspended because President Trump requested this (media) • Thaci: We don’t accept conditions from Serbia, tariff remains in force (RFE) • Veseli summons heads of Kosovo institutions to meeting today (Bota Sot) • Veseli: International Court for Serbia’s crimes in Kosovo, necessary (Epoka) • Cakaj: Request in Berlin summit was to suspend not lift the tax (Telegrafi) • Mustafa: President is correcting his statement on the border (Bota Sot) • Pacolli: Congo expected to recognise Kosovo in the coming days (media) • Topalli: There are 65 Kosovars in Syria (Koha) • Over 200 OSCE officials to be engaged in elections in the north (Epoka)

UNMIK Headlines 2 May

• Thaci: No new idea opened and none closed in Berlin summit (media) • Thaci: I’d like Presevo Valley to be closer to Kosovo, without changing borders • President Thaci gives up on border correction idea (Koha) • Rama: Dialogue will continue, Macron and Merkel will engage personally (RTK) • Hahn: Time for Western Balkans to join EU (media) • Switzerland supports dialogue but not border correction option (Zeri) • Wadephul: Negotiations not to get stuck on fighting over territory (DW/Bota Sot) • War crimes committed in Kosovo recounted before U.S. Congress (media) • Thaci requests urgent resolution on Serbia’s crimes (Klan) • Pacolli: No reconciliation without punishing Belgrade (RTK) • Draft-resolution on Serbian crimes in Kosovo to be discussed today (RTK) • Kosnett: Serbs should live in Kosovo, build the future of the country (media) • Hoti summarizes the Summit in three conclusions (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 30 April

• Media: No results reached at Berlin Summit • Kosovo and Serbia agree to resume EU-brokered dialogue (Express) • Thaci: We agreed to disagree (media) • Haradinaj: Serbia should recognize Kosovo in its current borders (media) • Thaci meets Mogherini: Kosovo ready to resume dialogue (media) • Vucic: Not a single progress, new discussions in Paris (RTK) • Pacolli: Mutual recognition, key topic of meeting in Paris (media) • Thaci and Haradinaj meet U.S. Ambassador in Germany (Epoka) • After Veseli’s initiative, U.S. reacts first on Serbia’s crimes in Kosovo (media) • Ragmi Mustafa: Do not forget Presevo Valley (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 27 April

• ‘Red lines’ to be reasserted in Berlin (Koha Ditore) • Thaci: I don’t expect anything new from Berlin summit (RTV 21) • Haradinaj hopes to harmonise positions with Thaci ahead of Berlin meeting (media) • Hahn: Goal of Berlin meeting is to unblock Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (media) • O'Connell: Border changes may not end tensions between Kosovo and Serbia (Euronews) • KDI writes to Thaci and Haradinaj, urges them to unify positions (media) • Thaci ‘sabotages’ testimony before Assembly committee (Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 26 April

• CEC certifies Serbian List following ECAP ruling (media) • ESI: Discussions on border changes bring back tensions in the Balkans (Koha) • Ahmeti on Berlin Summit: There are rumors that Germany has a proposal (RTK) • Kosnett: Kosovo has good laws but implementation of court decisions, a challenge (media) • Serbian Police detain and interrogate SLS official at border crossing (media) • Vetevendosje leaders file lawsuit against Thaci and Veseli (media) • Lekaj: Opposition is making noise, there are no elections this year (Epoka) • “Kosovo should be in the UN Report for sexual violence during conflict” (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 25 April

• Haradinaj on Berlin meeting: Tax will not be lifted at the summit (media) • Serbian List not certified for elections in the north (media) • Konjufca: Serbian List to change position on Kosovo to join its institutions (EO) • Haradinaj: Berlin meeting, good way of communication for our countries (RTK) • Haradinaj: I was informed about repatriation of citizens from Syria (RTK) • Haradinaj to local producers: Maintain quality, tax may one day be lifted (Zeri) • Qalaj: Tense situation in the north due to upcoming elections (media) • Jahjaga: 73 percent of women in Kosovo affected by war (Bota Sot) • Vetevendosje expects opposition to join tomorrow’s protest (Zeri) • Selective approach damaged credibility of Prosecutorial Council (Koha) • Former Health Minister found guilty on corruption charges (media) • Special prosecution clarifies Trajkovic’s testimony on Ivanovic’s case (RTK)