• Roadblocks in Mitrovica North and Rudare removed (RFE/Koha) • Interior Minister: Police operation not directed against any nationality (media) • Kosovo President statement on Wednesday's police operations (media) • US Embassy: Attacks on police, media and civilians, unacceptable (media) • German Ambassador reacts to pressure and attacks against journalists (media) • Rakic’s remarks about “crystal night” spark reactions (media) • NATO comments on situation in the north (Telegrafi) • Dalipi to Borrell: No one should portray police action as a political or ethnic problem (media) • EP Rapporteur for Kosovo reacts to Borrell’s statements (media) • Several journalists attacked during riots in Mitrovica (europeanjournalists.org) • EFJ secretary reacts to reports of journalists attacked in north (Kallxo/media) • Video published of moment when explosive device thrown near reporter (media) • The Radio Free Europe team unable to work in the north (RFE) • Violence in North Kosovo draws conflicting reactions (BIRN) • Osmani to represent Kosovo at UN Security Council session (Koha) • Kandic says it is not safe to sit with Petkovic at the negotiating table (RTK) • Vucic: If they start violence, you protect the people; we’ll be with you (media) • Dacic: War or peace, the international community to decide (Indeksonline) • Djuric: Kurti’s attempts to demonstrate power before elections (media) • Grenell: Biden must not be silent; this is dangerous and ruthless (media) • UNS: To enable uninterrupted work of journalists in the north Kosovo (N1) • Reactions of parties in Serbia to the Kosovo police operation (N1)

Albanian Language Media: • Serbs in the north oppose police anti-smuggling operation (media) • Kurti: Crime and criminal groups will not be tolerated and will be fought (media) • Borrell: Violent incidents in the north to stop immediately (media) • Police provide information about today's operation (media) • Ministers: Police operation aimed at fighting criminal groups (Kallxo) • Haradinaj: No one can attack the police, operation’s timing dilemmas to be clarified (media) • CDHRF: Authorities to take action against all those violating the law (media) • AGK: Albanian and Serb journalists attacked in Mitrovica North (media) • Kosovo Government adopts concept document for vetting in judiciary (media) • COVID-19: One death, 29 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Mitrovica and Zvecan showered with bursts, a showdown with the bare-handed people (N1) • PM Brnabic: I call on the international community, KFOR and NATO to react urgently (RTS) • Petkovic: Another provocation of Kurti, I informed Lajcak (RTS) • Dr Elek: Patient with gunshot wound operated and stable, injured right shoulder blade and broken rib (Kosovo Online) • Rakic before meeting with Vucic (Vecernje Novosti, TV Pink, Kosovo Online) • Journalists of KoSSev face pressure not to report during the N. Mitrovica conflict (KoSSev) • The Diocese of Raska and Prizren calls for calming the situation (KiM radio) • Tear gas, shock bombs and sirens in the northern part of Mitrovica, police action and citizens' protest (media) • Daily Blic: Christopher Hill new US ambassador to Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic calls internally displaced from Kosovo to go to the polls on October 17th (KiM radio) • Serbia calls on internally displaced persons to vote (KiM radio) International: • Kosovo police clash with ethnic Serbs during smuggling raids (AP) • One Serb shot, 6 policemen injured in Kosovo clashes (Reuters) • Kosovo Police Clash With Serbs in Anti-Smuggling Crackdown (Balkan Insight)

• Prishtina’s future mayor (Kosovo 2.0) • Kosovo court remands five terrorism suspects in custody (BIRN) • Indictment filed in case of theft of over €2 million from state treasury (RFE) • Albanian villages in north now under administration of police in Mitrovica South (media) • Cable operator from Serbia expanding without permit south of Ibar (RFE) • Western Balkans Diaspora write to Biden to deter Serbia’s growing influence (Euronews.al) • Serwer: Serbia’s current elite steals, people to think about it in elections (N1) • EU Climate Diplomacy Week opens in Kosovo (BIRN) • COVID-19: No deaths, 35 new cases (media) • Serbian officials knew COVID-19 deaths three times higher than reported (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Lumezi demands maximum commitment in defending local election process (Kallxo) • Svecla: We had excellent coordination for the operation in the north (media) • Police Director: There were plans to destroy border crossings (Express) • President Osmani decorates KFOR Commander (media) • Pacolli claims three countries have provided guarantees for the accused in The Hague (media) • COVID-19: No deaths, 35 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 20 new cases registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • Summit of Non-Aligned Movement continues in Belgrade (B92) • Analyst: Arms trade, Kosovo issue on Belgrade Non-Aligned Summit’s agenda (N1) • Dacic, Cavusoglu: Serbia-Turkey relations at exceptional level (N1) • Vucic: Pristina thinks it solves problems with fierce statements (KoSSev) • Osmani attacks the Non-Aligned Summit due to loss of support at the international level, says Petkovic (NMagazin, Beta) • FM Selakovic: UN SC Resolution 1244 guarantee of peace, stability (Tanjug) • Rakic: Victory of Serbian List a matter of survival, let's show unanimity and decisiveness (Vecernje Novosti, Kosovo Online) International: • GRETA publishes its second report on Kosovo*

• Osmani: Serbia continues undermining the state of Kosovo (media) • KSC judge asks Kosovo Police to declare whether it can enforce interim release conditions (media) • Miftaraj: Pre-trial judge's request is unreasonable (Koha) • Pressure for Association increases (Koha) • Kosovo Court Annuls Decision on Energy Bills in Serb-Dominated North (BIRN) • Abdixhiku: International community to be convinced to be on Kosovo’s side (Kanal 10) • Kosovo mayoral candidates unveil plans to fight extremism (BIRN) • Voters not to be requested vaccination certificates on election day (Telegrafi) • COVID-19: Two deaths, 14 new cases (media)

Albanian Language Media: • PM Kurti meets SRSG Tanin on eve of UN Security Council meeting (media) • COVID-19: 2 deaths, 14 new cases (media) • Health Institute warns of increased cases if people don’t get vaccinated (media) • PDK calls on government to reconsider decision on gas pipeline (Klan Kosova) • Court annuls decision on electricity payment in four north municipalities (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 35 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio kontakt plus) • Belgrade marking 60 years of the Non-Aligned Movement (B92, media) • UN SG Guterres says Non-Aligned Movement has crucial role in the world (RTS, N1) • Putin: Positive potential of the Non-Aligned Movement of special significance (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Selakovic: Continuous consideration of the issue of KiM in the UN Security Council is of essential importance for Serbia (Danas) • Lavrov in Belgrade: It is time to form the CSM, a solution that suits Serbia and resolution 1244 (KoSSev) • Zakharova: Rama's statement on the unification of Kosovo and Albania unacceptable for Russia (B92, Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Simic: All ten Serbian-majority municipalities must remain in hands of Serbian people (Tanjug) • More than 13,000 license plates stickers issued in Kosovo (N1, RTS) Opinion: • Kurti's wife's book (Demostat, Danas) International: • Kosovo Arrests Five Suspects for Plotting Terrorist Attacks (Balkan Insight) • As Non-Aligned Summit Kicks Off In Serbia, Bosnian Serb Leader Slams International Overseer (RFE)

• Kosovo could end up being only one in the region without access to gas (RFE) • Kosovo Police arrest five persons suspected of preparing terror attacks (media) • Civil society wants consensus on Serb-majority commune association (euronews.al) • Rama: Serbia recognition of Kosovo, last chapter of a painful story (euronews.al) • Lavrov: We accept any solution with Kosovo that suits Serbia (Koha) • COVID-19: 4 deaths, 12 new cases (media) • Kosovo President message on Mental Health Day (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 8, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo takes anti-dumping measures towards certain Serb products (media) • Police in the north have begun distribution of license plates stickers (RFE) • Same day elections in Kosovo and North Macedonia raise dilemma for voters with dual citizenship (Koha) • Campaign gatherings not allowed to take place inside schools' premises (media) • COVID-19: One death, 25 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Lavrov in Belgrade for Non-Aligned conference (N1) • Mitrovica North residents with different views on sticker regime (KoSSev) • UNS at the EFJ's Assembly to seek the International Commission for investigation of the murders of journalist in Kosovo (media) • Selakovic: Important that UNMIK continues working in undiminished scope and unchanged mandate (media) • KEDS denied higher electricity bills following media reports on the price increase; State of emergency in Albania (Kosovo Online) • UN Security Council on October 15 on Kosovo (Kosovo Online, RTV Puls) • 'Mirëdita - Dobar dan' festival in Pristina (RTK2, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) Opinion: • Battle Over Headlines (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Is the EU losing the Western Balkans? (Emerging Europe)

• EU’s Balkan Billions Must Be Tied to Values, Kosovo Leader Says (Bloomberg) • Merkel speaks of ‘modest progress’ in resolution of Kosovo-Serbia problems (Telegrafi) • Lajcak meets EU ambassadors to UN during his visit to U.S. (media) • EU ambassador to Serbia: Pristina-Belgrade dialogue can produce results (Klan) • France blocking visa liberalisation, further EU enlargement, analyst says (Telegrafi) • "Lack of EU enlargement strategy can lead to conflict in Balkans" (RTK) • Kosovo war veterans plead innocent to witness intimidation (AP) • War Veterans’ Leaders go on trial at Hague Court, after leaking Court documents (BIRN) • Ministry of Health recommends extension of current anti-COVID measures (media) • COVID-19: No deaths, 30 new cases (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Tannin at regular meetings with Belgrade officials, reports on Kosovo at UNSC on 15 October (Klan) • Seven congressmen send letter to Biden and Blinken on Kosovo-Serbia license plate issue (media) • Sanchez criticized by Spanish politicians for talking to Kurti in Slovenia (media) • Hoti: Serbia’s state archives help enlighten fate of the missing (media) • COVID-19: No deaths, 30 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 35 new cases, one death (Radio Mitrovica sever) • SRSG Tanin met President Vucic ahead of UN SC session on Kosovo (media) • Vucic: Serbia’s EU accession depends on solution to issues with Kosovo (N1) • World Health Organization in Belgrade office chief on pandemic situation in Serbia (N1) • MTS d.o.o buys cable operators (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Radovic: Police station in Mitrovica North started distribution of stickers (Kosovo-online, KoSSev) • Vlajic: I didn’t request to extend deadline to Todosijevic to appear and serve sentence, summons has not arrived yet (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Upcoming elections important for the survival of Serbs in Kosovo (Politika, RTS, Kosovo online) Opinion: • Living on both sides of the border (Kosovo 2.0) International: • EU leaders fail to give Balkan nations a membership timeline (AP) • Kosovo rebel veterans' leaders deny charges over leaked witness data (Reuters)