• COVID-19: 25 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kosovo bus crash leaves 10 dead, 45 injured (media) • Condolences extended to families of victims that died in bus accident (media) • President Osmani declares day of mourning in Kosovo (media) • Government fears mini Schengen gives rise to Russia and China influence (Koha) • Osmani meets with the Prime Minister of Japan (media) • Judge rejects Thaci's request for interim release (media) • Janjic warns that Belgrade's campaign could lead to armed conflict (Koha) • Kosovo Wins Women's Judo Olympic Gold (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 23, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 19 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti calls on Kosovo population to vaccinate (Klan) • President Osmani received by Japan’s FM Motegi and Emperor Naruhito (media) • Beqaj: Kurti's approach to dialogue is right but unrealistic (Telegrafi) • Questions regarding Kosovo's international organisation membership bids (RFE) • Thaci’s lawyer provides guarantee for his release from detention (media) • Unwavering trust between Ankara and Belgrade (RFE Albanian) Serbian Language Media: • 22 years since the murder of 14 Serbian harvesters in Staro Gracko (media) • Odalovic: It is certainly known who committed the crime in Staro Gracko (RTS, N1, Beta, KiM radio) • Petkovic with Veselinovic: Mistreatment of Serbs must end (Kosovo-online) • Rakic: We’ll continue to provide assistance, as it is only way to save our people (Kosovo-online) • Serbian pilgrims banned from entering Kosovo (Radio KIM) Opinion: • Should Kosovo recognise Serbia? (Prishtina Insight) • 11 years since the opinion of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo’s independence (KoSSev) • Non-Papers and the elephant in the room: Rule of law in the Western Balkans (EWB) International: • Montenegro Rules out Changes to Kosovo Border Agreement (Balkan Insight) • Serbian interior minister in Madrid to discuss police cooperation, Kosovo (Euractive)

• COVID-19: 28 new cases, no deaths (media) • Government: PM Kurti has been open and transparent about dialogue (Telegrafi) • EU: Kosovo and Serbia agreed to hold monthly meetings at negotiators' level (Kallxo) • Everything changing for the better in Kosovo, Kurti tells Diaspora members (KP) • Serwer: International community to react to "Serb World" idea (media) • RAEPC: Text messages in Decan from MTS operator will not be sent again (Koha) • LDK's candidate for Pristina pelted with eggs at event (media) • Kusari-Lila comments on possibility of running for mayor in Gjakova (Telegrafi)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 28 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti: Dialogue in Brussels is about status of Kosovo-Serbia relations (media) • Osmani: Time to recognise irreversible reality of independent Kosovo (media) • Kosovo Assembly ratifies IPA 2020 agreement (media) • PDK initiates parliamentary debate on 100 days of Kurti government (Koha) • VV MP: We are eradicating corruption (Ekonomia Online) • PDK leader: Kosovo coordination with US, vital and irreplaceable (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: We are changing the name "mini Schengen", fast lanes for people from the region (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • “KLA” graffiti written on a church in Brod village, children’s playground in Susica • Veselinovic transferred to Prizren for further interrogation (Radio KIM) • Trajkovic: Kosovo institutions do not react to prevent pressure and do not condemn frequent incidents against Serb community (KoSSev, JUGpress) • Danas: US delighted with Kurti's democracy, shocked by Vucic’s authoritarianism (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic on two-day visit in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Popovic received a summons to testify at the trial for Ivanovic's murder (Beta, N1, KiM radio) • Vucic spoke with Zaev and Rama ahead of Skopje Forum (Kosovo-online) International: • Balkan Athletes Hunger for Glory at Olympics Marred by COVID-19 (Balkan Insight) • Vucic: Serbia will protect interests if Kosovo campaigns for independence (Euractiv) Humanitarian/Development: • Checkmate! Kosovo Elderly Find Solace – and Rivalry – in Ancient Game (Balkan Insight) • Childbirth Often Traumatic in CEE, But Few Women Seek Redress (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti: We would welcome recognition from Greece (media) • Political commentators discuss Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan) • LDK's Halimi criticises Kurti's approach to dialogue with Serbia (Kallxo) • Hyseni: Kurti to implement Washington agreement in entirety (T7/G. Express) • Gerxhaliu, Blakaj discuss missing persons, exhumation efforts (Koha) • KSC holds status conference against former KLA leaders (media) • Kosovo Sentences Montenegrin for Chanting Serb Nationalist Slogans (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 21, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 5 new cases, no deaths (media) • Government convinced it will immunise 60% of population (media) • Abazi: Non-recognition of Kosovo is a threat to the EU security umbrella (media) • KDI: Assembly should ratify four international agreements (media) • Assembly without quorum, agreement with European Bank postponed (media) • Hoti reacts to Murati on budget review: do not deceive the MPs (media) • Who and what loses from the failure of the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE Albanian media) • Srpska Lista re-elects ‘North Kosovo’s real ruler’ Radoicic as VP (Prishtina Insight) • A greater involvement of women in decision-making is required (Kosovapress) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian areas without new Covid-19 cases (Radio KIM) • Why did Erdogan start the "battle for Kosovo" from Cyprus? (B92, Sputnik) • Vucic reacts to Erdogan’s statement on working to increase recognitions of Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Miftaraj: Borrell and Lajcak are unable to control the dialogue process (KoSSev) • Mrdalj: Vucic’s concern over position of Kosovo Serbs could encourage new attacks (KoSSev) • Serbian List with the same leadership in the next four years (RTS) • Dacic: Recognizing Kosovo is red line Serbia won’t cross (N1) • SOC Patriarch Porfirije congratulates Eid al-Adha: Holidays should bring us closer (N1) • Risto Jovanovic sentenced to six months in prison, can be released on EUR 6.700 bail (Kosovo-online) • Srboljub Veselinovic, an IDP from Prizren, detained at Jarinje crossing (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio) Opinion: • Greece and Kosovo’s budding relationship (Prishtina Insight) • “Erdogan doesn't say anything by accident, such as lobbying for Kosovo independence” (B92, Kosovo-online) International: • What Progress Has the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue Made? (Balkan Insight) • Second Vucic-Kurti meeting ends with no agreements (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • The Kosovar scientist at the cutting edge of architecture (Kosovo 2.0)

• COVID-19: 15 new cases, one death (media) • Kurti and Vucic cross swords at second Brussels meeting (BIRN) • Kosovo publishes Declaration of Peace, Serbia talks interrupting dialogue (Koha) • Erdogan wants joint work with Biden for more Kosovo recognitions (media) • Serwer: Time for EU and NATO to get real with Serbia (media) • Former KLA leaders to appear before court today (Klan Kosova) • Biserko: Passivization of ethnic Albanian addresses in Serbia, political (media) • Kosovo war rape survivors tell stories of pain and courage (BIRN) • Vucic fails to rebuke call for unification of all Serbs in one state (Exit News)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Three new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti meets Lajcak ahead of meeting with Vucic (Kallxo) • Kurti: Today we commemorate Rahovec massacre (media) • Hoti: Serbia to open war archives (media) • Serwer: Kosovo to walk away from a bad deal with Serbia, improve relations with China (Klan) • Repatriation of 11 Kosovo citizens from Syria carried out with U.S. support (EO) Serbian Language Media: • New round of talks - Vucic vs. Kurti; Borrell will present his expectations first (B92, Tanjug) • Serbian FM hopes Greece will not change its stance on Kosovo (Beta, N1, TV Prva) • Selakovic believe that Serbia will not have to give up Kosovo for the sake of joining the EU (APA, media) • Dacic: International community should pressure Kosovo Albanians (FoNet, N1, TV Prva) • Mini Schengen and the politics of the "Serbian world" do not go together (N1) • The trial of Risto Jovanovic from Podgorica, arrested in Gazimestan, begun (Novi Magazin, Beta, RTS) • Memorial service in Velika Hoca: ''23 years spent in pain, fear, waiting and uncertainty'' (KoSSev, RTK2, Beta) Opinion: • ''Courageous Kosovo '', ''criminal Serbia '' and history left unsaid (KoSSev) International: • Western Balkans region gets endorsement from Merkel on path to EU integration (eureporter.co)

• COVID-19: Seven new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti and Vucic set to meet today in Brussels (media) • Calendar of events does not guarantee a quick agreement (Koha) • PM Kurti attends Cannes Festival (media) • Svecla: Kosovo repatriates 11 citizens from Syria (media) • Situation in Decan improving, number of persons treated declines (Kosovapress) • Prosecution investigating two Serbs sighted in Decan over health crisis there (media) • Odalovic was not allowed to enter Kosovo (Koha) • KSF, interior ministry raise level of alertness following recent rainfall (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 16, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media) • Osmani: We will oppose those who aim to destabilise the region (media) • Rama received by Chief of U.S. National Guard Bureau in Pentagon (media) • Aliu: Buildings in “Sunny Valley” in the north are illegal, political issue (Koha) • Another three bacteria found in Decan water tests sent abroad (media) • Water supply system in Decan is not protected, minister says (EO) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: Vucic and Kurti on July 19 in Brussels with a focus on what has been achieved so far (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Assembly relieved Milena Popovic from membership at Constitutional Affairs Committee (Radio KIM) • Miroslav Ivanovic regarding Simmons' allegations: The story has some background (KiM radio, KoSSev, Nova.rs) • Ranko Bacic discharged from Pec hospital (Kosovo-online) • Simic: Osmani forgets thousands Serbs from Kosovo deleted from voters’ lists (Kosovo-online) • Janjic: Something must be delivered in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Danas, Beta) Opinion: • When the only success of a meeting is the meeting itself (KoSSev) • Serbia’s Narcissistic President Loves Giving Medals – to Himself (Balkan Insight) International: • Political scientists say EU has lost the battle for the Balkans (Euractive) • Albania’s EU Path Held Hostage by ‘EU Nationalisms’, PM Says (Balkan Insight) • Freedom of Information in Balkans: ‘No Will, No Optimism’ (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Coalition of NGOs for Child Protection calls on MPs to react (media)