• COVID-19: 11 new cases, one death (media) • Kosovo to receive additional vaccines from EU states (RFE) • After Croatia, other countries too promise to donate vaccines to Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo government “no hand” in drafts of two regional agreements (Koha) • Opposition asks government for US envoy in dialogue with Serbia (Exit News) • PM Kurti to meet LDK leader Abdixhiku at 11:00 today, source say (Telegrafi) • Rohde praises government’s stance to improve regional cooperation (media) • Hajdari: I was misinterpreted (media) • Svecla: Poor presence of the state in the north (Kallxo) • President Osmani meets representatives of Heinrich Böll Stiftung (media) • Recommendation to dismiss the Privatization Agency of Kosovo Board (media) • Surroi: I will be advisor to negotiating team in dialogue with Serbia (media) • “Mini-Schengen and regional cooperation” research to be published today (RTK) • Civil Registration Agency head dismissed (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 25, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 11 new cases, one death (media) • Kosovo to receive additional vaccines from EU states (RFE) • Kurti hails Kosovo’s participation in U.S.-led military exercise (media) • Haradinaj calls for greater U.S. involvement in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Hoxhaj asks Kurti: What will be your next present to Serbia? (media) • Foreign Minister Gervalla reports to Assembly's foreign affairs committee (media) • Hajdari: We want to exhaust regional tools to resolve problems with Serbia (KP/Koha) • Serbian authorities release Kosovo man, arrested months ago (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: Two new cases, one death (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic does not expect NATO would ever apologize for bombing of FRY (N1) • The mayor of Kamenica confirms the desecration of St. Petka: Such vandalism is unacceptable (KoSSev, Gracanicaonline) • Office for KiM: Twelfth Orthodox church desecrated since beginning of year (Kosovo-online) • Protest in Stanisor over trucks (Kontakt plus radio, RTK2) • Petkovic visits Church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Istok (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Kurti's approach to church property is not new, but public (Danas) Opinion: • How to Improve the Process of Integrating the Western Balkans into the European Union (The National Interest) International: • Albanians Question Benefit of US Ban on Berisha (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Stop sexual harassment and abuse in Kosovo's schools (Kosovo 2.0) • Efforts to strengthen the WHO (B92, AP)

• COVID-19: 14 new cases, one death (media) • New measures against COVID-19 to be discussed Wednesday (media) • Croatia confirms donation of 10,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Kosovo (media) • Gjilan receives 133 food and hygiene packages from UNMIK (media) • Travel to the region to be made possible through one visa (Koha) • PM Kurti meets Presevo Valley representatives (media) • Ministry corrects social media post following backlash (media) • Conflicting reports about damage to Orthodox church in Shipashnica (Klan/Kallxo) • Petkovic begins visit to Kosovo after permission from Foreign Ministry (media) • Gjilan, Kamenica, Vitia sign MoU to support shelter for domestic violence victims (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 14 new cases, one death (media) • Kurti and Abdixhiku to meet on Wednesday (media) • Minister Haxhiu received today the Italian Ambassador, Nicola Orlando (RTK) • Kurz to meet Lajcak today to discuss Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Insajderi) • Kosovo marks the President’s Day (media) • Minister Gervalla to report to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday (media) • Haxhiu suspects COVID-19 death numbers are being manipulated (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian top officials react to Pristina UNESCO letter (media • Serbian Orthodox Church Council, Kosovo one of the topics (KiM radio, Tanjug) • Bishop Teodosije: Inflammatory rhetoric of Kosovo leaders directly raises ethnic and religious tensions (KoSSev) • Visoki Decani Monastery on Pristina officials UNESCO letter (KoSSev) • Minister Aliu: I oppose Decani-Plav bypass, it is a dangerous precedent (KoSSev) • Davenport in Visoki Decani: OSCE to support SOC to preserve its cultural and religious heritage (KoSSev) • Samardzic: Institutions failed in respecting the Law on Languages (KiM radio, Slobodno Srpski) • Petkovic in two-day stay in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Why five EU members will not recognize Kosovo (Sputnik, B92) • Godfrey: The United States still want everything agreed in Washington to be implemented (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Belgrade sees Beijing as one of main allies in fight for Kosovo (N1) • Organized crime a major security threat in the Western Balkans (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Zaev: Although we are a member of NATO, I cannot say that I am not afraid of Greater Albania (KoSSev, Kurir) Humanitarian/Development: • Joint exhibition of young Serbs and Albanians in Pristina (Kosovo-online) • Foreigners vaccinated in Serbia will get green digital certificate (N1) • Kon: Serious easing of pandemic measures in Serbia in mid-July (N1)

• COVID-19: 31 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kosovo to receive another 3,500 anti-COVID 19 vaccines on Monday (media) • Borrell supports visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media) • Kosovo PM revives plan to sue Serbia for genocide (BIRN) • Kosovo’s top leaders write to UNESCO (media) • Kurti: We’re committed to protecting cultural heritage in our country (media) • Osmani: Serbia destabilising the region by joint exercise with Russia (media) • Kosovo with footnote in regional agreement for free movement (Koha) • Government keeps secret international experts for dialogue with Serbia (Koha) • Protest against sexual violence against women and girls in Peja today (media) • Kosovo prosecution sues power plant’s Austrian manager for damages (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 21, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 58 new cases, two deaths (media) • Over 55,000 persons vaccinated so far in Kosovo (media) • Kurti on ambassadors' dismissals: Step towards foreign service reform (media) • PDK's Hoxhaj will not attend meeting called by Kurti (media) • LDK's Abdixhiku accepts Kurti's meeting invitation (media) • DPM Bislimi lists government's plans for EU integration process (Klan) • Government approves initiative enabling regional free movement (media) • Agreement on KSF deployment to the north can be renegotiated, experts say (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • RFE: There are no vaccines for Serb communities in Kosovo (RTK2, Kontakt plus radio) • Jacimovic’s house in Vitina stoned again, again minors are suspects (KoSSev) • Kosovo Government silent on Quinta request to implement court decision on Visoki Decani Monastery (Kosovo-online) • Blakaj: The issue of the missing is humanitarian, not political (RTK2) • Serbia donates 100.000 Pfizer vaccines to Czech Republic (N1) • Vucic: Many problems and pressure on Serbia regarding Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Memorial tournament “Dimitrije Popovic” on June 1, in Gracanica (Radio KIM) Opinion: • A feminist revolt against sexual violence (Prishtina Insight) International: • Covid still a threat to Europe – travel should be avoided, says WHO (The Guardian) • Deeply Divided Montenegro Marks 15 Years of Independence (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 55 new cases, two deaths (media) • Kurti invites opposition leaders to a meeting next week (media) • Government ignores moratorium on application in international organisations (Koha) • Historians urge Quint not to seek implementation of court ruling (media) • PDK: Decision to dismiss politically appointed ambassadors 'scandalous' (media) • €1 million frozen, suspicion on money laundering and terror financing (media) • Kosovo and Serbia host US and Russian-led military exercises (Exit News) • Former minister sentenced to two years in prison for sexual assault (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 55 new cases, two deaths (media) • Kurti: Agreement to pass KSF mission in the North to KFOR, harmful (RTK) • Gervalla: Ambassadors’ withdrawals, a step towards reform (Media) • Lekaj: AAK will not be part of the dialogue (Reporteri) • Simultaneous training - American soldiers in Kosovo, Russian ones in Serbia (Koha) • Finance Minister: We identified suspicious transfers (media) • Kurti: Kosovo and Montenegro are united by Euro-Atlantic orientation (media) Serbian Language Media: • Four more case of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM) • Antonijevic: More than 13,000 people from Kosovo Serb areas have been revaccinated (KoSSev) • Varhelyi: The common market will accelerate the integration of the Western Balkans into the EU (RTS) • Russia approves Torlak vaccine (media) • Diocese of Raska-Prizren, Quint, and EU remind: Five years later, decision to return 24ha of land to V. Decani has yet to be implemented (KoSSev) • Association “Ali Hadri” threatens with radical actions against return of land to Decani Monastery (Kosovo-online) • New members of the CEC elected, including Gordana Laban Zuvic (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio) • The will of politicians affects the economy (KiM radio) • Ministry of Culture: Pristina’s request yet another ‘misuse of culture’ (RTS) International: • Mass Sacking of Kosovo Ambassadors Condemned by Opposition (Balkan Insight) • Castaldo: Western Balkans, the beating heart of the EU (balcanicaucaso.org) Humanitarian/Development: • Knowledge of the language connects people (RTK2) • Kosovo Museum to Preserve Childhood Memories of Wartime (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 62 new cases, eight deaths (media) • PM Kurti comments on his recent Brussels trip (media) • Quint calls on Government to uphold 2016 Constitutional Court ruling (media) • FM Gervalla proposes dismissal of all politically appointed ambassadors (media) • Kosovo requests Serbia to return museum artifacts (media) • Vucic: I am ready to meet Kurti (RTK) • The undoing of agreements with Serbia seen as mission impossible (Koha) • Osmani received Director for Europe at UK’s Foreign Ministry (media) • Di Maio: Leaving Western Balkans out of EU, a political myopia (media) • Status conference held in Thaci et al. case at KSC (media) • Serwer: Thaci and others are innocent for now (RTK/Kosovo Online) • Kandic reacts to the Czech president's apology to Serbia (media) • Eight new members of CEC sworn in (media) • Sex Assault Reports Spark Chain Reaction in Kosovo, Albania (BIRN) • US sanctions former Albania leader Berisha over corruption (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 19, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 62 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Over 51,000 people vaccinated so far in Kosovo (media) • Kosovo FM appeals to diaspora: Get vaccinated before coming to Kosovo (media) • Germany donates COVID-19 test kits to Kosovo worth €600,000 (media) • Treating patients in a pandemic (Prishtina Insight) • Government: Skender Hyseni won’t be part of dialogue with Serbia (Telegrafi) • Hoxhaj reacts to Montenegro’s refusal to send troops to KFOR (media) • “Kurti declared former KLA leaders war criminals, whose PM is he?” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Antonijevic: Epidemiological situation continues to improve (TV Most) • PM Ana Brnabic: EU doesn’t know about some things going on in region (media) • Europa Nostra on letter from Pristina, to answer once it arrives (KoSSev) • Vucic, Serbian officials on endangerment of Visoki Decani Monastery (KoSSev, media) • Szunyog: For five years Kosovo didn’t implement Constitutional Court decision on Visoki Decani Monastery land (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Osmani openly undermines Washington agreement by lobbying for Kosovo membership in Interpol (Kosovo-online) • Britain in KFOR by 2023, with more troops (Kontakt plus radio, RTK2) • Bisenic: Palestine statehood established in the UN, Kosovo not from that framework, impossible to draw a parallel (Pravi Ugao, KoSSev) • Vucic, officials on Zeman’s apology (B92, media) • Additional 440.000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Serbia (B92) • North Macedonia expels Russian diplomat (N1) International: • North Macedonia PM: EU risks losing sway in Balkans (politico.eu) Humanitarian/Development: • Brussels lifts travel restrictions for "third country" citizens (RTS, Tanjug)