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UNMIK Headlines 27 May

• Thaci ‘revives’ border correction idea (Zeri) • Mustafa says Thaci should give up border correction, Thaci reacts (social media) • Djuric to Thaci: Kosovo will never be part of Albania (Kosovapress) • Assembly Speaker Veseli to meet UN ASG Jenca (media) • Wilson: Great compromises are needed in dialogue (Koha) • Association/Community could return to negotiating table (RFE) • Serbian President to present plan on Kosovo to parliament today (media) • Kosovo Tax Administration staff arrested in Serbia (media) • PDK’s Haliti says videos published by Koha are false arguments (Koha) • Montenegro Army chief to visit Kosovo today (media)

UNMIK Headlines 24 May

• Veseli: I have nothing to do with video, it is fake and manipulation (media) • Opposition demands Veseli’s resignation (media) • PDK: Allegations against Veseli, attempts to stain his name (Zeri) • Haradinaj not concerned by opposition’s motion of no-confidence (Koha) • Haradinaj: Decision on visa liberalization in autumn this year (Zeri) • Osmani: Border changes are ideas from the 18th century (media) • CEC confirms Serbian List’s victory in northern municipalities (media) • Minister: KSF transition to be implemented in three stages (Epoka e Re)

UNMIK Headlines 23 May

• Admiral Foggo: KSF transition in close cooperation with NATO (media) • Mustafa and Kurti agree to push ahead no-confidence motion (media) • Opposition parties with ‘secret’ strategy to bring down government (Zeri) • Opposition has differences on how to bring down government (Koha) • Jahjaga: Redrawing of borders, dangerous rhetoric (Zeri/Epoka) • Meta: Not so easy to redraw borders (RTK/Epoka) • Serbia decides not to take Kosovo to arbitration over tax (Klan Kosova) • O’Connell: Reconciliation begins with telling and hearing the truth (Facebook) • Kosovo, Albania, Croatia begin joint military exercise (media) • UK Embassy: Independence for prosecutors that investigate corruption (Zeri) • CSOs seek clarification about reference to Veseli in criminal case (Koha/Klan)

UNMIK Headlines 22 May

• German Chancellor Merkel to meet Kosovo PM Haradinaj in Berlin (media) • Roth: No border changes, Kosovo has met visa liberalisation criteria (Zeri/Koha) • Meta: Kosovo deserves visa liberalisation (media) • Vucic reacts to Quint statement, says it doesn’t make sense (Zeri) • Kosovo Assembly seeks justice for Dubrava Massacre (media) • Risk from “soft division” keeps 30 government decisions suspended (Koha) • Admiral James Foggo to visit Ministry of Defence today (Lajmi) • Jahjaga: Corruption is killing Kosovo (Epoka) • Apostolova: Only 10 percent of businesses owned by women (Epoka) • Former KLA fighter reveals what he testified about in The Hague (Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 21 May

• Opposition boycotts Veseli’s initiative for international tribunal (media) • Protesters in Pristina call for resignation of MP Flora Brovina (media) • Ambassador Heldt expresses full support for survivors of sexual violence (media) • Thaci: I was shocked by lack of coordination with US in Berlin (media) • Kocijancic: Dialogue continues to be facilitated by EU High Representative (Koha) • LDK to coordinate motion of no confidence against government (media) • Quint: Sunday elections calm, shortcomings not addressed (media) • Northerners to get directives from Serbian President Vucic (Koha) • Djuric accuses authorities in Pristina of banning his visit to Kosovo (RTK) • Vetevendosje lists nine points on how to address war crimes issue (Zeri) • Organized crime corridor in the Balkans (Zeri) • Police arrest seven suspects in anti-extortion operation (media)

UNMIK Headlines 20 May

• Serbian List wins elections in northern municipalities (media) • Kosovo leaders hail election process in the north (media) • Presevo Valley officials call for unification with Kosovo (VOA/RTK) • EU has sought clarifications from Serbia for detaining Kosovo officials (RFE) • UK Embassy concerned over political opportunism in the Assembly (media) • Protest march in support of sexual violence survivors (media) • Sejdiu: Kosovo’s borders cannot be changed (media)

UNMIK Headlines 18 May

• Haradinaj: Sunday elections to be peaceful, fair and democratic (media) • Djuric to try enter Kosovo on Sunday (Koha) • Limaj calls for Germany’s increased role in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Veseli rejects reports he was interviewed by specialist prosecutors (Telegrafi) • Prosecution: Brovina admitted the picture was not taken in Kosovo (Koha/Zeri) • Kosnett: Victims not to be exploited for political gain (media) • LDK calls on Brovina to resign her MP mandate (media)

UNMIK Headlines 17 May

• Assembly adopts resolution condemning Serbian genocide in Kosovo (media) • Thaci: Resolution and committee on Serbian genocide, smart moves (media) • Thaci: I will never dialogue on Kosovo’s territory (Koha) • Special prosecution to open investigation into Brovina’s allegations (media) • Veseli: Authenticity of Brovina’s picture to be determined by KIA (media) • Ahmeti: Brovina’s act damages all Kosovo victims (media) • Jahjaga: Brovina’s action, inhumane (media) • KRCT calls on media to remove Brovina’s picture (media) • U.S. will not issue visas to individuals involved in corruption cases (media) • Petrovic: No free elections in the north (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 16 May

• Thaci seeks unity from international representatives in Kosovo (media) • Thaci criticizes ‘efforts’ to condition visa liberalisation with lifting of tax (media) • Haradinaj: Based on polls, AAK has 20 percent of overall electorate (media) • Haradinaj meets Heldt, discuss Berlin and Paris meetings (media) • Limaj: No agreement with Serbia without full coordination with U.S. (media) • Zeri: Serbian List’s threats ahead of elections in the north • Government silent over criticism by U.S. Embassy (Koha) • Committee on deportation of Turkish nationals completes report (Epoka) • Webber: Berlin Summit was held to take dialogue away from Mogherini (Bota)

UNMIK Headlines 15 May

• Thaci: No Serb convicted for 400 massacres in Kosovo (media) • Veseli: Serb perpetrators cannot evade justice (Zeri) • Haradinaj on resolution for Serbian genocide: Time to clarify the past (Koha) • Haradinaj: Mogherini called for tariff removal “to divide Kosovo” (media) • Mogherini: KSF mandate can change only in line with Constitution (Lajmi) • Veseli calls on Albanians in the north to vote on Sunday elections (Klan) • Hodzic: Elections in the north to be free, fair and democratic (Epoka/Klan) • One-year “war” between Thaci and Haradinaj (Zeri) • Daut Haradinaj: President Thaci to act in line with Constitution of Kosovo (Koha) • U.S. Embassy concerned with appointments of ‘unqualified’ individuals (media) • Poll: PDK and LDK could get 200,000 votes each in new elections (media) • Trajkovic presses charges against Vucic and Djuric (media) • Kosovo to open embassy in Qatar (Kallxo)