UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 25, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • KDI: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, necessary and of national interest (EO) • Abazi resigns from parliamentary inquiry committee on energy (media) • Excavations in Serbia end, no human remains uncovered (RFE) • Osmani participates at international conference on trafficking of human beings (media) • Blerim Kuci leaves AAK, resigns from all structures (Reporteri) • Chairman of Kosovo-Israel Friendship Group Avdullah Hoti, sends request to PM Kurti (Express) • COVID-19: 8 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • No remains found near the Stavalj mine (KiM radio, Nova S) • Jevtic: Serbs do want Community of Serbian Municipalities (Jedinstvo) • Jeremic: Imposing sanctions on Russia could lead to Kosovo membership in UN (KoSSev) • SOC recognizes autocephaly of Orthodox Church in North Macedonia (KoSSev) • Russian official praises Vucic for resisting pressure on sanctions (N1) • Gracanica mayor met UNMIK chief (KiM radio) • Vucic, Pendarovski discuss Open Balkan (Tanjug) • Vucic with Mitsotakis: We thanks Greek people for support to territorial integrity of Serbia (Kosovo-online) • UNS and DNKiM: Enable journalists to report on protest in Osojane (KoSSev) • Stefanovic met Wiermann (Tanjug) • Selakovic speaks with ASEAN Secretary General (Tanjug) Opinion: • A distillate of regional fears (KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • Halt to Waste Collection Leaves Prishtina Covered by Garbage (BIRN)

• Scholz's office on the messages that the Chancellor will bring to the Balkans (RTK) • Kurti urges Greece to join other EU countries in recognising Kosovo (media) • Kurti meets Abazovic in Davos (media) • Vucic about Kurti: He will say terrible things about Serbia (media) • Kosovo’s diplomatic corps visit Decan Monastery (media) • Albania's ambassador to CoE: We will do all it takes to support Kosovo joining (Telegrafi) • Muja: The north will begin paying electricity bills very soon (Koha) • Police officer in the north arrested damaging evidence charges (media) • Arrest warrant issued for former Kosovo Police senior official (Kosovapress) • Petkovic brings Vucic’s message to Prizren, calls Kosovo "our province" (Klan) • U.S. Begins Denying U.S. Entry to Afghans Housed on Military Base in Kosovo (WSJ) • COVID-19: 12 new cases (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti meets Vice President Berset: Switzerland strongly supports Kosovo's CoE membership (media) • Austria supports visa liberalization for Kosovo (media) • Serbian Ministry of Interior uses derogatory term for Albanians ‘Siptari’ (Kallxo) • Suspicions of possible explosion in UP Rectorate, Police surround the building (Kallxo) • MPs suspect in KEK procurement process, Board admits there was mismanagement (Koha) • COVID-19: 12 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic in World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, Wednesday (Tanjug, media) • Petkovic: Bislimi's statement confirms that we are fighting resolutely in Brussels (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Vucic: Serbia's position on Ukraine conflict unchanged (Tanjug) • Petkovic on the protest in Osojane: We solve problem by problem, we follow priorities (Kontakt plus radio, gracanicaonline.info) International: • Serbia buying our homes to kick us out, say Albanians living in Mitrovica (euronews.al)

• German Chancellor Scholz to visit Kosovo early June (media) • Bislimi: Serbia leads with number of non-implemented agreements (Koha) • Kosovo Police bust cannabis farm in the north (media) • Mehaj attends meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group (RTK) • Svecla talks to Johansson, calls for visa liberalization (RTK) • Hague prosecutors to quiz intelligence chief on wartime whereabouts (BIRN) • Local Serbs block Serbia-run administration offices in Istog (Koha/Klan) • Kosovo welcomes two more Ukrainian journalists (Prishtina Insight) • Crops and carcinogens: Kosovo’s market for unsafe, illegal pesticides (BIRN) • Vucic and Hill: Efforts to focus on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • COVID-19: One new case (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti pays homage at graves of Bytyqi brothers (media) • Kurti to attend World Economic Forum in Davos (media) • Assembly to hold session this week, opposition highlights energy tariffs (media) • KESCO: Energy Regulatory Office's decision in not clear (media) • Kosovo's Ombudsperson: ERO’s decision on energy tariffs, discriminatory (media) • SPO sends witness summons to General Inspector of AKI (Telegrafi) • Kosovo’s Justice Minister clashes with Serbian State Secretary of Justice (Telegrafi) • Montenegro to join the Open Balkan initiative? (RTK) • COVID-19: 1 new case (media) Serbian Language Media: • Bilcik: There is no alternative to dialogue because we have nothing else (Kosovo Online) • Ambassador Hill's interview with Politika: No third way - East or West (media) • ''The EU and the US very dissatisfied with Kurti's refusal to renew the Dialogue with Belgrade'' (Beta, NMagazin, Danas) • Vucic, Hill meeting: All efforts should be directed towards the dialogue under the EU auspices (RTS) • Petkovic in a two-day visit to Kosovo (KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • ''Property of Decani, hotels in Brezovica, and Brezovica Ski Centre go into the Sovereign Wealth Fund'' (KiM radio) • Scholz in Serbia on June 10 (KiM radio, DW, N1) • Vucic to speak with Putin about gas supplies on Wednesday or Thursday (Tanjug, media) International: • Berisha claims he’s back in charge of Albania’s Democratic Party (BIRN) • Albanian PM supports new community for non-EU countries (Euractiv) • US would defend Taiwan if attacked by China, says Joe Biden (The Guardian) Humanitarian/Development: • Krasniqi: 14 municipalities to benefit from the €8 million performance grant (EO)

• Kurti at World Affairs Forum: Kosovo to become part of NATO's PfP (media) • Biden to Vucic: Normalise relations with Kosovo (Koha/Telegrafi) • U.S. Ambassador to Belgrade: Kosovo and Serbia are neighboring countries (media) • President of Albania, Ilir Meta, to visit Kosovo (Klan) • Two more Ukrainian journalists arrive in Kosovo (media) • Mehaj: 600 new soldiers to be admitted this year; purchase of weapons, priority (media) • Concerns raised over possible human rights violations at KSC (Koha) • Chief State Prosecutor not decreed yet (RTK) • Afghans lacking complete security checks won’t be able to travel to U.S. (BIRN) • COVID-19: Nine new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 20, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Quint: Fully implement lawful registration of Decani Monastery land (media) • EU Head of Office: Swiftly and fully implement court’s decision (media) • “Implementation of court decision, precondition to CoE and NATO integration” (media) • Decan Mayor on pressure from Quint: Albin Kurti should respond (Periskopi) • Senator Murphy: Unbreakable bond between America and Kosovo (Reporteri) • Prime Minister Kurti meets Congresswoman Maloney (media) • President Osmani: Our objective is NATO membership (media) • Independent Unions call on PM to act and prevent general strike (Telegrafi) • Hoxhaj: The Balkans can be the second front of a hybrid war (media) • COVID-19: 14 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Quint and EU appeal to Kosovo institutions to return the property to the Visoki Decani monastery (Kontakt plus radio, RTK2) • SOC: International institutions to enable rule of law and respect for religious freedoms in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: International community to exert pressure on Pristina to return land to Visoki Decani (Kosovo-online) • Selakovic in Turin: Pristina’s request attempt to misuse Council of Europe (N1) • Vucic: All crucial issues discussed with Michel (Tanjug) • Michel: We want to deepen cooperation with Serbia, accelerate EU accession (Tanjug) • Petkovic on Kurti’s latest statements about Community of Serb-majroity Municipalities (Radio KIM) • Platform for trust-building in Kosovo presented (Radio KIM) • Fresh bomb threats sent to 134 schools in Serbia (Radio KIM, N1) • DefMin says Serbia committed to respect for territorial integrity (N1) • Petkovic and Rakic: Displaced families from Pec received support to return (TV Most) • US to provide grants worth 19.5 mln dollars to Serbia (Tanjug) • Serbia has complied with EU sanctions on Belarus over the war in Ukraine (EWB) International: • Competition or Complement? Calls to restart Berlin Process revive Balkan dilemma (BIRN) • ‘Return us Home’: Exhibition seeks return of artefacts held in Serbia (BIRN) • Wave of False Bomb Threats in Region Again Hits Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

• Kurti: To normalise relations - Serbia needs to change (VOA) • Sarrazin: Germany's final goal is to have Kosovo part of NATO (Kallxo) • Lajcak and Escobar discuss way forward in dialogue (media) • Foreign ministers of CoE member states set to meet today (RTK) • Citaku: Kosovo to be serious and present an offer in dialogue (Koha) • Svecla: All security mechanisms need to exercise added vigilance (Koha) • Rizvanolli: Clean energy, objective of MCC's Compact project (Telegrafi) • Mehaj: National Security Strategy to soon be presented to the Assembly (Kosovapress) • Peja School Denies Discrimination Against Minority Pupils (BIRN) • COVID-19: 12 new cases (media)

Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani talks about challenges in energy and environmental sectors (Kallxo) • Kurti’s cabinet reacts to Rama’s statement on Open Balkans (Paparaci) • Finland expresses support for Kosovo's CoE membership (media) • Hovenier: Kosovo is a sovereign, independent, democratic state (media) • Prime Minister Kurti meets USAID Administrator Power (ATV) • Prime Minister Kurti meets Congressman Keating (media) • PDK requests dismissal of the ERO board (Kallxo) • Haradinaj: Demarcation will be closed, with corrections in certain sectors (media) • President Osmani commemorates 23rd anniversary of Dubrava massacre (Koha) • Assembly of Kosovo passes draft law on KSF Military Police (media) • No classes in Kosovo on Friday, teachers on strike (Koha) • COVID-19: 12 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbia, North Macedonia PMs welcome church reconciliation (N1) • HLC, Robelli on verdicts to Haradinaj and Gucati (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online) • Odalovic: Serbia searches for mass graves, Pristina unresponsive to Belgrade’s requests (Radio KIM) • Vucic to meet Michel on Thursday (Tanjug) • Scholz to visit Belgrade in mid-June (Tanjug) • Petkovic: Kurti has no right to say what Serbs want (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Pristina impedes dialogue (Radio KIM) • General Hodges: Serbia unsure of Western support (N1) • Ambassador Hovenier: US support integration of Kosovo into Euro-Atlantic structures, including Council of Europe (KoSSev) International: • Germany's Scholz wants Western Balkans in EU (Reuters) • EU Must Correct ‘Big Mistakes’ on Western Balkans – Manuel Sarrazin (Balkan Insight) • Montenegro President Leaves Open Review of Border Agreement with Kosovo (BIRN) • Serbian Police Source Fake Bomb Threats to Seven Countries (Balkan Insight) • Serbia’s Olive Branch: Breakthrough or Trap for Macedonia’s Church? (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo bus crashes in Austria, passengers sustained no life-threatening injuries (media)

• Kurti: Kosovo joining Council of Europe, the right step (media) • Bislimi with Djukanovic: Future of our countries is in the EU (media) • Albanian PM Rama: Open Balkan will not stop (media) • Turkey will support Kosovo’s membership in NATO (Koha) • Inspectors review reports of discrimination against community students (media) • Opposition leaders react to court decision against increased energy fees (media) • Haxhiu says Specialist Chambers judges are of Serbian descent (euronews.al) • Prishtina allocates €350,000 to easy stray dog problem (Prishtina Insight) • Balluku: Durres-Prishtina railway project to start this year (euronews.al) • COVID-19: 16 new cases (media)