Albanian Language Media: • Borell: Kurti was not ready for tripartite meeting, he presented conditions (media) • Kurti sets conditions: Sign Basic Agreement and hand over Radoicic (media) • Kurti on appointment of Rutte as NATO SG: Kosovo celebrates this news (media) • EU concerned that comments on three draft laws were not considered (Klan) • Haxhiu reacts to court declaring law on state bureau invalid (media) • Maqedonci visits Croatia: Our friendship is eternal (media) Serbian Language Media: • Borrell: Kurti presented three conditions for engagement in the normalization process (media) • Vucic: No trilateral meeting in Brussels; Kurti did not want or dare to meet with me (Kosovo Online) • Djuric thanked MFA of Jamaica and Commonwealth of Dominica on the support to Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo Online) • Szijjarto: During the EU presidency, Hungary will open new chapters in negotiations with Serbia (RTS) • A Serb detained at Jarinje? (KoSSev) International Media: • Serbia’s Vucic, Kosovo’s Kurti Fail to Meet After ‘Preconditions’ Disagreement (Balkan Insight) • Few Serbs have returned to southern Kosovo since the war (DW)

Albanian Language Media: • New round of high-level dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia today (media) • Lajcak: We hope leaders come with vision and political courage (media) • Rasic on Kurti-Vucic meet: It will increase dynamics of the dialogue (media) • NATO appoints Mark Rutte as next secretary general (media) • Osmani, Kurti congratulate Berset election as CoE Secretary General (media) • Bajrami outlines reports Kosovo sent to EU following Banjska attack (media) • Kurti meets members of Bavarian State Parliament and Chancellery (media) • Krasniqi: No room for a monoethnic institution in Kosovo (media) • Gervalla meets President of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (media) • Court gives right to government on the law on the minimum wage (media) • KLA War Veterans react after court decision, “we’ll continue protests” (media) • Kurti congratulates Mickoski, looks forward to enhancing robust relations (media) • Kosovo government confirms rejecting Petkovic’s visit request (Koha) • Exhibition in Mitrovica on International Day against Hate Speech (media) • Court extends detention by 60 days for three suspects of Banjska attack (media) Serbian Language Media: • New round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina; Vucic with European officials in Brussels (RTS) • Lajcak: Everything ready for discussion; hope for the political courage of Vucic and Kurti (RTS) • Office for KiM: Petkovic banned from visiting Kosovo on Saint Vitus Day (Kosovo Online, media) • Djuric congratulates Berset on election as CoE Secretary General (media, social media) • Radojkovic: European Football Championship showed region still far from reconciliation (Kosovo Online) • YIHR filed 10 lawsuits against the media for 'hate speech' against the participants of the 'Mirdita' festival (KoSSev, Beta) Opinion: • Rada Trajkovic: Vucevic's "compromise" is the division of Kosovo (KiM radio, Beta) • Hungary’s EU ‘enlargement presidency’ will achieve limited success for Western Balkans (BIRN) International: • NATO picks Netherlands' Mark Rutte as next boss (Reuters)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 26, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: In Brussels we will see how we can move forward (media) • Kurti: OSCE has helped our country in establishing democracy (RTK) • Government responds to Stano: We submitted report on Banjska to EU (RTK) • Gervalla: Ministers’ Committee should convene for Kosovo admission (RTK) • Court rejects request to suspend implementation of CBK regulation (media) • Government: Vulin’s statement, proof of Serbia ties with Russia and China (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • PM says Serbia ready to compromise on Kosovo (N1) • Instead of summer swimming season, Kosovo post office opened at Rajska Banja spa complex in Banjska (KoSSev) • Stano: No report on Banjska from Pristina (N1) • Kosovo Constitutional Court rejected request to suspend implementation of CBK regulation on dinar (Kosovo Online) • Nenezic on Constitutional Court’s decision, says timing indicative because of meeting in Brussels (KoSSev) • Lajcak: Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina currently at crossroads; agreement exists, but implementation is lacking (Kosovo Online) • Dacic: Frontex also to be deployed at Serbia’s borders with non-EU countries (media) International Media: • Kosovo Ex-Fighter’s Testimony Bolsters Prosecution Case at Thaci Trial (BIRN) • Risk of Radicalisation: Kosovo Struggles with Informal Worship Places (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • VV, AAK don’t expect results “if Serbia doesn’t change approach” (EO) • Vogel: The dialogue has been moribund for a long time (media) • Serwer: A successful and democratic Kosovo doesn’t suit Vucic (Express) • Qelaj: Government has not clarified objectives of expropriations in north (Koha) • Kurti: Over 700k objects scanned in less than month at Digitization Center (media) • Blinken appoints Tom Sullivan as new Counselor of State Department (media) • PDK threatens government with sending two laws to Constitutional Court (Koha) • Kosovo Defence Minister Maqedonci to visit Croatia tomorrow (media) • Osmani: Kosovo grateful for Slovenia’s strong and continued support (media) • Szunyog meets Lladrovci, discuss local governance issues (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: To ensure safety of Serbs in Kosovo, implement agreements made thus far (Tanjug) • Drecun: The Brussels talks just a shell without substance (Kosovo Online, RTS) • Sljuka: By going to Brussels, Kurti wants to demonstrate he is constructive so punitive measures would be lifted (Kosovo Online) • Varhelyi: Serbia committed to the EU path, the goal is to open the next clusters (RTS) • Warrant for an Albanian from Kosovo due to expulsion of Serbs (Politika, Kosovo Online) International: • Kosovo Serb jailed for 2023 mob attack on NATO peacekeepers (BIRN) • Kosovo struggles to rein in wild west medication market (BIRN) • Kosovo law ignores tech-facilitated abuse of women: Report (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Borell: Agreements must be implemented (media) • Lajcak: Mandate not close to an end; focused on dialogue and next steps (media) • Konjufca: Kosovo does not have any Association on its agenda (RTK) • Gervalla: Integration of pro-European countries, best response to Russia (media) • Government of Montenegro: We have no open political issues with Kosovo (RTK) • U.S.: Kosovo to impose appropriate sentences for human trafficking (media) • Osmani: Egyptian community, part of history of our nation-building (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Borrell to host meetings with Vucic and Kurti (N1, media) • Vucic: I am travelling to Brussels; I don't believe in the will of the other side in creating the A/CSM (KiM radio) • Djuric: The EU gains a lot from Serbia's membership; the enlargement process needs to be accelerated (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic met Italian Senator Craxi (Radio Mitrovica sever) International Media: • Vucic: “I expect the Situation in Europe and the World to escalate in the coming Months” (Sarajevo Times) • How will the appointment of Mark Rutte as NATO Secretary General affect the Western Balkans? (EWB)

Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca doesn’t expect “anything important” from Kurti-Vucic meeting (media) • Muja: Meeting in Brussels to discuss if there is an agreement in place (media) • PDK’s Tahiri: Kosovo needs a new government (media) • Gervalla goes to Luxembourg, will attend EU foreign ministers’ meeting (media) • Osmani: KSF members “outstanding results” in prestigious academies (media) • Court sentences Orlovic to 15 months in prison for attack against KFOR (media) • Supreme Court President talks importance of judiciary’s independence (Koha) • Begaj says EU measures against Kosovo are unfair (media) • OSCE mission congratulates Egyptian community on day of celebration (media) Serbian Language Media: • Research in Mitrovica: Albanians are leaving due to economic reasons, Serbs are leaving due to ethnic tensions (Radio kontakt plus) • Milos Pleskovic pleaded not guilty (Radio KIM, media) • Kosovo Property Agency: We issued 24 notices for the relinquishing of property in N.Mitrovica – not 150, the decisions are final (KoSSev) • 26th anniversary since kidnapping of miners at Belacevac, near Obilic (Kosovo Online) • Destiny of two Serbs kidnapped in Orahovac still remains unknown (Radio KIM) • Starovic: Pristina's efforts to join NATO will not bear fruit (Kosovo Online) • Vucic, Dacic attend Day of Interior Ministry, Police Day celebration (N1, FoNet) • Opposition politician: Western powers tolerate Vucic staying in power because of lithium mining (N1, FoNet) Opinion: • Kosovo Specialist Chambers reflect Kosovo relationship with West (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Miners of Trepca march towards ‘Reporting House’ exhibition (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Mass digitization of archival material underway in Kosovo (media) • Osmani meets German ambassador Jorn Rohde (media) • Osmani receives Hargreaves, confirms participation at EPC Summit (media) • Kurti calls for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian youth: Apply for employment (media) • Govt insists draft on Association to be sent to Venice Commission (Telegrafi) • Ziadeh in Belgrade highlights importance of constructive engagement for regional peace and stability (Albanian Post) • KFOR MSU conducts crowd riot control training activities in Pristina (media) • Albanian President Begaj on a two-day visit to Kosovo (media)¬ Serbian Language Media: • Heads of EU diplomacy in Luxembourg about the Western Balkans (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, Danas) • At the meeting with Jenca, the SL pointed out the problems of the Serbs in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Serbia’s FM to Borrell: EU membership is Serbia’s strategic commitment (N1, Beta) • The trial of the accused for assisting in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic ended, verdict on June 28 (St. Vitus Day) (RTS) • One-month detention to a Serb arrested for attack on KFOR; Lawyer claims decision prejudiced against Serbs (KoSSev) • Equality of Albanian and Serbian languages in Kosovo: Do institutions respect bilingualism? (Kosovo Online) International Media: • UEFA fines Serbia, Albania, and investigates Croatia as Euro 2024 reignites Balkan feuds (euronews.com) • Serbia’s mining gambit could boost EU hopes (The Brussels Times)

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell: We discussed how to build a more united Europe together (media) • EU foreign ministers to meet Western Balkans counterparts on June 24 (media) • Sources: France and Italy against full removal of measures (Koha) • Murati: 5.6% economic growth in the first quarter of the year (media) • Gervalla: Kosovo and Portugal hold their first Economic Forum in Pristina (media) • Clinton Center publishes photo with Kosovo children, families in June ’99 (media) • Citaku: Sexual violence was used as weapon of war by Serbia (media) • Hoxhaj: Letter of EU leaders is a new veto for Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Kurti expresses support for Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists (media) • Serwer: Dodik and Vucic could attempt an attack like Banjska in Bosnia (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic asked Macron to stand by Serbia on the road to preserving peace (RTS, Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic: With Hecker about the security situation in the country and the region, especially in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Mijacic on the possible opening of the Ibar bridge: We are entering a new period of crisis (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: “Shameless lies of Osmani, 200.000 Serbs expelled from Kosovo, new ethnic cleansing in place” (media, social media) • Milenkovic’s defence: Witness excluded existence of an act that could be qualified as crime (Radio KIM) • Special prosecution dropped criminal prosecution of Rade Basara, defendant in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case (media) • Austria’s FM: No shortcuts in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Beta, N1) • Gashi: The goal of cooperation between Pristina and Sarajevo another UN resolution against Serbia (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Iber river bridge: From symbol of division to a symbol of coexistence (Koha) • EU voters are normalising the far right (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Serbia fans in Munich chant anti-Kosovo slogans (Reuters) • Romanian President withdraws NATO bid, clearing final hurdle for Rutte (RFE) • Serbia urged to recognise wartime sexual violence victims (BIRN) • Pro-Russian Telegram channels push Kremlin’s line in Balkans (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Rubin: Long-term goal of Kosovo-Serbia normalisation means recognition (media) • RIDEA: 49% of citizens dissatisfied with the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Koha) • Osmani meets Slovenian president: Kosovo proud of partnership (media) • Konjufca meets speaker of North Macedonia’s Assembly (RTK) • Gervalla travels to Austria, to attend “Friends of Western Balkans" meeting (Klan) • Osmani’s message on World Refugee Day (media) • Krasniqi, French ambassador discuss political developments in Kosovo (media) • Over 1,200 Serbs equipped with Kosovo drivers’ licences (TeVe1) Serbian Language Media: • Drecun: Lifting punitive measures on Kosovo would encourage Kurti to continue terror against Serbs (Kosovo Online, media) • Selakovic meets Azoulay, says unilateral Pristina’s acts directed against Serbian heritage in Kosovo (media, social media) • Ragus meets delegation of Parliament of Ireland, says “ethnic cleansing unfolding in heart of Europe, 15 percent of Serbs left Kosovo” (media) • RTK board appointed Aleksandra Jovanovic director of Serbian language TV channel (Radio KIM) • UEFA launches investigation against Albanian and Croatian football federations over chanting “Kill Serb” (media) International Media: • Vucic, Kurti to meet on June 26 in EU-mediated talks on normalising relations (RFE) • Euro 2024 becomes arena for Balkan nationalist score-settling (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti and Vucic to meet on June 26 in Brussels (RFE) • Sources: No agreement in EU on full removal of measures (Koha) • Rohde: Measures should be removed; it is in the hands of member states (EO) • Borrell travels to Austria to advance EU – Western Balkans relations (media) • Albanians and most Serbs support opening of Iber bridge (RTV21) • Konjufca: Banjska, blow against cooperation, stability, security in region (media) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric: The dialogue in a coma; the new arrests of Serbs threw gloves in the face of the USA and the EU (RTS, media) • Detention ordered for a Serb from Zvecan arrested yesterday on the Bistrica Bridge (RTS, Kosovo Online, media) • Lawyer: I hope L.D. would be released, strange he got arrested after a year and so (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Arrest of Serb at Bistrica bridge is Kurti's attempt to provoke new crisis (media) • Serbian List: If innocent Serbs are arrested, because of what Kurti deserved lifting of punitive measures (Kosovo Online, media) • A decade since the creation of the Peace Park on the Ibar Bridge, new fears for Serbs (Kosovo Online) International: • Anti-corruption fight in Balkans sees progress, but also regression: report (BIRN) • Growing diaspora vote becomes game-changer in Balkan elections (BIRN)