UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 5, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • US proposes a bipartisan bill to fight corruption in the Western Balkans (VoA) • Vetting in the judiciary heading toward finalisation (RTK) • 1,266 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Operation Storm is no myth, we do not dream of revenge, we want peace (N1) • UNS and DNKiM says Radio Gorazdevac journalists should be protected from threats (Radio KIM) • Appeal of Rexhep Selimi on detention dismissed (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic thanks Pinter for support and understanding position of Serbian people (Kosovo Online) • “What is Serbian List really doing in Kosovo institutions?” (RFE) • Vlajic: There are no grounds for filing criminal reports against Serbs on barricades (Kosovo Online)

• EU confirms meeting between Kurti and Vucic on August 18 (Koha) • Borrell: Association, verdict on Decani Monastery should be implemented (media) • Osmani and Hovenier talk about latest developments in Kosovo (RTK) • LDK won’t cooperate with Serbian List to bring down Kurti government (media) • AAK against cooperation with Serbian List to bring down Kurti (Kallxo) • SL reacts to Hovenier about Radoicic: Don't make lump sum assessments (Koha) • What's behind the renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo? (AlJazeera) • Assembly adopts law on funding of political parties; EUSR welcomes it (media) • Svecla: We welcomed another 146 Afghans in Kosovo today (media) • Blakaj: Delic suspected of killing 2,000 civilians in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 4, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • PM Kurti responds to opposition criticism for postponing reciprocity (media) • Haradinaj slams government for “lack of vision” (Ekonomia Online) • Hoxhaj asks Kurti: Will you create an Association with latest actions in north? (Express) • U.S. Ambassador Hovenier meets Serbian List leader Rakic (media) • “Govt violating Brussels agreement; we’ll join opposition in bringing it down” (Klan) • “The greater the resistance to the Association, the closer it gets to Serbian idea” (RFE) • 1,155 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • “Neither concrete solutions, nor consultations with local population” (Radio KIM) • Vucic and Stoltenberg: Dialogue must continue, peace of vital importance (N1) • Rakic tells US Ambassador crisis needs to be resolved while respecting needs of Serbs (TV Most) • Brnabic, Chinese Ambassador discuss economic cooperation (N1) • Petkovic responds to Rohde (Kosovo Online) • Bilcik congratulates speaker, deputy speakers: More pluralism in Parliament (N1) • Vucic: New government to be formed by end of month (Tanjug) • Selakovic travels to Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela (Tanjug) • Selakovic: Firm support of Cuba to preserving territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Covid-19: 18 new cases in Serbian areas (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • N1: Crisis in Kosovo in the grip of Russian propaganda International: • Serbia is playing with matches again (Foreign Policy) • Don’t Let License Plates Start a New War (Washington Post) • Croatian Serb War Victims Hope Compensation Claims Finally Pay Off (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • DokuFest Bringing Global Award Winners to Kosovo’s Prizren (Prishtina Insight) • Rame Lahaj International Opera Festival Finishes Second Edition on High Note (Prishtina Insight)

• Stoltenberg talks with Vucic, makes clear NATO readiness to intervene (media) • Germany supports Kosovo’s reciprocity towards Serbia's documents (media) • Serbia, Kosovo officials to meet in Brussels after tensions (BIRN) • Serbian List: We want to bring down the Kurti-led government (media) • Lladrovci calls on PM Kurti to dismiss Rakic (media) • Ukraine begins to withdraw troops from Kosovo (media) • Kosovo’s draft security strategy under fire (BIRN) • U.S. Ambassador welcomes inauguration of Commercial Court (media) • Justice Minister meets Prishtina Mayor, discuss domestic violence (media) • Reactions against Delic’s election as vice president of Serbian Parliament (Koha) • “Specialist Chambers jeopardizing Veseli’s constitutional rights” (Epoka) • Montenegro govt faces no-confidence vote over church deal (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 3, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Interior Minister Svecla’s interview with RTK • Serb civil society calls for peaceful solution to crisis in the north (media) • Bundestag defence committee to discuss situation in Kosovo today (DW) • Latvian Defence Minister: Tensions in Kosovo initiated by Serbia and Russia (Zeri) • Serwer: Kosovo acted rightfully, the ball is now with Serbia on September 1 (Nacionale) • CDHRF: Any backing down from reciprocity will damage Kosovo (media) • Working group formed for bureau for verification and confiscation of wealth bill (media) • Two deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Media: Residents in northern Kosovo report mistreatment by special police units • Petkovic: Serb arrested in Rudare released (KoSSev) • Drecun on Kurti and violence against Serbs (RTV, Tanjug) • Serbian Orthodox Church and Montenegro sign Fundamental Agreement (N1, BETA) • Kisnica: Name is Serbian covered with black paint, “KLA” board set up (Radio KIM) • Serbian List reacts to Svecla’s statements (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Op-ed by Veton Surroi: We, the residents of Mitrovica North (Koha) • Operation Storm Anniversary Highlights Croatia and Serbia’s Bitter Mistrust (BIRN) International: • Kosovo War-Era General Elected as Serbian Parliament Official (BIRN) • Montenegro Govt Faces No-confidence Vote Over Church Deal (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Radio Gorazdevac on fake news: “How did another armed conflict in Kosovo break out on TV Pink?”

• Osmani: Preparations by Serbia to escalate Western Balkans and Kosovo (BBC) • Kurti: Russia is helping Serbia to destabilize the Balkans (RTK) • Kurti-Vucic meeting on August 18? (RTK) • Vucic: I will go to Brussels; I expect nothing from the meeting (media) • “Moderation is needed, Pristina is doing well by postponing measures” (RTK) • Kosovo Police issues statement rebutting reports in Serbian media (media) • Police stops vehicle in the north suspected of smuggling medicaments (media) • A Dispute Over License Plates Is a Reminder of Deep, Ongoing Kosovo-Serbia Tensions (Time) • Kosovo: Why is trouble flaring between Serbs and Albanian-led government? (BBC) • How to stop Serbia spat from spiraling out of control (atlanticcouncil.org) • How pro-Russian and Russian Telegram channels spread misinformation about Kosovo (The Geopost) • Hoxhaj: September will shift talks to dialogue on mutual recognition (Nacionale) • Kosovo Issues Emergency Energy Measures Ahead of Winter (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 2, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Preparations by Serbia to escalate Western Balkans and Kosovo (BBC) • After the tensions in the north, NATO SG Stoltenberg spoke with Kurti (RTK) • Hovenier: Decisions on reciprocity were coordinated with internationals (media) • Kosovo Police Director: We are investigating events in north of Kosovo (media) • 1,030 new cases with COVID-19 in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Situation in northern Kosovo normalised (Tanjug) • Petkovic: We will seek in Brussels compromise solution (Kosovo Online) • Vucic with Botsan-Kharchenko on situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Serbia gets new Parliament (N1) • Dodik: Serbia has right to defend safety of Serbs in Kosovo (N1) • Sanchez: International law violated by recognition of Kosovo (RTS) • Hoxhaj: Stance of Spain and Greece ‘buried’ chances of Kosovo to be recognized by five EU member states (Kosovo Online) • NATO SG speaks with Kurti (Kosovo Online) • Selakovic spoke with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on regional and geopolitical challenges (Kosovo Online) • NUNS calls to find out who disables KoSSev portal whenever crisis with Pristina erupt (BETA) • Kosovo police arrested Serb near Rudare (Kosovo Online) • Covid-19: 16 new cases in Serbian areas (KoSSev) Opinion: • Opinion piece by Milenko Vasovic: "Serbia’s Vulin Serves a Purpose, Spewing Hate" (BIRN) International: • Manifesta 14: An unflinching look at Kosovo’s fraught history and ambitious future (wallpaper.com)

Svecla: Jarinje and Bernjak border points opened, barricades removed (media) Opposition boycotts the meeting at the Presidency (Klan) NATO DSG: KFOR ready to intervene if stability in the north is threatened (media) EU confirms that Kurti and Vucic have been invited to Brussels (Klan Kosova) Petkovic: One step away from conflict because of Prishtina (media) NATO peacekeepers oversee the removal of roadblocks in Kosovo (Reuters) Serbia, Cyprus discuss Kosovo, Turkey (Cyprus Mail) Ukrainian MP: Putin's scenario is being repeated in Kosovo (euronews.al) Social Media Disinformation Spreads Panic About Kosovo-Serbia 'War' (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 1, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We expect all barricades to be removed today (media) • Kosovo institutions continue coordination on latest developments (media) • Jarinje, Bernjak remain closed; four cases of mistreatment against Albanians (media) • Over 1,500 entry-exit documents issued so far at border crossing points (Koha) • Borrell invites Kurti and Vucic to Brussels to resume dialogue (RFE) • EU is following events in Kosovo with concern, spokesperson says (media) • Rama: Kosovo is right in its sovereignty; Vucic mustn’t feed groups in north (media) • Begaj: Kosovo authorities avoided a serious provocation (media) • PDK: Unprepared action in the north; government must coordinate with allies (Koha) • Haradinaj: Security operations must be studied, analysed and explained well (media) • Majko: Serbia has launched an aggression against the state of Kosovo (media) • Kosovo government adopts emergency measures in energy supply (Kallxo) • 513 new cases with COVID-19 in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbs in northern Kosovo spent night at barricades set up in protest (Tanjug) • Reactions on situation in northern Kosovo, Pristina’s decision (Tanjug, media) • Visoki Decani: Interethnic relations have never been worse due to attitude of Kosovo authorities (media, social media) • Obradovic from Dveri Movement to demand session on Kosovo (Danas) • Dendias on situation in Kosovo: Caution and respect of international law needed (Kosovo Online) • Kremlin: Rights of Serbs in KiM must be guaranteed with resolution (Kosovo Online) • Survey: Most people in northern Kosovo unwilling to change licence plates (N1, KoSSev) • Billboards “Welcome to ZSO” posted in four northern municipalities (Kosovo Online, media) • Starovic responds to Osmani’s chief of cabinet (Kosovo Online) • Sanchez: We support Serbia regarding Kosovo (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Long vehicles queues at Merdare and Konculj crossing points (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Kosovo police arrested two Serbs, case goes in regular procedure (Kosovo Online, RTS) International: • Russia’s war in Ukraine finds echoes in the Balkans (The Washington Post) • Serb Barricades Still up in North Kosovo Despite Govt Climbdown (BIRN) • Kosovo delays plan for volatile north as tensions rise near Serbian border (The Guardian) • Serbia Awards National TV Licences to Pro Govt Stations – Again (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia Ignores Calls to Free Kurdish Politician on Hunger Strike (Balkan Insight)

• Kosovo agrees to delay new rules after tensions rise at Serbian border (RFE) • Kurti: Reciprocity will be postponed if all barricades are removed (media) • Svecla: Decision is being implemented except in Jarinje and Bernjak (RTK) • Roads in the north of Kosovo remain blocked (RFE/Koha) • Borell welcomes decision to move measures; “roadblocks to be removed” (media) • Lajcak welcomes decision to postpone implementation by 1 month (media) • Osmani: Vucic’s efforts to destabilise Kosovo will fail (media) • Vela: Repetition of Putin’s playbook by Vucic’s regime (media) • UNMIK chief Ziadeh calls for calm amid developments in the north (media) • LDK leader Abdixhiku condemns attack of local Serbs against police (media) • Turkish FM: Peace, stability in Balkans, always a priority for Turkey (media) • Russian Foreign Ministry reacts to development in the north (media) • Nearly 10,000 active cases with COVID-19 in Kosovo (media)