• COVID-19: Nine new cases, one death (media) • Kurti: Those who deny Srebrenica genocide have to face their past (media) • Kurti, Vucic to meet in Brussels on third week of July (media) • Kosovo, Serbia exchange accusations for failure to respect obligations (Koha) • No dialogue with Kosovo Serbs before negotiations in Brussels (Koha) • Kosovo ex-minister indicted for hiring firm to promote border changes (BIRN) • Deputy Defence Minister: We’ll try to repeal Thaci-KFOR agreement (Klan) • Demiri: Looking forward to strengthening Kosovo – Israel relations (media) • In Serbia and Montenegro, Srebrenica is still politically toxic (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Nine new cases, one death (media) • Kurti warns of change in Demarcation agreement with Montenegro (Klan) • Wesley Clark takes over duty of Special Adviser to Kosovo’s Defense Minister (media) • Kosovo Parliament approves resolution condemning genocide in Srebrenica (Express) • LDK criticizes government for lack of transparency in dialogue process (media) • Kurti: University operating in Mitrovica North, illegitimate (media) • Kosovo PM Kurti deems the Washington Agreement unconstitutional (Express) • Hoti: Washington agreement has broken Kosovo's international isolation (media) • Tahiri criticizes government for obscurity over Washington Agreement (RTK) • Konjufca expresses condolences to Kadri Veseli for the loss of his father (media) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak talked to Petkovic, later a meeting with both sides (Beta, NMagazin) • Vucic on the Srebrenica resolution: It is surprising that Podgorica was faster than Pristina (Kosovo Online, B92) • The Serbian List left the session; the Assembly adopts the Srebrenica resolution (Kosovo Online) • Djakovica municipality sued Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM) • Minister Selakovic met Goran Rakic (Kosovo-online) • German Ambassador says Berlin Process summit successful (N1) Opinion: • Serbia: Sweeten The Pot, Or There Will Be No Pot (eurasiareview.com, TransConflict) International: • Berlin Process: Leaders praise successes of regional integration, commit to continue economic cooperation (EWB) • Grisly Discovery in Serbia Brings Trauma Back to Kosovo Village (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Rakic: We will offer all available support so displaced can return to their properties (Kosovo-online)

• COVID-19: Ten new cases, no deaths (media) • Assembly to debate today on implementation of Washington agreement (media) • Kosovo, Serbia to meet today at level of chief negotiators (Indeksonline) • “Guxo” List, Vetevendosje to run together in upcoming local elections (media) • Calls for equal inclusion of women and men in elections (media) • Vetevendosje MP: No Association with executive competencies (T7) • “There must not be a monoethnic association in a multiethnic society” (KTV) • Hasani: When political options are stopped, war breaks out (media) • Serbia’s Interior Minister insults Kosovo President, reactions follow (media) • Law on confiscation of illegally obtained wealth to be ready in autumn (T7) • US Ambassador: Kosovo needs to move past reliance on remittances (media) • Trial of Oliver Ivanovic murder suspects opens in Kosovo (BIRN) • Roma in Kosovo protest for investigation of ‘Czech Floyd’ death (BIRN) • Investing in the Balkans, China sidesteps Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 6, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Ten new cases, no deaths (media) • Lajcak: There is nothing technical in dialogue (media) • Lajcak raises 'status' of dialogue from that of Pristina-Belgrade to Kosovo-Serbia (Klan) • Association at the centre of dialogue (RFE) • Andin Hoti appointed head of Kosovo's committee on missing persons (media) • The Netherlands: Kosovo-Serbia agreement would contribute to Western Balkans stability (Klan) • Romanian authorities have not yet replied on killing of Balaj, Xheladini (Koha) • Assembly committee approves draft law on commercial court (Kosovapress) Serbian Language Media: • Three weeks without new Covid-19 cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Serbian analysts on incidents against Serbs in Kosovo, nationalist rhetoric (Danas) • Trial for murder of Oliver Ivanovic begins (KiM radio) • Ursula von der Layen: Supporting Western Balkans to achieve reforms (N1, Beta) • Belgrade: Pristina judiciary biased, denies right to fair trial to a Serb (N1, Radio KIM) • Vucic: Serbia wants good relations, neighbors haven’t reciprocated (N1) • Spanish Ambassador to Serbia: We do not recognize Kosovo (Blic, Tanjug) • Merkel: EU backs solving problems in W. Balkans; cancelling roaming success (N1) • Von Cramon: Berlin Process was another missed opportunity (N1) • Vucic: Gratitude to Angola over support to Serbia’s territorial integrity (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Abolishing visa regimes is not only about traveling, but also about basic human rights (EWB) • The First Meeting between Kurti and Vučić in Brussels: A Dynamic Status Quo? (KoSSev) International: • Kosovo needs evidence for genocide lawsuit against Serbia (Euractiv) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovan youngsters have high hopes for their most famous judoka at Olympics (Reuters)

• COVID-19: Three new cases, no deaths (media) • Germany to give 3 million COVID-19 vaccines to Western Balkans (media) • Kurti: Time for bold actions in both the EU and Western Balkans (media) • Merkel sees strategic case for Balkan states joining EU (Reuters) • EC president calls for acceleration of Western Balkans EU integration (RFE) • Varhelyi: EU to support Western Balkans economic recovery with €30bn (media) • Kurz: EU to deliver on promises to Western Balkans (media) • Kosovo welcomes first sexual violence during conflict conviction (media) • Kosovo Feels US, EU, Heat on Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities (BIRN) • Osmani: Thaci should not be called "Americans' hound dog" (Koha) • Kurti-led government doesn't plan on forming new municipalities (Klan) • Kosovo Municipality Takes Serb Returnee Case to Court (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 3 new cases, no deaths (media) • Vitia: Purchased vaccines from Pfizer arrive in Kosovo by end of the month (RTK) • 7 years on from the Berlin Process, regional disputes are still looming (euronews.al) • Meetings in Brussels, preparations for the Kurti-Vucic meeting (RFE Albanian) • Kurti receives a letter from Israeli PM Naftali Benett (media) • Albert Zogaj takes office as KJC chairman (media) • Greek FM speaks about Kosovo’s independence (media) • PDK accuses Gervalla of another diplomatic scandal (Koha) • Kosovo convicts Serb ex-policeman of wartime rape (media) • Dissatisfied with first Kurti-Vucic meeting, family members of the missing insist to be included (media) Serbian Language Media: • Leaders of the Western Balkans today at the Berlin Process Summit: Four agreements on the table (euronews.rs) • Stano: Belgrade and Pristina main negotiators on Wednesday in Brussels (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: We start new round of talks with CSM (Kosovo-online) • Youth Initiatives on Djakovica: This is nothing new, violence cannot be justified (N1) • YIHR: End hostility towards Kosovo Serb community (KoSSev) • UNS and its branch in Kosovo react to TV Syri reporting (Radio KIM) • Protest in Gracanica over arrest of Risto Jovanovic (RTS) • Pandemic: Number of addicts to psychoactive substances increased, problems due to the non-compliance with the Law on the Use of Languages (KiM radio) • Protest in North Mitrovica due to incidents targeting the Serbian community (Kontakt plus radio) International: • Susanne Schütz: Political issues should be left out of the Berlin Process (DW) • Civil society members urge EU to apply consistent conditionality to the Western Balkans (EWB)

• COVID-19: 9 new cases, one death (media) • Palmer: Kosovo needs to deliver on obligation for Association (RTV21) • EU expects Kosovo to make proposals on Association (Koha) • Kurti will insist on his four points in second meeting with Vucic (Kosovapress) • EU wants discussions on all ideas for joint regional market (Koha) • Memli Krasniqi elected leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK (media) • Kosovo forgets border demarcation with Montenegro (RFE) • Wesley Clark to visit Kosovo on Wednesday (media) • The Party’s Back: Balkan Summer Festivals Return (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 2, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 17 new cases, two deaths (media) • Ahmeti: Almost half of Prishtina residents have passed COVID-19 (Telegrafi/KP) • Kosovo and Albania have differing stances on Mini-Schengen (Koha) • Kurti meets Lajcak at the Prespa forum (RTK) • Kosovo purchases Turkish-made armoured vehicles (Zeri) • Kllokot mayor indicted on charges relating to February elections (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Regional cooperation improves quality of citizens’ lives (Kosovo-online) • Reeker: US supports Lajcak and the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Blic, Tanjug) • Rakic and Stoltenberg on the security situation in Kosovo (KiM radio) • Office for KiM: Boy beaten up in Gojbulja village (Radio KIM) • Brnabic attends the first Prespa Forum Dialogue today (Tanjug, B92) • Stefanovic: ''Better for Kurti to prepare for Brussels, instead of going to the north'' (Kosovo Online, Vecernje Novosti, B92) • Dacic: Compromise in dialogue is real situation on ground (Radio KIM) Opinion: • The time is ripe for substantial electoral reform in Kosovo (Gazeta Express/Kossev) • Kurti vs Vucic or the continuation of the fight by (international) legal means (KoSSev) International: • Stoltenberg: Kosovo force important for the region and NATO (AP) • Serbian President Voices Hesitation Over Embassy’s Jerusalem Move (Balkan Insight) • Slovenia Takes Over EU Presidency Amid Wave of Criticism (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Manifesta 14: how the art biennial is set to reclaim Pristina’s abandoned public spaces (The Calvert Journal)

• COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media) • Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian communities 'excluded' from vaccination (Koha) • Denmark, Croatia donate vaccines to Western Balkans countries (media) • Kurti: There is pressure to implement damaging agreements with Serbia (RTK) • Kurti: Ujman was built in ex-Yugoslavia; was considered a closed issue (media) • NATO SG reaffirms commitment to KFOR and Western Balkans stability • Osmani: Kosovo's future is in EU, NATO, UN (media) • Stoltenberg: KSF cannot go to north without agreement with KFOR (Telegrafi) • Gervalla: Serbia to recognise reality (media) • Vetevendosje to join forces with Osmani’s Guxo and Kusari’s party (Kallxo) • Enver Hoxhaj decides not to run for post of PDK leader (media) • Kosovo court orders detention for media commission duo for bribery (BIRN) • Pack: Border changes in the Balkans would be devastating (Klan Kosova) • Osmani and Kurti appoint new intelligence deputy director (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media) • Palmer: Kosovo citizens need freedom of movement (media) • PDK against sacking of RTK board expected to happen next week (media) • LDK’s Gashi: Sacking of boards, anti-constitutional act (Indeksonline) • Serbia violates the Washington agreement (Koha) • Calls for freedom and equality echo across Prishtina (Prishtina Insight) Serbian Language Media: • Since June 17 no new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • What could await Kurti if he goes to the north of Kosovo? (Danas) • Petkovic reacts to Kurti’s possible visit to north (Radio KIM) • Rakic writes to Quint ambassadors, seeks protection for Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM) • Reconstruction of religious buildings financed by the EU and implemented by UNDP (KiM radio) • Gracanica Mayor: We call on KFOR to protect Serbs because the police cannot or will not (KiM radio) • "KLA" on a billboard in Gracanica; "Youth prevented from placing hoops'' in Lipljan (Kosovo Online) • Video of burning SOC flag appeared on social networks (Kosovo-online, social media) • Dacic: Serbs in Kosovo most endangered Christian community in Europe (Tanjug, Kosovo-online) • Protest in Podgorica over one-month detention to Jovanovic (Radio KIM) • Vucic tells Merkel regional cooperation Serbia’s top priority (FoNet, N1) • Vucic: Israel recognized Kosovo in meantime, so our interests have changed (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Kosovo’s new political leadership and the dialogue with Serbia: The battle between the little ram and the big fish (EWB) International: • Germany, UK Reaffirm Commitment to Western Balkans (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • No roaming charges across Western Balkans (N1)