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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)

UNMIK Headlines 14 May

• Thaci insists on Presevo Valley joining Kosovo (Bota Sot)
• Haradinaj: Big decisions on Kosovo to be made in Pristina not elsewhere (media)
• Thaci: No reconciliation without resolving fate of missing persons (media)
• Collaku: Momentum for agreement with Serbia this year is lost (media)
• Assembly to debate setting up war crimes tribunal on Thursday (media)
• Citaku: I spoke to President Trump about U.S. involvement (Telegrafi)
• No dialogue, Serbia continues provocations (Zeri)
• Debate: Border change, not an option for Kosovo-Serbia agreement (Epoka/Koha)
• Judah: Merkel buried border correction idea (media)
• Hoti: It was proved that U.S. were involved in the Berlin Summit (media)
• Almost 60,000 registered voters for Sunday elections in the north (media)
• PSD MP, Dardan Molliqaj, arrested then released yesterday (media)
• Government adopts regulation reorganizing Ministry of Defense (Koha)
• Another Kosovar killed in Syria (media)

UNMIK Headlines 13 May

• Thaci: We have U.S. support for peaceful agreement with Serbia (Epoka)
• Chabert: Kosovo cannot afford to remain in ‘status quo’ (Koha Ditore)
• Haradinaj condemns detention of Serb officials, EU silent (Zeri)
• Study into effects of import tax presented in Pristina (media)
• Mustafa: Veseli’s idea for international tribunal, only a political initiative (Klan)
• Election campaign in northern municipalities begins today (media)
• Serbia alarmed: KSF part of NATO drill in Croatia (Bota Sot)
• UN approves budget for UNMIK (Klan Kosova)
• Uran Ismaili elected PDK leader in Pristina (Epoka e Re)

UNMIK Headlines 11 May

• Thaci, Haradinaj to hold separate meetings with U.S. Congressman Ed Case (media)
• Thaci: Kosovo – Albania borders must be removed (media)
• German diplomat: Germany does not support border changes (media)
• Kosovo war rape victim awarded international peace prize (media)
• UNMIK-funded debate on Serb challenges to obtain Kosovo documents (media)
• Scott: It’s a shame that war criminal led military parade on Europe Day (media)
• Election campaign in the four northern municipalities to begin on Monday (media)

UNMIK Headlines 10 May

• Western Balkans leaders adopt conclusions at Tirana Summit (media)
• No breakthrough in Kosovo-Serbia relations during Tirana summit (media)
• Thaci does not attend leaders’ lunch in Tirana due to Dodik’s presence (media)
• Haradinaj: Serbia to recognise Kosovo under existing borders (RTV21/Telegrafi)
• Thaci reveals his conversation with Putin in Paris last year (media)
• “I showed the door to an Albanian PM due to a partition plan in 2002” (media)
• Mustafa: LDK will not get involved in dialogue before elections (RTK/Telegrafi)
• Analysts warn of dangerous scenarios for Kosovo (Zeri)
• Albanians in the north call on EU to reopen Mitrovica bridge (Zeri)