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UNMIK Headlines 3 May

• Haradinaj: We are entering a serious process (media) • Veseli: Tariff will be suspended because President Trump requested this (media) • Thaci: We don’t accept conditions from Serbia, tariff remains in force (RFE) • Veseli summons heads of Kosovo institutions to meeting today (Bota Sot) • Veseli: International Court for Serbia’s crimes in Kosovo, necessary (Epoka) • Cakaj: Request in Berlin summit was to suspend not lift the tax (Telegrafi) • Mustafa: President is correcting his statement on the border (Bota Sot) • Pacolli: Congo expected to recognise Kosovo in the coming days (media) • Topalli: There are 65 Kosovars in Syria (Koha) • Over 200 OSCE officials to be engaged in elections in the north (Epoka)

UNMIK Headlines 2 May

• Thaci: No new idea opened and none closed in Berlin summit (media) • Thaci: I’d like Presevo Valley to be closer to Kosovo, without changing borders • President Thaci gives up on border correction idea (Koha) • Rama: Dialogue will continue, Macron and Merkel will engage personally (RTK) • Hahn: Time for Western Balkans to join EU (media) • Switzerland supports dialogue but not border correction option (Zeri) • Wadephul: Negotiations not to get stuck on fighting over territory (DW/Bota Sot) • War crimes committed in Kosovo recounted before U.S. Congress (media) • Thaci requests urgent resolution on Serbia’s crimes (Klan) • Pacolli: No reconciliation without punishing Belgrade (RTK) • Draft-resolution on Serbian crimes in Kosovo to be discussed today (RTK) • Kosnett: Serbs should live in Kosovo, build the future of the country (media) • Hoti summarizes the Summit in three conclusions (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 30 April

• Media: No results reached at Berlin Summit • Kosovo and Serbia agree to resume EU-brokered dialogue (Express) • Thaci: We agreed to disagree (media) • Haradinaj: Serbia should recognize Kosovo in its current borders (media) • Thaci meets Mogherini: Kosovo ready to resume dialogue (media) • Vucic: Not a single progress, new discussions in Paris (RTK) • Pacolli: Mutual recognition, key topic of meeting in Paris (media) • Thaci and Haradinaj meet U.S. Ambassador in Germany (Epoka) • After Veseli’s initiative, U.S. reacts first on Serbia’s crimes in Kosovo (media) • Ragmi Mustafa: Do not forget Presevo Valley (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 27 April

• ‘Red lines’ to be reasserted in Berlin (Koha Ditore) • Thaci: I don’t expect anything new from Berlin summit (RTV 21) • Haradinaj hopes to harmonise positions with Thaci ahead of Berlin meeting (media) • Hahn: Goal of Berlin meeting is to unblock Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (media) • O'Connell: Border changes may not end tensions between Kosovo and Serbia (Euronews) • KDI writes to Thaci and Haradinaj, urges them to unify positions (media) • Thaci ‘sabotages’ testimony before Assembly committee (Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 26 April

• CEC certifies Serbian List following ECAP ruling (media) • ESI: Discussions on border changes bring back tensions in the Balkans (Koha) • Ahmeti on Berlin Summit: There are rumors that Germany has a proposal (RTK) • Kosnett: Kosovo has good laws but implementation of court decisions, a challenge (media) • Serbian Police detain and interrogate SLS official at border crossing (media) • Vetevendosje leaders file lawsuit against Thaci and Veseli (media) • Lekaj: Opposition is making noise, there are no elections this year (Epoka) • “Kosovo should be in the UN Report for sexual violence during conflict” (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 25 April

• Haradinaj on Berlin meeting: Tax will not be lifted at the summit (media) • Serbian List not certified for elections in the north (media) • Konjufca: Serbian List to change position on Kosovo to join its institutions (EO) • Haradinaj: Berlin meeting, good way of communication for our countries (RTK) • Haradinaj: I was informed about repatriation of citizens from Syria (RTK) • Haradinaj to local producers: Maintain quality, tax may one day be lifted (Zeri) • Qalaj: Tense situation in the north due to upcoming elections (media) • Jahjaga: 73 percent of women in Kosovo affected by war (Bota Sot) • Vetevendosje expects opposition to join tomorrow’s protest (Zeri) • Selective approach damaged credibility of Prosecutorial Council (Koha) • Former Health Minister found guilty on corruption charges (media) • Special prosecution clarifies Trajkovic’s testimony on Ivanovic’s case (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 24 April

• Haradinaj: We should not dare keep border idea alive (media) • Veseli writes to EP and Quint countries about Serbia’s crimes in Kosovo (media) • Pacolli: Visa liberalization this year, no withdrawals of recognitions (RTK) • Thaci a no-show at hearing on deportation of Turkish nationals (media) • Women and children repatriated from Syria, released (media) • Problems with certification of Serbian List (RTK) • Jahjaga: I presented the situation of sexual violence survivors in New York (Klan) • U.S. Foreign Affairs Committee to hold session on Kosovo wartime victims (Zeri/Insajderi) • Baudouin: Europe is afraid of border changes (Koha) • Media: Sylejman Selimi appointed ambassador to Albania • “Albania to form task force to strengthen Kosovo’s international position” (media)

UNMIK Headlines 23 April

• Kosovo leaders going to Berlin with opposing stances (Zeri) • Wadephul: Mogherini induced plans for exchange of territories (RTK) • Haxhiu: We want Lumezi’s resignation, he is not fighting corruption (media) • Northerners risk not being certified (Koha) • President Thaci to be interviewed today on Gulenists case (RTK) • Several women repatriated from Syria under investigation (media) • Trajkovic: Vucic obstructing investigation into Ivanovic’s murder (Zeri) • One person dies during demolition of Mitrovica hotel (media)

UNMIK Headlines 20 April

• 110 persons returned from Syria to Kosovo (RTK) • U.S. commends on Kosovo on return of 110 citizens from Syria (media) • Jahjaga to testify at U.S. Congress on war crimes in Kosovo (media) • Former Klokot Mayor stopped by Serbian security (media)

UNMIK Headlines 19 April

• Haradinaj reiterates: Agreement with Serbia in current borders (media) • Thaci: I will request from Merkel and Macron visa liberalisation (Klan) • “Dual sovereignty” idea rejected in Kosovo and Serbia (Koha Ditore) • Scott: Comprehensive agreement should contain mutual recognition (RTK) • O’Connell: Berlin meeting, important initiative (media) • Djuric: No bilateral meeting with Pristina representatives in Berlin (Telegrafi) • Veseli writes to internationals about Serbia’s ‘genocide’ (Kosova Sot) • Haradinaj not afraid of possible early elections (media) • Serbia’s ultimatum will not lift the tax (Zeri) • “Specialist chambers to indict Thaci and Veseli” (Express) • Elections in the north: Serbian List applies last minute (Zeri) • Government allocates funds for extraordinary elections in the north (media) • Kosovo pledges €20,000 for Notre-Dame renovation (media) • EBRD confirms support for Kosovo (media)