• Kurti and Schallenberg vow to increase Kosovo-Austria cooperation (media) • Michel: Western Balkans, strategic priority for the EU (RFE) • France set to appoint envoy to Western Balkans? (RTK) • Kurti welcomes adoption of minimum wage bill, calls it 'good news' (media) • KLA war veterans to protest on 16 June against minimum wage bill (media) • Kusari-Lila: War veterans have not been excluded from draft law (Koha/Telegrafi) • PDK: Kusari-Lila shamefully insulted KLA veterans (Indeksonline) • Sunny Hill festival moves from Pristina to Tirana (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Assembly adopts in principle law on minimum wage (media) • PDK announces boycott of today's Assembly session (media) • EP: Final agreement between Kosovo and Serbia to centre on mutual recognition (media) • Austria's FM Schallenberg visits Kosovo, calls for visa liberalisation (media) • “Open Balkan has meaning only if six countries are involved” (Klan Kosova) • Delegation from Croatian parliament visits Kosovo Assembly (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: There will be no power anywhere, hard winter ahead; no mention of mutual recognition in the negotiating framework with the EU (Danas, Beta) • AFET adopts report on Serbia: "Urgent" sanctions on Russia demanded; legally binding agreement based on mutual recognition between Belgrade and Pristina (Danas) • Bilcik on the report: "It is not an ultimatum, the government in Serbia should decide whether it will be on the right side of history" (Danas) • Bilcik against the wording ‘mutual recognition’ (KoSSev, RFE) • Vucic: Non-paper presented, Austria wants tangible enlargement process (N1, Beta, FoNet) International: • Western Balkan migrant route most used in 2022 (Euractive)

• Bislimi: Agreement on energy in the north is very close (media) • Haradinaj: All citizens must be included in a single energy system (media) • European Parliament foreign committee to discuss report on Kosovo (RFE) • Kosovo leaders meet to coordinate actions on foreign policy (media) • Foreign Minister Gervalla reacts to critics, shares video praising KLA (Telegrafi) • Kurti’s opposition to Open Balkan leaves Kosovo looking isolated (BIRN) • Austrian Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo today (media) • Assembly President Konjufca to visit former KLA leaders on June 17 (media) • A determining week for the pension trust and the minimum wage (Koha) • Draft strategy on transitional justice aimed in three months (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • PDK, AAK call for minimum wage bill to be removed from assembly agenda (RFE) • LDK leader Abdixhiku insists on removing excise duty on fuel products (media) • Finance minister Murati rejects proposal to lift excise duty on fuel (media) • Austrian chief diplomat to stay in Prishtina on Tuesday (Gazeta Express) • Mehaj: U.S. support, irreplaceable in our development processes (Klan Kosova) • Abazovic, Rama and Kovacevski to visit Kyiv together? (RTV21) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic on sanctions against Russia: Serbia cannot impose sanctions to someone who respects its territorial integrity (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug) • Austrian FM expects region in the EU (FoNet, N1) • Petkovic with US Ambassador Hill on dialogue and situation in Kosovo (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Djuric: Serbia-US relations on constant upward trajectory (Tanjug, N1, Politika) • Ambassador Hill: Serbia to consider its neutral position (N1) • Vucic: Scholz requested that Serbia join sanctions on Russia (Tanjug) • Scholz: Germany expects EU membership candidates to join Russia sanctions (media) • Two young Serbs stabbed in Straze village, near Gnjilane (Beta, NMagazin, RTV Puls, Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Two shops in Velika Hoca robbed (Kontakt plus radio) • Novo Brdo: Several returnee homes broken into in Ceranovica hamlet (Kontakt plus radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Displaced persons from Suva Reka forbidden to attend the monastery's celebration (KiM radio) Opinion: • The Balkan chessboard and notable absentees (ekathimerini.com) International: • EU Parliament urges Serbia to reconsider relationship with Russia (Euractive) • How to keep the EU accession dream alive (intellinews.com)

• Anniversary of NATO troops entering marked in Kosovo (media) • Osmani at SEECP summit: Kosovo's membership in CoE of interest to all citizens (media) • Kurti: To achieve reconciliation, Serbia needs to apologise (Koha) • German, Serbian leaders clash over Kosovo, Russia sanctions (Politico) • Scholz: Serbia, Kosovo must recognize each other to join EU (AP) • Kosovo President Osmani and Greek PM Mitsotakis discuss intensifying relations (media) • Vucic signals agreement with KEDS over electricity in the north (RFE) • Gervalla-Schwarz: Kosovo couldn't have a truer friend than the U.S. (media) • Serbian List should be interviewed, voluntarily or otherwise, former prosecutor says (RFE) • Group of Kosovo and Serbia NGOs call for upholding of the rule of law in Decan (media) • Municipality says problems with Decan Monastery prevent infrastructure investments (RTK) • In Kosovo, Frustration Grows over Promised Road to Montenegro (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 10, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Kosovo (media) • FAZ on Scholz's visit: Two days, five countries, many conflicts (Telegrafi) • Kosovo insurance bureau hopes to join Green Card in weeks' time (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Serbia, Montenegro need to reset relationship (Tanjug) • Serbian Government to provide EUR 3 million aid to Ukrainian children, refugees (Tanjug) • Botsan-Kharchenko: There is no dependence and inequalities in Moscow-Belgrade relations (Danas) • NGOs from central Serbia and Kosovo call for rule of law to be respected in Decani (Danas) • Scholz to visit Belgrade (Tanjug) • EEAS: Open Balkan Initiative full effects only if truly inclusive (N1) • US Ambassador says Serbians chose path to EU (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • It’s time to get European enlargement back on track (Politico) International: • Germany's Olaf Scholz visits Greece: Crisis management takes center stage (DW) • Data Delay Casts Shadow over Kosovo Government’s Jobs Claim (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Finance Ministry, GIZ sign €11 mil agreement for Innovation and Training Park (media) • Kosovo Mother Declares: ‘I am Proud of My Gay Son’ (BIRN) • Media tragedy of family tragedy (KoSSev)

• German Chancellor Scholz to stay in Kosovo today (media) • Kosovo PM unimpressed with Serbian President’s energy deal offer (BIRN) • President Osmani travels to Greece to attend SEECP leaders’ meeting (media) • Kosovo war court extends ex-President Thaci’s detention again (BIRN) • Thaci and others accept Assembly President Konjufca’s visit (RTK) • Serbian List officials rejects invitations from the prosecution (RFE) • Osmani visits KSF: “Kosovo’s present and future are in safe hands” (media) • Kurti: We launched new online government services on e-Kosova platform (media) • Interior Minister: 4,000 bullets confiscated at Jarinje border crossing (media)

Albanian Language Media: • German Chancellor Scholz in Prishtina tomorrow; will meet only Kurti (RTK) • European Council President Charles Michel to visit Kosovo next week (RFE) • Kurti: To have Open Balkan, Serbia needs to open to Kosovo (Zeri/Telegrafi) • State Department supports all initiatives that economically empower the Balkans (RFE) • Pacolli urges Kosovo to join Open Balkan (media) • “Kosovo to consider joining Open Balkan only if given equal status” (Portali D/Telegrafi) • Former PM Hoti comments on Open Balkan initiative (media) • Mehaj: We are preparing for our objective, NATO membership (media) • Kurti meets Irish non-resident ambassador (media) • LDK to propose resolution on reducing excise duty on fuel products (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic dismisses RFE report (N1) • Brnabic met Equatorial Guinea President, thanked him for stance on Kosovo (Tanjug) • State Department without comment on Pristina’s stance on Open Balkan (Radio KIM) • Open Balkan initiative leaders sign agreements, memoranda in Ohrid (N1, Beta) • EP report on Serbia: Alignment with EU foreign policy to determine further course of accession negotiations (RTS) • Borrell: Failure to enable Serbian elections in Kosovo contrary to European values commitment (NMagazin, Beta) • One year since return of Dragica Gasic to Djakovica (Kosovo-online) • 23rd anniversary of the Kumanovo Agreement (N1) • DW: Scholz to focus on blocked issues in Western Balkans (N1) Humanitarian/Development: • Reporting news from online portals – social networks and influence on public (media)

• Montenegro mulls joining ‘Open Balkan’, Kosovo remains opposed (BIRN) • President Osmani meets Greek Foreign Minister Dendias (media) • PM Kurti: Kosovo’s relationship with Greece grows closer every day (media) • Dendias meets heads of international missions and Quint ambassadors (media) • Interior Minister Svecla interview with KTV • LDK leader Abdixhiku meets US Ambassador Hovenier (media) • Mehaj: Turkey supports Kosovo’s membership in security organisations (RTK) • Rama and Vucic debunk Lavrov’s claims on Open Balkan (euronews.al) • “Vucic spectacular achievement by dividing Tirana and Prishtina” (euronews.al) • Kosovo theatre director takes on controversy over Handke Nobel Prize (BIRN) • Pride Parade today in Prishtina; will leaders attend? (Gazeta Express)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 8, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Open Balkan summit enters its second day (media) • On Global Open Day, calls made for greater participation of women in decision-making processes (media) • AAK requests removal of tax on oil, staple items (media) Serbian Language Media: • The Open Balkans are expanding despite Russian obstructions (Danas) • Vucic: This is initiative of people from Balkans, and it is unstoppable (Kosovo Online) • Escobar: "Include all six countries in the Open Balkan", Varhelyi: "Initiative that accelerates the path to the EU" (Danas) • Vucic speaks with Borrell, receives invitation to EU-Western Balkans summit (Tanjug) • Selakovic confirms he accepted Lavrov’s invitation to visit Moscow (Danas) • Botsan-Kharchenko: Moscow does not change stance on Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Arifi: US promises special treatment of the issue of Albanians from Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja (KoSSev, N1, Beta) • Belgrade schools receive fresh bomb threats (RTS, N1) • Abazovic to visit Belgrade on June 29 (RTS)