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)

• Kosovo PM Kurti meets UK Foreign Secretary Truss (media) • Greek foreign minister to visit Kosovo today (media) • Gervalla invited to “Summit of the Americas” (media) • Vucic and Borrell discuss a Kosovo-Serbia declaration on missing persons (Indeksonline) • EU on Lavrov remarks: We don’t comment on positions of someone on sanctions list (Telegrafi) • Open Balkan Meeting Kicks off in Ohrid with Presence of Montenegro (Exit) • Varhelyi to attend Open Balkan meeting amid claims of Russian backing (Euractiv/Exit) • Krasniqi: "Open Balkan" is a political project, Kosovo doesn't support it (RTK) • Robelli: Alexander Soros attended "Open Balkan" with no mandate (Koha) • Konjufca and Richardson hold virtual meeting (media) • For Kosovo Women, In-Laws are Often Abusers Too (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Scholz in Kosovo on Friday; 4 hours in Prishtina, 2 hours in Belgrade! (Indeksonline) • Joseph: Lavrov gave ‘Open Balkan’ the kiss of death (Telegrafi) • Finance Minister: €80 million a year for the veterans; lists must be cleaned (Koha/RTK) • Prime Minister Kurti meets UK Minister of Armed Forces (media) • “Croatia fully supports Kosovo membership in EU and NATO” (media) • Swiss State Secretary to visit Kosovo, Serbia over threats against Marty (Klan Kosova) • Rizvanolli: Renewable energy of 500 MW to be achieved in three years' time (Koha/RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Preventing talks with Sergey Lavrov must be condemned (Tanjug, RTS) • Vucic announces changes in gov't, Belgrade city authorities (Tanjug, RTS) • Stefanovic: Serbia refuses to be a pawn (N1) • State Department: Sovereign decisions of Montenegro, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia (RTS, VoA) • Stano: EU welcomes Lavrov flight ban (N1) • Botsan-Kharchenko: Invitation to Selakovic to visit Russia accepted (N1) • EU document on Serbia: “Vucic postpones the break with Russia, and the opposition is helping him” (RFE) International: • Serbian Leader Rages About ‘Hysteria’ After Russian Minister’s Visit Blocked (BIRN) • Russia’s Lavrov Slams Balkan States for Blocking His Serbia Visit (BIRN) • Albania’s Rama Bets on Military Man for ‘Normal’ President (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • KFOR distributes food packages to families in Istok and Klina municipalities (Kosovo Online)

• KLA war veterans threaten to block Government and Assembly (media) • Prime Minister Kurti: Kosovo, a success story (media) • Pride Week starts in Kosovo: "LGBTI+ rights are human rights" (RFE) • President Osmani to visit Slovenia in July (media) • Haradinaj, Hovenier discuss latest developments (media) • “Decision to block trip, reflects commitment to hold Russia accountable” (Kallxo) • Russia supports Open Balkan; reactions follow (Koha/RTK/Klan Kosova) • Two die as storm winds, lightning hit Kosovo (Reuters) • Polish Airlines begins operations from Kosovo (Kosovapress)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 6, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • KLA war veterans protest, demanding inclusion in minimum wage increase (media) • Kosovo Assembly fails to adopt minimum wage bill (media) • Prime Minister Kurti travels to the UK (media) • Lavrov: EU and NATO want a "Closed Balkan" (Klan Kosova) • PDK calls on MPs not to vote on draft law on minimum wage (Ekonomia Online) • Assembly rejects motion to withdraw draft law on minimum wage (media) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic: Serbia, Greece consistent in mutual support (Tanjug) • Dendias: W. Balkans' future is in EU, Serbia a key partner (Tanjug) • Can the international community make Pristina return 24 hectares of land to Visoki Decani Monastery? (RTS) • Representatives of Albanians from the south of Serbia on an official visit to the US (Politika, JUGpress) • Vucic: Lavrov not coming to Belgrade, Kharchenko informed me of reasons (Tanjug) • Zakharova: Russia not making a new “iron curtain”, Europe fencing Russia off (N1) • Kosovo Police called Sevce residents to an informative talk due to protest held (KiM radio) • Gallup: Half of the respondents without democracy (FoNet, KiM radio) • Autocephaly of Ohrid Archbishopric officially recognized (N1) International: • Turkey’s Nordic demands spark Western Balkan déjà vu (EURACTIV) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo Pupils Demand to be Heard, Save the Children Report shows (BIRN)

• Kurti met Lajcak on sidelines of GLOBSEC forum (media) • Bislimi: Belgrade, Pristina close to energy agreement (N1) • Albania submits non-paper lobbying for Kosovo's CoE bid (Klan) • Escobar: Europe not complete without Western Balkans (media) • Serbian List reacts to Mehaj and Svecla visit to the north (Kallxo) • Szunyog speaks of 'security incidents', makes no mention of interethnic ones (KP) • German ambassador to Serbia says Kosovo and Ukraine cannot be compared (Klan) • Municipality of Decan under investigation over Monastery lands (RFE) • Kosovo leaders congratulate Begaj on election President of Albania (media) • Pahor: Open Balkan beneficial for all (Albanian Post) • Ramush Haradinaj reelected AAK leader (media) • KLA war veterans to protest today in Pristina (media) • Security concerns leave Afghan evacuees stuck in Balkan camp (AP) • How a British Judge Caused Turmoil at the EU’s Kosovo Mission (BIRN) • Lavrov cancels flight to Serbia after countries close airspace, Interfax reports (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media: • Assembly Speaker Konjufca to visit former KLA leaders in Hague (media) • Hoxhaj meets Slovakia's foreign minister on sidelines of GLOBSEC forum (media) • Konjufca: Recognition of Kosovo, strategic investment for the future (Zeri) • Serb detained on war crimes charges (Kallxo) • AKI General Inspector, Burim Ramadani, interviewed by SPO (Koha) • If Kurti does not form Association, he will be ousted, analysts say (Front Online) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Work on diversification of gas supply underway, the situation regarding Lavrov's visit becoming more complicated (RTS) • Zakharova: Lavrov to visit Serbia on June 6-7 (Beta, Tanjug, N1) • Office for KiM: Caslav Jolic, suspected of war crimes, arrested in Istok (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Eparchy of Raska and Prizren: Fundamental religious and human rights do not apply to Orthodox Serbs (Kontakt plus radio) • Greek FM Dendias met President Vucic (Tanjug) • CoE Commissioner Mijatovic ends visit to Kosovo (N1) • Mayor of Gracanica: CSM (ZSO) would improve the position of Serbs in Kosovo (KiM radio, VoA) • Rosic, Spasojevic and Basara under house arrest from today (KiM radio, Kosovo Online) International: • US Warns of Rise in Incidents Targeting Kosovo Religious Sites (BIRN)

• North Macedonian prime minister invites Kurti to Open Balkan summit (media) • Osmani: Open Balkan wouldn’t treat Kosovo as an equal partner (euronews.al) • Kurti to participate in GLOBESEC forum in Bratislava (media) • Lajcak meets Vucic in Bratislava (media) • De Riu: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue remains crucial for a comprehensive agreement (KP) • State Department publishes report on religious freedoms across the world (media) • Osmani, Bislimi meet CoE human rights commissioner, Mijatovic (media) • Rama at UN Security Council: We owe it to victims of Kosovo to act (Klan) • Kosovo fails to join Association of Francophone Constitutional Courts (media) • Kosovo Police discover 57 migrants in bus stopped by for speeding (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: There is no increase of interethnic incidents (Kosovapress) • Bakoyannis: For membership, there are areas that need improvement (Express) • Scholz talks about future of Western Balkans, “a matter of personal concern” (Express) • Albania presents priorities at UNSC, rejects comparisons between Kosovo and Ukraine (media) • PM Kurti meets Australian ambassador Biggi (media) • Hovenier after meeting Foreign Affairs Committee: We discussed national security (media) • Kosovo Police comments on reports it did not allow liturgy in Pristina (Kallxo) • Special Prosecution launches inquiry into allegations of corruption involving Kosovo officials (media) • Bjerde pledges more support for job-creation and greener growth in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to attend GLOBSEC forum in Bratislava on Thursday (Tanjug, media) • Selakovic met the new Ukrainian ambassador (Tanjug) • Petkovic, Rakic on prohibition of liturgy in Church of Christ the Saviour in Pristina (media) • Kosovo police prevented serving of liturgy at the Church of Christ the Savior in Pristina (KiM radio, Riznica) • Petkovic: Kurti to start implementing the agreements reached instead threatening (Radio Mitrovica sever, Politika) • Serbian Museum of Genocide Victims concerned due to the resumption of restauration of Xhafer Deva’s house (Kosovo Online, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev) • Prince Philip opened the Vidovdan festivities, Princess Danica the Art Colony (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev, RTK2) • Kurti on the ruling on V. Decani land: Plenty of procedural violations (KoSSev) • Serbian Constitutional Court stops Kosovo from joining ACCF (N1) Opinion: • Biserko: Serbia is Moscow's channel of communication with the West, it would probably tolerate Belgrade's sanctions (Danas, FoNet) Humanitarian/Development: • EBRD and Sweden support women entrepreneurs in Kosovo (EBRD) • Just waiting to leave (Kosovo 2.0)

• Kurti denies there is plan for Association of Serb-majority municipalities (media) • Kurti: We are close to an agreement on billing energy in the north (Klan) • Kosovo to chair two general committees in SEECP (media) • Protesters support, IMF and government oppose, withdrawal pension funds (BIRN) • Can a “Team of Unity” be formed again to close deal with Serbia? (Indeksonline) • Kurti meets Director of International Republican Institute, McCarthy (media) • “EU must freeze talks with Serbia, after Vucic remarks on Kosovo” (Telegrafi) • Kosovo harnesses legacy of war to train Ukrainians to clear mines (Reuters) • No interethnic incidents in Vushtrri region (Telegrafi) • “Kosovo cannot be compared with situation in Ukraine” (Albanian Daily News)