• President Vjosa Osmani’s interview with Channel 4 (media) • Kurti: Kosovo will apply for EU membership this year (media) • U.S.: We expect immediate engagement in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Reporteri) • Bislimi: Agreement needed on April 3 Serbian elections (Kossev/Kallxo) • President Osmani to meet White House delegation, Austrian Chancellor (media) • In Kosovo, fears that Russia could inspire a new Serbian offensive (Euronews) • President Osmani meets COMKFOR Kajari (media) • Kurti: Committed to social policies centering on citizen and equality (media) • Kosovo Parliament approves draft law on financing parties (BIRN) • Prosecutors seek six-year jail terms for Kosovo veterans’ leaders (BIRN) • Serbs commemorate victims of deadly 2004 unrest in Kosovo (BIRN) • Half of poll respondents say they would leave Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • COVID-19: 33 new cases, two deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 17, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani writes to Biden, asks for support towards NATO membership (media) • Sarrazin: EU membership perspective applies to the whole region (RTK) • Spanish foreign ministry asked to comment on calls to recognise Kosovo (G.Express) • Osmani awards medal to KFOR’s Ukrainian contingent (Koha/Kallxo) • Mehaj: We need to be cautious to malign influence on information (media) • Kosovo institutions targets of cyber attack, no damage incurred (Klan Kosova) • Protest against homophobia takes place in Pristina (media) • COVID-19: 33 new cases, two deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Marking the 18th anniversary of the March 2004 violence (media) • “Video spot of Besa Bese group misuse of child and hatred call against Serbs” (Radio KIM) • Arsenijevic files criminal report against author of video on boycotting Serbian products (Radio KIM) • Around 2.500 refugees from Ukraine staying in Serbia (RTS) • EU Ambassadors: We know we can count on Serbia (N1) • Nehammer: EU will not be complete until it is joined by W. Balkan states (Tanjug) • Djuric at international conference in Washington on ‘Open Balkans’, regional cooperation (Tanjug) • Jevtic: Police action and arrests in Strpce mere politics (RTS) • N1 invites Vucic, Ponos to presidential debate (N1) Opinion: • Legal framework for Kosovo Serbs tailored to Pristina (Part V): NATO, EU, Council of Europe (KoSSev) • We need to talk about Serbia (Kosovo 2.0) Humanitarian/Development: • Wave of Fake News Confuses Kosovars About Ukraine War (Prishtina Insight) • Drop of fuel prices in Kosovo announced (EO/Koha) • Kosovo's economy grew by over 10 percent in 2021 (Kallxo) • Vucic: Serbia will have enough food to export to neighbours (N1)

• Osmani: I have insisted for Council of Europe to be a top priority (Kosovapress) • Kurti for Milliyet: Kosovo is in danger (media) • Kosovo Assembly fails to adopt draft law of new Civil Code (media) • Lajcak: We are close to an agreement on several concrete topics (RTK) • “A model for Serbian elections in Kosovo, without flag or posters” (Klan Kosova) • Kosovo Police raid Serb-run office in anti-corruption operation (BIRN) • Poll: 95 percent of respondents in favor of NATO membership (Kallxo) • EULEX Police strengthened following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (BIRN) • Kosovo veterans’ leader didn’t threaten war crime witnesses: Lawyer (BIRN) • COVID-19: 51 new cases, one death (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell: Resolving Kosovo-Serbia relations only through dialogue (DW) • Kosovo Assembly adopts draft law on funding of political parties (media) • Two persons arrested as suspects during “Brezovica” police operation (media) • Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry sacks 11 officials (media) • Austrian Chancellor Nehammer to visit the Western Balkans (Klan Kosova) • COVID-19: 51 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic about gas price negotiations with Russia; the action of the Kosovo police in Strpce (NMagazin, Beta) • Missing Persons Resource Centre: We are not satisfied with the work of either domestic or Brussels institutions (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, RTK2) • Dacic: Serbia will not impose sanctions on Russia (Tanjug, RTS) • Petkovic: Special police intimidate Serbs the day before March 17 (Kosovo Online) • SOC Patriarch meets EU Delegation head (RTS) • Vucic receives letters of credence from newly appointed ambassadors (RTS) • Vucic to meet Austrian Chancellor on Thursday (Tanjug) International: • Russian invasion prompts region to rethink defence spending (BIRN) • Serbia Resists EU Pressure to Impose Sanctions on Russia (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Montenegro seeks from Serbia seven million litres of oil, 18.000 tons of flour and 4000 tons of wheat (Kosovo-online, CDM) • More than 11 000 Albanians and over 3 000 Serbs applied for asylum in the EU last year (KiM radio, Beta)

• Kosovo legislators fail to pass resolution on price hike (media) • Serbia Urged to Request Poll Centers for Kosovo Serbs (Exit News) • Kurti: We are working with Quint on solution to Serbian elections (media) • U.S. congressman calls on five EU states to recognise Kosovo (media) • Wigemark: Security situation in Kosovo stable, but could change quickly (Reporteri) • Borrell: EU is concerned about Russia’s interference in the Balkans (euronews.al) • Kosovo receives first refugees from Ukraine (Koha/Klan) • Conference on why inclusive democracy matters opens Week of Women (media) • KIPRED publishes report: Russian Diplomatic Warfae and Media Disinformation (media) • AJK: Journalists to enjoy free legal aid (Kallxo) • A group of 150 Afghan citizens departs Kosovo, bound for U.S. (media) • Kosovo Veterans’ Leader Accuses Hague Court of ‘Selective Justice’ (BIRN) • COVID-19: 22 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 15, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo-Serbia high-level meetings have become very difficult (Kosovapress) • Chollet holds telephone conversation with Kurti (Klan Kosova/Gazeta Express) • Kosovo authorities refuse to comment why illegal cameras are still up in north (Kallxo) • Komsic: We in Bosnia who are against crimes recognise Kosovo (Gazeta Express) • Glorified and Vilified: Who Was Kosovo’s Nazi Ally, Xhafer Deva? (BIRN) • COVID-19: 22 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbia between requests to terminate its negotiations with EU and those calling for urgent membership (N1) • Stano: EU urges Serbia to introduce all political, economic, and financial measures against Russia (Tanjug, N1) • Dacic: Europe doesn’t want to retract recognition of Kosovo, pushes for its membership in all institutions (Kosovo-online, N1) • Hill: I am coming with a new perspective to Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Serbian President says haters behind letter by MEPs (N1) • Vucic: Our people should know that Serbia is with them, time of pogroms and persecution is over (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Hofer: International pressure on Serbia unjustified and wrong (Tanjug, B92) • Trajkovic: When it comes to rights of Serbs, US appeals have thus far fallen on deaf ears (Kosovo-online) • Five new Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities (Kontakt plus radio) International: • The president of Kosovo warns against the appeasement of autocrats (The Economist) • Serbia under pressure to choose EU as Ukraine war raises stakes for Vucic (Financial Times) • War in Ukraine triggers energy dilemma in Central Europe (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • NDI marks Week of Women; organises two-day conference (EO) • Serbia to export wheat to Albania (Kosovo-online)

• EULEX to deploy additional police officers to Kosovo (media) • Kurti meets Norway's special envoy to Western Balkans (media) • Djukanovic: Situation in Ukraine risks destabilising Western Balkans (Koha) • General Buhler: Kosovo is safe, it has NATO (RTK) • Kosovo arrests 50 police, customs officers in bribe probe (Reuters) • German MFA says Kosovo has done its part on visa liberalisation (schengenvisainfo) • Kosovo War Veterans’ Leaders ‘Tried to Derail Hague Court’ (BIRN) • Anti-Corruption Agency files lawsuit against Minister Hajdari over asset declaration (media) • Kosovo ministry cuts payment for staff that don't report to work (RFE) • Kosovo's annual inflation accelerates to 7.5% in Feb (SeeNews) • COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kusari-Lila: Kosovo has not received any request for allowing Serbian elections (media) • LDK calls on Assembly to adopt resolution against price rises (Klan) • PDK requests citizens be given right to withdraw part of pension trust (RTK) • Szunyog meets opposition leaders, discuss European agenda and electoral reform (Telegrafi) • Ahmeti talks to Dzhaparova: Kosovo supports Ukraine's sovereignty (media) • Dozens of Kosovo border police and customs officers arrested for bribery (Express) • Haxhiu welcomes today's action of the Police Inspectorate (media) • COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Some want four NATO member states to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug, media) • Vucic: Peace, stability most important, problems must be solved through dialogue (Tanjug) • Waugh: Kosovo abusing the situation in Ukraine for its own purposes (KiM Radio, Slobodno srpski) • “Thanks to Open Balkans we will get wheat from Serbia” (KoSSev) • Visoki Decani: International community to dedicate attention to demolished churches and cemeteries in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Ponos: Western powers pressured Vucic into UN vote on Russia (N1) • Serbian Orthodox Church on European Parliament Resolution (media, SOC website) International: • Turkey Rules Out Sanctioning Russia, Citing Risk to Economy (Balkan Insight) • Belgrade Denies Serbian ‘Militants’ are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine (Balkan Insight) • Borrell Says North Macedonia's EU Accession Process Should Start As Soon As Possible (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • New Wind Park Hailed as Step Towards Green Energy (Prishtina Insight)

• Kurti: Political change requires a movement: a cause, organisation, struggle (media) • In Antalya, Kurti has meetings with Borrell, Lajcak (media) • Osmani: Regional and global cooperation enables peace and stability (media) • Gervalla calls on Serbia to make its position on Ukraine clear; rejects resignation reports (media) • Kosovo-Serbia working groups meet in Brussels, no agreement on license plates yet (media) • Kosovo-Serbia dialogue under the shadow of war in Ukraine (RFE) • Ukrainian ambassador says position on Kosovo is unchanged (Koha) • Von Cramon: Russia's disinformation campaigns fly easily in Serbian tabloids (Koha/Express) • Pro-Russian graffiti sprayed in the north of Kosovo (media) • COVID-19: 32 new cases, two deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti receives German Foreign Minister Baerbock (media) • Osmani and Gervalla participate in the Diplomatic Forum of Antalya (media) • Lajcak: Integration of the Western Balkans into the EU, an urgency (Ekonomia) • Haxhiu and Haekkerup expect the prison agreement to be finalised in May (RTK) • Prime Minister Kurti participates in the inauguration of "Selac Windpark" (media) • Kurti to AFP: Despotic Putin is looking for new conflicts, Kosovo endangered (Reporteri) • COVID-19: 47 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic meets with Baerbock (Tanjug) • Baerbock: Solution for Serbs in Kosovo to vote on April 3 to be found, dialogue before EU candidate status (Kosovo-online, media) • The US Senate confirmed: Christopher Hill is the new US Ambassador to Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic on a two-day visit in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Baerbock met mayors Hamza and Radojevic at Mitrovica main bridge this morning (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev) • EU Ambassador: We know that Serbia faces specific circumstances over Ukraine war (N1, RTS) • Serbian government bans exports of staple foods, caps eurodiesel, petrol prices (Tanjug) • Limited sale of basic grocery essentials in Mitrovica North (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Ukraine to withdraw from UN peacekeeping operations, from Kosovo as well (Radio KIM) • EU says there is no fast membership for Ukraine (VoA, Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo Probes ‘Artificial’ Hikes in Basic Goods’ Prices (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian authorities revoke Covid-19 passes (N1)