• Kurti’s advisor says Open Balkan equals Broken Balkan (media) • Open Balkan: Leaders commit to more effective implementation of freedom of movement measures (EWB) • Tahiri: Rama contributing to creation of Greater Serbia and instability (media) • President Osmani meets Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Montgomery (media) • Haxhiu: Thaci and Veseli refused to meet us in the Hague (media) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media) • High infection rates in the region, a threat for Kosovo too (RFE) • Environmental degradation by hydropower plants (preportr.cohu.org) • Kosovo street art exhibit calls for action on wartime missing persons (BIRN) • Western Balkans economies recover faster than expected (ebrd.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti receives US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Molly Montgomery (Kallxo) • EU expresses skepticism, while UK Embassy supports vetting process (RTK) • Minister Mehaj travels again to the US (media) • EBRD: Kosovo projected to have economic growth of 7.7% in 2021 (Kallxo) • Rama: Kosovo to become part of the Open Balkan for its own benefit (RTK) • Kurti and the French ambassador discuss energy projects (media) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 75 new cases (Kontakt plus radio) • Dr Savic: Number of children infected with COVID-19 increasing (Radio Mitrovica sever) • ‘Open Balkan’ Summit opens in Belgrade (N1) • Belgrade, Tirana, Skopje: ‘Open Balkan’ to solve problems on the ground (N1) • Stano on Community of Serbian Municipalities – what has been agreed in Brussels must be implemented (Kosovo-online) • Transparent Commission for Missing Persons needed (KiM radio) • The highest percentage of invalid ballots in Ranilug and Gracanica, in Leposavic the least (KoSSev) • UN Security Council unanimously adopts resolution on EUFOR in BiH (N1) • Petkovic discussed situation in Kosovo with Turkish ambassador (Danas) • Albanian PM Rama tours Belgrade Waterfront (N1, media) Opinion: • EC Report on Kosovo: When did the time stop? (EWB) International: • WHO Europe chief voices 'grave concern' about COVID rebound (abcnews.go.com, AP)

• Kurti has a US visa, will travel soon to the US (media) • EU welcomes reopening of custom terminal in Trepca (media) • EU refutes Government and President about the vetting (Koha) • The vetting will not include judges of Constitutional Court (Kallxo) • Association of Serb-majority municipalities ruled out after tensions in BiH (Koha) • Haradinaj doesn’t rule out cooperation with VV in runoff elections (Telegrafi) • COVID-19: 21 new cases, one death (media) • Open Balkan meeting in Belgrade today (media) • Kamberi: No tangible positive effects from Open Balkan (Euronews Albania) • An EU-US deal for Bosnia and Herzegovina's disintegration (EU Observer) • US leadership matters to avoid new violence in the Balkans (Just Security) • Virtual brain drain: Kosovo’s booming ICT sector exports talent abroad (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 3, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Vetting, a request of citizens (media) • Haxhiu: Every citizen has the right to have a justice system (media) • LDK and PDK with 206 municipal advisers each, LVV with 193, AAK 120 (media) • Russia with a harsh campaign: Kosovo extremists are problem of Balkans (RTK) • KP Special Unit Commander explains how he got wounded in the north (RTK) • COVID-19: 21 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Rakic with Kajari: KFOR the only guarantor of security in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Belgrade & Podgorica on improving bilateral relations, no problems mentioned (N1) • Agricultural materials removed from House of Culture in Gorazdevac (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Albin Kurti's messages are a direct threat to the Serbian people (Danas, RTK2) • Vulin: “If Serbia wanted to return to Kosovo by force, it would not need Russians or anyone else” (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, KiM radio) • Office for KiM: Insulting graffiti written in Mogila village, near Vitina (Kosovo-online) • Trajkovic: Kurti either naive or malicious when comparing Serbs in BiH with Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • The main trial in the case of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic due to continue November 22 (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Bieber: Joint US-EU action needed in the region (RTK2)

• We will not allow Bosnianisation of Kosovo, Kurti tells BBC's HARDtalk (media) • PM Kurti received new head of UNICEF Office in Kosovo, Zicherman (media) • The legal saga of the Decan Monastery (RFE) • Greek FM: Athens supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Tanjug, Klan) • ‘Trepca’ reclaimed, Kurti: We’re repairing the damages of the past 7 years (euronews.al) • CEC to announce municipal assemblies' election results (media) • We need to talk about the Western Balkans (Politico) • Kosovo paves way for vaccination of adolescents (media) • COVID-19: 21 new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • President’s chief of staff refutes report about Russian spotted in Prishtina (media) • Police: The two Russian nationals left Kosovo on October 23 (media) • Foreign Minister Gervalla reports to parliamentary committee (media) • Defense Minister: Our plan is for a professional army (media) • Hoxhaj slams government for not taking part in COP26 (media) • Think tank publishes report tackling spread of fake news during pandemic (media) • Health Minister and COMKFOR call for vaccination against COVID-19 (media) • COVID-19: 21 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 59 new cases registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • Raska-Prizren Diocese expects competent institutions to fully implement Constitutional Court ruling (KoSSev, media) • PM Brnabic: 114 attacks on Serbs in Kosovo this year, the most since 2008 (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Trajkovic criticise Kurti’s non-execution of the Constitutional Court decision on the Visoki Decani (Kosovo Online) • Defendants in Oliver Ivanovic’s case ask for trial proceedings to accelerate (Politika) • Selakovic: Excellent cooperation of Serbia and Greece, grateful for support (Kosovo-online) • Demetriou: Cyprus will never recognize Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence (NMagazin, Beta)

• Gashi: Grenell told us we had seven days to bring down Kurti-led government (Kanal 10) • Zaev's resignation, blow for "Open Balkan" (Koha) • Bugajski warns: Moscow plans the next Balkan war (Telegrafi) • CDHRF: Decan Monastery expanding through Serbia's discriminatory laws (Klan) • The Russian diplomat, declared non-grata, spotted in Pristina (media) • Kosovo War Massacres Trial Stalled in Serbia for Two Years (BIRN) • Parties trade blame over crisis at Ferronikel (BIRN) • Bosnia is in danger of breaking up, warns EU’s top official in the state (The Guardian) • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 1,2021 Albanian Language Media: • “Kosovo and Serbia are not working to resolve disagreements” (RFE) • Kurti: We will have 9.9% economic growth by year’s end (RTK) • Government expects positive changes on visa liberalisation (Kosovapress) • Rohde calls for implementation of court decision on Decani Monastery (media) • Historians from Decan: Decani Monastery is not under threat (media) • Shahini: Kosovo is powerless in stopping trend of increased prices (media) • Tahiri calls on government not to reject gas pipeline project (media) • PDK’s Hoxhaj reacts to resignation of Zaev as North Macedonia PM (media) • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 49 new cases registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio KIM) • Cyprus is Serbia’s best friend in Europe, Dacic says (N1) • Brnabic: Three million adult Serbian citizens have been vaccinated (N1) • “Biden’s words lasting testimony of a sincere respect” (Radio KIM) • Gorazdevac: Turning House of Culture into storage depot, pressure on only Serbian media outlet in Metohija (Radio KIM) • Edi Rama to visit Serbia on Wednesday, regarding Open Balkans Initiative (Kosovo-online) • Vucic in Glasgow: Serbia will do a lot about Green Agenda (N1) International: • North Macedonia’s PM resigns following local election defeat (BIRN) • Petrit Halilaj: ‘I started to live with fear on a daily basis’ (The Guardian)

• Osmani: Serbia, backed by Russia, undertakes destabilising initiatives (Klan) • Government of Kosovo approves 2022 draft budget (media) • Mehaj: U.S. military base in Kosovo would ward off Russia's access to the region (Koha/RTK) • COMKFOR: KSF cannot deploy to the north without my consent (media) • Szunyog: Vetting, the last step in efforts to improve judicial system (Telegrafi) • PM Kurti meets OSF deputy chair, Soros (media) • Von Cramon urges Government to implement decision on Decan Monastery (media) • Human remains unearthed at the KFOR base in Pristina (media) • Freight Carriers Protest Fees at Kosovo-North Macedonia Border (BIRN) • North Macedonia PM announces resignation after election loss (AP) • COVID-19: 13 new cases, one death (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: No date yet for meeting with Vucic (Telegrafi) • Abdixhiku: No vetting without full coordination with EU and US (media) • President Osmani addresses the Global Summit of Women in Lisbon (media) • Rama: Kosovo-Albania unification, mind game more likely outside than inside EU (Koha) • COVID-19: 28 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: We are not changing our Constitution either and what will we do then? (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, KoSSev) • Jukic: Witnesses against KLA afraid, some relocated (Radio KIM, RTS) • Varhelyi: EU closely monitors transformation of Kosovo Security Force (N1) • New figures and the same messages from the Crisis Staff in Gracanica (KiM radio) • US goals: W. Balkans in EU; reduce Russian and Chinese influence, Escobar says (Beta, N1, VoA) • Discrimination at competition for journalist award, AJK says membership not explicit requirement (Radio KIM) • Selakovic: Slovakia supports Serbia’s integrity and sovereignty (Tanjug, RTK2) • Sending Hill and Hovenier to the Balkans halted, Senator Cruz blocks Biden's ambassadors (Kosovo Online, Washington Post) • Djuric on protest in front of Serbian Consulate in New York (Kosovo-online)