• PM Kurti for RFE: Situation in north could have escalated into armed conflict • Kosovo opposition reacts to Kurti’s mention of war (media) • Petkovic: Kurti’s latest statements show he wants war not dialogue (media) • Kurti meets KFOR commander, discuss security in Kosovo (media) • Kusari-Lila: We will resist Association as we have done so far (media) • How Russia’s Ukraine war is stoking tension in Kosovo (The Washington Post) • Europe keeps a wary eye on Kosovo, Serbia (politico.eu) • Bislimi meets Ambassador Ziv, talk about deepening relations (media) • Grenell has telephone conversation with Thaci (media) • Two deaths and 331 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 8, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • PM Kurti for RFE: Situation in north could have escalated into armed conflict • PM Kurti interview with La Repubblica • Joseph: Open Balkan undermines the Berlin Process (Deutsche Welle) • Turkish President Erdogan to visit Balkans next month (Klan Kosova) • Two deaths and 331 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media) Serbian Language Media: • Pristina claims licence plates not topic of 18 August meeting, Escobar, journalists think otherwise (KoSSev) • I expect Brussels meeting to be constructive, Brnabic tells Hill (Tanjug) • Peoples’ Party (NS) demands extraordinary Parliament session on Kosovo (KoSSev) • Russian journalist declared ‘persona non grata’, banned from visiting Kosovo (KoSSev, Kosovo Online) • Serbian List: Do not fall for Pristina’s provocations (RTS) • Rohde responds to Petkovic (Kosovo Online) • Insulting graffiti and swear-words written in Donja Brnjica (Radio KIM) • State Secretary Starovic: Kurti’s behaviour pattern unlikely to change (N1) • Selakovic attends inauguration of new Colombian President (N1) • Global Firepower: Serbia ranks 61 on Global Firepower index (N1) • Brnabic: SNS consultations on PM designate, gov't to begin on Monday (N1) International: • ‘Spying’ Russian Journalist Rejected by Kosovo Back in Serbia (BIRN) • 'It's a privilege to represent my country': Dua Lipa is made an Honorary Ambassador of Kosovo by President Vjosa Osmani (Daily Mail) • Wild east: five Balkan countries to discover for your next holiday (The Guardian) • Bangs for Bucks: Serbian Arms Dealer Makes Mockery of US Sanctions – Again (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Broken dreams’ of Murdered Women Become Mural in Prishtina (Prishtina Insight) • Joksimovic: EU approves 223.7 million Euro grant for projects in Serbia (N1) • Saudi Arabia approves meat, milk imports from Serbia (Tanjug)

• Borrell confirms invitation to Vucic and Kurti to discuss way forward (Koha) • Kosovo pledges no talks with Serbia two topics that activated the north (Koha) • PM Kurti says “criminal gangs” behind attack against police in north (media) • EULEX chief condemns attack against police in the north (media) • Interior Minister Svecla visits Bernjak border crossing (Kallxo) • Russian reporter Daria Aslamova declared persona non grata in Kosovo (media) • Kandic: Regions where Delic operated, over 2,000 civilians killed (RTK) • Dua Lipa Thrills Fans Performing on First Day of Sunny Hill (BIRN) • ‘Sunny Hill was kept where it belongs’, Kurti receives Dua Lipa (euronews.al) • 618 new cases, one death from COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 5, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • US proposes a bipartisan bill to fight corruption in the Western Balkans (VoA) • Vetting in the judiciary heading toward finalisation (RTK) • 1,266 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Operation Storm is no myth, we do not dream of revenge, we want peace (N1) • UNS and DNKiM says Radio Gorazdevac journalists should be protected from threats (Radio KIM) • Appeal of Rexhep Selimi on detention dismissed (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic thanks Pinter for support and understanding position of Serbian people (Kosovo Online) • “What is Serbian List really doing in Kosovo institutions?” (RFE) • Vlajic: There are no grounds for filing criminal reports against Serbs on barricades (Kosovo Online)

• EU confirms meeting between Kurti and Vucic on August 18 (Koha) • Borrell: Association, verdict on Decani Monastery should be implemented (media) • Osmani and Hovenier talk about latest developments in Kosovo (RTK) • LDK won’t cooperate with Serbian List to bring down Kurti government (media) • AAK against cooperation with Serbian List to bring down Kurti (Kallxo) • SL reacts to Hovenier about Radoicic: Don't make lump sum assessments (Koha) • What's behind the renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo? (AlJazeera) • Assembly adopts law on funding of political parties; EUSR welcomes it (media) • Svecla: We welcomed another 146 Afghans in Kosovo today (media) • Blakaj: Delic suspected of killing 2,000 civilians in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 4, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • PM Kurti responds to opposition criticism for postponing reciprocity (media) • Haradinaj slams government for “lack of vision” (Ekonomia Online) • Hoxhaj asks Kurti: Will you create an Association with latest actions in north? (Express) • U.S. Ambassador Hovenier meets Serbian List leader Rakic (media) • “Govt violating Brussels agreement; we’ll join opposition in bringing it down” (Klan) • “The greater the resistance to the Association, the closer it gets to Serbian idea” (RFE) • 1,155 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • “Neither concrete solutions, nor consultations with local population” (Radio KIM) • Vucic and Stoltenberg: Dialogue must continue, peace of vital importance (N1) • Rakic tells US Ambassador crisis needs to be resolved while respecting needs of Serbs (TV Most) • Brnabic, Chinese Ambassador discuss economic cooperation (N1) • Petkovic responds to Rohde (Kosovo Online) • Bilcik congratulates speaker, deputy speakers: More pluralism in Parliament (N1) • Vucic: New government to be formed by end of month (Tanjug) • Selakovic travels to Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela (Tanjug) • Selakovic: Firm support of Cuba to preserving territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Covid-19: 18 new cases in Serbian areas (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • N1: Crisis in Kosovo in the grip of Russian propaganda International: • Serbia is playing with matches again (Foreign Policy) • Don’t Let License Plates Start a New War (Washington Post) • Croatian Serb War Victims Hope Compensation Claims Finally Pay Off (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • DokuFest Bringing Global Award Winners to Kosovo’s Prizren (Prishtina Insight) • Rame Lahaj International Opera Festival Finishes Second Edition on High Note (Prishtina Insight)

• Stoltenberg talks with Vucic, makes clear NATO readiness to intervene (media) • Germany supports Kosovo’s reciprocity towards Serbia's documents (media) • Serbia, Kosovo officials to meet in Brussels after tensions (BIRN) • Serbian List: We want to bring down the Kurti-led government (media) • Lladrovci calls on PM Kurti to dismiss Rakic (media) • Ukraine begins to withdraw troops from Kosovo (media) • Kosovo’s draft security strategy under fire (BIRN) • U.S. Ambassador welcomes inauguration of Commercial Court (media) • Justice Minister meets Prishtina Mayor, discuss domestic violence (media) • Reactions against Delic’s election as vice president of Serbian Parliament (Koha) • “Specialist Chambers jeopardizing Veseli’s constitutional rights” (Epoka) • Montenegro govt faces no-confidence vote over church deal (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 3, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Interior Minister Svecla’s interview with RTK • Serb civil society calls for peaceful solution to crisis in the north (media) • Bundestag defence committee to discuss situation in Kosovo today (DW) • Latvian Defence Minister: Tensions in Kosovo initiated by Serbia and Russia (Zeri) • Serwer: Kosovo acted rightfully, the ball is now with Serbia on September 1 (Nacionale) • CDHRF: Any backing down from reciprocity will damage Kosovo (media) • Working group formed for bureau for verification and confiscation of wealth bill (media) • Two deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Media: Residents in northern Kosovo report mistreatment by special police units • Petkovic: Serb arrested in Rudare released (KoSSev) • Drecun on Kurti and violence against Serbs (RTV, Tanjug) • Serbian Orthodox Church and Montenegro sign Fundamental Agreement (N1, BETA) • Kisnica: Name is Serbian covered with black paint, “KLA” board set up (Radio KIM) • Serbian List reacts to Svecla’s statements (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Op-ed by Veton Surroi: We, the residents of Mitrovica North (Koha) • Operation Storm Anniversary Highlights Croatia and Serbia’s Bitter Mistrust (BIRN) International: • Kosovo War-Era General Elected as Serbian Parliament Official (BIRN) • Montenegro Govt Faces No-confidence Vote Over Church Deal (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Radio Gorazdevac on fake news: “How did another armed conflict in Kosovo break out on TV Pink?”

• Osmani: Preparations by Serbia to escalate Western Balkans and Kosovo (BBC) • Kurti: Russia is helping Serbia to destabilize the Balkans (RTK) • Kurti-Vucic meeting on August 18? (RTK) • Vucic: I will go to Brussels; I expect nothing from the meeting (media) • “Moderation is needed, Pristina is doing well by postponing measures” (RTK) • Kosovo Police issues statement rebutting reports in Serbian media (media) • Police stops vehicle in the north suspected of smuggling medicaments (media) • A Dispute Over License Plates Is a Reminder of Deep, Ongoing Kosovo-Serbia Tensions (Time) • Kosovo: Why is trouble flaring between Serbs and Albanian-led government? (BBC) • How to stop Serbia spat from spiraling out of control (atlanticcouncil.org) • How pro-Russian and Russian Telegram channels spread misinformation about Kosovo (The Geopost) • Hoxhaj: September will shift talks to dialogue on mutual recognition (Nacionale) • Kosovo Issues Emergency Energy Measures Ahead of Winter (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 2, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Preparations by Serbia to escalate Western Balkans and Kosovo (BBC) • After the tensions in the north, NATO SG Stoltenberg spoke with Kurti (RTK) • Hovenier: Decisions on reciprocity were coordinated with internationals (media) • Kosovo Police Director: We are investigating events in north of Kosovo (media) • 1,030 new cases with COVID-19 in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Situation in northern Kosovo normalised (Tanjug) • Petkovic: We will seek in Brussels compromise solution (Kosovo Online) • Vucic with Botsan-Kharchenko on situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Serbia gets new Parliament (N1) • Dodik: Serbia has right to defend safety of Serbs in Kosovo (N1) • Sanchez: International law violated by recognition of Kosovo (RTS) • Hoxhaj: Stance of Spain and Greece ‘buried’ chances of Kosovo to be recognized by five EU member states (Kosovo Online) • NATO SG speaks with Kurti (Kosovo Online) • Selakovic spoke with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on regional and geopolitical challenges (Kosovo Online) • NUNS calls to find out who disables KoSSev portal whenever crisis with Pristina erupt (BETA) • Kosovo police arrested Serb near Rudare (Kosovo Online) • Covid-19: 16 new cases in Serbian areas (KoSSev) Opinion: • Opinion piece by Milenko Vasovic: "Serbia’s Vulin Serves a Purpose, Spewing Hate" (BIRN) International: • Manifesta 14: An unflinching look at Kosovo’s fraught history and ambitious future (wallpaper.com)