Albanian Language Media: • Kurti reacts to Serbia’s banning of 'Miredita, Dobar Dan' festival (media) • Organisers of 'Miredita, dobar dan': "State incited hatred, intolerance, hostility" (RFE) • Kandic: Serbia and its institutions aligned themselves with hooligans (media) • Four sentenced to prison for involvement in Ivanovic assassination (media) • Police searching for Serb suspects over camouflaged cameras in north (media) • Man arrested for allegedly committing war crimes against civilians (media) • State Department report on international religious freedom: Kosovo (media) • Court ruling on Bureau; KLI: Another government failure for judiciary reforms (EO) • Poll: VV-Guxo 41 percent, PDK 19.6, LDK 19.2 and AAK-Nisma 6 (Albanian Post) • ECPMF reacts to MP remarks against media and civil society members (media) • AJK reacts to latest death threats against reporter Vullnet Krasniqi (media) • Police remove “provocative shirts and flags” at St. Vitus remembering (media) • Octopus Institute analysis on arrest of Albanians, one Serb, for espionage (Telegrafi) • FPÖ wants parliament to declare itself against Kosovo independence (media) Serbian Language Media: • Memorial service served to Kosovo heroes at Gazimestan (Kosovo Online, media) • Serbian MFA: St Vitus's Day reflects our love of freedom, moral essence (Tanjug) • Petkovic: Serbia fulfilled its obligations; I do not expect anything from continuation of dialogue (RTS) • Verdict passed in case of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, 22 years in prison for the four defen dants (media) • Office for KiM: Verdict against four Serbs in Oliver Ivanovic’s case "scandalous" (Kosovo Online, media) • Serbian List: Draconian and politically staged verdict (media, social media) • Ivanovic's nephew: This verdict still does not provide answers to questions about who ordered and executed Ivanovic's murder (KoSSev) • Lawyer: Tolic underwent surgery again, I am concerned about his health condition (Kosovo Online) • Indictment against Svecla, three MPs upheld 75 months after teargas was thrown (KoSSev, me dia) • Serb Movements from Kosovo support the protest against lithium mines (Beta, Danas) • Radovanovic: The frozen conflict suits both Vucic and Kurti (NMagazin, Beta) International: • Kosovo convicts four over Serb opposition politician’s murder (BIRN) • Serbian police ban culture festival with Kosovo as pressure mounts on liberal voices (AP) • Germany extends army deployments in Kosovo, Bosnia, Coast of Lebanon (RFE) • What are the takeaways from another unsuccessful round of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue? (EWB) • Language and infrastructure barriers halt integration of Serb majority village into Kosovo soci ety (Prishtina Insight) • Serbian authorities use high-tech surveillance to monitor opponents (BIRN) • Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas bag EU top jobs (politico.eu) • ‘Shipwreck’ and ‘carnage’: European media gawks at Biden’s debate flop against Trump (politico.eu)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Police find surveillance cameras in the north (media) • Rohde calls Kurti's conditions “a burden"; “Serbia violating Article 4” (media) • Rasic doesn’t expect Radoicic to be handed over; “Dialogue must continue” (media) • Assembly podium used for media smearing (Koha) • Kurti meets Serwer: Grateful for his analysis and advice (media) • Kurti welcomes Law on the Modernization of Citizenship in Germany (media) • Serbian delegation leaves after Kosovo MP’s speech on Banjska attack (Kosovapress) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Kurti wanted recognition not dialogue (N1) • Office for KiM: Arrest of Lazovic in Leposavic, continuation of Pristina’s terror (Kosovo Online, media) • Wife of arrested Lazovic: My husband is not on photos published by Albanian media, he has never been to Djakovica (Kosovo Online) • Serbian List: Kurti’s regime continues with intimidation and expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo (Kosovo Online, media) • Djuric: Belgrade appreciates Brazil's position on Serbia's territorial integrity (Tanjug) • Austrian Freedom Party requests Parliament declare against recognition of Kosovo (Euronews Serbian) • Pristina portal says 45 indicted over Banjska armed incident (N1) • “Miredita, Dobar Dan” festival shut down (media) International Media: • Police Ban Serbia-Kosovo Cultural Reconciliation Festival in Belgrade (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • O’Brien: Non-implementation of past agreements, lost opportunity (media) • Kurti says LDK, AAK want to criticise and not remove him from power (Express) • Opposition MPs leave assembly session (media) • AJK: Independent Media Commission draft law shouldn’t be adopted (Kallxo) • AJK reacts to Basha’s “unacceptable, dangerous attacks” against Kusari (media) • Former Serb member of Kosovo Police arrested for espionage (media) • Svecla: Fighting every form of terrorism is our priority (media) • Hoxha visits police units in Jarinje, Leposavic, Bernjak and Banjska (media) Serbian Language Media: • O'Brien: Failure to implement earlier agreements a lost opportunity for both sides (Kosovo Online) • Brnabic: By rejecting the trilateral in Brussels, Kurti showed that he does not want dialogue (Tanjug, TV Pink) • Arrested A.V. suspected of espionage (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev) • The president of the Committee for Aid to Serbs from Republika Srpska denied entry to Kosovo (Tanjug, SRNA) • The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the initiative to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug) • The German and Italian embassies supported the EU statement on three draft laws (KoSSev) • The SL MPs once again retained their mandates (NMagazin, Beta) • Andric Rakic: No progress in dialogue or formation of the CSM realistic during Lajcak's extended mandate (Kosovo Online) • “Miredita, dobar dan!” festival to kick off in Belgrade (N1, Beta) Opinion: • Hungary’s EU ‘enlargement presidency’ will achieve limited success for Western Balkans (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo: Draft law on Independent Media Commission might endanger its political independence (ecpmf.eu) • Serbia’s Vucic fumes as footballers travel to Euro 2024 on Croatian plane (Politico)

Albanian Language Media: • Borell: Kurti was not ready for tripartite meeting, he presented conditions (media) • Kurti sets conditions: Sign Basic Agreement and hand over Radoicic (media) • Kurti on appointment of Rutte as NATO SG: Kosovo celebrates this news (media) • EU concerned that comments on three draft laws were not considered (Klan) • Haxhiu reacts to court declaring law on state bureau invalid (media) • Maqedonci visits Croatia: Our friendship is eternal (media) Serbian Language Media: • Borrell: Kurti presented three conditions for engagement in the normalization process (media) • Vucic: No trilateral meeting in Brussels; Kurti did not want or dare to meet with me (Kosovo Online) • Djuric thanked MFA of Jamaica and Commonwealth of Dominica on the support to Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo Online) • Szijjarto: During the EU presidency, Hungary will open new chapters in negotiations with Serbia (RTS) • A Serb detained at Jarinje? (KoSSev) International Media: • Serbia’s Vucic, Kosovo’s Kurti Fail to Meet After ‘Preconditions’ Disagreement (Balkan Insight) • Few Serbs have returned to southern Kosovo since the war (DW)

Albanian Language Media: • New round of high-level dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia today (media) • Lajcak: We hope leaders come with vision and political courage (media) • Rasic on Kurti-Vucic meet: It will increase dynamics of the dialogue (media) • NATO appoints Mark Rutte as next secretary general (media) • Osmani, Kurti congratulate Berset election as CoE Secretary General (media) • Bajrami outlines reports Kosovo sent to EU following Banjska attack (media) • Kurti meets members of Bavarian State Parliament and Chancellery (media) • Krasniqi: No room for a monoethnic institution in Kosovo (media) • Gervalla meets President of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (media) • Court gives right to government on the law on the minimum wage (media) • KLA War Veterans react after court decision, “we’ll continue protests” (media) • Kurti congratulates Mickoski, looks forward to enhancing robust relations (media) • Kosovo government confirms rejecting Petkovic’s visit request (Koha) • Exhibition in Mitrovica on International Day against Hate Speech (media) • Court extends detention by 60 days for three suspects of Banjska attack (media) Serbian Language Media: • New round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina; Vucic with European officials in Brussels (RTS) • Lajcak: Everything ready for discussion; hope for the political courage of Vucic and Kurti (RTS) • Office for KiM: Petkovic banned from visiting Kosovo on Saint Vitus Day (Kosovo Online, media) • Djuric congratulates Berset on election as CoE Secretary General (media, social media) • Radojkovic: European Football Championship showed region still far from reconciliation (Kosovo Online) • YIHR filed 10 lawsuits against the media for 'hate speech' against the participants of the 'Mirdita' festival (KoSSev, Beta) Opinion: • Rada Trajkovic: Vucevic's "compromise" is the division of Kosovo (KiM radio, Beta) • Hungary’s EU ‘enlargement presidency’ will achieve limited success for Western Balkans (BIRN) International: • NATO picks Netherlands' Mark Rutte as next boss (Reuters)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 26, 2024 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: In Brussels we will see how we can move forward (media) • Kurti: OSCE has helped our country in establishing democracy (RTK) • Government responds to Stano: We submitted report on Banjska to EU (RTK) • Gervalla: Ministers’ Committee should convene for Kosovo admission (RTK) • Court rejects request to suspend implementation of CBK regulation (media) • Government: Vulin’s statement, proof of Serbia ties with Russia and China (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • PM says Serbia ready to compromise on Kosovo (N1) • Instead of summer swimming season, Kosovo post office opened at Rajska Banja spa complex in Banjska (KoSSev) • Stano: No report on Banjska from Pristina (N1) • Kosovo Constitutional Court rejected request to suspend implementation of CBK regulation on dinar (Kosovo Online) • Nenezic on Constitutional Court’s decision, says timing indicative because of meeting in Brussels (KoSSev) • Lajcak: Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina currently at crossroads; agreement exists, but implementation is lacking (Kosovo Online) • Dacic: Frontex also to be deployed at Serbia’s borders with non-EU countries (media) International Media: • Kosovo Ex-Fighter’s Testimony Bolsters Prosecution Case at Thaci Trial (BIRN) • Risk of Radicalisation: Kosovo Struggles with Informal Worship Places (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • VV, AAK don’t expect results “if Serbia doesn’t change approach” (EO) • Vogel: The dialogue has been moribund for a long time (media) • Serwer: A successful and democratic Kosovo doesn’t suit Vucic (Express) • Qelaj: Government has not clarified objectives of expropriations in north (Koha) • Kurti: Over 700k objects scanned in less than month at Digitization Center (media) • Blinken appoints Tom Sullivan as new Counselor of State Department (media) • PDK threatens government with sending two laws to Constitutional Court (Koha) • Kosovo Defence Minister Maqedonci to visit Croatia tomorrow (media) • Osmani: Kosovo grateful for Slovenia’s strong and continued support (media) • Szunyog meets Lladrovci, discuss local governance issues (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: To ensure safety of Serbs in Kosovo, implement agreements made thus far (Tanjug) • Drecun: The Brussels talks just a shell without substance (Kosovo Online, RTS) • Sljuka: By going to Brussels, Kurti wants to demonstrate he is constructive so punitive measures would be lifted (Kosovo Online) • Varhelyi: Serbia committed to the EU path, the goal is to open the next clusters (RTS) • Warrant for an Albanian from Kosovo due to expulsion of Serbs (Politika, Kosovo Online) International: • Kosovo Serb jailed for 2023 mob attack on NATO peacekeepers (BIRN) • Kosovo struggles to rein in wild west medication market (BIRN) • Kosovo law ignores tech-facilitated abuse of women: Report (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Borell: Agreements must be implemented (media) • Lajcak: Mandate not close to an end; focused on dialogue and next steps (media) • Konjufca: Kosovo does not have any Association on its agenda (RTK) • Gervalla: Integration of pro-European countries, best response to Russia (media) • Government of Montenegro: We have no open political issues with Kosovo (RTK) • U.S.: Kosovo to impose appropriate sentences for human trafficking (media) • Osmani: Egyptian community, part of history of our nation-building (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Borrell to host meetings with Vucic and Kurti (N1, media) • Vucic: I am travelling to Brussels; I don't believe in the will of the other side in creating the A/CSM (KiM radio) • Djuric: The EU gains a lot from Serbia's membership; the enlargement process needs to be accelerated (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic met Italian Senator Craxi (Radio Mitrovica sever) International Media: • Vucic: “I expect the Situation in Europe and the World to escalate in the coming Months” (Sarajevo Times) • How will the appointment of Mark Rutte as NATO Secretary General affect the Western Balkans? (EWB)

Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca doesn’t expect “anything important” from Kurti-Vucic meeting (media) • Muja: Meeting in Brussels to discuss if there is an agreement in place (media) • PDK’s Tahiri: Kosovo needs a new government (media) • Gervalla goes to Luxembourg, will attend EU foreign ministers’ meeting (media) • Osmani: KSF members “outstanding results” in prestigious academies (media) • Court sentences Orlovic to 15 months in prison for attack against KFOR (media) • Supreme Court President talks importance of judiciary’s independence (Koha) • Begaj says EU measures against Kosovo are unfair (media) • OSCE mission congratulates Egyptian community on day of celebration (media) Serbian Language Media: • Research in Mitrovica: Albanians are leaving due to economic reasons, Serbs are leaving due to ethnic tensions (Radio kontakt plus) • Milos Pleskovic pleaded not guilty (Radio KIM, media) • Kosovo Property Agency: We issued 24 notices for the relinquishing of property in N.Mitrovica – not 150, the decisions are final (KoSSev) • 26th anniversary since kidnapping of miners at Belacevac, near Obilic (Kosovo Online) • Destiny of two Serbs kidnapped in Orahovac still remains unknown (Radio KIM) • Starovic: Pristina's efforts to join NATO will not bear fruit (Kosovo Online) • Vucic, Dacic attend Day of Interior Ministry, Police Day celebration (N1, FoNet) • Opposition politician: Western powers tolerate Vucic staying in power because of lithium mining (N1, FoNet) Opinion: • Kosovo Specialist Chambers reflect Kosovo relationship with West (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Miners of Trepca march towards ‘Reporting House’ exhibition (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Mass digitization of archival material underway in Kosovo (media) • Osmani meets German ambassador Jorn Rohde (media) • Osmani receives Hargreaves, confirms participation at EPC Summit (media) • Kurti calls for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian youth: Apply for employment (media) • Govt insists draft on Association to be sent to Venice Commission (Telegrafi) • Ziadeh in Belgrade highlights importance of constructive engagement for regional peace and stability (Albanian Post) • KFOR MSU conducts crowd riot control training activities in Pristina (media) • Albanian President Begaj on a two-day visit to Kosovo (media)¬ Serbian Language Media: • Heads of EU diplomacy in Luxembourg about the Western Balkans (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, Danas) • At the meeting with Jenca, the SL pointed out the problems of the Serbs in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Serbia’s FM to Borrell: EU membership is Serbia’s strategic commitment (N1, Beta) • The trial of the accused for assisting in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic ended, verdict on June 28 (St. Vitus Day) (RTS) • One-month detention to a Serb arrested for attack on KFOR; Lawyer claims decision prejudiced against Serbs (KoSSev) • Equality of Albanian and Serbian languages in Kosovo: Do institutions respect bilingualism? (Kosovo Online) International Media: • UEFA fines Serbia, Albania, and investigates Croatia as Euro 2024 reignites Balkan feuds (euronews.com) • Serbia’s mining gambit could boost EU hopes (The Brussels Times)