• Kurti to Kosovo Serbs: Do not be influenced by Belgrade's authoritarian regime (media)
• Szunyog: Practice of OSCE collecting ballots should have continued (media)
• UK envoy comments on Serbia's elections in Kosovo, dialogue process (media)
• "No easy discussions" between Lajcak and Bislimi (Koha)
• Kosovo President Osmani attended Doha Forum (media)
• Kosovo reburies remains of seven persons from Krusha e Vogel (media)
• Smuggling of Novoberde castle artifacts to Serbia confirmed (Koha)
• Kosovo Ministry reacts after citizen arrested by Serbia’s authorities (media)
• Kosnett: It seems Vucic chose Putin over the West (Express)
• Abazovic: There is no issue that will not be discussed with Kosovo (Klan)
• Last group of Afghan citizens depart Kosovo (media)
• COVID-19: 37 new cases, no deaths (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 28, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 25, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 25, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Quint countries call on Kosovo and Serbia to act with restraint (media)
• Kurti sends letter to EU regarding Serbia's elections (media)
• Serbs protest decision not to allow Serbia's elections in Kosovo (media)
• KJC: Decision to suspend Stevanovic was not politically influenced (Koha)
• North Macedonia's support for Kosovo discussed during Gervalla's visit to Skopje (media)
• Mehaj: Kosovo is safe, will not succumb to threats or blackmail (media)
• COVID-19: 31 new cases, no deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• US Embassy: Quint and the EU share democratic value of peaceful assembly (Facebook)
• Serbs protest in Gracanica and Mitrovica North (Radio KIM, media)
• Petkovic: ''Peaceful protests of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are a magnificent picture of Serbian harmony and unity'' (Kosovo Online, Facebook)
• Pristina suspend Serb judge, Vucic says Brussels Agreement dead (media)
• REC: Voters from Kosovo to vote in Raska, Kursumlija, Bujanovac and Tutin (Radio KIM)
• Fires in the villages near Kamenica localised (KiM radio)
• Serbia votes to adopt new UN General Assembly resolution (N1)
• Institute for European Affairs: Record low support of Serbia – NATO cooperation (NMagazin, N1, FoNet)
Opinion:
• Kosovo’s Kurti Has Created Own Goal Over Serbian Elections (Balkan Insight)
International:
• Kosovo Serbs to Vote in Serbian Elections in Serbia (Prishtina Insight)
• Serbia Remembers NATO Victims on Bombing Anniversary (Balkan Insight)
• Western Balkan countries vote in favour of the second UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine (EWB)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Serbian Government approves export of wheat and maize in Albania (RTS)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 25, 2022
• Prime Minister Albin Kurti interview with KTV
• Kosovo Serb judge suspended for attending Vucic meeting (BIRN)
• Justice Minister: Judge ridiculed Kosovo judicial system (media)
• Kosovo Serbs can vote in four municipalities in Serbia (media)
• Bislimi to travel to Brussels today to meet Lajcak (Express)
• Croatian President suggests Kosovo to join NATO (media)
• President sets Friday as National Day of Mourning to honor Albright (media)
• COVID-19: 34 new cases, no deaths (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 24, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kosovo commemorates anniversary of NATO airstrikes (media)
• Clark: Honour of a lifetime to help in stopping ethnic cleansing (media)
• Gervalla: We need NATO, Russia through Serbia trying to destabilise Balkans (Zeri)
• Kosovo declares day of mourning to honour former U.S. secretary of state, Madeleine Albright (media)
• COVID-19: 34 new cases, no deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Serbia marks 23rd anniversary of NATO bombing (Beta, N1)
• 23rd anniversary of NATO bombing in northern Mitrovica and Gracanica marked (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic: “No excuse for NATO aggression” (Tanjug, Kosovo-online)
• REC expects information from authorities regarding possibility to vote in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Serbian opposition on elections in Kosovo (media)
• Dusko Arsic: “I ended up in prison because of my own land” (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo (N1)
• Ambassador of Norway: Kosovo should ensure full civic and political rights of its people (Kosovo-online)
• All the "threats" of the Serbian List on leaving Kosovo institutions (RFE)
Opinion:
• Rada Trajkovic: Kurti wants to expel the guaranteed rights of Serbs outside Kosovo, leaving the institutions is a message (JUGpress, FoNet, Danas)
International:
• Western Diplomats Criticise Kosovo for Not Allowing Serbian Vote (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo Mourns US Envoy and ‘Friend’ Madeleine Albright (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• War in Ukraine to slow down Kosovo's economic growth (RFE)
• Germany confirms 60 million euro investment for solar energy in Kosovo (Telegrafi)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 24, 2022
• Quint countries issue statement on Serbia's elections in Kosovo (media)
• Lajcak: Kurti and Vucic will meet when they agree on something (RFE)
• No Serbian Polling Stations in Kosovo after Talks Fail (Exit)
• Vucic Meets Kosovo Serbs Alongside Wanted Radoicic (BIRN)
• Supreme Court to look into Mitrovica court president attending meeting with Vucic (RFE)
• German envoy: We expect Serbia to introduce sanctions to Russia (RFE)
• Kosovo leaders saddened by the death of former U.S. Secretary, Madeleine Albright (media)
• Kosovo plans to build 200 MWh battery storage facility (Reuters)
• KSC appeals panel denies amendment of indictment against Thaci and others (RTK)
• KFOR drone crashes in a house yard in Mitrovica (media)
• RTK Cancels Director’s Election After BIRN Voices Suspicions (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 40 new cases, no deaths (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 23, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 23, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: No agreement reached on Serbia's elections; we have information of protest plans (media)
• First year in office: Kurti describes it as a turnaround time (Koha/Telegrafi)
• Tahiri: A year with Kurti-led government, Kosovo at crossroads, citizens poorer (EO)
• Kosovo pledges €100,000 as first instalment of aid to Ukraine (media)
• Mehaj: Kosovo and Israel are advancing diplomatic relations (media)
• COVID-19: 40 new cases, no deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Quint issued statement on Kosovo Serb voting within Kosovo in Serbia’s elections (gov.uk website)
• Vucic: Kurti causes instability in region, to be seen if Quint will succeed (KoSSev)
• Voting in Serbia, peaceful protests announced in central and northern Kosovo on Friday (Radio KIM)
• Jevtic: We do not want to take part in institutional violence against Serbs (RTS)
• Radojevic with Rhode on elections, challenges of Serb community (Kosovo-online)
• Vucic spoke with Russian Ambassador and Chinese Chargé d'affaires (Kosovo-online)
• The European Union sees Serbia as a problem, which can be bad but also good news (Danas)
• UNS and DNKiM condemned robbery of RTK2 journalist (KiM radio)
• Serbian Patriarch calls faithful to aid Ukraine refugees (N1)
• Montenegro allows more polling stations for Serbian elections (N1)
• KLA graffiti painted on Serbian Consulate in Germany (N1)
Opinion:
• Kosovo’s Undiplomatic Diplomacy is Getting Country Nowhere (Balkan Insight)
• One year of Kurti’s government: How is it going? (Kosovo 2.0)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 23, 2022
• Prime Minister Kurti’s interview with RTK
• Bislimi: Serbia has not officially requested holding elections in Kosovo (Express)
• “Internationals asked us not to make Serbian elections a political issue” (Express)
• Montenegro prime minister reacts to Kurti's statement on demarcation (media)
• Ukrainian crisis revived Kosovo’s long-standing NATO aspirations (EWB)
• Kosovo’s ‘Commander Cali’ didn’t murder prisoners, lawyer says (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 41 new cases, three deaths (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 22, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti reiterates: Serbian elections in Kosovo only with an agreement (Klan Kosova)
• PDK’s Krasniqi says Kurti-led government is incompetent (media)
• LDK’s Abdixhiku slams Kurti government on first anniversary (Express)
• “Prolonging Kosovo-Serbia agreement will damage peace efforts” (Klan Kosova)
• Abbot: We’re making a positive contribution to reinforcing rule of law (media)
• U.S. Embassy shares video about disinformation by Russian government (media)
• Schmitt: Kosovo with most functional democracy in the region (Indeksonline)
• COVID-19: 41 new cases, three deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• EU: We respect Belgrade's constructive approach, we regret Pristina's decision (RTS)
• President Vucic met Serb representatives from Kosovo (Kosovo-online)
• Vucic with Patriarch Porfirije discuss Kosovo, situation in Ukraine (Kosovo-online)
• Serbian NGOs take legal steps against campaign calling for boycotting Serbian products (KoSSev, social media)
• Trajkovic: Kurti persistently diminishes rights of Kosovo Serbs guaranteed by Ahtisaari’s plan (Kosovo-online)
• Radulovic: Voting of Serbian citizens in Montenegro not banned (Kosovo-online)
• Assistant Director of Office for KiM banned from entering Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Krivokapic reacts to Kurti’s statement on demarcation (Kosovo-online)
• Kamberi: It is a pity that Albanians are going to the 3 April polls in two columns (Danas, Beta)
• OSCE ready to collect ballots at Serbian elections in Kosovo if agreement is made (Kosovo-online)
• Vulin meets Botsan-Kharchenko (RTS)
• ‘I’ll unite Serbia’, opposition presidential candidate says (N1)
International:
• Serbia vows retaliation in election row with Montenegro, Kosovo (BIRN)
• Western Balkans: Silence over Ukraine’s EU membership bid (euractive.com)
• Tailored partnership with the Western Balkans part of the EU’s new Strategic Compass (EWB)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Kurti: Social and institutional obligations to people with Down Syndrome (media)
• “Kosovo’s economic growth in 2021 estimated at 10.5 percent” (Telegrafi)
• “We have no state reserves” (Radio KIM)
• Serbia to revoke ban on exporting wheat, floor and oil to North Macedonia (Kosovo-online)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 22, 2022
• Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti’s interview for BBC’s Newsday (media)
• "Agreement needed for Serbian elections to take place in Kosovo" (media)
• State Department: Kosovo to not derail from KSF transition plan (RFE)
• Kurti waiting for new government in Montenegro to discuss demarcation (Kosovapress)
• EU Strategic Compass warns of frail stability of Western Balkans (N1)
• Kosovo's Defence Minister Mehaj visits Israel (media)
• Vetevendosje against idea of pension withdrawals (RTK)
• AJK condemns Kurti's aide remarks on news portals (media)
• Montenegro refuses Serbia's request to open voting polls (VOA/media)
• COVID-19: 26 new cases, no deaths (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 21, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 21, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti’s interview for La Repubblica (media)
• Kusari-Lila: First time a government is fighting organised crime (Klan Kosova)
• PDK invites Kurti and Gervalla to parliamentary debate on foreign policy (Klan Kosova)
• AAK: Only beautiful words, no concrete actions from Kurti government in one year (Zeri)
• COVID-19: 26 new cases, no deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• EU Delegation: There are no plans to impose whatsoever sanctions on Serbia (KoSSev)
• N1: Vucic rejects N1’s invitation for a TV presidential duel
• Vucic at SNS rally: I expect ‘strong, impossible’ pressure because of Kosovo (N1)
• A total of 6,501,689 eligible voters in Serbia (N1, KoSSev)
• Rakic Andric: No reaction of international community to video against Serbian products (Nova.rs)
• Djoric: Increased negative rhetoric against Serbian products has impact on security situation (Kosovo-online)
• SPS: Serbia to care about relations with Russia and continue along European path (N1)
• Vucic convenes National Security Council session tomorrow (B92)
• Selakovic: Serbia-Austria relations very good, stable (Tanjug)
International:
• Propaganda and Hysteria Flourish in Russo-Ukrainian War (BIRN)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Pacolli writes to ministers on road maintenance, environmental protection (Zeri)
• Report: Over half of businesses say corruption present in public procurement (Telegrafi)
• “Preventing Serbs to return, owners of properties in Kosovo facing major troubles” (Radio kontakt plus)
• More than 20 doctors left Kosovo in a month (KoSSev)