• 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)

• Escobar: Mutual recognition would be ideal for normalisation of relations (RFE) • Minister of Justice says EU supports vetting in judiciary in Kosovo (KTV) • Krasniqi: Serbia must be responsible for crimes in Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • Kosovo sanctions individuals and company linked to Hizballah (BIRN) • Serbia is on a shopping spree for weapons (The Economist) • Hoxhaj: Russia and Serbia seeking to return history of violence (media) • Women in Balkan media ‘must speak out’ against sexual harassment (BIRN) • Agron Bajrami leaves Koha; rumored as new ambassador to Brussels (media) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 28, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani on an official visit to Portugal (media) • Kurti: I do not feel at risk, I have not changed my agenda (media) • Kosovo Police brings details about threat to Prime Minister Kurti (media) • Kurti: Kosovo has never marked bigger economic growth (media) • Serbian warnings for nonrecognition, MFA accuses Serbia of violation of agreement (RTK) • CEC announces results of 2021 Local Elections in Kosovo (euronews.al) • The suspected of Hezbollah connections are not Kosovo citizens (RFE Albanian) • EU: Greater institutional commitment needed to prevent hate speech (Ekonomia) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serb areas: 53 new cases, two deaths (Kosovo Online) • Dacic: Principled support of China in preserving sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia (Kosovo-online) • Wang Yi: China respects territorial integrity of Serbia (Tanjug, Kosovo-online) • Brnabic with Wang Yi: Our ambition to develop relations further is great (B92) • Rakic and Schmid: Dialogue is only way to resolve problems (Radio KIM) • The (im) possibility of elections in Serbian municipalities (KiM radio) • Petkovic with Ginkel on situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM) Humanitarian/Development: • NGO Aktiv launches campaign on rights at local level (Radio KIM)

• Kurti's security beefed up following threats (media) • OSCE Secretary General Schmid meets Osmani, Kurti (media) • Osmani: Kosovo's recognition by Serbia, the only acceptable dialogue outcome (media) • Bosnian politician claims Kosovo-Serbia land swap deal had U.S. backing (Koha) • Albanian FM calls for recognition of Kosovo, gets told off by Serbian ambassador (Koha/RTK) • LDK leader thanks supporters for local elections result (media) • Appeals panel rejects Thaci's request; will remain in detention (media) • Former CEC head reaches out to Ombudsperson over her dismissal (media) • Wonders, and Horrors, Drawn From Boyhood in a War Zone (NYT) • Serbian Model Quits Beauty Contest over Photo with Albanian Symbol (BIRN) • COVID-19: 22 new cases, one death (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We’re working on aid packages after rising prices (media) • “Agency for verification of wealth to be formed through law” (media) • Decision annulled on expropriation of lands for Prishtina-Peja highway (media) • Government sanctions seven persons and a company tied to Hezbollah (media) • COVID-19: 22 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic: More than ten countries ready to revoke recognition of Kosovo (RTS) • Vucic on Valac power station in northern Kosovo, Community of Serbian Municipalities (KoSSev) • Trajkovic: Third intrusion to northern Kosovo over Valac and Gazivode will lead to conflict (Kosovo-online) • Vucic on Kosovo boxers, Rohde’s statement (KoSSev) • Petkovic reacts to Osmani’s remarks about Serbia being ‘cancer of Europe’ (Danas) • Head of Chinese diplomacy Wang Yi arrives in Serbia today (RTS) • Serbian sport clubs to join federations or will be sanctioned (RTK2) International: • Historical revisionism is Serbian state policy, report claims (BIRN)

• Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani interview with Kanal 10 • EU and USA strongly support EU integration of the Western Balkans (EWB) • Kurti announces forthcoming package to combat rising food prices (Exit News) • Swoboda: Serbs in Kosovo and Bosnia, instrumentalized by Belgrade (KTV) • Kosovo activists protest against lenient sentence for sexual abuser (BIRN) • Kosovo journalist testifies about receiving confidential Hague court files (BIRN) • COVID-19: 20 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 26, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti meets a European Council on Foreign Relations delegation (media) • "Preventing Kosovo boxers from competing, example of closed not open Balkans" (media) • AAK demands parliamentary debate on gas, PDK supports it (Kallxo) • Szunyog: Very few women were involved in the negotiating teams (media) • Final local elections results expected to be announced on Wednesday (Koha) • COVID-19: 20 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian areas: 54 new cases, one death (KiM radio) • Serbian List: Agreements from Brussels must be implemented (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Brussels dialogue hostage of Pristina’s unreadiness (Radio KIM) • PM Brnabic thanks OSCE Sec-Gen Schmid for supporting Serbia’s reforms (N1) • Jelena Milic on von Cramon statements, Gazivode and Valac (Kosovo-online) • Simic recalls bans Pristina imposed on Serbian sports’ teams to enter Kosovo (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Crisis, then the next crisis… but who cares about the real dialogue? (KoSSev) • What will trigger the next Balkan conflict? (transconflict.com) International: • Censorship Accusation Mars Heritage Conference in Peja (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Search for missing Bosko Mladenovic continues (Radio KIM)