• Kurti: Serbia should show strength in boxing ring not at the border (media) • Ceku: Serbia refusing boxers entry violates international sporting rules (media) • EU's position on Kosovo boxers not allowed entry to Serbia (Koha) • Serbia bars Kosovo team from competing in boxing championship (BIRN) • Albania threatens to quit boxing championship after Kosovo snub (Exit News) • Phillips: Serbs have enough rights; Association would be too much (media) • Court overturns ECAP's decision on repeating elections in Hani i Elezit (media) • Kosovo university teaches Serbian again, two decades after war (BIRN) • COVID-19: 3 new cases, one death (media) • Kosovo tops vaccination rates in Western Balkans (Exit News) • Calls to dismiss judge who sentenced rapist to only eight months (Koha) • Escobar: US will support Vucic while on European path (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Protection and the right to life is state obligation (Ekonomia) • Kamberi: Albanians in Presevo Valley continue to be discriminated (RFE, media) • Lumezi pledges to strengthen rule of law and fight crime (media) • Less: There is an ideological division in the EU regarding Kosovo (Express) • COVID-19: 3 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 65 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio kontakt plus) • Vucic received Algerian Ambassador in farewell visit (RTS) • The United Nations - 76 years of spreading values that have no expiration date (RTS) • Selakovic and Schmidt: Strong partnership of Serbia and OSCE (RTS) • Borovcanin: Kosovo boxers didn’t apply for competition, want to politicize sport (Kosovo-online, TV Pink) • Moscow’s Kommersant: Pristina involves Russia in its conflict with Belgrade (Beta, N1) • Selakovic: Support of Greece in preserving territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia very important (Kosovo-online) International: • “Albania is getting ready for the EU, no matter what” (politico.eu)

• Kurti: Criminal groups will not be tolerated (media) • Kosovo expelled two Russian diplomats citing threats to national security (media) • Russian ministry reacts to its two diplomats being expelled by Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj: Anyone threatening national security is not desirable in Kosovo (media) • Former minister says Russia has recognised Kosovo’s legal powers (media) • “NATO to calibrate approaches when the Serbian army approaches Kosovo border” (RTK) • Petkovic accuses Kurti: Actions in the north were on the verge of tragedy (EO) • Serbian PM confirms rumors of past assassination plans against Vucic (euronews.al) • Serbia Refuses Entry To Kosovo Boxers For World Championships (RFE) • Secrecy shrouds Afghan refugees sent by US to base in Kosovo (AP) • Kosovo amends anti-COVID measures, schools to resume normal work (media) • COVID-19: 13 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 22, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani and Kurti: New KSF recruits will make Kosovo safer (Koha) • Government does not close the door to UNMIK (RFE) • Nikolla: Council of Europe will remain incomplete until it accepts Kosovo (media) • Health ministry opens vaccination point in Pristina square (media) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Serbia will demand concrete actions to establish CSM at next meeting in Brussels (Kosovo-online) • Mijacic: Community of Serbian Municipalities will nonetheless be formed (Danas) • Members of Civic Initiative Peoples’ Unity in Klokot joined Serbian List (Radio KIM) • Perpetrators who stoned house of Rumena Ljubic apprehended (Radio KIM) Opinion: • The advances civilizations of Kosovo and Serbia, explained (Kosovo 2.0) • Price panic risks derailing Western Balkans’ energy transition (Prishtina Insight) International: • Kosovo Police Quiz Minors for Stoning Elderly Serb’s House (Balkan Insight)

• Kosovo-Serbia working groups meet in Brussels to discuss licence plates (media) • EEAS Western Balkans director visits Kosovo, meets President Osmani and PM Kurti (media) • Escobar visits Kosovo's Embassy in U.S. (media) • ECAP cancels mayoral elections in Hani i Elezit (media) • Abdixhiku: No vetting without U.S. and EU on board (Klan) • March to be held in New York in support of victims of sexual violence in Kosovo (RFE) • Kosovo Court confirms Serb ex-policeman’s war crimes conviction (BIRN) • World Bank: Kosovo experiencing a much faster recovery than expected (Kallxo) • World Bank revises up 2021 GDP forecast for Western Balkans to 5.9% (Reuters) • COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 21, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Mehaj: US reconfirmed support to build KSF at military level (media) • Lajcak: I trust concrete findings will be presented in six months (media) • “Government to focus on final agreement, no return to technical dialogue” (Lajmi) • Haradinaj: Reforms in judiciary in partnership with US and EU (media) • GLPS on EC report: Kosovo has not achieved desired results (Koha) • Ex-intelligence employee arrested, suspected of leaking information (media) • COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • 56 new Covid-19 cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Petkovic: Von Cramon relativizes the violence against the Serbian people in the north of Kosovo (NMagazin, N1) • “Impermissible to try Serbs in Kosovo without solid evidence” (Radio KIM,Kosovo-online, RTS) • Von Cramon tells N1 Kosovo police operation “was necessary” (N1) • Odalovic: Pristina has maximalist demands (Radio KIM, RTS) • Bislimi: There will be no CSM (ZSO); Serbian List is manipulating (Kosovo Online, RTK2) • Petkovic: Bislimi's statement that Community of Serbian Municipalities will not be formed, culmination of irresponsibility (RTS) • Dacic: Greece is reassuring us they will not recognize Kosovo (Kosovo-online)

• Osmani: EU officials must not oppose our fight against crime (Kallxo) • Justice Minister comments on EU remarks about the vetting (media) • Vetting must be done, but process must be credible and independent (Telegrafi) • Commission Report: Kosovo’s progress slow in key areas (BIRN) • Bislimi: Next meeting of chief negotiators in second half of November (Koha) • Von Cramon: No doubt that anti-smuggling operation was necessary (media) • Gervalla: Berlin Process offers security; other initiatives are damaging (media) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media) • Police arrest six people suspected of money laundering (media) • Energy company drops lawsuits against Kosovo environment activists (BIRN) • Serbian right-wing party planning to hold rally in north of Kosovo (RFE) • Kamberi: Vucic’s regime remains factor of instability in Western Balkans (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: No individual or group will be more powerful than the state (media) • U.S. and EU support Kosovo’s commitment to fight corruption (RTK) • Enlargement Package 2021 delivered to Konjufca (RTK) • Stano speaks about meeting tomorrow between technical teams of Kosovo and Serbia (RFE Albanian) • Rohde: Germany is Kosovo’s steadfast partner (media) • Public debt increases to 1.5 billion euros during the COVID-19 pandemic (media) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Borrell and Blinken called for a "sustainable reduction of tensions" in Kosovo (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Stano: The Working Group goal is to find a permanent solution for license plates (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Tomorrow in Brussels on freedom of movement and license plates (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Bilcik: Western Balkans should focus on reforms (N1) • Elections should have been postponed until demilitarization is carried out, security marketing is dangerous (KoSSev) • Serbian List: Winning the local elections was not very pleasant for those who worked against the interests of our people (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Momcilo Trajkovic: Ever since I wrote an open letter to Vucic, I have been "on measures" (N1, KoSSev) Opinion: • America’s new instrument in the Balkans (Euractive) International: • Kremlin says Putin-Biden meeting this year is possible (Reuters) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo* Supreme Court: Kelag’s three small hydropower plants must be shut down (balkangreenenergynews.com)

• European Commission presents report on Kosovo (media) • Kurti: Our government has made progress during six months (media) • Osmani: European Union membership is Kosovo's priority (media) • Szunyog: Past agreements with Serbia need to be implemented (media) • Citaku criticises EC report, calls on Government to insist on U.S. inclusion in dialogue (Koha) • Kurti: No meeting with Serbian president expected this month (Koha/Kallxo) • Licence plates: Technical groups of Kosovo and Serbia to meet Thursday (T7/RTK) • Albania, North Macedonia Ready for EU Accession Talks: European Commission (BIRN) • European Commission Raps Serbia’s ‘Weak’ War Crimes Case Record (BIRN) • Israel interested in twinning municipalities with Kosovo (media) • COVID-19: 17 new cases, one death (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Local elections proved Kosovo is a true democracy (media) • Kurti, Haradinaj clash over operations in the north (Telegrafi) • Heated debate at the Assembly between ruling and opposition parties on the issue of gas (Kallxo) • LDK leader: A great comeback (media) • Visoka Weller says she was not allowed to speak about Decan Monastery at conference (Kallxo) • Kosovo: More than 50 percent of adult population vaccinated against COVID-19 (Koha) • COVID-19: One death, 17 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • 37 new Covid-19 cases in Serb areas in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Pristina suffered political defeat; new police actions possible (RTV) • Elek: Sofronijevic transferred to Belgrade for further treatment (Radio KIM) • Switzerland condemns threats to Embassy and Serbian leadership (RTS) • Serbian Journalists Association calls Serbian List to invite all media in Kosovo to conferences (KoSSev, N1, KiM radio) • Serbian List has monopolised the lives of Serbs in Kosovo (RTK2, KoSSev, KiM radio) International: • Kosovo Ruling Party Loses Ground in Municipal Elections (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • ‘Someone’s Daughters’: Unpunished Revenge Porn’s Terrifying Toll in the Balkans (Balkan Insight)