• EU leaders to restate membership guarantee for Balkans at summit (Reuters) • What is expected from the EU-Western Balkans summit? (Radio Free Europe) • US Senator: Association of Serbian municipalities, a recipe for disaster (media) • Kurti: Increased budget for the army will be a priority (media) • EULEX chief on implementation of license plates agreement (media) • Krasniqi: Government allowed Serbia to intervene in our sovereignty (media) • Latifi: Result of local elections will be different from national elections (Express) • COVID-19: One death, seven new cases (media) • All change: Merkel’s departure a moment to rethink EU Balkan policy (BIRN) • Pandora Papers: New lead exposes Balkan PEPs’ hidden riches (BIRN) • Vetevendosje’s man elected CEO of Kosovo Power Corporation (Kallxo)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 4, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti warns reduction of Serbian imports, plans to increase trade with Albania (euronews.al) • Lajcak in U.S. after events in the North, Serbian request for Association (RTK) • Kosovo-Serbia agreement on license plates enters into force (euronews.al) • War victims found in Serbian mass grave repatriated to Kosovo (Prishtina Insight) • Tahiri: Brussels license plates agreement threatens state sovereignty (Telegrafi) • Haradinaj: Government made harmful decisions, call for resignation is legitimate (RTK) • Shala: You agreed with Serbia in Brussels about our internal affairs (RTK) • Establishment of reciprocity, Svecla visits Brnjak (media) • COVID-19: One death, seven new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 28 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas (Radio konakt plus) • Traffic normalized at Jarinje and Brnjak, stickers’ regime started (RTS) • Petkovic: Without dialogue there is no progress, I hope US will explain it to Kurti (Kosovo-online) • “Serbs pleased with withdrawal of special police units from northern Kosovo” (Radio KIM) • Odalovic: KFOR has finally started doing its job (RTS) • Rakic: I expect agreement will be respected and enable free movement of citizens (Radio Mitrovica sever) • EU top diplomat in Serbia: W. Balkans has no alternative to Union (N1) Opinion: • Kosovo – Serbia Micro “Cuban Missile” Crisis (KoSSev) International: • Kosovo Charges Ten with Ethnically-Motivated Attack on Serbs (Balkan Insight) • Vehicles, Their State Symbols Hidden, Now Crossing Kosovar-Serbian Border (RFE)

• License plates agreement: Sticker regime to enter into force today (media) • Serbs lift roadblocks in Kosovo as NATO moves to end car plate row (Reuters) • Kurti says they will work for full reciprocity with Serbia, addresses gas project (EO) • "KFOR ready to perform its duties in support of local and regional stability" (media) • U.S. commends progress in implementation of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (media) • Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti meets management of the Kosovo Police (media) • “The era when the Republic of Kosovo is oppressed is over,” says minister Svecla (euronews.al) • Mehaj: National security challenged and provoked by Serbia (media) • Shala in op-ed: Four lessons from the North of Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • Phillips: Kosovo was late with reciprocity, Serbia to stop seeking preferential treatment (Telegrafi) • Kurti to attend EU-Western Balkans summit in Slovenia (Kosovapress) • Kandic: Serbia not ready to punish war crime perpetrators (Kosovapress) • Kosovo Court urged to convict Serb ex-policeman of wartime killings (BIRN) • COVID-19: Two deaths, 23 new cases (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Police refutes Simic: Tendentious speculation (media) • Vitia resigns as Minister of Health, will run for Prishtina Mayor (media) • Education Ministry bans parties from using schools for campaign (Koha) • “No dynamic in dialogue; serious EU-US engagement needed” (Kosovapress) • COVID-19: 42 new cases, two deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Important that we have a good agreement (RTS) • Waiting for retreat, Serbs at barricades for the twelfth day (RTS) • Escobar: The Washington agreement important to us (Tanjug, RTS) • Kosovo-online: ROSU members damaged vehicles owned by Serbs at Brnjak • Serbian pro-government media: Vucic wins, Kurti – “knocked out, capitulated and turned tail“ (KoSSev) • Dacic: Northern Kosovo a vital national issue for Serbia (N1, TV Pink) • Serbian schools in North of Kosovo open on Monday (RTK2, KoSSev) • ''There is no winner, but Kurti is certainly a loser'' (N1, Beta) International: • Kosovo’s ruling party faces reality check in local elections (BIRN)

• Bislimi: Agreement on license plates does not undermine reciprocity (Koha) • Escobar: Kosovo was right on reciprocity but implementation caught us by surprise (media) • NATO committed to implementation of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (media) • Svecla: Stickers to be put on every car with Serbian license plates (media) • PDK: License plates agreement further strengthens Serbia's position (media) • LDK: Government made one step forwards, two steps back (media) • Haradinaj: Brussels agreement, setback with grave consequences for Kosovo (media) • Kosovo-Serbia: Can the EU really broker a peace deal? (Euronews) • War victims found in Serbian mass grave repatriated to Kosovo (BIRN) • Kosovo will not go ahead with gas project (Koha/Klan) • Resorts or Refugee Camps: Fleeing Afghans Get Mixed Reception in Balkans (BIRN) • COVID-19: Four deaths, 45 new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 30, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Miroslav Lajcak: We have reached an agreement (media) • Lajcak thanks Escobar: EU-US unity for Western Balkans success (RTK) • Borell welcomes agreement reached between Kosovo and Serbia (RTK) • Godfrey calls Brussels Agreement excellent news (media) • Kurti: the era when Serbia gets used to reciprocity, begins now (media) • Albania welcomes agreement reached between Kosovo and Serbia (Klan) • LVV: Bislim's statement was deliberately misunderstood (Koha) • Vehicle Registration Center in Zubin Potok reopens (Klan) • The EU confirms that there are meetings of dialogue delegations today (Klan) • Special unit with patrols also on mountain roads around Brnjak (Klan) • Konjufca receives KFOR Commander Franco Frederici (RTK) • Hoti: Kosovo applied the agreement, but Kurti failed to coordinate with partners (euronews.al) • Human remains from Rezalla massacre return to Kosovo (media) • Kandic: Vucic and Brnabic are lying to Serbs in Kosovo (media) • COVID-19: Four deaths, 45 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 34 new cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Serbian side accepted the compromise proposal for de-escalation of the situation in Kosovo (media) • EU welcomes Belgrade-Pristina agreement, “calls for ZSO implementation” (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Petkovic-Lajcak talks in Brussels ended, deal made (RTS) • "Citizens suffer because of election games" (Radio KIM) • Ursula von der Leyen: Important to find a sustainable friendly solution to the crisis in Kosovo (media) • Protests in northern Kosovo continue (RTS) • Ambassador Godfrey: Great news, anything is possible through a serious and dedicated dialogue (Kosovo Online) • EC denied Reuters allegations: EC firmly committed to advancing the accession process of the Western Balkan countries (N1, FoNet, VoA) • Dacic rejects possible foreign military engagement in Kosovo (N1) • Principled position of Spain not to recognize Kosovo (Kosovo-online) International: • Von der Leyen urges end to Serbia-Kosovo border tensions (politico.eu)

• What does agreement with Serbia on license plates contain? (RTK) • “Settlement on license plates reached, but no final deal” (Euronews.al) • Stano: Negotiations to solve crisis in the north to continue (media) • Talks on the license plates to continue, sources say (Radio Free Europe) • Serbia withdraws armored vehicles from Kosovo border (Euronews.al) • Protesters and Police maintain uneasy stand-off at Kosovo border (BIRN) • Kosovo PM Kurti interview with HRT (media) • Serbia helping Russia create trouble in the Balkans, Serwer says (Express) • Visions of the dialogue (II) (Kosovo 2.0) • PDK: Government to immediately approve U.S.-funded gas project (media) • Kosovo FM Gervalla meets EC President von der Leyen (media) • COVID-19: Two deaths, 66 new cases (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Serbia draws EU funds while being militarised by Russia and China (media) • Osmani: International community to condemn Serbia's tendencies for destabilisation (media) • Von der Leyen: Dialogue is the only way to move forward (media) • Escobar meets Bislimi and Petkovic (RFE) • Lajcak meets Kosovo and Serbia chief negotiators (media) • Kosovo Ministry reacts to campaign against RKS plates (Koha/Telegrafi) • "The Game" to be changed with U.S. at the Kosovo-Serbia negotiating table (Kallxo) • Kosovo-Serbia border dispute ‘driven by internal politics’ (Prishtina Insight) • United States appoint envoy for Europe (Klan) • COVID-19: Two deaths, 66 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Protests in northern Kosovo continue (RTS) • Vucic met Ambassador Chen Bo: ''China's position on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija is consistent and clear'' (RTS) • Vucic met Russian Ambassador Kharchenko (media) • Tadic: Situation in northern Kosovo consequence of Vucic and Kurti pre-election interests (N1) • Serb mayors: ''We do not want northern Kosovo-Metohija to become ghetto'' (media) • Elek: Epidemiological situation in northern Kosovo alarming (Radio KIM) • Selakovic: Consistent stance of Guatemala on Kosovo issue (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Reciprocity is right, and making it stick is vital (Peacefare.net/Kallxo) International: • Differing interpretations of Open Balkan brought up again during von der Leyen’s visit to Albania (EWB) • German Parliament Gets 24 New MPs with Balkan Roots (Balkan Insight)

• Osmani meets US Embassy Charge d'Affaires Nicholas J. Giacobbe (media) • “Special Police presence is unnecessary if barricades are removed” (media) • Hoxhaj: Backed by Russia, Serbia threatening entire region (Euronews Albania) • Threats at the borders as means of political pressure (Radio Free Europe) • Visions of the dialogue (Kosovo 2.0) • Phillips: China, not Russia, is the greater threat to Kosovo (BIRN) • ICRC refutes media report that Ukshin Hoti remains were found (Kallxo) • EU no longer agrees on Balkan membership guarantee, diplomats say (Reuters) • COVID-19: Eight deaths, 68 new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 28, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Situation in the north, Kosovo and Serbia meet tomorrow in Brussels (RTK) • Von der Leyen: Increase of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, worrying (media) • US confirms Escobar will take part in Bislimi-Petkovic meeting in Brussels (Kallxo) • MEPs concerned over recent tensions at the Kosovo-Serbia border crossings (media) • Stano to Escobar: Dialogue is between Kosovo, Serbia and EU (Express) • Germany requests removal of special forces and barricades from north (Express) • Nehammer: Kosovo is acting carefully and positively (media) • Vetting proceeded to government (Express) • European Union election observers visit CEC (RTK) • COVID-19: Eight deaths, 68 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid - 19 in Serbian communities: 40 new case, three deaths (KiM radio) • Protests in northern Kosovo continue (RTS) • "Meetings just to have meetings, unnecessary" (KiM radio) • Dialogue depends on the situation in the north (KiM radio, RTS) • Group of Serbs attacked in South Mitrovica, ten suspects arrested (Radio KIM, Kontakt plus radio) • Drecun: If KFOR is stability factor, it should act like one (Tanjug) • Defence Minister Stefanovic: "KFOR arrived at the crossings according to the agreement between Vucic and Stoltenberg" (Blic, TV Pink) • North Mitrovica citizens on license plates reciprocity: We want the same thing Pristina wants – autonomy (KoSSev) • Selakovic: Serbia highly appreciates consistent stance of Mexico not to recognize Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Borrell: EU, Western Balkans share responsibility for united Europe (N1) International: • Ordinary Serbs, Albanians Pay Price of Serbia-Kosovo Vehicle Row (Balkan Insight) • Are Serbia and Kosovo Ready to Open Their War Archives? (Balkan Insight)