UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 16, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Osmani: We will oppose those who aim to destabilise the region (media)
• Rama received by Chief of U.S. National Guard Bureau in Pentagon (media)
• Aliu: Buildings in “Sunny Valley” in the north are illegal, political issue (Koha)
• Another three bacteria found in Decan water tests sent abroad (media)
• Water supply system in Decan is not protected, minister says (EO)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: Vucic and Kurti on July 19 in Brussels with a focus on what has been achieved so far (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Assembly relieved Milena Popovic from membership at Constitutional Affairs Committee (Radio KIM)
• Miroslav Ivanovic regarding Simmons' allegations: The story has some background (KiM radio, KoSSev, Nova.rs)
• Ranko Bacic discharged from Pec hospital (Kosovo-online)
• Simic: Osmani forgets thousands Serbs from Kosovo deleted from voters’ lists (Kosovo-online)
• Janjic: Something must be delivered in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Danas, Beta)

Opinion:

• When the only success of a meeting is the meeting itself (KoSSev)
• Serbia’s Narcissistic President Loves Giving Medals – to Himself (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Political scientists say EU has lost the battle for the Balkans (Euractive)
• Albania’s EU Path Held Hostage by ‘EU Nationalisms’, PM Says (Balkan Insight)
• Freedom of Information in Balkans: ‘No Will, No Optimism’ (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Coalition of NGOs for Child Protection calls on MPs to react (media)

• COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)
• NIPHK detects presence of bacteria in water that could indicate contamination (media)
• Mayor: Regional water supply company will no longer manage Decan (media)
• Government pledges to take measures towards "Hidrodrini" water company (Koha)
• Prosecution: Police to provide report on water contamination suspicions (media)
• Decan health crisis: U.S. Embassy calls on media to ignore rumours (media)
• Ministry of Health delivers medical aid to Decan clinic (media)
• Government of Kosovo reveals topics of upcoming Kurti-Vucic meeting (Kallxo)
• Kosovo to set up commission for assessing damage to cultural heritage during 1998-99 (media)
• Helsinki Committee condemns passivation of addresses as form of ethnic cleansing (media)
• Osmani reacts to Helsinki Committee report (media)
• Kosovo offers assistance to Germany following deadly floods (media)
• Op-ed: Kosovo’s Klecka War Crimes Trial was No Joke (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)
• Vitia: Situation in Decan completely under control (media)
• Kosovo intelligence chief says Decan residents should have no security concerns (media)
• Decan: 252 citizens sought medical assistance in last 24 hours (media)
• Ceku: Kosovo officially begins process for seeking compensation from Serbia (media)
• Kosovo Police operation results in 10 arrests (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• No new cases of Covid -19 in Serbian communities, one death (KiM radio)
• Vucic: They were not even 500 meters from the well (media)
• Office for KiM: They are trying to hold Serbs responsible for water poisoning in Decani without any evidence (media)
• Simic: Dangerous false accusations against Serbs, pogrom in 2004 also started with slanders (Kosovo-online)
• Covic: With story about poisoning they create environment for attacks against Serbs (Kosovo-online)
• Serbian Ministry of Culture: Pristina's another step further in the escalation of nonsense (KiM radio)
• Gracanica Mayor requested KFOR to increase patrols (RTS, Politika)
• “Kurti’s statements encourage the worst part of Kosovo society” (Radio KIM, media)
• Prosecution: Thac’s release from detention would be disastrous for further proceedings (Radio KIM)
• Rakic and Wigermark on security, returnees and rule of law (Kosovo-online)
• Ranko Bacic attacked on Monday near Klina suffered broken ribs (RTS, Radio kontakt plus)
• Várhelyi: EU wants to accelerate enlargement; Serbia has key role in region (N1)

International:

• Avant-garde proposal for EU enlargement to the Western Balkans (euractive.com)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Igor Čoko: Photography is there to leave a mark (Kosovo 2.0)

• COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media)
• New wave of pandemic may be inevitable, Kosovo Health Minister says (media)
• Working women and the pandemic (Kosovo 2.0)
• Samples of some persons poisoned in Decan will be send abroad (Koha)
• Intelligence Agency chief to report to Assembly today on Decan situation (media)
• Kosovo Minister of Trade insists Mini-Schengen is a trap (Koha)
• Kosovo, Serbia leaders to discuss future of dialogue next week (Exit News)
• Von Cramon: Public hearing for Simmons, regretful (Klan Kosova)
• LDK leader: Anton Cuni will run for Prizren Mayor (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 14, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media)
• “Kurti talked on the phone with Decan mayor, we are doing the utmost” (media)
• KIA Inspector General reports to Assembly Committee (media)
• The PSD “launches” Kurti's campaign promises (media)
• The U.S. assists KSF with modern equipment (media)
• Abbott: Kosovo benefits when it embraces its minority communities (RTK)
• Number of patients in Decan increases, possibility of viral infection not ruled out (Koha)
• CDHRF: Dragica Gasic’s return to Gjakova should not be politicised (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Easier to bring investors through progress in the dialogue (media)
• Vukcevic: EULEX did not send cases of Serbs suspected of war crimes to Belgrade (NMagazin, Danas)
• Falconi: What has already been agreed must be implemented (KiM radio, Politika)
• Serbian FM invites Non-Aligned countries to Belgrade for anniversary (N1)
• Arlov requests ban on his entry in Kosovo be revoked (Radio KIM)
• Abbott: Kosovo benefits when it embraces its minority communities (Kosovo-online)
• Milena Ivanovic says she was not summoned to testify (Beta, N1)
• Kusari-Lila condemned attack against Serb boy in Gojbulja, petition against return of Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM)
• Petkovic: Bacic visited in hospital (Kosovo-online)

International:

• Kosovo to Restore Reciprocity Measures Against Serbia, Minister Says (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: Eight new cases, no deaths (media)
• Government vows to support Decan, opposition accuses it of negligence (media)
• Hajdari: Government preparing for reciprocity measures (Kallxo)
• Dragica Gasic's case to be raised in Brussels, U.S. Embassy reacts too (Koha)
• Former EULEX judge sparks controversy over Ivanovic war crimes trial (BIRN)
• Former Judge Simmons's allegations, EU says it stands by EULEX and its achievements (Kallxo)
• Borrell: Genocide denials have no place in Europe (RFE, media)
• Kosovo buys 14 military vehicles from Turkey, Vucic expresses reservations (TV Pink, media)
• IREX: Kosovo and Albania with sustainable information system (RTK)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Eight new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kurti, Vucic to meet on July 19 (Klan Kosova)
• Kurti: Kosovo becoming success story, can live without Serbia recognition (EWB)
• Rohde: I wonder why Assembly provides Simmons with a platform (media)
• US Embassy: Displaced persons have the right to return home (media)
• Montenegro PM: Demarcation agreement with Kosovo must be respected (media)
• State of emergency declared in Decan after hundreds poisoned (Koha/Express)

Serbian Language Media:

• No newly infected in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: We will seek the protection of Serbs in Brussels (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, TV Pink)
• Gracanica Mayor asked the KFOR commander for protection of the Serb population (KiM radio)
• Serb assaulted near Klina (RTS, Radio KIM, KoSSev, RTK)
• Krivokapic: Agreement on border demarcation must be respected (Kosovo-online, RTCG)
• Petkovic: ZSO the main condition in the dialogue with Pristina (RTS)
• Office for KiM provided financial aid, food delivery for Dragica Gasic (Kosovo-online)

Opinion:

• The EU ready to "trade" Serbia's membership in exchange for a solution to the Kosovo problem (Danas)

International:

• Bieber: Bulgarian veto on North Macedonia damages EU’s credibility (EWB)

• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)
• Szunyog: Agreement on Association is law, Government needs to implement it (Kallxo)
• Petkovic makes fun of Kosovo officials, accuses them of not establishing Association (Koha)
• EULEX slams Simmons's allegations as "ill-conceived" and "unsubstantiated" (media)
• Simmons reacts to EULEX rebuttal: People of Kosovo deserve the truth (media)
• Ex-judge: EU law mission in Kosovo holds anti-Albanian bias (AP)
• U.S. supports the work of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (Klan)
• Next session against KLA leaders at The Hague scheduled for 21 July (media)
• Williamson: Terrible crimes committed against Kosovo Albanians during 98-99 (media)
• KWN urges institutions to treat crimes against girls, women as a priority (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 12, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)
• Deputy PM Bislimi reveals details from meetings in Brussels (media)
• Kurti in Greece: We need help to fight corruption (media)
• Former EULEX judge reports to Assembly Committee for Legislation (media)
• Thaci asked to be sent in house arrest in Slovenia (Indeksonline/Necenzurirano)
• Cakolli: Reporting on dialogue should happen at Assembly, not on social media (Koha)
• US Embassy urges redoubled efforts to find perpetrators of wartime sexual violence in Kosovo (media)
• Ramosaj: There are suspicions that water poisoning may be intentional (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Tanin: Unresolved situation of Kosovo Serb returnee in Djakovica, rights of all returnees must be protected and promoted (KoSSev, media)
• OSCE condemns incidents against Dragica Gasic, says return process should continue (KoSSev)
• Office for KiM enabled food delivery for Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM)
• Brnabic: ''The reactions of the international community to the case of Dragica Gasic ‘lukewarm’, better not to have them'' (RTS, TV Pink, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio)
• Gracanica Mayor on the “the latest provocation”: KFOR to increase patrols (Kosovo Online, KiM radio, RTS)
• Vucic to athletes: Feel free to compete against Kosovo judo team (KoSSev)
• Dveri Movement asks Orban to withdraw Hungary’s recognition of Kosovo (N1)
• Brnabic: No place for us in Srebrenica until attack on Vucic is resolved (N1)
• Petkovic in two-day visit in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Ambassador says Spain’s decision not to recognize Kosovo is state policy (N1, Srna, Vecernje Novosti)
• Dragica Gasic: Brave and alone (Danas)

• COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Association of Serb municipalities after parallel structures are dissolved (Koha)
• Kosovo leaders commemorate 26th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide (media)
• Borrell, Varhelyi statement on Srebrenica genocide anniversary (media)
• Gervalla: EU should not be blamed for our mistakes (media)
• Tanin: Kosovo to ensure an enabling environment for all returnees (media)
• President Osmani requests support from EULEX, experts urge caution (Koha)
• Kadri Veseli released to visit family following father's passing (media)
• Op-ed: Kurti’s momentous opportunity to transform Kosovo (The Jerusalem Post)