UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 27, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani: Forcibly disappeared are our call for justice (media)
• Hovenier on National Day of Missing Persons: More to be done to ensure justice (media)
• Abdixhiku: Authors of monstrous crimes must be held responsible (media)
• Sarrazin: Kosovo’s membership of CoE, EU and NATO only through successful dialogue with Serbia (Klan Kosova)
• Vucic warned that the expulsion of Russia from the Security Council is being prepared – Ylber Hysa and Sonja Biserko say that it is unlikely (Albanian Post)
• Haziri: Blinken in Ukraine, Donfried in the Balkans, not accidental (media)
• US Embassy condemns attack on police, cautions against speculation (Lajmi)
• Police confiscate automatic rifle, gun and bullets in raids in Mitrovica North (Kallxo)
• Rama, Vucic to meet in June as part of “Open Balkan” (Indeksonline)
• COVID-19: 13 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic, Donfried discuss EU integration, Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1, Tanjug)
• Vucic meets Slutsky, says Serbia to continue EU path, preserve friendly relations with Russia (RTS)
• Brnabic meets Donfried, talks about Community of Serb-majority Municipalities (Kosovo-online)
• “Stop politicisation of missing persons issue” (Radio KIM)
• Pristina special police forces withdraw after being deployed in Mitrovica North (Tanjug, Kosovo-online)
• Bishop Teodosije: Church’s role is not to divide people, but help those who suffer (KoSSev, Politika)
• Zubin Potok journalist on attack against police, situation of local population there (Danas)
• Mihajlovic: Gas supplies to Serbia unhampered for now (Tanjug)

International:

• Hoti: EU must condition Serbia on missing persons (euronews.al)
• Children ‘invisible’ in Serbia’s response to domestic abuse (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kosovo’s ‘Bad News Eagles’ qualify for Counter-Strike tournament (BIRN)
• Attacks in Babin Most village becoming more frequent (Radio KIM)

• U.S. Assistant Secretary Karen Donfried's interview with T7
• Russia Fears Better Kosovo-Serbia Relations, US Officials Warn (BIRN)
• In meeting with UN SG Guterres, Russian President Putin invokes Kosovo (Koha/Express)
• Von der Leyen, Trudeau thank Kurti for support to Ukraine (media)
• Gervalla meets Varhelyi at the EU-Western Balkans forum (media)
• OSCE, Germany condemn yesterday's attack on Kosovo Police (media)
• Kosovo and Denmark sign prisoner transfer treaty (media)
• Ukrainian women training in Kosovo to demine their country (media)
• COVID-19: Seven new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 26, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani and Kurti travel to the United States (media)
• U.S. Embassy re-echoes Assistant Secretary Donfried's message in Kosovo (media)
• Gervalla: Visa liberalisation now; Kosovo’s objective is EU membership (media)
• Metsola: Calls for visa liberalisation are falling on deaf ears (RFE)
• Kosovo Police comes under fire in the north (media)
• Anti-corruption agency initiates investigations into ambassador’s wealth (Indeksonline)
• COVID-19 pandemic is not over, Health Ministry calls for vaccination (media)
• COVID-19: Seven new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic, Serbian List condemn attack on police in Zubin Potok, say it has nothing to do with Serbs (Kosovo-online, media)
• Special police units in Bosniak mahala (KoSSev)
• Vucic congratulates Macron on his re-election as president (Tanjug)
• Incidents affecting Serb community in Kosovo (Kosovo-online, media)
• Stano: Agreements on reconstruction of bridge connecting South and North Mitrovica will be implemented soon (Kosovo-online)
• Belgrade, Pristina to continue technical dialogue, N1 learns (N1)
• Beka: Hearing of Kosovo police officers for attending meeting with Vucic ongoing (Kosovo-online)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Filipovic: Private property in Kosovo legally protected on paper only (Radio KIM)

• U.S. delegation visits Prishtina, meets President Osmani and PM Kurti (media)
• EU calls for agreements between Kosovo and Serbia (Radio Free Europe)
• Bid to challenge UN veto use raises questions on Kosovo (BIRN)
• In supporting Ukraine, Kosovo tacitly stakes claim for recognition (BIRN)
• Kurti hosts meeting with Quint ambassadors and EU Head of Office (media)
• Rakic warns with total civil obedience if arrests made in north (Koha)
• Kosovo leaders congratulate Macron on election victory (media)
• PDK, AAK calls for dismissal of Ambassador Berishaj (Koha)
• HLC analyses on why war crime victims hesitate to share their stories (Kallxo)
• Op-ed: The controversial legacy of Dick Marty in Kosovo (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 22, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani meets Latvian President Levits (media)
• PDK submits lawsuit against ERO board members (media)
• Ambassador Berishaj rejects allegations of money fraud (Klan)
• German reporter about Council of Europe: Russia out, Kosovo in? (Gazeta Express)
• COVID-19: 14 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic: Sticker regime to remain in force (Tanjug)
• Movement of vehicles at Jarinje and Brnjak crossing points without problems (Tanjug)
• Vucic speaks with his Egypt counterpart, says Serbia grateful for understanding over Kosovo (Kosovo-online)
• Patriarch Porfirije’s message on occasion of Orthodox Easter (N1)
• Serbian President unveils Jasenovac victims memorial (N1)
• Selakovic: No major outpourings of support for Pristina in UN SC (Tanjug)
• 23rd anniversary of RTS bombing (RTS)
• US Assistant Secretary of State Donfried to visit Belgrade on April 26 (Tanjug)
• Bilcik: Serbia could face consequences over Russia sanctions (N1)

International:

• War Childhood Museum Exhibition Opens for the First Time in Prishtina (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• American Chamber of Commerce in Kosovo against pension savings withdrawal (Koha)
• Kosovo Government support bypasses minority communities because of high unemployment rate (Radio KIM)

• No agreement on license plates, negotiators invited to meet again (media)
• U.S. senators support Kosovo's Euro-Atlantic aspirations (media)
• U.S. Assistant Secretary Donfried to visit Western Balkans (media)
• KSF commander and Latvian defence chief agree to step up cooperation (media)
• Government opposes idea of citizens withdrawing money from pension trust (media)
• Kosovo's ambassador alleged to be involved in a major financial affair in Slovenia (media)
• Kosovo Serb Businessman ‘Still Being Probed’ for Politician’s Murder (BIRN)
• Kosovo and World Bank sign €50.6 million agreement (media)
• COVID-19: 22 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 21, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Haxhiu: We’ll set up a task force to fight high-level corruption (T7)
• Kurti says over 25 thousand jobs were created during his governing (Kallxo)
• Tahiri: We won’t back down on demand for inquiry committee on energy (Telegrafi)
• Minister Gervalla Schwarz meets France's representative to UN (Klan)
• Kusari-Lila: Dialogue's success depends on Serbia's positioning (Telegrafi)
• Von Cramon: Dialogue must be priority; Kosovo to use new US-EU momentum (media)
• European Parliament debate: EU invited to keep its promises to Kosovo (RFE, media)
• Osmani: Every candidate for chief state prosecutor must have proven integrity (media)
• President Osmani meets KSF Commander Jashari (media)
• Union leader: We’ll wait another week; we have two key demands (Kosovapress)
• Latvia President Levits to visit Kosovo on Friday (media)
• Qerkini for Kandic: We lost a very powerful friend for missing persons (Klan Kosova)
• COVID-19: 19 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: I am concerned over threats coming from Pristina (RTS)
• Selakovic: Situation in Kosovo far from normal (Tanjug)
• Selakovic with Guterres: Continuous engagement of UNMIK crucial (Kosovo-online)
• Brnabic says Freedom House on Serbia report ‘disgraceful’ (Tanjug)
• Lajcak: Next high-level meeting discussed with Vucic (Tanjug)
• Belgrade delegation-Lajcak meeting takes place in Brussels (Kosovo-online)
• Jevtic: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue hit dead end, danger that tensions will deepen (Euronews)

International:

• Serbia, Kosovo exchange destabilisation claims at UN Security Council (BIRN)
• Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vucic rejects sanctions on Russia (Financial Times)

• UN Security Council discusses report on Kosovo (media)
• Kosovo President Osmani’s interview with Times Radio (media)
• Opposition parts start boycotting work of the Assembly (Koha)
• Kurti receives Szunyog and Davenport (media)
• Lajcak confirms, everything is ready for the 21 April meeting (RTK)
• Kosovo-Serbia license plate dispute proves hard to resolve (BIRN)
• European Parliament renews calls for visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Exit News)
• Kurti discusses with forensic experts possibility of aid to Ukraine (Klan)
• Kurti received human rights activist Natasa Kandic (media)
• In election of Kosovo’s top prosecutor, red flags ignored (BIRN)
• Haradinaj reacts after mention in Freedom House report (media)
• Kosovo Serb politician murdered for political reasons, brother says (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 22 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 20, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Gervalla, Selakovic to face off at UN Security Council session on Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• Kurti to attend funeral service of former Secretary of State Albright (RTK)
• Pahor interested to take up post of EU Special Representative for dialogue (media)
• Private vehicle of border police officer attacked in the north (Sinjali)
• Albanian Ambassador condemns attacks against police in the north (EO)
• Gervalla meets the U.S. diplomat, talks about security in the Balkans (media)
• Deputy minister calls reports UK is supplying Kosovo with arms "speculations" (Klan)
• Kosovo Assembly's committee hosts roundtable on missing persons (media)
• US expert: Biden warned Djuric of costs if Serbia doesn’t get closer to EU (Lajmi)
• Opposition boycotts committees, will not participate until establishment of enquiry commission (ekonomia)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic and Lajcak on continuation of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTS, KoSSev)
• Selakovic to attend UN SC session on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Brnabic: We did not promise sanctions to Russia, I clearly and decisively deny that (NMagazin, Beta, RTS)
• Senators: Serbia must align foreign policy with EU (N1)
• Strengthening of institutional response to corruption in northern municipalities (RTK2)
• Freedom House presents report on Serbia (N1, media)
• Minister says gas supply diversity priority for Serbia (N1)
• Kandic: There is no war crime that is not linked to politics (RTK2, KiM radio, Ekonomia Online)

International:

• US Watchdog Accuses Kosovo Politicians of Corruption Links (BIRN)
• Mihajlović, Hill hint at Serbia-US strategic partnership agreement (balkangreenenergynews.com)
• A safe haven in the Gulf: Balkan criminals, and their money, are hiding in the United Arab Emirates (globalinitiative.net)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kosovar High School Students March the Streets, Objecting the Old Education System (BIRN)
• Serbian Government approves quotes on exporting grain, flour and oil (RTS)

• UN Security Council to discuss Kosovo today (media)
• Serbia Aims to Create Tensions in Balkans: Kosovo President (BIRN)
• EU confirms new meeting on license plates (RTK)
• U.S. senators call on Serbia to join sanctions against Russia (media)
• Freedom House: Kosovo makes progress on the democracy level (media)
• Police bust a drug lab in Zvecan, make four arrests (media)
• President Osmani set to travel to U.S. next week (Telegrafi/Klan)
• Abdixhiku: Without inquiry committee, we will not support any parliamentary initiative (Express)
• COVID-19: Three new cases, no deaths (media)