Albanian Language Media: • German Chancellor Scholz in Prishtina tomorrow; will meet only Kurti (RTK) • European Council President Charles Michel to visit Kosovo next week (RFE) • Kurti: To have Open Balkan, Serbia needs to open to Kosovo (Zeri/Telegrafi) • State Department supports all initiatives that economically empower the Balkans (RFE) • Pacolli urges Kosovo to join Open Balkan (media) • “Kosovo to consider joining Open Balkan only if given equal status” (Portali D/Telegrafi) • Former PM Hoti comments on Open Balkan initiative (media) • Mehaj: We are preparing for our objective, NATO membership (media) • Kurti meets Irish non-resident ambassador (media) • LDK to propose resolution on reducing excise duty on fuel products (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic dismisses RFE report (N1) • Brnabic met Equatorial Guinea President, thanked him for stance on Kosovo (Tanjug) • State Department without comment on Pristina’s stance on Open Balkan (Radio KIM) • Open Balkan initiative leaders sign agreements, memoranda in Ohrid (N1, Beta) • EP report on Serbia: Alignment with EU foreign policy to determine further course of accession negotiations (RTS) • Borrell: Failure to enable Serbian elections in Kosovo contrary to European values commitment (NMagazin, Beta) • One year since return of Dragica Gasic to Djakovica (Kosovo-online) • 23rd anniversary of the Kumanovo Agreement (N1) • DW: Scholz to focus on blocked issues in Western Balkans (N1) Humanitarian/Development: • Reporting news from online portals – social networks and influence on public (media)

• Montenegro mulls joining ‘Open Balkan’, Kosovo remains opposed (BIRN) • President Osmani meets Greek Foreign Minister Dendias (media) • PM Kurti: Kosovo’s relationship with Greece grows closer every day (media) • Dendias meets heads of international missions and Quint ambassadors (media) • Interior Minister Svecla interview with KTV • LDK leader Abdixhiku meets US Ambassador Hovenier (media) • Mehaj: Turkey supports Kosovo’s membership in security organisations (RTK) • Rama and Vucic debunk Lavrov’s claims on Open Balkan (euronews.al) • “Vucic spectacular achievement by dividing Tirana and Prishtina” (euronews.al) • Kosovo theatre director takes on controversy over Handke Nobel Prize (BIRN) • Pride Parade today in Prishtina; will leaders attend? (Gazeta Express)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 8, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Open Balkan summit enters its second day (media) • On Global Open Day, calls made for greater participation of women in decision-making processes (media) • AAK requests removal of tax on oil, staple items (media) Serbian Language Media: • The Open Balkans are expanding despite Russian obstructions (Danas) • Vucic: This is initiative of people from Balkans, and it is unstoppable (Kosovo Online) • Escobar: "Include all six countries in the Open Balkan", Varhelyi: "Initiative that accelerates the path to the EU" (Danas) • Vucic speaks with Borrell, receives invitation to EU-Western Balkans summit (Tanjug) • Selakovic confirms he accepted Lavrov’s invitation to visit Moscow (Danas) • Botsan-Kharchenko: Moscow does not change stance on Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Arifi: US promises special treatment of the issue of Albanians from Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja (KoSSev, N1, Beta) • Belgrade schools receive fresh bomb threats (RTS, N1) • Abazovic to visit Belgrade on June 29 (RTS)

• Kosovo PM Kurti meets UK Foreign Secretary Truss (media) • Greek foreign minister to visit Kosovo today (media) • Gervalla invited to “Summit of the Americas” (media) • Vucic and Borrell discuss a Kosovo-Serbia declaration on missing persons (Indeksonline) • EU on Lavrov remarks: We don’t comment on positions of someone on sanctions list (Telegrafi) • Open Balkan Meeting Kicks off in Ohrid with Presence of Montenegro (Exit) • Varhelyi to attend Open Balkan meeting amid claims of Russian backing (Euractiv/Exit) • Krasniqi: "Open Balkan" is a political project, Kosovo doesn't support it (RTK) • Robelli: Alexander Soros attended "Open Balkan" with no mandate (Koha) • Konjufca and Richardson hold virtual meeting (media) • For Kosovo Women, In-Laws are Often Abusers Too (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Scholz in Kosovo on Friday; 4 hours in Prishtina, 2 hours in Belgrade! (Indeksonline) • Joseph: Lavrov gave ‘Open Balkan’ the kiss of death (Telegrafi) • Finance Minister: €80 million a year for the veterans; lists must be cleaned (Koha/RTK) • Prime Minister Kurti meets UK Minister of Armed Forces (media) • “Croatia fully supports Kosovo membership in EU and NATO” (media) • Swiss State Secretary to visit Kosovo, Serbia over threats against Marty (Klan Kosova) • Rizvanolli: Renewable energy of 500 MW to be achieved in three years' time (Koha/RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Preventing talks with Sergey Lavrov must be condemned (Tanjug, RTS) • Vucic announces changes in gov't, Belgrade city authorities (Tanjug, RTS) • Stefanovic: Serbia refuses to be a pawn (N1) • State Department: Sovereign decisions of Montenegro, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia (RTS, VoA) • Stano: EU welcomes Lavrov flight ban (N1) • Botsan-Kharchenko: Invitation to Selakovic to visit Russia accepted (N1) • EU document on Serbia: “Vucic postpones the break with Russia, and the opposition is helping him” (RFE) International: • Serbian Leader Rages About ‘Hysteria’ After Russian Minister’s Visit Blocked (BIRN) • Russia’s Lavrov Slams Balkan States for Blocking His Serbia Visit (BIRN) • Albania’s Rama Bets on Military Man for ‘Normal’ President (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • KFOR distributes food packages to families in Istok and Klina municipalities (Kosovo Online)

• KLA war veterans threaten to block Government and Assembly (media) • Prime Minister Kurti: Kosovo, a success story (media) • Pride Week starts in Kosovo: "LGBTI+ rights are human rights" (RFE) • President Osmani to visit Slovenia in July (media) • Haradinaj, Hovenier discuss latest developments (media) • “Decision to block trip, reflects commitment to hold Russia accountable” (Kallxo) • Russia supports Open Balkan; reactions follow (Koha/RTK/Klan Kosova) • Two die as storm winds, lightning hit Kosovo (Reuters) • Polish Airlines begins operations from Kosovo (Kosovapress)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 6, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • KLA war veterans protest, demanding inclusion in minimum wage increase (media) • Kosovo Assembly fails to adopt minimum wage bill (media) • Prime Minister Kurti travels to the UK (media) • Lavrov: EU and NATO want a "Closed Balkan" (Klan Kosova) • PDK calls on MPs not to vote on draft law on minimum wage (Ekonomia Online) • Assembly rejects motion to withdraw draft law on minimum wage (media) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic: Serbia, Greece consistent in mutual support (Tanjug) • Dendias: W. Balkans' future is in EU, Serbia a key partner (Tanjug) • Can the international community make Pristina return 24 hectares of land to Visoki Decani Monastery? (RTS) • Representatives of Albanians from the south of Serbia on an official visit to the US (Politika, JUGpress) • Vucic: Lavrov not coming to Belgrade, Kharchenko informed me of reasons (Tanjug) • Zakharova: Russia not making a new “iron curtain”, Europe fencing Russia off (N1) • Kosovo Police called Sevce residents to an informative talk due to protest held (KiM radio) • Gallup: Half of the respondents without democracy (FoNet, KiM radio) • Autocephaly of Ohrid Archbishopric officially recognized (N1) International: • Turkey’s Nordic demands spark Western Balkan déjà vu (EURACTIV) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo Pupils Demand to be Heard, Save the Children Report shows (BIRN)

• Kurti met Lajcak on sidelines of GLOBSEC forum (media) • Bislimi: Belgrade, Pristina close to energy agreement (N1) • Albania submits non-paper lobbying for Kosovo's CoE bid (Klan) • Escobar: Europe not complete without Western Balkans (media) • Serbian List reacts to Mehaj and Svecla visit to the north (Kallxo) • Szunyog speaks of 'security incidents', makes no mention of interethnic ones (KP) • German ambassador to Serbia says Kosovo and Ukraine cannot be compared (Klan) • Municipality of Decan under investigation over Monastery lands (RFE) • Kosovo leaders congratulate Begaj on election President of Albania (media) • Pahor: Open Balkan beneficial for all (Albanian Post) • Ramush Haradinaj reelected AAK leader (media) • KLA war veterans to protest today in Pristina (media) • Security concerns leave Afghan evacuees stuck in Balkan camp (AP) • How a British Judge Caused Turmoil at the EU’s Kosovo Mission (BIRN) • Lavrov cancels flight to Serbia after countries close airspace, Interfax reports (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media: • Assembly Speaker Konjufca to visit former KLA leaders in Hague (media) • Hoxhaj meets Slovakia's foreign minister on sidelines of GLOBSEC forum (media) • Konjufca: Recognition of Kosovo, strategic investment for the future (Zeri) • Serb detained on war crimes charges (Kallxo) • AKI General Inspector, Burim Ramadani, interviewed by SPO (Koha) • If Kurti does not form Association, he will be ousted, analysts say (Front Online) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Work on diversification of gas supply underway, the situation regarding Lavrov's visit becoming more complicated (RTS) • Zakharova: Lavrov to visit Serbia on June 6-7 (Beta, Tanjug, N1) • Office for KiM: Caslav Jolic, suspected of war crimes, arrested in Istok (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Eparchy of Raska and Prizren: Fundamental religious and human rights do not apply to Orthodox Serbs (Kontakt plus radio) • Greek FM Dendias met President Vucic (Tanjug) • CoE Commissioner Mijatovic ends visit to Kosovo (N1) • Mayor of Gracanica: CSM (ZSO) would improve the position of Serbs in Kosovo (KiM radio, VoA) • Rosic, Spasojevic and Basara under house arrest from today (KiM radio, Kosovo Online) International: • US Warns of Rise in Incidents Targeting Kosovo Religious Sites (BIRN)

• North Macedonian prime minister invites Kurti to Open Balkan summit (media) • Osmani: Open Balkan wouldn’t treat Kosovo as an equal partner (euronews.al) • Kurti to participate in GLOBESEC forum in Bratislava (media) • Lajcak meets Vucic in Bratislava (media) • De Riu: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue remains crucial for a comprehensive agreement (KP) • State Department publishes report on religious freedoms across the world (media) • Osmani, Bislimi meet CoE human rights commissioner, Mijatovic (media) • Rama at UN Security Council: We owe it to victims of Kosovo to act (Klan) • Kosovo fails to join Association of Francophone Constitutional Courts (media) • Kosovo Police discover 57 migrants in bus stopped by for speeding (media)