Albanian Language Media: • Germany confirms it supports Kosovo membership bid at CoE (media) • Osmani departs for official visits to Panama and Costa Rica (media) • German Defence Minister visits Sarajevo, plans to visit Kosovo too (Gazeta Express) • Mehaj: Kosovo should have a voluntary military reserve of 20 thousand people (media) • Prosecution: no ethnic motives in the armed incident in Badovc (Kallxo) • PDK: Kosovo imported only 0.56 percent of energy in March, 100 percent increase of price continues (Reporteri) • COVID-19: 3 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic arrived in Berlin (RTV, Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Conversation with Mitsotakis good, grateful for his support (Tanjug) • Session of the Holy Synod held in Patriarchate of Pec (RTS, Kosovo Online, KoSSev) • Serbia increased exports of goods to Kosovo by ten million euros (KiM radio) • Gracanica Mayor seek from KFOR more effective protection for Serbs (Kosovo Online) • The pandemic affected the census process in Kosovo (KiM radio, RTK) • Kurti's softening of stances would not be well received in Pristina (KiM radio, N1) Opinion: • DW: Vucic and Kurti in Berlin, symbolic encounters in the shadow of Ukraine (Danas, Kosovo Online, RTK2) International: • Prosecutors Add More War Crime Charges Against Kosovo Ex-President (Balkan Insight) • Can the war in Ukraine lead to a faster EU integration of the Western Balkans? (EWB)

• Kurti, Vucic to meet Scholz separately; then joint meeting with Lajcak (media) • Kurti to meet German Foreign Minister Baerbock, source says (RTK) • Free media is the bedrock of democracy, Kurti says (media) • Media and government don’t look eye to eye (Radio Free Europe) • Kajtazi: Another 13 persons will be arrested by Special Court (Telegrafi) • Grondahl hopes for a Kosovo-Serbia final deal this year (Kosovapress) • COVID-19: 4 new cases (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: A great example of our devotion to democracy (media) • Kurti received the Head of the Greek Liaison Office in Kosovo, Heleni Vakali (media) • Journalists Association: Government to respect work of reporters (media) • EU in Kosovo: Media must enjoy safety and unwavering freedom of expression (media) • Zelensky addresses Albanian Parliament (media) • Additional charges against former KLA leaders (media) • COVID-19: 4 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Memorial to missing Kosovo Serb journalists restored (N1, Beta) • Vucic: I do not expect too much from Berlin discussions (Tanjug) • US Ambassador says Serbia should think again about Russia (VoA, N1) • Serbia ranked lowest in region on World Press Freedom Index (N1) • Five Minutes of Thundering Silence for World Press Freedom Day (N1) • V.Decani monks paid a visit to the Islamic Community in Pec on Eid al-Fitr (KoSSev) • KP says that at Gracanica Lake a police officer was shot at (KiM radio) International: • Balkan leaders meet to support gas project rivaling Russia (ABC, AP) • Media Freedom Remains Major Concern in Balkans, Watchdog Says (Balkan Insight)

• EU confirms Lajcak meeting with Kurti and Vucic (Radio Free Europe) • Transatlantic cooperation for an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia (Koha) • Chollet: Progress in dialogue, key to Kosovo’s European future (media) • Kosovo to replace blocked ‘smuggling roads’ in Serb-majority north (BIRN) • Kosovo makes progress in media freedom, report says (Radio Free Europe) • In land with no sea, Kosovar builds ocean-going boats (BIRN) • Russian Ambassador to Serbia denies change in Putin’s Kosovo policy (BIRN) • COVID-19: 11 new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 28, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Opposition parties call for dismissal of ambassador Berishaj (Telegrafi) • Kusari-Lila: Political parties to be conscientious about situation with Serbia (KP) • Unions to hold one-hour strike and protest; do not rule out general strike (media) • UK urges the West to send weapons to Western Balkans (Koha) • EUCOM pledges support for KSF command (RTK) • Media close to Vucic slam Putin over his statement on Kosovo (Telegrafi) • COVID-19: 19 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: No harm from Open Balkan, only benefits (Tanjug) • Brnabic: Violence in Kosovo cause for concern (Tanjug, TV Pink) • Analysts on Putin’s statement about Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Vulin: Russia could have changed its stance on Kosovo thus far, but it had not (Kosovo-online) • Donfried on Serbia, Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTS, Politika) • Szunyog meets Jevtic (Kosovo-online) • Odalovic: Search on location near Stavalj to continue on May 10 (Radio KIM) Opinion: • Pressured by the West Over Russia, Serbia May Look To China (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Albania’s Pioneering LGBT Activist: ‘We Should Not Be Second-Class Citizens’ (BIRN)

• Osmani and Kurti attend funeral for Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state (media) • EU on attacks against police in the north: Avoid unnecessary speculation (Telegrafi) • Kosovo Assembly to hold plenary session today (media) • Vetevendosje collects signatures for establishing inquiry committee on energy (media) • Haxhiu: There can be no serious steps in fight against corruption without vetting (KP) • Kosovo, Serbia Urged to Not Politicise Missing Persons Issue (BIRN) • EULEX expert lists main obstacles in identification of human remains (Koha) • Ethnocentric Memorials Dominate Kosovo’s War Remembrance Culture (BIRN) • Albanian minister at UN SC: Images from Ukraine remind us of those from Kosovo in 1999 (media) • COVID-19: 13 new cases (media)

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)