• COVID-19: 3,917 new cases, six deaths (media) • Assembly does not approve opposition's motion to amend Covid measures (media) • United States commit additional $3 million for pandemic response (media) • Kosovo’s New Anti-COVID Measures Anger Businesses and Travelers (BIRN) • Escobar: Status-quo in dialogue not working, Association does not violate Kosovo's sovereignty (Reporteri.net) • Bislimi: Kosovo negotiating a non-aggression deal with Serbia, through EU (Kanal 10) • Ombudsperson: Non-inclusion of four municipalities in energy tariff plan, unacceptable (KP) • Kosovo Businesses Welcome Expected Customs Office in Albanian Port (BIRN) • KSC pre-trial judge extends Thaci’s detention (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 27, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 3,917 new cases, six deaths (media) • Kurti: Life and health of people has priority in our decisions (Telegrafi/Koha) • Opposition MPs slam government for management of COVID-19 pandemic (Express) • Nearly 8,000 students, teachers infected with COVID-19 (Telegrafi) • Haradinaj opposes closing of borders and police curfew (media) • CDHRF: Why should we pay for electricity of four northern municipalities (RTK) • Police: 200 persons took part in protest against energy tariff increase (RTK) • Tahiri: Vetevendosje always opposed energy projects (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Three deaths, 186 new cases in Serb areas (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Stano: Alignment of Serbia with EU foreign policy on rise (Kosovo-online) • US Ambassador Hovenier: Kosovo Serbs should be able to vote (N1, RTK2, KiM radio, KoSSev) • Vucic with Kharchenko on regional and global affairs (Kosovo-online) • Serbia’s Equality Commissioner: Holocaust warns of what hatred of others can do (N1, Beta) • Brnabic: EU has never been more positive about Serbia (Tanjug) • SOC and believers in Serbia celebrate St. Sava Day (N1) Opinion: • Toying with the judiciary (Kosovo 2.0) Humanitarian/Development: • Another Expensive Year (Kosovo 2.0)

• COVID-19: 4,397 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kosovo Assembly to discuss COVID-19 pandemic in special session (media) • Hovenier: Kosovo’s progress is a miracle, but there is still work to be done (RTK) • Ambassador Hovenier confirms visit of U.S. Envoy Escobar to Kosovo next week (media) • Government of Kosovo silent to Borrell's criticism (Koha) • Albania gives Kosovo customs point at Durres port (media) • Ukrainian MP thanks Kosovo: The next step, establishment of relations (media) • Protesters Condemn Looming Hike in Electricity Bills (Prishtina Insight) • Opposition parties: Energy tariff to be opposed through legal mechanisms (Klan)

Albanian Language Media: • Health Minister doesn’t rule out schools switching to online classes (Koha) • AAK MP: Two people succumbed to COVID-19 at Infectious Clinic today (Lajmi) • Protest in downtown Prishtina against energy tariff increase (Telegrafi) • PDK against tariff increase; calls ERO to draft another report (Indeksonline) • Hovenier confirms Escobar and Lajcak visit to Kosovo next week (RTK) • Kosovo in the service of the U.S. for Ukraine (RFE) Serbian Language Media: • Trajkovic and Spahiu about AKK launching investigation against SL officials (KiM radio) • Good defense relations between Britain and Serbia (N1) • Brnabic: Brussels visit successful (Tanjug) • Empirica: New measures of the Government of Kosovo affect the freedom of movement of citizens (KiM radio) • Training of Serbian Army members in Bujanovac base to secure the administrative line with KiM (Kosovo-online) • Davenport: OSCE ready to collect ballots for future Serbian elections, subject to consent of all (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic with Dmochowski on rights of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) International: • EU Warns Serbia Against Genocide Denial (Balkan Insight) • Book Review: Balkan Muslims, a Community in Danger? (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Movie on March violence in Kosovo wins audience award in movie festival in Trieste (Kosovo-online) • European Fund: Pollution in Balkans causes large number of premature deaths (Beta, N1)

• Escobar and Lajcak to visit Kosovo and Serbia next week (media) • Lajcak meets Bislimi in Vienna, discuss dialogue (media) • Borrell: No place in EU for deniers of genocide, war crimes (media) • Kurti: Fight against organised crime and corruption yielding results (media) • Osmani: We are uprooting corruption, step by step (media) • British Embassy, EU hail Kosovo’s success in fighting corruption (media) • Kosovo Armed Forces expect shipment of Puma hand-launchable aircrafts (media) • Isufi: Not 40 but 4 aircrafts have been purchased from the U.S. (Klan) • COVID-19: 2,707 new cases, two deaths (media) • Around 700 students in Preshevo Valley affected by new travel rules (Euronews.al) • Kusari-Lila: There is room to review measures affecting movement of citizens (Telegrafi) • Belgrade expects OSCE to run Serbian elections in Kosovo (Express) • In Kosovo Cafes, Minorities Suffer Most From Segregation Culture (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 25, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo marks slight progress in anti-corruption fight (RFE/media) • KDI recognises Kosovo’s progress but notes that a great deal of work remains (media) • Kosovo's progress in fight against corruption hailed (media) • Kurti says justice institutions to deal with Serbian List officials, not Government (Telegrafi) • Northern municipalities not included in energy price increase proposal, ERO head says (Kosovapress/media) • GAP: Kosovo to increase minimum wage to mitigate price increase impact (media) • COVID-19: 2,707 new cases, two deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian communities in Kosovo: 192 people infected and one death recorded (Kontakt plus radio) • Petkovic: Preventing Serbian elections in Kosovo would have consequences (Beta, N1) • Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency launches proceedings against Serbian List officials (Radio KIM) • Brnabic holds bilateral meetings with Varhelyi, Borrell (Tanjug) • Corruption 2021: Serbia at its lowest score in decade for second year in a row (N1) • Petkovic, Selakovic with Davenport on situation in Kosovo, rights of Serbs (Kosovo-online) Humanitarian/Development: • Do not assume COVID pandemic reaching 'end game', warns WHO (Reuters)

• Assembly to vote today on motion against energy price increase (media) • Rizvanolli: Energy tariff increase is inevitable (KTV) • COVID-19: 2,243 new cases, two deaths (media) • Kosovo defends new COVID-19 measures for visitors against backlash (BIRN) • Mehaj-Hovenier: KSF, partner of NATO for regional and global security (RTK) • Court closes ‘Pronto’ affair without convictions (Prishtina Insight) • Not wanted: Roma graduates remain jobless in Kosovo (BIRN) • Cameras blacklisted by the U.S. monitor the Government of Kosovo (RFE)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We need to jointly discuss a way out of crisis (Kallxo/Express) • Abdixhiku: Government's delayed response on energy shows regime's inexplicable fear (Klan) • PDK: Institutions were indifferent to announcements of energy price increase (Kallxo) • Kusari-Lila: No going back to past practices regarding Serbia's elections (Telegrafi) • Greece's Dendias expresses support for progress in Kosovo-Serbia relations (media) • COVID-19: 2,243 new cases, two deaths (media) • Haradinaj asks Kurti to lift COVID-19 border measures (media) • North Macedonia urges Kosovo to review recent COVID-19 measures (media) • Why Kosovo Shrugged off Balkan Conspiracy Theories About Vaccines (Prishtina Insight) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 155 new cases registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Kosovo-online) • Blakaj: Kosovo institutions have not done enough to gather evidence of the war (Danas, KiM radio) • Greek FM lends support to Lajcak’s efforts on Kosovo (N1) • Complaints over new decision of Kosovo government that booster dose is needed to enter Kosovo (KoSSev) • Vucic on voting in Kosovo on April 3 elections (TV Most) • Dacic says international community should ensure that Serbs vote in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever) • US, UK & German embassies deny PM claim they finance protests in Serbia (N1) Humanitarian/Development: • Olympic dreams come true for Kosovo skier Kiana Kryeziu (AP) • Europe could be headed for pandemic 'endgame': WHO (france24.com)

• COVID-19: 2,957 new cases, one death (media) • Kosovo implements stricter measures as daily cases surpass 2,900 (Exit News) • Assembly to meet today over possibility of increased energy prices (Koha) • B2 block resumes operation; Kurti calls it “great news” (media) • U.S. Department of State: Kosovo and Serbia to prioritize dialogue (RFE) • Joseph: Ideally, the Association would be negotiated as a final status issue where Serbia recognizes Kosovo (Express) • Pro-Ukraine positioning; risk of Russian scenario unfolding at Kosovo-Serbia border (Koha Ditore) • Serb MP challenges Kosovo institutions with public position in Serbia (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 21, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 2,943 new cases, one death (media) • Kosovo commemorates 16th anniversary of Ibrahim Rugova’s death (Express) • U.S. Ambassador’s video address: Kosovo has achieved a lot for these 13 years (RTK) • The Assembly approves five international agreements (KosovaPress) • Kosovo Army soon will get its first helicopters, says Deputy Minister of Defence (Express) • LDK does not exclude protests against increase of electricity price (media) • Ambassadors Minzhozi and Hovenier talk about political developments in Kosovo (media) • Heated debate between Murati and Hoti on a loan to finance social schemes (Ekonomia) • New anti-COVID measures to enter into force tomorrow (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: International community without adequate reactions, election will be held on April 3 (Kosovo-online) • Peoples’ Party: Carelessness of authorities for appropriation of Serbian property in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: We have not handed over Brezovica, we continue fighting (Radio KIM) • Kosovo-online says portal Siri endangers safety of their journalists by publishing ungrounded accusations (Kosovo-online) • France, Germany support Serbia on path to EU (N1) • First flurona case confirmed in Serbia (N1) • Brnabic: Administrative acts related to Rio Tinto Company abolished (B92, Tanjug) • Rio Tinto very concerned over Serbian PM’s statement (N1) International: • Afghans Housed at Military Base in Kosovo Risk Being Denied Entry to U.S. for Alleged Terrorist Ties (Wall Street Journal) • NATO Dismisses Russian Demand to Withdraw from Romania, Bulgaria (Balkan Insight) • Erdogan’s Withdrawal from Istanbul Convention ‘Illegal’, Top Prosecutor Says (Balkan Insight)