• Kosovo PM Kurti speaks with US envoy Escobar on the phone (Express) • Hovenier: Excited to come to Pristina to deepen US-Kosovo ties (media) • Caroline Ziadeh appointed new head of UNMIK (media) • Kurti: I’d vote for unification with Albania in democratic referendum (media) • U.S. calls for implementation of all Constitutional Court decisions (media) • Citaku on UNSC sessions: I had hard time getting information about war (Koha) • President Osmani speaks at the Halifax International Security Forum (media) • Mehaj: Presence of permanent military base in Kosovo, important (media) • The battle with lobbies (Koha Ditore) • Spain preparing historical turn towards Kosovo (media) • The integration of the north remains on paper (Koha Ditore) • Minister: Boycott bars and restaurants that don’t serve communities (media) • Two Serbian List officials risks decertification (Koha) • COVID-19: 7 new cases, no deaths (media) • As COVID wave strikes Balkans, infections in Kosovo drop (BIRN) • Serbian Albanian leaders deny deal over deleted addresses (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Rohde on dialogue: you cannot determine what the other party says (media) • Two international agreements ratified by the Assembly of Kosovo (RTK) • President Osmani leaves for an official visit to Canada (media) • Stoev: Relations with Western Balkans should not be limited to expansion only (RTK) • Kajari and Skerbinc discuss security situation in Kosovo (RTK) • Kosovo presidency congratulates the new U.S. Ambassador (media) • Berisha urges Konjufca to remove Serbian products from Kosovo Assembly buffet (media) • COVID-19: 7 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Belgrade on Pristina’s announcement of another anti-dumping measure: Violation of CEFTA (KoSSev) • “Caution regarding measures on Serbian products, so that there are no repercussions” (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Pristina not interested in normalization (Tanjug) • Selakovic meets with Giaufret, EU ambassadors (Tanjug) • Dacic: Regional cooperation priority for Serbia (RTS) • KEDS: ''With an increase in imports and consumption, astronomical prices for citizens expected'' (KoSSev, Koha) Opinion: • Legal framework for Kosovo Serbs tailored to Pristina (part two): Energy (KoSSev) International: • ‘Greater’ Balkan dreams a potential nightmare (ekathimerini.com)

• Kurti rejects allegations of 'cooling' of relations with U.S. (media) • Kurti and U.S. charge d'affaires discuss prospects of agreement with Serbia (media) • U.S. Senate confirms Jeffrey Hovenier as ambassador to Kosovo (Telegrafi/RFE) • U.S. sends diplomatic note to Kosovo Government on weapons supply (Koha) • EU says there were no conditions for tripartite meeting (Koha) • Lajcak on second meeting of working group on license plates (media) • German Ambassador comments on Open Balkan initiative (Kanal 10) • In Rome, Lajcak discusses Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Assembly fails to endorse AAK-sponsored resolution on gas pipeline (Telegrafi) • COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media) • Exhibition in honor of 1.623 missing persons launches in Prishtina (euronews.al)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Energy Strategy to offer stead supply for households and businesses (Telegrafi) • Enver Hoxhaj elected vice president of Kosovo Assembly from PDK (Lajmi) • Krasniqi to Kurti: The people have spoken, your pace is insufficient (Koha) • Kusari-Lila: We will engage maximally on election reform (Koha) • Kosovo launches inquiry into import of certain products from Serbia (Klan) • A group of Afghan citizens leave Kosovo for U.S. (media) • COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 47 new cases, two deaths registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM) • US donates 3.7 million Dollars to Serbia to fight pandemic (N1) • Svetomir Bacevic pleaded not guilty at hearing in Pristina (Radio KIM) • EUObserver: EU documents say Western Balkans, Turkey, Dubai are crime hotspots (N1) • Rakic and Radojevic with Szunyog on important issues for the Serbian people (Radio Mitrovica sever) • “Procrastination and unreadiness for any sort of compromise” (Radio KIM) • Pristina announcing possibility of introducing new measures on products from central Serbia (KiM radio, Beta, N1) International: • Kosovo and Serbia Fail to Agree on Dialogue Topics (Exit News)

• The proactive role of the U.S. will depend on Kosovo's readiness to seek it (Koha) • Serbian List boycott of institutions, as blackmail for the Association (RFE Albanian) • Bugajski: Serbia is using the issue of the Association to obstruct the dialogue (RTK) • Krasniqi: Kurti to assume his responsibility for dialogue with Serbia, and its conclusion (Klan) • Konjufca: The governing coalition is stable (T7) • Zeya: Kosovo and Serbia invited to the summit as a reflection of inclusiveness (media) • EU to assist Kosovo in fighting crime (media) • Soaring Prices Leave Kosovo’s Poorest on the Brink (Prishtina Insight) • Italian Police Arrest Kosovo Woman, ‘Fervent IS Supporter’ (Balkan Insight) • Another 2 murals of Serbian Army Generals show up in Belgrade (euronews.al) • COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • The dialogue in Brussels ends without a tripartite meeting (Radio Free Europe) • US Embassy calls for real progress on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Telegrafi) • D4D survey on people’s perception of first six months of Kurti government (media) • Mustafa: Synergy was created not to leave Prishtina to Vetevendosje (Kosovapress) • EULEX: We’re supporting communication between Kosovo and Serbia (Kallxo) • COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Grenell and Palmer lobbying for Serbia - terrible lie; Pristina does not want to fulfill its obligations (KoSSev, TV Happy) • Serbian PM expects opening of one cluster in talks with EU, hopes for two (N1) • Mijacic: Exaggerated assessment that Kurti lost the elections due to non-acceptance of the Washington agreement (Danas) • “No need to ask your grandfather or grand-grandfather about genocide in Kosovo” (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Pristina refused to take part in direct talks, refused to talk about ZSO (Kosovo-online) • Remains of only 15 missing people from Kosovo have been found over the last two years (RTV Puls) Opinion: • Kosovo and Serbia expose Summit for Democracy’s conundrum (atlanticcouncil.org) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian QR COVID-19 code valid in EU with some exceptions (N1)

• Kurti: Expectable for agreement with Serbia to be achieved during my term in office (RFE) • Kosovo’s chief negotiator Bislimi meets EU’s Lajcak in Brussels (media) • Lajcak: It is high time for real progress (media) • Petkovic: Kurti making the dialogue meaningless (Koha) • Krasniqi: If Kurti reaches agreement with Serbia, we will support it (Gazeta Express) • EU Observers Say Kosovo Voters Misled by ‘Opaque’ Facebook Pages (BIRN) • Von Cramon: Commission compromising Rule of Law standards in the interest of Orban-Vucic axis (EurActiv) • Kosovo authorities order expulsion of four Russian citizens (media) • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 16, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti says meeting in Brussels will focus on missing persons (media) • Kurti appoints new minister of health (media) • Konjufca: Serbian List openly blackmailing the Assembly (Klan) • Osmani: Women in Kosovo continue to face challenges (RTK) • State Department comments on Afghans housed at Camp Bondsteel (Telegrafi) • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 78 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • Dialogue in Brussels to continue in afternoon, Belgrade insists on ZSO (Kosovo-online) • Vucic on today’s talks in Brussels, meeting with Putin (RTS) • Brnabic, Dacic: Serbia a militarily neutral country but seeks cooperation with NATO (Tanjug) • Stefanovic: KFOR to prevent reckless Pristina’s acts (Tanjug) • Serbian PM invited to Moscow International Export Forum (N1) • Lavrov and Selakovic on Kosovo, the Balkans and bilateral relations (Tanjug, RTS) • Lawyer Pantovic: Zoran Djokic, an innocent convict (Beta, Danas) Opinion: • Only room for progress on the missing persons in the Brussels talks today (Danas) International: • NATO Deputy Secretary General highlights 15 years of NATO-Serbia partnership (nato.int)

• New round of Kosovo – Serbia talks will be held today (Kosovapress) • President Osmani met with US Embassy Charge d'Affaires (media) • Borrell: Kurti-Vucic meeting to be held before end of year (media) • Gervalla in Brussels: NATO should not tolerate Serbia’s aggressiveness (RTK) • ENEMO's IEOM to Kosovo presents findings and conclusion (media) • WB Foreign Ministers urge EU to play a more active role (EWB) • Serbian PM invites neighbor countries to join Open Balkan (euronews.al) • Kosovo awards Croatian PM with Humanitarian Medal (euronews.al) • Kosovo court upholds jailing of Serb ex-fighter for war crimes (BIRN) • Police arrest four Russians for illegal border crossing from Serbia to Kosovo (RTK) • COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Croatian PM Plenkovic visits Kosovo (media) • Kosovo officially invited to Biden's democracy summit (media) • Osmani rejects reports she secured summit invitation by ‘promising land to Decan Monastery’ (media) • Kurti comments on local election results (media) • First interview of architect and mayor-elect of Prishtina (Euronews Albania) • COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 59 new cases (KoSSev) • Serbian List wins in Klokot (KiM radio) • Brnabic: Compulsory military service in Kosovo concerning for Serbs (Kosovo-online) • The Western Balkans - the first item on the EU agenda (B92, Tanjug) • Citizens punished the demagoguery of Self-Determination in the elections (Kosovo Online, B92) • Velika Hoca: Broken cross, flag removed from the monument to missing and kidnapped Serbs (KiM radio, N1) • Bieber: Serbia as such will never become part of EU, Vucic knows that (nova.rs, N1) • Serbia invited to attend Summit for Democracy in US (Tanjug) Opinion: • Are we equal, and why are we not? – the fate of the Serbs south of the Ibar (newsocialinitiative.org) International: • Kosovo Ruling Party Loses Capital in Local Election Setbacks (Balkan Insight) • In a sign of thaw in tensions, Serbia opens trade office in Jerusalem (timesofisrael.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Varhelyi: EU to recognize Serbian Covid-19 certificates (N1)