• Escobar: Mutual recognition would be ideal for normalisation of relations (RFE) • Minister of Justice says EU supports vetting in judiciary in Kosovo (KTV) • Krasniqi: Serbia must be responsible for crimes in Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • Kosovo sanctions individuals and company linked to Hizballah (BIRN) • Serbia is on a shopping spree for weapons (The Economist) • Hoxhaj: Russia and Serbia seeking to return history of violence (media) • Women in Balkan media ‘must speak out’ against sexual harassment (BIRN) • Agron Bajrami leaves Koha; rumored as new ambassador to Brussels (media) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 28, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani on an official visit to Portugal (media) • Kurti: I do not feel at risk, I have not changed my agenda (media) • Kosovo Police brings details about threat to Prime Minister Kurti (media) • Kurti: Kosovo has never marked bigger economic growth (media) • Serbian warnings for nonrecognition, MFA accuses Serbia of violation of agreement (RTK) • CEC announces results of 2021 Local Elections in Kosovo (euronews.al) • The suspected of Hezbollah connections are not Kosovo citizens (RFE Albanian) • EU: Greater institutional commitment needed to prevent hate speech (Ekonomia) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serb areas: 53 new cases, two deaths (Kosovo Online) • Dacic: Principled support of China in preserving sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia (Kosovo-online) • Wang Yi: China respects territorial integrity of Serbia (Tanjug, Kosovo-online) • Brnabic with Wang Yi: Our ambition to develop relations further is great (B92) • Rakic and Schmid: Dialogue is only way to resolve problems (Radio KIM) • The (im) possibility of elections in Serbian municipalities (KiM radio) • Petkovic with Ginkel on situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM) Humanitarian/Development: • NGO Aktiv launches campaign on rights at local level (Radio KIM)

• Kurti's security beefed up following threats (media) • OSCE Secretary General Schmid meets Osmani, Kurti (media) • Osmani: Kosovo's recognition by Serbia, the only acceptable dialogue outcome (media) • Bosnian politician claims Kosovo-Serbia land swap deal had U.S. backing (Koha) • Albanian FM calls for recognition of Kosovo, gets told off by Serbian ambassador (Koha/RTK) • LDK leader thanks supporters for local elections result (media) • Appeals panel rejects Thaci's request; will remain in detention (media) • Former CEC head reaches out to Ombudsperson over her dismissal (media) • Wonders, and Horrors, Drawn From Boyhood in a War Zone (NYT) • Serbian Model Quits Beauty Contest over Photo with Albanian Symbol (BIRN) • COVID-19: 22 new cases, one death (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We’re working on aid packages after rising prices (media) • “Agency for verification of wealth to be formed through law” (media) • Decision annulled on expropriation of lands for Prishtina-Peja highway (media) • Government sanctions seven persons and a company tied to Hezbollah (media) • COVID-19: 22 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic: More than ten countries ready to revoke recognition of Kosovo (RTS) • Vucic on Valac power station in northern Kosovo, Community of Serbian Municipalities (KoSSev) • Trajkovic: Third intrusion to northern Kosovo over Valac and Gazivode will lead to conflict (Kosovo-online) • Vucic on Kosovo boxers, Rohde’s statement (KoSSev) • Petkovic reacts to Osmani’s remarks about Serbia being ‘cancer of Europe’ (Danas) • Head of Chinese diplomacy Wang Yi arrives in Serbia today (RTS) • Serbian sport clubs to join federations or will be sanctioned (RTK2) International: • Historical revisionism is Serbian state policy, report claims (BIRN)

• Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani interview with Kanal 10 • EU and USA strongly support EU integration of the Western Balkans (EWB) • Kurti announces forthcoming package to combat rising food prices (Exit News) • Swoboda: Serbs in Kosovo and Bosnia, instrumentalized by Belgrade (KTV) • Kosovo activists protest against lenient sentence for sexual abuser (BIRN) • Kosovo journalist testifies about receiving confidential Hague court files (BIRN) • COVID-19: 20 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 26, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti meets a European Council on Foreign Relations delegation (media) • "Preventing Kosovo boxers from competing, example of closed not open Balkans" (media) • AAK demands parliamentary debate on gas, PDK supports it (Kallxo) • Szunyog: Very few women were involved in the negotiating teams (media) • Final local elections results expected to be announced on Wednesday (Koha) • COVID-19: 20 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian areas: 54 new cases, one death (KiM radio) • Serbian List: Agreements from Brussels must be implemented (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Brussels dialogue hostage of Pristina’s unreadiness (Radio KIM) • PM Brnabic thanks OSCE Sec-Gen Schmid for supporting Serbia’s reforms (N1) • Jelena Milic on von Cramon statements, Gazivode and Valac (Kosovo-online) • Simic recalls bans Pristina imposed on Serbian sports’ teams to enter Kosovo (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Crisis, then the next crisis… but who cares about the real dialogue? (KoSSev) • What will trigger the next Balkan conflict? (transconflict.com) International: • Censorship Accusation Mars Heritage Conference in Peja (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Search for missing Bosko Mladenovic continues (Radio KIM)

• Kurti: Serbia should show strength in boxing ring not at the border (media) • Ceku: Serbia refusing boxers entry violates international sporting rules (media) • EU's position on Kosovo boxers not allowed entry to Serbia (Koha) • Serbia bars Kosovo team from competing in boxing championship (BIRN) • Albania threatens to quit boxing championship after Kosovo snub (Exit News) • Phillips: Serbs have enough rights; Association would be too much (media) • Court overturns ECAP's decision on repeating elections in Hani i Elezit (media) • Kosovo university teaches Serbian again, two decades after war (BIRN) • COVID-19: 3 new cases, one death (media) • Kosovo tops vaccination rates in Western Balkans (Exit News) • Calls to dismiss judge who sentenced rapist to only eight months (Koha) • Escobar: US will support Vucic while on European path (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Protection and the right to life is state obligation (Ekonomia) • Kamberi: Albanians in Presevo Valley continue to be discriminated (RFE, media) • Lumezi pledges to strengthen rule of law and fight crime (media) • Less: There is an ideological division in the EU regarding Kosovo (Express) • COVID-19: 3 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 65 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio kontakt plus) • Vucic received Algerian Ambassador in farewell visit (RTS) • The United Nations - 76 years of spreading values that have no expiration date (RTS) • Selakovic and Schmidt: Strong partnership of Serbia and OSCE (RTS) • Borovcanin: Kosovo boxers didn’t apply for competition, want to politicize sport (Kosovo-online, TV Pink) • Moscow’s Kommersant: Pristina involves Russia in its conflict with Belgrade (Beta, N1) • Selakovic: Support of Greece in preserving territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia very important (Kosovo-online) International: • “Albania is getting ready for the EU, no matter what” (politico.eu)

• Kurti: Criminal groups will not be tolerated (media) • Kosovo expelled two Russian diplomats citing threats to national security (media) • Russian ministry reacts to its two diplomats being expelled by Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj: Anyone threatening national security is not desirable in Kosovo (media) • Former minister says Russia has recognised Kosovo’s legal powers (media) • “NATO to calibrate approaches when the Serbian army approaches Kosovo border” (RTK) • Petkovic accuses Kurti: Actions in the north were on the verge of tragedy (EO) • Serbian PM confirms rumors of past assassination plans against Vucic (euronews.al) • Serbia Refuses Entry To Kosovo Boxers For World Championships (RFE) • Secrecy shrouds Afghan refugees sent by US to base in Kosovo (AP) • Kosovo amends anti-COVID measures, schools to resume normal work (media) • COVID-19: 13 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 22, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani and Kurti: New KSF recruits will make Kosovo safer (Koha) • Government does not close the door to UNMIK (RFE) • Nikolla: Council of Europe will remain incomplete until it accepts Kosovo (media) • Health ministry opens vaccination point in Pristina square (media) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Serbia will demand concrete actions to establish CSM at next meeting in Brussels (Kosovo-online) • Mijacic: Community of Serbian Municipalities will nonetheless be formed (Danas) • Members of Civic Initiative Peoples’ Unity in Klokot joined Serbian List (Radio KIM) • Perpetrators who stoned house of Rumena Ljubic apprehended (Radio KIM) Opinion: • The advances civilizations of Kosovo and Serbia, explained (Kosovo 2.0) • Price panic risks derailing Western Balkans’ energy transition (Prishtina Insight) International: • Kosovo Police Quiz Minors for Stoning Elderly Serb’s House (Balkan Insight)