• COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media) • New wave of pandemic may be inevitable, Kosovo Health Minister says (media) • Working women and the pandemic (Kosovo 2.0) • Samples of some persons poisoned in Decan will be send abroad (Koha) • Intelligence Agency chief to report to Assembly today on Decan situation (media) • Kosovo Minister of Trade insists Mini-Schengen is a trap (Koha) • Kosovo, Serbia leaders to discuss future of dialogue next week (Exit News) • Von Cramon: Public hearing for Simmons, regretful (Klan Kosova) • LDK leader: Anton Cuni will run for Prizren Mayor (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 14, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media) • “Kurti talked on the phone with Decan mayor, we are doing the utmost” (media) • KIA Inspector General reports to Assembly Committee (media) • The PSD “launches” Kurti's campaign promises (media) • The U.S. assists KSF with modern equipment (media) • Abbott: Kosovo benefits when it embraces its minority communities (RTK) • Number of patients in Decan increases, possibility of viral infection not ruled out (Koha) • CDHRF: Dragica Gasic’s return to Gjakova should not be politicised (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Easier to bring investors through progress in the dialogue (media) • Vukcevic: EULEX did not send cases of Serbs suspected of war crimes to Belgrade (NMagazin, Danas) • Falconi: What has already been agreed must be implemented (KiM radio, Politika) • Serbian FM invites Non-Aligned countries to Belgrade for anniversary (N1) • Arlov requests ban on his entry in Kosovo be revoked (Radio KIM) • Abbott: Kosovo benefits when it embraces its minority communities (Kosovo-online) • Milena Ivanovic says she was not summoned to testify (Beta, N1) • Kusari-Lila condemned attack against Serb boy in Gojbulja, petition against return of Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Bacic visited in hospital (Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo to Restore Reciprocity Measures Against Serbia, Minister Says (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: Eight new cases, no deaths (media) • Government vows to support Decan, opposition accuses it of negligence (media) • Hajdari: Government preparing for reciprocity measures (Kallxo) • Dragica Gasic's case to be raised in Brussels, U.S. Embassy reacts too (Koha) • Former EULEX judge sparks controversy over Ivanovic war crimes trial (BIRN) • Former Judge Simmons's allegations, EU says it stands by EULEX and its achievements (Kallxo) • Borrell: Genocide denials have no place in Europe (RFE, media) • Kosovo buys 14 military vehicles from Turkey, Vucic expresses reservations (TV Pink, media) • IREX: Kosovo and Albania with sustainable information system (RTK)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Eight new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti, Vucic to meet on July 19 (Klan Kosova) • Kurti: Kosovo becoming success story, can live without Serbia recognition (EWB) • Rohde: I wonder why Assembly provides Simmons with a platform (media) • US Embassy: Displaced persons have the right to return home (media) • Montenegro PM: Demarcation agreement with Kosovo must be respected (media) • State of emergency declared in Decan after hundreds poisoned (Koha/Express) Serbian Language Media: • No newly infected in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Vucic: We will seek the protection of Serbs in Brussels (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, TV Pink) • Gracanica Mayor asked the KFOR commander for protection of the Serb population (KiM radio) • Serb assaulted near Klina (RTS, Radio KIM, KoSSev, RTK) • Krivokapic: Agreement on border demarcation must be respected (Kosovo-online, RTCG) • Petkovic: ZSO the main condition in the dialogue with Pristina (RTS) • Office for KiM provided financial aid, food delivery for Dragica Gasic (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • The EU ready to "trade" Serbia's membership in exchange for a solution to the Kosovo problem (Danas) International: • Bieber: Bulgarian veto on North Macedonia damages EU’s credibility (EWB)

• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) • Szunyog: Agreement on Association is law, Government needs to implement it (Kallxo) • Petkovic makes fun of Kosovo officials, accuses them of not establishing Association (Koha) • EULEX slams Simmons's allegations as "ill-conceived" and "unsubstantiated" (media) • Simmons reacts to EULEX rebuttal: People of Kosovo deserve the truth (media) • Ex-judge: EU law mission in Kosovo holds anti-Albanian bias (AP) • U.S. supports the work of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (Klan) • Next session against KLA leaders at The Hague scheduled for 21 July (media) • Williamson: Terrible crimes committed against Kosovo Albanians during 98-99 (media) • KWN urges institutions to treat crimes against girls, women as a priority (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 12, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) • Deputy PM Bislimi reveals details from meetings in Brussels (media) • Kurti in Greece: We need help to fight corruption (media) • Former EULEX judge reports to Assembly Committee for Legislation (media) • Thaci asked to be sent in house arrest in Slovenia (Indeksonline/Necenzurirano) • Cakolli: Reporting on dialogue should happen at Assembly, not on social media (Koha) • US Embassy urges redoubled efforts to find perpetrators of wartime sexual violence in Kosovo (media) • Ramosaj: There are suspicions that water poisoning may be intentional (media) Serbian Language Media: • Tanin: Unresolved situation of Kosovo Serb returnee in Djakovica, rights of all returnees must be protected and promoted (KoSSev, media) • OSCE condemns incidents against Dragica Gasic, says return process should continue (KoSSev) • Office for KiM enabled food delivery for Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM) • Brnabic: ''The reactions of the international community to the case of Dragica Gasic ‘lukewarm’, better not to have them'' (RTS, TV Pink, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio) • Gracanica Mayor on the “the latest provocation”: KFOR to increase patrols (Kosovo Online, KiM radio, RTS) • Vucic to athletes: Feel free to compete against Kosovo judo team (KoSSev) • Dveri Movement asks Orban to withdraw Hungary’s recognition of Kosovo (N1) • Brnabic: No place for us in Srebrenica until attack on Vucic is resolved (N1) • Petkovic in two-day visit in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Ambassador says Spain’s decision not to recognize Kosovo is state policy (N1, Srna, Vecernje Novosti) • Dragica Gasic: Brave and alone (Danas)

• COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media) • Association of Serb municipalities after parallel structures are dissolved (Koha) • Kosovo leaders commemorate 26th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide (media) • Borrell, Varhelyi statement on Srebrenica genocide anniversary (media) • Gervalla: EU should not be blamed for our mistakes (media) • Tanin: Kosovo to ensure an enabling environment for all returnees (media) • President Osmani requests support from EULEX, experts urge caution (Koha) • Kadri Veseli released to visit family following father's passing (media) • Op-ed: Kurti’s momentous opportunity to transform Kosovo (The Jerusalem Post)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Eight new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti: Recognition of Kosovo, cooperation and region's EU integration - key to lasting stability (media) • Kurti meets Mitsotakis, calls on Greece to recognise Kosovo (media) • Think tank: U.S. proposal on Ujman Lake, not suitable for implementation (Koha) • Rohde: We support return of displaced persons to Kosovo (media) • Rushed dismissals harm public institutions, U.S. Embassy says (media) Serbian Language Media: • Stefanovic to Osmani: There is no border with Kosovo and Metohija (RTS, Tanjug) • Orban: Serbia is key country in the Western Balkans (N1) • Odalovic: Pristina refuses requests to search locations (Radio KIM) • Media: Linde violated the status neutrality of the OSCE mission (Danas, FoNet, Kosovo Online) • Selakovic thanks Ambassador of Tunisia for principled stance on Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Serbian List: We strongly condemn the violence against Dragica Gasic and Vuksan Gojkovic (Kosovo Online) • HLC and YIHR Kosovo: Lawsuit against Dragica Gasic is unconstitutional (Radio kontakt plus) • Ambassador Rohde: Return to your own home is a basic human right (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Problems at the table better than incidents on the ground, in which Serbian people suffer (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, TV Prva) • Jevtic: Pristina institutionally trying to seize property of Serbs and Serbian Orthodox Church (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Seeking justice for Kujtim (Kosovo 2.0) International: • World's Safest Countries 2021 (Global Finance) • Balkan Corruption Is Russia’s Faithful Friend (cepa.org)

• COVID-19: Eight new cases, two deaths (media) • Kosovo, Serbia trade blame for logjam in dialogue (BIRN) • Osmani: If Serbian army crosses the border it will be met by US troops (media) • Kosovo Government has no timeline for reciprocity toward Serbia (KTV) • Ker-Lindsay blames EU for setbacks in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Telegrafi) • Kosovar city's first Serb returnee reopens wartime wounds (RFE) • HLCK, YIHR support Serb returnee in Gjakova (Klan Kosova) • UN: 2022 budget for UNMIK approved (Deutsche Welle)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 8, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Eight new cases, two deaths (media) • Vitia: We won’t take vaccines from China and Russia (Ekonomia Online) • Kosovo Assembly dismisses members of public broadcaster board (media) • “Those why deny Srebrenica genocide, keep alive dream of it repeating” (media) • Ann Linde: OSCE supports the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (media) • Concrete barriers at Decani Monastery replaced with wooden ones (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • No new coronavirus cases in Serbian areas (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Rakic with Ann Linde on problems Serbs face in Kosovo, Dragica Gasic’s case (Kosovo-online) • Missing persons families excluded from dialogue (Radio KIM) • U.S. Embassy in Serbia: Statement on the 22nd Anniversary of the Murder of Bytyqi Brothers (rs.usembassy.gov, media) • Serbian List: We refused to give legitimacy to the intention to "stick the label of genocide" on the Serbian people (KiM radio, Facebook) • Dacic on resolutions: Justice is when all crimes are condemned (Kosovo-online) • Milena Popovic: I respect Vucic, it’s clear to all what I think about Radoicic; Trajkovic: Popovic protecting Vucic from the investigation (Danas, Nedeljnik) • Szunyog on Dragica Gasic: We are closely monitoring the situation, the competent institutions to ensure the right to return (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • A Global US Can’t Avoid Confronting China and Russia (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo Special Prosecutor: ‘Wartime Rape Victims Must Speak Out’ (BIRN) • Kosovo Adopts Resolution Condemning 1995 Srebrenica Massacre (RFE) • Is Greece moving towards Kosovo recognition? Fears of Serbian retaliation against Cyprus (greekcitytimes.com) • Serbia ignores West’s concerns, praises China’s Marxism (euractive.com) Humanitarian/Development: • As Vaccination Campaigns Falter, CEE Countries Get Creative (Balkan Insight)