Albanian Language Media: • “A dirty game”, the opposition feels betrayed by Vetevendosje (Express) • Prime Minister Albin Kurti on official visit to Norway (Express) • President Osmani meets IMF Managing Director Georgieva (media) • Hoxhaj: Membership in NATO more important than technical dialogue (media) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, two deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • EU: Disciplinary proceedings are not part of the Brussels Agreement (KiM radio, RFE) • Vucic: We exceptionally value support of Angola to Serbian territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo-online) • Lavrov: Peace talks could also be held in Belgrade (Tanjug) • Office for KiM: Flammable device thrown into Vesic family yard (Radio KIM) • Vulin: International community doesn’t implement its mandate in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • French Ambassador says EU integration has to speed up (FoNet, N1) • Mojsilovic visits Serbian army units in Raska and Novi Pazar on Saturday (Kosovo-online) • Brnabic: Serbia's policy will not be shaped by desires of big powers (Tanjug) Opinion: • “Depriving Serbs in Kosovo from right to vote: Consequences of Kurti's or Vucic's policy?” International: • North Macedonia expels five Russian diplomats for 'inappropriate' activities (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • Trade Unions call on government to draft Law on Wages (Indeksonline) • Decision on strike in educational system expected on April 2 (Telegrafi) • Last containers settlement closes down (Radio KIM)

• Kurti to Kosovo Serbs: Do not be influenced by Belgrade's authoritarian regime (media) • Szunyog: Practice of OSCE collecting ballots should have continued (media) • UK envoy comments on Serbia's elections in Kosovo, dialogue process (media) • "No easy discussions" between Lajcak and Bislimi (Koha) • Kosovo President Osmani attended Doha Forum (media) • Kosovo reburies remains of seven persons from Krusha e Vogel (media) • Smuggling of Novoberde castle artifacts to Serbia confirmed (Koha) • Kosovo Ministry reacts after citizen arrested by Serbia’s authorities (media) • Kosnett: It seems Vucic chose Putin over the West (Express) • Abazovic: There is no issue that will not be discussed with Kosovo (Klan) • Last group of Afghan citizens depart Kosovo (media) • COVID-19: 37 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 25, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Quint countries call on Kosovo and Serbia to act with restraint (media) • Kurti sends letter to EU regarding Serbia's elections (media) • Serbs protest decision not to allow Serbia's elections in Kosovo (media) • KJC: Decision to suspend Stevanovic was not politically influenced (Koha) • North Macedonia's support for Kosovo discussed during Gervalla's visit to Skopje (media) • Mehaj: Kosovo is safe, will not succumb to threats or blackmail (media) • COVID-19: 31 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • US Embassy: Quint and the EU share democratic value of peaceful assembly (Facebook) • Serbs protest in Gracanica and Mitrovica North (Radio KIM, media) • Petkovic: ''Peaceful protests of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are a magnificent picture of Serbian harmony and unity'' (Kosovo Online, Facebook) • Pristina suspend Serb judge, Vucic says Brussels Agreement dead (media) • REC: Voters from Kosovo to vote in Raska, Kursumlija, Bujanovac and Tutin (Radio KIM) • Fires in the villages near Kamenica localised (KiM radio) • Serbia votes to adopt new UN General Assembly resolution (N1) • Institute for European Affairs: Record low support of Serbia – NATO cooperation (NMagazin, N1, FoNet) Opinion: • Kosovo’s Kurti Has Created Own Goal Over Serbian Elections (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo Serbs to Vote in Serbian Elections in Serbia (Prishtina Insight) • Serbia Remembers NATO Victims on Bombing Anniversary (Balkan Insight) • Western Balkan countries vote in favour of the second UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian Government approves export of wheat and maize in Albania (RTS)

• Prime Minister Albin Kurti interview with KTV • Kosovo Serb judge suspended for attending Vucic meeting (BIRN) • Justice Minister: Judge ridiculed Kosovo judicial system (media) • Kosovo Serbs can vote in four municipalities in Serbia (media) • Bislimi to travel to Brussels today to meet Lajcak (Express) • Croatian President suggests Kosovo to join NATO (media) • President sets Friday as National Day of Mourning to honor Albright (media) • COVID-19: 34 new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo commemorates anniversary of NATO airstrikes (media) • Clark: Honour of a lifetime to help in stopping ethnic cleansing (media) • Gervalla: We need NATO, Russia through Serbia trying to destabilise Balkans (Zeri) • Kosovo declares day of mourning to honour former U.S. secretary of state, Madeleine Albright (media) • COVID-19: 34 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbia marks 23rd anniversary of NATO bombing (Beta, N1) • 23rd anniversary of NATO bombing in northern Mitrovica and Gracanica marked (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: “No excuse for NATO aggression” (Tanjug, Kosovo-online) • REC expects information from authorities regarding possibility to vote in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Serbian opposition on elections in Kosovo (media) • Dusko Arsic: “I ended up in prison because of my own land” (Radio KIM) • Vucic: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo (N1) • Ambassador of Norway: Kosovo should ensure full civic and political rights of its people (Kosovo-online) • All the "threats" of the Serbian List on leaving Kosovo institutions (RFE) Opinion: • Rada Trajkovic: Kurti wants to expel the guaranteed rights of Serbs outside Kosovo, leaving the institutions is a message (JUGpress, FoNet, Danas) International: • Western Diplomats Criticise Kosovo for Not Allowing Serbian Vote (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Mourns US Envoy and ‘Friend’ Madeleine Albright (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • War in Ukraine to slow down Kosovo's economic growth (RFE) • Germany confirms 60 million euro investment for solar energy in Kosovo (Telegrafi)

• Quint countries issue statement on Serbia's elections in Kosovo (media) • Lajcak: Kurti and Vucic will meet when they agree on something (RFE) • No Serbian Polling Stations in Kosovo after Talks Fail (Exit) • Vucic Meets Kosovo Serbs Alongside Wanted Radoicic (BIRN) • Supreme Court to look into Mitrovica court president attending meeting with Vucic (RFE) • German envoy: We expect Serbia to introduce sanctions to Russia (RFE) • Kosovo leaders saddened by the death of former U.S. Secretary, Madeleine Albright (media) • Kosovo plans to build 200 MWh battery storage facility (Reuters) • KSC appeals panel denies amendment of indictment against Thaci and others (RTK) • KFOR drone crashes in a house yard in Mitrovica (media) • RTK Cancels Director’s Election After BIRN Voices Suspicions (BIRN) • COVID-19: 40 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 23, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: No agreement reached on Serbia's elections; we have information of protest plans (media) • First year in office: Kurti describes it as a turnaround time (Koha/Telegrafi) • Tahiri: A year with Kurti-led government, Kosovo at crossroads, citizens poorer (EO) • Kosovo pledges €100,000 as first instalment of aid to Ukraine (media) • Mehaj: Kosovo and Israel are advancing diplomatic relations (media) • COVID-19: 40 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Quint issued statement on Kosovo Serb voting within Kosovo in Serbia’s elections (gov.uk website) • Vucic: Kurti causes instability in region, to be seen if Quint will succeed (KoSSev) • Voting in Serbia, peaceful protests announced in central and northern Kosovo on Friday (Radio KIM) • Jevtic: We do not want to take part in institutional violence against Serbs (RTS) • Radojevic with Rhode on elections, challenges of Serb community (Kosovo-online) • Vucic spoke with Russian Ambassador and Chinese Chargé d'affaires (Kosovo-online) • The European Union sees Serbia as a problem, which can be bad but also good news (Danas) • UNS and DNKiM condemned robbery of RTK2 journalist (KiM radio) • Serbian Patriarch calls faithful to aid Ukraine refugees (N1) • Montenegro allows more polling stations for Serbian elections (N1) • KLA graffiti painted on Serbian Consulate in Germany (N1) Opinion: • Kosovo’s Undiplomatic Diplomacy is Getting Country Nowhere (Balkan Insight) • One year of Kurti’s government: How is it going? (Kosovo 2.0)

• Prime Minister Kurti’s interview with RTK • Bislimi: Serbia has not officially requested holding elections in Kosovo (Express) • “Internationals asked us not to make Serbian elections a political issue” (Express) • Montenegro prime minister reacts to Kurti's statement on demarcation (media) • Ukrainian crisis revived Kosovo’s long-standing NATO aspirations (EWB) • Kosovo’s ‘Commander Cali’ didn’t murder prisoners, lawyer says (BIRN) • COVID-19: 41 new cases, three deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti reiterates: Serbian elections in Kosovo only with an agreement (Klan Kosova) • PDK’s Krasniqi says Kurti-led government is incompetent (media) • LDK’s Abdixhiku slams Kurti government on first anniversary (Express) • “Prolonging Kosovo-Serbia agreement will damage peace efforts” (Klan Kosova) • Abbot: We’re making a positive contribution to reinforcing rule of law (media) • U.S. Embassy shares video about disinformation by Russian government (media) • Schmitt: Kosovo with most functional democracy in the region (Indeksonline) • COVID-19: 41 new cases, three deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • EU: We respect Belgrade's constructive approach, we regret Pristina's decision (RTS) • President Vucic met Serb representatives from Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Vucic with Patriarch Porfirije discuss Kosovo, situation in Ukraine (Kosovo-online) • Serbian NGOs take legal steps against campaign calling for boycotting Serbian products (KoSSev, social media) • Trajkovic: Kurti persistently diminishes rights of Kosovo Serbs guaranteed by Ahtisaari’s plan (Kosovo-online) • Radulovic: Voting of Serbian citizens in Montenegro not banned (Kosovo-online) • Assistant Director of Office for KiM banned from entering Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Krivokapic reacts to Kurti’s statement on demarcation (Kosovo-online) • Kamberi: It is a pity that Albanians are going to the 3 April polls in two columns (Danas, Beta) • OSCE ready to collect ballots at Serbian elections in Kosovo if agreement is made (Kosovo-online) • Vulin meets Botsan-Kharchenko (RTS) • ‘I’ll unite Serbia’, opposition presidential candidate says (N1) International: • Serbia vows retaliation in election row with Montenegro, Kosovo (BIRN) • Western Balkans: Silence over Ukraine’s EU membership bid (euractive.com) • Tailored partnership with the Western Balkans part of the EU’s new Strategic Compass (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Kurti: Social and institutional obligations to people with Down Syndrome (media) • “Kosovo’s economic growth in 2021 estimated at 10.5 percent” (Telegrafi) • “We have no state reserves” (Radio KIM) • Serbia to revoke ban on exporting wheat, floor and oil to North Macedonia (Kosovo-online)

• Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti’s interview for BBC’s Newsday (media) • "Agreement needed for Serbian elections to take place in Kosovo" (media) • State Department: Kosovo to not derail from KSF transition plan (RFE) • Kurti waiting for new government in Montenegro to discuss demarcation (Kosovapress) • EU Strategic Compass warns of frail stability of Western Balkans (N1) • Kosovo's Defence Minister Mehaj visits Israel (media) • Vetevendosje against idea of pension withdrawals (RTK) • AJK condemns Kurti's aide remarks on news portals (media) • Montenegro refuses Serbia's request to open voting polls (VOA/media) • COVID-19: 26 new cases, no deaths (media)