• COVID-19: 166 new cases, four deaths (media) • G-7 urges Kosovo and Serbia for reconstructive dialogue (Klan) • Kosnett: Biden Administration fully accepts Washington agreement (RTV21) • Kosovo Foreign Minister Under Fire over War Court Comments (BIRN) • German Ambassador supports Kosovo FM Gervalla (Express) • Posters against Gervalla appear in Pristina (media) • Pahor: Border changes in Southeast Europe are not made without sacrifice (Koha) • McAllister: EU to keep visa liberalization promise for Kosovo (RTK) • Rama: No solution for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue without involvement of Germany and France (Koha) • Assembly votes recommendation to pay for Kosovo Serbs’ electricity (media)

Albanian Language Media: COVID-19: 158 new cases, 3 deaths (media) Croatia offers 10,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to people of Kosovo (euronews.al) Gervalla to PDK MPs: Special Court did not fall from the sky (media) Kurti defends Gervalla: She defends and promotes our liberation war (media) Croatian Foreign Minister: We are against border changes (media) G-7 urges Kosovo and Serbia for reconstructive dialogue (Klan) Haxhiu: One of most important processes of justice, vetting, starts today (Koha) River devastation at the centre of BIRN debate (BIRN) Serbian Language Media: Eight new cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM) Vucic: Those announcing genocide lawsuit do not care about dialogue (KoSSev) Petkovic: Nothing will come of Pristina’s pressures on Belgrade (Kosovo-online) Bourita: Morocco considers Kosovo part of Serbia (Tanjug) Godfrey: US displeased over procrastination of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug) Ursula von der Leyen wrote to Vucic (B92) Office for KiM: Miroslav Lukic assaulted in Velika Hoca (Radio KIM) Bieber: Kosovo genocide lawsuit against Serbia cannot be successful (N1) Serbian Torlak Institute gets 104.000 Pfizer vaccines (N1)

• COVID-19: 153 new cases, 4 deaths (media) • Kurti: Dialogue must be well-prepared and with principles (media) • Varhelyi says EU is against redrawing of borders (Koha Ditore) • Resumption of dialogue won’t focus on technical issues (Exit News) • Mandl: I am pleased that Kurti will resume the dialogue (Kanal 10) • Hasani: Kosovo has status of third state in relation with SPC (media) • Croatian Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo today (media) • Opposition wants Kurti to defend KLA and dismiss his minister (Epoka e Re) • “If Gervalla doesn’t distance from statement, she must be dismissed” (media) • Rohde welcomes initiative to confiscate illegally obtained wealth (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 5, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 153 new cases, 4 deaths (media) • Varhelyi on Pfizer vaccines: The most important contribution we could make (Klan) • President’s Office: Kosovo can’t guarantee interim release of Thaci et al (Express) • Government: Laws forbid us guarantee conditional release of the accused by the Special Court (Koha) • Haxhiu: Government program to be voted on Friday (RTK) • Varhelyi: News about ‘non-paper’ is not true (RTK) • Croatian President Milanovic: I cannot offer guarantees for Thaci (Koha) • Minister Haxhiu speaks about property confiscation and vetting (Klan) • Excavations Resume in Serbia’s Mass Graves (Exit.al) • Coalition of NGOs call for inclusion of Serb victims in Podujevo memorial (Prishtina Insight) Serbian Language Media: • Arancha Gonzalez: Spain maintains its principled position not to recognize Kosovo (KoSSev) • Vucic on ‘genocide’ lawsuit (B92, N1) • “Kosovo genocide lawsuit Kurti’s populist act” (Danas) • Trajkovic: Announced lawsuit a way to suppress support to Specialist Court (Radio KIM) • HLC: Memorial plaque of victims killed in Luzane in 1999 unveiled; names of Serbs not included (KoSSev) • Excavations near Raska continue (Radio KIM) • Office for KiM: House of Jacovic family in Vitina stoned (Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev) • Additional financial assistance announced for those vaccinated (media) • Office for KiM continues to provide housing for Serbs in Kosovo (TV Most) Opinion: • Easter “greetings” of Albin Kurti, humiliation and obliteration of Serbs and SOC (Politika) International: • EU Inaction Blamed for Proposal to Redraw Balkan Borders (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • EC: EU to ease restrictions on non-essential travels; Serbia maybe on list soon (N1)

• COVID-19: 75 new cases, 4 (media) • Kosovo receives 4,680 doses of Pfizer vaccines (media) • Kurti: Securing vaccines remains our most urgent priority (media) • PDK MP: Kurti government has failed with vaccines (media) • Kurti to meet opposition parties this month on dialogue with Serbia (Koha) • Kosovo Foreign Minister: I will never stop seeking justice for all victims (media) • Lajcak strongly against border changes in the Balkans (media) • EU inaction blamed for proposal to redraw Balkan borders (BIRN) • State guarantees crucial for interim release of defendants (Koha Ditore) • NATO shows “muscles” in Albania (Koha Ditore) • Kosovo Army participates in ‘Defender Europe 21’ (Exit News) • Kosovo Police investigate threat to LGBTI activist (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 75 new cases, 4 (media) • EC denies Kocijancic drafted non-paper, “ridiculous speculation” (Lajmi) • Freedom of speech under threat (Koha Ditore/Radio Free Europe) • AAK ready to join the dialogue with Serbia (media) • Dutch PM: Netherlands supports Kosovo efforts to fight corruption (media) • Kosovo Security Force to take part in NATO exercises in Albania (Telegrafi) • Haradinaj welcomes KSF participation in NATO exercise (media) • Croatia denies reports it offered guarantees for Thaci’s interim release (media) Serbian Language Media: • EU’s Várhelyi in Belgrade: Bloc sends 651,000 vaccines to region (FoNet, Beta, N1) • Djuric: We have no non-papers, but our own ''yes-paper'' (Tanjug, Blic) • Kosovo to file genocide charges against Serbia next year; Office for KiM: "Kosovo cannot sue its own state" (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Biggest problem of media reporting is the lack of cooperation with the institutions (KiM radio, Slobodno Srpski) • Security, freedom and work of journalists in Kosovo endangered (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio, KoSSev) • US State Department on Kosovo: Pressure on media, hampered restitution (media) • BIRODI: Media in Serbia becoming industry of populism (Beta, N1) • Vucic receives Russian ambassador (Tanjug, N1, Blic) • SPC Patriarch: Cohabitation between Serbs & Albanians possible (media) Opinion: • The 'non-paper' carving up Balkans and undermining Europe (euobserver.com) • Slovenia’s ‘Non-Paper’ is no Stunt but a Worrying Omen (Balkan Insight) International: • In Serbia, fake news is spread by state-backed media (euracticve.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Already Isolated, COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kosovo’s Disabled (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 101 new cases, 4 deaths (media) • Kosovo leaders’ messages on World Press Freedom Day (media) • Konjufca: We must not stop seeking justice for massacres (media) • Pandemic leaves Kosovo without printed daily newspapers (AP) • Experts fear Serbia could benefit from genocide lawsuit (Koha) • “Kosovo must offer guarantees for freedom on bail of defendants” (media) • “If Kurti doesn’t offer guarantees, he cannot be PM of Albanians” (media) • Serwer: Serbia wants to benefit more than EU membership (media) • Social housing issues remain overlooked in Kosovo (BIRN) • Debate puts road safety in the spotlight (BIRN) • Albanian PM: I never supported Kosovo-Serbia border changes (media) • Vlora Citaku expected to be appointed Albania’s Foreign Minister (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 29, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 269 new cases, 9 deaths (media) • Kurti meets NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (media) • Borrell: Kosovo’s European path goes through dialogue (media) • Government engages external experts to help prepare for dialogue (Express) • LDK demands greater commitment on dealing with the dialogue (Kallxo) • Lekaj: Non-paper document unacceptable (Kosova Press, media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 17 new cases, one death (Kontakt plus radio) • Petkovic to international missions in Kosovo: Protect believers and SOC facilities during the holidays (KoSSev) • "Flammable rhetoric and inefficiency of police and judiciary affects security" (KiM radio) • On "genocide in Kosovo": Use of terminology that has not been officially proven (VoA, KoSSev, KiM radio) • Stano: EU ready for continuation of dialogue as soon as Pristina and Belgrade agree on acceptable dates (Kosovo-online) • Vucic in meeting with Godfrey: Serbia has always been ready for open dialogue with Pristina (Kosovo-online) • Matthew Palmer: US unconditionally supports Bosnia’s territorial integrity (N1) • Serbian Patriarch prays for COVID patients, Serbs in Kosovo (N1) • Stoltenberg: Dialogue the only way to achieve a lasting political solution (Kosovo-online) • EU Delegation denies Serbian tabloid’s claims about non-paper (N1, Kosovo Online) Humanitarian/Development: • WHO: The rich used 82 percent of all corona vaccines (FoNet, N1, AP) • Deputy mayor says almost half of Belgrade residents vaccinated (N1)

• COVID-19: 327 new cases, five deaths (media) • Osmani meets Vitia: COVID-19 vaccines will be secured (media) • VV's Shkreta: Vaccine shipments to start arriving in May (Klan) • PM Kurti continues meetings in Brussels (media) • Miftaraj: Kurti's refusal to go to Brussels meeting, scolding for EU (Telegrafi) • Stoltenberg: Speculations on border changes do not help stability (RTK) • EP rapportuer Von Cramon comments on recent non-paper (media) • Kurti congratulates Albania's Rama on election victory (media) • Committee approves KOSTT's request for electricity in the north (media) • BIRN debate puts road safety in the spotlight (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 327 new cases, five deaths (media) • Kurti will not be part of 11 May dialogue meeting (media) • Kurti kicks off Brussels visit by meeting Belgian PM (media) • Germany reiterates it has not authored latest non-paper (media) • Kosovo needs systematic vetting process, U.S. Embassy says (RFE) • Thaci congratulates Albania's Rama on projected election win (media) • Kosovo to take part in multinational military exercise (media) • Following petition, Netflix includes Kosovo to the list of countries (media) Serbian Language Media: • Kurti: A new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will not be held on May 11 (N1) • Freedom House says situation in Serbia continues to deteriorate (N1) • Serbia donated to North Macedonia additional 13.000 vaccines (Kosovo-online) • Office for KiM: Pristina cannot attribute non-paper to Belgrade (Beta, Novi Magazin) • Vucic on non-paper, Osmani’s statement, Netflix (Kosovo-online) • Jeremic: Non-paper trial balloon for Serbian Orthodox Church (KoSSev) • Stojanovic: Non-paper on Kosovo not acceptable for Serbian citizens (N1) • The idea of the autonomy of the North close to both Berlin and Paris (Danas) • Trial to former minister Rikalo and others continues (Kontakt plus radio) • Army of Serbia donates anti-Covid equipment to EU missions in Africa (N1) • Djuric with Reeker: Confirmation of Serbia-US partnership (RTS) • Kandic: ''Why is the Special Court of Kosovo controversial?'' (Kosovo Online, Twitter) Opinion: • Dangerous map games in the Balkans (ekathimerini.com) • The baleful phantom of border changes haunts the Balkans (Financial Times) International: • Kosovo recalls war victims on National Missing Person’s Day (AP) • Kosovo War Survivors Nervous About Participating in Guerrillas’ Trials (Balkan Insight) • Serbia’s Vucic ‘treating the EU as if stupid were its middle name’ (euractive.com)