UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti receives German Foreign Minister Baerbock (media)
• Osmani and Gervalla participate in the Diplomatic Forum of Antalya (media)
• Lajcak: Integration of the Western Balkans into the EU, an urgency (Ekonomia)
• Haxhiu and Haekkerup expect the prison agreement to be finalised in May (RTK)
• Prime Minister Kurti participates in the inauguration of "Selac Windpark" (media)
• Kurti to AFP: Despotic Putin is looking for new conflicts, Kosovo endangered (Reporteri)
• COVID-19: 47 new cases, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic meets with Baerbock (Tanjug)
• Baerbock: Solution for Serbs in Kosovo to vote on April 3 to be found, dialogue before EU candidate status (Kosovo-online, media)
• The US Senate confirmed: Christopher Hill is the new US Ambassador to Serbia (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic on a two-day visit in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Baerbock met mayors Hamza and Radojevic at Mitrovica main bridge this morning (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev)
• EU Ambassador: We know that Serbia faces specific circumstances over Ukraine war (N1, RTS)
• Serbian government bans exports of staple foods, caps eurodiesel, petrol prices (Tanjug)
• Limited sale of basic grocery essentials in Mitrovica North (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Ukraine to withdraw from UN peacekeeping operations, from Kosovo as well (Radio KIM)
• EU says there is no fast membership for Ukraine (VoA, Kosovo-online)

International:

• Kosovo Probes ‘Artificial’ Hikes in Basic Goods’ Prices (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Serbian authorities revoke Covid-19 passes (N1)

• German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visits Kosovo (media)
• Russia may pressure Serbia to undermine western Balkans, leaders warn (The Guardian)
• Civil society organisations call for more commitment for final Kosovo-Serbia agreement (Kallxo)
• Albania supports Kosovo's NATO membership bid (media)
• CoE’s Berge refutes Bislimi's description of meeting (media)
• Following oil price hike, Ministry says violations have been addressed (Koha)
• Mustafa: Government to solve this complex period (Telegrafi)
• Haxhiu: More women to take leading posts in judiciary (RTK)
• Kosovo Failing to Rehabilitate Terrorism Convicts in Prison, BIRN Finds (BIRN)
• Kosovo Media Regulator Struggling to Recover from Cyber-Attack (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 37 new cases, one death (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti comments on reports Kosovo could be used as transit point for MiG-29 fighter jets (media)
• Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss recent developments (media)
• Bislimi: Kosovo's main geopolitical objective is EU membership (media)
• LDK's Hoti criticises Lajcak, says dialogue has been demoted to a technical level (Kallxo)
• Speaker Konjufca meets Danish minister, Hækkerup (media)
• COVID-19: 37 new cases, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Nuland welcomes Serbia’s progress on European path, support for Ukraine (N1)
• Germany FM on Western Balkans: We will not abandon region in heart of Europe (B92, media)
• German FM Annalena Baerbock's first official visit to the Western Balkans (Politika)
• Mojsilovic met COM KFOR (Radio KIM)
• Selakovic: Serbia grateful to Brazil for its principled support on Kosovo issue (Kosovo-online)
• Office for KiM: Returnee house in Kovrage village, Istok municipality, robbed (Radio KIM)
• Rakic: There is no sincere will and desire for the return process to succeed (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• RFE: Strategic product supply in Kosovo is in crisis
• Vucic reacts to Haradinaj’s statement on bombing (Kosovo-online, B92)
• Jeremic: It is most obvious in Kosovo and Metohija how much bad politics can bring (KiM radio)
• Covid-19: Three new cases registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM)

• Price hikes in Kosovo, Kurti: This is the cost of freedom! (media)
• LDK leader calls on PM Kurti to act, “unbearable crisis” (media)
• German Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo today (media)
• Lajcak meets Escobar in Brussels (media)
• Kosovo Police checks citizens leaving to fight in Ukraine (BIRN)
• Working group on NATO integration holds first meeting (media)
• Clark: Kosovo should join NATO as soon as possible (KTV)
• Kosovo’s Interior Minister Svecla meets US special envoy Escobar (media)
• Bislimi calls for visa liberalisation for Kosovo in European Parliament (media)
• Haradinaj: If Serbian soldiers step in Kosovo, Belgrade “will be bombed” (TV Dukagjini/Telegrafi)
• COVID-19: 49 new cases, two deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 9, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo establishes working group for NATO integration (media)
• Kosovo lifts visa regime for Ukrainian citizens (media)
• PDK: Now is the right time for Kosovo to apply for CoE membership (media)
• Kosovo is protected by KFOR, assures German ambassador (euronews.al)
• CEC calls for expulsion of Russia and Belarus from ACEEEO (media)
• IMC to identify media outlets spreading disinformation, roundtable hears (Kosovapress)
• COVID-19: 49 new cases, two deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic on April 3 elections and voting in Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
• Vucic announces measures aimed at protecting fuel, food markets (Tanjug)
• Hearing in property usurpation case of Dusko Arsic postponed again (Radio KIM)
• European Federation of Journalists against the abolition of RT and Sputnik: Do not fight propaganda by censorship (KoSSev, KiM radio)
• Covid-19: Three new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM)

Opinion:

• How the ‘Kosovo Precedent’ Shaped Putin’s Plan to Invade Ukraine (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Balkan Fighters Risk Criminal Charges for Joining Ukraine’s Defence (Balkan Insight)
• How is the oil crisis manifesting itself in Kosovo? (Euronews Albania)
• Kosovo Says NATO, EU Risk Repeating Ukraine Mistakes in Balkans (Newsweek)
• Across South-East Europe, Marchers Stand Up for Women’s Rights (Balkan Insight)
• Ukraine War May Change Balkan Calculations, for Greece Too (Balkan Insight)

• Make membership easier, Kosovo PM tells NATO, EU (AFP)
• Kosovo President Osmani interview for Huffington Post (media)
• President Osmani discusses Ukraine situation with Kosovo ambassadors (media)
• Lajcak: Support for Western Balkans, more important than ever (media)
• Kosovars protest in red over violence against women (BIRN)
• “Open Balkan failed as Serbia did not condemn Russian aggression” (media)
• Ukraine to withdraw troops from Kosovo NATO mission (BIRN)
• Sheholli: Some Serbs who wear Kosovo Police uniforms, serve Serbia (Express)
• Hovenier, Ceku discuss investments in heritage sites (media)
• COVID-19: 32 new cases, one death (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• "Germany supports Kosovo's membership in Council of Europe" (RTK)
• Ukraine to recall its troops from Kosovo (media)
• U.S. to support KSF towards becoming capable of defending Kosovo's territorial integrity (media)
• On International Women's Day, Kosovo leaders call for women's empowerment (media)
• COVID-19: 32 new cases, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Selakovic: Serbia strongly against initiating the procedure for Pristina's admission to the CoE (media)
• Escobar: Russia should not hold back Western Balkans (N1, Danas)
• Stano: EU welcomes Serbia’s support of UN resolution on Russia (N1)
• Exposing false news about the war in Ukraine (KiM radio)
• Lajcak: Advocating for the Western Balkans more important than ever (Kosovo Online)

• Escobar: We must redouble efforts to reach a compromise agreement between Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• KFOR: Kosovo’s airspace remains open (Kosovapress)
• "Russia's war on Ukraine makes Western Balkans integration an urgency" (VOA/media)
• NATO: Ukrainian troops to remain serving in Kosovo (Koha)
• Kosovo condemns the missile attack on Albanian Consulate in Kharkiv (media)
• On International Women's Day, marches not celebrations to take place in Kosovo cities (media)
• UN Secretary-General Guterres: A Sustainable Feminist Recovery (Koha)
• Public Pulse poll records decrease of satisfaction with Kosovo institutions (media)
• Serbs in Kosovo Govt ‘Refused to Meet’ EU Kosovo Rapporteur (BIRN)
• Kosovo war widow's inspirational tale told in film 'Hive' (Reuters)
• COVID-19: 23 new cases, one death (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: We have no date set for applying for EU candidate status (Kosovapress)
• Gervalla-Schwarz: We have asked KFOR to close Kosovo's airspace to Russia (media)
• Kosovo expresses support for Ukraine at Pristina rally (media)
• Kurti confirms millions have been poured into "Security Fund" (Kallxo)
• COVID-19: 23 new cases, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: If Kosovo joins intl organisations, Serbia will have surprising answer (media, N1)
• Aleksandar Vucic SNS’ candidate for President of Serbia (N1, media)
• Von Cramon: Important to show that K. Serbs are an integral part of Kosovo; We cannot compare Moscow and Belgrade (KoSSev)
• Gracanica mayor announced the opening of a new school and condemned the new incident in Suvi Do (KiM radio)
• SPC Patriarch: We pray for peace in Ukraine, for talks to start as soon (N1, Beta)
• Vucic, Macron discuss EU integration, bilateral ties, Ukraine (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic, Botsan-Kharchenko discuss Ukraine, geopolitics (Tanjug, media)
• UNS and DNKiM: Call to ban Kosovo Online work is denial of the right to freedom of speech (Kosovo Online)
• UNDP Public Pulse: Unemployment, poverty and the environment are major problems (KiM radio)

• Kosovo and Serbia close to agreement on energy in the north and missing persons (Kosovapress)
• Kurti: Serbia presents direct threat to security in the region (Telegrafi/RTK)
• Gervalla: No Kosovo mercenaries involved in Ukraine (media)
• U.S. congressman calls for Kosovo to join NATO (media)
• Haradinaj: Kurti doing a service to Serbia through technical dialogue (EO)
• EU concerned over prospect of tension escalation in the Balkans (RFE)
• Balkan Countries Brace for Ukrainian War Refugees (BIRN)
• Serbia not cooperating on Ivanovic and other judicial cases (Koha)
• Powerful Kosovo Serb Businessman Accused of Threatening Politician (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 46 new cases, one death (media)