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UNMIK Headlines 10 May

• Western Balkans leaders adopt conclusions at Tirana Summit (media)
• No breakthrough in Kosovo-Serbia relations during Tirana summit (media)
• Thaci does not attend leaders’ lunch in Tirana due to Dodik’s presence (media)
• Haradinaj: Serbia to recognise Kosovo under existing borders (RTV21/Telegrafi)
• Thaci reveals his conversation with Putin in Paris last year (media)
• “I showed the door to an Albanian PM due to a partition plan in 2002” (media)
• Mustafa: LDK will not get involved in dialogue before elections (RTK/Telegrafi)
• Analysts warn of dangerous scenarios for Kosovo (Zeri)
• Albanians in the north call on EU to reopen Mitrovica bridge (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 9 May

• Thaci meets Mogherini, discuss the dialogue (media)
• Mogherini: If tax was revoked tonight, I’d call for dialogue tomorrow (RTK)
• “Vucic, Thaci, Rama discussed partition under Mogherini's mediation” (media)
• Rama rejects involvement on plot to divide Kosovo (media)
• Haradinaj: Liberalisation of visas might happen in September (RTK)
• Thaci in Tirana mentions Presevo Valley’s unification with Kosovo (Zeri)
• Swiss ambassador: Border correction idea could lead to trouble (media)
• O’Connell calls for civic pressure on politicians over corruption (Koha)
• U.S. General: In ten years, KSF will fully transform into an army (media)
• Ex-intelligence chief refuses to report on deportation of Turkish nationals (Koha)
• Zvizdic: Bosnia will lift visas for Kosovo, if tariff is removed (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 8 May

• Haradinaj warns supporters of border correction with “political burial” (Koha)
• Tax no longer obstacle to U.S. officials visiting Kosovo (Koha)
• Thaci annuls EBRD Summit due to relations with Bosnia (media)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo committed to prevent Russian impact (RTK)
• Mogherini to meet Thaci and Vucic separately in Tirana (Indeksonline)
• Vucic: You can kill me, but I do not recognize Kosovo (Tanjug, Klan)
• Mustafa meets O’Connell: Political situation, complicated (media)
• Haradinaj meets Apostolova (media)
• KFOR replaces borderline markings (RTK)
• Assembly committee approves draft resolution on condemning genocide (media)

UNMIK Headlines 7 May

• U.S.: Kosovo-Serbia agreement to end in mutual recognition (Zeri)
• Kocijancic: Mogherini, the only facilitator in dialogue (media)
• Analysts: No breakthrough in dialogue expected from Tirana meeting (Zeri)
• Ischinger: No EU membership for Serbia without Kosovo recognition (media)
• Veseli initiates setting up of international tribunal on Serbia’s crimes (media)
• Daka on elections in the north, clarifies OSCE role (Bota Sot)
• Hoxha: This is last year that Kosovo citizens will be isolated (media)
• Minister Mustafa warns with reciprocity measures against Serbia (RTK)
• Iowa National Guard Commander to visit Kosovo today (media)
• Vetevendosje to protest in Tirana against Vucic’s visit (media)
• Uran Ismaili announces candidacy for head of PDK Pristina branch (media)

UNMIK Headlines 4 May

• Haradinaj claims he has prevented division of Kosovo (media)
• The three leaders in Paris (Zeri)
• Macron’s Balkan breakdown (Politico, media)
• Limaj: No agreement with Serbia without the U.S. (RTV21)
• Mustafa: Change of borders is change of Declaration of Independence (media)
• Thaci hosts a meeting with Kai Eide in Pristina (RTK)
• Veseli: I am not going to Hague, I was not invited by Special Court (media)
• Kosnett against Sylejman Selimi’s nomination for ambassador (Klan)

UNMIK Headlines 3 May

• Haradinaj: We are entering a serious process (media)
• Veseli: Tariff will be suspended because President Trump requested this (media)
• Thaci: We don’t accept conditions from Serbia, tariff remains in force (RFE)
• Veseli summons heads of Kosovo institutions to meeting today (Bota Sot)
• Veseli: International Court for Serbia’s crimes in Kosovo, necessary (Epoka)
• Cakaj: Request in Berlin summit was to suspend not lift the tax (Telegrafi)
• Mustafa: President is correcting his statement on the border (Bota Sot)
• Pacolli: Congo expected to recognise Kosovo in the coming days (media)
• Topalli: There are 65 Kosovars in Syria (Koha)
• Over 200 OSCE officials to be engaged in elections in the north (Epoka)

UNMIK Headlines 2 May

• Thaci: No new idea opened and none closed in Berlin summit (media)
• Thaci: I’d like Presevo Valley to be closer to Kosovo, without changing borders
• President Thaci gives up on border correction idea (Koha)
• Rama: Dialogue will continue, Macron and Merkel will engage personally (RTK)
• Hahn: Time for Western Balkans to join EU (media)
• Switzerland supports dialogue but not border correction option (Zeri)
• Wadephul: Negotiations not to get stuck on fighting over territory (DW/Bota Sot)
• War crimes committed in Kosovo recounted before U.S. Congress (media)
• Thaci requests urgent resolution on Serbia’s crimes (Klan)
• Pacolli: No reconciliation without punishing Belgrade (RTK)
• Draft-resolution on Serbian crimes in Kosovo to be discussed today (RTK)
• Kosnett: Serbs should live in Kosovo, build the future of the country (media)
• Hoti summarizes the Summit in three conclusions (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 30 April

• Media: No results reached at Berlin Summit
• Kosovo and Serbia agree to resume EU-brokered dialogue (Express)
• Thaci: We agreed to disagree (media)
• Haradinaj: Serbia should recognize Kosovo in its current borders (media)
• Thaci meets Mogherini: Kosovo ready to resume dialogue (media)
• Vucic: Not a single progress, new discussions in Paris (RTK)
• Pacolli: Mutual recognition, key topic of meeting in Paris (media)
• Thaci and Haradinaj meet U.S. Ambassador in Germany (Epoka)
• After Veseli’s initiative, U.S. reacts first on Serbia’s crimes in Kosovo (media)
• Ragmi Mustafa: Do not forget Presevo Valley (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 27 April

• ‘Red lines’ to be reasserted in Berlin (Koha Ditore)
• Thaci: I don’t expect anything new from Berlin summit (RTV 21)
• Haradinaj hopes to harmonise positions with Thaci ahead of Berlin meeting (media)
• Hahn: Goal of Berlin meeting is to unblock Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (media)
• O'Connell: Border changes may not end tensions between Kosovo and Serbia (Euronews)
• KDI writes to Thaci and Haradinaj, urges them to unify positions (media)
• Thaci ‘sabotages’ testimony before Assembly committee (Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 26 April

• CEC certifies Serbian List following ECAP ruling (media)
• ESI: Discussions on border changes bring back tensions in the Balkans (Koha)
• Ahmeti on Berlin Summit: There are rumors that Germany has a proposal (RTK)
• Kosnett: Kosovo has good laws but implementation of court decisions, a challenge (media)
• Serbian Police detain and interrogate SLS official at border crossing (media)
• Vetevendosje leaders file lawsuit against Thaci and Veseli (media)
• Lekaj: Opposition is making noise, there are no elections this year (Epoka)
• “Kosovo should be in the UN Report for sexual violence during conflict” (RTK)