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)

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)

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)

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)

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)