Albanian Language Media:

• President’s chief of staff refutes report about Russian spotted in Prishtina (media)
• Police: The two Russian nationals left Kosovo on October 23 (media)
• Foreign Minister Gervalla reports to parliamentary committee (media)
• Defense Minister: Our plan is for a professional army (media)
• Hoxhaj slams government for not taking part in COP26 (media)
• Think tank publishes report tackling spread of fake news during pandemic (media)
• Health Minister and COMKFOR call for vaccination against COVID-19 (media)
• COVID-19: 21 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 59 new cases registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese expects competent institutions to fully implement Constitutional Court ruling (KoSSev, media)
• PM Brnabic: 114 attacks on Serbs in Kosovo this year, the most since 2008 (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Trajkovic criticise Kurti’s non-execution of the Constitutional Court decision on the Visoki Decani (Kosovo Online)
• Defendants in Oliver Ivanovic’s case ask for trial proceedings to accelerate (Politika)
• Selakovic: Excellent cooperation of Serbia and Greece, grateful for support (Kosovo-online)
• Demetriou: Cyprus will never recognize Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence (NMagazin, Beta)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 1,2021

Albanian Language Media:

• “Kosovo and Serbia are not working to resolve disagreements” (RFE)
• Kurti: We will have 9.9% economic growth by year’s end (RTK)
• Government expects positive changes on visa liberalisation (Kosovapress)
• Rohde calls for implementation of court decision on Decani Monastery (media)
• Historians from Decan: Decani Monastery is not under threat (media)
• Shahini: Kosovo is powerless in stopping trend of increased prices (media)
• Tahiri calls on government not to reject gas pipeline project (media)
• PDK’s Hoxhaj reacts to resignation of Zaev as North Macedonia PM (media)
• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 49 new cases registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio KIM)
• Cyprus is Serbia’s best friend in Europe, Dacic says (N1)
• Brnabic: Three million adult Serbian citizens have been vaccinated (N1)
• “Biden’s words lasting testimony of a sincere respect” (Radio KIM)
• Gorazdevac: Turning House of Culture into storage depot, pressure on only Serbian media outlet in Metohija (Radio KIM)
• Edi Rama to visit Serbia on Wednesday, regarding Open Balkans Initiative (Kosovo-online)
• Vucic in Glasgow: Serbia will do a lot about Green Agenda (N1)

International:

• North Macedonia’s PM resigns following local election defeat (BIRN)
• Petrit Halilaj: ‘I started to live with fear on a daily basis’ (The Guardian)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: No date yet for meeting with Vucic (Telegrafi)
• Abdixhiku: No vetting without full coordination with EU and US (media)
• President Osmani addresses the Global Summit of Women in Lisbon (media)
• Rama: Kosovo-Albania unification, mind game more likely outside than inside EU (Koha)
• COVID-19: 28 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: We are not changing our Constitution either and what will we do then? (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, KoSSev)
• Jukic: Witnesses against KLA afraid, some relocated (Radio KIM, RTS)
• Varhelyi: EU closely monitors transformation of Kosovo Security Force (N1)
• New figures and the same messages from the Crisis Staff in Gracanica (KiM radio)
• US goals: W. Balkans in EU; reduce Russian and Chinese influence, Escobar says (Beta, N1, VoA)
• Discrimination at competition for journalist award, AJK says membership not explicit requirement (Radio KIM)
• Selakovic: Slovakia supports Serbia’s integrity and sovereignty (Tanjug, RTK2)
• Sending Hill and Hovenier to the Balkans halted, Senator Cruz blocks Biden's ambassadors (Kosovo Online, Washington Post)
• Djuric on protest in front of Serbian Consulate in New York (Kosovo-online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 28, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani on an official visit to Portugal (media)
• Kurti: I do not feel at risk, I have not changed my agenda (media)
• Kosovo Police brings details about threat to Prime Minister Kurti (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo has never marked bigger economic growth (media)
• Serbian warnings for nonrecognition, MFA accuses Serbia of violation of agreement (RTK)
• CEC announces results of 2021 Local Elections in Kosovo (euronews.al)
• The suspected of Hezbollah connections are not Kosovo citizens (RFE Albanian)
• EU: Greater institutional commitment needed to prevent hate speech (Ekonomia)
• COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19 in Serb areas: 53 new cases, two deaths (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic: Principled support of China in preserving sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia (Kosovo-online)
• Wang Yi: China respects territorial integrity of Serbia (Tanjug, Kosovo-online)
• Brnabic with Wang Yi: Our ambition to develop relations further is great (B92)
• Rakic and Schmid: Dialogue is only way to resolve problems (Radio KIM)
• The (im) possibility of elections in Serbian municipalities (KiM radio)
• Petkovic with Ginkel on situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM)

Humanitarian/Development:

• NGO Aktiv launches campaign on rights at local level (Radio KIM)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: We’re working on aid packages after rising prices (media)
• “Agency for verification of wealth to be formed through law” (media)
• Decision annulled on expropriation of lands for Prishtina-Peja highway (media)
• Government sanctions seven persons and a company tied to Hezbollah (media)
• COVID-19: 22 new cases, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Selakovic: More than ten countries ready to revoke recognition of Kosovo (RTS)
• Vucic on Valac power station in northern Kosovo, Community of Serbian Municipalities (KoSSev)
• Trajkovic: Third intrusion to northern Kosovo over Valac and Gazivode will lead to conflict (Kosovo-online)
• Vucic on Kosovo boxers, Rohde’s statement (KoSSev)
• Petkovic reacts to Osmani’s remarks about Serbia being ‘cancer of Europe’ (Danas)
• Head of Chinese diplomacy Wang Yi arrives in Serbia today (RTS)
• Serbian sport clubs to join federations or will be sanctioned (RTK2)

International:

• Historical revisionism is Serbian state policy, report claims (BIRN)