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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 14, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kusari-Lila: Kosovo has not received any request for allowing Serbian elections (media)
• LDK calls on Assembly to adopt resolution against price rises (Klan)
• PDK requests citizens be given right to withdraw part of pension trust (RTK)
• Szunyog meets opposition leaders, discuss European agenda and electoral reform (Telegrafi)
• Ahmeti talks to Dzhaparova: Kosovo supports Ukraine's sovereignty (media)
• Dozens of Kosovo border police and customs officers arrested for bribery (Express)
• Haxhiu welcomes today's action of the Police Inspectorate (media)
• COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Some want four NATO member states to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic: Peace, stability most important, problems must be solved through dialogue (Tanjug)
• Waugh: Kosovo abusing the situation in Ukraine for its own purposes (KiM Radio, Slobodno srpski)
• “Thanks to Open Balkans we will get wheat from Serbia” (KoSSev)
• Visoki Decani: International community to dedicate attention to demolished churches and cemeteries in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Ponos: Western powers pressured Vucic into UN vote on Russia (N1)
• Serbian Orthodox Church on European Parliament Resolution (media, SOC website)

International:

• Turkey Rules Out Sanctioning Russia, Citing Risk to Economy (Balkan Insight)
• Belgrade Denies Serbian ‘Militants’ are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine (Balkan Insight)
• Borrell Says North Macedonia's EU Accession Process Should Start As Soon As Possible (RFE)

Humanitarian/Development:

• New Wind Park Hailed as Step Towards Green Energy (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2022

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)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 10, 2022

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)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 9, 2022

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)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 8, 2022

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)