Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 3 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Vitia: Purchased vaccines from Pfizer arrive in Kosovo by end of the month (RTK)
• 7 years on from the Berlin Process, regional disputes are still looming (euronews.al)
• Meetings in Brussels, preparations for the Kurti-Vucic meeting (RFE Albanian)
• Kurti receives a letter from Israeli PM Naftali Benett (media)
• Albert Zogaj takes office as KJC chairman (media)
• Greek FM speaks about Kosovo’s independence (media)
• PDK accuses Gervalla of another diplomatic scandal (Koha)
• Kosovo convicts Serb ex-policeman of wartime rape (media)
• Dissatisfied with first Kurti-Vucic meeting, family members of the missing insist to be included (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Leaders of the Western Balkans today at the Berlin Process Summit: Four agreements on the table (euronews.rs)
• Stano: Belgrade and Pristina main negotiators on Wednesday in Brussels (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic: We start new round of talks with CSM (Kosovo-online)
• Youth Initiatives on Djakovica: This is nothing new, violence cannot be justified (N1)
• YIHR: End hostility towards Kosovo Serb community (KoSSev)
• UNS and its branch in Kosovo react to TV Syri reporting (Radio KIM)
• Protest in Gracanica over arrest of Risto Jovanovic (RTS)
• Pandemic: Number of addicts to psychoactive substances increased, problems due to the non-compliance with the Law on the Use of Languages (KiM radio)
• Protest in North Mitrovica due to incidents targeting the Serbian community (Kontakt plus radio)

International:

• Susanne Schütz: Political issues should be left out of the Berlin Process (DW)
• Civil society members urge EU to apply consistent conditionality to the Western Balkans (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 2, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 17 new cases, two deaths (media)
• Ahmeti: Almost half of Prishtina residents have passed COVID-19 (Telegrafi/KP)
• Kosovo and Albania have differing stances on Mini-Schengen (Koha)
• Kurti meets Lajcak at the Prespa forum (RTK)
• Kosovo purchases Turkish-made armoured vehicles (Zeri)
• Kllokot mayor indicted on charges relating to February elections (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brnabic: Regional cooperation improves quality of citizens’ lives (Kosovo-online)
• Reeker: US supports Lajcak and the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Blic, Tanjug)
• Rakic and Stoltenberg on the security situation in Kosovo (KiM radio)
• Office for KiM: Boy beaten up in Gojbulja village (Radio KIM)
• Brnabic attends the first Prespa Forum Dialogue today (Tanjug, B92)
• Stefanovic: ''Better for Kurti to prepare for Brussels, instead of going to the north'' (Kosovo Online, Vecernje Novosti, B92)
• Dacic: Compromise in dialogue is real situation on ground (Radio KIM)

Opinion:

• The time is ripe for substantial electoral reform in Kosovo (Gazeta Express/Kossev)
• Kurti vs Vucic or the continuation of the fight by (international) legal means (KoSSev)

International:

• Stoltenberg: Kosovo force important for the region and NATO (AP)
• Serbian President Voices Hesitation Over Embassy’s Jerusalem Move (Balkan Insight)
• Slovenia Takes Over EU Presidency Amid Wave of Criticism (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Manifesta 14: how the art biennial is set to reclaim Pristina’s abandoned public spaces (The Calvert Journal)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Palmer: Kosovo citizens need freedom of movement (media)
• PDK against sacking of RTK board expected to happen next week (media)
• LDK’s Gashi: Sacking of boards, anti-constitutional act (Indeksonline)
• Serbia violates the Washington agreement (Koha)
• Calls for freedom and equality echo across Prishtina (Prishtina Insight)

Serbian Language Media:

• Since June 17 no new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian areas (KoSSev)
• What could await Kurti if he goes to the north of Kosovo? (Danas)
• Petkovic reacts to Kurti’s possible visit to north (Radio KIM)
• Rakic writes to Quint ambassadors, seeks protection for Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM)
• Reconstruction of religious buildings financed by the EU and implemented by UNDP (KiM radio)
• Gracanica Mayor: We call on KFOR to protect Serbs because the police cannot or will not (KiM radio)
• "KLA" on a billboard in Gracanica; "Youth prevented from placing hoops'' in Lipljan (Kosovo Online)
• Video of burning SOC flag appeared on social networks (Kosovo-online, social media)
• Dacic: Serbs in Kosovo most endangered Christian community in Europe (Tanjug, Kosovo-online)
• Protest in Podgorica over one-month detention to Jovanovic (Radio KIM)
• Vucic tells Merkel regional cooperation Serbia’s top priority (FoNet, N1)
• Vucic: Israel recognized Kosovo in meantime, so our interests have changed (Kosovo-online)

Opinion:

• Kosovo’s new political leadership and the dialogue with Serbia: The battle between the little ram and the big fish (EWB)

International:

• Germany, UK Reaffirm Commitment to Western Balkans (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• No roaming charges across Western Balkans (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 30, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Nine new cases, no deaths (media)
• EU to remove Kosovo from red travel list (RFE)
• Government stands by SEFTA proposal, as alternative for Balkans mini-Schengen (Koha)
• Gervalla: Luxembourg continues to support visa-free travel for Kosovo citizens (media)
• LDK criticises Kurti-led government's performance in first 100 days (media)
• Kurti and Osmani sack intelligence deputy director (media)
• Anti-corruption agency rejects claims of errors in asset declaration forms (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Rada Trajkovic: Expertise on the circumstances of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic arrived from Germany (Novi Magazin, Beta, Danas, N1)
• Vucic: Serbia's position - Kosovo will never get a seat in the UN (KiM radio, Tanjug, Euronews TV)
• Detention of Risto Jovanovic expires tomorrow (Radio KIM)
• Rakic: The latest events in Djakovica a bad message to the displaced persons (Kontakt plus radio)
• Office for KiM: Inspectors confiscated security door of Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM)
• Jevtic: Will anyone react to the torture of the Kosovo Police in Djakovica? (Kosovo Online)
• SOC flag at Gracanica Monastery entry gate taken away (Kosovo-online)
• 30 days detention for Risto Jovanovic (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Albania and Kosovo: Unification through the back door? (Emerging Europe)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Majlinda Kelmendi: Judo superstar who unites Kosovo (AFP/France 24)
• New plays from the Balkans (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Six new cases, no deaths (media)
• Von Cramon expects rapprochement in dialogue, criticises France on visas (Koha)
• Rama, Zaev and Vucic discuss “Mini-Schengen” (Klan Kosova)
• Von Cramon “advises” Kosovo leaders to visit the north (Klan Kosova)
• Gasic not wanted in Gjakova, the government keeps silent (RFE)
• Church on university campus should be genocide museum, historian says (KTV)
• Vehicle of Serb confiscated, after he posted insulting messages (Indeksonline)

Serbian Language Media:

• No new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Montenegrin MFA: The Embassy of Montenegro in Kosovo will take all necessary activities to protect its citizen (KoSSev)
• PIK: Police officer who wanted to prevent arrest under investigation (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online)
• Grenell, Citaku clash on Twitter over St Vitus Day celebration (N1)
• Stanojevic: 450 Serb families want to return to Djakovica (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Kandic on NGOs petition to evict Serb returnee from Djakovica (KoSSev)
• Milena Popovic left the session of the Assembly of Serbia on Kosovo because of Milan Radoicic (N1, Beta, Novi Magazin)
• Participants of EP-Western Balkans Speakers’ Summit adopt joint Declaration (BETA, N1)

International:

• Chicago Mayor Hails Serbian Religious Holiday of Vidovdan (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Majority of Kosovo Citizens Support Rights of Same-Sex Couples, Poll Finds (Civil Rights Defenders)