Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani’s interview with Kosovapress • Lajcak: Prishtina’s decision has changed the situation (media) • “Decision to issue provisional ID documents in line with 2011 agreement” (Nacionale) • Prime Minister Kurti meets AAK representative, discuss vetting (Gazeta Express) • Arifi criticises Lajcak: Double standard has a name, it is the EU (RTK) • Ukrainian journalist interview with Telegrafi Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak: Pristina's decision changed the topics; we must not allow a crisis to occur (N1) • Dacic and Lajcak: Dialogue and compromise the only way for an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina (Beta, N1) • Petkovic met Lajcak: Serbs from Kosovo will not allow them to be persecuted (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic on Pristina's decision: A direct blow to all Serbs south and north of the Ibar (RTS) • Vucic: Pristina preparing assault on north Kosovo (N1) • Brnabic: Vucic explained ‘essence of hypocrisy’ we endure every day (N1) • Musliu: “Kosovo government sacrifices Albanians from Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja by introducing measures against Serbia” (Kosovo Online, bujanovacke) • Demostat: Third of Serbians want to join EU (N1) • NATO says Western Balkans of strategic importance (N1) • Kosovo gave up on joining Interpol this year (Kosovo online, Novosti) • Selakovic thanks Vatican for its stance on Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Rakocevic: We have been living these "Storms" for 20 years, we have been pushed into the ghetto (N1) • Radosavljevic: Vucic threatening with war and “Storm” to hide the sale of land (Beta) International: • Kosovo Move in Car Plates Row Aims to ‘Expel Serbs’ – Vucic (BIRN) • Why Albania’s Edi Rama ‘Misses’ Thaci’s Presence in Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 29, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Lajcak: We’re working to have Kurti-Vucic meeting before summer break (media) • Kurti: We have met the criteria; Svecla travels to Brussels for visas in 48 hours (EO) • Osmani received the EU Special Representative for Dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak (media) • Visit of Specialized Chambers President postponed (Koha) • PDK leader: I hope for a favourable decision on visa liberalisation by end of year (EO) • 70% of respondents of poll in Kosovo, Serbia unsatisfied with EU role in dialogue (Koha) • Krasniqi after meeting Kurti: PDK proposed Vetting years ago (media) • KIA reports to Assembly Committee, situation in Northern municipalities, fragile (media) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak in Mitrovica North with Rakic and mayors (Kosovo Online) • Ministry of Communities and Returns: CSM (ZSO), the only way to improve the position of Serbs (Radio Mitrovica sever) • “Djokovic knows nothing about crime he is accused of” (Radio KIM) • Vejvoda: Serbia cannot maintain neutrality (KiM radio, FoNet, TV Insajder) • Turkey has agreed to support Finnish and Swedish NATO membership bids (N1, CNN) • NATO summit in Madrid: USA announces increased presence in the Balkans (Kosovo Online, Klix.ba) • Filipovic: I am waiting call from court regarding young man arrested at Gazimestan (Kosovo Online) • Dveri Movement demands immediate release of man arrested yesterday at Gazimestan (Radio KIM) • Brnabic: Independent position is difficult, but best (N1) International: • Albania Proposes Controversial Amnesty for Undeclared Assets (BIRN) • ‘Montenegro has Wasted a Decade Delaying EU Reforms’ (BIRN) • Fleeing Putin’s War, Russians Confront Pro-Kremlin Feeling in Serbia (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • PDK leader meets Lajcak; dialogue to end with mutual recognition (Telegrafi) • Haradinaj after meeting Lajcak: U.S. involvement in dialogue is needed (media) • Abdxhiku meets Lajcak, discuss dialogue and visas (media) • Haxhiu: First efforts for meeting opposition leaders on vetting, very soon (Kosovapress) • Serbian Church leader: In our birthplace here; we’re brothers with Albanians (Express) • KLI: The Specialist Chambers work followed by serious irregularities (media) • New visa roadmap, EU’s attempt to 'buy time' (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Patriarch Porfirije on Vidovdan: “In Kosovo and Metohija we are in our own place, called to be brothers to Albanians” (media) • Lajcak in Belgrade from June 29 to July 1 (media) • Petkovic calls on Lajcak to address Kosovo entry bans issue (Tanjug, media) • Kosovo police arrest war crimes suspect; KiM Office: Intimidation (Beta, N1) • Kosovo police searched premises of Pec Interim Authority in Gorazdevac (Radio KIM) • US Ambassador calls Serbia to align with EU policies (N1) • Selakovic thanks President of Romania for support on Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online) • Giaufret: We want Serbia to demonstrate EU values (N1) • Vucic, Hill discuss geopolitical situation, investments, Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • It’s Time Bosnia Looked Beyond EU Membership (BIRN) International: • ‘I Love 3D’: Albanian PM’s Promises Glitter – Realisation Falls Short (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 27, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Haxhiu: We need to be united for reforms in judiciary (Ekonomia Online/Koha) • Tahiri: Not enough for Lajcak to feel bad about lack of visa liberalisation (Telegrafi) • President Osmani meets with President of Singapore Halimah Yacob (media) • Supreme Court chief denies political pressure in case of new energy fees (Kosovapress) • Serbian reporter talks about Serbia’s crimes in Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Kostilnik: Reaching a final Kosovo-Serbia agreement is urgent (Kosovapress) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic on Serbia's membership in the EU: Everything depends on the geopolitical situation (RTS) • Director of the Office for IT and e-government not allowed to cross Jarinje (RTS, Tanjug) • New construction near Gazimestan Monument (Radio KIM) • Vucic, Donfreid discuss bilateral relations, EU integration, Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1) • Kalin: Turkiye will not impose sanctions on Russia (Kosovo-online) • Leader of opposition initiative from Mitrovica North invites Lajcak for meeting (Danas) • Fatherland: Facilities were relinquished to Pristina (Jugpress) International: • Total foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5.4% y/y in Jan-Apr (seenews.com) • How Turkey’s Extremist ‘Grey Wolves’ Built a Cell in Bosnia (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Interior Minister accuses Serb parallel structures of Elektrokosmet attack (Klan Kosova) • Lajcak sides with Western Balkans; “this generates disappointment” (Gazeta Express) • President of Specialist Chambers to visit Kosovo on July 4 (media) • President Osmani on working visits to Thailand and Singapore (media) Serbian Language Media: • EU Council calls for faster accession of Western Balkans (N1) • Brussels: War in Ukraine puts EU enlargement front and center (N1) • Vucic at the Summit: Strong pressure over Russia and Ukraine (Beta, N1) • Vucic met leaders of France, Austria in Brussels (N1, Beta) • No consensus on Kosovo's accession to NATO (Politika, Tanjug) • Patriarch Porfirije in Gazimestan on Vidovdan (Tanjug) • Ilic: ''Belgrade and Pristina energy agreement a solution to problems of electricity supply in the north of the province'' (Danas, FoNet, Insajder TV) • Bulgarian MFA: Rama to adapt vocabulary for politician from an EU candidate country; Rama replies (Kosovo Online) • Bulgaria lifts the veto on North Macedonia (Tanjug, B92, RTS, N1) • Rakic: Members of the Egyptian community are an important part of Kosovo society (Kosovo Online) International: • What Will the Serbia-Kosovo Energy Deal Achieve? (Balkan Insight) • Police Probe Explosion at Electricity Distributor in North Kosovo (BIRN) • Serbian Security Officials’ War Crime Verdict Set for 2023 (BIRN) • EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (BBC) • Greece is Proposing 2033 as the Deadline for the Western Balkans to Join the EU (novinite.com)