Albanian Language Media: • PDK, AAK call for minimum wage bill to be removed from assembly agenda (RFE) • LDK leader Abdixhiku insists on removing excise duty on fuel products (media) • Finance minister Murati rejects proposal to lift excise duty on fuel (media) • Austrian chief diplomat to stay in Prishtina on Tuesday (Gazeta Express) • Mehaj: U.S. support, irreplaceable in our development processes (Klan Kosova) • Abazovic, Rama and Kovacevski to visit Kyiv together? (RTV21) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic on sanctions against Russia: Serbia cannot impose sanctions to someone who respects its territorial integrity (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug) • Austrian FM expects region in the EU (FoNet, N1) • Petkovic with US Ambassador Hill on dialogue and situation in Kosovo (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Djuric: Serbia-US relations on constant upward trajectory (Tanjug, N1, Politika) • Ambassador Hill: Serbia to consider its neutral position (N1) • Vucic: Scholz requested that Serbia join sanctions on Russia (Tanjug) • Scholz: Germany expects EU membership candidates to join Russia sanctions (media) • Two young Serbs stabbed in Straze village, near Gnjilane (Beta, NMagazin, RTV Puls, Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Two shops in Velika Hoca robbed (Kontakt plus radio) • Novo Brdo: Several returnee homes broken into in Ceranovica hamlet (Kontakt plus radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Displaced persons from Suva Reka forbidden to attend the monastery's celebration (KiM radio) Opinion: • The Balkan chessboard and notable absentees (ekathimerini.com) International: • EU Parliament urges Serbia to reconsider relationship with Russia (Euractive) • How to keep the EU accession dream alive (intellinews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 10, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Kosovo (media) • FAZ on Scholz's visit: Two days, five countries, many conflicts (Telegrafi) • Kosovo insurance bureau hopes to join Green Card in weeks' time (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Serbia, Montenegro need to reset relationship (Tanjug) • Serbian Government to provide EUR 3 million aid to Ukrainian children, refugees (Tanjug) • Botsan-Kharchenko: There is no dependence and inequalities in Moscow-Belgrade relations (Danas) • NGOs from central Serbia and Kosovo call for rule of law to be respected in Decani (Danas) • Scholz to visit Belgrade (Tanjug) • EEAS: Open Balkan Initiative full effects only if truly inclusive (N1) • US Ambassador says Serbians chose path to EU (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • It’s time to get European enlargement back on track (Politico) International: • Germany's Olaf Scholz visits Greece: Crisis management takes center stage (DW) • Data Delay Casts Shadow over Kosovo Government’s Jobs Claim (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Finance Ministry, GIZ sign €11 mil agreement for Innovation and Training Park (media) • Kosovo Mother Declares: ‘I am Proud of My Gay Son’ (BIRN) • Media tragedy of family tragedy (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media: • German Chancellor Scholz in Prishtina tomorrow; will meet only Kurti (RTK) • European Council President Charles Michel to visit Kosovo next week (RFE) • Kurti: To have Open Balkan, Serbia needs to open to Kosovo (Zeri/Telegrafi) • State Department supports all initiatives that economically empower the Balkans (RFE) • Pacolli urges Kosovo to join Open Balkan (media) • “Kosovo to consider joining Open Balkan only if given equal status” (Portali D/Telegrafi) • Former PM Hoti comments on Open Balkan initiative (media) • Mehaj: We are preparing for our objective, NATO membership (media) • Kurti meets Irish non-resident ambassador (media) • LDK to propose resolution on reducing excise duty on fuel products (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic dismisses RFE report (N1) • Brnabic met Equatorial Guinea President, thanked him for stance on Kosovo (Tanjug) • State Department without comment on Pristina’s stance on Open Balkan (Radio KIM) • Open Balkan initiative leaders sign agreements, memoranda in Ohrid (N1, Beta) • EP report on Serbia: Alignment with EU foreign policy to determine further course of accession negotiations (RTS) • Borrell: Failure to enable Serbian elections in Kosovo contrary to European values commitment (NMagazin, Beta) • One year since return of Dragica Gasic to Djakovica (Kosovo-online) • 23rd anniversary of the Kumanovo Agreement (N1) • DW: Scholz to focus on blocked issues in Western Balkans (N1) Humanitarian/Development: • Reporting news from online portals – social networks and influence on public (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 8, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Open Balkan summit enters its second day (media) • On Global Open Day, calls made for greater participation of women in decision-making processes (media) • AAK requests removal of tax on oil, staple items (media) Serbian Language Media: • The Open Balkans are expanding despite Russian obstructions (Danas) • Vucic: This is initiative of people from Balkans, and it is unstoppable (Kosovo Online) • Escobar: "Include all six countries in the Open Balkan", Varhelyi: "Initiative that accelerates the path to the EU" (Danas) • Vucic speaks with Borrell, receives invitation to EU-Western Balkans summit (Tanjug) • Selakovic confirms he accepted Lavrov’s invitation to visit Moscow (Danas) • Botsan-Kharchenko: Moscow does not change stance on Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Arifi: US promises special treatment of the issue of Albanians from Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja (KoSSev, N1, Beta) • Belgrade schools receive fresh bomb threats (RTS, N1) • Abazovic to visit Belgrade on June 29 (RTS)

Albanian Language Media: • Scholz in Kosovo on Friday; 4 hours in Prishtina, 2 hours in Belgrade! (Indeksonline) • Joseph: Lavrov gave ‘Open Balkan’ the kiss of death (Telegrafi) • Finance Minister: €80 million a year for the veterans; lists must be cleaned (Koha/RTK) • Prime Minister Kurti meets UK Minister of Armed Forces (media) • “Croatia fully supports Kosovo membership in EU and NATO” (media) • Swiss State Secretary to visit Kosovo, Serbia over threats against Marty (Klan Kosova) • Rizvanolli: Renewable energy of 500 MW to be achieved in three years' time (Koha/RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Preventing talks with Sergey Lavrov must be condemned (Tanjug, RTS) • Vucic announces changes in gov't, Belgrade city authorities (Tanjug, RTS) • Stefanovic: Serbia refuses to be a pawn (N1) • State Department: Sovereign decisions of Montenegro, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia (RTS, VoA) • Stano: EU welcomes Lavrov flight ban (N1) • Botsan-Kharchenko: Invitation to Selakovic to visit Russia accepted (N1) • EU document on Serbia: “Vucic postpones the break with Russia, and the opposition is helping him” (RFE) International: • Serbian Leader Rages About ‘Hysteria’ After Russian Minister’s Visit Blocked (BIRN) • Russia’s Lavrov Slams Balkan States for Blocking His Serbia Visit (BIRN) • Albania’s Rama Bets on Military Man for ‘Normal’ President (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • KFOR distributes food packages to families in Istok and Klina municipalities (Kosovo Online)