UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 26, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Rama: Different positions on Open Balkan do not hurt us (media) • Kurti to Rama: Let us speak like diplomats and work like patriots (Koha) • Lajcak discusses security situation in Kosovo with KFOR and EULEX (RTK) • Threatening tones of war must not be underestimated, analysts say (Telegrafi) • Rama’s impossible dismissal, President risks violating Constitution (Demokracia) • Meta: Albania fully supports Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (Klan Kosova) • COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian Parliament adopted the Law on Referendum and People's Initiative, 50 percent turnout threshold abolished (media) • Vucic’s interview to RTS on meeting with Putin, Kosovo issue (RTS) • Vucic: Putin to keep gas price same for Serbia, we saved one national stadium (N1) • Djordjevic: Vucic was not received that well in Russia, as he claims (Danas) • Szunyog: To implement Constitutional Court decision on Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM) • Escobar on Balkan (HINA, N1) • Serbian Ambassador elected Chair of UNESCO Executive Council (Kosovo Online) • RIA Novosti: Russia will get a nuclear power plant in Serbia (NMagazin, Beta, Danas) • Pahor to visit Serbia on Sunday, with Vucic about dialogue with Pristina and the Western Balkans (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) International: • Euronews Albania’s poll on unification, Rama and Kurti give their take (euronews.al) • No more stops from Albania to Kosovo and vice-versa, all controls lifted (euronews.al) • Serbia President Hails ‘Incredible’ Gas Deal With Russia (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Electricity in four northern municipalities will be billed soon (media) • Konjufca: Kosovo’s future in EU and NATO, not in Serbia’s initiatives (Telegrafi) • Gervalla: War has returned as a real threat in the Balkans (Koha) • Kurti: Today we commemorate women and girls lost to violence (Klan Kosova) • Specialist Chambers confirm some detainees are infected with COVID-19 (Klan Kosova) • Mobile team vaccinates school pupils in Prishtina (Prishtina Insight) • COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 33 new cases in Serbian communities (Kontakt plus radio) • Putin: Russia supports Serbia's position on resolving the Kosovo issue (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Dacic: The law on the referendum has nothing to do with Rio Tinto, the Constitution preamble will not change (Danas) • Petkovic: The only one destabilizing the region is Albin Kurti (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • Mojsilovic with Kajari: The only legitimate security actor in Kosovo is KFOR (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • US envoy to Serbia on ‘Open Balkan’: We support economic linkage; Escobar agrees (N1, FoNet) • DSS official won’t run with anyone who says that genocide was committed in Srebrenica and Kosovo is independent (Beta, NIN, N1) • Protesters in Belgrade threaten to block Serbia if two laws are passed (N1) • 520 kg of marijuana seized in Nis (B92, N1, Kosovo Online) International: • Western Balkans in the coalition agreement of the next German government (EWB) • Venice Commission: Serbia followed ‘most’ constitutional recommendations (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 24, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo President Osmani meets Canada's Governor General Simon (media) • Kurti: We are committed to fighting crime and corruption, uphold rule of law (media) • EU Special Representative for dialogue, Lajcak, to visit Kosovo tomorrow (Klan) • Kurti: I strongly condemn cases of discrimination against communities in Kosovo (Kallxo) • Hajdari: Anti-dumping measures linked to equality and reciprocity (Koha) • CDBK: Kosovo in CEFTA as a country, not through UNMIK (Zeri) • COVID-19: Six new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic on meeting with Putin, talks with Pristina, bigger incentives for childbirth (RTS) • Mihajlovic: Alleged debt for electricity in northern Kosovo a lie, yet another sort of pressure against Serbs (Kosovo-online) • Stano: Pristina to change decision and allow Petar Petkovic to enter Kosovo (Tanjug) • Conference on the Open Balkan today in the Serbian Parliament (RTV Puls, Kosovo Online) • Vucic awarded Golden Charter and Key of Mitrovica North City (KoSSev) • Kremlin: Putin and Vucic to discuss also the prospects for resolving the Kosovo issue (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, TASS) Humanitarian/Development: • Public pulse: Citizens dissatisfied with municipal support during a pandemic (KiM radio) • Kopač: Western Balkans need to introduce CO2 tax by 2025 (balkangreenenergynews.com) • Activists in Balkans raise alarm on rising violence against women (axios.com) • How do you see me? How do I see you? (Kosovo Trustbuilding Platform)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo leaders extend condolences to North Macedonia following tragic bus accident (media) • President of Kosovo Osmani to meet Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau (media) • Parliamentary committee holds meeting with UK ambassador (Kallxo/KP) • Kosovo authorities have paid over €27 million for electricity in the north (Kosovapress/Koha) • Szunyog condemns incidents against non-majority communities (media) • COVID-19: 15 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic with Lajcak on the continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (RTS, Tanjug) • Vucic "nearly absolutely certain" Spain will not change stance on Kosovo (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev) • Selakovic: Relations with Holy See good, stable (Tanjug) • Petkovic banned from entering Kosovo again (Radio KIM) • Srdjan Popovic appointed new head of Kosovo District (KoSSev) • Dacic on Kurti, number of recognitions (Kosovo-online) • Serbian Assembly President, Ivica Dacic announced a referendum on January 16th (B92, RTS) • Spahiu: Kurti’s statement on unification with Albania is a betrayal and a hostile act against Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Vulin: Kosovo's membership in Interpol will not be considered this year either (Novi Magazin, Beta, N1) • Vucic extends condolences to North Macedonian president and prime minister over bus crash in Bulgaria (Kosovo-online) • Serbia's economic progress also due to ties with Russia, China, said Vucic (Tanjug) • ISAC Fund says majority of Serbians see Russia as ally, oppose NATO membership (N1) • CEC revokes Todosijevic’s mandate in Zvecan (Kosovo-online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Prime Minister Kurti on a two-day visit to Austria (media) • Disagreement over association and stalled dialogue (DW Albanian) • Hajdari: We must prepare for reciprocity (Ekonomia Online) • Assembly Presidency meeting fails due to lack of quorum (media) • PDK demands resignation of the Ombudsman (RTK) • Kosovo Bar That Refused to Serve Minorities Condemned (Prishtina Insight) • The American Chamber of Commerce calls on companies in Kosovo to avoid discrimination actions (media) • Kosovo to Release Energy Strategy Amid Controversy Over Gas Pipeline (Prishtina Insight) • COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 58 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio KIM) • Vucic to meet Lajcak in Belgrade tomorrow (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Brnabic reacts to Kurti’s statement on possible unification with Albania (Euronews, Tanjug) • Petkovic: International community must react to Kurti’s unification statements (N1) • Serbian List: Kurti is against ZSO, yet he would vote for mono-national “Greater Albania” (Kosovo-online) • Oliver Ivanovic murder case trial continues (Radio KIM) • Vasic family house in Cernica village pelted with stones (Radio KIM) • EU and Western Balkans: Membership blocked; only aid and investment in return (Beta, Danas) • Serbian goods placement in Kosovo only half of the one before the taxes (Danas) • Adviser to the UN Secretary-General: Please remove the Mladic mural (N1) Opinion: • Kosovo 2022 census and the Serb community (KiM radio) • Is this the end of the peace pact holding Bosnia together? (politico.org) International: • North Macedonia: On the Edge (cepa.org) • Croatian Contingent Given Send-Off to Kosovo Without Presence of Media, Minister (total-croatia-news.com)