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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 22, 2021

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)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 19, 2021

Albanian Language Media: • Rohde on dialogue: you cannot determine what the other party says (media) • Two international agreements ratified by the Assembly of Kosovo (RTK) • President Osmani leaves for an official visit to Canada (media) • Stoev: Relations with Western Balkans should not be limited to expansion only (RTK) • Kajari and Skerbinc discuss security situation in Kosovo (RTK) • Kosovo presidency congratulates the new U.S. Ambassador (media) • Berisha urges Konjufca to remove Serbian products from Kosovo Assembly buffet (media) • COVID-19: 7 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Belgrade on Pristina’s announcement of another anti-dumping measure: Violation of CEFTA (KoSSev) • “Caution regarding measures on Serbian products, so that there are no repercussions” (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Pristina not interested in normalization (Tanjug) • Selakovic meets with Giaufret, EU ambassadors (Tanjug) • Dacic: Regional cooperation priority for Serbia (RTS) • KEDS: ''With an increase in imports and consumption, astronomical prices for citizens expected'' (KoSSev, Koha) Opinion: • Legal framework for Kosovo Serbs tailored to Pristina (part two): Energy (KoSSev) International: • ‘Greater’ Balkan dreams a potential nightmare (ekathimerini.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2021

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Energy Strategy to offer stead supply for households and businesses (Telegrafi) • Enver Hoxhaj elected vice president of Kosovo Assembly from PDK (Lajmi) • Krasniqi to Kurti: The people have spoken, your pace is insufficient (Koha) • Kusari-Lila: We will engage maximally on election reform (Koha) • Kosovo launches inquiry into import of certain products from Serbia (Klan) • A group of Afghan citizens leave Kosovo for U.S. (media) • COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 47 new cases, two deaths registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM) • US donates 3.7 million Dollars to Serbia to fight pandemic (N1) • Svetomir Bacevic pleaded not guilty at hearing in Pristina (Radio KIM) • EUObserver: EU documents say Western Balkans, Turkey, Dubai are crime hotspots (N1) • Rakic and Radojevic with Szunyog on important issues for the Serbian people (Radio Mitrovica sever) • “Procrastination and unreadiness for any sort of compromise” (Radio KIM) • Pristina announcing possibility of introducing new measures on products from central Serbia (KiM radio, Beta, N1) International: • Kosovo and Serbia Fail to Agree on Dialogue Topics (Exit News)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 17, 2021

Albanian Language Media: • The dialogue in Brussels ends without a tripartite meeting (Radio Free Europe) • US Embassy calls for real progress on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Telegrafi) • D4D survey on people’s perception of first six months of Kurti government (media) • Mustafa: Synergy was created not to leave Prishtina to Vetevendosje (Kosovapress) • EULEX: We’re supporting communication between Kosovo and Serbia (Kallxo) • COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Grenell and Palmer lobbying for Serbia - terrible lie; Pristina does not want to fulfill its obligations (KoSSev, TV Happy) • Serbian PM expects opening of one cluster in talks with EU, hopes for two (N1) • Mijacic: Exaggerated assessment that Kurti lost the elections due to non-acceptance of the Washington agreement (Danas) • “No need to ask your grandfather or grand-grandfather about genocide in Kosovo” (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Pristina refused to take part in direct talks, refused to talk about ZSO (Kosovo-online) • Remains of only 15 missing people from Kosovo have been found over the last two years (RTV Puls) Opinion: • Kosovo and Serbia expose Summit for Democracy’s conundrum (atlanticcouncil.org) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian QR COVID-19 code valid in EU with some exceptions (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 16, 2021

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 16, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti says meeting in Brussels will focus on missing persons (media) • Kurti appoints new minister of health (media) • Konjufca: Serbian List openly blackmailing the Assembly (Klan) • Osmani: Women in Kosovo continue to face challenges (RTK) • State Department comments on Afghans housed at Camp Bondsteel (Telegrafi) • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 78 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • Dialogue in Brussels to continue in afternoon, Belgrade insists on ZSO (Kosovo-online) • Vucic on today’s talks in Brussels, meeting with Putin (RTS) • Brnabic, Dacic: Serbia a militarily neutral country but seeks cooperation with NATO (Tanjug) • Stefanovic: KFOR to prevent reckless Pristina’s acts (Tanjug) • Serbian PM invited to Moscow International Export Forum (N1) • Lavrov and Selakovic on Kosovo, the Balkans and bilateral relations (Tanjug, RTS) • Lawyer Pantovic: Zoran Djokic, an innocent convict (Beta, Danas) Opinion: • Only room for progress on the missing persons in the Brussels talks today (Danas) International: • NATO Deputy Secretary General highlights 15 years of NATO-Serbia partnership (nato.int)