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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 18, 2021

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 18, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 9 new cases, no deaths (media) • Austria to donate 1 million COVID-19 vaccines for Western Balkans (Kosovapress) • Lajcak about the dialogue: No reason to be pessimistic (Koha) • EFJ calls on VV to stop harassing journalists (Express) • Council of Albanian Ambassadors hails continuation of dialogue (Klan Kosova) • Informal Coalition to Face the Past reacts to VV MP remarks (Kallxo) • RTK Deputy Director General insults Vetevendosje MP (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Region frustrated over EU’s attitude towards enlargement (RTS) • EU Commissioner: We want Serbia in EU, reforms and implementation needed (N1) • Brnabic: Vjosa Osmani referred to Brussels agreement (Radio KIM, B92) • Godfrey: Great nations face mistakes from past (N1) Humanitarian/Development: • Rakic announces closure of collective centre in Leposavic (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Belgrade website and UNDP promote city as attractive location for digital nomads (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 17, 2021

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti responds to Kosnett on the issue of the Association (KosovaPress) • President Osmani to participate in the annual SEECP Summit (media) • Abbott, Konjufca and Kurti sign memorandum of understanding (media) • Kusari-Lila and Citaku react to Lajcak, call his statement arrogant (media) • Pacolli: We will not vote on any statement if Kosovo is marked with a footnote (Telegrafi) • PDK has signatures to send Daka’s dismissal to the Constitutional Court (RTK) • Prime Minister Kurti received head of American-Jewish Committee, Avital Leibovich (media) Serbian Language Media: • No new Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities (KoSSev) • Diocese of Raska and Prizren: Essential that KFOR continues to protect Visoki Decani (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Raska-Prizren Eparchy: Kurti’s statement in Brussels yet another in series of insults and lies (Kosovo-online) • Brnabic and Selakovic attend SEECP Summit (RTS) • Denial of crime - The peak of problems in public discourse (RTV Puls, KiM radio, Sporazoom) • Jevtic: Return difficult with no support from other institutions (RTK2) • Dacic: Serbia grateful to Morocco over support to its territorial integrity (RTS) • Ambassador: Romania’s stance not to recognize Kosovo remains (N1) • Odalovic: I remain the head of the Commission for Missing Persons - I was not elected by Kurti, but by the Government (N1) International: • GLOBSEC: Need for a restart of the enlargement policy discussed by officials (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Dasar and Filip fierce rivals on the tennis court, off the field good friends (Kosovo Online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afteroon Edition, June 16, 2021

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 16, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 15 new cases, no deaths (media) • Lajcak: If you don't trust the EU, go somewhere else (Koha) • Kosnett: Kosovans can achieve peace by working together (media) • Hyseni slams Kurti's appearance at Brussels meeting (media) • Budget committee recommends dismissal of RTK board (Kallxo) • Opposition boycotts meeting of CEC, called by new chief (Telegrafi) • Konjufca expresses Kosovo's goal to join OSCE (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Pristina wanted to avoid dialogue, report to the Assembly on June 22 (RTS, Blic) • The only news from the Belgrade - Pristina dialogue was that a meeting was held (RTS) • Odalovic: Kurti’s statement about me for internal use (N1) • Spahiu: Kurti should not use derogatory terms for Odalovic; Kandic: Odalovic can't lead Commission for Missing Persons (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic on Kurti, dialogue in Brussels (Kosovo-online) • Serbia’s MFA: Pristina delegation shows ''frivolity, irresponsibility'' (N1) • Serbian List conveyed security concerns in meeting with US Ambassador (RTS) • Selakovic: ''Viola von Cramon increasingly lobbying for a self-proclaimed Kosovo'' (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) International: • Serbia, Kosovo restart EU-brokered talks, remain far apart (AP) • Serbia, Kosovo remain at loggerheads as talks resume (DW) • Kosovo President Osmani: Today’s challenges require ‘an entirely different governing mindset’ (Atlantic Council) • Serbia, Kosovo Leaders’ First Meeting Marred by Disagreement (Balkan Insight) • National Digital Transformation: A Conversation With Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabic (forbes.com) • Carla Del Ponte: "I Keep Telling Myself that Justice Will Prevail" (spiegel.de) Humanitarian/Development: • Finding shelter in Kosovo (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 15, 2021

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media) • Vitia: Mass vaccination process begins today (media) • Local elections will be held on October 17 (media) • Borrell pleased that Kurti-Vucic meeting is happening the day US President Biden is in Brussels (Express) • Kurti: Serbian party with old ideas, we made four new proposals (media) • Lajcak: Kurti and Vucic confirmed there is no other way but normalization (RTK) • Daka: My dismissal was illegal and ordered (media) • EU Office in Kosovo reacts after Osmani sacked CEC chair Valdete Daka (Express) • Women’s Network reacts to Valdete Daka’s dismissal (media) • Kosovo Police chief: We had no information about the liturgy (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian areas: One new case, no deaths (Kosovo Online) • Lajcak about the Vucic, Kurti meeting: It was not easy, but it is important that it happened (N1) • Kurti after meeting with Vucic: Meeting without incident; it will be difficult, but I am optimistic (N1) • Vucic after talks with Kurti: I have not attended a meeting like this yet; continuation by the end of July (RTS,media) • Petkovic: Belgrade emphasized its commitment to the continuation of the dialogue (Blic, TV Pink) • Jevtic: Those who are bothered by liturgies, today in Brussels said that they are bothered by Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Borell: Belgrade and Pristina to use the new momentum in the dialogue (media) • Problem or solution? (B92, DW) • Vucic arrived in Brussels (Tanjug, B92) • EU expects Vucic and Kurti to continue dialogue, not start new talks (Beta, N1) • NATO leaders value partnership with Serbia (N1) • KFOR on inquiries of British soldiers in Gorazdevac: Routine activities, to feel the pulse of the population concerning different topics (KoSSev) • Lawyer Pantovic: I filed an appeal; Djokic was sentenced based on false statements (Beta) International: • EU foreign policy chief urges Serbia, Kosovo to move forward (AP) • Without consent within EU on opening new chapters with Serbia in June (EWB) • Nora Visoka-Weller: “Silence is a victory for every genocide” (BIRN) • Serbia Commemorates 1999 Battle Against Kosovo Guerrillas (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 14, 2021

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 14, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) • Osmani: Whereabouts of missing persons, top priority in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Konjufca: Kosovo's internal issues will not be raised in Brussels (Telegrafi) • Minister Aliu cleared of abuse of power charges (media) • Sources: Osmani asked Daka to step down from CEC post (media) • Hungary expected to take KFOR command in November (Klan Kosova) • EU plans to invest €2 million in Janjeva, to boost tourism (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian areas in Kosovo without newly infected (Radio kontakt plus) • Petkovic: We are going to Brussels to defend the position of Belgrade (RTS, N1) • Dacic: Pristina puts dialogue in the background by an announcement of a lawsuit for genocide (N1, FoNet, Beta) • Brnabic: No talks, accords or joint agreements with Kurti (Radio KIM) • Dacic: Cultural heritage in Kosovo endangered, attempts to revise history (Kosovo-online) • Serb cemetery in Orahovac desecrated (Kosovo-online) • Bilčík: Army Exercise with Belarus, Russia doesn’t help Belgrade’s road to EU (RFE, N1) • NATO summit starts (Tanjug, B92) • "Serbs in Kosovo do not have institutional protection" (KiM radio, RTK2, Kosovo Online) • Two busses from central Serbia banned from entering Kosovo (RTS) Opinion: • Can Albin Kurti reshape the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue? (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia allows Pfizer-Biontech vaccine for 12-15 years olds (N1)