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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 17, 2022

• EU: Kurti-Vucic meeting for normalization of relations between parties (media)
• Kurti to meet NATO Secretary General today (Koha)
• Prior to Brussels meeting, Kurti talks to Chollet and Peach (media)
• Kurti meets the Quint ambassadors, talked about meeting in Brussels (RTK)
• KFOR increases its presence in Jarinje and Bernjak (Koha/Kosovo Online)
• Serbia, Kosovo war talk part of battle for favour on world stage (BIRN)
• Szunyog: Kosovo belongs in EU; our relations will grow and deepen (media)
• Begaj: There is risk of escalation of situation in north of Kosovo (media)
• Number of new positive cases with COVID slowly drops in Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 16, 2022

• Albania helps Kosovo, the energy crisis is avoided (media)
• Kosovo walks back power cutoffs to consumers amid energy ‘emergency’ (RFE)
• President Osmani accuses EU of favoring Serbia (Koha)
• Begaj supports decision on reciprocity on license plates and IDs (Koha)
• Osmani on headscarves in schools: Constitution, primary orientation (media)
• Counter-petition launched against request to lift ban on religious dress in Kosovo schools (BIRN)
• Serbia does not allow Bislimi and Svecla to visit Presevo Valley (RTK)
• Kosovo to host largest field exercise in region, “Defender Europe 23” (media)
• Kurti meets OSCE Head of Mission Davenport (media)
• Haradinaj to Kurti: I am addressing you to reconsider your position (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 15, 2022

• EU calls on Kosovo and Serbia to immediately end inflammatory rhetoric (RFE)
• Power cuts from Monday in Kosovo (media)
• LDK leader predicts most difficult winter ever; slams government (media)
• Newly elect President of Albania to visit Kosovo today (media)
• Swiss TV: Informer that revealed plan to kill Marty was born in Kosovo (media)
• Against bleak global backdrop, Kosovo’s Dokufest ponders ‘How to Survive’ (BIRN)
• Youth Day feels bittersweet to Balkans’ frustrated youngsters (BIRN)
• Palokaj: A major shift of the workforce from Balkans toward EU (Koha)
• “Kosovo must deliver on municipal association if it wants normalisation” (BIRN)
• Kosovo women seek end to ‘period poverty (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 393 new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 12, 2022

President Osmani hosted U.S. Ambassador Hovenier (RTK)
German emissary for Western Balkans, meets with the U.S. counterpart (RTK)
EU does not impose a solution for Kosovo and Serbia (media)
Hill: Greater opportunity for progress in dialogue than conflict (RTK)
PDK’s Hoxhaj: Kurti has no principles in dialogue (Nacionale)
Rakic, mayors of northern municipalities meet COMKFOR (Klan Kosova)
Kastrati: An attack on Kosovo would be suicidal for Serbia (Klan Kosova)
Youngsters in Gjakova urge youth not to quit Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
Kosovo capital hosts European nomadic biennale Manifesta (BIRN)
Sunny Hill Festival-Goers Say ‘Europe, Set us Free’ (Prishtina Insight)
Govt promotes employment of people with disabilities (Albanian Daily News)
Kosovo, Germany ink WWII graves accord (Expatica.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 11, 2022

• Kosovo PM says tensions with Serbs in north could escalate (Reuters)
• Osmani: EU to be more vocal against Serbia’s destabilizing tendencies (media)
• Kurti, Vucic expected to sign joint statement on missing persons (media)
• Kosovo minister says Belgrade backing criminals (N1)
• COMKFOR meets commander of NATO, discuss security in Kosovo (RTK)
• Haradinaj presents three options how to reach Kosovo-Serbia agreement (RTK)
• Kosovo: a cap gun on the wall, a mine in the drawer (TVP World)
• Kosovo allocates 40 million Euros for Serbs’ unpaid electricity (BIRN)
• Muslims in Kosovo demand that headscarf be allowed in schools (euronews.al)
• NATO evaluating proposal for naval base in Durres (Albanian Daily News)