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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 5, 2021

• Kurti’s advisor says Open Balkan equals Broken Balkan (media)
• Open Balkan: Leaders commit to more effective implementation of freedom of movement measures (EWB)
• Tahiri: Rama contributing to creation of Greater Serbia and instability (media)
• President Osmani meets Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Montgomery (media)
• Haxhiu: Thaci and Veseli refused to meet us in the Hague (media)
• COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media)
• High infection rates in the region, a threat for Kosovo too (RFE)
• Environmental degradation by hydropower plants (preportr.cohu.org)
• Kosovo street art exhibit calls for action on wartime missing persons (BIRN)
• Western Balkans economies recover faster than expected (ebrd.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 4, 2021

• Kurti has a US visa, will travel soon to the US (media)
• EU welcomes reopening of custom terminal in Trepca (media)
• EU refutes Government and President about the vetting (Koha)
• The vetting will not include judges of Constitutional Court (Kallxo)
• Association of Serb-majority municipalities ruled out after tensions in BiH (Koha)
• Haradinaj doesn’t rule out cooperation with VV in runoff elections (Telegrafi)
• COVID-19: 21 new cases, one death (media)
• Open Balkan meeting in Belgrade today (media)
• Kamberi: No tangible positive effects from Open Balkan (Euronews Albania)
• An EU-US deal for Bosnia and Herzegovina's disintegration (EU Observer)
• US leadership matters to avoid new violence in the Balkans (Just Security)
• Virtual brain drain: Kosovo’s booming ICT sector exports talent abroad (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 3, 2021

• We will not allow Bosnianisation of Kosovo, Kurti tells BBC's HARDtalk (media)
• PM Kurti received new head of UNICEF Office in Kosovo, Zicherman (media)
• The legal saga of the Decan Monastery (RFE)
• Greek FM: Athens supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Tanjug, Klan)
• ‘Trepca’ reclaimed, Kurti: We’re repairing the damages of the past 7 years (euronews.al)
• CEC to announce municipal assemblies' election results (media)
• We need to talk about the Western Balkans (Politico)
• Kosovo paves way for vaccination of adolescents (media)
• COVID-19: 21 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 2, 2021

• Gashi: Grenell told us we had seven days to bring down Kurti-led government (Kanal 10)
• Zaev's resignation, blow for "Open Balkan" (Koha)
• Bugajski warns: Moscow plans the next Balkan war (Telegrafi)
• CDHRF: Decan Monastery expanding through Serbia's discriminatory laws (Klan)
• The Russian diplomat, declared non-grata, spotted in Pristina (media)
• Kosovo War Massacres Trial Stalled in Serbia for Two Years (BIRN)
• Parties trade blame over crisis at Ferronikel (BIRN)
• Bosnia is in danger of breaking up, warns EU’s top official in the state (The Guardian)
• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 1, 2021

• Osmani: Serbia, backed by Russia, undertakes destabilising initiatives (Klan)
• Government of Kosovo approves 2022 draft budget (media)
• Mehaj: U.S. military base in Kosovo would ward off Russia's access to the region (Koha/RTK)
• COMKFOR: KSF cannot deploy to the north without my consent (media)
• Szunyog: Vetting, the last step in efforts to improve judicial system (Telegrafi)
• PM Kurti meets OSF deputy chair, Soros (media)
• Von Cramon urges Government to implement decision on Decan Monastery (media)
• Human remains unearthed at the KFOR base in Pristina (media)
• Freight Carriers Protest Fees at Kosovo-North Macedonia Border (BIRN)
• North Macedonia PM announces resignation after election loss (AP)
• COVID-19: 13 new cases, one death (media)