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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 8, 2021

• EU’s Balkan Billions Must Be Tied to Values, Kosovo Leader Says (Bloomberg)
• Merkel speaks of ‘modest progress’ in resolution of Kosovo-Serbia problems (Telegrafi)
• Lajcak meets EU ambassadors to UN during his visit to U.S. (media)
• EU ambassador to Serbia: Pristina-Belgrade dialogue can produce results (Klan)
• France blocking visa liberalisation, further EU enlargement, analyst says (Telegrafi)
• "Lack of EU enlargement strategy can lead to conflict in Balkans" (RTK)
• Kosovo war veterans plead innocent to witness intimidation (AP)
• War Veterans’ Leaders go on trial at Hague Court, after leaking Court documents (BIRN)
• Ministry of Health recommends extension of current anti-COVID measures (media)
• COVID-19: No deaths, 30 new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, October 7, 2021

• EU: Western Balkans to implement necessary reforms in key areas (EWB)
• EU – WB Summit Brdo Declaration (media)
• Kurti on meeting Merkel, Macron and Vucic (media)
• Borrell: I call on both parties to intensify work on an agreement (media)
• Macron: Kosovo – Serbia dialogue seems very complex (media)
• Shared responsibility for a common European future (media)
• Lajcak travels to New York to meet UN leadership (media)
• ‘Loyalty to Comrades’ lands Kosovo War Veterans’ leaders in court (BIRN)
• COVID-19: One death, 41 new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 6, 2021

• Hovenier: Without Kosovo-Serbia mutual recognition, region will remain blocked (VOA/RFE)
• Borrell on EU-US relations: Cooperation in Western Balkans much better (media)
• Government says it supports regional cooperation in the framework of Berlin Process (Koha)
• Kurti meets Prime Minister of Croatia, Plenkovic (media)
• Abdixhiku requests from EU: Treat Kosovo equally, lift visas (media)
• Haradinaj: There cannot be progress on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue without the U.S. (RTK)
• Serbia accused of blocking a Kosovo truck from entering its territory (Koha/Zeri)
• EU Leaders To Reassure Western Balkans States On Accession At Summit (RFE)
• Commissioner Varhelyi accused of favouring Serbia's candidacy despite no progress on key issues (Koha)
• AKR's Pacolli visits former KLA leaders detained at The Hague (media)
• Serb jailed for crimes in 1998-1999 war in Kosovo (AP)
• COVID-19: Two deaths, 38 new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 5, 2021

• EU leaders to restate membership guarantee for Balkans at summit (Reuters)
• What is expected from the EU-Western Balkans summit? (Radio Free Europe)
• US Senator: Association of Serbian municipalities, a recipe for disaster (media)
• Kurti: Increased budget for the army will be a priority (media)
• EULEX chief on implementation of license plates agreement (media)
• Krasniqi: Government allowed Serbia to intervene in our sovereignty (media)
• Latifi: Result of local elections will be different from national elections (Express)
• COVID-19: One death, seven new cases (media)
• All change: Merkel’s departure a moment to rethink EU Balkan policy (BIRN)
• Pandora Papers: New lead exposes Balkan PEPs’ hidden riches (BIRN)
• Vetevendosje’s man elected CEO of Kosovo Power Corporation (Kallxo)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 4, 2021

• License plates agreement: Sticker regime to enter into force today (media)
• Serbs lift roadblocks in Kosovo as NATO moves to end car plate row (Reuters)
• Kurti says they will work for full reciprocity with Serbia, addresses gas project (EO)
• "KFOR ready to perform its duties in support of local and regional stability" (media)
• U.S. commends progress in implementation of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (media)
• Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti meets management of the Kosovo Police (media)
• “The era when the Republic of Kosovo is oppressed is over,” says minister Svecla (euronews.al)
• Mehaj: National security challenged and provoked by Serbia (media)
• Shala in op-ed: Four lessons from the North of Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• Phillips: Kosovo was late with reciprocity, Serbia to stop seeking preferential treatment (Telegrafi)
• Kurti to attend EU-Western Balkans summit in Slovenia (Kosovapress)
• Kandic: Serbia not ready to punish war crime perpetrators (Kosovapress)
• Kosovo Court urged to convict Serb ex-policeman of wartime killings (BIRN)
• COVID-19: Two deaths, 23 new cases (media)