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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 14, 2021

• G7 call on Kosovo and Serbia to continue dialogue without delays (Zeri) • Lajcak: Western Balkans integration in EU, the only alternative (media) • Gervalla in London: Serbia is threatening, we must act quickly if we want to save the peace (media) • Why is the north of Kosovo a haven for criminal groups? (RFE Albanian) • HLC's Blakaj: Missing persons ought not be a condition to agreement with Serbia (Koha) • Movie Puts Spotlight on Forced Marriage in Kosovo (BIRN) • Assembly adopts draft law for deployment of KSF abroad (media) • North Macedonian president to pay official visit to Kosovo (Indeksonline) • Kosovo connecting to Serbian IPs, businesses and opposition raise the alarm (euronews.al) • Serbian Minister requests visa liberalisation for Kosovo (RTK) • COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 13, 2021

• Serbian minister's statement on Recak continues to draw reactions (media) • Serwer: If Serbia refuses recognition, Kosovo has the right to reject Association (Koha) • Kosovo authorities arrest three persons in connection to Gllogjan shooting (media) • Kurti: Kosovo improving legal framework in efforts to uproot gender-based violence (media) • Haxhiu: Venice Commission supports changes to prosecutorial system (media) • Early marriages, a concern in Kosovo (media) • Three NGOs urge Kurti to remove Egyptians from the RAE group acronym (Telegrafi) • Meta: Republika Srpska actions threaten regional stability (Koha) • North Macedonia eyes 3 million tones of Kosovo coal (Reuters) • COVID-19: Seven new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 10, 2021

• Osmani speaks at Democracy Summit, presents three main commitments (media) • Macron: We will organise a conference for Western Balkans in June (RFE) • EP on Tuesday about fight against organised crime in Western Balkans (EWB) • Kurti says criminal group in the north must be tried in Kosovo (media) • Serbian List opposes U.S. decision on criminal bosses (media) • Kosovo Serbs close to Serbia’s rulers join US blacklist (BIRN) • Kosovo arrests Serbian citizen for war crimes on border (BIRN) • Junior doctors protest failure to allocate special budget for wages (BIRN) • Kosovo youth train as bakers, waiters to get quick jobs abroad (Reuters) • Prishtina-Durres railway, Kosovo sets aside €1 million for feasibility (euronews.al) • Consequences of Vucic’s “passivization” campaign on thousands of Albanians in Serbia (Exit News) • The anger you’re entitled to (Kosovo 2.0) • COVID-19: 19 new cases, one death (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 9, 2021

• U.S. imposes sanctions on controversial Kosovo Serb businessman (BIRN) • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement on sanctions (media) • Kosovo’s leaders welcome sanctions against Veselinovic and his group (media) • Vucic: We’ll look into any serious allegations (media) • Collaku: Kurti should change strategy to win ground with Serbia (euronews.al) • Hasani: Constitutional Court has cemented obligation to form Association (media) • Gastronomes to protest against government measures on December 15 (media) • COVID-19: Ten new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 8, 2021

• Kurti and Borrell clash over Association of Serb-majority municipalities (Koha) • Kurti: Two decades since prison release, I continue to fight for the same causes (media) • Escobar: U.S. supports implementation of reached agreements (media) • Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti meets EC President von der Leyen, EP President Sassoli (media) • Varhelyi on vetting process: No need for such a deep reform (Kosovapress) • President Osmani meets UK, Austrian ambassadors (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo is in the hands of energy mafia (media) • Kosovo, Albania Ready to Help any Potential US-led Ukraine Mission (BIRN) • COVID-19: Eight new cases, no deaths (media)