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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 7, 2021

• COVID-19: Ten new cases, no deaths (media) • Assembly to debate today on implementation of Washington agreement (media) • Kosovo, Serbia to meet today at level of chief negotiators (Indeksonline) • “Guxo” List, Vetevendosje to run together in upcoming local elections (media) • Calls for equal inclusion of women and men in elections (media) • Vetevendosje MP: No Association with executive competencies (T7) • “There must not be a monoethnic association in a multiethnic society” (KTV) • Hasani: When political options are stopped, war breaks out (media) • Serbia’s Interior Minister insults Kosovo President, reactions follow (media) • Law on confiscation of illegally obtained wealth to be ready in autumn (T7) • US Ambassador: Kosovo needs to move past reliance on remittances (media) • Trial of Oliver Ivanovic murder suspects opens in Kosovo (BIRN) • Roma in Kosovo protest for investigation of ‘Czech Floyd’ death (BIRN) • Investing in the Balkans, China sidesteps Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 6, 2021

• COVID-19: Three new cases, no deaths (media) • Germany to give 3 million COVID-19 vaccines to Western Balkans (media) • Kurti: Time for bold actions in both the EU and Western Balkans (media) • Merkel sees strategic case for Balkan states joining EU (Reuters) • EC president calls for acceleration of Western Balkans EU integration (RFE) • Varhelyi: EU to support Western Balkans economic recovery with €30bn (media) • Kurz: EU to deliver on promises to Western Balkans (media) • Kosovo welcomes first sexual violence during conflict conviction (media) • Kosovo Feels US, EU, Heat on Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities (BIRN) • Osmani: Thaci should not be called "Americans' hound dog" (Koha) • Kurti-led government doesn't plan on forming new municipalities (Klan) • Kosovo Municipality Takes Serb Returnee Case to Court (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 5, 2021

• COVID-19: 9 new cases, one death (media) • Palmer: Kosovo needs to deliver on obligation for Association (RTV21) • EU expects Kosovo to make proposals on Association (Koha) • Kurti will insist on his four points in second meeting with Vucic (Kosovapress) • EU wants discussions on all ideas for joint regional market (Koha) • Memli Krasniqi elected leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK (media) • Kosovo forgets border demarcation with Montenegro (RFE) • Wesley Clark to visit Kosovo on Wednesday (media) • The Party’s Back: Balkan Summer Festivals Return (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 2, 2021

• COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media) • Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian communities 'excluded' from vaccination (Koha) • Denmark, Croatia donate vaccines to Western Balkans countries (media) • Kurti: There is pressure to implement damaging agreements with Serbia (RTK) • Kurti: Ujman was built in ex-Yugoslavia; was considered a closed issue (media) • NATO SG reaffirms commitment to KFOR and Western Balkans stability • Osmani: Kosovo's future is in EU, NATO, UN (media) • Stoltenberg: KSF cannot go to north without agreement with KFOR (Telegrafi) • Gervalla: Serbia to recognise reality (media) • Vetevendosje to join forces with Osmani’s Guxo and Kusari’s party (Kallxo) • Enver Hoxhaj decides not to run for post of PDK leader (media) • Kosovo court orders detention for media commission duo for bribery (BIRN) • Pack: Border changes in the Balkans would be devastating (Klan Kosova) • Osmani and Kurti appoint new intelligence deputy director (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 1, 2021

• COVID-19: Nine new cases, no deaths (media) • US expect Kosovo and Serbia to respect Washington Agreement (media) • Kurti: There can be studies, but Ujman belongs to Kosovo (media) • Kurti on the dialogue: Ask those that made concessions (Koha) • Germany, UK reaffirm commitment to Western Balkans (BIRN) • NATO Secretary General to visit Kosovo on Thursday (media) • Vetevendosje MP says reciprocity is part of negotiations (KTV) • “Government must convince skeptical countries on visa liberalisation” (media) • Kurti: Serbia today must distance itself from Milosevic’s Serbia (media) • Serbian state security chiefs convicted of aiding war crimes (BIRN) • Simmons’ report to Assembly on alleged wrongdoings, without legal effect (RFE) • PDK’s Uran Ismaili to run for Prishtina Mayor (media) • Police arrest 21 persons for suspected corruption in agricultural grants (media) • Independent Media Commission head arrested (media)