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UNMIK Headlines 20 June

• Thaci: EU is unjust toward Kosovo, isolation and stagnation must end (media)
• Veseli sacks PDK officials with active indictments from public and party posts
• Thaci dismisses advisor allegedly working for Serbian intelligence (Zeri/Telegrafi)
• Kosovo and Serbia to face off over Interpol membership bid (RFE)
• “Peace cannot be reached without addressing war crimes” (media)
• Kosnett: Kosovo, Serbia to speed up normalization of relations (media)
• Hoxha: We expected an objective assessment on visa liberalization (media)
• Bahtiri calls on Kosovo leaders to halt construction in the north (Zeri/Epoka)
• Apostolova calls for end to monopoly in vehicle homologation (media)

UNMIK Headlines 19 May

• Haradinaj: Council knows importance of visa liberalization for Kosovo (media)
• Haradinaj: EU Council conclusions do not fade visa liberalisation (media)
• Hahn: Difficult to motivate Kosovo and Serbia to return to talks (RTK)
• Kosnett seeks support for Truth and Reconciliation Commission (RTK)
• Trump signs extradition agreement with Kosovo (media)
• Rama promotes “Balkans Schengen” idea in London (Koha)
• EU objects to draft law on funding of political parties (RTK)
• Police raid six money-laundering suspect sites (media)
• International Day for elimination of sexual violence in conflict to be marked today
• Government approves Concept Document on missing persons (media)
• Russia, Serbia stepping up intelligence activity in Kosovo and North Macedonia

UNMIK Headlines 18 June

• Hahn: Kosovo, Serbia must see EU rewards investments in compromise (media)
• EU Council disappointing for Kosovo: No visas, tariff to be lifted ASAP (Klan)
• Former U.S. army commander in Europe calls for new approach on Kosovo (KP)
• Kosovo has no dilemma about Paris summit (Radio Free Europe)
• War crimes amnesty would undo Specialist Chambers (Koha Ditore)
• LDK won’t agree to bring down government with Serbian List votes (RTK)
• Ahmeti wants guarantees that Mustafa won’t enter coalition with PDK (KTV)
• Xhaferi: Kosovo-Serbia agreement to end in mutual recognition (Bota Sot)
• Apostolova: Public administration reform, necessary (Zeri)
• Scott: Balkan political leaders should leave nationalist rhetoric aside (Epoka)
• Law on government to be adopted this year (Epoka)
• Civil society activists accuse PDK security staff of attack (media)

UNMIK Headlines 17 June

• Haradinaj: We don’t need freedom when we’re isolated (Zeri)
• Thaci: Paris Summit to pave way to agreement with Serbia (L’Express)
• Civil society refuses to be part of Kosovo negotiating team (RFE)
• Johnson: Trump supports reaching of Kosovo – Serbia agreement (VoA, RTK)
• Serwer: Without U.S. and EU consent, there can be no agreement (Koha)
• Joseph: Idea of unification with Albania incites separatism of Serbs (Koha)
• EU responds to Thaci’s claim that Association is dead (Express)
• Kadri Veseli reelected PDK leader (dailies)
• Kosnett calls recent appointment at Kosovo ministry, insult to citizens (Kallxo)
• Kosovo Police arrest war crimes suspect (media)

UNMIK Headlines 15 June

• Thaci: Paris Summit to pave way to agreement with Serbia (L’Express)
• Haradinaj: We will suspend the tariff, if there is agreement on recognition (Koha)
• Hoxhaj: There will be no early general elections this year (RTK)
• Wilson: Serbia cannot be a normal state without resolving Kosovo issue (media)
• O’Connell: Reporters in Kosovo are threatened, this is unacceptable (Kosovapress)
• Kosovo Police arrest war crimes suspect (media)
• Five possible successors to Federica Mogherini (media)

UNMIK Headlines 14 June

• President Thaci to EFE: Spain should recognize Kosovo (media)
• Thaci: We are preparing for peaceful agreement with Serbia (media)
• Palmer: Merkel-Macron initiative doesn’t replace Brussels dialogue (RFE)
• Palmer brings Albanian and Serb political representatives together (Express)
• The un-constitutional delegation (Koha)
• Kosovo and U.S. sign extradition agreement protocol (media)
• Pacolli: Czech Republic to support Kosovo’s Interpol membership (media)
• Kosovo DPM Limaj meets EU’s Balkans Director Eichhorst (Epoka)
• Alex Whiting, new chief investigator with Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (media)

UNMIK Headlines 13 June

• Kosovo marks 20th anniversary of deployment of NATO troops (media)
• Albright: Kosovo is independent, deserves to be recognised by all (Koha)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo has the courage to reach agreement with Serbia (media)
• Clark: Putin can provoke crisis in Balkans whenever he needs this (RTK)
• Kosovo opposition leaders visibly absent at main ceremony in Pristina (Express)
• Paris summit question marks (Zeri)
• Serbian media: Kosovo – Serbia agreement by year’s end? (media)
• Kurti: Border correction and national unification don’t go hand in hand (Zeri)
• Police launch operation for fighting contraband in the north (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 12 June

• Foreign dignitaries in Kosovo on 20th anniversary of NATO’s deployment (media)
• Clinton: World needs to see Kosovo committed to improve (media)
• Haradinaj wants framework agreement at Paris Summit (media)
• Palmer: U.S. wants a sustainable Kosovo – Serbia agreement (Koha/Zeri)
• Hoxhaj: Dialogue with Serbia to end by spring 2020, at the latest (Klan Kosova)
• “KFOR proud of providing security in Kosovo for 20 years (Koha)
• Foggo: NATO membership is a political process (Zeri)
• Haradinaj meets Heldt: Germany serious partner (media)
• Vucic reacts to Serwer’s statement about agreement with Kosovo (media)
• Juncker slams Kosovo and Serbia: No EU without agreement (Express)
• Unknown persons attack police officers in the north (Klan Kosova)

UNMIK Headlines 11 June

• Tanin: Kosovo-Serbia relations are fragile (media)
• Citaku: Kosovo Police professional, UNMIK no longer necessary (media)
• U.S. representative expresses support for Kosovo Police operation (media)
• Germany wants UNMIK mandate to be reviewed (Indeksonline)
• Dacic blames Kosovo for not implementing Brussels agreements (media)
• Pacolli: UNMIK staff are violating international law, regrettable (Lajmi)
• Hoxhaj: Tanin misuses UNSC to spread fake news (media)
• Dacic “outraged”, insults Kosovo, the U.S. and UK (Indeksonline)
• The full text of the statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, to the Security Council
• The full text of the statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the United Nations Legal Counsel, Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, to the Security Council
• The White House calls on Kosovo, Serbia to work on agreement (Express)
• U.S. insists on tax suspension to give dialogue a chance (VOA/Zeri)
• Haradinaj: Paris meeting might not be held, but it’s not Kosovo’s fault (media)
• Lower expectations from the Paris Summit (Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 10 June

• UN Security Council to discuss Kosovo today (media)
• KFOR: Kosovo Police can go to north without KFOR permission (RTK)
• No seriousness in dialogue without a leading role by the U.S. (Koha)
• Veseli: PDK to initiate parliamentary inquiry into KLA veterans’ lists (media)
• Thaci: If election system doesn’t change, I will leave politics forever (media)
• Sauer: UN presence in Kosovo, not required anymore (media)
• Albanians in the north appeal to institutions to stop ‘colonisation” (Zeri)
• Palmer to visit Serbia today, Kosovo among topics of discussion (Indeksonline)
• LDK’s Ahmeti: We will try to oust the government in September (Epoka)
• The north of tensions (Koha)
• Card. Parolin: Pope is spiritually close to the people of Kosovo (Zeri)