• Kurti: Normalization of relations with Serbia, with mutual recognition (VoA, media) • Prime Minister Kurti meets the Assistant Secretary for Energy, Andrew Light • Escobar: Kosovo is an extremely good partner in the region (VoA, media) • Vucic: There is no dialogue in Brussels as long as Kurti is there (Koha) • EU: IPA agreement enables Kosovo to receive technical and financial assistance (media) • Over €6 million euros of undeclared cash circulating in Kosovo (euronews.al) • Justice of Serbia amnesties murderers who committed crimes in Kosovo (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 28 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Assembly ratifies the energy agreement with the MCC (media) • President Osmani welcomes adoption of agreement with MCC (media) • Rizvanolli: More than proud to sign agreement on behalf of Kosovo (media) • Hovenier happy about the agreement between Kosovo and MCC (media) • Kusari: Gashi’s statement is speculative; government will not fall (Telegrafi) • Kosovo Assembly ratifies international agreement for IPA III (Kosovapress) • UEFA disciplinary body fines soccer club from Kosovo (media) • Two deaths and 1,603 new cases with COVID-19 in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Constitutive session of new Serbian Parliament scheduled for August 1 (N1) • Vucic: Why did you abolish KS plates, who did you ask? (Kosovo Online, Danas) • Survey: 84 percent of Serbian citizens against imposing sanctions on Russia (N1, Nedeljnik, NSPM) • Visoki Decani Monastery expresses gratitude to KFOR (Radio KIM) • Covid-19: 23 new cases registered in Serbian areas (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Three days left until August 1: What awaits Serbs in northern Kosovo and what will implementation of new Pristina rules look like? (Kosovo Online) International: • High Representative Gives Bosnia Leaders Ultimatum to Change Election Law (BIRN) • Price Hikes Dent Tourist Industry in Western Balkans (BIRN) • Montenegro MPs Expected to Condemn WWII Massacre of Serbs as Genocide (Balkan Insight) • Call to Rebuild Njegos Chapel Divides Montenegro (Balkan Insight)

• U.S., Kosovo Celebrate $202M Energy Grant on Capitol Hill (mcc.gov) • Osmani: Agreement with MCC seals U.S. support for Kosovo (RTK) • Kurti: Agreement vital to energy security, social economic transformation (media) • Gashi: Government may fall in autumn (media) • Haradinaj indicates Kosovo-Serbia agreement in autumn (Klan Kosova) • Draft Security Strategy: “Serbia, the main threat” (Radio Free Europe) • Montenegrin President Djukanovic slams Open Balkan initiative (media) • Kosovo festival lets artists transform public spaces (Reuters) • Itinerant exhibit, ‘Ecodesign’, arrives in Kosovo’s capital (ansamed.info)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 27 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Ambassador Hovenier welcomes Osmani’s and Kurt's meeting with Blinken (RTK) • Haradinaj demands mutual recognition of Kosovo-Serbia under US leadership (media) • Analysts and politicians: Meeting with Blinken very positive (RTK) • Government approves agreement with MCC (RTK) • Serbs in the north threatened again by their compatriots (KosovaPress) • Three deaths and 1,853 new cases of Covid-19 (media) Serbian Language Media: • Flayers ‘No Surrender, KM Stays’ appeared this morning on vehicles in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • 25 persons requested victim status from Specialist Chambers, only one ready to testify publicly (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic with Chen Bo on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Vucic and Orban: Serbia and Hungary support each other in difficult times (SRNA, N1) • Spanish Prime Minister to visit Serbia on 29 and 30 July (Blic) • Odalovic: Kurti blocked work of working group that resolved more than 1.800 missing persons cases (RTV) • “Kosovo Serbs will speak about their problems with Kurti in September” (Radio KIM) • Elek: Deterioration of epidemiological situation in northern Serbian areas (Radio Mitrovica Sever) • Covid-19: 21 new cases registered in Gracanica (Kosovo Online) International: • Albanian Ex-President Meta’s Comeback Greeted with Scepticism (Balkan Insight) • Crashed Plane was Flying Arms for Polish-Owned Bosnian Company (Balkan Insight) • North Macedonia Proposes Jail Terms for Media Freedom Violations (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania creating mutual assistance mechanisms (BETA, N1) • Nedimovic: Serbia to again export food to Saudi Arabia (BETA, N1)

• President Osmani, PM Kurti meet US Secretary of State Blinken (media) • Johnson: U.S. believes Kosovo’s future is in Europe and NATO (KTV) • Specialist Chambers continue detention of Kadri Veseli (media) • Kosovo to apply for EU membership by end of 2022 (Euractiv) • Surroi asks for support to his candidacy at RCC (Express) • Social media fuels distrust in institutions across EU, report finds (Exit News) • Cyberattacks big threat to Western Balkans, US expert says (Exit News) • North Macedonia proposes jail terms for media freedom violations (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 26, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Gervalla on Kosovo's membership in CoE: We expect good news in the fall (Paparaci) • Kosovo leaders remember Enver Zymberi (media) • Two French citizens arrested, entered Kosovo illegally in a vehicle with Russian license plates (Koha) • 1,187 infected with coronavirus today, number of active cases reaches 10,000 (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Varhelyi: Serbia taking little steps in aligning with EU foreign policy • Vukcevic on Albanian resolution on Marty’s report (Kosovo Online) • Bujanovac mayor on upcoming census and Kosovo government permission (Kosovo Online) • Covid-19: 20 new cases registered in Serbian areas (Kosovo Online) International: • EU’s Varhelyi: Will for enlargement is back, we’re ready to move fast (EURAKTIV) • Balkan Ports Becoming ‘Growing’ Magnets for Smugglers, Report says (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Balkan Flyers Suffer From Europe’s Airport Chaos (Balkan Insight) • Average net salary in Serbia in May 74,168 Dinars (N1)

• President Osmani, PM Kurti to meet Secretary of State Blinken today (media) • U.S. wants role in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Blic/Klan) • Prosecution explains invitation to interview the former EULEX prosecutor (media) • ECPMF, EFJ react on the interview process for RTK Board members (RTK) • Kosovo’s Security Committee meets with Commissioner of German Army (Kallxo) • Progress on Prishtina-Durres Railway in Kosovo Parliament (Exit) • Serb, Albanian farmers hit by degradation of river in Strpce (Koha Ditore) • Kosovo's capital Pristina bursts onto the global art scene with an ambitious Manifesta 14, which is more hit than miss (The Art Newspaper) • Albania’s Retired President Returns to Active Party Politics (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 25, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani, Prime Minister Kurti travel to U.S. for MCC agreement (media) • Bislimi hosts a farewell meeting with the Swedish ambassador (media) • Kurti: We are committed to spend the winter as easily as possible (media) • Tahiri: It is meaningless not to send law on wages to Assembly (Kallxo) • Kosovo with liaison officer in the United Kingdom (RTK) • Serbia and Kosovo’s millions for U.S. blacklisted persons and companies (RFE) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian citizens entering Kosovo to be issued declaration sheet as of August 1 (KoSSev) • Anniversary of a crime in Staro Gracko, no one is held responsible yet (RTS) • Rakic, Petkovic on Staro Gracko crime anniversary (Radio Mitrovica Sever) • Obradovic says constitutive session of new Serbian Parliament should take place in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Vucic: Government in mid-August, important that I withdraw as SNS leader (N1) • Hill: I would like to see a pro-West government (BETA, N1) • Schieb: No obstacles to Serbia’s EU membership once it meets all conditions (FoNet, N1) International: • Bringing the world to Kosovo and Kosovo to the world (Kosovo 2.0) • Ukraine’s EU Candidacy Might be Opportunity for Western Balkans (BIRN) • Albania asks human rights body to cancel stolen organ claims (The Washington Post) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian Energy Minister announces increase in price of electricity (N1)

• Kurti: Kosovo in the first place in terms of the rule of law in the Balkans (RTK) • President Osmani participated in inauguration of new President of Albania (media) • Kosovo ready to implement reciprocity measures with Serbia on ID cards (media) • Italian ambassador optimistic about visa liberalization for Kosovo (media) • Albania’s new president Bajram Begaj gets sworn into office (media) • Haxhiu leaves open possibility for Specialist Chambers to have a supervisory mechanism (media) • The Serbian List holds hostage two laws (Koha) • False bomb alert in the complex of the University of Pristina (RTK) • Fractured History: Why Kosovo has no proper wartime archive (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 22, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani meets Meta: Kosovo's membership in NATO strengthens peace in the region (media) • Osmani: We will see if Specialist Chambers are respecting the rights of the accused (RTK) • Klinaku: Government publicised proposal without waiting for feedback (media) • Pacolli meets President of South Sudan (media) • In the global fight against corruption, U.S. values Kosovo as a partner (RTK) • 100 interns from communities will carry out internships in Kosovo institutions (Klan) • Kamberi meets Kurti, thanks him for his support (media) • Trade unions request 100 euro for public sector employees pending law's approval (Kallxo) • Berisha: I've been banned from entering the UK (media) Serbian Language Media: • Visoki Decani Monastery: KFOR presence necessary because of frequent attacks (media, social media) • Defendants in Ivanovic’s case to remain under house arrest (Radio KIM) • Filipovski: Serbia will sharply react to Albanian Parliament resolution on Dick Marty’s report (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Ambulance vehicles kept at Merdare crossing point (Kosovo Online) • Cadez: Meeting of the ministers of the countries of the Open Balkans on Monday in Tirana (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) International: • US Warns of ‘Threat’ to Iranian Opposition Summit in Albania (Balkan Insight) • Albanian MPs Adopt Resolution Condemning Kosovo War Crimes Report (Balkan Insight) • Energy Community Secretariat initiates infringement procedures against Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Serbia (balkangreenenergynews.com)