• Lajcak, Bislimi meet in Brussels; discuss next steps in dialogue (media) • Scholz indicates agreement on Berlin Process: Summit in November (Express) • French ambassador gives positive signals for visa liberalisation (Kosovapress) • Govt barely gets votes for bureau on confiscation of unjustifiable wealth (Koha) • OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Rau to meet leaders today (Kosovapress) • Vetevendosje MP calls for media control, Journalists Association reacts (Koha) • Kosovo Govt, European heritage network argue Orthodox monastery (BIRN) • Von Cramon meets Europa Nostra Secretary General (media) • Observatory in Prishtina reopens after 35-year gap (Prishtina Insight) • Old, ugly, obsolete, but Pristina satellite dishes part of collective memory (BIRN) • Hague Court President: Recognising Srebrenica genocide is necessary (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 14, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Lajcak mentioned 3-4 agreements; EU and Kosovo govt don’t give details (Telegrafi) • Kurti: Political parties should meet to discuss vetting process (Reporteri) • Muja certain bill on verification, confiscation of unjustifiable wealth, will pass (Telegrafi) • German MP in Tirana: Open Balkan, only an element of the Berlin Process (Express) • Ceku says Europa Nostra should apologise to Kosovo for image damage (Klan) • Aliu: Europa Nostra heavily damaged Kosovo’s image (RTK) • EU continues to support strengthening of rule of law in Kosovo (media) • Former Customs Director elected chair of the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (Koha) • Kamberi: Integration of Presevo Valley Albanians in Serbian state institutions (media) Serbian Language Media: • Kamberi: Coalition of Albanians of the valley has no interest in being in the Government of Serbia (N1, Beta) • Vucic denies being invited to high-level talks in Brussels; state of emergency but not declared (Beta, FoNet, N1) • Petkovic's two failed attempts to enter Kosovo; EU: They should have allowed him; Pristina disagrees (KoSSev) • Europa Nostra after Kosovo visit: V. Decani to continue to be guarded by KFOR due to security challenges (KoSSev) • Serbian Ambassador: Friendship between Serbia and China ‘steel-strong’ (N1) • Brnabic with Ukrainian Ambassador: Serbia for respecting international law, peaceful settlement of disputes (Kosovo Online) International: • Kosovo Prosecutorial Council Scraps Recruitment Call After Test Leak (Balkan Insight) • EU Reportedly to Impose Visa Bans on Western Balkan Right-Wing Extremists (schengenvisainfo.com) • Bosnian Police Arrest Kelmendi’s Son, Elvis, on Organised Crime Charges (Balkan Insight) • Serbia Mulls ‘Taking Over’ Mainly Russian-owned Oil Company (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Observatory returns to Pristina as a window into space and heritage (Koha) • Unemployment, Prejudice Await Kosovo Returnees from Syria, Iraq (BIRN) • My Grandfather’s Memorial Illuminates Holocaust History in Serbia (Balkan Insight)

• Chairman of the OSCE to visit Kosovo (RTK) • Kosovo Government: Petkovic violated agreement on official visits (media) • Aliu: Reciprocity is the essence of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RTK) • Borrell prefers "Open Balkan", Scholz "Berlin Process" (Klan) • Grenell blames Kurti and EU, says KFOR should withdraw from Kosovo (media) • Government responds to criticism over Kurti's stay in Greece (Telegrafi) • Europa Nostra: Reasons for inclusion of Decan Monastery to the endangered list, still valid (Kallxo) • Pristina Observatory opens for celestial observations (media) • In the north, RKS license plates covered with KM ones (RFE/Koha) • EU mulls visa bans on Balkans extremists stirred up by Moscow (EUobserver) • Hospitals Told to Mobilise as COVID-19 Cases Increase (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Rama to Stoltenberg: Kosovo should be included in the partnership for peace (media) • Germany provides 400,000-euro assistance to KSF (media) • Government of Kosovo vows to take measures on staple products (Koha) • Ereza Vela, first woman to run for chair of Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (Express) • Krasniqi: We need to prepare for a higher influx of patients (media) • Albania calls for Kosovo admission in Council of Europe (media) • Millions from Kosovo budget for neglected facilities in Serb-majority municipalities (RFE) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic banned from entering Kosovo again (Kosovo Online) • Ministry of Culture of Serbia: A campaign of attempted seizure of cultural treasures (KiM radio) • Mihajlovic: Vulin is the leader of a tiny party (FoNet, N1) • Serbia didn’t join new EU restrictive measures against Iran (BETA, N1) • Brnabic to Italian Ambassador: Important for Serbia to open cluster 3 in December (N1) • Hoxhaj: Kosovo should join the Open Balkan initiative (N1, Beta) Opinion: • Never again, but nothing has changed (Kosovo 2.0) • French proposal will encourage extreme nationalists (EWB) International: • Serbian Peace Activists’ HQ Vandalised After Srebrenica Anniversary (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Vienna Institute: No economic growth in Serbia if war in Ukraine continues (N1)

• Kosovo refutes Russian propaganda about “mercenaries” in Ukraine (Koha) • Hoxhaj: Agreement with Serbia is crucial not to have crisis again (media) • Kosovo, Montenegrin Foreign Ministries hold political consultations (media) • Krasniqi: Bigger mobilisation over a greater infection wave (EO) • Kosovo minister conveys Serbia’s messages in Gjilan (Koha) • Kosovo’s annual inflation accelerates to 14.1 percent in June (SeeNews) • Status conference in the case of Thaci and others today (media) • Kosovo Political Prisoners Recall Brutal Internment on ‘Barren Island’ (BIRN) • US rejects ‘Serbian world’ advocated by Serbian minister (AP) • Albania Registers Sharp Increase in Visitors from Serbia (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 12, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • EULEX departs a convoy of aid to Ukraine (media) • Szunyog: Proud of Kosovo standing alongside EU on Ukraine (Klan) • Konjufca receives e delegation of UK Parliament (media) • Citaku: Kurti lacks transparency, consistency, and clear vision for dialogue (Nacionale) • Gervalla-Schwarz receives representatives of British Inter-Parliamentary Union (RTK) • Two died from COVID-19 on Tuesday (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic banned from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Peace and stability in Western Balkans a priority (N1) • Selakovic: Belgrade respects territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine (Danas) • OSCE Chair Zbigniew Rau to visit Western Balkans (N1) • Arlov banned from entering Kosovo again (Kosovo Online) • Gojkovic: Pristina attempting to falsify history (KoSSev, Radio KIM) International: • Kosovo’s Pandemic Response Left Women-Led Businesses Struggling (BIRN) • Albanian PM to meet with NATO over new naval base (Euractiv) • Srebrenica Peace March Relives Painful Memories (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • KFOR donates two medical containers to villages Babus and Babljak (Kosovo Online)

• Kurti: Europe's security and defence will be decided this decade (media) • In Greece, Kurti meets envoy Lajcak, Montenegrin FM Krivokapic (media) • Citaku criticises Kurti for Greece visit, says Kosovo is being run by DPM Bislimi (media) • Two more Ukrainian journalists arrive in Kosovo (media) • Association of journalists condemns attack on RTK crew (media) • EUROSTAT: Kosovo's population has shrunk by 10 percent since 2003 (Koha) • Kosovo looking for piece of Israeli normalization pie (Jewish News Syndicate)

Albanian Language Media: • No date yet for meeting between Kurti and Vucic (Kosovapress) • Prime Minister Kurti meets Lajcak in Greece (media) • Kosovo leaders commemorate Srebrenica massacre (media) • Kosovo-Serbia dialogue EU's 'instrument' for the non-liberalization of visas (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic: Policy of withdrawing the recognition of Kosovo's independence alive and active (N1, Beta, RTS) • Europa Nostra meets Kosovo officials, Decani Monastery calls for implementation of CC decision (Radio KIM, media) • Decani Monastery says it is endangered (Beta, N1, KoSSev) • Drecun: I do not know what the optimism of Lajcak was based on; dialogue meaningless without progress (RTS) • Jovanovic thanks Scholz, EP for confirming what his party was already saying (N1) • UNS and its branch in Kosovo condemn Jevtic’s attitude toward journalist, Jevitc denies allegations (Radio KIM, media) • Rakic met NATO Deputy Secretary General (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Attacks on Serbs consequence of Pristina authorities’ anti-Serb rhetoric (Kosovo Online) International: • ‘March of Death’: Women Recall Harrowing Escape from Srebrenica (BIRN) • Balkans Confronts Another Wildfire Season Badly Prepared (BIRN) • EU, US urge North Macedonia to move forward on EU bid (AP) • Montenegrin Opposition May Help Embattled Govt Survive Confidence Vote (BIRN)

• Geoana: Dialogue, only path toward normalisation of relations (media) • Lajcak: 3-4 agreements between Kosovo and Serbia are ready (media) • “Only compromise between Kosovo and Serbia is mutual recognition” (EO) • Ceku: 1,247 artifacts from Kosovo held illegally in Belgrade museums (media) • UNMIK chief visits Islamic Community on Eid al-Adha, speaks Arabic (media) • 2,000 new cases with COVID-19 confirmed last week; three deaths (Telegrafi) • Failure to reopen Kosovo-Serbia air link blamed on COVID-19 (BIRN) • Serbian ex-fighter testifies in Kosovo war massacres trial (BIRN) • Djukanovic cuts off support for Abazovic-led government (Radio Free Europe)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 7, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Railway line with Albania, MCC programme, two capital projects (media) • Elektrosever violates deadlines set by the energy agreement (Radio Free Europe) • Assembly fails to review draft laws due to lack of quorum (Kallxo) • Kosovo approves fourth COVID-19 shot for over 60s (media) Serbian Language Media: • Municipality of Strpce: There is no question of espionage, illegal cameras, and structures (KiM radio) • Vucic: Serbia will not impose sanctions on Russia or recognize Kosovo (N1) • Edi Rama: Serbia will have to recognize Kosovo and get rid of the burden (NMagazin, Danas) • Office for KiM: “ROSU raided school, post office, TV Hertz, Provisional Authority, pressure on Serbs to leave their homes” (KoSSev, RTS, Blic) • Supreme Commander of NATO Naval Forces and COM KFOR visit Decani Monastery (KoSSev) • Northern Kosovo residents on Pristina’s request to change licence plates (KoSSev) • Lajcak: We prepare Vucic-Kurti meeting for July (Tanjug) • Vucic, Bom Jesus discuss advancement of cooperation (Tanjug) • Cyprus Ambassador: Relations between Cyprus and Serbia founded on a firm friendship (RTS) International: • Kosovo Police Remove Surveillance Cameras in Mainly Serb Town (Balkan Insight) • North Macedonia Arrests Armed Man at Ethnic Scuffle in Capital (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Risk of insufficient wheat supply in Kosovo (RFE)