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)

• Police remove illegal cameras in Serb-majority Shterpce (media) • Wanted Serb businessman ‘must be arrested’ if return to Kosovo confirmed (BIRN) • Serbian List reacts to Radoicic's video, LVV MP's remarks (Koha) • Have Serbian President’s Kosovo warnings ever come true? (BIRN) • Kosovo PM Kurti meets former U.S. State Secretary Pompeo (media) • Kosovo Assembly to discuss lack of visa liberalisation decision (Kallxo) • Gervalla-Schwarz: Nothing can stop institutional reform (media) • Osmani: Increasing trend of cases of sexual violence is concerning (Zeri)

Albanian Language Media: • NATO Deputy Secretary General to visit Kosovo tomorrow (media) • EP: Independence of Kosovo irreversible, visas to be liberalised (RTK) • Von Cramon on Kosovo’s application at EU: It is not the right time (Reporteri) • Arrest warrant against Radojicic "still in force" (RFE) • Musliu: Radojicic’s threat, Vucic’s new card in Putin’s hybrid war (Kosovapress) • Maliqi on Radojicic return: Escalatory move by Belgrade (media) • Kurti appoints new deputy minister of culture (media) • Europa Nostra representatives meet KFOR Commander Kajari (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic on Radoicic's arrival in Kosovo, meeting with Kurti, EP resolution (KoSSev) • The EP adopted a resolution on Serbia: Rule of law, Kosovo, and sanctions against Russia (N1) • EP Report on Kosovo: ZSO to be established, visa liberalisation granted (Kosovo-online, media) • Petkovic: Pristina wants to halt talks on missing persons (Tanjug, media) • Visoki Decani: Role of KFOR crucial in protecting monastery (N1, SRNA) • “Anniversary of KLA crime near Pec in 1998, no one was held accountable for” (BETA, N1) • Selakovic: Serbia has strong leadership, preconditions for maintaining peace (Tanjug) • Nova.rs: Serbia no longer in focus of EU attention (N1) • Hill: Americans and Serbs have the same trait, they do not like to be told what to do (N1, Danas) • MEPs say Serbia cannot move forward to EU without imposing sanctions on Russia (N1, Hina) • Radoicic recorded a video message, also: "I'm back" (KiM radio) • Rada Trajkovic on Radoicic’s video address (Danas) • Crnac and Belo Brdo miners ended their protest (KoSSev) International: • Environmentalists Protest Sunny Hill’s Return to Pristina’s Germia Park (BIRN) • Dozens of Police Hurt in North Macedonia Protests Over EU Deal (Bloomberg) • EU Kosovo Mission ‘Unaffected’ by UK Payout to Whistleblower (Balkan Insight) • EU enlargement: Parliament takes stock of developments in the Western Balkans (europarl.europa.eu) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo with good legislation on languages, implementation remains a challenge (KP) • Murtezi: Over 64,000 persons employed in the last three years in Kosovo (Telegrafi)

• UK envoy Peach expresses willingness to assist in the dialogue process (media) • Kurti meets Dendias, emphasizes the need for visa liberalisation (media) • Kosovo government says Cyprus supports visa liberalisation (media) • Milan Radojcic announces return to Kosovo (media) • Von Carmon calls for immediate liberalisation of visas for Kosovo (Telegrafi) • U.S. pollster shows Kurti as most trusted leader, followed by Osmani (media) • Analysis: Kosovo and Albania, history of agreements but non-implementation (Exit) • Krypometer to verify facts of publications on Facebook and Instagrm (Kallxo) • University of Prishtina counts on authorities' help on disputed property (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 5, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti to participate at a Round Table with the Government of Greece (media) • Peach: Euro-Atlantic journey is the right path for Western Balkans (Express/Klan) • Osmani continues meetings in Slovenia, focusing on intensification of parliamentary diplomacy (media) • Kurti in Athens: EU is the solution for the Western Balkans (media) • Rizvanolli: Kosovo to save at least €15 mill annually through MCC agreement (media) • Kosovo Assembly criticised for lack of quorum sessions (KP/Telegrafi) • UNDP report: Level of satisfaction with prime minister’s work decreases (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Starovic: Stano's support for Albin Kurti incomprehensible and has no basis in the agreement (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS, Tanjug) • Drecun: Pristina jeopardising dialogue, Vucic-Kurti meeting (Tanjug) • Petkovic: International community to force Pristina establish ZSO (RTS) • Report says Serbian media landscape heavily polarized (N1) • Grbovic: “I would like to hear Kurti say, in any language, he will respect court decision on Visoki Decani Monastery land” (Danas) • The miners of Crnac and Belo Brdo started a strike yesterday (KoSSev) • Dacic: Serbia to get new parliament by end of July (Tanjug) • Final results of Serbian parliamentary elections released (Tanjug) • Vucic: Visit to UAE to strengthen friendship between two nations (Tanjug) Opinion: • Lazarevic: Kurti cannot be a “Serbian cup of tea” in the North (Danas, KoSSev) • Ognjen Gogic: Kurti addresses the Serbs in Serbian, after Vetevendosje presented northern Kosovo as a spoils (Danas, KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • Detainees clean Muslim cemetery in Mitrovica North, restore St. Sava Church doors in South (KoSSev)

• Kosovo introduces a set of new sanctions against Russia, Belarus (media) • Kosovo Government adopts new draft security strategy (media) • Strategy identifies Serbia's territorial claims as main security challenges (Koha) • Mehaj hails adoption of draft security strategy (media) • Bilek: Dialogue and visa liberalisation, two separate issues (RTK) • Osmani awards presidential medal to Slovenian peacekeeping troops (media) • Deputy minister, Veshall, dismissed from post (media) • Constitutional Court finds chief prosecutor nomination dispute, inadmissible (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Slovenia is a longstanding supporter of Kosovo people (media) • Osmani and Konjufca congratulate U.S. on 4 July (media) • Finnish Minister: We might see visa liberalization results in autumn (media) • Ireland too supports visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Ekonomia Online) • Trendafilova responds sharply to Konjufca's criticism of the Specialist Chambers (Nacionale) • Lushtaku hands himself over to police following warrant issuance (media) • MCC Board approves $202 million grant to improve Kosovo’s energy sector (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic congratulated the USA on Independence Day (RTS) • Dacic: Serbia’s position on war in Ukraine clear from day one (FoNet, N1) • RFE: Belgrade forbids vacations for Kosovo Serbs (N1) • Petkovic: Serbian licence plates in Kosovo and Metohija are not illegal but the non-compliance with the agreement (RTS, Twitter) • LVV publishes a video boasting of how Kurti integrated the north after 20 years (KoSSev) • Stojanovic: The government in Pristina radical; the government in Belgrade scares the Kosovo Serbs (KoSSev, Radio Gorazdevac) • Female volleyball players from Bulgaria, North Macedonia and central Serbia banned from entering Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Kajari with Bishop Teodosije on situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Vucic thanked Vatican for respecting territorial integrity of Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Vulin with Greek Ambassador, thanked him for non-recognition of Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Hill: It is difficult to compare the Milosevic and Vucic's regimes (KiM radio, Danas, N1) Opinion: • Tadic: West’s double standards for Serbia and Ukraine (Boston Herald, N1) • “To save NATO, destroy it” (Politico) International: • Week in Review: The End of an Era? (BIRN)

• In Serbian, Kurti calls for replacement of license plates (media) • Janjic: Intimidation ahead of accepting Kosovo's decision, part of Serbia's model (Koha) • Kurti congratulates U.S. Independence Day (media) • Osmani travels for an official visit to Slovenia (media) • “Finland supports Kosovo's CoE membership, visa liberalisation” (Telegrafi) • Former KFOR Commander says there are many dangers in the region (Nacionale) • Kosovo Government has not yet sent offer to KLA veterans (KP) • Former PDK MP accused of causing bodily harm to two police officers in Skenderaj (media) • Foreign Office to pay £423,000 to whistleblowing lawyer who lost job (The Guardian)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 1, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti welcomes EC declaration that Kosovo fulfils conditions for liberalisation (RTK) • Kurti: Belgrade warning to walk out from dialogue, scared someone in Brussels (media) • PDK sends the Law on the KPC to the Constitutional Court (Koha) • Miftaraj: Sending KPC law to Constitutional Court, regrettable (Nacionale) • Kurti: Missing persons are priority of my government (media) • The Assembly establishes an ad-hoc commission for electoral reform in Kosovo (Klan) • Kurti: It was not unusual for me as a child wto hear and speak another language (media) • Czech Republic presents priorities during leadership with Council of the EU (media) Serbian Language Media: • Stano reads and extracts only what suits him from the agreement, says Petkovic (TV Pink, Kosovo Online) • Brnabic: Pristina’s decision puts Serbia in complex situation (Tanjug) • EU envoy Lajcak discusses Kosovo, integration with opposition in Belgrade (N1) • IFIMES: Latest Pristina’s acts do not contribute to normalisation of relations with Belgrade (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: The Brussels Agreement, an international legal agreement; Hrnjaz: The Constitutional Court disagrees (KoSSev) • Manojlovic (DS): ''The fate of Milorad Djokovic from Pec is the fate of our people in Kosovo and Metohija'' (Danas, NMagazin, KiM radio) • Hill: US wants to friends and partners with Serbia (N1) • The results of the Serbian parliamentary elections possible next week; the Assembly and the Government in August and November the latest (Danas) • Nikola Nedeljkovic rendered one-month detention (Radio KIM) International: • Albanian Coalition Tipped to Win Contested Seat in Serbian Parliament (Balkan Insight) • The war in Ukraine and gas in the Western Balkans (atlanticcouncil.org)

• President Osmani: International should be vocal on all matters (Koha) • Quint, EU were aware of decision on reciprocity (Koha) • EU spokesperson: Kosovo has the right to remove KM license plates (media) • Lajcak: “A new situation” in relations between Kosovo and Serbia (RFE) • Abazi on Vucic: Warning that electricity in north won’t be paid (Telegrafi) • Kosovo receives confirmation on EU: No need for new roadmap (media) • Kurti: Never promised fixed date for visa liberalisation (KP/Euronews Albania) • Kurti: Kosovo will apply for status of EU candidate country this year (media) • President Osmani meets U.S. Ambassador Hovenier (media) • ‘New Wave’ of COVID Surges Again in Central, Southeast Europe (BIRN) • Poor help to the poor (Kosovo 2.0) • Macron: Compromise found on membership talks for North Macedonia (RFE)