UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 18, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Gucati, Haradinaj sentenced to four and a half years in prison each (media) • Djukanovic: Montenegro, Kosovo have excellent neighbourly relations (media) • In Washington D.C., Kurti meets National Security Advisor, Sullivan (media) • Prime Minister Kurti met in Washington DC Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (media) • Hodges: U.S., EU must have clear strategy for Kosovo (Radio Free Europe) • COVID-19: 16 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic meets SOC Patriarch (RTS) • Kosovo not on Friday’s agenda of CoE (Radio KIM) • US Ambassador: Open Balkan could activate region’s economic potential (N1) • Heads of Serbian, North Macedonia churches to serve reconciliation liturgy (N1) • Czech EU Presidency to focus on Western Balkans (N1) • Brnabic: UN SC resolution does not apply only in Serbia's case (Tanjug, media) • Vucic receives Letter of Credence from new Ukrainian ambassador (RTS) • Montenegrin Liberal Party (CLS) and Association of Kosovo Montenegrins on Djukanovic's visit to Kosovo (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio) • Hovenier: Mitrovica is one of the best manifestations of Kosovo's future (Kosovo Online) • Mihajlovic on verdicts to Gucati and Haradinaj (N1) • More bomb threats, schools evacuated in Belgrade and Nis (N1) • Petkovic met Hill: Pristina to give up obstruction; formation of Community of Serbian Municipalities necessary (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Mixed messages from Belgrade: Is the EU narrative shifting? (EWB) International: • Kosovo veterans jailed for war crimes witness intimidation (RFI) • WB2EU conference on the politics of enlargement in France in Paris on 19 and 20 May (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Reactions to reports that non-majority children were excluded from book event (media) • Ghost schools, ghetto schools and segregated shifts (Kosovo 2.0)

• President Osmani meets representatives of Quint countries (media) • President of Montenegro, Djukanovic, to begin a two-day visit to Kosovo (media) • Upholding Constitutional Court decisions, crucial for CoE membership, experts say (Koha) • Swiss ambassador on Kosovo-Serbia agreement: Courage needed (Kosovapress) • KSC trial panel to announce verdict on Gucati and Haradinaj today (media) • Krasniqi: This depressive government has created an alternative to good governance (Klan) • U.S. Embassy commends Kosovo’s sanctions against Russia (media) • Kosovo and Turkey sign agreement for supply with products for defense services (media) • Minister condemns non-majority children being excluded from book event (media) • Website Presents Better Side of Serbian-Albanian Relations (BIRN) • Government of Kosovo marks International Day against Homophobia (media) • COVID-19: Four new cases (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo among first to side with democratic world in sanctions (media) • ESI: 47 again? Russia out, Kosovo in (media) • Aliu: Important meeting of ministers from region in Prishtina tomorrow (Indeksonline) • Vetevendosje MP sentenced to prison time for abuse of power (media) • Caplan: I fear Kosovo and Serbia are heading toward a frozen conflict (Express) • COVID-19: four new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Borrell hopes for a meeting between Vucic and Kurti before summer (KiM radio, Tanjug) • Kosovo Minister of Culture announced Kosovo's application to UNESCO for 2023 (Danas) • Serbian PM Brnabic: Pristina's CoE membership bid comes amid greatest violations of Serb rights (Tanjug) • Selakovic: Szijjarto called for offering Serbia EU membership immediately (Tanjug, media) • Dacic with Bakoyannis on Kosovo's accession to the Council of Europe (KiM radio) • Vulin: Serbia being targeted by ‘special warfare’ (Tanjug) International: • EU Foreign Affairs Council discusses the impacts of war in Ukraine on the Western Balkans (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian-Albanian friendship website launched (KiM radio) • Record increase of prices in Kosovo (Telegrafi) • More Illegal Migrants Caught at EU Borders, as Detections at Western Balkan Route Spike Up By 130% (schengenvisainfo.com)

• Borrell: We support visa liberalization for Kosovo (media) • Baerbock: Kosovo, Serbia to be supported in normalization process (Koha) • U.S. supports Kosovo's CoE membership bid (Telegrafi) • Op-ed: The time to incentivize the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue is now (BIRN) • In U.S., Kurti meets students at Michigan University (media) • Haradinaj: Demarcation issue cannot be closed by one side (media) • Kosovo tightens sanctions against Russia (euronews.al) • Croatian President: Kosovo is an internationally recognized state (media) • Entry to US banned for several Afghan refugees in Kosovo (euronews.al) • RTK plans to apply for EBU membership by year’s end (Nacionale) • COVID-19: 7 new cases (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 16, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Bislimi: CoE bid was submitted in coordination with Kosovo's partners (media) • Gervalla to attend EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels (media) • Defence Minister Mehaj travels on official visit to Turkey (media) • Albanian Ambassador: We support any initiative between Kosovo and Serbia (EO) • Kosovo introduces additional sanctions on Russia (media) • Ukshin Hoti’s son: Serbia not willing to help resolve his fate (Klan Kosova) • Kusari-Lila: Members of election reform team will be appointed soon (media) • The government of Kosovo sanctions two terrorist groups ISIL and Al-Qaeda (ekonomia) • Kosovo's application to CoE, Abraham calls on Italy to put it on the agenda of May 20 (media) • PDK and AAK invite LVV to vote on the Draft Law on the Pension Fund (media) • COVID-19: 7 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian FM to EU Commissioner: Region needs encouragement (N1) • Vucic: We will refrain from imposing sanctions on Russia as long as possible (N1) • Petkovic on Belgrade-Pristina talks in Brussels on Friday (RTS, Kosovo-online) • G7: Belgrade and Pristina to engage in dialogue, implement reached agreements without delay (Kosovo-online) • Serbian officials on G7 statement, find reference to territorial integrity ‘hypocritical’ (media) • Medvedev: Do not forget Kosovo precedent (Kosovo-online) • Dacic: Number of derecognitions of Kosovo to grow (Tanjug) • Bomb threats force evacuation of dozens of schools, public building and airport in Serbia (N1) • Nova.rs: Belgrade won’t impose sanctions on Russia • French Ambassador to Belgrade on Pristina’s CoE membership bid (KoSSev) • Vucic arrives in UAE to pay tribute to late president (Tanjug) International: • Scoop: U.S. to deny entry to some Afghans in Kosovo (AXIOS) • Turkey ‘not Positive’ About Finland, Sweden Joining NATO – Erdogan (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Switzerland to Invest 86 Million Euros in Kosovo Over Next Four Years (BIRN) • Kosovo Music Festival’s Long Land Lease Draws Complaints (Balkan Insight)

• Kurti: Kosovo's NATO membership would diminish security threats in the Balkans (media) • Xhacka: NATO should open its doors to Kosovo (media) • No agreement reached at Friday's meeting of chief negotiators (media) • Bislimi: Kosovo remains constructive and committed to dialogue (media) • Kosovo Foreign Minister Responds to Serbia’s Derecognition Claims (Exit) • Kusari-Lila on dialogue: Moving forward at all costs is not an alternative (EO) • Kosovo to set up special agency to assess external pressure on security (Koha) • Kosovo concludes negotiations with MCC, Haradinaj takes credit (media) • COVID-19: 16 new cases (media)

Albanian Language Media: • U.S. Department of State: Kosovo, Serbia set their own foreign policy priorities (media) • CDU/CSU calls on German government to support Kosovo joining CoE (DW) • Haxhiu: Vetting will be fully independent and monitored by US and EU (EO) • Kurti visits Albanian-American Cultural Centre in Texas (media) • “Demarcation will be closed after Djukanovic’s meetings in Kosovo” (Albanian Post) • Rohde: Looking forward at seeing Kosovo as part of CoE (RTK) • COVID-19: 21 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic: Four states revoked recognition of Kosovo (Kosovo-online, Tanjug) • State Department: Serbia and Kosovo choose their own foreign policy priorities (VoA, Politika) • Selakovic reacts to Gervalla’s statement she hopes Serbia will support Pristina’s CoE membership bid (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic to Osmani on violation of human rights in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Dveri Movement, Patriotic Bloc: Serbia to urgently withdraw from Brussels Agreement (Danas) • Petkovic met Lajcak in Brussels (RTS) • Botsan-Kharchenko: I hope Serbia will not impose sanctions on Russia (Kosovo-online, RTV) • EU spokesman calls Belgrade, Pristina to show restraint (N1) • Brnabic signs cooperation agreement in Dubai (N1) • US Ambassador to Serbia: Major changes in energy in the Balkans (NMagazin, Beta) • Sarrazin, Rhode visit Visoki Decani Monastery (Kosovo-online) • Kosovo’s FM Gervalla insists on mutual recognition (N1, Beta, AlJazeera) International: • Fact-Check: Serbia’s Vucic Talks Big on EU, Kosovo and Oil (BIRN) • Do Western Balkan countries like Macron's idea for a two-tier Europe? (euronews.com) • How Online Violence Against Women Goes Unpunished (Balkan Insight) • Top global official: Bosnian Serbs are trying to `secede' (The Washington Post)

• Kosovo leaders’ messages on membership bid at Council of Europe (media) • Konjufca: Serbia won’t leave stone unturned to prevent CoE membership (media) • Interior Minister Svecla visiting France (media) • Kurti willing to visit former KLA leaders in the Hague (Nacionale) • Surroi: Through oil industry, Serbia bought Russian veto against Kosovo (KTV) • Indictment against ex European Integration minister for abuse of office (Kallxo) • German Special Rep for Western Balkans visits Decani Monastery (media) • Montenegrin President to visit Kosovo on May 18 (Express) • Sunny Hill Festival given site for 99 years by Prishtina Council (BIRN) • COVID-19: 22 new cases (media) • North Macedonia hosts big NATO exercise (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 12, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Government approves initiative for membership in CoE (media) • Rama on CoE membership bid: We are sorry for Serbia, we support Kosovo (Klan) • Gervalla’s announcement after Kosovo's application to the Council of Europe (media) • Osmani: Kosovo’s membership in NATO, security for the region (RTK) • Defence Minister Mehaj travels to U.S. (Zeri) • Opposition welcomes Kosovo's application to the Council of Europe (Koha) • COVID-19: 22 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic says Belgrade prepared for Kosovo CoE application (N1, RTS, Blic) • Member of the SNS presidency: "I do not want to be ominous, but I think that Kosovo will join the Council of Europe" (Beta, Danas, NMagazin, TV Pink) • Djordjevic: Accession of Pristina to Council of Europe agreement of Vucic and West (Danas) • Antonijevic: Pristina violates Washington agreement, there will be consequences on dialogue (Kosovo-online) • Civil society organisations present report on human rights in Kosovo, note numerous problems (Radio KIM) • Brussels: Leaders of the Western Balkans reaffirmed commitment to EU path (RTS, Tanjug) • EU Council President Charles Michel in Serbia next week (RTS) • Kosovo Assembly elects Kabasic and Miletic members of Judicial Council (Radio KIM) • FM Selakovic says fighting terrorism is Serbia’s priority (N1) Opinion: • Prpa: This is not our game; if we opt in a divided world, we will be losers (NMagazin, N1, Danas) International: • Kosovo hopes to join Council of Europe after Russia’s exit (Reuters) • BIRN Fact-Check: Is Kosovo Set to Join the Council of Europe? (BIRN) • Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe and the comeback of the Washington Agreement (EWB) • ‘This game is up’: Serbia urged to take a stand on Ukraine’s war (AlJazeera) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo choking in garbage (DW, KiM radio)

• Kosovo to formally apply for CoE membership today (Koha/RFE) • Borrell: Western Balkans, EU's most important foreign policy (media) • Gervalla-Schwarz: Kosovo delegation ready for dialogue results (media) • Osmani attends dinner hosted by House Speaker Pelosi; travels to Lithuania for official visit (media) • Kurti: Kosovo to be put on the global map of information technology investments (media) • AAK leader Haradinaj meets U.S. envoy to Western Balkans Escobar (media) • Kosovo FM on moving embassy to Jerusalem: ‘We keep our promises’ (i24News) • Kosovo and France police directors meet in Zagreb (Kosovapress) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, one death (media)