• The proactive role of the U.S. will depend on Kosovo's readiness to seek it (Koha) • Serbian List boycott of institutions, as blackmail for the Association (RFE Albanian) • Bugajski: Serbia is using the issue of the Association to obstruct the dialogue (RTK) • Krasniqi: Kurti to assume his responsibility for dialogue with Serbia, and its conclusion (Klan) • Konjufca: The governing coalition is stable (T7) • Zeya: Kosovo and Serbia invited to the summit as a reflection of inclusiveness (media) • EU to assist Kosovo in fighting crime (media) • Soaring Prices Leave Kosovo’s Poorest on the Brink (Prishtina Insight) • Italian Police Arrest Kosovo Woman, ‘Fervent IS Supporter’ (Balkan Insight) • Another 2 murals of Serbian Army Generals show up in Belgrade (euronews.al) • COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • The dialogue in Brussels ends without a tripartite meeting (Radio Free Europe) • US Embassy calls for real progress on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Telegrafi) • D4D survey on people’s perception of first six months of Kurti government (media) • Mustafa: Synergy was created not to leave Prishtina to Vetevendosje (Kosovapress) • EULEX: We’re supporting communication between Kosovo and Serbia (Kallxo) • COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Grenell and Palmer lobbying for Serbia - terrible lie; Pristina does not want to fulfill its obligations (KoSSev, TV Happy) • Serbian PM expects opening of one cluster in talks with EU, hopes for two (N1) • Mijacic: Exaggerated assessment that Kurti lost the elections due to non-acceptance of the Washington agreement (Danas) • “No need to ask your grandfather or grand-grandfather about genocide in Kosovo” (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Pristina refused to take part in direct talks, refused to talk about ZSO (Kosovo-online) • Remains of only 15 missing people from Kosovo have been found over the last two years (RTV Puls) Opinion: • Kosovo and Serbia expose Summit for Democracy’s conundrum (atlanticcouncil.org) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian QR COVID-19 code valid in EU with some exceptions (N1)

• Kurti: Expectable for agreement with Serbia to be achieved during my term in office (RFE) • Kosovo’s chief negotiator Bislimi meets EU’s Lajcak in Brussels (media) • Lajcak: It is high time for real progress (media) • Petkovic: Kurti making the dialogue meaningless (Koha) • Krasniqi: If Kurti reaches agreement with Serbia, we will support it (Gazeta Express) • EU Observers Say Kosovo Voters Misled by ‘Opaque’ Facebook Pages (BIRN) • Von Cramon: Commission compromising Rule of Law standards in the interest of Orban-Vucic axis (EurActiv) • Kosovo authorities order expulsion of four Russian citizens (media) • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 16, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti says meeting in Brussels will focus on missing persons (media) • Kurti appoints new minister of health (media) • Konjufca: Serbian List openly blackmailing the Assembly (Klan) • Osmani: Women in Kosovo continue to face challenges (RTK) • State Department comments on Afghans housed at Camp Bondsteel (Telegrafi) • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 78 new cases, one death registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • Dialogue in Brussels to continue in afternoon, Belgrade insists on ZSO (Kosovo-online) • Vucic on today’s talks in Brussels, meeting with Putin (RTS) • Brnabic, Dacic: Serbia a militarily neutral country but seeks cooperation with NATO (Tanjug) • Stefanovic: KFOR to prevent reckless Pristina’s acts (Tanjug) • Serbian PM invited to Moscow International Export Forum (N1) • Lavrov and Selakovic on Kosovo, the Balkans and bilateral relations (Tanjug, RTS) • Lawyer Pantovic: Zoran Djokic, an innocent convict (Beta, Danas) Opinion: • Only room for progress on the missing persons in the Brussels talks today (Danas) International: • NATO Deputy Secretary General highlights 15 years of NATO-Serbia partnership (nato.int)

• New round of Kosovo – Serbia talks will be held today (Kosovapress) • President Osmani met with US Embassy Charge d'Affaires (media) • Borrell: Kurti-Vucic meeting to be held before end of year (media) • Gervalla in Brussels: NATO should not tolerate Serbia’s aggressiveness (RTK) • ENEMO's IEOM to Kosovo presents findings and conclusion (media) • WB Foreign Ministers urge EU to play a more active role (EWB) • Serbian PM invites neighbor countries to join Open Balkan (euronews.al) • Kosovo awards Croatian PM with Humanitarian Medal (euronews.al) • Kosovo court upholds jailing of Serb ex-fighter for war crimes (BIRN) • Police arrest four Russians for illegal border crossing from Serbia to Kosovo (RTK) • COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Croatian PM Plenkovic visits Kosovo (media) • Kosovo officially invited to Biden's democracy summit (media) • Osmani rejects reports she secured summit invitation by ‘promising land to Decan Monastery’ (media) • Kurti comments on local election results (media) • First interview of architect and mayor-elect of Prishtina (Euronews Albania) • COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 59 new cases (KoSSev) • Serbian List wins in Klokot (KiM radio) • Brnabic: Compulsory military service in Kosovo concerning for Serbs (Kosovo-online) • The Western Balkans - the first item on the EU agenda (B92, Tanjug) • Citizens punished the demagoguery of Self-Determination in the elections (Kosovo Online, B92) • Velika Hoca: Broken cross, flag removed from the monument to missing and kidnapped Serbs (KiM radio, N1) • Bieber: Serbia as such will never become part of EU, Vucic knows that (nova.rs, N1) • Serbia invited to attend Summit for Democracy in US (Tanjug) Opinion: • Are we equal, and why are we not? – the fate of the Serbs south of the Ibar (newsocialinitiative.org) International: • Kosovo Ruling Party Loses Capital in Local Election Setbacks (Balkan Insight) • In a sign of thaw in tensions, Serbia opens trade office in Jerusalem (timesofisrael.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Varhelyi: EU to recognize Serbian Covid-19 certificates (N1)

• The Big Inversion (Koha Ditore) • Kosovo governing party loses capital in runoff mayoral vote yesterday (AP News) • Kosovo’s opposition wins the run-off election for Mayor of Prishtina (Exit News) • The punitive spirit of the local elections (Radio Free Europe) • Palokaj: No guaranteed votes in Kosovo (Koha) • Albanian PM congratulates Rama on victory in Prishtina (media) • Shpend Ahmeti congratulates Perparim Rama on winning (Euronews.al) • EU Council to discuss Kosovo-Serbia dialogue today (Koha) • Borrell: A Strategic Compass for Europe (media) • "Kosovo to be invited to Biden's democracy summit" (media) • Kurti: It is our task as leaders to advocate for more equality and justice (media) • Vela: Vucic doing all to block reconciliation with neighbours (media) • Rama: Serbia to recognise Kosovo as a sovereign and independent country (Kallxo) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media) • Survivors of sexual violence and the transmission of trauma (Kosovo 2.0)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 12, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Borrell meets Kurti on margins of the Paris Peace Forum (media) • Bislimi: EC report recognises Government's work on license plates agreement (media) • Assembly committee discusses dialogue, visa liberalisation with German ambassador (media) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian PM Brnabic on Kosovo at the 41st UNESCO General Conference (RTS) • Brnabic: Serbian heritage in Kosovo proof of UNESCO’s importance (RTS) • Serbian Ambassador to US sends letters to all Congress members (B92) • Serbian FM lays wreath at WWI Allied cemetery in Greece (N1, Danas) • Jeton Neziraj: Ghosts of war ready to jump into a new war (Beta, Danas) • The last day of the campaign for the second round of local elections (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Bancroft: If Grenell were really getting paid by Serbia would he refer to Merdare ‘as border’ (Kosovo-online) • UNESCO: We continue to preserve Serbian medieval art in Decani, Sopocani and Studenica (Kosovo Online) • Trajkovic to Osmani’s reference of Kosovo as ‘source of hope’ (Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo Ruling Party Braces for Test in Mayoral Runoffs (Balkan Insight) • Trump ‘Shadow Diplomacy’? Deploys ‘Ambassador’ To Address Serbia-Kosovo Tensions (Forbes) Humanitarian/Development: • Free legal aid for residents in northern Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)

• Government confirms resumption of dialogue on November 16 (Kosovapress) • President Osmani meets U.S. Undersecretary of State Nuland (media) • An agreement between Kosovo and Serbia is a matter of urgency (EWB) • White House: Grenell is not an ambassador, doesn’t represent U.S. (RTK) • Trump: Agreements signed by my administration are historic (Klan Kosova) • Kurti mustn’t forget he’s leader of an entire nation, not just VV (euronews.al) • Rrahmani: Aleksandar in the “Serbian World” of wonders (Koha) • Authoritarian states intensified ‘sharp power’ influence activities (geopost.com) • COVID-19: Six new cases, no deaths (media) • Ministry of Health will soon adopt third dose of vaccine (Telegrafi) • Europe alarmed by COVID-19, Kosovo risks facing new wave (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • Mehaj: Russia wants to destabilise Kosovo at any cost (Kosovapress) • Third dose of the vaccine in Kosovo in a matter of days (RFE) • Citizens concerned with Delta Plus, ready to take third vaccine dose (EO) • COVID-19: Six new cases, no deaths (media) • Police seize 75 kg of drugs, three cars and cash, five arrested (media) • Grenell comments on claims he asked for fall of Kurti I government (Express) • Serbian Gendarmerie entering Kosovo in civilian clothes, residents say (Lajmi) • Pendarovski: Kosovo no longer a priority for the U.S. (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 70 new cases registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM) • The next round of dialogue in Brussels on November 16 (RTS, Tanjug) • Serbia against Kosovo membership in UNESCO (Kosovo-online, media) • Vucic: Electricity prices for households unchanged, nuclear power under consideration (N1) • Grenell visits Kosovo, talks to journalists at Merdare crossing point (B92, media) • Bilcik urges reconciliation in Western Balkans (N1) • Armistice Day marked in Pristina; the French ambassador calls for reconciliation between Kosovo and Serbia (Kosovo Online, Ekonomia Online) • State Department: We do not comment on why some countries were not invited to summit (Radio KIM) Opinion: • Legal framework for Kosovo Serbs tailored to Pristina (KoSSev) • Turkey’s Pragmatic Policy in the Balkans has its Limits (Balkan Insight) International: • US Warns Berisha Not to Retake Albanian Democratic Party (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Group of young Albanians visited Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM)