• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) • Szunyog: Agreement on Association is law, Government needs to implement it (Kallxo) • Petkovic makes fun of Kosovo officials, accuses them of not establishing Association (Koha) • EULEX slams Simmons's allegations as "ill-conceived" and "unsubstantiated" (media) • Simmons reacts to EULEX rebuttal: People of Kosovo deserve the truth (media) • Ex-judge: EU law mission in Kosovo holds anti-Albanian bias (AP) • U.S. supports the work of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (Klan) • Next session against KLA leaders at The Hague scheduled for 21 July (media) • Williamson: Terrible crimes committed against Kosovo Albanians during 98-99 (media) • KWN urges institutions to treat crimes against girls, women as a priority (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 12, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) • Deputy PM Bislimi reveals details from meetings in Brussels (media) • Kurti in Greece: We need help to fight corruption (media) • Former EULEX judge reports to Assembly Committee for Legislation (media) • Thaci asked to be sent in house arrest in Slovenia (Indeksonline/Necenzurirano) • Cakolli: Reporting on dialogue should happen at Assembly, not on social media (Koha) • US Embassy urges redoubled efforts to find perpetrators of wartime sexual violence in Kosovo (media) • Ramosaj: There are suspicions that water poisoning may be intentional (media) Serbian Language Media: • Tanin: Unresolved situation of Kosovo Serb returnee in Djakovica, rights of all returnees must be protected and promoted (KoSSev, media) • OSCE condemns incidents against Dragica Gasic, says return process should continue (KoSSev) • Office for KiM enabled food delivery for Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM) • Brnabic: ''The reactions of the international community to the case of Dragica Gasic ‘lukewarm’, better not to have them'' (RTS, TV Pink, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio) • Gracanica Mayor on the “the latest provocation”: KFOR to increase patrols (Kosovo Online, KiM radio, RTS) • Vucic to athletes: Feel free to compete against Kosovo judo team (KoSSev) • Dveri Movement asks Orban to withdraw Hungary’s recognition of Kosovo (N1) • Brnabic: No place for us in Srebrenica until attack on Vucic is resolved (N1) • Petkovic in two-day visit in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Ambassador says Spain’s decision not to recognize Kosovo is state policy (N1, Srna, Vecernje Novosti) • Dragica Gasic: Brave and alone (Danas)

• COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media) • Association of Serb municipalities after parallel structures are dissolved (Koha) • Kosovo leaders commemorate 26th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide (media) • Borrell, Varhelyi statement on Srebrenica genocide anniversary (media) • Gervalla: EU should not be blamed for our mistakes (media) • Tanin: Kosovo to ensure an enabling environment for all returnees (media) • President Osmani requests support from EULEX, experts urge caution (Koha) • Kadri Veseli released to visit family following father's passing (media) • Op-ed: Kurti’s momentous opportunity to transform Kosovo (The Jerusalem Post)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Eight new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti: Recognition of Kosovo, cooperation and region's EU integration - key to lasting stability (media) • Kurti meets Mitsotakis, calls on Greece to recognise Kosovo (media) • Think tank: U.S. proposal on Ujman Lake, not suitable for implementation (Koha) • Rohde: We support return of displaced persons to Kosovo (media) • Rushed dismissals harm public institutions, U.S. Embassy says (media) Serbian Language Media: • Stefanovic to Osmani: There is no border with Kosovo and Metohija (RTS, Tanjug) • Orban: Serbia is key country in the Western Balkans (N1) • Odalovic: Pristina refuses requests to search locations (Radio KIM) • Media: Linde violated the status neutrality of the OSCE mission (Danas, FoNet, Kosovo Online) • Selakovic thanks Ambassador of Tunisia for principled stance on Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Serbian List: We strongly condemn the violence against Dragica Gasic and Vuksan Gojkovic (Kosovo Online) • HLC and YIHR Kosovo: Lawsuit against Dragica Gasic is unconstitutional (Radio kontakt plus) • Ambassador Rohde: Return to your own home is a basic human right (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Problems at the table better than incidents on the ground, in which Serbian people suffer (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, TV Prva) • Jevtic: Pristina institutionally trying to seize property of Serbs and Serbian Orthodox Church (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Seeking justice for Kujtim (Kosovo 2.0) International: • World's Safest Countries 2021 (Global Finance) • Balkan Corruption Is Russia’s Faithful Friend (cepa.org)

• COVID-19: Eight new cases, two deaths (media) • Kosovo, Serbia trade blame for logjam in dialogue (BIRN) • Osmani: If Serbian army crosses the border it will be met by US troops (media) • Kosovo Government has no timeline for reciprocity toward Serbia (KTV) • Ker-Lindsay blames EU for setbacks in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Telegrafi) • Kosovar city's first Serb returnee reopens wartime wounds (RFE) • HLCK, YIHR support Serb returnee in Gjakova (Klan Kosova) • UN: 2022 budget for UNMIK approved (Deutsche Welle)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 8, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Eight new cases, two deaths (media) • Vitia: We won’t take vaccines from China and Russia (Ekonomia Online) • Kosovo Assembly dismisses members of public broadcaster board (media) • “Those why deny Srebrenica genocide, keep alive dream of it repeating” (media) • Ann Linde: OSCE supports the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (media) • Concrete barriers at Decani Monastery replaced with wooden ones (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • No new coronavirus cases in Serbian areas (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Rakic with Ann Linde on problems Serbs face in Kosovo, Dragica Gasic’s case (Kosovo-online) • Missing persons families excluded from dialogue (Radio KIM) • U.S. Embassy in Serbia: Statement on the 22nd Anniversary of the Murder of Bytyqi Brothers (rs.usembassy.gov, media) • Serbian List: We refused to give legitimacy to the intention to "stick the label of genocide" on the Serbian people (KiM radio, Facebook) • Dacic on resolutions: Justice is when all crimes are condemned (Kosovo-online) • Milena Popovic: I respect Vucic, it’s clear to all what I think about Radoicic; Trajkovic: Popovic protecting Vucic from the investigation (Danas, Nedeljnik) • Szunyog on Dragica Gasic: We are closely monitoring the situation, the competent institutions to ensure the right to return (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • A Global US Can’t Avoid Confronting China and Russia (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo Special Prosecutor: ‘Wartime Rape Victims Must Speak Out’ (BIRN) • Kosovo Adopts Resolution Condemning 1995 Srebrenica Massacre (RFE) • Is Greece moving towards Kosovo recognition? Fears of Serbian retaliation against Cyprus (greekcitytimes.com) • Serbia ignores West’s concerns, praises China’s Marxism (euractive.com) Humanitarian/Development: • As Vaccination Campaigns Falter, CEE Countries Get Creative (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: Nine new cases, one death (media) • Kurti: Those who deny Srebrenica genocide have to face their past (media) • Kurti, Vucic to meet in Brussels on third week of July (media) • Kosovo, Serbia exchange accusations for failure to respect obligations (Koha) • No dialogue with Kosovo Serbs before negotiations in Brussels (Koha) • Kosovo ex-minister indicted for hiring firm to promote border changes (BIRN) • Deputy Defence Minister: We’ll try to repeal Thaci-KFOR agreement (Klan) • Demiri: Looking forward to strengthening Kosovo – Israel relations (media) • In Serbia and Montenegro, Srebrenica is still politically toxic (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Nine new cases, one death (media) • Kurti warns of change in Demarcation agreement with Montenegro (Klan) • Wesley Clark takes over duty of Special Adviser to Kosovo’s Defense Minister (media) • Kosovo Parliament approves resolution condemning genocide in Srebrenica (Express) • LDK criticizes government for lack of transparency in dialogue process (media) • Kurti: University operating in Mitrovica North, illegitimate (media) • Kosovo PM Kurti deems the Washington Agreement unconstitutional (Express) • Hoti: Washington agreement has broken Kosovo's international isolation (media) • Tahiri criticizes government for obscurity over Washington Agreement (RTK) • Konjufca expresses condolences to Kadri Veseli for the loss of his father (media) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak talked to Petkovic, later a meeting with both sides (Beta, NMagazin) • Vucic on the Srebrenica resolution: It is surprising that Podgorica was faster than Pristina (Kosovo Online, B92) • The Serbian List left the session; the Assembly adopts the Srebrenica resolution (Kosovo Online) • Djakovica municipality sued Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM) • Minister Selakovic met Goran Rakic (Kosovo-online) • German Ambassador says Berlin Process summit successful (N1) Opinion: • Serbia: Sweeten The Pot, Or There Will Be No Pot (eurasiareview.com, TransConflict) International: • Berlin Process: Leaders praise successes of regional integration, commit to continue economic cooperation (EWB) • Grisly Discovery in Serbia Brings Trauma Back to Kosovo Village (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Rakic: We will offer all available support so displaced can return to their properties (Kosovo-online)

• COVID-19: Ten new cases, no deaths (media) • Assembly to debate today on implementation of Washington agreement (media) • Kosovo, Serbia to meet today at level of chief negotiators (Indeksonline) • “Guxo” List, Vetevendosje to run together in upcoming local elections (media) • Calls for equal inclusion of women and men in elections (media) • Vetevendosje MP: No Association with executive competencies (T7) • “There must not be a monoethnic association in a multiethnic society” (KTV) • Hasani: When political options are stopped, war breaks out (media) • Serbia’s Interior Minister insults Kosovo President, reactions follow (media) • Law on confiscation of illegally obtained wealth to be ready in autumn (T7) • US Ambassador: Kosovo needs to move past reliance on remittances (media) • Trial of Oliver Ivanovic murder suspects opens in Kosovo (BIRN) • Roma in Kosovo protest for investigation of ‘Czech Floyd’ death (BIRN) • Investing in the Balkans, China sidesteps Kosovo (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 6, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Ten new cases, no deaths (media) • Lajcak: There is nothing technical in dialogue (media) • Lajcak raises 'status' of dialogue from that of Pristina-Belgrade to Kosovo-Serbia (Klan) • Association at the centre of dialogue (RFE) • Andin Hoti appointed head of Kosovo's committee on missing persons (media) • The Netherlands: Kosovo-Serbia agreement would contribute to Western Balkans stability (Klan) • Romanian authorities have not yet replied on killing of Balaj, Xheladini (Koha) • Assembly committee approves draft law on commercial court (Kosovapress) Serbian Language Media: • Three weeks without new Covid-19 cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Serbian analysts on incidents against Serbs in Kosovo, nationalist rhetoric (Danas) • Trial for murder of Oliver Ivanovic begins (KiM radio) • Ursula von der Layen: Supporting Western Balkans to achieve reforms (N1, Beta) • Belgrade: Pristina judiciary biased, denies right to fair trial to a Serb (N1, Radio KIM) • Vucic: Serbia wants good relations, neighbors haven’t reciprocated (N1) • Spanish Ambassador to Serbia: We do not recognize Kosovo (Blic, Tanjug) • Merkel: EU backs solving problems in W. Balkans; cancelling roaming success (N1) • Von Cramon: Berlin Process was another missed opportunity (N1) • Vucic: Gratitude to Angola over support to Serbia’s territorial integrity (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Abolishing visa regimes is not only about traveling, but also about basic human rights (EWB) • The First Meeting between Kurti and Vučić in Brussels: A Dynamic Status Quo? (KoSSev) International: • Kosovo needs evidence for genocide lawsuit against Serbia (Euractiv) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovan youngsters have high hopes for their most famous judoka at Olympics (Reuters)