• COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti against ethnically-based Association, Quint ambassadors visit Bislimi (Koha) • Association is putting Kurti in a difficult position, analysts argue (Telegrafi) • Mounting pressure on the Association/Community (Radio Free Europe) • Osmani demands Kosovo’s recognition by participating states at SEECP (media) • Osmani demanded footnote to be removed from SEECP statement (Koha) • Marred by tensions, Kosovo–Serbia dialogue awaits new momentum (BIRN) • PDK MP: LDK has not given signatures to send Osmani to court yet (T7) • Kurz: Kosovo, Serbia must find way to an agreement (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti responds to Kosnett on the issue of the Association (KosovaPress) • President Osmani to participate in the annual SEECP Summit (media) • Abbott, Konjufca and Kurti sign memorandum of understanding (media) • Kusari-Lila and Citaku react to Lajcak, call his statement arrogant (media) • Pacolli: We will not vote on any statement if Kosovo is marked with a footnote (Telegrafi) • PDK has signatures to send Daka’s dismissal to the Constitutional Court (RTK) • Prime Minister Kurti received head of American-Jewish Committee, Avital Leibovich (media) Serbian Language Media: • No new Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities (KoSSev) • Diocese of Raska and Prizren: Essential that KFOR continues to protect Visoki Decani (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Raska-Prizren Eparchy: Kurti’s statement in Brussels yet another in series of insults and lies (Kosovo-online) • Brnabic and Selakovic attend SEECP Summit (RTS) • Denial of crime - The peak of problems in public discourse (RTV Puls, KiM radio, Sporazoom) • Jevtic: Return difficult with no support from other institutions (RTK2) • Dacic: Serbia grateful to Morocco over support to its territorial integrity (RTS) • Ambassador: Romania’s stance not to recognize Kosovo remains (N1) • Odalovic: I remain the head of the Commission for Missing Persons - I was not elected by Kurti, but by the Government (N1) International: • GLOBSEC: Need for a restart of the enlargement policy discussed by officials (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Dasar and Filip fierce rivals on the tennis court, off the field good friends (Kosovo Online)

• COVID-19: 15 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kosnett: It is Kosovo's duty to establish Association of Serb-majority municipalities (media) • UK supports establishment of Association of Serb-majority Municipalities (Kallxo) • Croatian FM calls on five EU states to recognise Kosovo (media) • A joint formula for minorities in Western Balkans sought out (Koha) • Hoxhaj: Osmani serves Kurti, Daka’s dismissal part of authoritarian mentality (Telegrafi) • Limaj: Opposition should consider election boycott (Klan) • Jevtic: Kurti started local elections campaign in Brussels (Tanjug, Klan) • Pyper poll: 49% of citizens think dialogue concludes during Kurti's term (Telegrafi) • Serbian President Confirms 11 Bodies Found in Mass Grave (BIRN) • SPO argues in favour of extending detention for Krasniqi, Selimi (media) • Assembly scheduled to vote on privacy commissioner today (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 16, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 15 new cases, no deaths (media) • Lajcak: If you don't trust the EU, go somewhere else (Koha) • Kosnett: Kosovans can achieve peace by working together (media) • Hyseni slams Kurti's appearance at Brussels meeting (media) • Budget committee recommends dismissal of RTK board (Kallxo) • Opposition boycotts meeting of CEC, called by new chief (Telegrafi) • Konjufca expresses Kosovo's goal to join OSCE (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Pristina wanted to avoid dialogue, report to the Assembly on June 22 (RTS, Blic) • The only news from the Belgrade - Pristina dialogue was that a meeting was held (RTS) • Odalovic: Kurti’s statement about me for internal use (N1) • Spahiu: Kurti should not use derogatory terms for Odalovic; Kandic: Odalovic can't lead Commission for Missing Persons (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic on Kurti, dialogue in Brussels (Kosovo-online) • Serbia’s MFA: Pristina delegation shows ''frivolity, irresponsibility'' (N1) • Serbian List conveyed security concerns in meeting with US Ambassador (RTS) • Selakovic: ''Viola von Cramon increasingly lobbying for a self-proclaimed Kosovo'' (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) International: • Serbia, Kosovo restart EU-brokered talks, remain far apart (AP) • Serbia, Kosovo remain at loggerheads as talks resume (DW) • Kosovo President Osmani: Today’s challenges require ‘an entirely different governing mindset’ (Atlantic Council) • Serbia, Kosovo Leaders’ First Meeting Marred by Disagreement (Balkan Insight) • National Digital Transformation: A Conversation With Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabic (forbes.com) • Carla Del Ponte: "I Keep Telling Myself that Justice Will Prevail" (spiegel.de) Humanitarian/Development: • Finding shelter in Kosovo (Kosovo 2.0)

• COVID-19: 13 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti and Vucic clash in first Brussels meeting (Prishtina Insight) • Bislimi: Churches issue was neither raised nor will it be discussed (Koha) • PDK accuses Kurti of breaking promise on dialogue with Serbia (Koha/Klan) • Haradinaj to Kurti: Withdraw from many points, seek only recognition (RTV21) • Haziri: There were no negotiations, only a meeting (Klan Kosova) • Presevo Valley Albanians request from Kurti to be part of the dialogue (media) • Konjufca: Serbia using double standards in the dialogue process (media) • EU, U.S. at Brussels Summit make commitment to Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RTK) • Haradinaj: Vjosa Osmani is a servant of Kurti (Zeri) • Abrashi: Idea of Association won’t be implemented, it would be fatal (media) • President Osmani extends technical mandate of EULEX (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 12 new cases, no deaths (media) • Vitia: Mass vaccination process begins today (media) • Local elections will be held on October 17 (media) • Borrell pleased that Kurti-Vucic meeting is happening the day US President Biden is in Brussels (Express) • Kurti: Serbian party with old ideas, we made four new proposals (media) • Lajcak: Kurti and Vucic confirmed there is no other way but normalization (RTK) • Daka: My dismissal was illegal and ordered (media) • EU Office in Kosovo reacts after Osmani sacked CEC chair Valdete Daka (Express) • Women’s Network reacts to Valdete Daka’s dismissal (media) • Kosovo Police chief: We had no information about the liturgy (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian areas: One new case, no deaths (Kosovo Online) • Lajcak about the Vucic, Kurti meeting: It was not easy, but it is important that it happened (N1) • Kurti after meeting with Vucic: Meeting without incident; it will be difficult, but I am optimistic (N1) • Vucic after talks with Kurti: I have not attended a meeting like this yet; continuation by the end of July (RTS,media) • Petkovic: Belgrade emphasized its commitment to the continuation of the dialogue (Blic, TV Pink) • Jevtic: Those who are bothered by liturgies, today in Brussels said that they are bothered by Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Borell: Belgrade and Pristina to use the new momentum in the dialogue (media) • Problem or solution? (B92, DW) • Vucic arrived in Brussels (Tanjug, B92) • EU expects Vucic and Kurti to continue dialogue, not start new talks (Beta, N1) • NATO leaders value partnership with Serbia (N1) • KFOR on inquiries of British soldiers in Gorazdevac: Routine activities, to feel the pulse of the population concerning different topics (KoSSev) • Lawyer Pantovic: I filed an appeal; Djokic was sentenced based on false statements (Beta) International: • EU foreign policy chief urges Serbia, Kosovo to move forward (AP) • Without consent within EU on opening new chapters with Serbia in June (EWB) • Nora Visoka-Weller: “Silence is a victory for every genocide” (BIRN) • Serbia Commemorates 1999 Battle Against Kosovo Guerrillas (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) • The first Kurti-Vucic meeting to be held today in Brussels (media) • NATO leaders urge a lasting political solution between Kosovo and Serbia (Koha) • Biden-EU summit has Kosovo-Serbia dialogue on the agenda (Klan) • Konjufca: The dialoguing manner needs to change (media) • Vucic says he does not expect Pristina to implement Brussels agreement (N1) • Central Election Commission head sacked (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo President appoints Judge Kreshnik Radoniqi as new head of CEC (media) • PDK, AAK react to Osmani's decision to replace CEC head (media) • Civil society organizations oppose the dismissal of the CEC Chairperson (media) • Mayor of Istog sentenced to one year imprisonment (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 14, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media) • Osmani: Whereabouts of missing persons, top priority in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Konjufca: Kosovo's internal issues will not be raised in Brussels (Telegrafi) • Minister Aliu cleared of abuse of power charges (media) • Sources: Osmani asked Daka to step down from CEC post (media) • Hungary expected to take KFOR command in November (Klan Kosova) • EU plans to invest €2 million in Janjeva, to boost tourism (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian areas in Kosovo without newly infected (Radio kontakt plus) • Petkovic: We are going to Brussels to defend the position of Belgrade (RTS, N1) • Dacic: Pristina puts dialogue in the background by an announcement of a lawsuit for genocide (N1, FoNet, Beta) • Brnabic: No talks, accords or joint agreements with Kurti (Radio KIM) • Dacic: Cultural heritage in Kosovo endangered, attempts to revise history (Kosovo-online) • Serb cemetery in Orahovac desecrated (Kosovo-online) • Bilčík: Army Exercise with Belarus, Russia doesn’t help Belgrade’s road to EU (RFE, N1) • NATO summit starts (Tanjug, B92) • "Serbs in Kosovo do not have institutional protection" (KiM radio, RTK2, Kosovo Online) • Two busses from central Serbia banned from entering Kosovo (RTS) Opinion: • Can Albin Kurti reshape the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue? (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia allows Pfizer-Biontech vaccine for 12-15 years olds (N1)

• COVID-19: Seven new cases, one death (media) • Half of NATO troops in Kosovo already fully vaccinated (Koha) • Kurti on unification of Albanians: Our goals remain unchanged (media) • Kurti's chief of staff comments on Orthodox Church liturgy (media) • Ceku: Interfaith harmony is a quality that distinguishes Kosovar society (media) • Von Cramon: Association to be part of the final agreement package (KP) • Quint had asked Hoti to explain delays in discussing Association (Koha) • COMKFOR, Quint ambassadors discuss security situation in Kosovo (media) • KLA veterans react to picture of Serbian flag t Koshare, police refute news (media) • Police: Buses with passengers from Serbia did not submit request to visit Kosovo (media) • CEC ready for local elections estimated to cost €7.5 million (media) • LDK's Veliu rejects decision to remove him from party branch's top post (media) • Biden’s Balkans Test Has Arrived (Foreign Policy)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 11, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti: Previous governments inflicted damage through the dialogue (RFE) • Tahiri: Liturgy in Milosevic’s church, a provocation on eve of dialogue (media) • PSD: Church on university campus, “a symbol of chauvinism” (media) • Prishtina University students say liturgy was a provocation (media) • Gazeta Express claims to have copy of document on Association/Community • Philips: Only US has power to push forward agreement (media) Serbian Language Media: • Raska-Prizren Eparchy: Temple in Pristina is SOC property, graffiti open threat (Radio KIM) • Jesus Hates Serbs painted on church in Pristina (N1, KoSSev) • Petkovic, Visoki Decani Monastery react to graffiti (Kosovo-online, social media) • Protests of students started in Pristina, new graffiti on Christ the Savior Temple (Radio KIM) • Minister of Justice: ''Kosovo and Metohija remains in the Serbian Constitution preamble'' (Blic, TV Prva, Tanjug) • Petkovic: Darija Kisic-Tepavcevic banned from entering Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Humanitarian organization from Novi Sad banned from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Serbian parliament official says Pristina wants fully operational military (RTS, N1) • Botsan-Kharchenko: When it comes to dialogue, Russia will support Serbia and justice (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Tirana Summit without joint declaration (Tanjug, Blic) • In case of problems, Borrell, Biden to discuss dialogue – sources (Tanjug) • MEST: North Mitrovica has the right to invest in the university building without our consent (KoSSev) International: • Property issues in Kosovo: Intact problem solvable only with the greater role of international actors (EWB) • Liturgy at Contested Serbian Church Prompts Protests in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)