• COVID-19: 55 new cases, two deaths (media) • Kurti invites opposition leaders to a meeting next week (media) • Government ignores moratorium on application in international organisations (Koha) • Historians urge Quint not to seek implementation of court ruling (media) • PDK: Decision to dismiss politically appointed ambassadors 'scandalous' (media) • €1 million frozen, suspicion on money laundering and terror financing (media) • Kosovo and Serbia host US and Russian-led military exercises (Exit News) • Former minister sentenced to two years in prison for sexual assault (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 55 new cases, two deaths (media) • Kurti: Agreement to pass KSF mission in the North to KFOR, harmful (RTK) • Gervalla: Ambassadors’ withdrawals, a step towards reform (Media) • Lekaj: AAK will not be part of the dialogue (Reporteri) • Simultaneous training - American soldiers in Kosovo, Russian ones in Serbia (Koha) • Finance Minister: We identified suspicious transfers (media) • Kurti: Kosovo and Montenegro are united by Euro-Atlantic orientation (media) Serbian Language Media: • Four more case of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM) • Antonijevic: More than 13,000 people from Kosovo Serb areas have been revaccinated (KoSSev) • Varhelyi: The common market will accelerate the integration of the Western Balkans into the EU (RTS) • Russia approves Torlak vaccine (media) • Diocese of Raska-Prizren, Quint, and EU remind: Five years later, decision to return 24ha of land to V. Decani has yet to be implemented (KoSSev) • Association “Ali Hadri” threatens with radical actions against return of land to Decani Monastery (Kosovo-online) • New members of the CEC elected, including Gordana Laban Zuvic (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio) • The will of politicians affects the economy (KiM radio) • Ministry of Culture: Pristina’s request yet another ‘misuse of culture’ (RTS) International: • Mass Sacking of Kosovo Ambassadors Condemned by Opposition (Balkan Insight) • Castaldo: Western Balkans, the beating heart of the EU (balcanicaucaso.org) Humanitarian/Development: • Knowledge of the language connects people (RTK2) • Kosovo Museum to Preserve Childhood Memories of Wartime (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 62 new cases, eight deaths (media) • PM Kurti comments on his recent Brussels trip (media) • Quint calls on Government to uphold 2016 Constitutional Court ruling (media) • FM Gervalla proposes dismissal of all politically appointed ambassadors (media) • Kosovo requests Serbia to return museum artifacts (media) • Vucic: I am ready to meet Kurti (RTK) • The undoing of agreements with Serbia seen as mission impossible (Koha) • Osmani received Director for Europe at UK’s Foreign Ministry (media) • Di Maio: Leaving Western Balkans out of EU, a political myopia (media) • Status conference held in Thaci et al. case at KSC (media) • Serwer: Thaci and others are innocent for now (RTK/Kosovo Online) • Kandic reacts to the Czech president's apology to Serbia (media) • Eight new members of CEC sworn in (media) • Sex Assault Reports Spark Chain Reaction in Kosovo, Albania (BIRN) • US sanctions former Albania leader Berisha over corruption (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 19, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 62 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Over 51,000 people vaccinated so far in Kosovo (media) • Kosovo FM appeals to diaspora: Get vaccinated before coming to Kosovo (media) • Germany donates COVID-19 test kits to Kosovo worth €600,000 (media) • Treating patients in a pandemic (Prishtina Insight) • Government: Skender Hyseni won’t be part of dialogue with Serbia (Telegrafi) • Hoxhaj reacts to Montenegro’s refusal to send troops to KFOR (media) • “Kurti declared former KLA leaders war criminals, whose PM is he?” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Antonijevic: Epidemiological situation continues to improve (TV Most) • PM Ana Brnabic: EU doesn’t know about some things going on in region (media) • Europa Nostra on letter from Pristina, to answer once it arrives (KoSSev) • Vucic, Serbian officials on endangerment of Visoki Decani Monastery (KoSSev, media) • Szunyog: For five years Kosovo didn’t implement Constitutional Court decision on Visoki Decani Monastery land (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Osmani openly undermines Washington agreement by lobbying for Kosovo membership in Interpol (Kosovo-online) • Britain in KFOR by 2023, with more troops (Kontakt plus radio, RTK2) • Bisenic: Palestine statehood established in the UN, Kosovo not from that framework, impossible to draw a parallel (Pravi Ugao, KoSSev) • Vucic, officials on Zeman’s apology (B92, media) • Additional 440.000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Serbia (B92) • North Macedonia expels Russian diplomat (N1) International: • North Macedonia PM: EU risks losing sway in Balkans (politico.eu) Humanitarian/Development: • Brussels lifts travel restrictions for "third country" citizens (RTS, Tanjug)

• COVID-19: 64 new cases, one death (media) • High Representative Borrell meets Western Balkans leaders (media) • Borrell revives tradition of informal exchanges with regional leaders (media) • Kurti: Meeting with Vucic in mid-June (media) • Lajcak meets Kurti, discuss continuation of dialogue (media) • Osmani: Always ready for cooperation with our neighbors (media) • Joseph: Serbia must no longer be privileged (Radio Free Europe) • Thaci and others to appear in next session today (media) • Tensions between the municipalities and central government (Koha) • Tired of the pandemic (Kosovo 2.0) • BIRN debate exposes flaws in fight against sexual harassment (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 64 new cases, one death (media) • 46,000 people vaccinated so far in Kosovo (media) • EULEX presents report on impact of COVID-19 on the rule of law (Kallxo) • Kosovo police's seizure of drugs in Lipjan hailed by U.S., Italy (media) • Ministers Gervalla, Ceku invite Europa Nostra head to visit Kosovo (media) • PDK accuses Osmani of violating Constitution in CEC appointments (media) • Kosovo and Albania sign MoU in the field of defence (media) • Ministry of Interior cancels bid worth €21 million (media) • Haradinaj addresses recent departures of party officials (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: I am worried about dialogue, there’s nothing rational in Pristina’s approach (RTS) • Stoltenberg: There is no change of KFOR’s mandate, it remains in Kosovo (Danas) • Brnabic to visit Brussels on Tuesday, attend WB working dinner, meet EU officials (RTS) • Dacic: Important that UNMIK and KFOR stay in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Brdo-Brijuni Process: Borders left out of joint ‘compromise’ statement (Hina, N1 Sarajevo) • Brdo-Brioni Process participants urge EU to speed up expansion to Western Balkans (N1) • Milanovic: Brdo-Brijuni Process will not solve problems of Western Balkans (Hina, N1 Zagreb) • Dzaferovic: EU will only be complete when WB countries become members (Anadolu Agency, N1 Sarajevo) • Komsic: Kosovo-Serbia debate returns Brdo-Brioni summit to "Balkan tavern" (N1, FoNet) • Haradinaj requests continuation of Decani-Plav road construction (Radio KIM) • Zeman: I apologize for bombardment of FRY, ask Serbian people to forgive me (RTS) • Croatian army unit sent to serve as part of KFOR in Kosovo (N1) • Skopje to increase number of soldiers within KFOR mission in Kosovo (KoSSev, N1) • Office for KiM: Instead of letters, Pristina to sign decree on return of confiscated monastery land (Kontakt plus radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) Opinion: • Dialogue in the upcoming period (KoSSev) International: • NATO chief confirms KFOR to remain in Kosovo (EurActiv) • COVID-19 Limits Family Visits for Kosovo War Defendants (Balkan Insight) • Angela Merkel's political legacy in the Western Balkans will be tough to beat (euronews.com) Humanitarian/Development: • UNMIK assistance to the most vulnerable population of Gracanica (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kontakt plus radio)) • Dacic: Serbia’s democratic progress unimaginable without CoE (BETA, N1)

• COVID-19: 25 new cases, one death (media) • Vitia: Up to 350,000 persons to be vaccinated in a month (Klan) • Osmani: Kosovo as a sovereign and independent country is a permanent project (media) • Kosovo, Serbia clash over Balkan border issues at summit (AP) • Osmani meets regional leaders at the sideline of Brdo-Brijuni summit (media) • Brdo-Brijuni Declaration: “EU is able to absorb the WB”, Serbia’s phrasing of the point on regional borders rejected (EWB) • Kurti, Merkel agree mutual recognition should be end-result of dialogue (media) • Lajcak meets Vucic in Brussels (media) • NATO attempts to appease Serbian concerns over Croatian troops in Kosovo (Reuters) • Kosovo Foreign Policy Experts Welcome Govt’s Support for Israel (BIRN) • Kosovo Police seize 400kg of cocaine in Lipjan warehouse (media) • Government plans to phase out PAK by next year (Koha) • Government building lighted up in rainbow colours, in nod to LGBTIQ+ community (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 17, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 25 new cases, one death (media) • Hoti: About 10 thousand citizens were vaccinated during the weekend (media) • Kurti: For 55 days of government, we have done a lot of work (media) • Trendafilova: KSC is not an ethnic court, victims are of different ethnic backgrounds (Klan) • President Osmani met with Croatian President Zoran Milanovic (RTK) • Gresa Caka-Nimani elected president of the Constitutional Court (media) • Protest in front of Ministry against violence of girls in schools (media) • Kosovo authorities seize over 2 tons of cocaine? (media) Serbian Language Media: • Seven new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio KIM) • Vucic: Serbia has always advocated for inviolability of UN recognized borders (Kosovo-online) • Stano: The dinner will be a sign of wider political engagement of the EU and the Western Balkans (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Western Balkans leaders' summit today in Brioni, Vucic after that in Brussels with Stoltenberg (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS) • Brnabic-Kurti meeting in Brussels tomorrow, geopolitics on the "menu" of the working dinner (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Serbia’s Vucic will skip Western Balkans leaders’ working dinner in Brussels (N1) • All municipal boards of the SNS in Kosovo for the removal of Stefanovic from party and state functions (KoSSev) • Vucic: I would rather lose my head than give up Serbia, seizure of Kosovo is end of everything (KoSSev) • Enthronement of Patriarch Porfirije in Pec Patriarchate postponed (KoSSev) • Bishop Teodosije requested OSCE support for survival of Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo (RTS) • Montenegro is not sending infantry platoon to KFOR (KoSSev) • Dacic: Request for KFOR withdrawal more threat, than it is realistic (Kosovo-online) • Health ministry official: More than 42 percent fully vaccinated in Serbia (N1) • Petkovic: Kurti deceives public with statements on lawsuit against Belgrade (Kosovo-online) International: • Catalysing anti-corruption in the WB achievable only by an alliance of stakeholders, latest report highlights (EWB) • Montenegro Scraps Plan to Join NATO Mission in Kosovo (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Another "weekend" series of domestic violence and violence against women (KoSSev) • PM Brnabic: Celebrations as of June 21 if 50 pct of population is vaccinated (N1) • How IDAHOBIT came to Kosovo (Kosovo 2.0)

• COVID-19: 47 new cases, 3 deaths (media) • Kurti to travel to Brussels this week (media) • Osmani to participate in Brdo-Brijuni process (media) • Dialogue and regional cooperation, criteria for approximation with EU (Koha) • Haziri: Dialogue, only way to resolve problem with Serbia (media) • "Serbia demanding broad autonomy for Serb-majority areas in Kosovo" (RFE) • Serwer: Serbia can still be sued for genocide in Kosovo (Telegrafi) • LDK slams Kosovo Government's foreign policy strategy (media) • Kosovo Government says Israel has a right to defend itself (Express) • Palokaj: We dream about the day when NATO would leave Kosovo (Koha) • Robelli: Russian and Serbian special war through “Zuerst” (Koha) • Protest today for safety of girls in schools (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 49 new cases, 2 deaths (media) • Decisions on UNMIK are “made by the Security Council” (RFE) • German Ambassador on genocide lawsuit against Serbia (Koha) • Demiri: All Kosovars living in Israel are safe (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: • Nine new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • NATO: We remain committed to the region; we make all decisions by consensus (Kosovo Online) • Zakharova: Only one state does not decide on the withdrawal of KFOR, it is a collective decision (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, KiM radio, Beta) • Vucic with Pahor: High level of cooperation, Serbia for respecting borders as determined by UN decision (RTS) • Odalovic: Excavations will begin at several locations in Kosovo (RTK2) • PM Brnabic: Only dialogue, compromise can ensure long-term solution (Tanjug) • Petkovic: Osmani either does not want dialogue, or doesn’t understand concept of politics of peace (TV Most) • Petkovic: None of international community models for return of displaced persons made significant success (Kosovo-online) • State Department on religious freedom: Decision on V. Decani’s land still ignored, 57 incidents targeting religious sites (KoSSev) • HLC: No chance of ICJ ruling against Serbia for genocide in Kosovo (FoNet, N1) • Office for KiM calls for investigation into all missing persons (N1) Opinion: • Western Balkans economic integration – why is it needed? (EWB) International: • Israel-Gaza Fighting Leaves Balkan Migrants Vulnerable (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • A special budget line for shelters for victims of domestic violence (Koha) • Ivanusa: Serbia shows how mass vaccination could affect epidemic (N1)