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UNMIK Headlines 14 May

• Thaci insists on Presevo Valley joining Kosovo (Bota Sot) • Haradinaj: Big decisions on Kosovo to be made in Pristina not elsewhere (media) • Thaci: No reconciliation without resolving fate of missing persons (media) • Collaku: Momentum for agreement with Serbia this year is lost (media) • Assembly to debate setting up war crimes tribunal on Thursday (media) • Citaku: I spoke to President Trump about U.S. involvement (Telegrafi) • No dialogue, Serbia continues provocations (Zeri) • Debate: Border change, not an option for Kosovo-Serbia agreement (Epoka/Koha) • Judah: Merkel buried border correction idea (media) • Hoti: It was proved that U.S. were involved in the Berlin Summit (media) • Almost 60,000 registered voters for Sunday elections in the north (media) • PSD MP, Dardan Molliqaj, arrested then released yesterday (media) • Government adopts regulation reorganizing Ministry of Defense (Koha) • Another Kosovar killed in Syria (media)

UNMIK Headlines 13 May

• Thaci: We have U.S. support for peaceful agreement with Serbia (Epoka) • Chabert: Kosovo cannot afford to remain in ‘status quo’ (Koha Ditore) • Haradinaj condemns detention of Serb officials, EU silent (Zeri) • Study into effects of import tax presented in Pristina (media) • Mustafa: Veseli’s idea for international tribunal, only a political initiative (Klan) • Election campaign in northern municipalities begins today (media) • Serbia alarmed: KSF part of NATO drill in Croatia (Bota Sot) • UN approves budget for UNMIK (Klan Kosova) • Uran Ismaili elected PDK leader in Pristina (Epoka e Re)

UNMIK Headlines 11 May

• Thaci, Haradinaj to hold separate meetings with U.S. Congressman Ed Case (media) • Thaci: Kosovo – Albania borders must be removed (media) • German diplomat: Germany does not support border changes (media) • Kosovo war rape victim awarded international peace prize (media) • UNMIK-funded debate on Serb challenges to obtain Kosovo documents (media) • Scott: It’s a shame that war criminal led military parade on Europe Day (media) • Election campaign in the four northern municipalities to begin on Monday (media)

UNMIK Headlines 10 May

• Western Balkans leaders adopt conclusions at Tirana Summit (media) • No breakthrough in Kosovo-Serbia relations during Tirana summit (media) • Thaci does not attend leaders’ lunch in Tirana due to Dodik’s presence (media) • Haradinaj: Serbia to recognise Kosovo under existing borders (RTV21/Telegrafi) • Thaci reveals his conversation with Putin in Paris last year (media) • “I showed the door to an Albanian PM due to a partition plan in 2002” (media) • Mustafa: LDK will not get involved in dialogue before elections (RTK/Telegrafi) • Analysts warn of dangerous scenarios for Kosovo (Zeri) • Albanians in the north call on EU to reopen Mitrovica bridge (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 9 May

• Thaci meets Mogherini, discuss the dialogue (media) • Mogherini: If tax was revoked tonight, I’d call for dialogue tomorrow (RTK) • “Vucic, Thaci, Rama discussed partition under Mogherini's mediation” (media) • Rama rejects involvement on plot to divide Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj: Liberalisation of visas might happen in September (RTK) • Thaci in Tirana mentions Presevo Valley’s unification with Kosovo (Zeri) • Swiss ambassador: Border correction idea could lead to trouble (media) • O’Connell calls for civic pressure on politicians over corruption (Koha) • U.S. General: In ten years, KSF will fully transform into an army (media) • Ex-intelligence chief refuses to report on deportation of Turkish nationals (Koha) • Zvizdic: Bosnia will lift visas for Kosovo, if tariff is removed (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 8 May

• Haradinaj warns supporters of border correction with “political burial” (Koha) • Tax no longer obstacle to U.S. officials visiting Kosovo (Koha) • Thaci annuls EBRD Summit due to relations with Bosnia (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo committed to prevent Russian impact (RTK) • Mogherini to meet Thaci and Vucic separately in Tirana (Indeksonline) • Vucic: You can kill me, but I do not recognize Kosovo (Tanjug, Klan) • Mustafa meets O’Connell: Political situation, complicated (media) • Haradinaj meets Apostolova (media) • KFOR replaces borderline markings (RTK) • Assembly committee approves draft resolution on condemning genocide (media)

UNMIK Headlines 7 May

• U.S.: Kosovo-Serbia agreement to end in mutual recognition (Zeri) • Kocijancic: Mogherini, the only facilitator in dialogue (media) • Analysts: No breakthrough in dialogue expected from Tirana meeting (Zeri) • Ischinger: No EU membership for Serbia without Kosovo recognition (media) • Veseli initiates setting up of international tribunal on Serbia’s crimes (media) • Daka on elections in the north, clarifies OSCE role (Bota Sot) • Hoxha: This is last year that Kosovo citizens will be isolated (media) • Minister Mustafa warns with reciprocity measures against Serbia (RTK) • Iowa National Guard Commander to visit Kosovo today (media) • Vetevendosje to protest in Tirana against Vucic’s visit (media) • Uran Ismaili announces candidacy for head of PDK Pristina branch (media)

UNMIK Headlines 4 May

• Haradinaj claims he has prevented division of Kosovo (media) • The three leaders in Paris (Zeri) • Macron’s Balkan breakdown (Politico, media) • Limaj: No agreement with Serbia without the U.S. (RTV21) • Mustafa: Change of borders is change of Declaration of Independence (media) • Thaci hosts a meeting with Kai Eide in Pristina (RTK) • Veseli: I am not going to Hague, I was not invited by Special Court (media) • Kosnett against Sylejman Selimi’s nomination for ambassador (Klan)

UNMIK Headlines 3 May

• Haradinaj: We are entering a serious process (media) • Veseli: Tariff will be suspended because President Trump requested this (media) • Thaci: We don’t accept conditions from Serbia, tariff remains in force (RFE) • Veseli summons heads of Kosovo institutions to meeting today (Bota Sot) • Veseli: International Court for Serbia’s crimes in Kosovo, necessary (Epoka) • Cakaj: Request in Berlin summit was to suspend not lift the tax (Telegrafi) • Mustafa: President is correcting his statement on the border (Bota Sot) • Pacolli: Congo expected to recognise Kosovo in the coming days (media) • Topalli: There are 65 Kosovars in Syria (Koha) • Over 200 OSCE officials to be engaged in elections in the north (Epoka)

UNMIK Headlines 2 May

• Thaci: No new idea opened and none closed in Berlin summit (media) • Thaci: I’d like Presevo Valley to be closer to Kosovo, without changing borders • President Thaci gives up on border correction idea (Koha) • Rama: Dialogue will continue, Macron and Merkel will engage personally (RTK) • Hahn: Time for Western Balkans to join EU (media) • Switzerland supports dialogue but not border correction option (Zeri) • Wadephul: Negotiations not to get stuck on fighting over territory (DW/Bota Sot) • War crimes committed in Kosovo recounted before U.S. Congress (media) • Thaci requests urgent resolution on Serbia’s crimes (Klan) • Pacolli: No reconciliation without punishing Belgrade (RTK) • Draft-resolution on Serbian crimes in Kosovo to be discussed today (RTK) • Kosnett: Serbs should live in Kosovo, build the future of the country (media) • Hoti summarizes the Summit in three conclusions (RTK)