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UNMIK Headlines 4 April

• Palmer: Serbia and Kosovo cannot prosper without agreement (CorD/Zeri) • Kurz: No solution for Kosovo without backing from major powers (CorD/media) • Stoltenberg: NATO intervention was necessary (RTK) • PM Haradinaj meets U.S. Ambassador Kosnett (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo fulfilled criteria for visa liberalisation (Epoka) • Weller and Emerson reported to join Kosovo negotiating team (media) • Weber: Talk has it that Thaci pushes border idea to avoid specialist court (Kosova Sot) • Osmani: Confirmed reports of Thaci-Vucic meeting in Rome (Koha) • Head of EU civilian operations visits Kosovo (media) • Albright and Clinton to visit Kosovo on 12 June (RTK) • Turkey’s defence minister to visit Kosovo today (Telegrafi) • Analysts: Parliamentary elections not before internal party ones (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 3 April

• Haradinaj: Kosovo committed to reaching final agreement with Serbia (media) • Hahn: Kosovo-Serbia agreement to be comprehensive (RFE/Zeri) • Norwegian ambassador warns of consequences if there is no agreement (media) • Former U.S. assistant secretary of state argues against border changes (RFE) • WB: Over 17,000 people left Kosovo job market in 2018 (media) • Haradinaj disputes WB report findings (media) • LDK leader Mustafa reacts to World Bank report (media) • UK Embassy: We advised to avoid only northern municipalities (RTK) • Isa Mustafa to run again for party leader, party official confirms (Express)

UNMIK Headlines 2 April

• Haradinaj: Mogherini has derailed dialogue, inflicted political trauma (media) • Haradinaj: Number of employed increased after decision on tariff (Klan Kosova) • Apostolova: Kosovo’s tariff on Serbia, against SAA spirit (Koha) • Ministry: Half of ERA priorities have been met (Zeri) • German MPs: We support dialogue, not land swap (media) • Analysts: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to resume after EU elections (Zeri) • Hoxhaj: EU’s support, key for successful conclusion of dialogue (Bota Sot) • Pacolli accuses Interior Minister of threatening national security (Koha) • Thaci and Zannier discuss about minorities (Epoka) • Role of women in dialogue to be discussed in Pristina conference (Telegrafi) • Serbian PM Brnabic complains about human rights (Kosova Sot)

UNMIK Headlines 1 April

• Kosnett: U.S. patience can reach an end (RTK) • Limaj: Tariff will not be lifted until conditions are met (media) • Isufi: Coalition is functioning, there are no new elections (Epoka) • President Thaci’s pullbacks (Koha) • PM Haradinaj to meet two senior German officials today (Klan Kosova) • Phillips: Serbia has lost Kosovo, time for dialogue to end (VOA/Bota Sot) • Kosovo courts take over war crimes cases from EULEX (RFE) • Haziri: Swiss Ambassador spoke with good intention (Kosova Sot) • U.S. Ambassador: Kosovo succeeds when women lead (media) • Mikic: My dismissal, part of efforts to get rid of Serbs in Kosovo institutions (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 30 March

• Kosnett visits Mitrovica North (media) • Foggo: If situation in the north were dangerous, Kosnett would not go there (RTK) • Haradinaj: Vucic cannot seek German investments while undermining peace (RTK) • Thaci congratulates Stoltenberg (media) • Rasic: The biggest problem of Kosovo Serbs is Belgrade (RTK) • Soltes: I hope and believe visa regime for Kosovo will be lifted before summer (RTK) • Veseli: EU should liberalise visas for Kosovo people (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 29 March

• European Parliament confirms support for Kosovo visa liberalization (media) • Limaj: Haradinaj went beyond our joint position (Koha) • The government under NISMA’s threats (Zeri) • Kukan: Kosovo-Serbia agreement is reached only by lifting the tariff (RTK) • U.S. Ambassador Kosnett meets Serbs in Gracanica (Epoka) • President Thaci and COMKFOR discuss security situation (Epoka) • Thaci: Serbia committed genocide and ethnic cleansing in Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj: Police officers in Djuric case should be decorated (media) • Russia’s Ambassador: Border correction, a U.S. project (media) • Kisic: Talks on Kosovo partition should be stopped (Koha) • British embassy withdraws support for recruitment of ERO Board chief (media)

UNMIK Headlines 28 March

• Haradinaj: Opening the issue of borders would destabilize whole region! (media) • Veseli and Haradinaj don’t meet (Koha) • EU doesn’t know how to bring back Kosovo and Serbia to dialogue (Zeri) • Kocijancic: Kosovo must lift the import tariff (media) • Kosovo’s isolation increases radicalization (Kosova Sot) • Thaci: We must show no compromise in the fight against corruption (media) • OSCE requests from Kosovo to fight corruption (Epoka) • Tahiri: Mogherini has betrayed European principles (Epoka) • Rrahim Hashimi summoned by Specialist Chambers (media) • Kosovo prepares for new census in 2021 (media)

UNMIK Headlines 27 March

• Haradinaj: It has become difficult to trust the EU (media) • New members of Election Commission to swear oath on Thursday (media) • U.S. Ambassador to Belgrade: Parties must return to dialogue (Zeri) • Hoxha: Import tariff has harmed our relations with partners (media) • Hoxha: EU remains our only address for sustainable peace (media) • LDK’s Haziri: We need to prepare for new flag and anthem (Bota Sot) • Thaci, Braathu to address conference on corruption in institutions (Klan Kosova) • “There is a lower participation of women in central decision-making” (media)

UNMIK Headlines 26 March

Haradinaj dismisses Deputy Minister Mikic (media) • Kocijancic: EU makes repeated calls for suspension of import tariff (Zeri) • Thaci: A peace agreement can be successful (media) • Haradinaj: Tariff is not isolating Kosovo (Zeri, RFE) • Constitutional Court: Thaci’s request, unacceptable (media) • Serbian government reacts to Mikic’s dismissal (Zeri)

UNMIK Headlines 25 March

• Dialogue under Mogherini’s mandate failed (Koha) • Hoxhaj: Now is the time for a final agreement with Serbia (RTK) • Kosnett: U.S. supported NATO to stop ethnic cleansing in Kosovo (media) • Calls for war against corruption overshadow the import tariff (Zeri) • Veseli meets in Skopje with Talat Xhaferi (media) • Primakov: Moscow will defend Belgrade’s right in Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • “The north is being colonized, 300 houses are built at Sunny Hill” (Zeri)