UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 31, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani: American people pledge $32 million for Kosovo (media)
• Lajcak discusses Balkans security with France's secretary of state (Klan)
• Rizvanolli: Kosovo not depended on Gazprom; Government focused on energy efficiency projects (Klan)
• Nagavci: We have discontinued payment of 32 Serb officials (Kosovapress)
• AAK presses Government to pass law on salaries (media)
• COVID-19: 32 new cases, two deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• “180 incidents against Serbian community recorded during pandemic” (Radio KIM)
• Office for KiM on Zoran Djokic’s case: No right to fair trial (Radio KIM, media)
• Brnabic on ban to hold Serbian elections in Kosovo (Kosovo-online)
• Dacic: Kurti respects neither Brussels agreement nor international community (Kosovo-online)
• EU Ambassador says sanctions on Serbia not considered (N1)
• Vucic stepping down as party leader after new government formed (N1)

International:

• Kosovo Opposition Party Criticises PM Kurti Over Serbs’ Vote (Balkan Insight)
• Belgrade Slams War Crimes Conviction of Serb in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
• Bound by a Sense of Victimhood, Serbia Sticks With Russia (NYT)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Serbia donates 35 tons of food to Lesotho (Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 30, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• COMKFOR: No indications of threats; ready to react against threats (Telegrafi)
• Clark: I hope Kosovo will be invited to join NATO soon (Gazeta Express)
• Tahiri: With Kurti-led government, everyone toward emigration (Indeksonline)
• Some Serb judges go to work at Mitrovica court, others continue boycott (media)
• “Kosovo, a success story in administering vaccines against COVID-19” (Klan Kosova)
• COVID-19: 30 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Dacic: Serbia ready to host Kiev-Moscow negotiations (RTS)
• Ukrainian Ambassador on Belgrade’s offer to host negotiations (Tanjug)
• Arsenijevic: Neutral registration points for transporting voters from Kosovo should be formed (Radio kontakt plus)
• Opposition ‘United for Serbia’s Victory’ calls on people to vote on Sunday (N1)
• Vucic on April 3 presidential elections (N1)
• Kosovo Supreme Court upheld verdict of 12 years in prison to Zoran Djokic (Kosovo-online)
• MIA on allegations relating to murder of Oliver Ivanovic (RTS)

Opinion:

• Serbia’s Vucic Should Learn from Russia’s Ukraine Debacle (BIRN)
• More on “Kurti’s doctrine”: much ado about elections and semantics as destiny (KoSSev)

International:

• BIRN Fact-Check: Does Kosovo Still Rely on Goods from Serbia? (BIRN)
• Kosovo Charges Ex-Fighter with Wartime Massacre of Villagers (BIRN)
• North Macedonia census reveals over 29% of population is Albanian (euronews.al)

Humanitarian/Development:

• “Withdrawal of savings, a competency of the Kosovo Assembly” (Telegrafi)
• Authorities look into suspicions of orchestrated rise in oil prices (Koha)
• Fuel prices in Kosovo increased again (Radio KIM)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 29, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti meets Norwegian Prime Minister Store (media)
• Osmani meets business community in Qatar (media)
• Vela: Vucic should be sanctioned for endangering peace and stability (media)
• Haxhiu travels to Hague today to meet former KLA leaders (RTK)
• Kosovo and Albania aim to protect together from possible attacks (EO)
• Indictment filed against a person for Izbica massacre (RFE)
• Hajdari: 62 percent increase in export in 2021; foreign investments almost €500 (media)
• Ben-Meir: Result of Ukraine war could change Serbia position toward Kosovo (Zeri)
• COVID-19: 32 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: We are ready to offer Belgrade to Russian and Ukrainian negotiators (N1, Happy TV)
• Guerini: Cooperation with Serbia important (RTS)
• New US ambassador arrives in Belgrade soon, says let’s look to future (N1)
• Vucic: Serbia’s economic success best answer to attacks from region (N1)
• RFE: Kurti ‘forgot’ internal dialogue with Serbs (media)
• Head of OSCE Mission visits Visoki Decani Monastery (Kosovo-online)
• Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi to remain in detention (Radio KIM)
• REC makes decision on polling stations’ committees for voting of Serbs from Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever)

International:

• Kosovo Backs EU Fast-Track for Ukraine Despite Dutch Balkans Warning (Newsweek)
• Frightened witnesses jeopardise Kosovo politician’s assassination trial (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Ukrainian Refugees in Southeast Europe Risk Being Cash-Strapped (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• “A dirty game”, the opposition feels betrayed by Vetevendosje (Express)
• Prime Minister Albin Kurti on official visit to Norway (Express)
• President Osmani meets IMF Managing Director Georgieva (media)
• Hoxhaj: Membership in NATO more important than technical dialogue (media)
• COVID-19: 16 new cases, two deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• EU: Disciplinary proceedings are not part of the Brussels Agreement (KiM radio, RFE)
• Vucic: We exceptionally value support of Angola to Serbian territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo-online)
• Lavrov: Peace talks could also be held in Belgrade (Tanjug)
• Office for KiM: Flammable device thrown into Vesic family yard (Radio KIM)
• Vulin: International community doesn’t implement its mandate in Kosovo (Kosovo-online)
• French Ambassador says EU integration has to speed up (FoNet, N1)
• Mojsilovic visits Serbian army units in Raska and Novi Pazar on Saturday (Kosovo-online)
• Brnabic: Serbia's policy will not be shaped by desires of big powers (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• “Depriving Serbs in Kosovo from right to vote: Consequences of Kurti's or Vucic's policy?”

International:

• North Macedonia expels five Russian diplomats for 'inappropriate' activities (RFE)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Trade Unions call on government to draft Law on Wages (Indeksonline)
• Decision on strike in educational system expected on April 2 (Telegrafi)
• Last containers settlement closes down (Radio KIM)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 25, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Quint countries call on Kosovo and Serbia to act with restraint (media)
• Kurti sends letter to EU regarding Serbia's elections (media)
• Serbs protest decision not to allow Serbia's elections in Kosovo (media)
• KJC: Decision to suspend Stevanovic was not politically influenced (Koha)
• North Macedonia's support for Kosovo discussed during Gervalla's visit to Skopje (media)
• Mehaj: Kosovo is safe, will not succumb to threats or blackmail (media)
• COVID-19: 31 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• US Embassy: Quint and the EU share democratic value of peaceful assembly (Facebook)
• Serbs protest in Gracanica and Mitrovica North (Radio KIM, media)
• Petkovic: ''Peaceful protests of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are a magnificent picture of Serbian harmony and unity'' (Kosovo Online, Facebook)
• Pristina suspend Serb judge, Vucic says Brussels Agreement dead (media)
• REC: Voters from Kosovo to vote in Raska, Kursumlija, Bujanovac and Tutin (Radio KIM)
• Fires in the villages near Kamenica localised (KiM radio)
• Serbia votes to adopt new UN General Assembly resolution (N1)
• Institute for European Affairs: Record low support of Serbia – NATO cooperation (NMagazin, N1, FoNet)

Opinion:

• Kosovo’s Kurti Has Created Own Goal Over Serbian Elections (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Kosovo Serbs to Vote in Serbian Elections in Serbia (Prishtina Insight)
• Serbia Remembers NATO Victims on Bombing Anniversary (Balkan Insight)
• Western Balkan countries vote in favour of the second UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine (EWB)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Serbian Government approves export of wheat and maize in Albania (RTS)