Albanian Language Media:

• Mehaj: Russia wants to destabilise Kosovo at any cost (Kosovapress)
• Third dose of the vaccine in Kosovo in a matter of days (RFE)
• Citizens concerned with Delta Plus, ready to take third vaccine dose (EO)
• COVID-19: Six new cases, no deaths (media)
• Police seize 75 kg of drugs, three cars and cash, five arrested (media)
• Grenell comments on claims he asked for fall of Kurti I government (Express)
• Serbian Gendarmerie entering Kosovo in civilian clothes, residents say (Lajmi)
• Pendarovski: Kosovo no longer a priority for the U.S. (Telegrafi)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 70 new cases registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM)
• The next round of dialogue in Brussels on November 16 (RTS, Tanjug)
• Serbia against Kosovo membership in UNESCO (Kosovo-online, media)
• Vucic: Electricity prices for households unchanged, nuclear power under consideration (N1)
• Grenell visits Kosovo, talks to journalists at Merdare crossing point (B92, media)
• Bilcik urges reconciliation in Western Balkans (N1)
• Armistice Day marked in Pristina; the French ambassador calls for reconciliation between Kosovo and Serbia (Kosovo Online, Ekonomia Online)
• State Department: We do not comment on why some countries were not invited to summit (Radio KIM)

Opinion:

• Legal framework for Kosovo Serbs tailored to Pristina (KoSSev)
• Turkey’s Pragmatic Policy in the Balkans has its Limits (Balkan Insight)

International:

• US Warns Berisha Not to Retake Albanian Democratic Party (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Group of young Albanians visited Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 10, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Civil society urges U.S. to invite Kosovo to Biden’s Democracy Summit (Prishtina Insight)
• Government forms mechanism to document war crimes (Indeksonline)
• Reka: Balkans in a geopolitical vacuum; Escobar has a lot of work (Klan Kosova)
• President’s Office reacts to Mladic mural in downtown Belgrade (media)
• Government pledges €100 million investments in agriculture (Telegrafi)
• Ministry of Health could be given to “Guxo” List (Koha)
• COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: "ZSO to print three lighters and to deliver two pencils, so that Osmani is satisfied'' (KoSSev)
• “ZSO must be established with all competencies that belong to it” (Radio KIM)
• US stance on ZSO remains unchanged: Respect Brussels agreement (RTS)
• One more Serb accused of war crime in Kosovo (Radio KIM, media)
• Serbian Chamber of Commerce Office opens in Jerusalem today (Kosovo-online)
• Arlov: Kosovo police grossly violates my rights, banned from entering Kosovo for third time (Kosovo-online, media)
• EU: Time for Serbia to muse on reforms of judiciary and election process (N1)
• Dodik meets with Erdogan in Ankara to discuss political situation in Bosnia (N1)
• US embassy: Accusations against congressmen absurd, offensive, false (Beta, N1)

International:

• In Albania, a Worrying Rise in Drug Gangs Hiring Minors (Balkan Insight)
• North Macedonia PM Parks Resignation Ahead of No-Confidence Vote (Balkan Insight)
• Ratko Mladic Mural Hit by Paint Attack in Belgrade (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• Prime Minister Kurti confirms he will attend Peace Forum in Paris (media)
• Escobar officially takes post of US Representative to Western Balkans (media)
• Civil society asks U.S. to reconsider non-invitation for Kosovo (RFE)
• Mehaj: Kosovo's next destination, joining the U.S.-Adriatic Charter (media)
• “Key point for Balkans, Kosovo’s recognition by Serbia” (Kosovapress)
• Government: We are working on Law on Salaries (Telegrafi)
• “Kosovo among first in region in terms of assembly transparency” (Indeksonline)
• AJK hires legal professional to represent journalists (media)
• Ministry: Vaccination against COVID-19 open to non-Kosovo citizens (media)
• COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19 in Serbian communities: Two people died, 85 new cases (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic and Botsan-Kharchenko: "Putin understands Serbia" (B92, Kosovo Online)
• Paris: Serbia’s and Kosovo’s PMs to take part at Peace Forum (N1, Beta)
• PM Brnabic: US congressmen letter written by paid lobbyists, it’s child’s play (FoNet, N1)
• US Embassy: Not all partners could be involved in the initiative (Danas)
• Petkovic: Osmani was not paying attention in class, US advocates the respect of all agreements, including ZSO (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Without a clear commitment of Member States to enlargement, EC reports lose power they once had (EWB)
• In Bosnia, US overtakes EU as crisis boils (Politico)
• Mutiny in Serbia: How a State Security Unit’s Rebellion Went Unpunished (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani travels to U.S. (media)
• COMKFOR: Security situation stable, we support Pristina-Belgrade dialogue (Kosovapress)
• Run-off mayoral election campaign kicks off today (media)
• AAK leader Haradinaj warns of an imminent social crisis (media)
• Healthcare workers with ultimatum for the government (media)
• Union of Education, Science and Culture warns with strike in January (media)
• COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 76 new cases, two deaths registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio kontakt plus)
• The campaign of the second round of local elections begun (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Petkovic: Member of people who had SS division is comparing Serbia to Nazi Germany (KoSSev)
• Trajkovic: Kurti's double standards, he doesn't mind the "ethnic basis" when he promotes "natural Albania" (Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic: Kurti's statements he will not form ZSO not only annul dialogue, but also humiliate EU and USA (Kosovo-online
• Vucic: Everyone can evaluate someone else’s democracy however they want (N1)
• Pristina court sentenced Zlatan Krstic, family claims he was not in Kosovo when crime took place (Radio KIM)
• Kosovo Polje: Desecrated tombstones at cemetery, landfill at entrance (Radio kontakt plus, Radio KIM, RTV Gracanica)
• Von Cramon: We do not want RS to be a coin for Serbia's concession to Kosovo (Kosovo Online, AlJazeera)

Opinion:

• Latifi: In a country without economy, parties turn into important business (media)
• Issuance of a license for Elektrosever d.o.o. is the only possible solution (KiM radio)

International:

• A dangerous crisis is brewing in the Balkans. Will the West do anything to stop another war? (CNN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Survivors’ Stories Describe Terror and Trauma of Wartime Rape (Balkan Insight)
• Detainees clean the Orthodox cemetery in Mitrovica South (KoSSev)
• A bakery within the Correctional Center in Lipjan (arbresh.info)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 5, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak from Thessaloniki: Remove visas for Kosovars (Klan)
• Another group of Afghan citizens leave Kosovo for U.S. (media)
• Kurti: We cannot be at peace until justice for Astrit is served (media)
• Kosovo not invited to Biden's democracy summit (Koha)
• Isufi: KSF expected to deploy to a mission in Poland (Klan)
• Open Balkan, still in the wishful phase leaving room for speculation, says expert (euronews.al)
• Rama interferes in Kosovo-Serbia relations without fully grasping them, says analyst (euronews.al)
• COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: I expect Pristina will soon attempt to takeover Valac power station (Radio KIM, BETA, N1, KoSSev)
• Drecun: Possible that Pristina will attempt to take over transmission substations in the north of Kosovo (RTS)
• Petkovic with Schieb on situation in Kosovo, agreements on energy (Radio KIM)
• Djilas to VOA: We only expect support for democracy; reconciliation but not recognition of Kosovo (VoA, N1)
• Petkovic: Djilas bothered by the Serbian List, but not by Albin Kurti (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• US Embassy in Pristina: Kosovo and Serbia to honor their commitments (Radio KIM)
• Open Balkan leaders call EU to speed up integration (N1)
• Stefanovic thanked Spain for principled position on Kosovo (Kosovo-online)
• WHO appoints new head of Serbia office, envoy for the Balkans (N1, RTS)
• Serbian opposition leaders meet Escobar in Washington (N1)
• Pension of Rada Trajkovic blocked (Radio KIM)
• Supreme Court: Serbian List fined 8,100 euros (RTK2)