Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Eight new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kurti, Vucic to meet on July 19 (Klan Kosova)
• Kurti: Kosovo becoming success story, can live without Serbia recognition (EWB)
• Rohde: I wonder why Assembly provides Simmons with a platform (media)
• US Embassy: Displaced persons have the right to return home (media)
• Montenegro PM: Demarcation agreement with Kosovo must be respected (media)
• State of emergency declared in Decan after hundreds poisoned (Koha/Express)

Serbian Language Media:

• No newly infected in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: We will seek the protection of Serbs in Brussels (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, TV Pink)
• Gracanica Mayor asked the KFOR commander for protection of the Serb population (KiM radio)
• Serb assaulted near Klina (RTS, Radio KIM, KoSSev, RTK)
• Krivokapic: Agreement on border demarcation must be respected (Kosovo-online, RTCG)
• Petkovic: ZSO the main condition in the dialogue with Pristina (RTS)
• Office for KiM provided financial aid, food delivery for Dragica Gasic (Kosovo-online)

Opinion:

• The EU ready to "trade" Serbia's membership in exchange for a solution to the Kosovo problem (Danas)

International:

• Bieber: Bulgarian veto on North Macedonia damages EU’s credibility (EWB)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 12, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)
• Deputy PM Bislimi reveals details from meetings in Brussels (media)
• Kurti in Greece: We need help to fight corruption (media)
• Former EULEX judge reports to Assembly Committee for Legislation (media)
• Thaci asked to be sent in house arrest in Slovenia (Indeksonline/Necenzurirano)
• Cakolli: Reporting on dialogue should happen at Assembly, not on social media (Koha)
• US Embassy urges redoubled efforts to find perpetrators of wartime sexual violence in Kosovo (media)
• Ramosaj: There are suspicions that water poisoning may be intentional (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Tanin: Unresolved situation of Kosovo Serb returnee in Djakovica, rights of all returnees must be protected and promoted (KoSSev, media)
• OSCE condemns incidents against Dragica Gasic, says return process should continue (KoSSev)
• Office for KiM enabled food delivery for Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM)
• Brnabic: ''The reactions of the international community to the case of Dragica Gasic ‘lukewarm’, better not to have them'' (RTS, TV Pink, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio)
• Gracanica Mayor on the “the latest provocation”: KFOR to increase patrols (Kosovo Online, KiM radio, RTS)
• Vucic to athletes: Feel free to compete against Kosovo judo team (KoSSev)
• Dveri Movement asks Orban to withdraw Hungary’s recognition of Kosovo (N1)
• Brnabic: No place for us in Srebrenica until attack on Vucic is resolved (N1)
• Petkovic in two-day visit in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Ambassador says Spain’s decision not to recognize Kosovo is state policy (N1, Srna, Vecernje Novosti)
• Dragica Gasic: Brave and alone (Danas)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Eight new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kurti: Recognition of Kosovo, cooperation and region's EU integration - key to lasting stability (media)
• Kurti meets Mitsotakis, calls on Greece to recognise Kosovo (media)
• Think tank: U.S. proposal on Ujman Lake, not suitable for implementation (Koha)
• Rohde: We support return of displaced persons to Kosovo (media)
• Rushed dismissals harm public institutions, U.S. Embassy says (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stefanovic to Osmani: There is no border with Kosovo and Metohija (RTS, Tanjug)
• Orban: Serbia is key country in the Western Balkans (N1)
• Odalovic: Pristina refuses requests to search locations (Radio KIM)
• Media: Linde violated the status neutrality of the OSCE mission (Danas, FoNet, Kosovo Online)
• Selakovic thanks Ambassador of Tunisia for principled stance on Kosovo (Kosovo-online)
• Serbian List: We strongly condemn the violence against Dragica Gasic and Vuksan Gojkovic (Kosovo Online)
• HLC and YIHR Kosovo: Lawsuit against Dragica Gasic is unconstitutional (Radio kontakt plus)
• Ambassador Rohde: Return to your own home is a basic human right (Kosovo-online)
• Petkovic: Problems at the table better than incidents on the ground, in which Serbian people suffer (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, TV Prva)
• Jevtic: Pristina institutionally trying to seize property of Serbs and Serbian Orthodox Church (Kosovo-online)

Opinion:

• Seeking justice for Kujtim (Kosovo 2.0)

International:

• World's Safest Countries 2021 (Global Finance)
• Balkan Corruption Is Russia’s Faithful Friend (cepa.org)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 8, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Eight new cases, two deaths (media)
• Vitia: We won’t take vaccines from China and Russia (Ekonomia Online)
• Kosovo Assembly dismisses members of public broadcaster board (media)
• “Those why deny Srebrenica genocide, keep alive dream of it repeating” (media)
• Ann Linde: OSCE supports the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (media)
• Concrete barriers at Decani Monastery replaced with wooden ones (Klan Kosova)

Serbian Language Media:

• No new coronavirus cases in Serbian areas (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Rakic with Ann Linde on problems Serbs face in Kosovo, Dragica Gasic’s case (Kosovo-online)
• Missing persons families excluded from dialogue (Radio KIM)
• U.S. Embassy in Serbia: Statement on the 22nd Anniversary of the Murder of Bytyqi Brothers (rs.usembassy.gov, media)
• Serbian List: We refused to give legitimacy to the intention to "stick the label of genocide" on the Serbian people (KiM radio, Facebook)
• Dacic on resolutions: Justice is when all crimes are condemned (Kosovo-online)
• Milena Popovic: I respect Vucic, it’s clear to all what I think about Radoicic; Trajkovic: Popovic protecting Vucic from the investigation (Danas, Nedeljnik)
• Szunyog on Dragica Gasic: We are closely monitoring the situation, the competent institutions to ensure the right to return (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• A Global US Can’t Avoid Confronting China and Russia (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Kosovo Special Prosecutor: ‘Wartime Rape Victims Must Speak Out’ (BIRN)
• Kosovo Adopts Resolution Condemning 1995 Srebrenica Massacre (RFE)
• Is Greece moving towards Kosovo recognition? Fears of Serbian retaliation against Cyprus (greekcitytimes.com)
• Serbia ignores West’s concerns, praises China’s Marxism (euractive.com)

Humanitarian/Development:

• As Vaccination Campaigns Falter, CEE Countries Get Creative (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: Nine new cases, one death (media)
• Kurti warns of change in Demarcation agreement with Montenegro (Klan)
• Wesley Clark takes over duty of Special Adviser to Kosovo’s Defense Minister (media)
• Kosovo Parliament approves resolution condemning genocide in Srebrenica (Express)
• LDK criticizes government for lack of transparency in dialogue process (media)
• Kurti: University operating in Mitrovica North, illegitimate (media)
• Kosovo PM Kurti deems the Washington Agreement unconstitutional (Express)
• Hoti: Washington agreement has broken Kosovo's international isolation (media)
• Tahiri criticizes government for obscurity over Washington Agreement (RTK)
• Konjufca expresses condolences to Kadri Veseli for the loss of his father (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Lajcak talked to Petkovic, later a meeting with both sides (Beta, NMagazin)
• Vucic on the Srebrenica resolution: It is surprising that Podgorica was faster than Pristina (Kosovo Online, B92)
• The Serbian List left the session; the Assembly adopts the Srebrenica resolution (Kosovo Online)
• Djakovica municipality sued Dragica Gasic (Radio KIM)
• Minister Selakovic met Goran Rakic (Kosovo-online)
• German Ambassador says Berlin Process summit successful (N1)

Opinion:

• Serbia: Sweeten The Pot, Or There Will Be No Pot (eurasiareview.com, TransConflict)

International:

• Berlin Process: Leaders praise successes of regional integration, commit to continue economic cooperation (EWB)
• Grisly Discovery in Serbia Brings Trauma Back to Kosovo Village (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Rakic: We will offer all available support so displaced can return to their properties (Kosovo-online)