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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 16, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell: Resolving Kosovo-Serbia relations only through dialogue (DW) • Kosovo Assembly adopts draft law on funding of political parties (media) • Two persons arrested as suspects during “Brezovica” police operation (media) • Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry sacks 11 officials (media) • Austrian Chancellor Nehammer to visit the Western Balkans (Klan Kosova) • COVID-19: 51 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic about gas price negotiations with Russia; the action of the Kosovo police in Strpce (NMagazin, Beta) • Missing Persons Resource Centre: We are not satisfied with the work of either domestic or Brussels institutions (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, RTK2) • Dacic: Serbia will not impose sanctions on Russia (Tanjug, RTS) • Petkovic: Special police intimidate Serbs the day before March 17 (Kosovo Online) • SOC Patriarch meets EU Delegation head (RTS) • Vucic receives letters of credence from newly appointed ambassadors (RTS) • Vucic to meet Austrian Chancellor on Thursday (Tanjug) International: • Russian invasion prompts region to rethink defence spending (BIRN) • Serbia Resists EU Pressure to Impose Sanctions on Russia (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Montenegro seeks from Serbia seven million litres of oil, 18.000 tons of flour and 4000 tons of wheat (Kosovo-online, CDM) • More than 11 000 Albanians and over 3 000 Serbs applied for asylum in the EU last year (KiM radio, Beta)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 15, 2022

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 15, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo-Serbia high-level meetings have become very difficult (Kosovapress) • Chollet holds telephone conversation with Kurti (Klan Kosova/Gazeta Express) • Kosovo authorities refuse to comment why illegal cameras are still up in north (Kallxo) • Komsic: We in Bosnia who are against crimes recognise Kosovo (Gazeta Express) • Glorified and Vilified: Who Was Kosovo’s Nazi Ally, Xhafer Deva? (BIRN) • COVID-19: 22 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbia between requests to terminate its negotiations with EU and those calling for urgent membership (N1) • Stano: EU urges Serbia to introduce all political, economic, and financial measures against Russia (Tanjug, N1) • Dacic: Europe doesn’t want to retract recognition of Kosovo, pushes for its membership in all institutions (Kosovo-online, N1) • Hill: I am coming with a new perspective to Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Serbian President says haters behind letter by MEPs (N1) • Vucic: Our people should know that Serbia is with them, time of pogroms and persecution is over (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Hofer: International pressure on Serbia unjustified and wrong (Tanjug, B92) • Trajkovic: When it comes to rights of Serbs, US appeals have thus far fallen on deaf ears (Kosovo-online) • Five new Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities (Kontakt plus radio) International: • The president of Kosovo warns against the appeasement of autocrats (The Economist) • Serbia under pressure to choose EU as Ukraine war raises stakes for Vucic (Financial Times) • War in Ukraine triggers energy dilemma in Central Europe (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • NDI marks Week of Women; organises two-day conference (EO) • Serbia to export wheat to Albania (Kosovo-online)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 14, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Kusari-Lila: Kosovo has not received any request for allowing Serbian elections (media) • LDK calls on Assembly to adopt resolution against price rises (Klan) • PDK requests citizens be given right to withdraw part of pension trust (RTK) • Szunyog meets opposition leaders, discuss European agenda and electoral reform (Telegrafi) • Ahmeti talks to Dzhaparova: Kosovo supports Ukraine's sovereignty (media) • Dozens of Kosovo border police and customs officers arrested for bribery (Express) • Haxhiu welcomes today's action of the Police Inspectorate (media) • COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Some want four NATO member states to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug, media) • Vucic: Peace, stability most important, problems must be solved through dialogue (Tanjug) • Waugh: Kosovo abusing the situation in Ukraine for its own purposes (KiM Radio, Slobodno srpski) • “Thanks to Open Balkans we will get wheat from Serbia” (KoSSev) • Visoki Decani: International community to dedicate attention to demolished churches and cemeteries in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Ponos: Western powers pressured Vucic into UN vote on Russia (N1) • Serbian Orthodox Church on European Parliament Resolution (media, SOC website) International: • Turkey Rules Out Sanctioning Russia, Citing Risk to Economy (Balkan Insight) • Belgrade Denies Serbian ‘Militants’ are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine (Balkan Insight) • Borrell Says North Macedonia's EU Accession Process Should Start As Soon As Possible (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • New Wind Park Hailed as Step Towards Green Energy (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2022

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti receives German Foreign Minister Baerbock (media) • Osmani and Gervalla participate in the Diplomatic Forum of Antalya (media) • Lajcak: Integration of the Western Balkans into the EU, an urgency (Ekonomia) • Haxhiu and Haekkerup expect the prison agreement to be finalised in May (RTK) • Prime Minister Kurti participates in the inauguration of "Selac Windpark" (media) • Kurti to AFP: Despotic Putin is looking for new conflicts, Kosovo endangered (Reporteri) • COVID-19: 47 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic meets with Baerbock (Tanjug) • Baerbock: Solution for Serbs in Kosovo to vote on April 3 to be found, dialogue before EU candidate status (Kosovo-online, media) • The US Senate confirmed: Christopher Hill is the new US Ambassador to Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic on a two-day visit in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Baerbock met mayors Hamza and Radojevic at Mitrovica main bridge this morning (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev) • EU Ambassador: We know that Serbia faces specific circumstances over Ukraine war (N1, RTS) • Serbian government bans exports of staple foods, caps eurodiesel, petrol prices (Tanjug) • Limited sale of basic grocery essentials in Mitrovica North (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Ukraine to withdraw from UN peacekeeping operations, from Kosovo as well (Radio KIM) • EU says there is no fast membership for Ukraine (VoA, Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo Probes ‘Artificial’ Hikes in Basic Goods’ Prices (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian authorities revoke Covid-19 passes (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 10, 2022

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti comments on reports Kosovo could be used as transit point for MiG-29 fighter jets (media) • Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss recent developments (media) • Bislimi: Kosovo's main geopolitical objective is EU membership (media) • LDK's Hoti criticises Lajcak, says dialogue has been demoted to a technical level (Kallxo) • Speaker Konjufca meets Danish minister, Hækkerup (media) • COVID-19: 37 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Nuland welcomes Serbia’s progress on European path, support for Ukraine (N1) • Germany FM on Western Balkans: We will not abandon region in heart of Europe (B92, media) • German FM Annalena Baerbock's first official visit to the Western Balkans (Politika) • Mojsilovic met COM KFOR (Radio KIM) • Selakovic: Serbia grateful to Brazil for its principled support on Kosovo issue (Kosovo-online) • Office for KiM: Returnee house in Kovrage village, Istok municipality, robbed (Radio KIM) • Rakic: There is no sincere will and desire for the return process to succeed (Radio Mitrovica sever) • RFE: Strategic product supply in Kosovo is in crisis • Vucic reacts to Haradinaj’s statement on bombing (Kosovo-online, B92) • Jeremic: It is most obvious in Kosovo and Metohija how much bad politics can bring (KiM radio) • Covid-19: Three new cases registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM)