Albanian Language Media: • Kurti calls for Kosovo membership in EU and NATO (media) • Osmani thanks Milanovic for proposal to give candidate status to Kosovo (media) • Kurti: Looking forward to working closely with Sarrazin (media) • Vela reacts to Dacic’s statement, says “Serbia and Russia are one” (media) • Krasniqi: Emergent need for Kosovo to join Council of Europe (media) • Mitrovica South Mayor meets UNMIK chief (media) • COVID-19: 83 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Situation in Europe and worldwide increasingly difficult (media) • EU Ambassadors: We are counting on Serbia at UN General Assembly (media) • Dacic: Those asking us to impose sanctions on Russia are against Serbia (RTS) • MEPs: Serbia to harmonise with EU policy, impose sanctions on Russia (N1) • Petronic: Pristina’s request to join NATO immediately unrealistic and ungrounded (Radio kontakt plus) • First refugees from Ukraine arrived in Serbia (DW, Kosovo-online) • Dacic calls for presidential elections (RTS) • Head of UNMIK met North Mitrovica municipality leadership (Kontakt plus radio) • Rakic meets EULEX chief, talks about security of Serb community (Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo politicians pledge to new fund to boost Security Force (BIRN) • Serb Refugee Returns to Kosovo Home, 22 Years After Fleeing (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Echoes Calls for NATO ‘Accelerated’ Membership (Balkan Insight) • War in Ukraine, the Balkans hold their breath (balcanicaucaso.org)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 1, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani received by the Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, Mustafa Sentop (media) • War in Ukraine - NATO says engagement in Kosovo has not changed (Kallxo) • Hoti: Kosovo needs to join NATO and the EU through accelerated procedures (Koha) • Mehaj with a request for citizens for the campaign 'Kosovo in NATO' (media) • Haradinaj addresses Kurti with five requests after the situation in Ukraine (RTK) • Doris Pack: Kosovo should be immediately recognized by the five EU countries (Kallxo) • COVID-19: 61 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: We will join the UN decisions related to violations of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, not the ones on sanctions (Beta, NMagazin) • Selakovic: Serbia regrets erupting of crisis and conflict in Ukraine (Kosovo-online) • Serbia ready for Ukrainian refugees, Red Cross opens account to help Ukrainians (N1) • Selakovic: ''Separatism is contagious’' (media) • Grubjesic: Pristina’s request to join NATO encouraged from outside (RTS) • Serbian Atlantic Council chairman on Pristina’s request to join NATO (Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo Media Weigh Solutions to Boom in Fake News (Balkan Insight) • BIRN Fact-Check: Do Serbia and Kosovo Really Cooperate on Court Cases? (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Stories of coexistence: Three awards for journalists and media from Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio, KoSSev) • BiH, Kosovo*, North Macedonia in breach of rules on air pollution from thermal power plants (balkangreenenergynews.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo offers many opportunities for foreign investors (media) • Knaus: Kosovo should become member of the Council of Europe (Telegrafi) • Hoxhaj calls for Kosovo's membership of NATO (media) • Haxhiu: One of the Serbs arrested in Pristina communicates with Russia (media) • Gervalla: The Allies should take Serbia’s threats more seriously (media) • Ukrainian MP: We should recognise Kosovo independence (media) • AAK demands parliamentary debate on security in Kosovo (RTK) • COVID-19: 55 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic: Resolving all open issues for lasting reconciliation in the region (N1, Beta) • Varhelyi: Stability of Western Balkans more important than ever (N1) • Vucic: I don't know how much the danger is of Kosovo becoming a member of NATO, but it is not naïve (media) • Serbs arrested in PR for terrorism-related crimes released from custody (KoSSev) • Vucic: Serbia advocating peace, respect of international law (Tanjug, media) • Brnabic: Vucic did not choose Putin, but international law; Kosnett: Vucic chose Putin, not the West (KiM radio) • MTS has removed Russian TV channels (RFE, RTK2) • Situation at Brnjak crossing without any change (RTK2) • Vucic: We don't want to agree to the game of provocations of Kosovo Police (KiM radio, RTS, Tanjug) Opinion: • Can the Czech EU presidency bring Western Balkans accession any closer? (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbia Supports Ukraine’s Sovereignty But Opposes Sanctions on Russia, Vucic says (Balkan Insight) • In Albanian City Once Named ‘Stalin’, a Base for NATO (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 25, 2022 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Kosovo to apply this year for EU membership (media) • Kosovo adopts sanctions against Russia (RFE) • Kosovo MPs discuss dialogue with Serbia (media) • COVID-19: 140 new cases, three deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • New session of Serbian National Security Council takes place today (RTS) • Ponos: Military resolution of Ukrainian crisis unacceptable, Serbia went through such experience in 1999 (KoSSev) • Serbian political parties continue reacting to situation in Ukraine (Danas, media) • Serbia, Morocco to celebrate 65 years of diplomatic relations (RTS) • Rakic-Andric: Announcements of spillover of violence in Balkans and Kosovo unfounded (Danas) • Milivojevic: Pristina lobbies for new recognitions with US support (Kosovo-online) • Serbia ranked partly free in Freedom House report (N1) • Serbian opposition named another presidential candidate (N1) International: • Balkan Countries Evacuate Citizens From Ukraine, Assess Security Threats (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Russian attack, the biggest military aggression since World War II (media) • Osmani: We stand with people of Ukraine - Russian hegemony will fail again (media) • Kosovo Assembly condemns Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine (media) • Mehaj: We are monitoring the critical security situation in Europe (media) • Osmani meets U.S. Ambassador Jeff Hovenier (media) • Abdixhiku: NATO membership a necessity of the time (media) • Krasniqi: Today, in our minds and prayers, we are with people of Ukraine (media) • Haradinaj: We support democratic world against Russian aggression in Ukraine (media) • Voting on State Bureau Draft Law suspended, Konjufca to address Venice Commission (media) • Kurti: Public administration reform, key standard for EU membership (media) • Kosovo Police closes illegal smuggling routes at border with Serbia and North Macedonia (Express) • COVID-19: 189 new cases, three deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic urgently scheduled a session of the National Security Council (media) • Vucic meets with ambassadors of Quint states, EU delegation chief (N1) • Dacic, Tadic on attack against Ukraine (N1) • Serbian political parties on attack against Ukraine (media) • Covic: If West remembers international law now, let them de-recognize Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • CoE: Strong condemnation of Russian attack on Ukraine, ''dark hour for Europe'' (N1) • Varhelyi: There can never be a reason to attack another country (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Spain will not recognize Kosovo (Tanjug) • Vucic: Serbian response on EU sanctions on Russia in next 48 hours (media) • Peci: There are no minimal conditions to vote on April 3 elections at Liaison Office (Kosovo-online) • Covid-19 in Serbian areas: Nine new cases (Kontakt plus radio) International: • EUFOR sending 500 additional troops to Bosnia as a “precautionary measure” (N1 Sarajevo) • Ukraine Border States Prepare for Wave of Refugees (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Marija Novakovic reclaims her apartment in Pristina (VoA, media) • Serbia Welcomes WHO Permit to Produce COVID Vaccines (Balkan Insight) • Supermarket Giants Crush the Life out of Kosovo’s Small Stores (Prishtina Insight) • Healthy Media Ecosystem Best Disinformation Antidote (Beta)