Albanian Language Media:
• Health Minister doesn’t rule out schools switching to online classes (Koha)
• AAK MP: Two people succumbed to COVID-19 at Infectious Clinic today (Lajmi)
• Protest in downtown Prishtina against energy tariff increase (Telegrafi)
• PDK against tariff increase; calls ERO to draft another report (Indeksonline)
• Hovenier confirms Escobar and Lajcak visit to Kosovo next week (RTK)
• Kosovo in the service of the U.S. for Ukraine (RFE)
Serbian Language Media:
• Trajkovic and Spahiu about AKK launching investigation against SL officials (KiM radio)
• Good defense relations between Britain and Serbia (N1)
• Brnabic: Brussels visit successful (Tanjug)
• Empirica: New measures of the Government of Kosovo affect the freedom of movement of citizens (KiM radio)
• Training of Serbian Army members in Bujanovac base to secure the administrative line with KiM (Kosovo-online)
• Davenport: OSCE ready to collect ballots for future Serbian elections, subject to consent of all (Kosovo-online)
• Petkovic with Dmochowski on rights of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo-online)
International:
• EU Warns Serbia Against Genocide Denial (Balkan Insight)
• Book Review: Balkan Muslims, a Community in Danger? (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Movie on March violence in Kosovo wins audience award in movie festival in Trieste (Kosovo-online)
• European Fund: Pollution in Balkans causes large number of premature deaths (Beta, N1)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 26, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 25, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 25, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kosovo marks slight progress in anti-corruption fight (RFE/media)
• KDI recognises Kosovo’s progress but notes that a great deal of work remains (media)
• Kosovo's progress in fight against corruption hailed (media)
• Kurti says justice institutions to deal with Serbian List officials, not Government (Telegrafi)
• Northern municipalities not included in energy price increase proposal, ERO head says (Kosovapress/media)
• GAP: Kosovo to increase minimum wage to mitigate price increase impact (media)
• COVID-19: 2,707 new cases, two deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Serbian communities in Kosovo: 192 people infected and one death recorded (Kontakt plus radio)
• Petkovic: Preventing Serbian elections in Kosovo would have consequences (Beta, N1)
• Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency launches proceedings against Serbian List officials (Radio KIM)
• Brnabic holds bilateral meetings with Varhelyi, Borrell (Tanjug)
• Corruption 2021: Serbia at its lowest score in decade for second year in a row (N1)
• Petkovic, Selakovic with Davenport on situation in Kosovo, rights of Serbs (Kosovo-online)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Do not assume COVID pandemic reaching 'end game', warns WHO (Reuters)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 24, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti: We need to jointly discuss a way out of crisis (Kallxo/Express)
• Abdixhiku: Government's delayed response on energy shows regime's inexplicable fear (Klan)
• PDK: Institutions were indifferent to announcements of energy price increase (Kallxo)
• Kusari-Lila: No going back to past practices regarding Serbia's elections (Telegrafi)
• Greece's Dendias expresses support for progress in Kosovo-Serbia relations (media)
• COVID-19: 2,243 new cases, two deaths (media)
• Haradinaj asks Kurti to lift COVID-19 border measures (media)
• North Macedonia urges Kosovo to review recent COVID-19 measures (media)
• Why Kosovo Shrugged off Balkan Conspiracy Theories About Vaccines (Prishtina Insight)
Serbian Language Media:
• Covid-19: 155 new cases registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Kosovo-online)
• Blakaj: Kosovo institutions have not done enough to gather evidence of the war (Danas, KiM radio)
• Greek FM lends support to Lajcak’s efforts on Kosovo (N1)
• Complaints over new decision of Kosovo government that booster dose is needed to enter Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Vucic on voting in Kosovo on April 3 elections (TV Most)
• Dacic says international community should ensure that Serbs vote in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• US, UK & German embassies deny PM claim they finance protests in Serbia (N1)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Olympic dreams come true for Kosovo skier Kiana Kryeziu (AP)
• Europe could be headed for pandemic 'endgame': WHO (france24.com)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 21, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 21, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 2,943 new cases, one death (media)
• Kosovo commemorates 16th anniversary of Ibrahim Rugova’s death (Express)
• U.S. Ambassador’s video address: Kosovo has achieved a lot for these 13 years (RTK)
• The Assembly approves five international agreements (KosovaPress)
• Kosovo Army soon will get its first helicopters, says Deputy Minister of Defence (Express)
• LDK does not exclude protests against increase of electricity price (media)
• Ambassadors Minzhozi and Hovenier talk about political developments in Kosovo (media)
• Heated debate between Murati and Hoti on a loan to finance social schemes (Ekonomia)
• New anti-COVID measures to enter into force tomorrow (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic: International community without adequate reactions, election will be held on April 3 (Kosovo-online)
• Peoples’ Party: Carelessness of authorities for appropriation of Serbian property in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Petkovic: We have not handed over Brezovica, we continue fighting (Radio KIM)
• Kosovo-online says portal Siri endangers safety of their journalists by publishing ungrounded accusations (Kosovo-online)
• France, Germany support Serbia on path to EU (N1)
• First flurona case confirmed in Serbia (N1)
• Brnabic: Administrative acts related to Rio Tinto Company abolished (B92, Tanjug)
• Rio Tinto very concerned over Serbian PM’s statement (N1)
International:
• Afghans Housed at Military Base in Kosovo Risk Being Denied Entry to U.S. for Alleged Terrorist Ties (Wall Street Journal)
• NATO Dismisses Russian Demand to Withdraw from Romania, Bulgaria (Balkan Insight)
• Erdogan’s Withdrawal from Istanbul Convention ‘Illegal’, Top Prosecutor Says (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 20, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 20, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 2,708 new cases, one death (media)
• Kurti justifies increase of energy price (media)
• Rizvanolli: We are working to resolve lack of electricity bills’ payment in north (media)
• “Even if tariffs proposed by ERO are approved, price of electricity in Kosovo is the lowest in Europe” (Ekonomia)
• Gashi: We will stop increase of energy price with resolution, LVV made it impossible for us to debate (Ekonomia)
• Coordination and Evaluation Committee proposes new measures to slow down increase of COVID-19 cases (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Covid-19: 235 new cases registered in Serbian areas (Kosovo-online)
• Petkovic: Serbia paid for every KW of electricity consumed in north until 2021, it was Serbian electricity (KoSSev)
• Unvaccinated students to miss exams at Mitrovica North University (Kosovo-online)
• Mojsilovic: Serbian Army will react to attempts to endanger Serbs in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Serbian school children going to school every other day (N1)
• Gov't set to confirm Rio Tinto's departure from Serbia (Tanjug)
International:
• Kosovo War Victims ‘Fear Betrayal’ over Compensation Hopes (BIRN)
• Berisha’s Antics Are Useful Distraction for Albanian Govt’s Failures (Balkan Insight)
• Israeli Historian ‘Will Correct Srebrenica Death Toll in Bosnian Serb Report’ (Balkan Insight)