UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 18, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Counting of all votes in 33 municipalities completed, these are the results (RTK) • LVV without any municipality against other winning parties (RFE Albanian) • Kurti satisfied with the result of Vetevendosje in the local elections (Koha) • Xhacka: Kosovo and Albania have the common future (media) • EU Ministers expected to discuss situation in Western Balkans (RFE Albanian) • Mustafa: The LDK voters showed that they cannot be deceived for long (KosovaPress) • Progress in dialogue with Serbia helps Kosovo join NATO (Ekonomia Online) • Kosovo ruling party loses ground in municipal elections (Prishtina Insight) • COVID-19: No deaths, 1 new case (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 28 new cases registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio KIM) • Brnabic congratulated the Serbian List: They showed what unity and harmony mean (RTS) • Selakovic: The victory of the Serbian List is an indicator of the persistence, courage and indomitability of Serbian people (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Convincing victory shows importance of Serbian unity (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • In Serbian communities Serbian List's mayors (KoSSev) • CEC: Run-off possible in Serb-majority Klokot municipality (N1) • Janjic: Results in Kosovo expected, Kurti knew he was losing elections (N1) • Crosses at Orthodox cemetery in Orahovac broken (Radio KIM) • “False narrative that no KLA soldier committed any crime” (Radio KIM) • KFOR withdrew from Jarinje (Radio KIM) • Serbian Embassy in Bern receives threats in relation to Kosovo (Politika, Tanjug) • Rakic to KoSSev: You get what deserve (KoSSev) • Danas: Last October, Rakic also announced that Serbian List would leave Kosovo institutions • "Ljiljana Subaric will be the mayor the least, people from shadow will come out'' (KiM radio) Opinion: • Chronicle of the Tragedy Announced (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani to address UN Security Council session at 16:00 (media) • Borrell, Blinken call for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue to continue (RFE) • “Der Standard”: Belgrade seems to be writing Borrell’s Twitter posts (Koha) • Kosovo offers to U.S.opportunity to build permanent military base media) • 30 days of detention for suspects arrested in police operation in north (media) • New COMKFOR: We remain committed to peace and stability (Klan Kosova) • 3,500 police officers, 35 judges and 80 prosecutors for election security (media) • MacShane: Hope Hill puts map of independent Kosovo in his office (Express) • COVID-19: 20 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to Borrell: Serbia wants peace, stability, ready for talks with Pristina (N1) • Rada Trajkovic on police action in northern Kosovo, responds to British Embassy (Kosovo-online) • Marko Jaksic points out the demands to boycott the institutions in Pristina (Danas, FoNet) • House of Rumena Ljubic in center of Pec stoned for second time (RTS) • The last day of the election campaign, Serb candidates for president in 11 municipalities (Kosovo Online, RTS) • Vucic with Putin on November 25 (Vecernje Novosti) • UNS: To investigate who was behind hacker attack on Kosovo-online portal (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Kurti generates crisis for handful of votes (Radio KIM) Opinion: • Bieber: Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia unsurprising considering the state of EU policy (EWB) International: • US Names Wartime Serbia-Kosovo Negotiator as Belgrade Ambassador (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 14, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We are combating multiethnic criminal groups (media) • UK Embassy supports Kosovo Government in upholding rule of law (media) • Stano: North of Kosovo is specific, unilateral actions damaging (G. Express) • Police provide new details about anti-smuggling operation (media) • Police union condemns attacks on police officers in the north (media) • Mehaj, Escobar discuss security issues (Radio Free Europe) • “Borrell cannot act like a police commander in Kosovo” (Paparaci) • Former Montenegrin Foreign Minister reacts to Borrell’s remarks (Koha) • Protesters throw smoke bomb in Albanian embassy yard in Belgrade (Paparaci) • Bosnian journalist reveals Vucic’s plans for destabilisation (Gazeta Express) • COVID-19: No deaths, 31 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 18 new cases registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • A new UNMIK report on the situation in Kosovo; Guterres calls for the implementation of existing agreements (RTS) • Stano: North of Kosovo specific, unilateral actions detrimental (Tanjug, Kosovo-online) • Selakovic at UN tomorrow to talk also about unilateral Pristina’s acts (Tanjug, Kosovo-online) • Barricades in northern Kosovo removed, wounded Serb out of life danger (N1) • Simic: It is peaceful this morning, but Serbs are afraid and angry (Kosovo-online) • Citizens from northern Kosovo, Serbian List met President Vucic in Raska (KoSSev) • NIN journalist: Action in Kosovo for Kurti to increase his chances ahead of elections (N1) • Janjic, Sovrlic on latest crisis in Kosovo (N1) • Initiative OPEN calls the EU's more active involvement in resolving the increasingly frequent crisis situations in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev) • House of Rumena Ljubic, the only Serb woman in center of Pec, stoned (Radio KIM) • Bancroft: Kosovo police action will create additional tensions between Kosovo institutions and Serbs (Kosovo Online) • "After the recent vehicle plates war, now on table is a war against the smuggling goods'' (Nova S, Newsmax Adria, KoSSev) • Djuric to von Cramon: You should be ashamed (Kosovo-online) Humanitarian/Development: • Christian NGO’s child sponsorship program angers Kosovo parents (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Serbs in the north oppose police anti-smuggling operation (media) • Kurti: Crime and criminal groups will not be tolerated and will be fought (media) • Borrell: Violent incidents in the north to stop immediately (media) • Police provide information about today's operation (media) • Ministers: Police operation aimed at fighting criminal groups (Kallxo) • Haradinaj: No one can attack the police, operation’s timing dilemmas to be clarified (media) • CDHRF: Authorities to take action against all those violating the law (media) • AGK: Albanian and Serb journalists attacked in Mitrovica North (media) • Kosovo Government adopts concept document for vetting in judiciary (media) • COVID-19: One death, 29 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Mitrovica and Zvecan showered with bursts, a showdown with the bare-handed people (N1) • PM Brnabic: I call on the international community, KFOR and NATO to react urgently (RTS) • Petkovic: Another provocation of Kurti, I informed Lajcak (RTS) • Dr Elek: Patient with gunshot wound operated and stable, injured right shoulder blade and broken rib (Kosovo Online) • Rakic before meeting with Vucic (Vecernje Novosti, TV Pink, Kosovo Online) • Journalists of KoSSev face pressure not to report during the N. Mitrovica conflict (KoSSev) • The Diocese of Raska and Prizren calls for calming the situation (KiM radio) • Tear gas, shock bombs and sirens in the northern part of Mitrovica, police action and citizens' protest (media) • Daily Blic: Christopher Hill new US ambassador to Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic calls internally displaced from Kosovo to go to the polls on October 17th (KiM radio) • Serbia calls on internally displaced persons to vote (KiM radio) International: • Kosovo police clash with ethnic Serbs during smuggling raids (AP) • One Serb shot, 6 policemen injured in Kosovo clashes (Reuters) • Kosovo Police Clash With Serbs in Anti-Smuggling Crackdown (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Lumezi demands maximum commitment in defending local election process (Kallxo) • Svecla: We had excellent coordination for the operation in the north (media) • Police Director: There were plans to destroy border crossings (Express) • President Osmani decorates KFOR Commander (media) • Pacolli claims three countries have provided guarantees for the accused in The Hague (media) • COVID-19: No deaths, 35 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 20 new cases registered in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • Summit of Non-Aligned Movement continues in Belgrade (B92) • Analyst: Arms trade, Kosovo issue on Belgrade Non-Aligned Summit’s agenda (N1) • Dacic, Cavusoglu: Serbia-Turkey relations at exceptional level (N1) • Vucic: Pristina thinks it solves problems with fierce statements (KoSSev) • Osmani attacks the Non-Aligned Summit due to loss of support at the international level, says Petkovic (NMagazin, Beta) • FM Selakovic: UN SC Resolution 1244 guarantee of peace, stability (Tanjug) • Rakic: Victory of Serbian List a matter of survival, let's show unanimity and decisiveness (Vecernje Novosti, Kosovo Online) International: • GRETA publishes its second report on Kosovo*