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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 25, 2021

• Escobar: ‘Open Balkans’ will not function without involvement of six states (RFE Albanian)
• Albanian President criticizes “Open-Balkans” initiative from Prishtina (A2)
• Gervalla meets Escobar: Dialogue to aim only mutual recognition (media)
• New German government supports visa liberalization for Kosovo (RTK)
• Kurti receives Chairmen of the Universal Peace Federation (media)
• Konjufca: Consensus with opposition against "Zajednica" benefits Kosovo in dialogue (Koha)
• Kosovo and Latvia sign MoU on military and security cooperation (media)
• Citaku: PDK to soon form 'shadow government' (Telegrafi)
• Police Inspectorate: Interview of Police Director not related to confiscation of drugs (media)
• Kosovo man faces terror charges after return from Syria (The Washington Post)
• “Rexhep Selimi and Nasim Haradinaj catch COVID-19 at The Hague” (Telegrafi)
• COVID-19: Six new cases, one death (media)
• With stray dog shelter, Kosovo duo bridge ethnic divide (AFP/France 24)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 24, 2021

• Lajcak announces developments in the dialogue process (RTK)
• Kurti: Serbia behaving in Balkans according to Russian Federation model (Koha)
• Kurti received by Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg (media)
• “We will allow no individual to be stronger than the rule of law” (media)
• Trudeau confirms Canada’s strong commitment to support Kosovo (media)
• Krasniqi: People are disappointed by Kurti government (RTK)
• AAK announces elections in the party (Ekonomia Online)
• Kosovo to end free energy supplies to Serb-majority municipalities (BIRN)
• Ivanovic murder trial witness avoids naming ‘threatening’ Serb criminals (BIRN)
• 'Pawns': Serbs in north Kosovo stuck in simmering dispute (AFP, France 24)
• COVID-19: 15 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Albania-Kosovo intergovernmental meeting set for November 26 (euronews.al)
• Kosovo declares day of mourning for victims in Bulgaria bus crash (euronews.al)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 23, 2021

• Kurti: We expect visa liberalisation for Kosovo citizens in 2022 (media)
• Lajcak meets Kurti in Vienna (media)
• Hajdari: Kosovo in CEFTA only as a state, not through UNMIK (Koha)
• MPs: Investigate case of Romas were not served in Gjakova bar (EO)
• Berisha: Kosovo as a society must reflect positively toward us (Klan Kosova)
• Kosovo Serb politician Ivanovic threatened before murder, court told (BIRN)
• Bota Sot editor-in-chief receives threats (Klan Kosova)
• Justice institutions oppose plan for vetting judges and prosecutors (Exit News)
• Albanians deny Serbia claim on deal on their removal from civil registry (Exit News)
• LAREG Meeting in Paris: on the media situation in the Balkans countries (EFJ)
• COVID-19: 10 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Flaming bus crash in Bulgaria kills 45 North Macedonian tourists (Reuters)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 22, 2021

• Kosovo PM Kurti speaks with US envoy Escobar on the phone (Express)
• Hovenier: Excited to come to Pristina to deepen US-Kosovo ties (media)
• Caroline Ziadeh appointed new head of UNMIK (media)
• Kurti: I’d vote for unification with Albania in democratic referendum (media)
• U.S. calls for implementation of all Constitutional Court decisions (media)
• Citaku on UNSC sessions: I had hard time getting information about war (Koha)
• President Osmani speaks at the Halifax International Security Forum (media)
• Mehaj: Presence of permanent military base in Kosovo, important (media)
• The battle with lobbies (Koha Ditore)
• Spain preparing historical turn towards Kosovo (media)
• The integration of the north remains on paper (Koha Ditore)
• Minister: Boycott bars and restaurants that don’t serve communities (media)
• Two Serbian List officials risks decertification (Koha)
• COVID-19: 7 new cases, no deaths (media)
• As COVID wave strikes Balkans, infections in Kosovo drop (BIRN)
• Serbian Albanian leaders deny deal over deleted addresses (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 19, 2021

• Kurti rejects allegations of 'cooling' of relations with U.S. (media)
• Kurti and U.S. charge d'affaires discuss prospects of agreement with Serbia (media)
• U.S. Senate confirms Jeffrey Hovenier as ambassador to Kosovo (Telegrafi/RFE)
• U.S. sends diplomatic note to Kosovo Government on weapons supply (Koha)
• EU says there were no conditions for tripartite meeting (Koha)
• Lajcak on second meeting of working group on license plates (media)
• German Ambassador comments on Open Balkan initiative (Kanal 10)
• In Rome, Lajcak discusses Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media)
• Assembly fails to endorse AAK-sponsored resolution on gas pipeline (Telegrafi)
• COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Exhibition in honor of 1.623 missing persons launches in Prishtina (euronews.al)