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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, 24 May, 2021

• COVID-19: 31 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kosovo to receive another 3,500 anti-COVID 19 vaccines on Monday (media) • Borrell supports visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media) • Kosovo PM revives plan to sue Serbia for genocide (BIRN) • Kosovo’s top leaders write to UNESCO (media) • Kurti: We’re committed to protecting cultural heritage in our country (media) • Osmani: Serbia destabilising the region by joint exercise with Russia (media) • Kosovo with footnote in regional agreement for free movement (Koha) • Government keeps secret international experts for dialogue with Serbia (Koha) • Protest against sexual violence against women and girls in Peja today (media) • Kosovo prosecution sues power plant’s Austrian manager for damages (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 21, 2021

• COVID-19: 55 new cases, two deaths (media) • Kurti invites opposition leaders to a meeting next week (media) • Government ignores moratorium on application in international organisations (Koha) • Historians urge Quint not to seek implementation of court ruling (media) • PDK: Decision to dismiss politically appointed ambassadors 'scandalous' (media) • €1 million frozen, suspicion on money laundering and terror financing (media) • Kosovo and Serbia host US and Russian-led military exercises (Exit News) • Former minister sentenced to two years in prison for sexual assault (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 20, 2021

• COVID-19: 62 new cases, eight deaths (media) • PM Kurti comments on his recent Brussels trip (media) • Quint calls on Government to uphold 2016 Constitutional Court ruling (media) • FM Gervalla proposes dismissal of all politically appointed ambassadors (media) • Kosovo requests Serbia to return museum artifacts (media) • Vucic: I am ready to meet Kurti (RTK) • The undoing of agreements with Serbia seen as mission impossible (Koha) • Osmani received Director for Europe at UK’s Foreign Ministry (media) • Di Maio: Leaving Western Balkans out of EU, a political myopia (media) • Status conference held in Thaci et al. case at KSC (media) • Serwer: Thaci and others are innocent for now (RTK/Kosovo Online) • Kandic reacts to the Czech president's apology to Serbia (media) • Eight new members of CEC sworn in (media) • Sex Assault Reports Spark Chain Reaction in Kosovo, Albania (BIRN) • US sanctions former Albania leader Berisha over corruption (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 19, 2021

• COVID-19: 64 new cases, one death (media) • High Representative Borrell meets Western Balkans leaders (media) • Borrell revives tradition of informal exchanges with regional leaders (media) • Kurti: Meeting with Vucic in mid-June (media) • Lajcak meets Kurti, discuss continuation of dialogue (media) • Osmani: Always ready for cooperation with our neighbors (media) • Joseph: Serbia must no longer be privileged (Radio Free Europe) • Thaci and others to appear in next session today (media) • Tensions between the municipalities and central government (Koha) • Tired of the pandemic (Kosovo 2.0) • BIRN debate exposes flaws in fight against sexual harassment (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 18, 2021

• COVID-19: 25 new cases, one death (media) • Vitia: Up to 350,000 persons to be vaccinated in a month (Klan) • Osmani: Kosovo as a sovereign and independent country is a permanent project (media) • Kosovo, Serbia clash over Balkan border issues at summit (AP) • Osmani meets regional leaders at the sideline of Brdo-Brijuni summit (media) • Brdo-Brijuni Declaration: “EU is able to absorb the WB”, Serbia’s phrasing of the point on regional borders rejected (EWB) • Kurti, Merkel agree mutual recognition should be end-result of dialogue (media) • Lajcak meets Vucic in Brussels (media) • NATO attempts to appease Serbian concerns over Croatian troops in Kosovo (Reuters) • Kosovo Foreign Policy Experts Welcome Govt’s Support for Israel (BIRN) • Kosovo Police seize 400kg of cocaine in Lipjan warehouse (media) • Government plans to phase out PAK by next year (Koha) • Government building lighted up in rainbow colours, in nod to LGBTIQ+ community (media)