UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 8, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 587 new cases, 6 deaths (media) • EU: Ten-year dialogue has brought clear changes (RFE, Kallxo) • ECAP: All votes for Bosniak in 7 municipalities are annulled (media) • ECAP decides on recount of conditional and diaspora votes for AAK (media) • ECAP suspends six commissioners in Suhareka, orders vote recount (Koha) • Investigation on suspicions for Haradinaj-Stublla’s vote rigging begins (media) • Haradinaj: I wish the manipulators meritorious punishments (Koha) • Kurti says new government won’t have less than 5 female ministers (media) • Women’s representation in Kosovo’s Parliament increased without reliance on gender quotas (exit.al) • March in Prishtina in honor of the International Women’s Day (media) Serbian Language Media: • 18 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo on Sunday (KoSSev) • Office for KiM: 10.500 Serbs from Kosovo inoculated (Radio KIM) • EU: 10 years later, time to bring the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina to an end (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Odalovic: Pristina should open archives, people have not disappeared in the forest (RTS, Kosovo and Metohija radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Pristina wanted to buy Serb souls in the south, it failed in the north, we will help the people (KoSSev) • Dacic: Double standards of EU, Belgrade’s stances clear since beginning (Kosovo-online) • Additional 28.080 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrived in Serbia (Tanjug) • Serbian List urges competent authorities to prosecute those who broke into Serbian Orthodox churches (Kosovo-online) • Serbian opposition parties and organizations submits joint platform on elections conditions’ talks (N1) Opinion: • Rebuilding on Equal Foundations (EurActiv) Humanitarian/Development: • UN highlights transformative power of equal participation, marking International Women’s Day (UN News) • Covid could endanger progress on gender equality, says Merkel (The Guardian) • A boy from Novo Brdo’s love for tennis breaks all boundaries (KoSSev)

• COVID-19: 566 new cases, nine deaths (media) • Kurti: Formation of new institutions ASAP (media) • Osmani: Diplomatic actions to be coordinated with U.S. (RTV21/Telegrafi) • Serwer, Philips comment on Kosovo-Israel diplomatic relations (Telegrafi) • Prosecution called on to investigate 'vote buying' allegations (Klan) • In a land dominated by ex-rebels, Kosovo women find power at the ballot box (NYT) • SRSG Tanin reaffirms the need to address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women and recognise their contributions (UNMIK) • Vetevendosje to support “We march, we don’t celebrate” march (media) • Vucic: Serbia facing western pressure to recognise Kosovo (media) • Krivokapic: I would never have agreed to recognise Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo planning to draft 'black list' modeled on the U.S. (Koha) • New Court Faces Old Problems in Protecting Kosovo Witnesses (BIRN) • A life dedicated to education (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 564 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Hoti: Kosovo facing a new wave of COVID-19, first vaccines to arrive in March (media) • Kurti-led government expected to be formed on 25 March (Koha) • Non-Serb community parties appeal election result (media) • Osmani: KSF to deploy on its first mission abroad this week (Telegrafi) • SPO ready for commencement of trial against Salih Mustafa (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian areas in Kosovo 56 new cases of Covid-19, two deaths (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Lajčák: Both Belgrade and Pristina understand dialogue has no alternative (N1) • Analysts:Citizens committed to change and reforms, but present differing views on cooperation with SL (KoSSev) • Petkovic: We continue the joint struggle for the survival of our people (RTV Puls) • US diplomat: Biden to condemn statement on Kosovo’s unification with Albania (N1) • German FM: Serbia will get 300,000 vaccines from COVAX programme (DW, N1) • Selakovic: Von Cramon's views do not reflect official German policy (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Vecernje Novosti: "Lajcak didn't bring anything new to Belgrade, left with a clear message from Vucic" (B92) • The Court of Appeals revoked the decision on the detention of seven young men, but will not be released until a new decision (Kosovo Online) • Ambassador says France committed to supporting Western Balkans (N1, FoNet) • Biden deleted Trump's plan to invest in Serbia? (Danas) Opinion: • The Times They Are a-Changin’: But For Better or Worse? (Balkan Insight) International: • Serb Ex-Policeman Claims Alibi for Kosovo Family’s Killings (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 658 new cases, nine deaths (media) • Kurti: My position hasn’t changed; we can’t change the Constitution (media) • Petkovic reacts to Kurti: Idea for unification could have consequences (media) • Lajcak expects a Kurti-Vucic meeting before summer (media) • ECAP receives 15 complaints over election results (media) • Kusari-Lila: LDK voted Thaci, it should also vote Osmani (RTK/Telegrafi) • AAK has not yet decided whether to vote for Osmani as president (Klan) • Hodzic: Vote for Kurti government if two Bosniak municipalities formed (media) • Mustafa: No preferences for LDK leader and no official candidacies (Kallxo) • UNDP publishes latest public pulse report (media) • Kosovo’s Courts Struggle to Hold Corrupt Officials to Account (Balkan Insight) • Suicide prevention helpline seeking funding (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 4, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 591 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Zemaj warns stricter measures if increasing trend continues (media) • Central Election Commission announces final election results (media) • NATO SG: We’re reviewing engagement with KSF, after mandate change (media) Serbian Language Media: • 67 new cases of Covid-19, two deaths registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Antonijevic: The number of patients is growing, the worrying situation (KiM radio) • The CEC confirmed 10 mandates of the Serbian List, Slavko and Igor Simic won the most votes (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Albanians are not ready to compromise (KoSSev) • Lajcak from Belgrade: Status quo is not sustainable for either side (KoSSev) • Germany against change of borders; Serbia for compromise (KoSSev) • Sava Janjic: No hasty solution for Kosovo and Metohija (NMagazin, FB) • Selakovic addressed German Bundestag EU Committee, talks about EU integration, Kosovo issue (GoS, media) • Grubjesic: Lajcak visit to 'feel the pulse' of Pristina about the dialogue continuation (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Lack of paper in the Paper Leviathans (Koha) • Intentional Amnesia: Croatia’s Attempt to Erase Yugoslavia (Balkan Insight) International: • Left-wing party wins Kosovo poll, needs ally to form cabinet (AP) • World Health Organization warns of global uptick in Covid cases after weeks of decline (CNBC) Humanitarian/Development: • Inspiring change: women’s leadership in health care is vital during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond (euro.who.int) • In COVID-19 Fight, Free Speech Becomes Collateral Damage (Balkan Insight) • EU Starts Sputnik V Review as Russia Seeks Vaccine Acceptance (Bloomberg)

• COVID-19: 601 new cases, five deaths (media) • New anti-COVID measures to be proposed in face of growing new cases (media) • CEC: Election results to be announced Thursday (media) • VV thanks diaspora members, claims to have overwhelmingly won their votes (media) • Daka says recent elections were the most difficult to organise (Klan Kosova) • Kurti: Specialist Chambers were imposed, KLA led just war (Telegrafi) • In Switzerland, Osmani meets diaspora, chairman of National Council (media) • EU-U.S. coordination, guarantee there will be no imposed solutions on Kosovo (Koha) • EU envoy tells Serbia, Kosovo dialogue key for entry talks (AP/RFE) • Grenell: Kurti and VV believe Israel was built by crimes (media) • DFC dismisses head of Belgrade office - report (SeeNews/Tanjug) • Twenty years on, the disappeared still cast shadows in northern Kosovo (euronews)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 601 new cases, five new deaths (media) • Vetevendosje’s Kurti says he has votes to form the government (RFE) • Kurti replies to Netanyahu, Erdogan; no mention of embassy in Jerusalem (media) • CEC likely to announce final election results today (Express) • EUSR Lajcak’s visit to Kosovo: Dialogue will continue (media) • Lajcak: Dialogue important for Kosovo and Serbia’s European aspirations (media) • Abbott: UK shares views for well-prepared, principled dialogue (media) • EU-facilitated dialogue with US support as soon as institutions are formed (media) Serbian Language Media: • 33 Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities in Kosovo, one deceased (Kontakt plus radio) • Gracanica: 10 new Covid-19 cases (KiM radio) • Patriarch Porfirije: Kosovo not only a geopolitical issue for us, but also a question of identity (RTS, KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Freedom House: SNS erodes political, civil liberties in Serbia (N1, VoA) • Germany honestly supports Western Balkans’ European perspective (Beta, N1) • LVV publishes photos of Kurti and Lajcak – no Albanian flag (KoSSev) • Lazic: An epidemic would be under control with 20,000 revaccinated, we are now halfway there (Kosovo Online) • Bajrami: Dialogue cannot continue with the same discourse, reaching an agreement in a few months is unrealistic (KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • WHO: Serbia fourth in Europe by number of newly infected per 100,000 people (N1)

• COVID-19: 488 new cases, 8 deaths (media) • First COVID-19 COVAX vaccines for Kosovo by May (Express) • Palmer: Full normalization is achieved through mutual recognition (Koha) • Lajcak: Dialogue can be completed within several months (Prishtina Insight) • Kurti in Lezha: The Constitution of Kosovo forbids national unity (media) • Former U.S. dialogue envoy calls Kurti “Anti-American” (media) • Kosovo Bosniaks Protest About ‘Election Trickery’ (Balkan Insight) • Haradinaj claims to have an offer for the winning party (T7, media) • Freedom House: Global decline in democracy has 'accelerated' (RFE, media) • EU Envoy in Pristina to discuss Kosovo-Serbia normalization process (RFE)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 488 new cases, 8 deaths (media)
• Lajcak expects Kosovo-Serbia agreement within mandate of Kurti’s government (media)
• Schutz on Lajcak's visit to Kosovo (Express)
• Hoti: Sovereignty and integrity of Kosovo non-negotiable (media)
• Vetevendosje publishes details of Kurti-Lajcak discussions (Express)
• Kurti: The Constitution does not allow us to unite with Albania (media)

• COVID-19: 467 new cases, 9 deaths (media) • Lajcak arrives in Prishtina, meets Kurti and Kosnett (media) • Lajcak: Kurti knows international community expects dialogue to resume (RTK) • Hoxha: Revoking Radojicic warrant was unexpected (Kallxo) • Ismaili: AAK, safest and most natural partner for Vetevendosje (media) • Shasha: Embassy in Jerusalem, a done deal (Koha) • Prosecution senior official arrested on abuse of duty (media) • Deadly provocation: How village killings kindled Kosovo’s resistance (BIRN)