UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 24, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 63 new cases, no fatal cases (media) • Kosovo war crimes court at The Hague confirms first arrest (media) • EULEX: We provided operational and logistic support to the SPO (RTK) • Hoti does not know if Kosovo-Serbia meeting will take place (Koha) • Osmani writes to her Israeli counterpart about start of cooperation (RTK) • Hoti: President to be discussed in February 2021 (RTK) • Hoti: Railway also to be discussed at the meeting of two governments (media) Serbian Language Media: • SPO arrests Salih Mustafa (media) • Witnesses in proceedings relating to war crimes in former Yugoslavia must be effectively protected and supported (Council of Europe, media) • EC: We never announced that a meeting in Brussels would be held on September 28 (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Ready for talks, ZSO inevitable topic (Kosovo-online) • Second round of dialogue in Brussels canceled due to Pristina? (Tanjug, B92) • Vucic: For the first time division of Gazivode is talked about, which is good for Serbia (Kosovo-online) • The head of the DFC Belgrade office in Pristina today (Kosovo Online, RTV Puls) • Ellis: Leak of confidential documents from The Hague could jeopardize the work of the court (Kontakt plus radio, RFE) • Vucic tells UN GA Serbia won’t accept humiliating solution for Kosovo (Beta, N1) • Spanish MFA: We will not change stance on Kosovo (N1) • Belgrade daily: Proposal to pull out of peace operations to Serbian Foreign Ministry (N1) Opinion: • Serwer and Bieber: Washington Agreement not a major step towards normalization, will be forgotten in US soon (EWB) International: • Kosovo President Warns Leaked Hague Court Files Harm Indictees (Balkan Insight) • Ukraine accepts Kosovo passports – Deputy FM Bodnar (unian.info)

• COVID-19: 62 new cases, one death (media) • Thaci warns publication of "SPO files" could harm possible indictees’ case (media) • "Information leak could undermine the work of Specialist Chambers" (RFE) • Gashi: Communication of Specialist Chambers with Serbia can be published (T7/RTK) • Opposition, EU undermine Serbia-Kosovo Washington deal (Balkan Insight) • Meeting between Hoti and Vucic could be postponed (Radio Free Europe) • Meeting of Kosovo, Albania governments postponed (media) • Ukrainian diplomat signals possible recognition of Kosovo (Koha/Telegrafi) • PM Hoti holds virtual meeting with EU ambassadors (media) • Tahiri: Hoti is not concerned at all if we leave the coalition (Kanal 10/RTK) • Ruling coalition MP admits they don't have majority of votes in Assembly (Koha) • Ymeri: Trump holding same line as Serbia (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 62 new cases, one death (media) • Hoti: Washington Agreement heralds new momentum in political developments (Koha) • Head of Kosovo's commerce chamber reveals topics discussed in Belgrade (Indeksonline) • Lajcak continues discussions on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Greece reconfirms support for visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media) • Osmani calls for removal of barriers in the Balkans (media) Serbian Language Media: • “Wherever Americans come to invest, that place has a future” (B92) • Serbia's PM Brnabic: New era in economic and political relationship with US (Beta, N1, RTS) • Dacic on Kosovo: Economy drives but ... (Blic, RTS) • DFC on Boehler’s visit to Serbia (B92) • Mladjan Djordjevic from the Oslobodjenje movement: Vucic sold Kosovo for American loans (Danas) • SSP: There are no American investments, only loans so Albanian can connect with Europe (Danas) • SPO praises journalists who refuse to publish allegedly leaked documents (KoSSev) • Demolition of school in Drajcici village halted (Radio KIM) Opinion: • The Gazivode/Ujmani issue and a part of the solution (KoSSev) • Bosnian Serb Leader’s Croatia Visit Highlights Region’s Shifting Geopolitics (Balkan Insight) International: • Hague Prosecutors Criticise Kosovo War Veterans over Document Leaks (Balkan Insight) • Next year in Jerusalem: the Serbian Embassy and Kosovo go on a pilgrimage with Trump (opendemocracy.net) • A high-level conference about the Balkan Euro-Atlantic integration will be held in Rome (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • COVID-19 Puts Balkan Winemakers Over a Barrel (Balkan Insight) • Environment minister ‘ashamed’ of river degradation (Prishtina Insight) • Bregu says region could save millions with integrated border crossings (N1) • Activists on bikes protest against gender-based violence (media)

• COVID-19: 66 new cases, no fatal cases (media) • SPO says war veterans undermining justice (media) • Kosovo veterans say they’ve been sent war crime files, again (AP) • Gucati: If we could, we would dismantle Specialist Chambers in five minutes (Koha) • Albania's media publish files received by KLA organisations (media) • Grenell: Amazing progress this week in Prishtina and Belgrade! (media) • Visiting Trump envoy vows US investment in Serbia, Kosovo (BIRN) • Serbia's Vucic plays down hopes for quick political deal with Kosovo (Reuters) • Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti interview to KTV • Haradinaj: Ujman hasn’t been saved yet (Klan Kosova) • Musliu: Washington agreement can open dangerous topics (RTK) • Tim Judah on construction of Nis – Prishtina highway (media) • EU recalls that projects pledged in Washington are already being implemented (Koha) • Six new judges join Specialist Chambers (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 22, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 66 new cases, no deaths (media) • Hoti: We’re all working to reduce cases, doctors are on the front line (media) • “No preparations in education system for second wave of virus” (Telegrafi) • Grenell calls on Kosovars to back Washington agreements (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo, US pledge for ‘investment incentive agreement’ (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo, Serbia commerce chambers to set up working group (RFE) • Who is Richard Grenell (Kosovotwopointzero.com) • KLA War Veterans say they have received more SPO files (Koha) • Proposed indictment against Thaci and names of other accused (arbresh.info) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic and Brnabic sign a joint statement with DFC and Grenell (B92) • Grenell: Realization of agreements means massive employment opportunities (RTS) • Rukiqi: After a long time, we can talk about business (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Serbia's in favor of a compromise solution for Kosovo (B92) • Mihajlovic: Infrastructural projects with DFC worth $ 3.7 billion (N1) • “Efficiency synonym for American diplomacy” (Radio KIM) • Everyone talks about it, yet no one has seen it: Israel’s recognition of Kosovo (B92, Vecernje Novosti, KiM radio) Opinion: • Western Balkans: The West meets East with its values and interests (EWB) • Serbia’s 5G deal with Washington: The art of muddling through (ECFR) Humanitarian/Development: • UN Urged to Finally Compensate Lead-Poisoned Kosovo Refugees (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Lead Poisoning Victims Still Awaiting Justice (HRW)

• COVID-19: 79 new cases, two deaths (media) • Team of German epidemiology expert to visit Kosovo (media) • US delegation visits Kosovo to invest in infrastructure (AP) • U.S. Ambassador To Kosovo Says Balkan Economic Rise A 'High Policy Priority' For Trump (RFE) • After visit to Kosovo, Grenell arrives in Belgrade (media) • Thaci awards Presidential Medal of Merit to Ambassador Grenell (media) • Assembly fails to pass economic recovery law (media) • Lajcak on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue with C5 Ministers (RTK) • Vucic complains to UN about Kosovo (media) • Surroi: Kosovo responsible for Serbia's doors to U.S. opening up (Telegrafi) • Bildt: Serbia will have to recognise Kosovo eventually (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 79 new cases, two deaths (media) • Governments of Kosovo and Albania to meet on Friday in Shkoder (RTK) • LVV reacts to Trump, says his approach rehabilitating of war criminals (media) • Tahiri: Grenell in Kosovo to finalise agreements, they are historic (EO) • Hyseni to receive salary equivalent to deputy minister (Prishtina Insight) • PDK leader Veseli meets heads of chambers of commerce (media) • Japan donates €800,000 to help Kosovo combat COVID – 19 (media) Serbian Language Media: • One new case of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo, six people recovered (KoSSev) • Vucic to address UN General Assembly meeting on the occasion of the anniversary (RTS) • Serbia joins UN call for global ceasefire during COVID-19 epidemic, FM Dacic says (Beta, N1) • Kurti doesn’t know the way the SFRY functioned or how Gazivode was built, said Fatherland Movement (KoSSev) • “If Bosniaks and Croats in B&H are for independent Kosovo, how they will prevent independence of RS” (BETA) • Jevtic: Demolition of school in Drajcice impermissible (Radio KIM) • Stoltenberg: NATO has no problem with Serbia's weapon procurements (FoNet, N1) • Israeli envoy to Serbia: We recognized Kosovo on September 4 (N1) • Odalovic: Opening the archives of international forces would shed light on the fate of the missing (Kontakt plus radio, RTS) • Djuric: EU to do its job and influence Pristina establish ZSO (Tanjug) • US to abolish visas, Grenell on September 20 in Pristina (Danas, Index Online, Kosovo online) • "If the USA abolishes visas for Kosovo citizens, it's a slap in face of EU" (B92, Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Palokaj: The dialogue can enter an almost infinite process (Koha) • Freund: Israel’s decision to recognize Kosovo is a major mistake (KoSSev, RTS) International: • Kosovo Lawmakers Play Politics with Personal Data (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: Two deaths, 61 new cases (media) • Zemaj: We will soon have a 500-bed hospital for COVID-19 patients (media) • Trump: We are stopping mass killings between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Grenell: Implementing Kosovo-Serbia agreement, top priority (media) • U.S. government delegation to travel to Greece, Kosovo, Serbia, Israel (media) • Thaci: Kosovo, Turkey to strengthen strategic partnership (media) • Pacolli welcomes Grenell’s visit, “strong proof of engagement” (media) • Zogiani: Hoti helped Serbia to not recognise Kosovo (media) • Abazi: Hoti-led government, a threat to national security (media) • Haradinaj: Developments on the “Files” case do not help Kosovo (media)

• COVID - 19: 57 new cases, four deaths (media) • Thaci honors Trump highest state order, invites him to visit Kosovo (media) • Quint calls on Kosovo authorities not to discredit Specialist Chambers (media) • Stano: EU has no interest in delays (Lajmi) • Police crack-down on organised crime activities near Kamenica (media) • Kusari - Lila: Hoti will soon lose PM post (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 18, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 57 new cases, four deaths (media) • Quint countries call on Kosovo not to discredit Specialist Chambers (media) • Kosovo Assembly fails to pass resolution on dialogue with Serbia (media) • Schütz: Unimaginable for two EU members not to recognise one another (Koha) • EU has not set timeline for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue but is against delays (Koha) • Osmani asks Specialist Chambers to assess Thaci's proposed amendment (media) • Abrashi: Trump himself demanded mini-Schengen (Prishtina Insight) • AAK insists Haradinaj becomes future president of Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Court finds former Lipjan mayor guilty of abusing power (media) Serbian Language Media: • Six new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo, three persons recovered (KoSSev) • Drecun: Pristina wants to play us false, Lajcak succumbs under pressure (RTS) • Beqaj: The formation of the ZSO is an obligation that needs to be implemented, Hashim Thaci more dangerous for Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Belgrade & Pristina clash over the Community of Serbian municipalities in Brussels (Beta, N1) • Palestine won't change policy towards Serbia – yet, envoy tells N1 (N1) • Djuric: Viola von Cramon false fighter for democracy, blames Serbia without arguments (Kosovo-online) • Cramon: What was signed in Washington is hard to call an agreement; and it is "not historical" (KoSSev, Danas) • Petkovic instead of Djuric at helm of Office for KiM? (Danas) International: • Spain to recognise Kosovo if it gets Serbia deal (euobserver.com) • Serbia vows to deepen telecommunication cooperation with China despite agreement signed in Washington (globaltimes.cn) • Kosovo veterans handed more 'leaked witness files' from Hague court (AFP) Humanitarian/Development: • A year of big losses (Prishtina Insight) • Southeast Europe’s Schools Face COVID-19 Challenge as Pupils Return (Balkan Insight)