• PM Kurti's interview for KTV's Rubikon (Koha) • Macron: Kurti government, political alternative and a hope (Kallxo) • Berlin request immediate lifting of the tariff (Gazeta Express) • Russia ready to find solution for Kosovo, if requested from Serbia (Sputnik/Lajmi) • Finance Ministry publishes vacancy announcement for Customs director (media) • Kosnett meets Konjufca, discuss advancing of Kosovo’s diplomacy (media) • Veliu meets Apostolova, discuss also visa liberalisation (media) • Assembly to convene today to discuss parliamentary groups (Gazeta Express) • Kosovo Police detains then releases former Serb policeman (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 12, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Konjufca proposes not to apply for INTERPOL this year (Gazeta Express) • Haxhiu: Government annulled two unjust decisions (media) • Haradinaj slams decision to cancel salary raise, calls it “senseless” (media) • Government dismisses national coordinators appointed during Haradinaj's term (media) • Kurti to participate at Munich Security Conference together with Grenell and Vucic (Klan, RTK) Serbian Language Media: • “Trump sent Grenell to ask Vucic, Thaci and Kurti a single question” (Tanjug, B92) • Vucic to meet Grenell in Munich, Kurti will probably be in Germany (Tanjug, Radio KIM, N1) • Reeker: We'll stand by Serbia as partner and friend on its path to EU (VoA, N1) • Odalovic: Revoking tariffs major challenge for Kurti (RTS) • Returnee in Istok arrested over alleged war crime, Office for KiM, Serbian List condemn arrest (Tanjug, RTV) • Milena Ivanovic: Fact that Silvana Arsovic is indicted is scandalous (Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo's New PM Visits Albania in First Official Trip Abroad (AP/NYT) • Journalists’ Abductions, Killings in Kosovo ‘Not Properly Investigated’ (Balkan Insight) • Suspects Plead Not Guilty to Kosovo Serb Politician’s Murder (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo Faces Challenge to Resolve Battles over University Accreditation (Balkan Insight)

• Custin: Grenell never said U.S. investments in Kosovo will be cancelled (VOA) • Grenell: Drop the tax to let investments work (media) • Kurti: Visit to Tirana was not part of foreign policy (media) • KFOR supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RTK) • Kurti to meet Vucic in March? (Gazeta Express) • Wigemark: There is political interference in Kosovo judiciary (Koha Ditore) • Italian FM requests from Kosovo resumption of dialogue (Epoka e Re) • EP draft resolution urges visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media) • Government expected to annul decision on salary increase (Telegrafi) • EULEX requests for the rule of law to be priority in Kosovo (RTK) • Kurti nominates Avni Zogjani Deputy Minister (media) • Ivanovic’s former associate accused as accomplice to his murder (Zeri)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 11, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo and Albania set up commission for intergovernmental agreements (media) • They start with disagreement: Kurti seeks Albanian macro-Schengen, Rama regional mini-Schengen with Serbia (Express) • In Tirana, Kurti meets Speaker Ruci, President Meta, opposition leader Basha (media) • Palmer: Russia wants Balkans with an element of chaos in it (RFE) • Osmani meets heads of UN Agencies (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: I hope Pristina will revoke tariffs soon (RTS) • "Germany wants to get directly involved in solving Kosovo issue" (Sputnik, B92) • Dacic: Serbia wants to know if EU will expand to Western Balkans (BETA, N1) • US hopes EU will open talks with Skopje, Tirana in March, worries about Russia (RFE, N1) • UNS presents research on missing and murdered journalists in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Jevtic: I expect government to work in interests of all citizens (RTV Puls) • Stefanovic comments on US calls to Pristina to revoke tariffs (RTS) • Indicted in Oliver Ivanovic’s murder case pleaded not guilty (RTS) Opinion: • Embracing Europe’s Power (Project Syndicate) International: • U.S. Envoy Urges Kosovo To Drop Tariffs On Serbian Goods 'With No Reciprocity' (RFE) • Why Europe Cannot Afford To Get It Wrong On The Western Balkans (Forbes) Humanitarian/Development: • Winter Sports Festival Hopes to Thaw Kosovo’s Ethnic Freeze (Balkan Insight) • Gifted but ‘ignored’ (Prishtina Insight)

• Reciprocity still just an idea, Grenell doesn't support it (Koha/Express) • The U.S. Embassy with the same stance as Grenell: Lift the tariff (RTK) • EU expects from Kosovo to lift the tariff (Gazeta Metro) • PM Kurti to visit Tirana today (media) • Kurti: Righteous protests advanced justice (media) • Italian foreign minister visits Kosovo today (media) • PDK to Osmani: We are boycotting you, not the Assembly (RTK) • Kurti appoints two deputy prime ministers (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 10, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • PM Kurti to visit Tirana tomorrow (media) • PDK boycotts Assembly presidency meeting (media) • Ruling coalition, opposition divide parliamentary committees (Kallxo) • Basketball club from Serbia refused entry to Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • Engel unconvinced with Trump’s mediation of Pristina-Belgrade talks (Express) • Haxhiu plans to visit the north to see work of institutions there (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: I expect nothing from new Kosovo government (Tanjug, Radio KIM) • Blic daily on Merkel-Vucic meeting, plan for Kosovo (B92, Blic) • Census lowered to three percent, 40 percent of women on the election lists in Serbia (Tanjug, B92) • Basketball players banned to enter Kosovo, Office for KiM, Srpska Lista react (KoSSev) • Janjic: Reciprocity would mean endless conflicts (RTK2, Radio kontakt plus) • Lawyer Vasic says no conditions for hearing in Ivanovic’s case to be held tomorrow (Kosovo-online) • Prosecutor Syle Hoxha is retiring, controversial court cases remain (TV Most, Kosovo-online) Opinion: • New EU Enlargement Strategy Leaves Balkans Unimpressed (Balkan Insight) International: • New Kosovo PM Says Ties With Serbia Should Be Based On 'Symmetry' (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • Record number of women in government ‘inspirational’ (Prishtina Insight) • Maternal deaths ‘lost in the system’ (Prishtina Insight) • Rumena Ljubic: Solitude is my greatest enemy (Radio Gorazdevac, KoSSev)

• Thaci optimistic Kosovo-Serbia dialogue to end with mutual recognition (RTK) • Dialogue and reciprocity with resolutions (Koha) • EU Council calls informal meeting of Western Balkans leaders (Zeri) • German Chancellor Merkel invites PM Kurti for visit (Epoka e Re) • Der Spiegel: Kurti and Osmani can make the change in Kosovo (RTK) • Haxhiu: Vetting process in justice will commence within 24 months (RTK) • British national tests negative for coronavirus (media) • Vucic: We are in a difficult situation, nothing good for Serbs (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 7, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti comments on possible appointment of EU special envoy for dialogue (Klan) • Thaci announces elections for Podujeve mayor (media) • CEC replaces 11 MPs that took on government posts (media) • Weber: Kurti will be an uncomfortable interlocutor for EU (DW) • Veliu: Kosovo to renew efforts to join international organisations (Zeri) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic to Kurti: things are not that simple (RTS) • Dogovor: Kurti’s populism becomes a problem, he needs to be prime minister of all in Kosovo (RTV KIM) • Vucic comments on possible appointment of Lajcak as EU special envoy (Tanjug, B92) • Vucic: Serbia is allowed to choose (B92, Tanjug) • EU donates additional EUR 138.5 million to Serbia (BETA, N1) International: • New Kosovo Prime Minister Pledges to Remove 100% Serbian Import Tariffs (VOA) • Kosovo Charges Serb Ex-Policeman with War Crimes (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Windy weather causes disruption across Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)

• PM Kurti gives interview to Voice of America • Abazi: Kurti-led government will overcome all obstacles (Zeri) • Veseli says 100 percent import tariff should not be lifted (media) • EU to appoint Lajcak as special envoy for Kosovo – Serbia talks (Lajmi/Blic) • Agim Veliu resigns post of Podujeve mayor (media) • Haxhiu visits detention cell of the deceased LVV activist, Dehari (media) • Varhelyi: Agreement with Kosovo, crucial for Serbia’a path to EU (Zeri) • Kurti says approval of budget is first challenge of his government (media) • Braathu: OSCE will continue to support Kosovo (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 6, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Mustafa: Reciprocity measures carry consequences, government to find solution (Express) • Haradinaj writes open letter to Kurti asking him not to lift tariff on Serbia (media) • Haradinaj meets Pompeo at Washington D.C. event (media) • Kosovo Assembly to have 14 commissions (media) • PDK boycotts Assembly presidency meeting (Koha) • New CEC members sworn in (media) • KP gives details about recent arrest of officials on corruption charges (media) Serbian Language Media: EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi visits Belgrade, met with Vucic (B92) President Vucic answers questions on Facebook about Kosovo, Montenegro, economy (N1, B92) Odalovic: Continuation of dialogue can’t be conditioned that Serbia gives up struggling for what is its own (Kosovo-online) Rakocevic: Serbs should build their own system of values, regardless of who is in power in Pristina (RTV Puls) Joksimovic: Serbia to decide on new EU accession methodology (RTS, N1) Indictment raised against former Serbian MUP member for “war crimes” (Radio KIM) Opinion: • EU vs. US: Two sides eager for a win (Prishtina Insight) International: • Kosovo Finds Asian Ally in Land of Rising Sun (Balkan Insight) • French change of tone boosts Balkan states' hopes of joining EU (Reuters) • European Commission Unveils Revised Enlargement Strategy (Balkan Insight) • Ankara Urges Brussels Not To Separate Turkey From Western Balkans In Accession Talks (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo’s energy market: when will the monopoly end? (Prishtina Insight)