UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 23, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Grenell after meeting Kurti: We discussed economic issues (Koha) • Kurti: Economic development discussed in meeting with Grenell (media) • Grenell reiterates after LDK meeting: Economic issues, focal for U.S. (media) • Thaci: Fruitful meeting with Grenell on dialogue (media) • Thaci: Ambassadors are not here to put pressure on internal affairs (media) • Kosovo ranks 101 on TI's corruption perception index (media) • Haradinaj meets Andrews, talk about Kosovo-U.S. partnership (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Former Pentagon official Carpenter on Kosovo issue (B92, Telegraf, Tanjug) • NATO tells U.S. Congressman that Serbia can buy arms from whoever it wants (N1, Danas) • Grenell to visit Belgrade on Friday (Blic, B92) • Vucic: I appreciate Grenell’s energy, but speeding up talks with Pristina won’t go easily (BETA) • Grenell to Thaci: Revoke tariffs to achieve progress in Belgrade-Pristina talks (N1, KoSSev) • Vucic: Charles Michel, EC President, to organize WB leaders meeting in February (B92, Tanjug, TV Pink) • Serbia has over 100 million euros worth projects in Kosovo (Kosovo-online, N1) • Djuric: Belgrade-Pristina airline economic arrangement, not political dialogue (Danas, RTV) • German and French ambassadors to Belgrade: Serbia belongs to the EU, but must meet conditions (FoNet, N1) • Vucic: "The point is not Amfilohije, but the thesis that I will betray Kosovo" (B92, Tanjug) Opinion: • How Has the UN Mission in Kosovo Delivered on Action for Peacekeeping? (IPI Global Observatory) • The Illusion of Russian Influence in the Western Balkans (The Globe Post) International: • U.S. Envoy Urges Kosovo, Serbia Turn Eyes on Economy, Jobs (AP/NYT) • Corruption Fight Faltering in Balkans, Central Europe, Transparency Says (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo jails eight over plot to kill president and prime minister (Reuters) • Details of Kosovo-Serbia flight deal revealed (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo’s wealth still buried underground (Prishtina Insight)

• Grenell with no preferences for coalition, wants dialogue to resume (media) • Thaci: We will reach agreement with Serbia with President Trump (RTK) • Grenell will first meet Kurti, then Mustafa (Indeksonline) • LDK, LVV rule out other partners for coalition government (media) • Osmani: Grenell’s visit, high interest of White House for Kosovo (Klan) • Haxhiu: We will work hard to reach agreement in coming days (Bota Sot) • LDK’s Bajrami calls for Konjufca’s resignation (RTK) • Osmani: We want to resume talks, LVV to look into our proposal (Klan) • Apostolova calls for quick formation of new government (media) • Haradinaj continues to "cripple" Kosovo budget (Zeri) • Hoxhaj: Mini-Schengen is Serbia’s idea; we cannot share sovereignty with it (Zeri) • PDK appoints new leadership (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Ambasador Grenell visits Pristina and Belgrade this week (Koha) • In Davos, Thaci meets president of World Economic Forum (media) • Finnish ambassador: There is hope for coalition agreement (Klan Kosova) • Haradinaj and Apostolova meet to discuss latest developments in Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj nominates Lulzim Rafuna for the Minister of Finance (RTK) • The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Jorgen Andrews to visit Kosovo tomorrow (RTK) • Haradinaj: Belgrade line is not related to tariff (media) Serbian Language Media: • Borrell to visit Belgrade on January 30 (Tanjug) • Vucic spoke to O'Brien in Davos (Tanjug, B92) • Reactions from Belgrade and Srpska Lista on BG-PR flight deal (KoSSev, Radio KIM, BETA) • Djuric on Belgrade-Pristina flight: We will inform KFOR and UNMIK (KoSSev) • Vucic: Tariffs unsustainable, problem to be resolved after Kosovo government is formed (BETA) • Grenell: This is just the beginning of a bright future we predict for Serbia and Kosovo (N1, Blic) International: • Serbia president Vučić 'fed up of being lectured' over ties with Russia and China (Euronews) Humanitarian/Development: • Discrimination in the name of neutrality (Prishtina Insight)

• Kosovo statehood undermined in Pristina-Belgrade flights agreement (Koha) • EU learnt of Pristina-Belgrade flights through the media (RFE) • Mustafa says negotiations with LVV need to be concluded by week’s end (media) • Thaci expects new government to be formed soon (Bloomberg/RTK) • Nagavci hopes Mustafa’s statement is not a blackmail or ultimatum (Klan) • Beqiri does not exclude coalition with AAK, NISMA and minorities (media) • Grenell to visit Kosovo tomorrow (media) • Borell to visit Kosovo next week (Gazeta Express) • Thaci meets President Trump’s adviser Robert O’Brian (RTK) • Haradinaj to hold meeting of the government today (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 21, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Kosnett: President Trump has worked hard for agreement to restore Pristina-Belgrade flights (media) • Veseli: Kosovo on the right track when it has U.S. support (media) • Veliu: LDK has no other offer for LVV (RTK) • British Ambassador visits Mustafa prior to LDK’s leadership meeting (Express) • Mustafa confirms diplomatic pressure for the formation of the government (Express) • In Davos, Thaci meets Croatian PM Plenkovic (media) Serbian Language Media: • US, Serbian presidents welcome Belgrade-Pristina flights agreement (N1) • Serwer comments on Belgrade-Pristina flight, role of US (B92, Tanjug) • O'Brien retweeted Vucic (BETA, B92) • Agreement on airline unclear, however, the influence of the US is clear (Radio KIM) • Vucic to participate with Thaci in a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos (Tanjug, B92) • Serbian president Vucic meets Croatian prime minister Plenkovic in Davos (FoNet, BETA, N1) Opinion: • Buckle up, we are in for a bumpy ride (Prishtina Insight) • EU Has Turned Enlargement into a Hamster Wheel (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbia-Kosovo Flights to Resume Under U.S.-Brokered Deal (The New York Times) • Serb Policemen Plead Not Guilty to Kosovo War Crimes (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Construction on the shore of Badovac Lake a potential environmental problem (Kosovo online) • A family denied (Prishtina Insight) • Wounds that don’t heal (Prishtina Insight) • The World Health Organization to hold an emergency meeting on China coronavirus (B92, Tanjug)

• 15-day countdown for Kurti begins (media) • Reintroduction of Pristina-Belgrade air route facilitated by the U.S. (Koha) • Kosovo leaders hail Pristina-Belgrade flight agreement (media) • KDI seeks transparency on Pristina-Belgrade flight agreement (Zeri) • British Embassy calls for swift formation of government (media) • LDK to hold meeting of presidency today (media) • Nagavci: Together with LDK, we should fulfill hopes for change (media) • PDK: LVV responsible for current crisis (media) • LDK nominates Abdullah Hoti caucus, LVV has not made a proposal yet (RTK) • Thaci to participate at Davos World Economic Forum (media) • Apostolova: EU remains committed to help Kosovo’s path towards EU (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Vetevendosje proposes Albin Kurti as Prime Minister nominee (Klan Kosova) • President Thaci invites Kurti to give him PM mandate (media) • Kurti: LDK’s message ‘take it or leave it’, means leave it (media) • Kurti needs to form a new government by February 4 (Indeksonline) • Haxhiu: Time for LDK to prove it wants the change (media) • LDK: Despite unilateral moves by LVV, we are open to agreement (Telegrafi) • Pristina-Belgrade air route to be launched in the near future (Gazeta Express) • Thaci hails initiative for launch of Pristina-Belgrade flights (Kallxo) • Stoltenberg: KFOR retains authority over Kosovo airspace (Koha) • Osmani claims will for reach of the agreement with LVV exists (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Worrying data, but for whom - Serbia or the EU? (B92, Blic) • Russian MFA: Post-election chaos and struggle for power continue in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Saturday protest devoted to slain Kosovo Serb leader (Beta, N1) • Serbian trade minister says Kosovo tariffs cause one million-euro daily damages (N1, Novosti) • Belgrade-Pristina flight to be reinstated? (B92, RTS) International: • Engel Presses Top Navy Admiral on United States Policy on Serbia (foreign affairs.house.gov) • Kosovo's Vetevendosje Party Nominates Leader Kurti For PM (RFE) • Serbs Say Air Link May Reopen With Kosovo Two Decades After War (Bloomberg) • Statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on direct flights between Belgrade and Pristina (nato.int) • US brokers prospective flights between Serbia, Kosovo (The Washington Post) Humanitarian/Development: • BIRN Fact-check: The Air We Breathe (Balkan Insight) • The World’s 2,153 Billionaires Are Richer Than 4.6 Billion People, Says Oxfam (Bloomberg)

• Thaci: Kurti should either accept or refuse nomination (media) • Mustafa calls on LVV to show readiness for coalition agreement (Zeri) • Osmani: No path is more righteous than people’s voice for change (media) • Palokaj: Government to be formed for Kosovo’s needs (Koha) • Der Standard: Kosovo towards elections if government not formed by February 24 • Engel: Serbia’s integration road closed until it recognises Kosovo (media) • Konjufca calls meeting of Assembly presidency (media) • Vetevendosje denies reports about Konjufca’s possible resignation (Express)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 17, 2020 Albanian Language Media: Thaci: Kosovo has met visa liberalisation criteria (RTK) Daut Haradinaj asks LVV: Do you want to go to elections? (Express) Nagavci: Vjosa Osmani wanted to co-govern with Vetevnedosje (KTV) Osmani: LDK does not initiate Konjufca’s dismissal, I believe in agreement (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Court for KLA crimes without comment on murder of alleged protected witness (Tanjug) • "Next months crucial, EU faces risk if it doesn't send a clear signal to region" (TASS, B92) • Six years since murder of Dimitrije Janicijevic in Mitrovica North (Radio KIM) • Djuric: Belgrade committed to dialogue, problem is in Pristina (Danas) • "Major changes" in Serbian government, Vucic says (Prva TV, N1) International: • Kosovo PM Dismisses Rama’s Libel Charge as ‘Decoy’ (Balkan Insight) • Why is Kosovo Taking Home Islamic State Members? (VoA)

• Kurti: Agreement for the government, not “a deal of monarchs” (media) • Mustafa says Kurti’s letter is unofficial (RTK) • Mustafa: I cannot say if there is going to be a coalition, we are committed (RTK) • “It’s good that whole society is involved in debate on new government” (media) • Konjufca calls the first Assembly session (RTK) • U.S. Embassy calls for Oliver Ivanovic’s murder to be resolved (RTK) • Thaci hails agreement on single electoral list of Albanian parties in Serbia (media)