• 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)

• COVID – 19 report: Three deaths, 43 new cases (media) • Kosovo awarding Trump highest honor after Serb economic deal (Reuters) • Opposition criticises PM Hoti for “concessions” in Washington (RFE) • Krasniqi to Hoti: You signed an A4 letter with yourself (media) • EU: Kosovo must propose way to implement Association (media) • Tahiri: Kosovo, Serbia were equal before most powerful president (media) • “Merkel, Macron told us to conclude dialogue by year’s end” (media) • Abrashi: Ujman is politicised like demarcation with Montenegro (Kallxo)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19 report: Three deaths, 43 new cases (media) • EU: Kosovo must propose way to implement Association (media) • War Veterans hand over files to Specialist Chambers officials (Indeksonline) • Gashi: Indictment shouldn’t be confirmed; it would damage Kosovo! (media) • Limaj: EU must keep its word on visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Komsic and Dzaferovic voted for BiH to recognize Kosovo, Dodik was, as expected, against (Tanjug, B92, Klix.ba) • Stano: Kosovo has international obligation to implement CSM (Tanjug) • EP Rapporteur Viola von Cramon: Serbia should show more commitment to EU (N1) • Bilcik: Serbia didn't open any chapter with EU in 2020 - that speaks for itself (N1) • Fr. Sava: It is deplorable that media are still spreading rabid nationalism and ethnic and religious hatred (KoSSev) • Polish Ambassador: Serbia and region should quickly enter European family (N1) • Trial of Krstic and Shabani continues (Radio KIM) • Trajkovic: Djuric to lobby for Vucic in Washington (Danas) • Schools in Serb areas in Kosovo to commence work on Monday (KoSSev) Opinion: • Where are the women? (EWB) • How Trump’s Balkan Deal Might Harm Israel (algemeiner.com) International: • Will Kosovo and Serbia establish embassies in Jerusalem? Not if the EU has its way (jns.org) • What did Serbia and Kosovo sign in Washington? (EWB) • Kosovo President Savages Govt’s ‘Grave Mistakes’ in Serbia Talks (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo’s Human Capital Index Lower Than Regional Average, but Higher Than Average for Its Income Group (miragenews.com) • Ditching Dinars: Will the Balkans Take to Cryptocurrency? (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 76 new cases, three deaths (media) • Kosovo, Serbia to hold new meeting in Brussels today (media) • Lajcak: We will discuss mutual financial claims on Thursday (media) • “Thaci trying to block Brussels dialogue through opposing Association” (Koha) • Selmanaj: We are obliged to form the Association (T7) • LVV calls Thaci's position on Association 'hypocrisy' (Koha) • Djuric rebuts Hoti: Association will be discussed tomorrow (RTK) • Mustafa: If AAK conditions President post, we’ll go to elections (media) • Krasniqi: PDK backed Hoti in U.S., hoping he’ll bring mutual recognition (media) • Trajkovic: Washington agreement, a political earthquake for Vucic (N1, RTK) • KLA associations claim they received more documents (media) • Israel’s deal with Kosovo and Serbia is window-dressing by Trump and Netanyahu (Times Now)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 16, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 76 new cases, three deaths (media) • Hoti: There will never be an association with executive competencies (media) • Thaci: no one has mandate to speak on behalf of Kosovo on already closed topics (media) • Pacolli: Thaci should call on PDK to bring down Hoti’s government (RTK) • GLPS: Hoti’s government failed to create unity of political spectrum (media) • Minister Haradinaj to visit Netherlands, skeptical state on visa liberalization (RTK) • “Kosovo is not a Muslim country, but a country with Muslim majority” (Alsat) • Violence against women: Political activists disrupt Kosovo PM Hoti’s speech (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Two newly infected with Covid-19 in Serb areas, eight people recovered (Kontakt plus radio) • US DFC, EXIM Bank express interest in financing Nis-Pristina highway (N1) • Von der Leyen: Future of Western Balkans in European Union (N1) • Marko Djuric to take over as Serbia’s ambassador in Washington (N1, nova.rs) • Vucic: Serbs, united and unanimous, can overcome all adversities (B92) • Djuric tomorrow in Brussels on ZSO and property (Kosovo-online) • UNS: Kosovo police banned journalists to report on desecration of church in Babin Most (Danas) • New Israeli Ambassador to Serbia welcomes White House Agreements (N1) Opinion: • "America made a time bomb on European soil," and it's in Serbia (B92, Sputnik) • Diplomacy is not “The Apprentice”. Serbia-Kosovo issue requires A long-term commitment (neweasterneurope.eu) International: • The Western Balkans: Between the EU and a hard place (balkancrossroads.com) • Kosovo President Thaci Hires US Diplomat as Consultant (Balkan Insight) • US Signs Pledges on Building Serbia-Kosovo ‘Peace Highway’ (Balkan Insight) • Israel’s deal with Kosovo, Serbia is diplomatic charade (Asia Times) Humanitarian/Development: • International Democracy Day: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations recalls ''OpisMEDIJavanje'' campaign and fight against misinformation (KoSSev) • Serbian citizens still not allowed free entry into EU (B92, Tanjug)

• COVID-19: 71 new cases, one death (media) • Thaci warns of danger from Thursday's meeting in Brussels (media) • PM's advisor dismisses Thaci's warnings about Brussels meeting (Klan) • Netanyahu to Kosovo people: I extend the hand of friendship (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla accuses Vucic for breach of agreement (media) • Osmani: Wrong for closed issues to be readdressed with Serbia (media) • Konjufca: Serbia, not the U.S., drafted parts of Washington agreement (Klan) • Kosovo conditions Serbia on Association: Implementation after recognition (RFE) • Hoti to discuss Washington Agreement with civil society (RTK) • Limaj requests from opposition to be part of dialogue with Serbia (RTK) • Letters of intent signed in Washington for construction of new highway (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 71 new cases, one death (media) • Zemaj urges parents, teachers to adhere to COVID-19 measures (media) • Trump: Vucic and Hoti made their countries, Balkans and world safer (media) • "Grenell says Trump plans to visit Kosovo" (Klan Kosova) • Osmani: Democracy in Kosovo undermined by minority governments (Telegrafi) • Romania's position on Kosovo's independence remains unchanged (Zeri) Serbian Language Media: • State Department posts Trump praise of Vucic, Hoti (media) • Palestinian ambassador conveys to Vucic the concern over embassy relocation to Jerusalem (Beta, N1) • Grenell: Vucic is tough negotiator, fights for Serbian people (RTS, Serbian Radio Chicago) • EU: Washington documents mean Belgrade & Pristina commitment to US (N1) • Belgrade to Berlin: US talks open room for ordinary people reconciliation (FoNet, N1) • Vucic spoke with Patriarch Irinej, informed him on Kosovo negotiations (RTS) • Fatherland Movement on Washington agreement (Radio KIM) • Church in Babin Most, near Obilic, desecrated (Kosovo Online, B92, KIM radio) • North Macedonia PM: Meeting with President Vucic about 'mini-Schengen’ (N1) Opinion: • Trump’s Balkan agreement does Israel more harm than good – opinion (The Jerusalem Post) International: • Kosovo’s Legal Aid for War Crimes Suspects Raises Concerns (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 55 new cases, four deaths (media) • Hoti to report to MPs on dialogue with Serbia (media) • “Agreement with Serbia, in complete coordination with the U.S.” (media) • Kurti: Serbia's projects are old, Kosovo's concessions new (media) • Bajrami: Only Israel’s recognition is historic in Washington agreement (Koha) • Coalition partners gathered again on Monday (media) • Haradinaj: We won’t vote any other candidate except Ramush (media) • Gjini: Vetevendosje initiated no-confidence motion to trap the PDK (KTV) • Beqiri: No one in the LDK is celebrating Osmani’s departure (media) • Djuric: Serbia will insist on speedy creation of the Association (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 14, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 55 new cases, four deaths (media) • PM Hoti calls for maximal caution from pupils and teachers (media) • PM Hoti: €10 mil to municipalities as part of economic revival program (media) • PDK is not pleased with Washington agreement, complains about Hoti (media) • Plenkovic: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue with two wings, in Brussels and Washington (Koha) • William Walker contracted to advise President Thaci (Prishtina Insight) Serbian Language Media: • Five new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo, one person passed away (Radio KIM) • Stano: Continuation of talks on non-majority communities and property (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic decided on the government? (media) • Kosovo Serb Orthodox Diocese on Koha’s text: It spreads ethnic and religious hatred (KoSSev) • Father Sava: Claims of those calling us usurpers, unworthy of Albanian people sons who respected others (KoSSev) • Koha: ''Appropriation of medieval Arberian monuments in Kosovo by Serbs'' (KoSSev) • Leaks of dossiers from The Hague – covering up KLA crimes (Politika) • Pompeo hails Serbia's announcement to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization (N1) • Vucic: Lack of reaction to Pristina's unfulfilled obligation shameful (BETA, N1) • Vucic: Excellent phone talk with Netanyahu (SRNA, N1) • Detention of four Serbs arrested at Mokra Gora Mountain extended (RTS) Opinion: • Belgrade professor to Grenell: Nobel Prize nomination sounds like mockery (N1) • After Trump’s Serbia-Kosovo Deal, it’s Over to Brussels (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbia-Kosovo Deal Behind Trump Nobel Prize Nod Dismissed As 'Photo Opportunity' by Ex-Serbian FM (Newsweek) Humanitarian/Development: • Womens’ Network, MPs react against court decision (media)