• COVID-19: 1,020 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Vetevendosje has not yet secured votes for Osmani's election (Koha/Telegrafi) • Kosovo Assembly to hold session today (media) • Haziri: LDK MPs free to express their will (T7/Telegrafi) • Haradinaj: I fear times when Osmani would have to make quick decisions (T7/Telegrafi) • Kurti asked to keep his word regarding missing persons (Koha) • Konjufca: Serbia committing multiple crimes for hiding whereabouts of missing persons (Koha) • Kurti continues cabinet appointments (media) • Dugolli leaves deputy minister post for that of MP (media) • Kosovo does not permit construction of road in the north (Klan) • Collaku: Thaci indicted on plan devised by Serbia and Russia (Klan)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 975 new cases, 12 deaths (media) • Krasniqi: Strained situation with COVID-19, 80% of patients on oxygen therapy (RFE) • Health Minister Vitia meets U.S. Ambassador Kosnett (media) • Rama: Albania to vaccinate Kosovo's teachers (Telegrafi) • Macron congratulates Kurti, offers full support for Kosovo-Serbia agreement (media) • Kurti: Many crimes committed in Kosovo and no justice delivered (media) • Orlando: Parties to be constructive in president's election process (Koha) • Defence Minister Mehaj meets KFOR Commander Federici (media) • On anniversary of SAA, Austrian MEP calls for visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • 45 new Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities, one death (Kontakt plus radio) • CNN on Serbia’s ''impressive'' success in immunization: Setting the pace in Europe (KoSSev, FoNet, N1) • EU: Serbia must work on reforms to speed up accession negotiations (FoNet, N1) • Vucic about the Crnusa base: If there would be any danger…Serbs from Kosovo know all (KoSSev) • Participant of the campaign for the boycott of Serbian elections claims his vote was falsified in Kosovo (RFE) Opinion: • Serbia’s Vaccine Diplomacy isn’t as Benign as it Looks (Balkan Insight) International: • Will Kurti bring changes in the fight against corruption in Kosovo? (EWB) • US Concerned About Continuing Rights Violations in South-East Europe (Balkan Insight) • EU solidarity with the Western Balkans during the times of COVID (opendemocracy.net) Humanitarian/Development: • Three Kosovo children arrive for medical treatment in Israel (media) • UNMIK helping the most vulnerable in Zubin Potok (Kontakt plus radio) • Rakic, Popovic and representatives of international organizations visited the beneficiaries of the reintegration program (Kosovo Online) • Climate change top challenge over the next decade, UNESCO global survey finds (news.un.org)

• COVID-19: 948 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Sources: President election session to take place on Friday (media) • Hoxhaj: PDK has not changed position on Osmani's candidacy (media) • LVV, PDK appoint heads of parliamentary groups (media) • Government to discuss confiscation of unlawfully acquired assets (media) • Haxhiu vows to begin work on judicial vetting process (media) • Varhelyi hopes dialogue will be priority of new government of Kosovo (RTK) • Serb accused of 1999 massacre of 130 men arrested in Kosovo (AP/BIRN) • Kosovo Village Remembers 106 Civilians Killed in 1999 War (Balkan Insight) • New Government working without programme (Koha) • Ministry of Agriculture suspends five employees for abuse of power (media) • Spain beats Kosovo, national broadcaster downgrades visitors (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 31, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 923 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Donika Gervalla: We are not an experiment, we are a sovereign state (Prishtina Insight) • Rohde, Von Cramon: MPs should follow LDK’s example (media) • Krasniqi: Decision not to vote Vjosa Osmani is final (RTK) • Haradinaj: We have not changed our position, we do not support Osmani (media) • Konjufca: Serbia has not detached from Milosevic’s policy (media) • Blinken to Vucic: US goal is to see Kosovo, Serbia reach an agreement centered on mutual recognition (Express) • Kosovo economy to expand by 4% in 2021, according to World Bank report (Express) • Man arrested over 1999 Kosovo Massacre (Express) • EU expects Kurti government to be fully committed to dialogue (RFE Albanian, media) Serbian Language Media: • 26 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Office for KiM: Arrest of Mila Andjelkovic yet another brutal example of returnees’ intimidation (Kosovo-online) • EU and US join forces in support of WB to prevent Russia and China influence (N1) • US State Department: Human rights violations, corruption cases in Serbia in 2020 (N1) • More frequent provocations of group of Albanian youngsters in front of school in Ugljare (Kosovo-online) • Vucic: Reconstruction of Jarinje-Mitrovica North motorway to start in a month (KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • WHO report: Coronavirus likely came from animal, not a lab (CNN, N1)

• COVID-19: 811 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Zemaj says Kosovo has secured 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine (media) • Humolli from WHO: Covid measures need to be toughened (RTV21/Telegrafi) • Kosovo FM Gervalla: Embassy in Jerusalem is a done deal (media) • State Department: Many corrupt officials continue to hold public posts (media) • PM Kurti meets British ambassador Abbott (media) • Abdixhiku: LDK with 12% could not condition a party with 50% of votes (Telegrafi) • Opposition Party Clears Path to Parliament Vote on Kosovo President (Balkan Insight) • PDK's Deliu-Kodra slamms FM Gervalla for agreement with Serbia remarks (media) • Haxhiu: Serious action needed to fight organised crime and corruption (Klan) • U.S. Embassy opposes holding government meetings outside of Kosovo (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 30, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 752 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • UNICEF: 76,800 doses of Covid vaccine expected by May (media) • PM Kurti meets representatives of UN agencies in Kosovo (media) • Abdixhiku: LDK will take part in president’s election session (media) • Assembly presidency discusses division of parliamentary committees (media) • CEC replaces 13 MPs with new ones (media) Serbian Language Media: • 59 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Vucic: Vaccination of people from region – signal we can move ahead together (RTS) • Von der Leyen promises 650,000 Covid-19 vaccines for Western Balkan countries (N1) • Gerxhaliu: Excavation of mortal remains on three locations in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Rakic: Houses for two families in Klokot municipality to be constructed soon (Radio kontakt plus) International: • Albania, Greece, Romania, Serbia Join Global Pandemic Treaty Call (Balkan Insight) • EU move on vaccine exports puts Serbia’s leader on edge (The Financial Times) • World leaders back treaty to prepare for next pandemic (DW) Humanitarian/Development: • ‘Nothing Like Home’ exhibition showcases Kosovo’s young artists (Prishtina Insight) • Greece accepts all vaccines for Serbia’s tourists as of May 14 (N1)

• COVID-19: 774 new cases, four deaths (media) • Vaccinations against COVID-19 begin in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo PM gets first COVID-19 vaccine shot to encourage take-up (Reuters) • Kurti's vaccination draws reactions in Kosovo (media) • Ramadani: New vaccine deliveries to take place in the coming weeks (Kallxo) • Vaccination certificates to be issued to Western Balkans citizens (RFE/Koha) • Kurti has separate meetings with ambassadors, Kosnett and Orlando (media) • Haziri vows LDK will play constructive role in president's election (media) • PDK’s Haliti on voting Vjosa Osmani for president (RTK) • Kosovo Serb Party Challenges Govt in Court Over Representation (Balkan Insight) • Miftaraj says SL's complaint to Constitutional Court has no legal basis (media) • Vucic: If I recongnised Kosovo, I would have won the Nobel Prize (Happy/Zeri) • Spanish FM on the match with Kosovo: It is football (media) • Kurti 'blocks' PAK activity (RFE/media) • Journalist claims he was suspended for comments against Kurti (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 29, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 774 new cases, four deaths (media) • Albin Kurti to receive the anti-Covid vaccine today (Express) • Anti-COVID vaccination in Prishtina starts Tuesday (media) • The Serbian List addresses Constitutional Court claiming bigger share in government (Express) • Shala: We do not make compromises with candidates who lack political unity (media) • Gashi: final decision on issue of President is made by LDK MPs (media) • Kosnett urges parties to take a constructive position on the issue of president (media) Serbian Language Media: • 12 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas on Sunday (Radio KIM, RTS) • Serbian List filed complaint with Constitutional Court over one ministerial post (KoSSev) • Mass vaccination of citizens and foreigners in Serbia; PM says no politics (N1) • Cadez: 8.500 businesspeople from region vaccinated in Serbia (N1) • German media: ‘Vaccination weekend’ new success of Serbia immunisation policy (N1) • Bartolome: Spain will not change stance on Kosovo, no matter who requests that (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Announcement of constructing KSF base in northern Kosovo dangerous (Kosovo-online) • NSI reacts to announced KSF base at Crnusa hill above Mitrovica (media, social media) • Andjelkovic: Formation of KSF base in northern Kosovo direct threat to Serbs (Kosovo-online) • Milic: Disrespect of Resolution 1244 (B92) • YIHR: Officials should stop manipulating data related to victims of Kosovo war (KoSSev) International: • Serbia Vaccinates Thousands from Region Over Weekend (Balkan Insight) • Foreign vaccine-seekers flock to Serbia for COVID-19 shots (Reuters) • Serbia vaccinates migrants amid surge in COVID-19 cases (ABC News, Associated Press)

• COVID-19: 926 new cases, 10 deaths (media) • First doses of Covid vaccine arrive in Kosovo (media) • Kurti: We are working night and day to secure vaccine (media) • Complications of president election increasing (Koha) • Abdixhiku and Osmani meet again, LDK to decide on president vote on Monday (media) • Visa liberalisation for Kosovo not in EU Council's agenda (Koha) • Redzepi: Time for "Great Serbia" and "Great Albania" is over (media) • Kurti appoints three political advisers and spokesperson (media) • Kosovo leaders vow to sue Serbia over wartime ‘Genocide’ (exit.al) • Kosovo's EU-backed war crimes court 'has full US backing' (euronews) • Shqiprim Arifi’s party, winner of Presevo elections (RTK)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 860 new cases, six deaths (media) • Kurti: War crimes and missing persons, priorities in dialogue with Serbia (Koha) • KSF barracks to be constructed on a hill overlooking Mitrovica (media) • Rosenstock-Siller: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue to be centred on mutual recognition (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 15 new cases, two deaths (KoSSev) • Chinese Defense Minister visiting Belgrade (N1, RTS) • EU warns Kurti over undermining dialogue process (RTS, Tanjug) • The countries of the Western Balkans are the least resistant to false news in Europe (KoSSev, N1, Beta) • Selakovic: Von Cramon’s speech on Kosovo parade of political distaste (RTS) • Businessmen from the region in Belgrade this weekend for a vaccination (Danas) • Israeli envoy: Serbia’s Govt. office in Jerusalem step toward moving embassy (Beta, N1) • Zakharova: NATO aggression against FRY long-term tragedy (Kosovo-online) • Belgrade insists on concrete examples from the EP on the Serbian authorities' wrongdoings (FoNet, N1, RTS) • Stojkovic: 180 housing units more in Kosovo for displaced persons and young couples (Radio KIM) • Vucic: I am proud to delegitimize the statehood of Kosovo and I will continue to do so (KoSSev) Opinion: • How the Quint must help Kosovo (EWB) • It's time to deliver in this time of 'firsts' (Kosovo 2.0) • Three key foreign policy objectives for Kosovo’s new government (Emerging Europe) International: • European MPs Urge Serbia, Kosovo to Intensify War Grave Search (Balkan Insight) • Unregulated and Unlicensed, War Memorials Proliferate in Kosovo Towns (Balkan Insight) • EP discusses Reports on Western Balkans: Majority support for enlargement, but the criteria need to be met (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • From Texas to Kosovo: Rape survivor returns as part of new gov’t (Al Jazeera)