UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 13, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Albania shuts down border with Kosovo (media) • Surroi: Thaci cannot sign agreement on his own (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic on Serbia’s measures against coronavirus, salary increase to medical personnel (B92) • Ministry: 31 persons infected with coronavirus in Serbia (B92) • Vecernje Novosti: Trump could get rid of Kurti? (B92) • Borrell Messages to Kurti: Tariffs need to be completely abolished, Lajcak as special envoy for Belgrade - Pristina dialogue (RTS) • Djuric: Pristina violates agreement on freedom of movement (RTV Puls) • Vucic and Merkel: Video-conference instead of meeting (Sputnik) • Detention of Zlatan Krstic extended, his deteriorated health additional problem (Kosovo-online) • Djuric with Botsan-Kharchenko (media)

• EU: We are the sole facilitators in Pristina – Belgrade dialogue (Koha/media) • Beyer: Unconditional removal of tariff, dialogue to resume ASAP (Telegrafi) • Meeting called by Haradinaj does not result in political unity (Koha) • Kosovo bans visit by senior Serbian official (media) • Govt suspends air and landlines from Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy (media) • Government forms special commission against coronavirus (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Public health institute dispatches medical staff all over Kosovo (media) • Minister wants strict measures against businesses that increase prices (media) • Interior minister Veliu calls for closure of schools in north of Kosovo (media) • CEC to consult President and Government regarding elections in Podujeve (Kallxo) • Kosovo prisons freeze visits over coronavirus fears (Koha) • PM Kurti meets EULEX chief, Wigemark (media) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric: Schools in Serbian communities in Kosovo will not work from Monday (TV Most) • All schools in the municipality of Gracanica working today (KIM radio) • Gracanica: Police will start implementing the decision of the Government of Kosovo (KIM radio) • Head of WHO office in Belgrade: Serbia is doing what it takes (BETA, B92) • Goran Rakic, Milena Popovic suggested as witnesses in Milan Radoicic defamation lawsuit against Rada Trajkovic (KoSSev) • Rakocevic: UN SC Resolution 1244 would be most realistic offer for normalization of relations (Kosovo-online, RTV Puls) International: • Is the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue really reaching and historic moment? (K2.0) • MPs discuss Kosovo-US relations (Prishtina Insight) • EU or US: Who's in charge of Kosovo-Serbia talks? (Euobserver) Humanitarian/Development: • Further measures taken by Kosovo Govt to tackle coronavirus pandemic (Prishtina Insight) • Serbia closes some border crossings with regional countries (N1) • Hungary declared a state of emergency (B92, Tanjug)

• Kosovo MPs discuss relations with the U.S. (media) • In a Facebook post, Thaci calls Kurti ‘coward’ and ‘devilish’ (media) • Osmani: Tariff and president to be removed simultaneously (KP/Telegrafi) • Government adopts 11 preventive measures from coronavirus (media) • Kurti speaks after government’s preventive steps against coronavirus (media) • NATO remains committed to mission in Kosovo (Gazeta Express) • Kosovo Government opposes Lajcak’s appointment (media) • State Department: Corrupt officials in Kosovo are not punished (Epoka)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Thaci: Statements about withdrawal of US troops, serious messages (media) • Haradinaj calls leaders to meet: Let's unite on important topics (media) • Haxhiu: Kosovo will never damage relations with U.S. (media) • KFOR commander: KSF needs permission to go to the north, police don’t (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • “Vucic goes to Berlin to reiterate his clear position to Chancellor Merkel” (Novosti, Tanjug, B92) • Dacic requests urgent and unconditional revocation of tariffs (N1) • Confirmed for B92.net: Vucic canceled all SNS election rallies (media) • Dacic: We continue work on retracting recognitions of Kosovo (Dnevnik, FoNet) • Djukanovic: United States resolved to unblock Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTS) International: • Donald Trump Junior Urges US Troop Withdrawal from Kosovo (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo government approves delayed 2020 budget (Reuters) Humanitarian/Development: • Kurti: Fighting poverty and inequality remains a priority on which we must work together • Remarks of SRSG Zahir Tanin at UNKT Strategic Prioritisation Retreat • Balkan Countries Tighten Security as Coronavirus Cases Surge (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Prosecutors Accuse Serbian Company of Wrecking Medieval Fortress (Balkan Insight)

• Thaci calls on government to accept U.S. requests: Clashes are dangerous (media) • Kurti: Differences of opinions should not become contradictions (Koha) • Isa Mustafa: I have sent an envoy to meet Grenell (media) • Veseli to Kurti: You triggered most dangerous debate in Kosovo-US relations (media) • Trump Jr: There are 650 troops in Kosovo. Time to bring them home (media) • PM Kurti meets Franco-German delegation (Zeri) • Haradinaj meets Veseli, Limaj; discuss plans for a “Unity Conference” (media) • Kosovo government approves €10 million action plan to face coronavirus (media) • Ministry: Kosovo schools to remain open until further notice (media) • Pristina municipality takes first preventive measures against coronavirus (Telegrafi) • Serbian man wanted for war crimes arrested in Budapest (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • Thaci: Disappointing that envoys made no mention of visa liberalisation (media) • Senator warns of U.S. reconsidering its presence in Kosovo (media) • Kurti does not deny U.S. sanctions, says he hasn’t verified the news (Express) • Osmani: Only the government has legitimacy to lead dialogue with Serbia (media) • Kosovo government approves draft budget for 2020 (media) Serbian Language Media: • "Albanians oppose compromise, Serbs promote frozen conflict. There's no solution" (Tanjug, B92) • Covic on blockade of US funds to Pristina – a storm in a teacup (RTS) • Bajrami: The greater challenge for Kurti’s government is its lack of unity, not Thaci’s plans (KoSSev) • Stanojkovic: Kurti will yield, but slowly, and this will cost Kosovo a lot (KoSSev) • Abbot Janjic and COMKFOR Risi on situation and protection of SOC shrines (KoSSev) • Urgent measures of the Government of Serbia adopted due to the coronavirus (B92, Tanjug) • Jevtic: Continuation of dialogue, dropping tariffs have no alternative (Radio KIM) • Brnabic: Clear policy of US, I wish if EU would be clearer (RTS) Opinion: • Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean: hybrid warfare, the Balkans and the Near East (opendemocracy.net) • A call to tear down the walls of bureaucracy (Prishtina Insight) International: • Policy Rift Widens Between Kosovo President and PM (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Six new suspected coronavirus cases in Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Kosovo steps up measures to prevent coronavirus spread (Prishtina Insight) • Four cases of coronavirus in Serbia, opposition demands state of emergency (N1) • Vucic: Temporary ban can be imposed on those entering the country from affected areas (Tanjug, B92) • Kosovo War Rape Survivor Condemns Stigmatisation of Victims (Balkan Insight) • Balkan Countries Fear EU Green Deal Could Leave Them Further Behind (Balkan Insight)

• Thaci holds news conference after meeting political leaders (media) • DPM Abazi: Prime Minister Kurti reports only to the Assembly (media) • Kosovo leaders to meet Franco-German delegation (media) • Thaci: Lajcak, the most untrustworthy person to lead dialogue (Zeri) • Opposition parties launch motion against Minister Reka (media) • Kosovo Gov’t asked for €10 mil for coronavirus preventive measures (Koha) • Thaci calls for preventive measures against coronavirus infections (Kallxo) • 7 people infected with coronavirus in North Macedonia, six in Albania (media) • Rukiqi calls for emergency measures against coronavirus (Telegrafi) • WHO Director-General: Threat of pandemic has become very real (media) • “Kosovo society to be ashamed of treatment of sexual violence survivors” (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 09, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Without punishment of war crimes, there can be no justice (Koha/Zeri) • Kurti doesn't attend meeting with Thaci (Koha) • Thaci thanks LDK for constructivity (media) • Haradinaj: Thaci showed no document from his meeting with Vucic (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic on Kurti’s text that agreements reached through coercion and threats have no value, compares it with Kosovo case (Tanjug, B92) • Jeremic on Kosovo membership in UN, elections in Serbia (Voice of America, N1) • Mihajlovic: Jeremic spreads misinformation (Danas) • Vucic: "US won't give up pressure, some EU countries have sympathies for Kurti" (RTS, Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Double-headed eagle painted on wall of Serb school in Preoce village (RTS) Opinion: • Kurti: Agreements reached through coercion and threats have no value (FAZ/Koha) International: • Facebook Extends Political Ads Rules to Balkans Before Elections (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo considering stepping up preventive measures against coronavirus (media) • International Women’s Day Marked Across Balkans (Balkan Insight) • More Balkan Countries Confirm First Coronavirus Cases (Balkan Insight) • Balkan States Beef up Borders against Migrant ‘Security Threat’ (Balkan Insight) • Post-War Kosovo Becomes Hub for Mine-Clearance Expertise (Balkan Insight)

• Thaci calls meetings with political leaders (media) • Thaci: Some people want to prevent agreement with Serbia (RTK) • Grenell reiterates call for dropping of tariff (media) • Kurti and Haradinaj call for dialogue coordination (Koha Ditore) • Hoti: No need for dialogue conference, Kosovo has legitimate institutions (media) • Gender equality demanded on International Women’s Day (Koha Ditore) • Assembly to hold special session to mark International Women's Day (media) • Haxhiu pledges €900,000 for domestic violence shelters (Kosovapress/Koha) • Kosovo cancels flights to Italy’s northern region due to coronavirus fears (media)