• Four more people die from COVID-19 on Wednesday (media) • Kosovo – Serbia dialogue to continue Thursday (media) • In Brussels, PM Hoti meets Commissioner Varhelyi (media) • Thaci interviewed for third day by Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (media) • Beqaj: Specialist court will lead to the 'cleaning' of political spectrum (Koha) • Koci: Thaci should’ve been more transparent about interview (media) • Former Dutch Ambassador: KLA fought an honorable war (RTK) • Klinaku: MPs can change law on Specialist Chambers (Telegrafi) • “German EU Presidency no magic wand for the Balkans” (Balkan Insight) • North Macedonia Election Returns No Clear Winner (NYT)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 15, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 119 new cases in last 24 hours (media) • 1,192 active COVID - 19 cases in Prishtina, 35–44 age group most affected (media) • COVID - 19, Kosovo tested only 1.61 of the population (RTK) • Von Cramon: Grenell wanted to bypass EU and Kurti’s government (media) • EULEX chief praises PM Hoti for traveling economy class (media) • Who are candidates for PDK leader if Veseli indictment is confirmed? (Express) • Bytyci: Kadri Veseli is PDK leader, media speculations are ill-willed (media) Serbian Language Media: • 37 new cases of Covid-19 infection registered in Serb areas in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • In Gracanica 24 infected with Covid-19, results to come for fifteen more (KIM radio) • Radovic: KP to control if persons positive on Covid-19 respect self-isolation measures (KoSSev) • Vucic: Missing persons and internally displaced first topic of dialogue in Brussels (N1) • Destinies of missing and displaced persons from Kosovo unresolved for 21 years (Tanjug) • Brussels no longer can ignore reality: There is no solution of Kosovo issue without Russia (Sputnik) • Jaksic: Negotiations in Brussels will not bring anything good to the Kosovo Serbs (KIM radio, Beta) • Serbian Military Union official says protest coming against Defense Minister (N1) • Mutiny within Serbia's Socialists, main Vucic's partners, its leader says (N1) • Serbia's NGO's asks UN to react to police actions during anti-regime protests (N1, RFE) • Vucic starts talks about Serbia's new government, Albanians ask for four posts (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • Serbia-Kosovo deal: Can the EU succeed where Trump failed? (AlJazeera) • Kosovo’s perplexing indictment and its effects (EWB) • The EU Needs a New Balkan Strategy (Foreign Policy) International: • Trump Ex-Adviser Bolton Laments Lost Opportunity on Kosovo (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • EU removes Serbia, Montenegro from travel-safe list (B92, Tanjug, N1)

• Four more dead from coronavirus on Tuesday (media) • Assembly lacks votes to pass law on pandemic (Koha) • Hoti in Brussels with his office and associates, Weber calls for unity (Koha) • President Thaci ends second day of interviewing at The Hague (media) • Were prosecutors right to publicise charges against Thaci? (Balkan Insight) • Haradinaj: Charges against Thaci, a blow to Kosovo’s freedom (Klan Kosova) • War veterans’ leader: Specialist Chambers are attacking KLA directly (T7) • Serwer: Be prepared (media) • Presevo Valley Albanians ask to lead a ministry in Serbian government (Koha) • Government defends decisions to appoint minister to extra post (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Two more patients die from COVID – 19 (media) • Hospital in Vushtrri transformed into hospital for COVID – 19 patients (media) • Osmani: PM’s Legal Office endorsed Anti – COVID 19 Law (media) • PDK calls for urgent increase of salaries of healthcare professionals (media) • Justice minister Selimi to be part of Kosovo negotiating team (EO/Klan Kosova) • Roth: Western Balkans at the centre of Germany's engagement (DW) • UK welcomes resumption of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • KSF ready to support efforts to fight COVID-19 (media) Serbian Language Media: • Elek: 93 persons hospitalized at Clinical-Hospital Center in Mitrovica North, one person passed away (KoSSev) • Gracanica: New measures and announcement of fines, and the old problem (KIM radio) • Hashim Thaci's indictment will remain unknown until October (B92, RTS) • PM Brnabic denies lack of transparency during coronavirus pandemic (N1) • Vucic congratulates Macron, convinced in his support of Serbia's EU path (BETA, N1) • Samardzic: ''Vucic is going to Brussels again without a strategy'' (KIM radio, Beta, N1) • Maas: I will travel to Belgrade and Pristina, dialogue is priority (RTS) • Serbian NGOs call on the EU to insist on core values in Serbia (KIM radio, EWB) Opinion: • A manual: how to lose the battle with COVID-19 (Prishtina Insight) • Surroi: Kosovo yet to realise how dramatic situation with COVID – 19 is (Koha) International: • Corrupt clans or startups? Kosovo must now choose (Die Welt) • Serbia ‘Provided War Crimes Evidence’ Against Kosovo President (Balkan Insight) • Public anger rises across Balkans as coronavirus toll grows (Financial Times) Humanitarian/Development: • New restrictive measures added following jump in coronavirus cases (Prishtina Insight) • Austria bans flights from Western Balkans (N1, DW)

• COVID-19: 187 new cases, six dead (media) • Hoti: New measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 (media) • Osmani: It is our constitutional duty to pass anti-Covid law (media) • Zemaj: Health Institute has capacity to do 500-600 tests in 24 hours (media) • Gjilan Mayor: New government measures are very unpopular (media) • Government has no plans to carry out massive testing (Koha) • PDK MP requests names of persons with COVID-19 be published (Kallxo) • President Thaci interviewed by Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (media) • Haradinaj: If indictments confirmed, Kosovo risks serious damage (media) • Cakaj: When KLA is concerned, we should react as a nation, not as two states (media) • Assembly approves in principle budget review (media) • Lajcak discusses dialogue with Russian Ambassador at EU (Sputnik/RTK) • Hague war crime prosecutors quiz Kosovo President Thaci (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 13, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • President Thaci arrives at the Special Court (RTK) • Veseli: We will triumph in this battle as well (media) • Haradinaj: I highly value Thaci’s readiness to respond to Specialist Chambers (RTK) • Albanians protest in Hague (Koha) • Kosovo Government announces new measures against coronavirus (media) • Borrell considers Lajcak has done a good job (Koha) • Police Director warns penalty measures for those who do not wear masks (media) • Kurti accuses the government: They are filling the morg (RTK) • Gucati and Kosnett discuss KLA veterans (RTK) • Thaci’s lawyer, former U.S. senior official Pierre-Richard Prosper (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • 38 new cases of Covid-19 infection registered, one person passed away in Serb areas (Kosovo-online) • Vucic: Belgrade-Pristina talks to resume on Thursday with new topics (media) • Dacic: There is no readiness of Pristina for compromise (Prva TV) • Dialogue on reset, but still paralyzed (DW) • Vucic met Botsan-Kharchenko, discussed Kosovo and Metohija (Danas) • “Consultations on new Serbian government to start as of Tuesday” (N1, FoNet) • NGOs urged crisis headquarters to inform public on epidemic, unbiased cooperation with media outlets (KoSSev) • Dr. Rasic: Increased number of patients with respiratory infections in Gracanica (RTK2, Radio kontakt plus) International: • 'I believe in justice' says Kosovo's Thaci as he arrives at The Hague on war crime charges (Euronews) • Kosovo-Serbia Deal Must Not Lead to Impunity for War Crimes: US Ex-Ambassador (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Kon on epidemiological situation in Serbia, possibility of new measures (B92, Prva TV) • Temporary residence permits in Kosovo extended (Prishtina Insight)

• COVID-19: 216 new cases in last 24 hours (media) • State of emergency not declared; stricter measures will be applied (media) • Kosovo President Hashim Thaci’s interview to Top Channel • EU Special Representative: The dialogue is back on track (media) • Von der Leyen expresses support for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Hoti: I’ll meet Vucic in Brussels on Thursday; only mutual recognition (media) • Hoti: U.S. and EU to complement each other in the dialogue (media) • Vucic: Situation with Kosovo, almost hopeless (media) • President Thaci urges people to strictly implement protective measures (media) • Zemaj: Do not force us to declare a state of emergency (media) • No total lockdown from state of emergency, sources say (Indeksonline) • Association of Municipalities supports state of emergency (media) • Association of Psychologists oppose state of emergency (media) • Thaci and Borrell agree to extend EULEX mandate for another year (media) • EULEX chief: We remain fully committed to our partnership (media) • “France, Germany and Netherlands opposed visa liberalisation” (Lajmi) • U.S. Embassy: People of Kosovo deserve better (media) • Bajrami: Let’s focus on economic recovery, not personal attacks (media) • Kosovo’s Thaci strongly denies committing any war crimes (AP)

• COVID – 19: 205 new cases, 3 dead (media) • Kosovo PM in favor of state of emergency to fight COVID – 19 (media) • PM Hoti: We’re heading toward a state of emergency (media) • Mitrovica Mayor against state of emergency: Grave consequences (Koha) • Kosovo Assembly stops session amid tensions and insults (media) • Quint ambassadors: Debate without recourse to insults and threats (media) • EU Head of Office: Violence has no place in democratic societies (media) • Kosovo-Serbia talks in Paris close without results (Prishtina Insight) • Biden hails continuation of talks, calls for coordination with Europeans (media) • Grenell: Biden threw negotiations into a US presidential political issue (media) • Meeting in Washington can happen within weeks, says Kosovo PM (media) • Prishtina with highest number of domestic violence cases (Kosovapress) • The real heroes of our time: the lives of workers in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 10, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Hoti-Vucic Sunday meeting in Brussels postponed (media) • Hoti: Agreement with Serbia cannot be successful without mutual recognition (media) • Osmani calls blocking of anti-Covid draft law 'disgraceful' (media) • Nagavci: Management of pandemic, presently top priority for Kosovo (media) • Germany donates 6,000 COVID-19 testing kits to Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Meeting in Brussels postponed for Thursday, US- EU relations are not our matter (RTS) • 36 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Serb areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Djuric: Walker is last person who should talk about crimes (RTS) • Vucic: Discussing three crucial issues with Macron (B92) • Simic: Vjosa Osmani deceived public, read inexistent Rakic’s statement (TV Most) Opinion: • EU mediation is a relief but not a panacea (Prishtina Insight) International: • France, Germany lead effort to fire up Serbia-Kosovo talks (AP) • Europe’s Latest Peace-Making Efforts in Balkans Hit New Hurdle (Bloomberg) Humanitarian/Development: • Media Literacy Project: Photojournalist and journalist form integral whole (KoSSev)

• COVID-19: 207 new cases, 8 deaths in last 24 hours (media) • Prishtina Mayor: Number of coronavirus cases is much higher (Klan) • Zeka: 45% of businesses in Kosovo have stopped operating (media) • EU: Dialogue will continue regardless of protests in Serbia (media) • Kosovo PM Hoti goes to dialogue without internal consensus (Koha) • Assembly adopts resolution “in defense of people’s values” (media) • EU Office chief disappointed with failure to ratify agreements (media) • Haradinaj: Not logical for Europeans to undermine US summit (T7) • Kosovo ministers visit Presevo Valley (media) • William Walker disappointed with SPO’s actions (RTK) • War veterans protest charges against President Thaci (Balkan Insight) • Lushtaku: Better for PDK to join the government (Telegrafi) • Stalled talks set to resume in Brussels but what's at stake? (Euronews)