• COVID-19: 601 new cases, five deaths (media) • New anti-COVID measures to be proposed in face of growing new cases (media) • CEC: Election results to be announced Thursday (media) • VV thanks diaspora members, claims to have overwhelmingly won their votes (media) • Daka says recent elections were the most difficult to organise (Klan Kosova) • Kurti: Specialist Chambers were imposed, KLA led just war (Telegrafi) • In Switzerland, Osmani meets diaspora, chairman of National Council (media) • EU-U.S. coordination, guarantee there will be no imposed solutions on Kosovo (Koha) • EU envoy tells Serbia, Kosovo dialogue key for entry talks (AP/RFE) • Grenell: Kurti and VV believe Israel was built by crimes (media) • DFC dismisses head of Belgrade office - report (SeeNews/Tanjug) • Twenty years on, the disappeared still cast shadows in northern Kosovo (euronews)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 601 new cases, five new deaths (media) • Vetevendosje’s Kurti says he has votes to form the government (RFE) • Kurti replies to Netanyahu, Erdogan; no mention of embassy in Jerusalem (media) • CEC likely to announce final election results today (Express) • EUSR Lajcak’s visit to Kosovo: Dialogue will continue (media) • Lajcak: Dialogue important for Kosovo and Serbia’s European aspirations (media) • Abbott: UK shares views for well-prepared, principled dialogue (media) • EU-facilitated dialogue with US support as soon as institutions are formed (media) Serbian Language Media: • 33 Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities in Kosovo, one deceased (Kontakt plus radio) • Gracanica: 10 new Covid-19 cases (KiM radio) • Patriarch Porfirije: Kosovo not only a geopolitical issue for us, but also a question of identity (RTS, KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Freedom House: SNS erodes political, civil liberties in Serbia (N1, VoA) • Germany honestly supports Western Balkans’ European perspective (Beta, N1) • LVV publishes photos of Kurti and Lajcak – no Albanian flag (KoSSev) • Lazic: An epidemic would be under control with 20,000 revaccinated, we are now halfway there (Kosovo Online) • Bajrami: Dialogue cannot continue with the same discourse, reaching an agreement in a few months is unrealistic (KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • WHO: Serbia fourth in Europe by number of newly infected per 100,000 people (N1)

• COVID-19: 488 new cases, 8 deaths (media) • First COVID-19 COVAX vaccines for Kosovo by May (Express) • Palmer: Full normalization is achieved through mutual recognition (Koha) • Lajcak: Dialogue can be completed within several months (Prishtina Insight) • Kurti in Lezha: The Constitution of Kosovo forbids national unity (media) • Former U.S. dialogue envoy calls Kurti “Anti-American” (media) • Kosovo Bosniaks Protest About ‘Election Trickery’ (Balkan Insight) • Haradinaj claims to have an offer for the winning party (T7, media) • Freedom House: Global decline in democracy has 'accelerated' (RFE, media) • EU Envoy in Pristina to discuss Kosovo-Serbia normalization process (RFE)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 488 new cases, 8 deaths (media)
• Lajcak expects Kosovo-Serbia agreement within mandate of Kurti’s government (media)
• Schutz on Lajcak's visit to Kosovo (Express)
• Hoti: Sovereignty and integrity of Kosovo non-negotiable (media)
• Vetevendosje publishes details of Kurti-Lajcak discussions (Express)
• Kurti: The Constitution does not allow us to unite with Albania (media)

• COVID-19: 467 new cases, 9 deaths (media) • Lajcak arrives in Prishtina, meets Kurti and Kosnett (media) • Lajcak: Kurti knows international community expects dialogue to resume (RTK) • Hoxha: Revoking Radojicic warrant was unexpected (Kallxo) • Ismaili: AAK, safest and most natural partner for Vetevendosje (media) • Shasha: Embassy in Jerusalem, a done deal (Koha) • Prosecution senior official arrested on abuse of duty (media) • Deadly provocation: How village killings kindled Kosovo’s resistance (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 1, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 467 new cases, 9 deaths (media) • VV: Revoking Radojicic arrest warrant, scandalous and dangerous (media) • CDHRF: There should be protests against Lajcak’s visit (media) • Albin Kurti’s crossroad between EU, US, Erdogan and Netanyahu (euronews.al) • Hague Court schedules new status conference on Salih Mustafa’s case (Gazeta Express) • Berisha: We will demand annulment of votes orchestrated by the Serbian List (Ekonomia) • Simmons: I said and will say it again: Kosovo is a sovereign state (RTK) • Director General of Kosovo Prosecutorial Council Secretariat, arrested (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • 86 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo on Saturday (Radio konakt plus) • Radojevic: Interethnic incidents have no place in our city (Radio kontakt plus) • Lajcak: I am not coming to Belgrade with ultimatum, EU and US expect continuation of dialogue (Tanjug) • Simic: We expect that Lajcak reminds Pristina of its unfulfilled obligations (Kosovo-online) • Office for KiM: “Arilje” handball team banned from entering Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Gathering to support detained youngsters in Gracanica held last night also (Radio KIM) • Petkovic urges citizens from Kosovo to get vaccinated (Kosovo-online) • Poll shows 75 percent of young Serbians want mandatory military service to resume (N1) Opinion: • Palokaj: A priority or not, the dialogue will last for many years (Koha) • The far-reaching consequences of Kosovo’s failure to secure vaccines (Prishtina Insight) International: Kosovo Revokes Arrest Warrant for Powerful Serb Businessman (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Additional doses of Sputnik V for revaccination have arrived to Serbia (B92) • Additional doses of Pfizer’s vaccines arrived in Serbia (Kosovo-online)

• COVID-19: 453 new cases, 4 deaths (media) • Kurti on diaspora votes: There are tendencies to diminish our victory (media) • Szunyog: It’s positive that Kurti lists dialogue as fourth priority (media) • Lajcak starts three-day visit to Kosovo today (media) • Israeli PM Netanyahu writes letter to Kurti (media) • Kosovo – Serbia agreement not likely before 2023 (Koha) • Kosovo Ministry reacts to statement by Russian Foreign Ministry (media) • Protest in Prishtina on Tuesday over representation of communities (media) • “Time for Kosovo to tell EU we are tired of games you’re playing” (media) • Arrest warrant for Milan Radojicic revoked (media) • Cleaning other people’s houses (Prishtina Insight) • Growth of online shopping in Kosovo brings dangers for consumers (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 26, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: Five dead, 445 new cases (media) • Stricter implementation of measures to prevent increase in COVID cases (media) • Lajcak to visit Kosovo on March 1 (media) • Rugova: There are tendencies to impose a new LDK leader (media) • Ineffective justice for attacks on journalists (Radio Free Europe) • “Government to prepare strategy against Russia’s malign operations” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Serbia will continue to aid Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija (Kosovo-online) • EU spokesman denies Lajcak bringing ultimatum to Belgrade (N1) • Lajcak to visit Pristina and Belgrade next week (Radio KIM) • Drecun: Lajcak pushed ZSO aside; story on non-paper appears who knows how many times (RTS) • Selakovic says lack of EU’s reaction on “Great Albania” statements doesn’t help building trust (N1) • One more protest held in Gracanica (RTV KIM) • Zakharova: Agreement between Belgrade and Pristina shouldn’t be forced, rhetoric of Kosovo Albanians concerning (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic replies to Osmani over map issue (Kosovo-online, social media) Opinion: • Kosovan abyss (KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia tightens anti-epidemic measures (N1) • Half million doses of Chinese vaccines to be delivered to Serbia (B92)

• COVID-19: 437 new cases, five deaths (media) • Osmani reacts to Lajcak: Kosovo will always be independent, indivisible (media) • Lajcak: It is an official EU map; line separating Kosovo from Serbia (media) • EU tries to roll up Kosovo map flap (politico.eu) • Lajcak to visit Kosovo on Tuesday, sources say (arbresh.info) • Vjosa Osmani expects votes from LDK too to be elected president (media) • Kosovo journalist Visar Duriqi physically assaulted (media) • UNMIK chief calls for ensuring safe environment for journalists (media) • Five years ago, Hashim Thaci was elected President of Kosovo (media) • Kosovo’s Ambassador Ines Demiri arrives in Israel (media) • Former KLA member Gani Koci summoned by Specialist Chambers (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 25, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 437 new cases, five deaths (media) • EU downplays Lajcak’s interview backdrop map with Kosovo as part of Serbia (Express) • Montgomery: US committed to working with EU on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (VoA, media) • Kosovo journalist Visar Duriqi physically assaulted (media) • Daka leaves the CEC meeting following LVV's request for community votes (Koha) • Hague Court extends detention for Kosovo war veteran leaders (Express) • Emigrant votes are holding Kosovo’s electoral result ‘hostage’ (Euronews.al) • LDK chairmanship to meet today at 16:30 (Express) • Mustafa meets with Rhode, discuss latest developments in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • 95 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • One-month detention assigned to seven persons suspected of involvement in Laplje Selo fight (KoSSev) • Gracanica: Students protest over decision to detain youngsters involved in Laplje Selo fight (Radio kontakt plus) • Father Sava: It was not a lynch, but a fight of two politically opposed groups of young men (media, social media) • Gracanica police station commander: Fight in Laplje Selo arranged in advance (KoSSev) • Rasic: My son certainly didn’t know the fight was organized, school worked on Monday (KoSSev) • Selakovic condemns EP call to five EU states to recognize Kosovo (B92) • Vucic met SOC Patriarch, discussed Kosovo issue (B92) International: • Attack on Kosovo Investigative Journalist Condemned (Balkan Insight) • Former intelligence chief indicted in ‘Gulenist’ case (Prishtina Insight)