• COVID-19: 2,295 new cases, 18 deaths (media) • PDK leader: Kosovo going through tragedy; Government needs clear plan (EO) • Lajcak: Next dialogue meeting in early September (media) • Brussels says 2013 agreement violated, government and KJC silent (Koha) • KLI: Court of Appeals acted correctly in case of Ivan Todosijevic (media) • Founders and opponents of Open Balkan to meet in Slovenia (Koha) • 23 Albanians believed to be in suspected mass grave in the north (Telegrafi) • Ex-Trump spy chief Grenell celebrates pro-Moscow Serb strongman (Spytalk)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 25, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 2,295 new cases, 18 deaths (media) • Prime Minister Kurti received the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj (media) • Trendafilova rejects request of Thaci’s defense for her withdrawal (RTK) • AAK: The situation is very serious, get out of your shell of political interests (RTK) • Suspicion that Mitrovica intellectuals are buried in a mass grave in Dreth (Koha) • Protest: Killing of women to be treated as a national emergency (media) • The U.S. Embassy: As long as domestic violence continues, women will never be equal (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • 23 new cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • EU: Pristina violated Brussels agreement in case of Ivan Todosijevic (Radio KIM) • Raska-Prizren Eparchy, NGOs react to verdict to Ivan Todosijevic (media) • Northern mayors urge Pristina to determine responsibility for Brussels agreement violation (RTS) • Vucic: Todosijevic convicted because of truth (Radio KIM) • Djuric: Vucic and I know people coming to State Department (N1) • Hearing on lawsuit regarding Christ the Savior Temple land in Pristina postponed (Kosovo-online) • Kosovo Judicial Council: Court employees in Mitrovica resumed working (KoSSev) International: • Kosovo Serbs Furious About Jailing of MP for ‘Ethnic Hatred’ (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Stamenkovic: Kamenica has always been good example of co-existence (Kosovo-online, RTK2)

• COVID-19: 2,541 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Education Ministry not convinced by record number of infected children (Koha) • Murder of 18 year old girl forces the state to act (Koha) • Protest march in defense of women to be held in Prishtina today (media) • Government allocates €40 million for economic recovery (Koha) • President Osmani met with US Ambassador to Kosovo Philip Kosnett (media) • Kosovo will provide shelter to around 2.000 Afghans (Radio Free Europe) • Baraliu: Government not obliged to implement Association agreement (media) • Suspected mass grave in village in Mitrovica North (RTK) • Kosovo’s trade gap widens 39.5% y/y in July (Seenews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 24, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 2,541 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Osmani signs agreement with U.S. for additional $ 3.8 million for Kosovo (RTK) • President of the Specialised Chambers to visit Kosovo on 7 September (RTK) • Government allocates 15 million euros for creation of new jobs (RTK) • Kosovo and Northern Macedonia sign legal cooperation agreement (media) • Isa Mustafa: The Association should not be established (media) • Abbot: missing persons should not be used for political benefits (media) Serbian Language Media: • Verdict to Ivan Todosijevic upheld, Serbian officials react (media) • Vucic thanks Azerbaijan and India for respecting Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo-online) • KSF members again in Gracanica, Partes and Priluzje (Kosovo-online) • WHO representative says situation related to Covid-19 deteriorating in Serbia (N1) • Some 60,000 people in Serbia received third dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine so far (N1) International: • Kosovo Serb MP’s Jail Sentence for ‘Ethnic Hatred’ Upheld (BIRN)

• COVID-19: 1,927 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • US Embassy: COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain microchips (media) • The unsheltered during the pandemic (Koha Ditore) • Murder of teenage woman sparks protest in Ferizaj (BIRN) • “Hundreds of cases domestic violence, thorough vetting in justice is needed” (KTV) • Delete profile: Online abuse of Kosovo women costing democracy (BIRN) • Serbian List not sure if it will take part in October local elections (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 24, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Police arrest main suspect for murder of 18 year old girl in Ferizaj (media) • Kurti: The murderer will get the merited punishment (Koha) • COVID-19: 1,927 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • 797 patients on oxygen therapy, 37 of them in serious condition (media) Serbian Language Media: • 26 new cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Elek: Mitrovica North Hospital Center under Covid system again (KoSSev) • 11-year-old Serb boy injured in Kamenica (KoSSev, Puls) • Vucic: I didn’t get invitation for Brussels (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Kosovo Security Forces want to intimidate Serbian population (Radio kontakt plus) • Rakic and Federici spoke about security, frequent attacks against Serbs (Kosovo-online) International: • Serbian arms used in Africa’s Sahel conflict: Amnesty International (BIRN)

• COVID-19: 1,067 new cases, 17 deaths (media) • COVID-19 claims lives of 17 citizens in 24 hours, in Kosovo (Euronews.al) • Kosovo leaders react to murder of 18 year old girl in Ferizaj (media) • Haxhiu to join today’s protest in Ferizaj (media) • Health Ministry asks CEC to change locations of 30 polling centers (media) • Sami Lushtaku will not be able to run in local elections (Indeksonline) • Nagavci: New school year to start on September 1 (Indeksonline) • Defence Minister Mehaj in an official visit to Germany (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 23, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 1,067 new cases, 17 deaths (media) • U.S. Embassy urges Kosovo people to get vaccinated: We will donate over 700,000 doses (Express) • 15,577 diaspora voters registered for local elections (Ekonomia Online) • Haxhiu: violence should be severely punished (media) • KSF distributes masks to people throughout Kosovo (RTK) • Dreshaj: The state is treating human lives only as daily figures (media) Serbian Language Media: • 22 cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Reducing number of KFOR soldiers threat to peace and survival of Serbs (N1) • 23 years since kidnapping of Radio Pristina journalists (Radio KIM) • Petkovic on Serbian unity, incidents, upcoming elections in Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Selakovic with President of Egypt on continuation of good cooperation (Kosovo-online) • Bregovic & Kalashnikov brought crowd to their feet in Korca, concert continued despite tear gas (KoSSev)

• COVID-19: 1,682 new cases, 11 deaths (media) • United States donates 500,000 Pfizer vaccines to Kosovo (Exit News) • Haradinaj slams Kurti for poor management of COVID-19 situation (media) • Government to opposition: You legitimised university in the north in 2015 (Koha) • Pupovci: Kosovo law enables Mitrovica North to build university (media) • LDK reacts against so-called “Prishtina university in Mitrovica” (Telegrafi) • Kosovo to equip security forces with armoured vehicles (BIRN) • Father’s wartime disappearance motivates Kosovo’s missing persons chief (BIRN) • Cracks are emerging in Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic consensus (BIRN) • Tear gas thrown when Goran Bregovic sang at Beer Festival in Korça (Ocnal)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 21, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 2,250 new cases, four deaths (media) • Haziri: COVID-19 situation is alarming; mass vaccination is needed (Lajmi) • “Paris welcomes ‘Open Balkan’ if coordinated with Berlin Process” (Express) • Serbia fails to respect agreements, lobbies against Kosovo recognition (EO) • Serbia invests 6 million euros for parallel university in the north (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic meets Serbian List representatives in Gracanica (Radio KIM) • Rakic: With unity, we are thwarting plans of Albanian parties (Politika, RTV) • Serbian opposition: Single election list; No to Kosovo recognition, no to NATO (N1) • WHO representative says situation related to coronavirus escalating in Serbia (N1) • Grenell supported Vucic: Hypocrisy of Twitter on full display (Danas) • Woman from Serbia awaits evacuation from Kabul at UN base (N1) • Visoki Decani Monastery limits number of visitors (Radio KIM) • Shava: Zimbabwe to continue support Serbia regarding Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Petrovic: Serbia stands by Dragica Gasic (Kosovo-online) International: • Welcome home? ISIS returnees test Balkan countries’ ability to reintegrate (BIRN)