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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 17, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 17 deaths, 764 new cases (media) • Thaci, Veseli and the others at another session on Wednesday (media) • Nagavci: Unity around obsolete political club would be wrong (media) • LVV Spokesman, supports Kurti’s reaction on Special Court (RTK) • Isa Mustafa defends Lulzim Basha (media) • Billboard in support of ex-KLA members torched overnight near Serb-majority Municipality (Gazeta Express) • Serbian president says Merkel siding with Kosovo (media) • Human remains of suspected missing persons from Kosovo war found in Serbia (Euronews Albania) • Kosovo’s economy to shrink 7.2% due to coronavirus crisis (Gazeta Express) Serbian Language Media: • 74 newly infected, one death and 13 cured in Serbian communities (Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev, KiM radio) • Nine more newly infected, 29 hospitalized in Gracanica (Kosovo Online) • Gracanica billboards (media) • Vucic: The Russians knew what was being signed in Washington; We will fight for Serbia (TV most, TV Happy) • Majority of Serbians opposed to NATO membership (N1, Beta) • "The only possible option is for Serbia to join the EU" (B92, Tanjug) • SPC monastery in Kosovo abbess: Ten nuns infected with coronavirus (Beta, N1) • Seventy thousand requests for return of usurped property in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Artists in support of war crimes indictees; A billboard in Gracanica burns down (KoSSev) Opinion: • “Specialist chambers ‘inat’ should be recognised–and faced” (kosovotwopointzero.com) International: • Kosovo president expects better US relations under Biden (Financial Times) • “Serbia and NATO have to work on restoring trust in one another” (EWB) • Suspected Mass Grave of Kosovo War Victims Found in Serbia (Balkan Insight) • Survey: 80% of Serbian citizens against NATO membership, but only 33% against cooperation (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • A year after China 'Patient Zero,' 55 mil infected with SARS-CoV-2, 1.3 mil died (N1, RTS)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 17

• COVID – 19: 11 deaths, 688 new cases (media) • Mustafa: Let’s find an independent candidate for Kosovo President (RTV21) • Hoti: We will soon start consultations on post of Kosovo President (media) • Vetevendosje calls for elections: Government must be dismissed ASAP (media) • Haziri: If we don’t agree on President post, we go to new elections (Gazeta Blic) • Hoxhaj: Biden asked us to vote in favor of Specialist Chambers (Telegrafi) • Bajrami: A vaccine against bad governance (Koha) • Kosovo Foreign Minister warns of Russian – Serbian hybrid threats (media) • Zeka: SPO told Azem Syla not to leave Kosovo this week (media) • “Mortal remains found in Serbia are of Kosovo Albanians” (media) • Janjic: Kosovo, Serbia will reach agreement late next year (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 16, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 11 deaths, 688 new cases (media) • Zemaj: All medical staff specialists will be employed (media) • “Marginalised groups must be supplied with protective equipment” (media) • Hoti: Integration of market, first step toward political reconciliation (media) • Kurti statement on KLA leaders indictments sparks reactions (Euronews Albania) • Kollcaku: Vucic is not a man of peace (Euronews Albania, RTK) • Kusari-Lila warns overthrow of Hoti’s government (KosovaPress, media) Serbian Language Media: • UNS: KLA Crimes Court ignores killings of journalists in Kosovo (Beta, Danas) • KLA billboard disturbs residents of Gracanica, Mayor Popovic invites international community to react (KIM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Petkovic condemns KLA billboards near Gracanica (FoNet, N1) • People’s Party branch in Kosovo: Director of Office for KiM should deal with protecting people in Kosovo (Beta) • Serbian List to People’s party: ‘’Only three Jeremic’s followers, blinded with hatred, do not see the assistance of the state of Serbia’’ (Kosovo Online) • Albanian Minister: Relation between Serbs and Albanians a frozen conflict (N1, FoNet, RTK2) • Serbia condemns prevention of handball team's ban on entry to Kosovo (FoNet, N1) • Gjinovci on Kurti’s allegations against the Special Court: ''Icing on the cake'' evidence of political meddling with justice (KoSSev) Opinion: • Biden presidency is key to EU leadership in Kosovo – Serbia Dialogue (Euractiv) • Thaçi’s gone. The thin line of Erdoğan’s brotherhood (EWB) International: • Unnamed Suspects Charged over Kosovo Serb Politician’s Murder (Balkan Insight) • SDA loses Sarajevo and SNSD loses Banja Luka in Bosnia's 2020 local elections (N1 Sarajevo) Humanitarian/Development: • BIRN to Hold Art Exhibition About Kosovo War Mass Graves (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 16

• COVID - 19: 13 deaths, 501 new cases (media) • Hoti: We have taken necessary steps to fight COVID – 19 (Kallxo) • Kurti wants Kosovo government to defend indictees at The Hague (media) • Williamson: If Kosovo wouldn’t form Special Court, UN would do it (media) • Lack of coordination in government for Washington pledges (Koha) • Finance Minister: War against thieves will continue with all capacities (media) • Fate of ‘disappeared’ Yugoslav soldiers from Kosovo still unknown (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 14

• COVID-19: 1,047 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Prishtina Mayor appeals to citizens to respect new measures (media) • Osmani: EU favoring Serbia as a spoiled child (media) • Haxhiu: New elections before President is elected (media) • Lack of quorum continues to impede Assembly’s work (Kosovapress) • SPO: We have jurisdiction to try Serbian forces for war crimes (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 13, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 953 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Hoti: Outstanding issues must be resolved through dialogue (media) • EU, NATO do not answer Kosovo’s calls to condemn Vucic statement (media) • Hoti: Let’s agree on a President or set a date for new elections (media) • Mustafa: Talks with Serbian List; AKR said it’ll support the bill (Indeksonline) • PDK: Hoti-led government must go home ASAP (media) Serbian Language Media: • 84 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Fabrications of Kosovo's politicians that I called for war (Danas, Beta) • Dacic: Time of false news and Pristina's first love with NATO and EU has passed (Kosovo Online) • Biden asked Haradinaj to protect Visoki Decani in a confidential letter from 2002 (KoSSev) • Spahiu: ''Mentioning of Catholics in the indictment is offensive, members of Muslim community worked more for Milosevic'' (Kosovo Online) • CI SDP: New indictment for Ivanovic's murder confirms Kosovo judiciary violates its own laws (Beta, Kosovo Online) • What did Vucic say? Pristina: Vucic issued a ''war threat''; Belgrade: Kosovan ''hysteria'' and stereotypes about Serbs (KoSSev) Opinion: • Serbian List awaits Vucic to ''wink'' (Danas) • Kosovo wartime leaders’ indictment is inaccurate and biased (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • UN Says Serbian anti-terrorism laws misused to target NGOs, media (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 13

• COVID-19: 767 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Hoti: Kosovo committed to peace, stability and prosperity of the region (media) • Osmani calls on EU, NATO to react to Vucic’s statements (media) • NATO on Vucic's statement on frozen conflicts (RFE) • Kosovo's Foreign Ministry reacts to Vucic’s statement (media) • Quni: We do not want war but if unavoidable, we will win again (media) • Hoxhaj: Region can move ahead when Serbia faces genocide it has committed (media) • NISMA: Final time for EU to take measures towards Serbia (media) • Party of Kosovo Serbs: Vucic’s statement, a hypocrisy (RTK) • Petkovic says Kosovo's reaction to Vucic's statement "hysterical" (media) • PDK Spokesperson denies claims they will join governing coalition (RTK) • AAK MP: Government is already down, election date should be set tomorrow (Express) • Kosovo’s rival communities reach deal on World Heritage site (AP) • Serbian Ministry Again Defends Privacy of Wanted War Criminal (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 12, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 767 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Hoti on COVID-19 situation: We are in a state of war (media) • Ahmeti: Someone from Kacanik can go to Skopje but not to Pristina (media) • Hoti: Missing persons, priority in dialogue with Serbia (media) • Mustafa: No dialogue meetings until after Christmas (Periskopi/Zeri) • Kosovo Government announces agreement on use of Decan roads (media) • Ramosaj: Blockade in construction of Decan-Plave road ends (Telegrafi) • DPM Tahiri on Serbian List: It can leave the government just as it joined (Koha) • Speaker of Swiss parliament visits Krusha e Madhe memorial site (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: 1.800.000 doses provided, most likely of Pfizer vaccine; Better to reach a solution for Kosovo sooner than later (media) • Construction of a road in the municipality of Decani in accordance with the Law on Protected Zones, EU Office says (KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev) • Abbot Sava: An arrangement adopted to protect the monastery from the construction of an international road (Kosovo Online) • The United States will work with the EU in the Balkans, but also with Britain (Danas) • Stano: It would be good for Belgrade and Pristina to prepare for the next round of dialogue (Kosovo Online) • Roma Party President: More than 100,000 Roma expelled from Kosovo, large number killed (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Serbian List to Fatherland Movement: Only those who trade with lives of others can wish for conflicts in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Fatherland Movement: What the example of Nagorno-Karabakh teach us, will Vucic visit his friend Hashim Thaci in The Hague (nspm.rs) Opinion: • Kosovo War Crimes Court Can Promote Justice on All Sides (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Two KelKos hydropower plants granted 40-year licence (Prishtina Insight) • The Husband-and-Wife Team Behind the Leading Vaccine to Solve Covid-19 (nytimes.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 12

• COVID-19: 785 new cases, four deaths (media) • Government to say tomorrow if new measures are approved (media) • Economic recovery draft law fails to pass second reading (media) • Calls for national protest, demanding Health Minister’s resignation (media) • Prishtina mayor strongly disagrees with new anti coronavirus measures (media) • Chamber of Commerce calls on businesses to respect new measures (media) • Reshitaj: AAK has asked for new measures to be reviewed (KTV) • EU: Kosovo must understand dialogue has no alternative (RFE) • Tahiri: New elections if our offer for President is not accepted (media) • Vetevendosje, PDK don’t support Haradinaj’s candidacy for president (KTV) • VV refuses PDK's call to suspend parliamentary activity (RFE/Telegrafi) • Olluri: LDK, PDK are negotiating President and government (Express) • Status conference for Thaci at The Hague on November 18 (media) • Italian ambassador visits Prekaz memorial site (media) • Court calls public session on complaint against government formation (Express)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 11, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 733 new cases, four deaths (media) • PM Hoti announces new measures to combat COVID-19 (Prishtina Insight) • Hoti: Suspension of dialogue does not serve the state interests of Kosovo Telegrafi) • Selimi pleads not guilty at the Hague war crimes trial (media) • Abbott: Kosovo is showing it has courage to face its past, through rule of law (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla: Kosovo should be represented with state symbols (RTK) • PDK postpones Assembly activities for a week (Koha) • Governing partner AAK, against lockdown (media) Serbian Language Media: • 52 new cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Gracanica Crisis Staff: 11 new Covid-19 cases (KIM radio) • Simic: We are seriously considering leaving Hoti's government (Kosovo Online, Indeksonline.net) • CEFTA adopts Western Balkans' Declaration on common market (N1, Beta) • Serbia marks Armistice Day (N1, Beta) • New - third indictment filed in the case of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic (KoSSev) • Stano: Krasniqi's claim that the EU cooperated with the KLA is nonsense (RTV Puls, Kosovo Online, Vecernje Novosti) • Klan Kosova: Milo Djukanovic could be a key witness in the trial against former KLA leaders (KoSSev) • Osmani: Veer away from the dialogue at present; Serbia should not be trusted, they do not respect what they signed (KoSSev, DW) Opinion: • This is not about organ trafficking (peacefare.net) International: • Sofia Summit Conclusions: Western Balkans Leaders remain dedicated to regional cooperation (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Lockdown Has Increased Terrorist Risk to Kosovo, Experts Warn (Balkan Insight) • Study Underscores Link between Human Trafficking and Online Abuse (Balkan Insight)