UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 10, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Coming weeks, critical in coronavirus fight (Telegrafi) • Thaci writes to Kurti, says he is waiting for reply for PM candidate (media) • Lajcak writes to Thaci about his engagement in dialogue with Serbia (media) • Croatia remains in support of visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media) • Slovakia supports visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • UNSG Guterres: "COVID-19 Pandemic threatens international peace and security" (B92, Tanjug) • Mitrovica North and Zvecan: New movement restrictions in place (Radio kontakt plus) • Two new Covid-19 infected cases in northern Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus) • Crowding in Mitrovica North increases, citizens differently on new measures (Kosovo-online) • Spiric: Press conference live streamed without our consent (KoSSev) • Western Balkans call for EU exemption on exports of medical gear (N1, Politico) • ''Coronavirus death rates in the former Yugoslav republics'' (N1) International: • Naming New PM Not A Priority During Pandemic, Kosovo's Kurti Tells RFE/RL Humanitarian/Development: • Civil Rights Defenders released report on Internet freedoms in the Western Balkan Region (crd.org) • Teachers make the push for distance learning (Prishtina Insight)

• Kosovo: Three new cases of coronavirus, one death (media) • Ministry of Health announces new measures to contain pandemic (media) • Kosovo Acting PM Kurti's interview to RTV21 • Kurti: Alliance with US very deep; elections after the pandemic (RFE) • President dismisses Kurti's "negotiation team" (Prishtina Insight) • “Kurti will play his constitutional role until new PM is elected” (Kosovapress) • Assembly Presidency to decide on PDK-proposed emergency financial package (media) • Surroi: Forming new gov’t without LVV consent is unconstitutional (Klan) • AAK would support LDK in forming new govt (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti discussed pandemic, dialogue with Serbia in telephone call with Macron (media) • Kurti plans to have two teams for dialogue with Serbia (Koha) • Kurti in Malisheva: April, decisive in fight against COVID – 19 (media) • Vitia: Malisheva will lack no protection kits (media) • “COVID - 19 could result in long-term loss at work and production” (media) • MEPs: After the crisis, new elections may be the right way forward (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Possibility of further restriction of movement, Vitia: No decision will be made without 100% coordination with Rakic (KoSSev) • Two new Covid-19 infection cases in Serb-populated areas in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Jevtic in strongest terms condemns Rasic’s statement (Radio kontakt plus) • Bilčík: Freedom of expression, media to be guaranteed during state of emergency (N1, Danas) • Dr Kon: Total ban on any contact; 219 new cases of coronavirus in Serbia yesterday (B92) • EU earmarks 800 million Euro in pandemic aid for Western Balkans and Turkey (N1) Opinion: • World Powers Use Pandemic to Flex Muscles in Balkans (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo's Kurti Assures EU Of Commitment To Dialogue With Serbia (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • China takes new measures fearing that the epidemic might reappear (B92, Tanjug) • Kosovo Company Manufactures 3D Ventilator to Fight COVID-19 (Balkan Insight) • ‘Destructive’ hydropower construction continues despite lockdown (Prishtina Insight)

• 14 new cases of COVID-19 in Kosovo (media) • Health Minister: You will save lives by following the rules (media) • Health minister to take decisions to prevent spread of COVID-19 (media) • Kurti, Lajcak exchange views on pandemic, dialogue with Serbia (media) • Veliu reacts to Osmani, calls her "Thaci's translator" (Koha) • “Kosovo battling two pandemics: COVID-19 and irresponsible politicians” (media) • PDK's Veseli on possible coalition with Vetevendosje (Indeksonline) • Op-ed: Why Lajcak is wrong choice for EU envoy (EUObserver)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 8, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti visits Klina, Peja and Gjakova (media) • Thaci thanks Erdogan for medical aid to Kosovo (media) • Veseli welcomes World Justice Project index ranking Kosovo on 54th place (media) • Police lieutenant arrested for failing to respect government measures (media) • Kurti on Roma Day: We will fight poverty through education (media) • Germany supports Kosovo with two grants worth over €13 million (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian areas three new cases, a total of 36 infected individuals (Kosovo Online) • Rasic: Belgrade ignored rise of infection in northern Kosovo (RTK2, Kontakt plus radio, Beta, N1) • Serbian List: Rasic once again showed he is disgrace of Serbian people (TV Most) • VoA: Serb majority municipalities received insufficient medical assistance; a difficult situation at the clinic in Laplje Selo (Kontakt plus radio) • USAID Director Magno: US assistance targets everyone in Kosovo (KIM Radio) • WHO warns against easing coronavirus measures 'too early' (B92. VoA) • Three more deaths in Serbia; "We will reach peak now, next 10 days are crucial" (B92) • Weekend coronavirus related curfew extended from Friday to Monday in Serbia (RTS, N1, Tanjug) • Djuric: Hospital in Mitrovica North to receive respirator and 1000 protective garments (KoSSev) • Lawyer: Health condition of Zlatan Krstic rapidly deteriorates (Kosovo-online) • EU and Western Balkans leaders’ summit postponed over Covid-19 (RTS) Opinion: • Applauding Kurti’s Fall, the US is Testing Kosovo’s Loyalty (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Kon: If we want to impose more drastic measures, we should do it now (B92)

• 19 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Kosovo on Tuesday (media) • KFOR donates medical equipment to Mitrovica North and South (RTK) • U.S. Embassy commends health workers for fighting COVID-19 (media) • Kosovo Assembly President Vjosa Osmani’s interview to KTV • Konjufca: LVV could not return the north under control for 52 days (media) • Abrashi: LDK does not want new elections (media) • Kurti announces dismissal of water company senior officials (media) • Von Cramon: There could be new steps in visa liberalisation process (Kallxo)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 7, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We don’t have any time for political ping pong (media) • Kurti on Russia’s reaction: Reciprocity derives from concept of equality (Koha) • Kosovo's foreign ministry reacts to Russia’s statement on reciprocity measures (Koha) • PDK’s Veseli calls for extraordinary session of Assembly on Friday (media) • Ramadani: Difficult days to come, respect recommendations (RTK) • Pristina with three additional measures to prevent spread of COVID-19 (RTK) • Haradinaj doesn’t trust Lajcak, says he supports U.S. envoys (Gazeta Express) • Five new coronavirus cases confirmed in Kosovo, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • World Health Day: 'Support nurses, midwives' fighting COVID-19; UN SC to meet (N1) • Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs comments on Pristina’s tariffs (media) • Kosovo Customs: Serbian goods worth EUR 1.6 million entered Kosovo since April 1 (RFE, RTK) • Rakic handed over KFOR’s donation to health facilities and police in Mitrovica North (Radio kontakt plus) • No new Covid-19 infected cases in Serb-majority areas in Kosovo (Radio kontakt puls) Opinion: • 'The impossible has already happened': what coronavirus can teach us about hope (The Guardian) • Lajcak’s clock is already ticking (Prishtina Insight) • How Democracies Can Beat The Pandemic (Balkan Insight) International: • Germany Urges Kosovo Politicians to Focus on COVID-19, Not Divisions (Balkan Insight) • How Multi-ethnic is Kosovo? (Balkan insight) • How the coronavirus pandemic is making strongmen stronger, from Hungary to Serbia to the Philippines (theglobeandmail.com)

• 20 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Kosovo (media) • Apostolova: EU can allocate €160 million for Kosovo (RTK) • Osmani discusses inter-institutional cooperation with Vitia (RTK) • Limaj calls on Kurti to undertake urgent measures in Malisheva (media) • Lajcak to start consultations on Pristina-Belgrade dialogue this week (Express) • Thaci: Kurti a serious violator of Kosovo's Constitution (media) • Svecla: There were tendencies to increase tensions in the north (Koha) • Haradinaj warns of Serbian and Russian agents (Indeksonline) • Science and Arts Academy calls on parties to overcome divisions (media) • Moscow opposes Kosovo’s reciprocity toward Serbia, criticises EU (Koha) • Von Cramon to Mustafa: EP is on Kosovo’s side on its EU aspirations (media) • Thaci sues Bahtiri for assault on Kosovo’s constitutional order (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Two patients affected by COVID-19 die at Pristina hospital (RTK) • Kurti: We are entering the critical stage in the fight against coronavirus (media) • Thaci: Battle against coronavirus pandemic is not over (media) • EU engaged in dialogue, urges resumption of Pristina-Belgrade talks (media) • Abbott: There are no politics in the virus (media) • Vucic talks on the phone with the UNMIK chief, says he is ready to cooperate with "Pristina" against Covid 19 (RTK, Beta) • Norway pledges aid to Kosovo to fight coronavirus pandemic (media) • Slovakia offers assistance to Kosovo to fight COVID-19 outbreak (media) Serbian Language Media: • Six new cases in Serbian communities in Kosovo, total of 33 cases (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: 248 trucks entered Kosovo, eight Albanians from Novi Pazar taken care of in Belgrade (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Djuric: Coronavirus positive persons will be placed in isolation centers (Kontakt plus radio, KIM radio) • President Vucic had phone call with SRSG Tanin, discussed coronavirus and Kosovo (Tanjug, Kosovo-online) • Journalists’ associations, international and local officials react to violation of right to privacy, personal data (Kosovo-online) • EFJ: COVID-19 – political interference in the media in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Serbia enters second month of pandemic with 1.908 infected and 51 dead (RTS) • Four new coronavirus cases in Serb-populated areas in Kosovo, 27 in total (KoSSev) • Movement ban between Mitrovica and Zvecan until further notice (Radio kontakt plus) Opinion: • Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic Is Navigating a Highway to Uncertainty (The National Interest) International: • Kosovo Leaders Feud Over COVID-19 Outbreak in North (Balkan Insight) • Kosovar Media Urged Not To 'Intensify' Tensions During Coronavirus Crisis (RFE) • Washington fiddles in the Balkans while COVID flames engulf the world (The Hill) • Did America help oust Kosovo’s reformist government? (The Economist) Humanitarian/Development: • Djuric: Decision to employ all doctors and 200 nurses from Kosovo Serb communities entered into force (KoSSev)

• Five new cases of coronavirus infections in Kosovo (media) • Kurti: We need to fight together, we will all be triumphant (media) • UNMIK chief calls to uphold human rights in fight against COVID-19 (media) • EU Head of Mission calls for cooperation and solidarity (media) • U.S. Embassy Statement on continued cooperation in fighting COVID-19 (media) • Heldt praises ministers for cooperation, slams ‘tendentious’ journalism (media) • Interior Minister Svecla visits Bosniak Mahalla in the north (media) • KFOR: We are closely monitoring the situation (Koha) • Qalaj: No one can act against laws in any part of Kosovo (T7, RTK) • Vitia: We’re in official coordination with northern municipalities (media) • Thaci: Situation in the north unacceptable (media) • Govt justifies quarantine in the north: There are 16 cases of coronavirus (media) • Abazi says Thaci has split the north of Kosovo (Telegrafi) • LDK issues press release about situation in the north (media) • Hoti: Problems are resolved with political means (RTK) • PDK: Kurti yielded to Belgrade in the north (media) • Haxhiu calls for calmness, criticises other parties for panic and division (media) • Vetevendosje MP warns of improvised tensions in Kosovo north (media) • HRW's Roth: Trump administration backed Kurti's ouster (media) • EFJ criticises political interference in the media in Kosovo (media)