UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 13, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We are working day and night to reach coalition with LDK (Klan Kosova/Kallxo) • U.S. Ambassador Philip Kosnett’s interview with Jeta Xharra • Kosovo can enter a blockade if LVV refuses to propose a name for Assembly Speaker (Express) Serbian Language Media: • ''No one has the right to tell a family to stop hoping their member will be found'' (RTV KiM) • Where did Kosovo get from thousands of pages of documents about war crimes? (FRE, Radio KIM) • Ombudsman launches investigation into excessive use of force against villagers protesting the construction of MHE in Strpce (KoSSev) • Rakic: Fake indictments against Serbs published in Albanian media (TV Most) International: • Opening new Chapter with Serbia was mostly a message of good will to the region (EWB) • If Kosovo, Albania & Macedonia are considered for EU membership, why not independent Scotland & Catalonia? – Puigdemont (Russia Today) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosnett: ‘I eat this air with a fork like everybody else’ (Prishtina Insight) • 99 underage mothers during 2019 (Klan)

• Kurti promises agreement with Mustafa before constitutive assembly session (Koha) • Kurti: LDK seeks President’s post, but they don’t say who is the candidate (RTK) • Kosnett: The U.S. never supported border change (Kallxo) • UK's ambassador meets LDK leaders (media) • Selimi: Lajcak, serious candidate for EU envoy in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • “Serbian List not an obstacle to formation of new Kosovo government” (media) • Palokaj: EU has failed in the dialogue led by Mogherini (Koha) • Constitutional Court suspends law on salaries (media) • Montenegro court confirms sentence for war crimes in Kosovo (Zeri) • Kosovo opens its embassy in Oslo, Norway (RTK)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: There can be no border changes of Kosovo (DW) • Kurti: No meeting with Mustafa today (media) • LDK’s Avdyli optimistic a coalition agreement with LVV will be reached (Telegrafi) • EU: Corruption remains a serious challenge in Kosovo (Kosovapress) Serbian Language Media: • Brammertz: Balkans deny crimes and glorifies criminals (RTS) • "It would be great if Serbia wanted to join NATO" (Tanjug, Blic, B92) • Djuric: Initiators of conflict and biggest criminals in Kosovo present themselves as Albanian leaders in Kosovo (Danas) • Serbian List: ''Albanian politicians to stop hating Serbs'' (RTV Pulse, Vecernje Novosti, Radio Mitrovica North) • Silvana Arsovic discharged from hospital (RTS) Opinion: • Baton Haxhiu: It appears the U.S. Embassy has received pledge of future PM (Klan) International: • Hopes Rise in Kosovo for Deal on New Government (Balkan Insight) • Nine EU Members release a new proposal for the reform of enlargement process (European Western Balkans) • Kosovo declares Peter Handke 'persona non grata' (Deutsche Welle) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo Doctor’s Exhibition Documents Wartime Refugees’ Journey (Balkan Insight) • International Mountain Day: We did not protect nature (KoSSev)

• Kurti and Mustafa meet, fail to reach agreement (media) • Thaci calls Assembly's constitutive session on 24 December (media) • Haxhiu: If LDK insists on President’s post, Kosovo will head for new elections (KP) • Osmani: I believe on positive moves for coalition in the following days (RTK) • Thaci to Vucic: Seeking compromise without recogntion, a provocation (RTK) • Kosovo declares Nobel laureate Handke ‘persona non grata’ (media) • Butel: Kosovo has not fulfilled all criteria for visa liberalisation (RTK) • Rakic: We have not given up forming association of Serb municipalities (Koha/Zeri) • Bamieh: EULEX sent all war crimes cases with Serb suspects to Serbia (RTK/Bota Sot) • Albania lobbies for Kosovo joining Adriatic Charter (Koha Ditore)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 11, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • No Kurti-Mustafa agreement, LVV leader to meet trade unions today (Express) • “Kurti expected to meet Mustafa following return from Germany” (Telegrafi) • Online poll: Majority of respondents optimistic of an LVV-LDK agreement (Telegrafi) • Zyberaj: We’ll prosecute all Serbian officials responsible for crimes (media) • Kosovo’s power plants, among the biggest polluters in Europe (RFE) • Haxhiu: If LDK insists on President’s post, Kosovo will go for new elections (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: We are ready for talks about compromise on Kosovo issue (RTS) • Moscow will agree with UN SC discussion of division of Kosovo, if Serbia wants (N1) • Borrell tells EU members to focus on Western Balkans (Beta, N1) • Vucic congratulates Handke (RTS) • Serbian List MPs verified their mandates in Kosovo Assembly (FoNet, Radio kontakt plus, RTK2) • Djuric: Panicked fear of former KLA commanders (TV Most) • Manitasevic ceased hunger strike due to health reasons (Radio KIM, Novosti) • Marko Rosic's parents confirmed that neither they nor his lawyer have received the indictment (Danas, TV Most) • The Swede who returned Nobel Prize she allegedly received, hadn't received it at all? (B92, Sputnik) Opinion: • Europe must lead on the climate crisis. The European Green Deal shows how (The Guardian) International: • Four Balkan States Boycott Nobel Ceremony to Protest Handke (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo President Says 'Future Is Not Built By Denying Crimes,' Urges Serbia To Accept Blame (RFE) • Russia Throws Wrench Into Efforts to Renew Serbia-Kosovo Talks (Bloomberg) Humanitarian/Development: • KCSS: Women excluded from security sector, inclusion remains a challenge (EO) • Kosovo’s Jews in Race to Preserve Heritage (Balkan Insight)

• Thaci says Assembly session will be called as required by law (Bota Sot) • Veseli: Delays in forming new institutions not positive for Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Hoti: Agreement to be reached in following days, no reason for failure (media) • In Berlin, Osmani meets U.S. special envoy Grenell (media) • Delays in formation of Assembly cannot set in motion Constitutional Court (Koha) • Thaci: Internationals’ silence enabled Vucic to deny the massacre (media) • Pacolli: EU to demand Serbia hand over war criminals (media) • Borell: An agreement in Pristina - Belgrade dialogue, my priority (RTK) • Svecla on meeting with Djuric: It was a working meeting (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 10, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Thaci: Internationals’ silence enabled Vucic to deny the massacre (media) • Veseli’s interview at Specialist Chambers ends after three hours (media) • Abazi: Agreement between LVV and LDK by week’s end (Klan Kosova) • Apostolova: The people need new institutions (Lajmi) • Jashari: Law on salaries must be suspended (RTK) • CDHRF: Internationals have experimented with mortal remains (RTK) • A week after Kurti-Mustafa meeting, no decision on President’s post (G Express) • U.S. with a request for the new government (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Media in Pristina publish indictment for murder of Oliver Ivanovic (N1, KoSSev) • Djuric: Indictments in case of Ivanovic’s murder, continuation of hunt against Serbia (RTS, Prva TV) • Marko Rosic transferred to North Mitrovica detention facility (KoSSev) • Zyberaj: We will forward 10,000 pages of evidence of Serbia’s crimes to the Prosecutor’s Office (KoSSev) • Ombudsman: Attacks on Roma woman result of incited hatred on social media and media portals (KoSSev) • Ricardo Gutierrez: Most killed and missing journalists in Kosovo (Free Serbian, Radio Mitrovica North, KIM radio) • Aleksandar Spiric’s lawsuit against the KoSSev editor dismissed (KoSSev) • "Anti - Handke hysteria": How did we end up with Christiane Amanpour's comments? (B92, Tanjug, N1) • Argentina will not change its stance on Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus) Opinion: • The Children of ISIS Don’t Belong in Cages, Either (The New York Times) International: • Oliver Ivanovic Murder: Indictment Names Kosovo Serb ‘Crime Gang’ (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Haradinaj: Our responsibility to build the state on values of tolerance (media) • “RAE community, especially women, experience violence on a daily basis” (EO) • Campaigners demand EU action against Western Balkan heavy polluters (Reuters) • Ex-Yugoslav States Failing on Gender Justice, Report Says (Balkan Insight)

• LDK and LVV optimistic on reaching coalition agreement within this week (media) • LVV denies having agreed to endorse LDK candidate for president of Kosovo (Zeri) • Kusari-Lila: Lack of coalition agreement, disappointment for citizens (Klan Kosova) • Rugova: LVV-LDK agreement to include president's post (Epoka e Re) • UK, Swiss embassies condemn statements of Serbian officials (media) • Osmani: Kosovo commemorates victims of genocide, EU rewards Serbia (media) • PDK leader Veseli to be interviewed today in The Hague (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• German Ambassador symbolically calls for formation of new government (Kallxo)
• “Formation of Assembly not dependant on LVV – LDK agreement” (RFE)
• YIHR Kosovo and YIHR Serbia condemn Vucic’s denial rhetoric (media)
• No decision on President’s post a week after Kurti-Mustafa meeting (G Express)
• Veseli leaves for The Hague: Proud to have been part of KLA (RTK)

Serbian Language Me

• Kurti: If there is no agreement with LDK, we will go to new elections (RTK) • VV: Either government with LDK or we go to new elections (Koha) • Murati: Drop the conditions, let us start working (Klan Kosova) • Haradinaj: New elections not the right move (Zeri) • UNMIK chief expresses concern over attempts to distort painful events (media) • U.S. Embassy reacts to Vucic’s statements on Recak (media) • LVV's Svecla slammed for sitting next to Djuric in Tirana conference (media) • Visa liberalisation for Kosovo not on the agenda (Koha)