• Diaspora votes secure Vetevendosje another MP seat (Zeri) • NISMA insists it has crossed election threshold (media) • Palmer: Not realistic to expect Serbia will soon recognise Kosovo (media) • Haxhiu: Kurti, first PM that will demand war reparation from Serbia (Bota Sot) • Thousands gather in Pristina in march for Astrit Dehari (media) • Osmani meets Hahn, Wieland and McAllister (Epoka) • Haradinaj: Lifting the tariff would be a capital political mistake (Koha) • Kosovo prepares to admit another 100 citizens from Syria (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 5, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Delays in announcing election results hurt decision-making processes (Telegrafi) • Kurti: Astrit Dehari, symbol of battle for justice (Kallxo/Telegrafi) • LDK leader Mustafa meets representatives of non-majority communities (media) • Ramadani: ‘Imperial’ Russia returns as threat to Balkans (RTK) • Haradinaj with a message for Kurti on reciprocity with Serbia (Gazeta Express) Serbian Language Media: • Palmer: If Belgrade and Pristina want our political support, the agreement must be acceptable to the US as well (RTV, KoSSev) • Elections in Serbia between 22 March and 5 April, says Serbian president Vucic (RTS) • Dacic with Palmer: Support to the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Serbian media) • Serbian FM Dacic: By year end, four to five states to withdraw Kosovo's recognition (NMagazin, TV Happy) • Delo: Trump urgently needs his “Dayton” (Delo, B92) International: • US to push France on Western Balkans enlargement (EUobserver) • New Format for Discussing Kosovo at the UN Needed, Russia Could Act as Mediator – Analysts (Sputnik)

• LVV: Coalition talks with LDK to be finalised in two weeks' time (media) • Vetevendosje complains to Supreme Court over Diaspora ballots (Klan Kosova) • The endless game of vote recount (Bota Sot) • Haziri: No doubt, prime minister post goes to Vetevendosje (Koha) • Veliu: LDK-LVV coalition not in danger, post of President to be defined (Telegrafi) • Zogiani: We can’t discuss post of President two years beforehand (Indeksonline) • Vetevendosje leader Kurti meets North Macedonia PM Zaev (media) • Thaci: Kosovo remains champion of war against terrorism (RTK) • A new approach to the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (Radio Free Europe)

Albanian Language Media: Analysts comment on disagreements between VV and LDK officials (Telegrafi) Haradinaj: Serbia’s armament from Russia and China, a threat to Kosovo (media) Haradinaj: DASH Report values highly Kosovo’s war against terrorism (RTK) Serbian Language Media: Vucic pleased with the content of the talks with Palmer; Important to respect the results of democratic elections, says Palmer (RTS) Dacic: There is no pressure we would succumb to (RTS) Media: Palmer withdraws ultimatum? (Tanjug, Kurir, B92) "Recognition" or "sanctions" that is the question (Tanjug, B92) Blic: Three reasons why Serbia is pressured by US (Blic, B92) Vucic’s Media Advisor: It won't be easy for Palmer with Vucic either (Tanjug, TV Prva, B92) Serbian PM Brnabic met Chinese President Xi Jinping (Serbian media) SRNA: Pacolli cannot hold lectures (media) Belgrade has no communication with Serbs detained in Kosovo (Tanjug, B92) Vucic wrote to EU on “poisoning case” again (Serbian media, KoSSev) Mihajlovic: Whoever recognizes Kosovo, he has sealed his political career (N1, KIM radio) Simic: It is good that Palmer heard what Serbs think as well (RTS) International: Kosovo’s 1990s Generation Take Reconciliation Personally (Balkan Insight) Balkan leaders warn that EU accession delay risks stoking tensions (Financial Times) Blocking Enlargement Is an Act of European Self-Harm (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian and Development: Protest gathering in Laplje Selo over pollution of Gracanka riverbed (Radio KIM, KoSSev) Journalists benefit from training organized by APJ and UN Women (RTK)

• LDK includes PM post in table of talks (Koha/Zeri) • VV, LDK working groups to hold fifth meeting today (media) • LDK’s Hoti hopes new government will be formed in November (media) • Godfrey: Agreement to be based on mutual recognition (RTK) • Thaci: EU leaders should not make mistakes of the 1990s (Epoka) • Pacolli: We cannot talk about independence, constitution or borders (media) • Berisha: Belgrade making pressure on KSF Serb members (media)

• Mustafa: If we don’t reach agreement with VV, we’ll go into opposition (media) • U.S. Special Rep for Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer’s speech in Pristina (media) • Special Rep for Western Balkans Matthew Palmer’s interview to Radio Free Europe • Gashi wants agreement with VV to be based on equality (Koha) • Former Croatian President against eventual border changes (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 1, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • VV-LDK government program to be finalised next week (ekonomiaonline) • Haradinaj: Thaci, Rama, Citaku, Vucic supported Kosovo’s partition (Telegrafi) • Munter: Trump wants to bring Kurti and Vucic to Washington for a deal (media) • Incoming government may cancel 2020 budget projections (RFE) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: Serbia strengthened its foreign-policy position (RTS) • “Same message to Belgrade and Pristina from all ambassadors at UN SC session” (Tanjug, B92) • A secret even for CEC members to which country were sent votes from Serbia for the analysis (Politika, TV Most, Kosovo Online) • Concluded hearing of a witness in connection with the case of Nenad Arsic (Kontakt plus radio) • Kosovo Special Prosecutor announces first indictments for murder of Oliver Ivanovic (KoSSev, N1) • "If the borders within former Yugoslavia begin to change, it will be a disaster" (RTS, B92) • Surlic to N1: How to believe in the final agreement on Kosovo when the agreed so far is not implemented Opinions: • Mustafaj: Vjosa Osmani as a stateswoman (Telegrafi) Humanitarian and Development: • Kosovo Failing to Protect Diaspora Rights and Tap Potential (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo rape: Teacher and policeman accused in teenager case (BBC)

• UN Security Council discusses quarterly report on Kosovo (media) • LVV, LDK discuss establishing special investigation office (media) • Reeker: U.S. not focused on border change (media) • Palmer to visit Kosovo today (media) • Limaj: There never was worse election administration in Kosovo (Koha) • Serbian List: Kurti not to deny rights of Serbs and SL’s victory (Zeri)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 31, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Hoxhaj to Guterres: Kosovo should become UN member (RTK) • CEC: Diaspora ballot count not expected to begin today (Kosovapress) • Daka after Supreme Court decision: We are obliged to count ballots (Telegrafi) • Rule of law, main topic of today's LVV-LDK meeting (Telegrafi) • EULEX: Kosovo did not ask us to be involved on Astrit Dehari’s autopsy (Express) Serbian Language Media: • UNSC on Kosovo today, Belgrade will indicate the real situation on the field (RTS) • Russian Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko: Kosovo should be the main focus of the UN Security Council (Tanjug, TV Most, TASS) • Odalovic: What Kurti advocates for moves us away from dialogue (Danas) • In case of EU accession plan failure, Serbia has a "plan B" (Tanjug, Kurir, B92) • Bregu: EU in deep crisis, region to connect and focus on reforms (BETA, N1) • Joksimovic: Serbia was first to start EU accession under new rules (N1) • Vucic: Peace, stability and cooperation in the region are Serbia's priorities (Tanjug, B92) • Fajon: Continuation of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia EU priority (RTK2, Tanjug) • British policy in Western Balkans unchanged, UK ambassador in Belgrade says (BETA, N1) Opinions: • Macron is Gambling Away EU Influence in Balkans (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbia Vows to Adopt New NATO Plan Soon (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian and Development: • NGOs call for halt to hydropower (Prishtina Insight)

• Guterres: Long break in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue halted progress (media) • Supreme Court orders CEC to count Diaspora ballots (media) • Daka: There could be a total recount of votes (media) • ECAP rejects NISMA's complaint regarding ballots from Serbia (media) • Kurti and Osmani meet and discuss new government (media) • Hoti: We agreed with LVV only on Prime Minister’s post (KTV) • Kurti: Economic development that employs and integrates all (RTK) • Djuric: Kurti to say publicly he doesn’t want to meet obligations for Serbs (Klan) • “Idea of Presevo Valley’s unification with Kosovo is not dead” (RTK/Bota Sot) • Astrit Dehari’s case to be investigated by Special Prosecution (media) • EC and Kosovo sign agreement on fighting terrorism (media) • Police special units launch operation in Mitrovica South and other locations (Indeksonline)