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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 18, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 11 deaths, 720 new cases (media) • Over 40,000 pages of material against former KLA leaders (Koha) • Prosecution: Trial of KLA leaders to start in summer of the next year (RTK) • Thaci’s lawyer: Starting trial in June is absurd (RTK) • Veseli’s lawyer criticizes evidence work of the Special Prosecutor (RTK) • Krasniqi’s and Selimi’s lawyers also complain, request more time for evidence (RTK) • Emmerson: When evidence comes to light, this indictment will be called ridiculous (RTK) • Hoxhaj: On the day Albanian mass graves are opening in Serbia, freedom fighters are being tried in The Hague (Express) • KLA war veterans: session against Thaci and others, clearly political (Telegrafi) • Balje reacts to Belgrade’s claims that communities are endangered (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • The remains found in the quarry near Raska; Odalovic: We are on the field, awaiting the judge's move (KoSSev) • Braun about Biden's statement on Thaci: Views can be changed (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Enhance the presence of international security forces in Serb areas south of the Ibar, says Petkovic (Kontakt plus radio) • Attack on a Serb in Kisnica, no injuries sustained (KiM radio, gracanicaonline.info, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev, RTV Puls) • YIHR: The glorification of those accused for war crimes is unacceptable always and under any circumstance (KoSSev) • Vulin uses the derogatory term ''Shiptars'' on RTS; Kamberi: Vulin violates Serb laws (KoSSev) • Darko Tasic's lawyer: ''My client was beaten in the prison near Podujevo'' (Kontakt plus radio) • CEC member and former Minister, Rikalo appointed Acting Assistant Director of Office for KiM (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio) • Ambassador Godfrey: Biden's administration will work on strengthening relation with Serbia (FoNet, N1) • EU Ambassador says Serbia’s military neutrality not in question (RFE, N1) • Serbian FM Selakovic meets UN Belgrade office chief Miculescu (FoNet, N1) International: • Bulgaria blocks EU membership talks for North Macedonia (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian teachers’ unions want schools closed (media) • Balkans 17/11/2020: 1.430.341 recorded cases, 32.867 deaths (balkaneu.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 18

• COVID – 19: 17 deaths, 764 new cases (media) • Hoti on the burned banner: We must be calm (RTK) • SPO session for Thaci, Veseli and the others, today (media) • Hoti to Kurti: You know that there is legal basis for protection of the accused (RTK) • Kosovo’s acting President tests positive for coronavirus (Express) • Haradinaj in Berlin, seeks help on liberalization of visas for Kosovo (Express) • Hoxhaj: Mass graves opening in Serbia, EU remains silent (RTK) • Haxhiu: PDK is flirting to become part of the government (RTK) • Krasniqi: Kurti is not honest while calling for protection of KLA leaders (media) • Suspected mass grave of Kosovo war victims found in Serbia (Prishtina Insight)

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)