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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 16

• COVID-19: 71 new cases, one death (media) • Thaci warns of danger from Thursday's meeting in Brussels (media) • PM's advisor dismisses Thaci's warnings about Brussels meeting (Klan) • Netanyahu to Kosovo people: I extend the hand of friendship (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla accuses Vucic for breach of agreement (media) • Osmani: Wrong for closed issues to be readdressed with Serbia (media) • Konjufca: Serbia, not the U.S., drafted parts of Washington agreement (Klan) • Kosovo conditions Serbia on Association: Implementation after recognition (RFE) • Hoti to discuss Washington Agreement with civil society (RTK) • Limaj requests from opposition to be part of dialogue with Serbia (RTK) • Letters of intent signed in Washington for construction of new highway (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 15, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 71 new cases, one death (media) • Zemaj urges parents, teachers to adhere to COVID-19 measures (media) • Trump: Vucic and Hoti made their countries, Balkans and world safer (media) • "Grenell says Trump plans to visit Kosovo" (Klan Kosova) • Osmani: Democracy in Kosovo undermined by minority governments (Telegrafi) • Romania's position on Kosovo's independence remains unchanged (Zeri) Serbian Language Media: • State Department posts Trump praise of Vucic, Hoti (media) • Palestinian ambassador conveys to Vucic the concern over embassy relocation to Jerusalem (Beta, N1) • Grenell: Vucic is tough negotiator, fights for Serbian people (RTS, Serbian Radio Chicago) • EU: Washington documents mean Belgrade & Pristina commitment to US (N1) • Belgrade to Berlin: US talks open room for ordinary people reconciliation (FoNet, N1) • Vucic spoke with Patriarch Irinej, informed him on Kosovo negotiations (RTS) • Fatherland Movement on Washington agreement (Radio KIM) • Church in Babin Most, near Obilic, desecrated (Kosovo Online, B92, KIM radio) • North Macedonia PM: Meeting with President Vucic about 'mini-Schengen’ (N1) Opinion: • Trump’s Balkan agreement does Israel more harm than good – opinion (The Jerusalem Post) International: • Kosovo’s Legal Aid for War Crimes Suspects Raises Concerns (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 15

• COVID-19: 55 new cases, four deaths (media) • Hoti to report to MPs on dialogue with Serbia (media) • “Agreement with Serbia, in complete coordination with the U.S.” (media) • Kurti: Serbia's projects are old, Kosovo's concessions new (media) • Bajrami: Only Israel’s recognition is historic in Washington agreement (Koha) • Coalition partners gathered again on Monday (media) • Haradinaj: We won’t vote any other candidate except Ramush (media) • Gjini: Vetevendosje initiated no-confidence motion to trap the PDK (KTV) • Beqiri: No one in the LDK is celebrating Osmani’s departure (media) • Djuric: Serbia will insist on speedy creation of the Association (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 14, 2020

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 14, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 55 new cases, four deaths (media) • PM Hoti calls for maximal caution from pupils and teachers (media) • PM Hoti: €10 mil to municipalities as part of economic revival program (media) • PDK is not pleased with Washington agreement, complains about Hoti (media) • Plenkovic: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue with two wings, in Brussels and Washington (Koha) • William Walker contracted to advise President Thaci (Prishtina Insight) Serbian Language Media: • Five new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo, one person passed away (Radio KIM) • Stano: Continuation of talks on non-majority communities and property (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic decided on the government? (media) • Kosovo Serb Orthodox Diocese on Koha’s text: It spreads ethnic and religious hatred (KoSSev) • Father Sava: Claims of those calling us usurpers, unworthy of Albanian people sons who respected others (KoSSev) • Koha: ''Appropriation of medieval Arberian monuments in Kosovo by Serbs'' (KoSSev) • Leaks of dossiers from The Hague – covering up KLA crimes (Politika) • Pompeo hails Serbia's announcement to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization (N1) • Vucic: Lack of reaction to Pristina's unfulfilled obligation shameful (BETA, N1) • Vucic: Excellent phone talk with Netanyahu (SRNA, N1) • Detention of four Serbs arrested at Mokra Gora Mountain extended (RTS) Opinion: • Belgrade professor to Grenell: Nobel Prize nomination sounds like mockery (N1) • After Trump’s Serbia-Kosovo Deal, it’s Over to Brussels (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbia-Kosovo Deal Behind Trump Nobel Prize Nod Dismissed As 'Photo Opportunity' by Ex-Serbian FM (Newsweek) Humanitarian/Development: • Womens’ Network, MPs react against court decision (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 14

• COVID-19: 71 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Kosovo government meets today (media) • Kosovo Assembly Presidency to meet today (media) • Mustafa: Prime minister guided by Constitution not coalition partners (media) • LVV and PDK to oppose Mini-Schenghen with all means (RTK) • Borrell: Only Europeans can stabilise the Balkans (FT/Kosovo media) • Fabrizi: Next rounds of dialogue, even more difficult (media) • Israel's Netanyahu to address Kosovo in remarks from White House (Klan) • Serwer: Washington Agreement does not even enable start of economic normalisation (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 12

• COVID-19: 50 new cases, five deaths (media) • A third of people in Kosovo believe COVID-19 is a hoax, according to poll (AFP/EuroNews) • Zemaj: All set for the start of new school year (media) • Osmani: There is danger of a Republika Srpska in the north of Kosovo (RFE) • Veseli: Kosovo delegation failed to reach final agreement with Serbia (media) • Nagavci: Fall of Hoti-led government, a matter of days (Kosovapress) • “Specialist prosecutors investigating files case sent to KLA associations” (media) • Op-ed: Kosovo Serbia Agreement Could Sway US Election (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 11, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 50 new cases, five deaths (media) • Hoti: France and Netherlands impede visa liberalization (media) • Aliu accuses Hoti for granting ownership of Ujman lake to Serbia (media) • Haxhiu: Kosovo’s Bosnianisation will not be allowed, Hoti should leave (RTK) • Kosnett: U.S. and Kosovo to strengthen partnership against terrorism (RTK) • Civil society: There was no transparency on Washington agreement (media) • The United States, Kosovo and Serbia nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (media) Serbian Language Media: • Two new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities, five patients recovered (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic says Serbia managed to open White House doors (media) • US envoy: Serbia faces many burdensome political decisions (FoNet, N1) • Moscow daily: New govt. will show if Serbia changes foreign policy (Beta, N1) • Kosovo Police: Four graves damaged in Zakovo during works on water supply (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Serb cemetery desecrated in Kosovo (N1, Beta) • Vukcevic: It is very strange, unbelievable that files of the Special Prosecutor’s Office were leaked (KoSSev) Opinion: • Hoti’s government is a sitting duck (Prishtina Insight) • Jovic: Serbia is seriously approaching the US, it could become the main partner in the Balkans (N1, KoSSev) • Non-agreement or why it takes (at least) two to reach an agreement (KoSSev) International: • Unpacking the Serbia-Kosovo Deal (visegradsight.eu) • Kosovo and Serbia - Israel’s Balkan blunder (The Jerusalem Post) Humanitarian/Development: • WHO acknowledges: The end of the pandemic might be ... (B92, Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 11

• COVID-19: 69 new cases, seven deaths (media) • UN says more funds needed for coronavirus vaccine (VOA/RTV21/Kallxo) • Kosovo and North Macedonia considering easing border restrictions (media) • Hoti: We will respect agreement on Association (media) • Tahiri: European Parliament confirmed support for visa liberalisation (media) • Kosovo and North Macedonia considering easing border restrictions (media) • Palmer: The U.S. happy with progress in Kosovo-Serbia negotiations (Koha) • Grenell says he jokingly proposed renaming Ujman/Gazivode to Lake Trump (Klan) • Limaj: No disagreements among coalition partners (media) • Mustafa: We do not have agreement on President with AAK (RTK/T7) • Israeli official: New embassy in Pristina to be opened soon (Koha) • Vucic about Washington meeting: I did not sleep the entire night (RTK) • Djuric: No agreement without Association of Serb-majority municipalities (Koha/Zeri) • Serbia and Kosovo awkwardly embrace Israel (The Economist)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 10, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 69 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Decision on reopening of schools expected today (media) • Kosovo and North Macedonia discuss easing of border restrictions (RFE) • Minister Zemaj thanks OSF for donating funds to combat COVID-19 (media) • Ambassador Szunyog meets Kosovo political leaders (media) • Klinaku: Specialist Prosecutor's Office communicated with authorities in Serbia (Klan) • "Political instability, corruption hampering economic development" (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Putin with Vucic on Kosovo: Russia's unchanged position (media) • Borrell: Serbia expected to act in line with its aim – EU membership (N1) • Palestine envoy to Serbia: I ask Vucic for audience and expect explanation (media) • Peskov: Russia does not consider Serbia's decision to postpone military exercises a consequence of Western pressure (Tanjug, Blic, TASS) • Stano: Resolving the status of non-majority communities is crucial (Tanjug, Kontakt plus radio) • Media: Bilcik raised the issue of the participation of the Serbian Armed Forces in the exercise in Belarus (NMagazin) • Government of Serbia: Decision to halt all military exercises and activities (Serbian media) • Source tells Israeli daily Serbia won’t move embassy if Kosovo recognized (N1, The Times of Israel) • EU diplomats: Belgrade-Pristina agreement within a year (Beta, N1) • Property, one of the most difficult issues in Brussels (media) Opinion: • Biserko: Serbia's manoeuvring space regarding Kosovo issue has shrunk (N1) International: • Montenegro’s Change in Power has the Region Worried (Balkan Insight) • How Israel justifies sudden recognition of Kosovo that has riled Serbia (The Times of Israel) • ‘Living Yugoslavia’: Past Identity Becomes Present Political Statement (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Dramatic warning and gloomy forecast of experts: facing ecology threats started... (B92, Tanjug)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 10

• COVID-19: 76 new infections, six deaths (media) • Hoti: Washington agreement, major step towards mutual recognition (media) • Lajcak: High time to bring dialogue to successful end (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla: Mutual recognition, a decade overdue (media) • Palmer: U.S. sees no parallels between Kosovo and Republika Srpska (Koha) • PM Hoti to visit Brussels again (media) • EU official: Kosovo cannot apply for European Union membership (Koha) • Haxhiu: Serbia recognises Kosovo when it gets association and resources (RTK) • Selmanaj: AAK does not support LVV's no-confidence motion (Koha) • Erdogan has separate telephone conversations with Thaci and Vucic (media) • Dzaferovic: U.S. reminded that Kosovo's case has nothing to do with BiH (Sarajevo Times) • Abazovic: I leave the government if derecognition of Kosovo is initiated (media) • Russia welcomes Serbia, Kosovo economic normalization (Anadolu Agency) • Trump’s Serbia-Kosovo Deal ‘Middle-Easternizes’ the Balkans (Balkan Insight) • EC approves financial assistance to Kosovo (Zeri)