UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 11, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Thaci: Statements about withdrawal of US troops, serious messages (media) • Haradinaj calls leaders to meet: Let's unite on important topics (media) • Haxhiu: Kosovo will never damage relations with U.S. (media) • KFOR commander: KSF needs permission to go to the north, police don’t (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • “Vucic goes to Berlin to reiterate his clear position to Chancellor Merkel” (Novosti, Tanjug, B92) • Dacic requests urgent and unconditional revocation of tariffs (N1) • Confirmed for B92.net: Vucic canceled all SNS election rallies (media) • Dacic: We continue work on retracting recognitions of Kosovo (Dnevnik, FoNet) • Djukanovic: United States resolved to unblock Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTS) International: • Donald Trump Junior Urges US Troop Withdrawal from Kosovo (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo government approves delayed 2020 budget (Reuters) Humanitarian/Development: • Kurti: Fighting poverty and inequality remains a priority on which we must work together • Remarks of SRSG Zahir Tanin at UNKT Strategic Prioritisation Retreat • Balkan Countries Tighten Security as Coronavirus Cases Surge (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Prosecutors Accuse Serbian Company of Wrecking Medieval Fortress (Balkan Insight)

• Thaci calls on government to accept U.S. requests: Clashes are dangerous (media) • Kurti: Differences of opinions should not become contradictions (Koha) • Isa Mustafa: I have sent an envoy to meet Grenell (media) • Veseli to Kurti: You triggered most dangerous debate in Kosovo-US relations (media) • Trump Jr: There are 650 troops in Kosovo. Time to bring them home (media) • PM Kurti meets Franco-German delegation (Zeri) • Haradinaj meets Veseli, Limaj; discuss plans for a “Unity Conference” (media) • Kosovo government approves €10 million action plan to face coronavirus (media) • Ministry: Kosovo schools to remain open until further notice (media) • Pristina municipality takes first preventive measures against coronavirus (Telegrafi) • Serbian man wanted for war crimes arrested in Budapest (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • Thaci: Disappointing that envoys made no mention of visa liberalisation (media) • Senator warns of U.S. reconsidering its presence in Kosovo (media) • Kurti does not deny U.S. sanctions, says he hasn’t verified the news (Express) • Osmani: Only the government has legitimacy to lead dialogue with Serbia (media) • Kosovo government approves draft budget for 2020 (media) Serbian Language Media: • "Albanians oppose compromise, Serbs promote frozen conflict. There's no solution" (Tanjug, B92) • Covic on blockade of US funds to Pristina – a storm in a teacup (RTS) • Bajrami: The greater challenge for Kurti’s government is its lack of unity, not Thaci’s plans (KoSSev) • Stanojkovic: Kurti will yield, but slowly, and this will cost Kosovo a lot (KoSSev) • Abbot Janjic and COMKFOR Risi on situation and protection of SOC shrines (KoSSev) • Urgent measures of the Government of Serbia adopted due to the coronavirus (B92, Tanjug) • Jevtic: Continuation of dialogue, dropping tariffs have no alternative (Radio KIM) • Brnabic: Clear policy of US, I wish if EU would be clearer (RTS) Opinion: • Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean: hybrid warfare, the Balkans and the Near East (opendemocracy.net) • A call to tear down the walls of bureaucracy (Prishtina Insight) International: • Policy Rift Widens Between Kosovo President and PM (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Six new suspected coronavirus cases in Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Kosovo steps up measures to prevent coronavirus spread (Prishtina Insight) • Four cases of coronavirus in Serbia, opposition demands state of emergency (N1) • Vucic: Temporary ban can be imposed on those entering the country from affected areas (Tanjug, B92) • Kosovo War Rape Survivor Condemns Stigmatisation of Victims (Balkan Insight) • Balkan Countries Fear EU Green Deal Could Leave Them Further Behind (Balkan Insight)

• Thaci holds news conference after meeting political leaders (media) • DPM Abazi: Prime Minister Kurti reports only to the Assembly (media) • Kosovo leaders to meet Franco-German delegation (media) • Thaci: Lajcak, the most untrustworthy person to lead dialogue (Zeri) • Opposition parties launch motion against Minister Reka (media) • Kosovo Gov’t asked for €10 mil for coronavirus preventive measures (Koha) • Thaci calls for preventive measures against coronavirus infections (Kallxo) • 7 people infected with coronavirus in North Macedonia, six in Albania (media) • Rukiqi calls for emergency measures against coronavirus (Telegrafi) • WHO Director-General: Threat of pandemic has become very real (media) • “Kosovo society to be ashamed of treatment of sexual violence survivors” (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 09, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Without punishment of war crimes, there can be no justice (Koha/Zeri) • Kurti doesn't attend meeting with Thaci (Koha) • Thaci thanks LDK for constructivity (media) • Haradinaj: Thaci showed no document from his meeting with Vucic (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic on Kurti’s text that agreements reached through coercion and threats have no value, compares it with Kosovo case (Tanjug, B92) • Jeremic on Kosovo membership in UN, elections in Serbia (Voice of America, N1) • Mihajlovic: Jeremic spreads misinformation (Danas) • Vucic: "US won't give up pressure, some EU countries have sympathies for Kurti" (RTS, Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Double-headed eagle painted on wall of Serb school in Preoce village (RTS) Opinion: • Kurti: Agreements reached through coercion and threats have no value (FAZ/Koha) International: • Facebook Extends Political Ads Rules to Balkans Before Elections (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo considering stepping up preventive measures against coronavirus (media) • International Women’s Day Marked Across Balkans (Balkan Insight) • More Balkan Countries Confirm First Coronavirus Cases (Balkan Insight) • Balkan States Beef up Borders against Migrant ‘Security Threat’ (Balkan Insight) • Post-War Kosovo Becomes Hub for Mine-Clearance Expertise (Balkan Insight)

• Thaci calls meetings with political leaders (media) • Thaci: Some people want to prevent agreement with Serbia (RTK) • Grenell reiterates call for dropping of tariff (media) • Kurti and Haradinaj call for dialogue coordination (Koha Ditore) • Hoti: No need for dialogue conference, Kosovo has legitimate institutions (media) • Gender equality demanded on International Women’s Day (Koha Ditore) • Assembly to hold special session to mark International Women's Day (media) • Haxhiu pledges €900,000 for domestic violence shelters (Kosovapress/Koha) • Kosovo cancels flights to Italy’s northern region due to coronavirus fears (media)

• Kurti-led government with two red lines on dialogue with Serbia (Koha) • Mustafa: Grenell warned of sanctions towards Kosovo (RTV21/RTK) • Haradinaj: Government’s approach to tax producing first consequences (media) • Kosovo calls for release of its citizen detained by Serbia (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Vraniqi: Grenell being misused for internal political purposes in Kosovo (media) • Thaci authorises Ministry of Finance to sign new agreements with EU (Telegrafi) • Kosovo Special Prosecution launched investigation into Prekaz events in 1998 (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Atlantic Council associate and Beacon vice president: "The campaign in the US should not diminish the interest in the situation in the Balkans" (RTS) • AmCham Kosovo concerned over tariffs (KoSSev, N1, RTS) • US asks Serbia to stop buying arms from Russia, RFE reports (N1, B92, Beta) • Dacic, Godfrey on armament Serbia bought from Russia, dialogue with Pristina (N1) • Vulin said Serbia can buy weapons wherever it wants (N1) • "Access point to the sea, this is a compromise offered to Serbia" (B92, Kosovo-online) • Grenell denies Kosovo politician’s claim Washington won’t stop aiding Pristina (KoSSev, N1, RTS) • Tadic: Vucic has better circumstances for resolving Kosovo issue, than those Djindjic, Kostunica and I had (Danas, Voice of America) Humanitarian/Development • Serbian Minister confirms first coronavirus case in Serbia (Serbian media) • 53 people got tested for coronavirus over a one-month period in Kosovo (media) • Serbian government meeting on migrants began; Vucic issued orders to the army, police and BIA (B92, TV Prva, Blic, Vecernje Novosti) • Prof. Corac: 160 million tons of waste from Kosovo will end up in artificial lake on Ibar River near Raska (KoSSev)

• Kurti calls for unity, says alliance with U.S. cannot be broken (Koha/Telegrafi) • Grenell: Partial tariffs harm Kosovo's economy (media) • Borrell: I am committed to support advancing the EU-facilitated dialogue (Klan) • "Thaci resumes efforts to paralyse Specialist Chambers" (Koha Ditore) • U.S. rep to OSCE speaks about dialogue and fight against corruption (Kallxo) • Germany, France expected to send envoys to Pristina next week (Express/Zeri) • Kosnett briefed on the situation of non-majority communities in Kosovo (Epoka)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 05, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Periskopi: Thaci and Vucic were presented with draft agreement at White House meeting • Thaci: Lajcak voted against Kosovo's membership to Interpol (Kallxo) • Veseli: Kosovo deserves better (media) • “Thaci's second attempt at preventing work of Specialist Chambers” (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Washington absolutely that tariffs are revoked, no recognition and Serbia to get nothing (Kosovo-online) • Borrel for the continuation of the EU-sponsored Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (NMagazin, euractiv.jutarnji.hr) • Serbia ranked ‘partly free’ in Freedom in the World report (N1) • Jankovic: Americans ‘dragged’ Vucic to Washington, visit below his level (Danas, FoNet) Opinion: • Trump is looking for a foreign policy coup in the Balkans (aljazeera.com) • Don’t Trust Serbian or Kosovo ‘Kings’ to Achieve Peace (Balkan Insight) International: • Vucic: Most Serbs Prefer a ‘Frozen Conflict’ with Kosovo (Foreign Policy) • Populist Shrug Off Protests In Central And Southeast Europe (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development • Bosnia confirms its first case of coronavirus - regional TV (Reuters) • "If the Greek border falls ..." (B92, Tanjug) • Kosovo Citizens ‘Haven’t Heard of’ President’s Reconciliation Initiative (Balkan Insight)