UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 4, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 318 new cases, five deaths (media) • Kosovo leaders violate Law on KIA (media) • United Arab Emirates committed to cooperation with Kosovo (media) • Kurti and Abbott meet, discuss elections (media) • Vetëvendosje clarifies what will happen to Kurti's votes (media) • Political parties outline plans for fighting corruption (Prishtina Insight) • Hoti promises to conclude dialogue with Serbia and visa liberalization this year (media) • Konjufca: No court can declare invalid ballot for Kurti (media) • Haradinaj: Vote for President is referendum for a safe homeland (media) • Kosovo allocates 210 thousand € for Ulcinj and Bujanovc (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities in Kosovo, one death, 15 new cases (Kontakt plus radio) • Until this morning almost 514.000 people inoculated in Serbia (N1, FoNet) • Vucic and Putin discussed Covid-19 pandemic, vaccines, Kosovo issue (B92, KoSSev) • Vucic with Chinese Ambassador Chen Bo on vaccines (RTS) • US grants for Serbia (N1) • Palestinian Foreign Ministry disappointed by Kosovo (BETA, N1) • Xharra: Kurti’s removal from the electoral ballot is a boomerang for the outcome of the elections (KoSSev) • Weber: Mogherini, Grenell and Bolton made damage in connection with Kosovo; story of innovative solutions nebulous (Kosovo Online) • Salijevic: The goal is to improve the position of Roma in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Sporazum TV Show: New year, new elections (RTV Puls, KiM radio) • Hodzic: Bosniak community neglected, institutional support needed (KiM radio) • Rasic: We’ll work on youth employment (RTK) • Milan Dabic: Door to door campaign of CI “For Freedom, Justice and Survival” (Radio kontakt plus, RTV KIM) • Panotivc: Prosecutor biased, presents wrongful interpretations in case of Zoran Djokic (Kosovo-online) • Western Balkan businessmen demand removal of business barriers in the region (RTV Puls, Tanjug) • SPC Synod to elect new patriarch (Tanjug, B92) International: • EU: No Kosovo accession to the EU if it opens an embassy in Jerusalem (eureporter)

• COVID – 19: 341 new cases, 3 deaths (media) • Szunyog: Kosovo to get over 100,000 vaccine doses for free (media) • Kurti: Difficult road, we paid great personal and political costs (media) • Haradinaj: I am open to cooperation with Vetevendosje (media) • Limaj compares Kurti to the Serbian President (media) • Vetevendosje pledges to form investigation bureau for senior officials (media) • Election campaign starts with violations of anti-COVID measures (RFE) • Price: Kosovo – Israel agreement, a historic event (media) • “Recognition from Israel, positive signal for non-recognising countries” (media) • The explainer: The EU’s Kosovo awkward squad (Emerging Europe) • Next status conference on Thaci et al on February 11 (media) • Putin reaffirms Russia’s position on balanced solution over Kosovo (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 341 new cases, three deaths (media) • Humolli: First vaccines in Kosovo expected to be from AstraZeneca (RFE) • State Department: United States will stand by Kosovo (media) • Osmani: Israel's recognition strengthens Kosovo's international standing (media) • Kosovo ministry heralds new horizons in relations with UAE (media) • Hoti: We will win on February 14 (Kallxo) • Kurti and Osmani declare the arrival of "2021 spring" (Kallxo/Klan) • Haradinaj promises the opening of a new chapter for Kosovo (Klan) • Limaj: NISMA will be the surprise of February elections (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic will talk to Putin soon; main topic – vaccines (B92) • Brnabic: Vaccination is about saving lives, not geo-politics (DW, Focus, N1) • Rakic: The fight for Serbian interests is not easy, but it is an honourable duty (RTS) • Merkel: Serbia vaccinates faster than the rest of Europe (B92) • Seventeen protected witnesses to testify at Kosovo former leaders’ trial (Beta, N1) • Dacic: ''We have always said that Kosovo is our Jerusalem'' (RTV, Tanjug, Politika) • Now, Serbia could not fulfill what has been signed (B92, Sputnik) • Shooting in majority-Serb Kosovo village (media) • KLA graffiti inscribed on a wall in Gorazdevac, Office for KiM reacts (Radio kontakt plus, Radio Gorazdevac) • Arlov: KP rejected appeal to ban on entry with no explanation and a “rejected“ stamp (KoSSev) • NGO Aktiv launches initiative to amend the Law on the Use of Languages (KiM radio) • Slavisa Petkovic: We will try to change everything (Radio KIM) • Telekom General Director: Ambitious plans to expand “Telekom Serbia” in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Still no answer from Serbia’s Commission to Telekom-Telenor deal; Others react (N1) • Fabrizi: Serbia showed resilience during coronavirus pandemic (N1) Opinion: • Could the Kosovo story end in Greater Albania? (opendemocracy.net) • Thunder On, Sistes! (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Lunić: It is understandable why Serbia wants KFOR to stay in Kosovo (EWB) • Kosovo Visa Liberalization Not in Portuguese Council Presidency Agenda Either (schengenvisainfo.com) • French citizens’ convictions against enlargement are not firmly held (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo film wins three awards at Sundance Film Festival (Prishtina Insight) • Varhelyi and Viola Von Cramon tackle issue of illegally kept lion in Gnjilane (KoSSev)

• COVID – 19: 245 new cases, three deaths (media) • Kurti: I lead the Vetevendosje list (media) • CEC allows unverified voters to vote too (media) • Vetevendosje leads with 51 percent, according to poll (media) • Voting in Kosovo election delayed for citizens living abroad (BIRN) • Hoti: U.S. is helping us manage the situation (media) • EU: Kosovo decision to open embassy in Jerusalem, regrettable (media) • “Kosovo recognition sends clear message to EU non-recognising states” (media) • Arab League condemns Kosovo opening of embassy in Jerusalem (DNE) • AKR leader Behgjet Pacolli, candidate for Kosovo President (media) • U.S. Embassy supports “Future is in Our Hands” campaign (media) • Kosovo urged to establish museum in child war victims’ memory (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 2, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 245 new cases, three deaths (media) • Election campaign starts tomorrow, CEC in process of verifying final list of voters (media) • European Parliament MP: Recognition of Kosovo by Israel, clear signal for EU (RTK) • Dialogue with Serbia, visa liberalization do not find place in parties’ campaign (media) • Mustafa slams Kurti: No one is the first if he must barricade from citizens (media) • LVV accuses CEC for not making lists from abroad public (media) • PSD with a symbolic action: “All power to the Soviets” (media) Serbian Language Media: • 26 new cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Selakovic: We are not happy with the actions of Israel (RTS, B92, Beta, N1) • Vucic on meeting with Macron, Kosovo issue, Israel • Mihajlovic: Kurti will win, there is no Hashim or Grenell any longer (KoSSev) • Prosecutor Smith: Possible new indictments for crimes in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • KFOR: Situation in Kosovo calm, we do not interfere in politics (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Grubjesic: An innovative solution would be for Serbs and Albanians to solve problems on their own (Tanjug, Kosovo online, K1) • Drecun on visits of Albanian politicians to the north (Kosovo-online) • Mehmeti: Police has operational plan for elections in Kosovo (RTK) • More than 1.400 people from Kosovo vaccinated in Kursumlija (Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo, Israel establish diplomatic ties (AP) • Serbia ‘not happy’ with Israel’s recognition of Kosovo, says it will impact ties (The Times of Israel) • Kosovo's embassy move violates UN resolutions: Turkey (Anadolu Agency) • EU urges Kosovo to rethink Jerusalem move (Euobserver) • Balkan nations turn to China and Russia for jabs (FT) • China Is Helping a European Ally Get Ahead on Vaccines (Bloomberg) • Book Unpacks Balkans’ ‘Love-Hate’ Relationship With Turkey (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • 'You are not alone': Balkan women seize #MeToo moment (japantimes.co.jp)

• COVID – 19: 282 new cases, five deaths (media) • EU continues to oppose Kosovo’s Jerusalem embassy plans (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo establishes relations with Israel, ‘breaking blockade on recognitions’ (BI) • Citaku reacts to EU opposition on embassy in Jerusalem: Hypocrisy (media) • US Embassy welcomes Kosovo – Israel diplomatic relations (media) • PDK’s Hoxhaj: Grateful to US for important milestone (media) • Eggs thrown at Kurti during visit to Skenderaj (media) • Pacolli: All my doors are closed for Vetevendosje (media) • CEC to organise elections in the north too (media) • CEC draws ballot for numbers of political parties (media) • In Sundance Film, a Kosovo war widow rebuilds against the odds (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 282 new cases, five deaths (media) • Zemaj insists: Covid vaccine will arrive in February (media) • Kosovo and Israel formally establish diplomatic relations (media) • Osmani: Kosovo-Israel relations, historically strong (media) • Hoti and Szunyog discuss current developments in Kosovo (media) • CEC draws ballot determining order of parties in elections (media) • CEC approves over 100,000 voter applications, rejects nearly 30,000 (media) • Survey shows perception of citizens in Kosovo and Serbia on Dialogue (media) • Status conference in Mustafa case held today at Specialist Chambers (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic with Macron in Paris, solemn reception in front of the Elysee Palace (RTS) • Janjic: Formation of government in Pristina will depend exclusively on Serbian List (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Hysteria in Kosovo; Serbs exposed to provocations (B92) • Brnabic: Serbs in KiM kept their composure and showed dignity (RTV) • “What awaits us in dialogue with Pristina after arrival of new White House administration” (RTS) • Szunyog: EU expects Visoki Decani monastery’s property to be registered in cadastre (KoSSev) • Serbian List officials and Office for KiM Director received Covid-19 vaccines in Raska (KoSSev) • Serbia signing contract for another 11 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, PM says (N1) Opinion: • Elections 2021: Week 2 — What Did I Miss? (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Serbian President Sends Lieutenant To Washington As Belgrade Seeks Tighter U.S. Relations (RFE) • Justice on Hold: War Trial Delays Jeopardise Serbia’s Progress to EU (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • "Vaccine nationalism" (B92, Tanjug) • Serbia’s foreign trade at EUR 40 billion in 2020 (N1)

• COVID – 19: 287 new cases, six deaths (media) • Osmani, Kurti visit Mitrovica North, locals protest (media) • Kosnett: US never supported land swap idea (media) • Smith: Charges are against individuals, not against KLA or Kosovo (Koha) • Haradinaj: America is Kosovo’s guardian angel (media) • Hoxhaj: We’ll end isolation; strengthen ties with U.S. and Germany (media) • Kosovo, Israel to establish diplomatic relations today (media) • Haradinaj hails Israel announcement on diplomatic relations (Prishtina Insight) • Von Cramon: Idea of national unification, not right for Kosovo (media) • Kosovo election complaint highlights problem in proving ethnic identity (BIRN) • Vucic says visits by Kosovo politicians in the north are “provocations” (media) • Feasibility study, making Serbia shareholder in Gazivoda Lake, begins (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 29, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 342 new cases, five deaths (media) • British variant of the coronavirus in Kosovo (media) • Hoti urges Quint, EU to react to Serbian president inciting statements (Express) • Kosovo-Israel diplomatic relations to establish on 1 February (RTK) • The Supreme allows Liburn Aliu and Labinota Demi to run, Albin Kurti remains out (Express) • Former US envoy says Democrats have failed to solve Kosovo issue (media) • Excavations in Kizhevak expected to resume by the end of March (RTK) • Daka: EU election experts arrived in Kosovo (media) • Cornerstone for Krusha e Madhe victims laid today (media) • LDK-LVV coalition in Vushtrri breached (media) • Haradinaj meets Austrian Ambassador, discuss strengthening of relations (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Selakovic: New US and EU unity also means new pressure on Serbia (Kosovo-online) • 40.000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine arrived to Serbia, new shipments to follow (B92) • Head of WHO Office in Serbia says country’s results in fight against coronavirus impressive (B92, Tanjug) • No easing of Covid-19 relating measures in Serbia (B92) • Minister Joksimovic says no dilemma about Serbia’s commitment to integration (N1) • Radakovic: Democracy in Action only independent observer in upcoming elections (Radio kontakt plus) • Brnabic: When it comes to recognition of diplomas, we’re waiting for interlocutors in Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Office for KiM: Popovic banned from entering Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus) • Bolton: It would be a mistake if Biden let EU deal with Balkans alone (N1) • EU Office on Haradinaj’s statement (B92, Kosovo-online) International: • Serbia announced 'illegal' vaccine programme in Kosovo (euobsrver) Humanitarian/Development: • Emigrant Life in Switzerland Inspires Prize-Winning Kosovo Writer (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 334 new cases, three deaths (media) • Coronavirus: Serbia provokes Kosovo with vaccination scheme (DW) • Ramadani: Covid vaccines will arrive soon (Telegrafi) • Hoti: Vucic's statement does not serve peace and stability in the region (media) • Haradinaj: Vucic's threats to Kosovo don't help regional stability (media) • U.S. follows implementation of Washington agreement, Israel recognition (media) • Kurti meets Norwegian envoy for Balkans (media) • Hoxhaj: No coalition with LVV, we will lead the government (Klan/media) • Limaj: When we fought, Hoxhaj pondered seeking asylum in Serbia (Koha) • Serbian List MP candidate beats up a Serb opposition member (media) • Hodzic: I do not have an agreement with Serbian List (Kallxo/Telegrafi) • Serbia opens parallel hotline, CEC not informed (Klan) • CDHRF slams KSC for not granting release to former KLA leaders (media) • Serbian government official not allowed entry to Kosovo (Telegrafi) • In Kosovo, War Prisoners Campaign to Save Their Old Jail (Balkan Insight)