UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 14, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 279 new cases, four deaths (media) • Vetevendosje and Osmani's list to run under joint ticket (media) • Hoti: Kosovo entered dialogue with Serbia on clear principles (media) • ECAP rejects VV's complaint over verification of Diaspora voters (media) • CEC warns of an unauthorised online application form (media) • Votes from Serbia to arrive through transit post (RFE) • Former Kosovo Police director, Rashit Qalaj, joins PDK (media) • AAK to present candidates for MPs on Friday (media) Serbian Language Media: • Eight newly infected persons, two deaths in Serb areas in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Reeker and Lajcak very important, but to change the Washington agreement someone must ask Serbia too (KoSSev) • Dacic: Kosovo is also mine, as it is Thaci’s and Kurti’s (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic banned from entering Kosovo to deliver aid (N1) • Serbian List: EU to react to violation of agreement on freedom of movement (KiM radio) • EC: EU’s position on Kosovo status is known and unchanged (RTS, Tanjug) • On eve of 3rd anniversary of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder, Serbian weekly publishes book (KoSSev) • The Tanjug team after seven hours of waiting allowed to enter Kosovo (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Serbian power company buys shares in Montenegrin counterpart (N1) International: • Erdogan’s great game: Turkish intrigue in the Balkans (Financial Times) • Kosovo State Radio Accused of Censorship and Discrimination (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Denmark Allocates €6 Million to Western Balkans Countries to Help Them With Border Controls & Repatriation of Migrants (schengenvisainfo.com)

• COVID-19: 299 new cases, one death (media) • Osmani rejects Lajcak's remarks on Kosovo's recognition (RFE/Koha) • Hoti: We will spare no one during election campaign (Koha) • VV announces candidates from Pristina, Kurti leads the ticket (media) • Hoxhaj says PDK will emerge as the most voted party (media) • CEC: 888 polling stations to be open on election day across Kosovo (media) • Von Cramon speaks about election challenges Kosovo faces (DW) • Ombudsperson: CEC to avoid any action that undermines right to vote (media) • Phillips: Time for the West to give ultimatum to Serbia (Telegrafi) • Hamza: PDK would have negotiated a better deal in Washington (Klan) • Petkovic refused permission to visit Kosovo (Klan) • Hoti appoints Muharrem Nitaj acting Minister of Economy (media) • Has an SPO indictment been rejected by pre-trial judge? (Lajmi/RTK)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 299 new cases, one death (media) • Acting President Osmani visits the Belgian Parliament (media) • Sassoli firm: Fighting corruption and crime brings Kosovo closer to EU (Koha) • Human Rights Watch Annual World Report (HRW) • Kosovo minister of Economy offers resignation (Gazeta Express) • Samedin Mehmeti elected director of the Kosovo Police (media) • Police: Three police officers injured during PSD protest yesterday (RTK) • Radio Kosova stops broadcasting audio plays after story of Serb woman (Koha) • Kurti: The rain highlighted the failures of 20 years of misgovernance (media) • AAK is aiming president position with an economic governing program (media) Serbian Language Media: • Ten new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • WHO official in Serbia: End of epidemic far away (N1) • US Embassy in Belgrade: Regional cooperation and BG-PR dialogue remains a priority (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • “More pressure on Serbia about Kosovo pushes it closer to Russia and China” (RFE, FoNet, N1) • Father Sava: The Church position on Kosovo is united (KiM radio) • European Commission service deleted disputable post on Twitter about Vjosa Osmani (RTS) • Sava Janjic: I hope EU would remind Kosovo to implement Constitutional Court decision on Decani (Kosovo-online) • Petkovic: Let’s meet half-way with Pristina (N1, Happy TV, Kosovo-online) • Two minority pre-election coalitions have applied for upcoming Kosovo elections (RTK2) Opinion: • How Biden can make a big difference in the Western Balkans (ECFR) International: • Albania carries out 1st vaccinations with donated doses (AP) • Bishop with Attitude Threatens to Shake Up Serbian Politics (Balkan Insight) • Last Despatches: Mystery Shrouds British Reporter’s Death in Kosovo Border Shelling (Balkan Insight)

• COVID – 19: 303 new cases, 5 deaths (media) • Kosovo accused of limiting Diaspora voting rights (Balkan Insight) • Haradinaj asks for votes to become President of Kosovo (media) • Limaj: PDK didn’t want a coalition; we won’t join them after elections (T7) • Lajcak: New government in Kosovo first before we resume dialogue (media) • Osmani: Justice is a precondition for peace and reconciliation (media) • Osmani meets EU MPs in the Kosovo Friendship Group (media) • Osmani meets EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak (media) • Palmer: Elections are the foundation of democratic practices (RTSH) • PSD leader Molliqaj and 16 activists arrested by police (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 12, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 279 new cases, four deaths (media) • Zemaj: We’re looking into the possibility of relaxing some measures (RTK) • Osmani begins official visit to Brussels (media) • Haradinaj reacts to Vucic: Kosovo will join NATO (media) • LDK – AKR, the first pre-election coalition? (media) • PDK to run alone in elections, other parties free to join its ticket (Kallxo) • Daka: We verified Diaspora votes before, will do so with applicants in Serbia too (EO) • VV appeals CEC's decision on Diaspora voter registration (Klan) • NGO Germin to appeal CEC’s decision on Diaspora voters (media) • CDHRF: Constitutional Court cannot ban Kurti or others to run for election (Koha) • Qatar pledges continued support for Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities in Kosovo 24 new cases of Covid-19, one death (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Albanians and Europeans want defeat of Serbia; frozen conflict is a danger (TV Happy, KoSSev) • Selakovic: Serbia expects continuation of China’s support regarding Kosovo (N1, FoNet) • Petkovic: No one talks to Serbia with language of blackmail (BETA, N1) • Spahiu: Citizens already know who they will vote for, campaign won’t have an impact (Kosovo Online) • Lajcak and Reeker on the Western Balkans (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • How to fight disenfranchisement, Kosovo style (Prishtina Insight) International: • Kosovo Parties Flout Ban on Gatherings Ahead of Election (Balkan Insight) • EU and the Western Balkans in 2021: Searching for a Way Back to Normal (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • More than 85.500 citizens have applied for vaccination (B92, Tanjug)

• COVID – 19: 206 new cases, 6 new deaths (media) • CEC: Diaspora voters cannot register to vote if they don’t answer phone (media) • Osmani calls on CEC to review decision on diaspora voters (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla: Daka said decision on Diaspora voters was unanimous (media) • VV's Haxhiu: CEC imposes unconstitutional criteria on Diaspora voters (media) • Haradinaj says an AAK - Vetevendosje government is possible (Klan Kosova) • Poll on political parties’ candidates for Prime Minister (Telegrafi) • Kosovo FM reacts to Serbia’s anti-lobbying request to Qatar (media) • Kosovo parties flout ban on gatherings ahead of election (Balkan Insight) • Pristina municipality to fine any party that holds election rally (Klan) • “We won’t pay any fines; political parties are not respecting the measures” (EO) • Ismaili: Municipalities, government must shelter those affected by floods (media) • “Mental disorders during pandemic very similar to those from the war” (Koha) • Lushtaku: I will run for Skenderaj mayor (Kallxo)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 206 new cases, six deaths (media) • Hoti warns of possibility to return reciprocity with Serbia (RFE, media) • Hoti: Agreement for the Office at Presevo Valley, to be signed on Monday (RTK) • CEC decides on political entities’ campaign expenses (Indeksonline) • Hoti: We are in the process of finalizing MP list (RTK) • Enver Hoxhaj reveals PDK offer for Presevo Valley (RTK) • Justice Party boycotts elections (media) • Hoti monitors closely the situation after the recent floods (media) Serbian Language Media: • Seven new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Election calculations in Kosovo: Kurti the favorite; what the Serbian list will do (KoSSev, N1) • Jeremic: Firm stance on Kosovo status precondition for normalization of living circumstances (Danas) • Petkovic: To Jeremic Kosovo is a prey, to us highest value (TV Most) • Serbian Crisis Team: Anti-coronavirus measures unchanged, schools open Jan 18 (N1, RTS) • Serbia launches platform for citizens to apply for vaccination (N1, BETA, FoNet) • Poll: Over 40 pct of Serbia’s people believe in coronavirus conspiracy theories (BETA, N1) • Office for KiM promised assistance to families affected by floods (Radio KIM) International: • Shaped by Kosovo’s war, Vjosa Osmani won’t blink in her battle to cut out the rot (The Times) • Apparent Body-Shaming Shows Even Kosovo's Top Official Must Endure 'Disgusting Misogyny' (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • Floods across Kosovo cause disruptions and evacuations (Prishtina Insight) • Floods throughout central Kosovo, Grabovac village in the north under the water (KoSSev, KiM radio, RTV puls, Radio Mitrovica sever)

• COVID – 19: 260 new cases, 2 deaths (media) • Zemaj: Kosovo has secured over 1 million Covid vaccines (media) • PDK says Government's approach to Covid vaccines is ‘alarming’ (media) • VV assembles General Council, Kurti to lead ticket and run for PM (Koha) • LVV: Kurti not denied the right to run for MP or prime minister (media) • Haziri: LDK prefers a joint ticket not pre-election coalition (Telegrafi) • Isufi: AAK will be in the new government regardless of who wins (EO/media) • Mustafa: Polls are propaganda, LDK will be the first party (Express) • Political parties hold rallies, fail to respect anti-COVID measures (Kallxo) • Prishtina municipality warns to fine parties for organising rallies (Zeri) • Acting President Osmani to visit Brussels this week (Klan) • “Election rallies are rendering the anti-COVID measures useless” (media) • LVV vows to reapply reciprocity towards Serbia (Koha) • War veterans’ deputy leader boycotts Hague court hearing (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 8, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 321 new cases, five deaths (media) • Ministry of Health insists it has secured Pfizer vaccine (media) • Vetevendosje says Constitutional Court ruling is not about Kurti (Koha) • CEC announces a ten-day campaign for extraordinary elections (media) • Rama: Two KSF units to be deployed to peacekeeping missions (RFE) • Petkovic's visit clashes PM Hoti and FM Haradinaj-Stublla (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • 13 new cases of Covid-19, three deaths in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Over 30 families from Mitrovica North got new apartments on Christmas Eve (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Serbia is doing its best to strengthen health care system in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Specialist Prosecution: Thaci undermined court, we are not in favor of lifting detention (Radio KIM) • Vucic: Serbian people face hard challenges (N1) • Fabrizi hopes Serbia could open more chapters in 2021 (N1, Blic) • Serb house in Babin Most burglarized (KIM Radio) Opinion: • Stop using the Balkans as a synonym for chaos (Prishtina Insight) International: • Balkans feel abandoned as vaccinations kick off in Europe (AP) • Thirteen countries call on EU to support Eastern Partnership vaccine efforts (EurActiv) • Serbia Starts Inoculations With Russia's Sputnik-V Vaccine (RFE) • COVID vaccine: EU orders 300 million more BioNTech-Pfizer doses (DW) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo: Infant-toddler centres and preschools are not yet a priority (Balcanicaucaso)

• COVID – 19: 322 new cases, nine deaths (media) • Kosovo parliamentary election to be held on February 14 (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo ‘should rethink Serbia agreements’ with Biden in power (Balkan Insight) • Gucati, Haradinaj to appear before Specialist Chambers today (media) • Kurteshi: Kurti will be part of Vetevendosje’s list in new elections (Kallxo) • Haradinaj: AAK aims for post of President in the elections (media) • Poll: Vetevendosje has 41.10 percent, PDK 20.80 percent (media) • “Very small chances for Kosovo to get visa liberalisation this year” (media)