• COVID-19: 735 new cases, 12 deaths (media) • Government, municipalities to discuss new measures (media) • Health Minister implies new measures against COVID-19 (Kallxo) • Measures may be assessed after increase in new COVID-19 cases (Koha) • Prishtina Mayor: €5 million for businesses, €100,000 for the media (media) • Thaci, Krasniqi to appear before court today (media) • Enver Hoxhaj elected acting leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo (media) • Analysts: Biden will shut down idea for territorial exchange (Koha)

• COVID-19: 12 deaths, 728 new cases (media) • Hoti: Political forces decide if Kosovo heads to fresh elections (RTV21/Klan) • Mustafa: President’s post belongs to PDK (media) • PDK says situation 'difficult' after KSC indictments against Veseli and Thaci (media) • Haradinaj insists on halting dialogue with Serbia (Klan) • Legal experts find fault with the use of term "Catholics' in KSC indictment (Telegrafi) • KLA veterans call off protest amid spike in COVID-19 cases (media) • Thaci reduced prison sentences to five convicts prior to being indicted (Kallxo) • Prishtina and six other municipalities quarantined (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 6, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • EU missions in Kosovo: We strongly support Specialist Chambers (media) • Hoti: Crucial to maintain stability of Kosovo institutions (Telegrafi) • Interior Minister: Kosovo Police has stepped up readiness (media) • Government: We will not suspend the dialogue (Koha) • Osmani in Prekaz: This is where the proof of Serbia's genocide lies (media) • Thaci to appear before court on 9 November (media) • Search operation carried out in residences of Thaci, Veseli, Selimi (media) • Minister Selimi demands government suspend dialogue with Serbia (Koha/Klan) • EU recalls Kosovo has pledged to continue dialogue with Serbia (Klan) • No quorum to vote economic recovery draft law (media) • AKR leader Pacolli calls for roundtable of political parties (media) • COVID – 19: 12 deaths, 728 new cases (media) • Kosovo could go into lockdown this weekend (Radio Free Europe) Serbian Language Media: • SPO charges Kosovo's Thaçi and other of at least 98 murders (N1) • Antonijevic: Increase in number of infected persons expected next week (Kontakt plus radio) • Dacic: Washington agreement remains regardless of who wins US presidential elections (Tanjug) • The acting president of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani on ''peace'' and ''genocidal state'' (KoSSev) • Mihajlovic: Change of generations in Kosovo, there will be no big drama about indictments (N1) • Serwer: Serbia should not be afraid if Biden wins (Kosovo Online) • Natasa Kandic: Serbia soon will have to answer where are the bodies of killed Albanians (Danas) • Trial of Nenad Arsic continues (Radio KIM) International: • Confirmed indictment of Kosovo’s President for war crimes brings victims one step closer to long-awaited justice (Amnesty International) • Week in Review: Fake News and Hard Realities (Balkan Insight) • 'We need a fresh start in the US, in the Balkans, in Europe, and in the world' (N1 Sarajevo, Atlantic Initiative) • Albanians Praise ‘Just War’ after Indicted Kosovo President Resigns (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 713 new cases, six deaths (media) • KSC publishes indictment against Thaci and others (media) • Osmani delivers statement after assuming functions of Kosovo president (media) • Acting president Osmani meets Quint, EU ambassadors (media) • Kosovo Government to hold meeting today in light of recent events (media) • Germany hails readiness to cooperate with justice (DW/Telegrafi) • UK’s Abbott expresses respect for Thaci's resignation, support for Osmani (media) • LDK: Present situation difficult, requires maturity and unity (media) • Vetevendosje: KLA war was pure, Thaci should have resigned earlier (media) • Limaj: All charges contained in indictment have already been tried (Klan) • Mustafa: Government will not halt dialogue with Serbia (Gazeta Express) • Enver Hoxhaj takes on post of acting leader of PDK (media) • Kadri Veseli’s legal representatives issue statement (media) • KLA veterans to protest against recent indictments (media) • Kosovo Government could fall if it fails to elect new president (Koha) • AAK says it has offered solution for new president (Klan) • In Vatican, PM Hoti meets Secretary of State, Cardinal Parolin (media)

Albanian Language Media: • President Thaci resigns after indictment against him is confirmed (media) • EU welcomes Thaci’s readiness to cooperate with Specialist Chambers (media) • PDK leader Veseli says indictment against him confirmed (media) • Government: We strongly believe in the honorable fight of the KLA (media) • Hoti: Constitution guarantees clear transition with no room for vacuum (media) • Vjosa Osmani, Acting President of Kosovo (Koha) • AAK: Dialogue with Serbia to be stopped immediately (media) • Haradinaj: I strongly believe in Thaci and Veseli’s innocence (media) • Limaj: We will come out glorious at the end of this process (media) • Albanian President: I believe in Thaci’s innocence (media) • Albanian Prime Minister: Thaci has Albania’s support and solidarity (media) • COVID – 19: 713 new cases, six deaths (media) • Sources: Prishtina expected to be isolated in the weekend (Indeksonline) • “Restricted movement from 18:00 to 05:00 starting this Friday” (Telegrafi) • Health Minister bans rallies for local elections (media) Serbian Language Media: • 52 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Stano on Thaci: EU continues to monitor situation in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • “End of one political epoch” (Radio KIM) • Council of Europe: ''No one submitted a request for Kosovo's membership'' (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Serbian FM tells CoE ministers pandemic measures proportional (N1) • Serbian Orthodox Church head tests positive for coronavirus (N1) • Vucic and Petkovic wished Patriarch Irinej speedy recovery (Kosovo-online) • Four Albanians among arrested over Vienna attack, two from Kosovo (KoSSev) • Hodzic: Municipality works with limited capacity due to infection of several officials with coronavirus (KoSSev) International: • Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges (AP) • Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci resigns to face war crime trial (Deutsche Welle) • Kosovo President Thaci resigns after war crimes indictment confirmed (Reuters) • Thaci Trial ‘Should Have Happened Before’, Victims’ Families Say (Balkan Insight) • Braže: NATO and Serbia established a reliable, mutually beneficial partnership (EWB)

• COVID – 19: 565 new cases, 9 deaths (media) • Health Minister: More restrictive measures against COVID – 19 (media) • Specialist Chambers confirm: Krasniqi transferred to The Hague (media) • Kosovo Deputy PM: Courts cannot change the history (media) • Limaj: Krasniqi would have never opposed justice (media) • Former senior KLA member confirms there is indictment against him (media) • Kurti: Special injustice is continuing (media) • Haradinaj: Selimi will come out innocent (media) • Klinaku: Specialist Chambers’ actions, illegal and anti-constitutional (media) • Grabovci: I regret voting in favor of formation of Special Court (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 4, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: Nine deaths, 546 new cases (media) • Kosovo Government reacts to today's police operation (media) • Krasniqi's lawyer says his client expected to be transferred to The Hague (media) • NISMA: No one can stain Krasniqi's actions (media) • Haradinaj comments on SPO's operation, calls it 'concerning' (media) • KLA veterans: We are working with MPs to have court interpret KSC mandate (media) • KSC calls reports on Thaci's indictment 'speculations' (Koha/Klan) • Kosovo's FM Haradinaj-Stublla meets Italian counterpart Di Maio (media) • Daka meets Szunyog, discuss elections in two municipalities (media) • Sale of IPKO mobile operator suspended (Koha) • RTK union calls on Assembly to dismiss broadcaster’s board (Koha/Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • North Mitrovica Crisis Staff reported 19 new cases of Covid-19; Gracanica Crisis Staff reported one new case (Kontakt plus radio, KIM radio) • In central Kosovo the epidemiological situation stable, in the north complicated (KIM radio) • CBS: Discussion on north at Kosovo Assembly: Populist expositions and false claims (KoSSev) • PM Brnabic: Serbia ready to continue dialogue with Pristina (media) • Jeremic: Kosovo issue will not be solved soon, regardless of who would be new US president (KoSSev) • Belgrade in show of support for Vienna (N1) • Petkovic with Botsan-Kharchenko on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1) • RTK management elected (Kontakt plus radio, KIM radio) • Russian Parliament ratifies free trade agreement with Serbia (BETA, N1) Opinion: • COVID-19 restrictions on the elderly are just cruel (Prishtina Insight) International: • Fake News Rivals Real News for Albanians Reading about COVID-19 (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19 report: Eight deaths, 334 new cases (media) • KNIPH: We are trying to measure collective immunity in Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Vetevendosje calls Zemaj to report about pandemic situation (media) • LDK requests Assembly session to vote on economic recovery bill (media) • Specialist Prosecutor's Office confirms ongoing operations in Pristina (media) • In Berlin, Kosovo's FM Haradinaj-Stublla meets Germany's Maas (media) • EULEX chief submits comments on Specialist Chambers’ mandate (Zeri) • Veliu: No indications of a possible terror attack in Kosovo (media) • Kosovo forms new Stabilisation Association commission (Kosovapress/Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19 report: 8 deaths, 334 new cases (media) • Kosovo leaders condemn Vienna terror attack (media) • "Three police officers that fought terrorists are from Kosovo" (media) • EU doesn’t comment on Thaci’s statement for dialogue (Radio Free Europe) • “Serbia’s armament by Russia, a serious threat to peace and stability” (media) • Hoti travels to Italy, will visit the Vatican and meet PM Conte (media) Serbian Language Media: • 34 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Serbian President and Foreign Minister extend condolences to Austria (FoNet, N1) • Simic: Mitrovica North is only truly multi-ethnic environment, where are Serbs from Pristina and Vucitrn (TV Most) • Radovic: Decisions of Kosovo Government relating to Covid-19 also implemented in north (Kontakt plus radio) • Twinning of Belgrade and Mitrovica North (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Mutual recognition meaningless story (BETA, N1) • Western Balkan leaders to meet in Sofia within Berlin Process (EWB, N1) International: • Vienna Terror Attacker was Citizen of North Macedonia (Balkan Insight) • Havliček: Islamist and far-right extremism mutually reinforcing, liberal democracy absolutely threatened (EWB) • Kosovo Activist’s Son Recalls 25-Year Search for Abducted Father (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Ministry of Culture, UNKT with joint programs for youth empowerment (media) • ‘Life in the municipality’ debates put local governance in the spotlight (Prishtina Insight)

• COVID-19 report: Nine deaths, 486 new cases (media) • U.S. Embassy: Decisive action needed to reduce transmission of COVID-19 (media) • Borell says Thaci’s request on Specialist Chambers, unacceptable (media) • Hoti has not commented on Thaci's proposal for Specialist Chambers (EO/Zeri) • “Merkel must take active role in dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia” (Koha) • Germany supports Lajcak's proposal on constitutional changes (Klan) • Mustafa: Serbia is continuing provocations against Kosovo (media) • Journalist association demands justice for killed and missing reporters (Telegrafi) • Kosovo leaders condemn Vienna attacks (media)