UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 2, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: Nine deaths, 486 new cases (media) • Minister Zemaj warns anti-coronavirus measures may be toughened (media) • Thaci: If no recognition proposal, dialogue destined to fail (media) • Hoti urges Bosnia to lift visa regime and open liaison office (media) • Kosovo FM Haradinaj-Stublla sets on official visit to Germany (media) • Osmani: Government to reveal what it agreed in Brussels about missing persons (Koha) • Selmanaj: Full integration happens when communities act within legitimate institutions (Klan) • "Government's attempt to dissolve anti-corruption task force failed" (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • 41 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo on Saturday (Radio KIM) • Borrell: Thaci's proposal to change mandate of SC and SPO beyond Kosovo legal obligations towards EU (KoSSev) • Vucic spoke at panel of young leaders forum, Zaev and Rama participate as well (RTS) • Metropolitan Amfilohije buried on Sunday, numerous reactions to his death (KoSSev) • Godfrey: Whoever wins elections, Serbia will remain important to Washington (N1) • Four candidates for Mitrovica North mayoral elections (Kontakt plus radio) • CEC still has no instructions of Kosovo Public Health Institute regarding elections in two municipalities (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Serbian List reacts to Jablanovic’s statements (Kosovo-online) • United opposition: EU must help us force government to ensure freedom of media (BETA, N1) Opinion: • Albanian Americans and Trump: An empty friendship (Prishtina Insight) International: • US Election Splits Central Europe (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Government tighten COVID-19 measures (Prishtina Insight)

• COVID-19 report: Seven deaths, 337 new cases (media) • Hoti: Decision on new measures will be evaluated in two weeks (media) • Ministry of Health announces new measures against COVID-19 (media) • Education Minister calls for respect of anti-COVID measures (media) • Hoti: We have pandemic situation under control (media) • Lack of vision by Kosovo and Serbia to reach final settlement (Koha) • Nagavci: Elections first, then proposal of a candidate for President (Express) • Selimi: Haradinaj, only candidate fitting of President post (media)

• COVID - 19 report: Four deaths, 418 new cases (media) • Kosovo to decide on new measures against COVID – 19 tomorrow? (media) • CDHRF: Prishtina has turned into a hotbed of new infections (media) • New measures expected; Prishtina Mayor says he’s not informed (Express) • Hoti backs down, accepts AAK’s condition for Dukagjin Highway (Koha) • Selimi says there are no cracks in coalition with LDK (media) • “Sun Valley”, a neighborhood without permits, proof of discrimination (KTV)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: Four deaths, 418 new cases (media) • Kosovo in negotiations to obtain Covid-19 vaccine through World Bank (media) • Hoti dismisses claims abolishment of task force will delay visa liberalisation (media) • KWN writes to Hoti calling for implementation of UN SC resolution 1325 (media) • Kosovo's Islamic Community condemns terror attack in Nice (media) Serbian Language Media: • Belgrade insists on ZSO in Brussels talks; EU: Step forward (N1) • Milan Radojevic candidate for Mitrovica North mayor (Radio KIM) • China congratulates Serbia on new government (FoNet, N1) • Increase in domestic violence cases in northern Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Constitutional reforms inevitable in Kosovo and Serbia (KIM radio, TV Show 'Sporazum') • Metropolitan Amfilohije passes away (KoSSev, media) • Petkovic: Hoti deceives the public by misinterpreting the agreements from Brussels (TV Most) Opinion: • Washington could force Kosovo recognition onto Greece and other EU states (greekcitytimes.com) International: • CDT: The countries of the region are stagnating and even regressing in the field of democratization (EWB) • Serbian Ministry Protects ‘Right to Privacy’ of Fugitive War Criminal (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Tiodorovic: Schools won't be closed in Serbia yet as they are not closed in Europe (B92, RTS) • Ivanusa: The situation in Serbia is very serious (B92, Blic) • Enabled channel for emergency filling of Lake Badovac from Ibar-Lepenac (KoSSev)

• COVID-19 report: One death, 305 new cases (media) • Zemaj: We are prepared for second wave of COVID-19 (Klan Kosova) • Lajcak: Another step towards comprehensive normalisation agreement (media) • Serbia wants Association with executive competencies (RFE) • Government loses parliamentary support from minority MPs (Prishtina Insight) • PM Hoti: No one can blackmail the government (Klan Kosova) • Court comments on media reports about government vote (media) • “Reporting judge asked for government to be brought down” (Express) • Vetevendosje Movement slams Prime Minister Hoti (media) • Assembly President Osmani condemns terror attack in France (media) • Haradinaj: Extremism and terrorism cannot challenge France (media) • Legal aid division chief for potential defendants of special court resigns (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 29, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: One death, 284 new cases (media) • Thaci condemns attack in France: terrorists will never win (RTK) • Borrell: Dialogue in Brussels is essential for Kosovo’s European road ( media) • Kosovo-Serbia dialogue resumes today in Brussels (Express) • Hoti: Police Task Force was unconstitutional (Telegrafi) • Haradinaj-Stublla demands visa liberalization from EU Presidency (RTK) • Kosovo and Northern Macedonia soon with common border point (RTK) • Only one candidate for Mitrovica North mayor so far (RTK) Serbian Language Media: 21 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) Vucic: Terrorism will never win (B92) Petkovic and Lajcak met in Brussels (Tanjug) Carpenter: Biden's goal would be to strengthen Serbia in European and Euro-Atlantic structures (Danas, TV Prva) Jevtic: Return of displaced persons at unsatisfactory level (Radio KIM) Shaip Kamberi – a speech that marked yesterday’s Serbian National Assembly session (KoSSev) German FM: Belgrade - Pristina agreement would have positive impact on region (N1, BETA) Serwer: Vucic will not recognize Kosovo (B92, Kosovo Online) Party of Kosovo Serbs letter to Central Election Commission (RTK) Opinion: • How Trump Lost the Balkans (foreignpolicy.com) • Trump Has a Fix for Kosovo. He’s Ignoring It. (Foreign Policy, Koha) International: • London Calling: Albanians Count Cost of UK Illegality (Balkan Insight) • Kommersant: Serbia’s new government shifts towards West (tass.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Balkan Brain Drain ‘Won’t Stop Without Economic, Democratic Progress’ (Balkan Insight)

• COVID - 19 report: Four deaths, 281 new cases (media) • Kosovo Chamber of Commerce chairman warns of collapse (media) • Thaci meets leaders of political parties (media) • Osmani: LDK always tried to include PDK in government (Telegrafi) • Gashi: Anti-corruption task force produced no exceptional results (media) • Maas: Dialogue and comprehensive agreement have no alternative (media) • EU Special Representative Tomas Szunyog interview to KTV • Grenell calls on Albanian Americans to help reelect Donald Trump (media) • Trump Takes Credit For Ending Kosovo War, Which Ended In 1999 (Forbes) • Konjufca: Vetevendosje, 40% of votes according to another party’s poll (media) • First Defendant at Hague-Based Kosovo War Court Pleads Not Guilty (Balkan Insight) • PDK’s political activist ‘misled authorities’ to get media commission job (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: Four deaths, 281 new cases (media) • Trump says he stopped 400 years long war between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Kosovo Government confirms tomorrow's meeting in Brussels (media) • Selimi: Brussels dialogue should not take on technical character (KP/Telegrafi) • Weber: Lajcak trapped into blaming Kosovo for lack of dialogue progress (Express/RTK) • Hoti: European integration, priority for Kosovo Government (media) • GAP publishes report on pandemic’s impact on Kosovo economy (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Unity regarding Kosovo issue priority, we won’t give up on ZSO (Tanjug) • Lavrov is not coming to Serbia: Russian minister in self-isolation due to coronavirus (Tanjug, B92) • Vucic to meet directors of COVID hospitals, address public (B92, N1) • EU: CSM won't be parallel authority; Belgrade: no progress without CSM (N1, BETA) • Pompeo: Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria join Clean Network (KoSSev) • Botsan-Kharchenko: ZSO key for future of Serbs in Kosovo (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • NGO Aktiv presented publication on treatment of non-majority communities in Kosovo during Covid-19 (social media) • Rakic with Abbott on attacks against Serbian population (Kosovo-online) • Kosovo Serb politician says Biden helped protect monastery (N1) Opinion: • The unbearable lightness of stealing public money (Prishtina Insight) • Twin crises: Political dysfunction in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (ecfr.eu) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian epidemiologist says more restrictive measures could come (N1) • Developing a Long-Term and Holistic Approach to Strengthen Water Security in Kosovo (marketscreener.com) • BSF: Nordic model of security cooperation an example for the Western Balkans (EWB) • The importance of ‘unlearning’ the past: Interview with Balkans expert Keith Brown (globalvoices.org)

• COVID-19 report: Three deaths, 197 new cases (media) • Health Minister: There will be increased controls (media) • The next Kosovo-Serbia meeting at level of experts, on Thursday (media) • EU: Association will not have executive competencies (media) • U.S. Ambassador Kosnett’s interview with Dukagjini TV (media) • Hoti pledges to restore lawfulness in Kosovo (media) • Mustafa: Hoti has courage to fight corruption, can’t be blackmailed (media) • U.S. elections, “determinant” for continuation of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE) • Government: We are waiting for invitation for Mini-Schengen (Express) • Haradinaj: Decisions in the coalition to be made in partnership (media) • MPs see no Kosovo statehood signs at Merdare crossing point (Koha) • Kosovo Spends €2.5 Million Paying Non-Working Serb Employees (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 27, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: Three deaths, 197 new cases (media) • The next Kosovo-Serbia meeting at level of experts, on Thursday (RFE, media) • Veliu does not respond to invitation to report on Qalaj’s dismissal (RTK) • Salih Mustafa to appear in front of the Special Court tomorrow (RTK) • Abbot: U.S. involvement in dialogue, positive (media) • Szunyog meets with LDK Assembly caucus, seeks results on EU reforms (media) • Application of parties for Mitrovica North elections starts (RTK) • Zemaj warns on new measures to prevent coronavirus spread (media) Serbian Language Media: • Belgrade - Pristina dialogue to continue on Thursday in Brussels (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS) • Smith: With constitutional amendments Thaci attempts to end work of court (Radio KIM) • Serbian Ambassador says Belgrade-Moscow relations stable (N1) • RFE: China takes over job of railway reconstruction in Serbia from EU (N1) • Serbian MPs vote for three new cabinets; SPS names two ministers (FoNet, N1) • Botsan-Kharchenko: Bilateral relations, Kosovo in focus of Lavrov's visit (media) • Serb household in Plemetina village, near Obilic robbed (Radio KIM) • Zais: Experts of US Energy department working on the Gazivode Lake feasibility study (Kosovo online, Tanjug) International: • Troubled Relationship: Kosovo’s Thaci and the Hague War Crimes Court (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • COVID-19 Surges as South-East Europe Heads for Winter (Balkan Insight) • RYCO: Youth policies should be high on the reform agendas of the Western Balkan governments (EWB) • Albanian Children to be Returned from Syrian Refugee Camps (Balkan Insight)