• COVID-19: 76 new cases, three deaths (media) • Kosovo, Serbia to hold new meeting in Brussels today (media) • Lajcak: We will discuss mutual financial claims on Thursday (media) • “Thaci trying to block Brussels dialogue through opposing Association” (Koha) • Selmanaj: We are obliged to form the Association (T7) • LVV calls Thaci's position on Association 'hypocrisy' (Koha) • Djuric rebuts Hoti: Association will be discussed tomorrow (RTK) • Mustafa: If AAK conditions President post, we’ll go to elections (media) • Krasniqi: PDK backed Hoti in U.S., hoping he’ll bring mutual recognition (media) • Trajkovic: Washington agreement, a political earthquake for Vucic (N1, RTK) • KLA associations claim they received more documents (media) • Israel’s deal with Kosovo and Serbia is window-dressing by Trump and Netanyahu (Times Now)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 16, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 76 new cases, three deaths (media) • Hoti: There will never be an association with executive competencies (media) • Thaci: no one has mandate to speak on behalf of Kosovo on already closed topics (media) • Pacolli: Thaci should call on PDK to bring down Hoti’s government (RTK) • GLPS: Hoti’s government failed to create unity of political spectrum (media) • Minister Haradinaj to visit Netherlands, skeptical state on visa liberalization (RTK) • “Kosovo is not a Muslim country, but a country with Muslim majority” (Alsat) • Violence against women: Political activists disrupt Kosovo PM Hoti’s speech (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Two newly infected with Covid-19 in Serb areas, eight people recovered (Kontakt plus radio) • US DFC, EXIM Bank express interest in financing Nis-Pristina highway (N1) • Von der Leyen: Future of Western Balkans in European Union (N1) • Marko Djuric to take over as Serbia’s ambassador in Washington (N1, nova.rs) • Vucic: Serbs, united and unanimous, can overcome all adversities (B92) • Djuric tomorrow in Brussels on ZSO and property (Kosovo-online) • UNS: Kosovo police banned journalists to report on desecration of church in Babin Most (Danas) • New Israeli Ambassador to Serbia welcomes White House Agreements (N1) Opinion: • "America made a time bomb on European soil," and it's in Serbia (B92, Sputnik) • Diplomacy is not “The Apprentice”. Serbia-Kosovo issue requires A long-term commitment (neweasterneurope.eu) International: • The Western Balkans: Between the EU and a hard place (balkancrossroads.com) • Kosovo President Thaci Hires US Diplomat as Consultant (Balkan Insight) • US Signs Pledges on Building Serbia-Kosovo ‘Peace Highway’ (Balkan Insight) • Israel’s deal with Kosovo, Serbia is diplomatic charade (Asia Times) Humanitarian/Development: • International Democracy Day: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations recalls ''OpisMEDIJavanje'' campaign and fight against misinformation (KoSSev) • Serbian citizens still not allowed free entry into EU (B92, Tanjug)

• COVID-19: 71 new cases, one death (media) • Thaci warns of danger from Thursday's meeting in Brussels (media) • PM's advisor dismisses Thaci's warnings about Brussels meeting (Klan) • Netanyahu to Kosovo people: I extend the hand of friendship (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla accuses Vucic for breach of agreement (media) • Osmani: Wrong for closed issues to be readdressed with Serbia (media) • Konjufca: Serbia, not the U.S., drafted parts of Washington agreement (Klan) • Kosovo conditions Serbia on Association: Implementation after recognition (RFE) • Hoti to discuss Washington Agreement with civil society (RTK) • Limaj requests from opposition to be part of dialogue with Serbia (RTK) • Letters of intent signed in Washington for construction of new highway (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 71 new cases, one death (media) • Zemaj urges parents, teachers to adhere to COVID-19 measures (media) • Trump: Vucic and Hoti made their countries, Balkans and world safer (media) • "Grenell says Trump plans to visit Kosovo" (Klan Kosova) • Osmani: Democracy in Kosovo undermined by minority governments (Telegrafi) • Romania's position on Kosovo's independence remains unchanged (Zeri) Serbian Language Media: • State Department posts Trump praise of Vucic, Hoti (media) • Palestinian ambassador conveys to Vucic the concern over embassy relocation to Jerusalem (Beta, N1) • Grenell: Vucic is tough negotiator, fights for Serbian people (RTS, Serbian Radio Chicago) • EU: Washington documents mean Belgrade & Pristina commitment to US (N1) • Belgrade to Berlin: US talks open room for ordinary people reconciliation (FoNet, N1) • Vucic spoke with Patriarch Irinej, informed him on Kosovo negotiations (RTS) • Fatherland Movement on Washington agreement (Radio KIM) • Church in Babin Most, near Obilic, desecrated (Kosovo Online, B92, KIM radio) • North Macedonia PM: Meeting with President Vucic about 'mini-Schengen’ (N1) Opinion: • Trump’s Balkan agreement does Israel more harm than good – opinion (The Jerusalem Post) International: • Kosovo’s Legal Aid for War Crimes Suspects Raises Concerns (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 55 new cases, four deaths (media) • Hoti to report to MPs on dialogue with Serbia (media) • “Agreement with Serbia, in complete coordination with the U.S.” (media) • Kurti: Serbia's projects are old, Kosovo's concessions new (media) • Bajrami: Only Israel’s recognition is historic in Washington agreement (Koha) • Coalition partners gathered again on Monday (media) • Haradinaj: We won’t vote any other candidate except Ramush (media) • Gjini: Vetevendosje initiated no-confidence motion to trap the PDK (KTV) • Beqiri: No one in the LDK is celebrating Osmani’s departure (media) • Djuric: Serbia will insist on speedy creation of the Association (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 14, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 55 new cases, four deaths (media) • PM Hoti calls for maximal caution from pupils and teachers (media) • PM Hoti: €10 mil to municipalities as part of economic revival program (media) • PDK is not pleased with Washington agreement, complains about Hoti (media) • Plenkovic: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue with two wings, in Brussels and Washington (Koha) • William Walker contracted to advise President Thaci (Prishtina Insight) Serbian Language Media: • Five new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo, one person passed away (Radio KIM) • Stano: Continuation of talks on non-majority communities and property (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic decided on the government? (media) • Kosovo Serb Orthodox Diocese on Koha’s text: It spreads ethnic and religious hatred (KoSSev) • Father Sava: Claims of those calling us usurpers, unworthy of Albanian people sons who respected others (KoSSev) • Koha: ''Appropriation of medieval Arberian monuments in Kosovo by Serbs'' (KoSSev) • Leaks of dossiers from The Hague – covering up KLA crimes (Politika) • Pompeo hails Serbia's announcement to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization (N1) • Vucic: Lack of reaction to Pristina's unfulfilled obligation shameful (BETA, N1) • Vucic: Excellent phone talk with Netanyahu (SRNA, N1) • Detention of four Serbs arrested at Mokra Gora Mountain extended (RTS) Opinion: • Belgrade professor to Grenell: Nobel Prize nomination sounds like mockery (N1) • After Trump’s Serbia-Kosovo Deal, it’s Over to Brussels (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbia-Kosovo Deal Behind Trump Nobel Prize Nod Dismissed As 'Photo Opportunity' by Ex-Serbian FM (Newsweek) Humanitarian/Development: • Womens’ Network, MPs react against court decision (media)

• COVID-19: 71 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Kosovo government meets today (media) • Kosovo Assembly Presidency to meet today (media) • Mustafa: Prime minister guided by Constitution not coalition partners (media) • LVV and PDK to oppose Mini-Schenghen with all means (RTK) • Borrell: Only Europeans can stabilise the Balkans (FT/Kosovo media) • Fabrizi: Next rounds of dialogue, even more difficult (media) • Israel's Netanyahu to address Kosovo in remarks from White House (Klan) • Serwer: Washington Agreement does not even enable start of economic normalisation (Koha)

• COVID-19: 50 new cases, five deaths (media) • A third of people in Kosovo believe COVID-19 is a hoax, according to poll (AFP/EuroNews) • Zemaj: All set for the start of new school year (media) • Osmani: There is danger of a Republika Srpska in the north of Kosovo (RFE) • Veseli: Kosovo delegation failed to reach final agreement with Serbia (media) • Nagavci: Fall of Hoti-led government, a matter of days (Kosovapress) • “Specialist prosecutors investigating files case sent to KLA associations” (media) • Op-ed: Kosovo Serbia Agreement Could Sway US Election (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 50 new cases, five deaths (media) • Hoti: France and Netherlands impede visa liberalization (media) • Aliu accuses Hoti for granting ownership of Ujman lake to Serbia (media) • Haxhiu: Kosovo’s Bosnianisation will not be allowed, Hoti should leave (RTK) • Kosnett: U.S. and Kosovo to strengthen partnership against terrorism (RTK) • Civil society: There was no transparency on Washington agreement (media) • The United States, Kosovo and Serbia nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (media) Serbian Language Media: • Two new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities, five patients recovered (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic says Serbia managed to open White House doors (media) • US envoy: Serbia faces many burdensome political decisions (FoNet, N1) • Moscow daily: New govt. will show if Serbia changes foreign policy (Beta, N1) • Kosovo Police: Four graves damaged in Zakovo during works on water supply (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Serb cemetery desecrated in Kosovo (N1, Beta) • Vukcevic: It is very strange, unbelievable that files of the Special Prosecutor’s Office were leaked (KoSSev) Opinion: • Hoti’s government is a sitting duck (Prishtina Insight) • Jovic: Serbia is seriously approaching the US, it could become the main partner in the Balkans (N1, KoSSev) • Non-agreement or why it takes (at least) two to reach an agreement (KoSSev) International: • Unpacking the Serbia-Kosovo Deal (visegradsight.eu) • Kosovo and Serbia - Israel’s Balkan blunder (The Jerusalem Post) Humanitarian/Development: • WHO acknowledges: The end of the pandemic might be ... (B92, Tanjug)

• COVID-19: 69 new cases, seven deaths (media) • UN says more funds needed for coronavirus vaccine (VOA/RTV21/Kallxo) • Kosovo and North Macedonia considering easing border restrictions (media) • Hoti: We will respect agreement on Association (media) • Tahiri: European Parliament confirmed support for visa liberalisation (media) • Kosovo and North Macedonia considering easing border restrictions (media) • Palmer: The U.S. happy with progress in Kosovo-Serbia negotiations (Koha) • Grenell says he jokingly proposed renaming Ujman/Gazivode to Lake Trump (Klan) • Limaj: No disagreements among coalition partners (media) • Mustafa: We do not have agreement on President with AAK (RTK/T7) • Israeli official: New embassy in Pristina to be opened soon (Koha) • Vucic about Washington meeting: I did not sleep the entire night (RTK) • Djuric: No agreement without Association of Serb-majority municipalities (Koha/Zeri) • Serbia and Kosovo awkwardly embrace Israel (The Economist)