• COVID-19: 220 new cases, eight deaths (media) • PM accuses police and inspectors of failing to implement measures (media) • Mustafa: Support Hoti and institutions in political dialogue (media) • Government under the scrutiny of coalition partners (Radio Free Europe) • Assembly President condemns murder of woman in Kamenica (media) • Minister: Merited punishment for man who killed wife in Kamenica (media) • Fazliu: Kosovo more divided than ever over dialogue team (Prishtina Insight) • Albanian residents of the north warn with protests (KTV) • Vucic: If Kosovo acts, we will continue derecognition campaign (media)

• COVID-19: 213 new cases, six deaths (media) • Hoti denies recognition lobbying is suspended (media) • Thaci commemorates anniversary of police action in the north (media) • Hyseni: U.S. role in dialogue is irreplaceable (media) • Lajcak meets Reeker, discuss Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Carpenter doubts Kosovo-Serbia agreement can be reached in less than six months (RTK)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 213 new cases, six deaths (media) • Municipalities call on government to review COVID-19 measures (media) • Hoti stresses dialogue with Serbia is political not technical process (media) • Thaci: Dialogue with Serbia cannot slide into technical level (media) • Hoti: Kosovo's territorial integrity non-negotiable (media) • Lajcak: Kosovo-Serbia expert meeting was productive (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serb communities in Kosovo 27 new Covid-19 cases (Kontakt plus radio) • President Vucic aims to get Serbia back on world stage and this time won’t allow it to be cast as a villain (Pavlovic Today, media) • First round of Belgrade-Pristina experts’ talks ended in Brussels (RTS) • Jevtic: Dialogue gives chance to resolve problems (Radio KIM) • Dodik asks Vucic to negotiate status of Kosovo and Bosnia's RS region as package (N1) Opinion: • Kosovo more divided than ever over dialogue team (Prishtina Insight) International: • Balkan Gangs Are Now Leading Global Smugglers, Report (Balkan Insight) • Grassroots Group Eyes Belgrade on Route to Toppling Serbian President (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Qendra Multimedia performance space shuts down (Prishtina Insight) • Opposition calls EU to include Serbia in procurement of coronavirus vaccine (N1)

• COVID-19: 181 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Hyseni: No separate agreements without a comprehensive agreement (media) • President Thaci to meet Prime Minister Hoti today (media) • Apostolova: EU is not behind Thaci’s indictment (KTV) • Reeker: U.S. continues talks with EU on the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (RFE) • Beyer: North is a challenging topic in talks, borders won’t be touched (Express) • Hoxhaj: Hoti government can damage Kosovo with its inability (Klan) • Von Cramon: I do not and cannot impact work of Specialist Chambers (media) • KSF denies Russian media reports of (Zeri) • Bosnian Serbs ask Vucic to tie their region's independence to Kosovo talks (Reuters)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 23, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 181 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Lajcak meets Hyseni and Djuric (RTK) • Hoti: Technical dialogue is over, today the dialogue for mutual recognition starts (RTK) • Assembly endorses five international agreements (media) • Assembly does not endorse neither LVV’s nor PDK’s resolutions on COVID-19 (media) • Heldt: I leave a major piece of luggage in Kosovo (media) • Geci: I was warned from Brussels that my life is in danger (Telegrafi) • Hoti meets Telecom trade union representatives, promises solution (media) Serbian Language Media: • 21 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Serb areas in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Janjic: The topic of today's talks between Belgrade and Pristina is not recognition (NMagazin, TV Prva) • Vucic: Two new Covid-19 hospitals; Something strange in the region; New government by the end of August (media) • Anniversary of killing of 14 Serb harvesters in Staro Gracko marked (Kosovo-online) • Serbian DefMin Vulin discusses military cooperation with Russian ambassador (N1, Beta) • WHO Director: Coronavirus trend in Balkans and South Europe worrying (FoNet, RTS, N1) • Damon Wilson: Russia wants status quo in Kosovo (RFE) • "No serious negotiations without USA and Russia, there'll be none in a hundred years" (B92) • NATO Week in Belgrade: Only nine pct of people support membership (N1) • KOMS: 36 percent of young people think de-recognition campaign on Kosovo should continue (KoSSev) • Covic: The only capital of the Albanian nation is Tirana (Radio Mitrovica Sever, TV Most) Opinion: • Why the opinion of the International Court of Justice did not put a seal on Kosovo’s independence (KoSSev) • A fork in the road for Serbia (euobserver.com) International: • Questions Shadow Kosovo’s Financial Support for War Suspects (Balkan Insight) • Hague Prosecutors Summon North Macedonia’s Albanian Leader (Balkan Insight) • Turkish-Financed Mosque Sparks Rival Protests in Kosovo (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Court Ruling Pushes Telecom Closer to Bankruptcy (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Asylum Outsourced: McKinsey’s Secret Role in Europe’s Refugee Crisis (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 241 new cases, six deaths (media) • Newly founded COVID-19 advisory board holds first meeting (media) • Haradinaj: Thaci will resign if indictment is confirmed (Klan Kosova) • Hoti's delegation of dialogue powers to Hyseni, deemed unconstitutional (Koha) • Wilson: Russia wants a status quo in Kosovo (Radio Free Europe) • Limaj: We cannot have dialogue with Serbia without all leaders at table (T7) • Haradinaj-Stublla: Agreement with Serbia needs U.S. leadership (media) • Mothers’ Cries: Do not rush in finalising talks with Serbia (media) • Ali Ahmeti summoned as witness by Specialist Chambers (media) • KLA associations demand resignation of EP rapporteur (media) • Vucic: I expect greater engagement by the U.S. in the dialogue (Lajmi) • Board of Kosovo Telecom resigns over Z-mobile dispute (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 241 new cases, six deaths (media) • Thaci: Kosovo has faith in international justice (media) • Hyseni: Kosovo status not up for negotiations (Telegrafi) • Hoti: Osmani doesn’t have experience to lead Assembly (media) • Kurti: Kosovo failed to capitalise on Serbia's failure at ICJ (media) • Quni: KSF able to guarantee Kosovo's sovregnity by 2027 (EO) • Thaci: Kosovo, the best model of interreligious tolerance and coexistence (media) Serbian Language Media: • 22 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Serb areas (Kosovo-online) • Risi: KFOR to do 750 tests per week (Tanjug) • Djuric: Economic cooperation and Pristina’s obligations to be discussed in Brussels (Tanjug) • EU allocates € 12.5 billion for Western Balkans (N1) • Fabrizi says new budget important for Serbia (FoNet, N1) • Romania does not change stance on Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Serbian DefMin Vulin warns Germany not to arm Kosovo (N1, FoNet) • Media: Angela gave the green light, the Germans are arming Kosovo (B92, Sputnik, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Restarted, but... (Peacefare/Koha) International: • Kosovo Needs National Strategy for Sustainable Peace, Report Says (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • How McKinsey Put ‘Productivity’ At Heart of European Refugee Policy (Balkan Insight) • Loncar says letter signed by almost 800 doctors “political” (N1)

• COVID-19: 168 new cases, 157 recovered (media) • COVID-19 puts strain on Kosovo health system (Prishtina Insight) • LDK’s Skender Hyseni appointed state coordinator for dialogue (media) • President Thaci welcomes Hyseni’s appointment as state coordinator (media) • Osmani comments on Hyseni's appointment as coordinator (Klan/Kallxo) • Osmani slams Hoti: He has renounced state sovereignty (Klan Kosova) • EU asks unity from Kosovo in dialogue (Express) • Von Cramon responds to allegations of interfering with SPO's work (media) • Cakaj: Specialist Chambers, a political problem (RTK) • Kosovo Telecom board resigns (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 21, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 168 new cases, 157 recovered (media) • LVV rejects again Hoti’s invitation for a meeting (media) • LDK, AAK, NISMA and AKR at the Leaders’ forum (RTK) • Meliza Haradinaj: Kosovo concerned over Serbia’s purchasing of drones and missiles (RTK) • Krasniqi to ARKEP: You are not preventing IPKO’s selling to Serbia (media) • Hoxhaj: Viola Von Cramon going to the Hague, a political interference (RTK) • Musliu concerned about MEP’s interference at the Special Court (RTK) • British Embassy: We did not block communication with anyone (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Antonijevic: Six newly infected of Covid-19 in Serbian communities (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Pleasant afternoon with Quinta, EU reps; support of resumed dialogue (N1, FoNet) • Vucic consults on new Serbian government with coalition around SNS party (N1, FoNet) • Armored vehicles purchased in US arrived in Pristina (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Beyond Kosovo: How Protests Transformed Serbia’s Relations with Russia (Balkan Insight) International: • EU Summit’s ‘Historic’ Budget Pleases Central, South-East Europe Leaders (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Ivanusa: First coronavirus vaccines on market perhaps by end of year (N1)

• COVID-19: 142 new cases over last 24 hours, four deaths (media) • Technical teams to meet Thursday, Kosovo without a coordinator (Koha) • Hoti: Drafting of final agreement starts this week (Prishtina Insight) • Who will be appointed state coordinator for dialogue? (Klan) • Hoti called to report to Assembly on dialogue with Serbia (media) • Von Cramon: I never interfered in Specialist Chambers’ work (Klan) • Thaci: Women of Krusha are a symbol of survival and force (media) • “There’s still a mindset that women are not worthy of inheritance” (Koha) • Djuric: We will never discuss recognition of Kosovo (media)