Albanian Language Media: • Vetevendosje proposes Albin Kurti as Prime Minister nominee (Klan Kosova) • President Thaci invites Kurti to give him PM mandate (media) • Kurti: LDK’s message ‘take it or leave it’, means leave it (media) • Kurti needs to form a new government by February 4 (Indeksonline) • Haxhiu: Time for LDK to prove it wants the change (media) • LDK: Despite unilateral moves by LVV, we are open to agreement (Telegrafi) • Pristina-Belgrade air route to be launched in the near future (Gazeta Express) • Thaci hails initiative for launch of Pristina-Belgrade flights (Kallxo) • Stoltenberg: KFOR retains authority over Kosovo airspace (Koha) • Osmani claims will for reach of the agreement with LVV exists (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Worrying data, but for whom - Serbia or the EU? (B92, Blic) • Russian MFA: Post-election chaos and struggle for power continue in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Saturday protest devoted to slain Kosovo Serb leader (Beta, N1) • Serbian trade minister says Kosovo tariffs cause one million-euro daily damages (N1, Novosti) • Belgrade-Pristina flight to be reinstated? (B92, RTS) International: • Engel Presses Top Navy Admiral on United States Policy on Serbia (foreign affairs.house.gov) • Kosovo's Vetevendosje Party Nominates Leader Kurti For PM (RFE) • Serbs Say Air Link May Reopen With Kosovo Two Decades After War (Bloomberg) • Statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on direct flights between Belgrade and Pristina (nato.int) • US brokers prospective flights between Serbia, Kosovo (The Washington Post) Humanitarian/Development: • BIRN Fact-check: The Air We Breathe (Balkan Insight) • The World’s 2,153 Billionaires Are Richer Than 4.6 Billion People, Says Oxfam (Bloomberg)

• Thaci: Kurti should either accept or refuse nomination (media) • Mustafa calls on LVV to show readiness for coalition agreement (Zeri) • Osmani: No path is more righteous than people’s voice for change (media) • Palokaj: Government to be formed for Kosovo’s needs (Koha) • Der Standard: Kosovo towards elections if government not formed by February 24 • Engel: Serbia’s integration road closed until it recognises Kosovo (media) • Konjufca calls meeting of Assembly presidency (media) • Vetevendosje denies reports about Konjufca’s possible resignation (Express)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 17, 2020 Albanian Language Media: Thaci: Kosovo has met visa liberalisation criteria (RTK) Daut Haradinaj asks LVV: Do you want to go to elections? (Express) Nagavci: Vjosa Osmani wanted to co-govern with Vetevnedosje (KTV) Osmani: LDK does not initiate Konjufca’s dismissal, I believe in agreement (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Court for KLA crimes without comment on murder of alleged protected witness (Tanjug) • "Next months crucial, EU faces risk if it doesn't send a clear signal to region" (TASS, B92) • Six years since murder of Dimitrije Janicijevic in Mitrovica North (Radio KIM) • Djuric: Belgrade committed to dialogue, problem is in Pristina (Danas) • "Major changes" in Serbian government, Vucic says (Prva TV, N1) International: • Kosovo PM Dismisses Rama’s Libel Charge as ‘Decoy’ (Balkan Insight) • Why is Kosovo Taking Home Islamic State Members? (VoA)

• Kurti: Agreement for the government, not “a deal of monarchs” (media) • Mustafa says Kurti’s letter is unofficial (RTK) • Mustafa: I cannot say if there is going to be a coalition, we are committed (RTK) • “It’s good that whole society is involved in debate on new government” (media) • Konjufca calls the first Assembly session (RTK) • U.S. Embassy calls for Oliver Ivanovic’s murder to be resolved (RTK) • Thaci hails agreement on single electoral list of Albanian parties in Serbia (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 16, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • “Bringing PAN back to power, Vetevendosje’s worst gift to the people” (Koha) • LDK’s Abrashi: We don’t have a name yet for post of Kosovo President (T7) • Haradinaj receives an invitation to attend National Prayer Breakfast (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • “If the killed was protected witness, then this is a rerun of the ‘Haradinaj case’” (Politika, Sputnik, B92) • Two years ago, Ivanovic was killed; "Serbia will not stop until a killer is found" (Beta, Tanjug, B92) • Milena Ivanovic: I'm trying to find out the truth on my own, disregarding Pristina (Kosovo-online, B92) • Milan Ivanovic: Two years is too long, confusing that Belgrade protects Radoicic (N1) • Memorial gathering to Oliver Ivanovic held in Mitrovica, Srpska Lista attended it (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev) • Pantovic: Court proceeding against Darko Tasic unduly prolonged (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online) • Racak 21 years later: An important event for Pristina, while Belgrade remains silent (KoSSev) • Two tons of wheat stolen in Novake village (KiM radio, RTS) Opinion: • Kelmendi: The (dis)agreement race (Koha Ditore) • 100 days of nonsense (Prishtina Insight) • Last Chance Saloon: Can the EU and Balkans be Reconciled in 2020? (Balkan Insight) International: • Truth Commission Activists Plan Yugoslav ‘Book of the Dead’ (Balkan Insight) • Shifting Focus of Kosovo Government Talks Hampers Deal (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Health institute warns: Air pollution is threatening people’s health (media) • Caglavica: It was agreed to increase police patrols (Radio KIM)

• EU High Representative Borrell speaks to Presidents Thaci, Vucic (media) • Thaci speaks to Borrell, calls for visa liberalisation (media) • Mustafa: Our structures will not consider LVV’s offer (media) • Vetevendosje’s Bislimi: We are closer to a solution than elections (Express/T7) • Vetevendosje turns down LDK offer, calls it “a joke” (media) • Abdixhiku: LDK will not agree to increased number of ministries (RTK) • Kurti: We need the government to implement resolution on genocide (Express) • EU: Miseries in Recak are well documented (RTK) • Albania’s PM files lawsuit against Ramush Haradinaj (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 15, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • EU’s High Representative Borrell speaks to Presidents Thaci and Vucic (media) • Thaci speaks to Borrell, requests visa liberalization (media) • LDK's Veliu: Vetevendosje wants absolute power (media) • Haxhiu: Additional minority ministry will not belong to the Serbian List (media) • LDK with the old response to LVV: Requests Assembly Speaker’s post (RTK) • Kosovo leaders remember Recak victims (media) • OSCE: 45 innocent Albanians massacred in 1999 in Recak (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic and Borrell spoke about Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug, RTS) • Kosovo police raided house of “Bora Stankovic” school director (RTS, B92) • Thousands left Kosovo, statistics office says (BETA, N1) • Archbishop Teodosije: To do all in our power that a neighbour and a brother never turn against one’s own neighbour and brother (KoSSev) • Serb family in Caglavica robbed (Radio KIM) • Kabasic: Russian citizens fined 250 euros each (Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo, Serbia Play Blame Game over Ivanovic Assassination (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Prosecutor Seeks Fine For Russians Charged With Illegal Border Crossing (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • Initiative for the protection of Lake Gracanica launched (Kontakt plus radio, RTK2) • Human Rights Progress Faltering in South and Central Europe: HRW (Balkan Insight)

 

• Vetevendosje confirms offer to LDK: Government with 14 ministries (media)
• LDK’s Osmani says Vetevendosje’s last offer is serious (media)
• German MP calls for formation of new government in Kosovo (media)
• Quint: Victims, families of Recak massacre to have full access to justice (media)
• Prosecutor in Mitrovica wants mandatory fine for two Russian nationals (RFE)
• Forest guard found dead three months ago was a protected witness (T7)

Vetevendosje confirms offer to LDK: Government with 14 ministries (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Vetevendosje sends final offer to LDK? (Indeksonline) • Mustafa: LDK has received a new offer from LVV (Telegrafi) • Analysts on consequences from delays in forming new government (Telegrafi) • Thaci calls parties to propose new election commission members (Indeksonline) • Police arrest two Russian nationals near border with Serbia (Klan Kosova) • William Walker: Recak must not be forgotten (media) • Haxhiu: Decision for Assembly Speaker irreversible, elections an option (media) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: Belgrade dissatisfied with small number of chapters opened (BETA, N1) • Schütz: Agreement on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue has to be sustainable, not hasty (KoSSev) • KP: Russian, Albanian citizens arrested in Leposavic for "illegal border crossing" (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio, RTK2) • New Insajder show on the murder of Oliver Ivanovic: (Not) a perfect crime (Insajder, N1) • Von der Leyen: Next six months crucial for both EU and Western Balkans (N1) International: • Kosovo-Albania future: the many ‘but-s’ that follow the idea of unification (Tirana Times) • Kosovo President May Seek Court Advice Over Political Stalemate (Balkan Insight) • Return to Kosovo: The Serbs Who Re-Embraced Their Hometown (Balkan Insight) • Paralysis in Pristina: poll winners struggle to form coalition govt (RFI, AFP) Humanitarian/Development: • ‘The rapist is you:’ Kosovo joins global anti-violence movement (Prishtina Insight)

• U.S. Ambassador calls for swift formation of government (media) • President Thaci expected to address Constitutional Court (Indeksonline) • Hoti: We made our offer – everything is in LVV’s hands now (media) • Godfrey expects progress in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue before U.S. elections (media) • Another vehicle set on fire in Kosovo north (Zeri)