• COVID-19: 444 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Zemaj: 33,600 doses of COVAX vaccine will arrive this month (media) • Besnik Tahiri appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs (media) • Battle against vote theft carried to the Supreme Court (Koha Ditore) • How many ministries will the new government have? (Koha) • Citaku reacts to Thaci’s non-inclusion in EU post about dialogue (media) • “Status of Orthodox churches in Kosovo could be topic of dialogue” (media) • Kosovar peacekeepers sent on first mission abroad (Radio Free Europe) • Hague prosecution accused of obstructing Kosovo ex-President’s defence (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 444 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla resigns as foreign minister and quits AAK (Prishtina Insight) • Borell: 10 years since the dialogue started, it is time to conclude it (Express) • Hodzic: We’ll use all legal means to get votes back (media) • ECAP calls for recount of votes in 134 polling stations (media) • KSF embarks on its first international deployment (media) • Tome Gashi prepares lawsuits against Dick Marty and Carla Del Ponte (Gazeta Express) • Duda Balje and Veton Berisha submit appeals to the Supreme Court (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • 61 new cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Hodzic filed complaint to Supreme Court: We’ll address the international courts if need be (Kosovo-online) • Garipi: The Roma Initiative appealed to the Supreme Court (KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Court annuls detention of four youngsters, proposal for other three to remain under house arrest (Radio KIM) • Stankovic: They drag Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja into dialogue in vain (Kosovo Online, Vecernje Novosti) • CoE Belgrade Office Head: Serbia makes some progress in rule of law, more to do (N1) Opinion: • About a "Greater Serbian hegemony" (Kosovo-online, Novi Standard) International: • In Central and Southeast Europe the EU is Losing Vaccination Race to Russia (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • In Kosovo, three organisations are showing what women can do when given the chance to lead (Emerging Europe) • International Women’s Day Marked in Southeast, Central Europe Despite Pandemic (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 587 new cases, 6 deaths (media) • COVID-19 worsens plight of stressed-out Balkan reporters (BIRN) • Abdixhiku, Haziri announce candidacies for post of LDK leader (media) • Kurti: Dialogue with Serbia must be well prepared (media) • Lajcak: Dialogue brought about important agreements (media) • Hodzic: ECAP decision, politically motivated and scandalous (media) • Kosnett: Women leaders, always instrumental to Kosovo’s success (media) • Szunyog: Impressed with stories of powerful women (media) • People’s Attorney: Gender equality in institutions must be obligatory (Kallxo) • Prishtina marches “against patriarchy that kills” on Women’s Day (BIRN) • KSF to embark on first peacekeeping mission abroad (media) • “Those who believe Serbia must be forced to accept deal live in fairy tale” (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 8, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 587 new cases, 6 deaths (media) • EU: Ten-year dialogue has brought clear changes (RFE, Kallxo) • ECAP: All votes for Bosniak in 7 municipalities are annulled (media) • ECAP decides on recount of conditional and diaspora votes for AAK (media) • ECAP suspends six commissioners in Suhareka, orders vote recount (Koha) • Investigation on suspicions for Haradinaj-Stublla’s vote rigging begins (media) • Haradinaj: I wish the manipulators meritorious punishments (Koha) • Kurti says new government won’t have less than 5 female ministers (media) • Women’s representation in Kosovo’s Parliament increased without reliance on gender quotas (exit.al) • March in Prishtina in honor of the International Women’s Day (media) Serbian Language Media: • 18 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo on Sunday (KoSSev) • Office for KiM: 10.500 Serbs from Kosovo inoculated (Radio KIM) • EU: 10 years later, time to bring the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina to an end (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Odalovic: Pristina should open archives, people have not disappeared in the forest (RTS, Kosovo and Metohija radio, Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Pristina wanted to buy Serb souls in the south, it failed in the north, we will help the people (KoSSev) • Dacic: Double standards of EU, Belgrade’s stances clear since beginning (Kosovo-online) • Additional 28.080 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrived in Serbia (Tanjug) • Serbian List urges competent authorities to prosecute those who broke into Serbian Orthodox churches (Kosovo-online) • Serbian opposition parties and organizations submits joint platform on elections conditions’ talks (N1) Opinion: • Rebuilding on Equal Foundations (EurActiv) Humanitarian/Development: • UN highlights transformative power of equal participation, marking International Women’s Day (UN News) • Covid could endanger progress on gender equality, says Merkel (The Guardian) • A boy from Novo Brdo’s love for tennis breaks all boundaries (KoSSev)

• COVID-19: 566 new cases, nine deaths (media) • Kurti: Formation of new institutions ASAP (media) • Osmani: Diplomatic actions to be coordinated with U.S. (RTV21/Telegrafi) • Serwer, Philips comment on Kosovo-Israel diplomatic relations (Telegrafi) • Prosecution called on to investigate 'vote buying' allegations (Klan) • In a land dominated by ex-rebels, Kosovo women find power at the ballot box (NYT) • SRSG Tanin reaffirms the need to address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women and recognise their contributions (UNMIK) • Vetevendosje to support “We march, we don’t celebrate” march (media) • Vucic: Serbia facing western pressure to recognise Kosovo (media) • Krivokapic: I would never have agreed to recognise Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo planning to draft 'black list' modeled on the U.S. (Koha) • New Court Faces Old Problems in Protecting Kosovo Witnesses (BIRN) • A life dedicated to education (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 564 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Hoti: Kosovo facing a new wave of COVID-19, first vaccines to arrive in March (media) • Kurti-led government expected to be formed on 25 March (Koha) • Non-Serb community parties appeal election result (media) • Osmani: KSF to deploy on its first mission abroad this week (Telegrafi) • SPO ready for commencement of trial against Salih Mustafa (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian areas in Kosovo 56 new cases of Covid-19, two deaths (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Lajčák: Both Belgrade and Pristina understand dialogue has no alternative (N1) • Analysts:Citizens committed to change and reforms, but present differing views on cooperation with SL (KoSSev) • Petkovic: We continue the joint struggle for the survival of our people (RTV Puls) • US diplomat: Biden to condemn statement on Kosovo’s unification with Albania (N1) • German FM: Serbia will get 300,000 vaccines from COVAX programme (DW, N1) • Selakovic: Von Cramon's views do not reflect official German policy (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Vecernje Novosti: "Lajcak didn't bring anything new to Belgrade, left with a clear message from Vucic" (B92) • The Court of Appeals revoked the decision on the detention of seven young men, but will not be released until a new decision (Kosovo Online) • Ambassador says France committed to supporting Western Balkans (N1, FoNet) • Biden deleted Trump's plan to invest in Serbia? (Danas) Opinion: • The Times They Are a-Changin’: But For Better or Worse? (Balkan Insight) International: • Serb Ex-Policeman Claims Alibi for Kosovo Family’s Killings (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 658 new cases, nine deaths (media) • Kurti: My position hasn’t changed; we can’t change the Constitution (media) • Petkovic reacts to Kurti: Idea for unification could have consequences (media) • Lajcak expects a Kurti-Vucic meeting before summer (media) • ECAP receives 15 complaints over election results (media) • Kusari-Lila: LDK voted Thaci, it should also vote Osmani (RTK/Telegrafi) • AAK has not yet decided whether to vote for Osmani as president (Klan) • Hodzic: Vote for Kurti government if two Bosniak municipalities formed (media) • Mustafa: No preferences for LDK leader and no official candidacies (Kallxo) • UNDP publishes latest public pulse report (media) • Kosovo’s Courts Struggle to Hold Corrupt Officials to Account (Balkan Insight) • Suicide prevention helpline seeking funding (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 4, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 591 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Zemaj warns stricter measures if increasing trend continues (media) • Central Election Commission announces final election results (media) • NATO SG: We’re reviewing engagement with KSF, after mandate change (media) Serbian Language Media: • 67 new cases of Covid-19, two deaths registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Antonijevic: The number of patients is growing, the worrying situation (KiM radio) • The CEC confirmed 10 mandates of the Serbian List, Slavko and Igor Simic won the most votes (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Albanians are not ready to compromise (KoSSev) • Lajcak from Belgrade: Status quo is not sustainable for either side (KoSSev) • Germany against change of borders; Serbia for compromise (KoSSev) • Sava Janjic: No hasty solution for Kosovo and Metohija (NMagazin, FB) • Selakovic addressed German Bundestag EU Committee, talks about EU integration, Kosovo issue (GoS, media) • Grubjesic: Lajcak visit to 'feel the pulse' of Pristina about the dialogue continuation (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Lack of paper in the Paper Leviathans (Koha) • Intentional Amnesia: Croatia’s Attempt to Erase Yugoslavia (Balkan Insight) International: • Left-wing party wins Kosovo poll, needs ally to form cabinet (AP) • World Health Organization warns of global uptick in Covid cases after weeks of decline (CNBC) Humanitarian/Development: • Inspiring change: women’s leadership in health care is vital during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond (euro.who.int) • In COVID-19 Fight, Free Speech Becomes Collateral Damage (Balkan Insight) • EU Starts Sputnik V Review as Russia Seeks Vaccine Acceptance (Bloomberg)

• COVID-19: 601 new cases, five deaths (media) • New anti-COVID measures to be proposed in face of growing new cases (media) • CEC: Election results to be announced Thursday (media) • VV thanks diaspora members, claims to have overwhelmingly won their votes (media) • Daka says recent elections were the most difficult to organise (Klan Kosova) • Kurti: Specialist Chambers were imposed, KLA led just war (Telegrafi) • In Switzerland, Osmani meets diaspora, chairman of National Council (media) • EU-U.S. coordination, guarantee there will be no imposed solutions on Kosovo (Koha) • EU envoy tells Serbia, Kosovo dialogue key for entry talks (AP/RFE) • Grenell: Kurti and VV believe Israel was built by crimes (media) • DFC dismisses head of Belgrade office - report (SeeNews/Tanjug) • Twenty years on, the disappeared still cast shadows in northern Kosovo (euronews)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 601 new cases, five new deaths (media) • Vetevendosje’s Kurti says he has votes to form the government (RFE) • Kurti replies to Netanyahu, Erdogan; no mention of embassy in Jerusalem (media) • CEC likely to announce final election results today (Express) • EUSR Lajcak’s visit to Kosovo: Dialogue will continue (media) • Lajcak: Dialogue important for Kosovo and Serbia’s European aspirations (media) • Abbott: UK shares views for well-prepared, principled dialogue (media) • EU-facilitated dialogue with US support as soon as institutions are formed (media) Serbian Language Media: • 33 Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities in Kosovo, one deceased (Kontakt plus radio) • Gracanica: 10 new Covid-19 cases (KiM radio) • Patriarch Porfirije: Kosovo not only a geopolitical issue for us, but also a question of identity (RTS, KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Freedom House: SNS erodes political, civil liberties in Serbia (N1, VoA) • Germany honestly supports Western Balkans’ European perspective (Beta, N1) • LVV publishes photos of Kurti and Lajcak – no Albanian flag (KoSSev) • Lazic: An epidemic would be under control with 20,000 revaccinated, we are now halfway there (Kosovo Online) • Bajrami: Dialogue cannot continue with the same discourse, reaching an agreement in a few months is unrealistic (KoSSev) Humanitarian/Development: • WHO: Serbia fourth in Europe by number of newly infected per 100,000 people (N1)