• COVID-19: 285 new cases, five deaths (media) • Kurti: We don’t avoid talks with Serbia, but first justice and employment (VOA) • Konjufca: We’ll form government without being dependent on SL (media) • VV says diaspora votes with expired documents should not be annulled (media) • Pacolli: I will vote in favor of Osmani for President (media) • Berisha: Dialogue with Serbia is in Kosovo’s national interest (Koha) • LDK’s Rugova: Resigned chairmanship trying to impose new leader (media) • Ahmeti: VV to form coalition with PDK or LDK for greater stability (media) • Adrijana Hodzic denies deal with Srpska Lista (BIRN) • “Those assumed to be obstructing justice in Kosovo must be identified” (RFE) • Serbian church elects patriarch deemed close to president (BIRN) • TV debate discusses multilingualism and Balkanistics program (Kanal 10)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 23, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 368 new cases, four deaths (media) • EP criticizes Kosovo for not fighting corruption, expresses concern over closure of Task Force (Koha) • Hoti on assault on Rasic’s son: Violence is unacceptable (media) • Prosecutor’s office begins investigations about attack on Rasic’s son (media) • Rasic: Attack on my son was an attempted murder (Prishtina Insight) • Abbott: Some politicians have incited hatred and fear within communities (Koha) • Kurti asks privatisation agency not to open new waves of privatisation (media) • EP Foreign Affairs Committee to vote Kosovo report (Express) • Suspicions of vote manipulation by Serbia, dozens of NGOs demand reaction of local and international institutions (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • 78 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • 14 newly infected in Gracanica (Kosovo Online) • Serbian List and Office for KiM: Fight has nothing to do with politics (Radio KIM) • Suspects for beating Nikola Rasic assigned detention (Radio KIM) • Nenad Rasic believes that the attack on his son has a political background (N1) • Rakic: Son of Nenad Rasic injured in “a private conflict” between young men (N1) • Parents of detained young men: The fight was caused by Nikola Rasic (KiM radio) • Sava Janjic: Dialogue with Serbs must go through Belgrade (Kosovo-online) International: • The world faces a pandemic of human rights abuses in the wake of Covid-19 (The Guardian) • Small hydropower plant owner sues activist Shpresa Loshaj in Kosovo* for defamation (balkangreenenergynews.com) • In Hostile Serbian Parliament, MP Fights for Rights of ‘Enemy’ Albanians (Balkan Insight) • U.S. Development Bank Says It's Committed To Balkans Amid Talk Of Serbian Office Closure (RFE) • North Macedonia Murder Retrial Convicts Ethnic Albanians of Terrorism (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 260 new cases, three deaths (media) • Kosovo hospitals take in fearful Albanian COVID-19 patients (BIRN) • Nenad Rasic’s son beaten in Gracanica (media) • Dialogue with Serbia – Kosovo’s key issue in foreign policy (Koha) • Kosnett: Kurti and Osmani have vision and energy (media) • Kosovo Serbs accused of fixing Bosniak, Roma election results (BIRN) • Communities warn: We may refuse the reserved seats (Kallxo) • Kryeziu: Votes for Hodzic delegitimise guaranteed seats for Bosniaks (Koha) • Civil society calls for investigations into the Bosniak votes (media) • Kosovo’s oldest party needs reality check after election rout (BIRN) • Osmani meets UNDP Coordinator in Kosovo (media) • Car of Vetevendosje MP caught fire (media) • Von Cramon: Government officials and state-owned media in Serbia distributing disinformation and propaganda (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Germany and France call for swift formation of government and election of President (media) • CDHRF: Assembly reserved seats are at risk from Belgrade (media) • CEC meets, counting of 500 polling stations is expected (Express) • CEC decides: 494 polling stations will be recounted (media) • Zemaj announces increase of COVID-19 cases (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • 57 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo on Saturday (Radio kontakt plus) • The Comoros do not recognize Kosovo's independence, the position remains the same (RTS) • OSCE: Media should be free to travel (KoSSev) • Serbia receives 150,000 doses of AstraZeneca, 50.000 doses of Sputnik vaccines (N1, B92) • Brnabic: Quality of life in Kosovo will depend on dialogue with Belgrade (Tanjug, Kosovo-online) • Hodzic: Balje and Rexhepi did nothing for Bosniak community in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Office for KiM: Video surveillance in all schools in Serbian communities (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Electoral irregularities are no excuse for anti-gypsyism (Prishtina Insight) • Palokaj: Kosovo to draft guidebook for international friends to hold them accountable • New 'Cold War' Will Fuel Tensions in Southeast, Central Europe (Balkan Insight) International: • Albin Kurti told BTA: Bulgaria and Kosovo share common goals and interests (BTA)

• COVID-19: 398 new cases, 1 death (media) • Prishtina Mayor: No one has moral credibility to ask for a lockdown (media) • EU insists on resuming the dialogue (media) • Vetevendosje Movement rules out coalition with Serbian List (Koha) • Idea for extra-territoriality of Orthodox religious sites, a challenge (Koha) • Hoti reacts against Belgrade’s interference in Bosniak vote (media) • Berisha accuses Romani Initiative of being “a Srpska Lista product” (BIRN) • 48 NGOs from non-Serb communities react (Ekonomia Online) • Surroi: Short time to elect the new President (Koha) • Slow pace of Balkan repatriation leaves over 100 children in Syrian camps (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 18, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 340 new cases, ten deaths (media) • LDK to elect a two-year mandate leader (media) • Srpska's game: Hodzic received thousands of votes in municipalities where no Bosniaks live (Express) • Egyptian PLE also accuses Serbian List of stealing mandates (Koha) • Roma Progressive Movement: Roma Civic Initiative is in fact the Serbian List (Telegrafi) • German Ambassador: Voters have given a strong mandate for change (RTK) • Kurti: I will create the health insurance fund (media) • Mustafa: I would break the coalition with LVV even today (media) Serbian Language Media: • Porfirije - a new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (B92, Tanjug) • New Patriarch Porfirije in his first sermon: Kosovo is a covenant for us (KoSSev) • Vucic met Patriarch Porfirije (RTS) • Serbian List to new Patriarch: We are convinced that in this holy and responsible duty, you will be on same path as your predecessors (Radio Mitrovica sever) • State Department congratulates election of Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch (media) • Petkovic: Pristina has obligation to enable unobstructed work of media (Radio kontakt plus) • Vukmirovic on ban to enter Kosovo: Pristina's explanation ridiculous and ill-intentioned (RTS) • Kurti: "We will analyze the ambiguities of the Washington agreement with the Biden administration" (BBC) • EU launches project to support Western Balkans vaccination effort (N1) International: • Kurti's comments spark pessimism in Belgrade over Kosovo-Serbia talks (euronews.com) • Kosovo Warns of Census Delay, Blaming Pandemic and Elections (Balkan Insight) • Filipovic: Improving cooperation with NATO in line with military neutrality is in Serbia’s national interest (EWB)

• COVID-19: 285 new cases, five deaths (media) • Kurti: We don’t avoid talks with Serbia, but first justice and employment (VOA) • Konjufca: We’ll form government without being dependent on SL (media) • VV says diaspora votes with expired documents should not be annulled (media) • Pacolli: I will vote in favor of Osmani for President (media) • Berisha: Dialogue with Serbia is in Kosovo’s national interest (Koha) • LDK’s Rugova: Resigned chairmanship trying to impose new leader (media) • Ahmeti: VV to form coalition with PDK or LDK for greater stability (media) • Adrijana Hodzic denies deal with Srpska Lista (BIRN) • “Those assumed to be obstructing justice in Kosovo must be identified” (RFE) • Serbian church elects patriarch deemed close to president (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 285 new cases, five deaths (media) • Lajcak:Dialogue to continue immediately after the formation of the government (Lajmi) • EU’s message is clear: New government of Kosovo to continue dialogue with Serbia (Express) • Redzepi: Vucic elected Bosnian MPs in Kosovo (media) • Kosnett urges Kosovo winning parties to form a government quickly (Express) • Orlando encourages Kurti to form new government as soon as possible (Koha) • Kosovo hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic as economy contracts by 6%, IMF report (Express) • Diaspora vote counting goes on (media) • PDK’s Lladrovci demands in an open letter mass resignation in party structures (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • 42 new cases of Covid-19, three deaths registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Gracanica: The number of Covid-19 cases growing; The Crisis Staff calls for strict compliance with the measures (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio) • Media: If Pristina makes a move, five countries are ready for de-recognition (B92) • Selakovic: Serbia doesn’t violate Washington agreement, but is not “silent observer” either (Kosovo-online) • Kurti for Vreme weekly: To overcome formulas such as historical dialogue and reconciliation (media) • Parties in Kosovo fined with more than EUR 120.000 over election irregularities (Radio KIM) • The RTS crew cannot enter Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Pavicevic: Journalists have no obligation to announce the crossing (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, UNS) • Serbian List: Freedom of media and right to hear truth - essentials need of all societies striving for democracy (Radio kontakt plus) • "A good strategic move by the Serbian List, but only if they use it" (KiM radio) Opinion: • EU and US so far show no interest in renewed threats to unify Albania and Kosovo (greekcitytimes.com) International: • Kosovo snap election: A chance for action (ecfr.eu) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia vaccinated more than a million people (B92)

• COVID-19: 297 new cases, five deaths (media) • Abdixhiku: Changes in LDK have started and nothing will stop them (media) • AAK responds to Trajkovic’s vote abuse claims, “a pure lie” (Indeksonline) • CDHRF: Opposition to vote for Kurti 2 and Osmani as President (media) • Kosovars take to streets to mark state’s 13th birthday (BIRN) • The sacrifice for the state that did not deliver justice (Koha) • Qerkini: Serbia is playing with fate of missing persons (media) • Where does the fight against corruption begin? (Radio Free Europe) • Special Court: There is no leak of information (Klan Kosova) • Bus with Kosovo tourists pelted with stones in Montenegro (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 17, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 297 new cases, five deaths (media) • Kosovo's political leaders congratulate anniversary of independence (media) • Blinken congratulates Kosovo on independence anniversary (media) • MEP Von Cramon calls for visa liberalisation, continuation of dialogue (media) • German MP Beyer calls on EU to grant Kosovo visa liberalisation (media) • Elezi: CEC assessing ballot packages from diaspora (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Jarinje: Journalists' protest due to the prevention of the RTS crew to enter Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio, TV Most, Radio Gracanica, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Are Serbs really integrated into Kosovo society? (RTK2) • Anniversary of Kosovo declaration of independence: Survival of Serbs endangered more than before (Radio kontakt plus) • Maliqi for Danas: The Serb community still lives either in segregation or in the ghetto (Kosovo Online) • Beqaj: Kosovo far below expectations of citizens (Radio KIM) • RTS on February 17 in Kosovo, former Serbian diplomat terms it “failed project” (RTS) • Lajcak: I still believe that it is possible to find a solution for Kosovo (Danas) • Vucic to German “Bild” on Kosovo issue, Merkel (B92) • Senior Duma official says Russia, Serbia have closest possible relations (N1) • NUNS condemn an obstruction of journalist Dejan Kozul's work in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Canadian Ambassador, Serbian President hope for direct flights (N1) • Romanian ambassador calls for joint infrastructure and energy projects (N1) Opinion: • What were the elections like for Kosovo Serbs? (Kosovo 2.0) • In Serbia, State’s Ties to Crime Become Hard to Miss (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Historic Images of Kosovo Peace Talks Go on Display (Balkan Insight)