• COVID – 19: 348 new cases, 5 deaths (media) • Hoti: Situation with COVID – 19 in Kosovo under control (media) • EU Head of Office: Kosovo will get free vaccines for over 300,000 people (media) • Osmani: Going to elections helps further democracy (Radio Free Europe) • Hoti: New elections are not excluded (RTK) • Gashi: No political readiness to resolve President issue (media) • Konjufca: We expect to win up to 50 percent of votes (media) • Xhemajli: PDK has a candidate for post of Kosovo President (media) • Palmer: US, EU working together on Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (Indeksonline) • Ruecker denies knowing of any corruption affair while heading KTA (EO/Koha) • WHO vaccine scheme risks failure, leaving poor countries with no COVID shots until 2024 (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 296 new cases, five deaths (media) • PM Hoti's Office issues statement on Government's work plan draft (media) • Kosovo Government not to apply to join international organisations until 2023 (Koha) • Kosovo authorities allowed to visit Maqastena in Prokuplje, Serbia (Koha) • Kosovo and Serbia representatives clash at CEFTA's virtual meeting (media) • Kurti writes to KSC judge to support Selimi's bail request (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • 52 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Vucic met Serbs from Kosovo, EMS and EPS directors – conclusions in two, three days (KoSSev) • Serbia won’t impose sanctions on Moscow, says Vucic; Resolution 1244 the basis for every agreement, says Lavrov (Beta, N1) • German State Secretary: EU and Germany supported process which resulted in KOSTT independence (KoSSev) • Jeremic: “Albanian finger” on a power supply switch in northern Kosovo as of yesterday (Danas) • Covic: I do not believe Albright would be in negotiations, Serwer completely irrelevant (KoSSev) Opinion: • Who gave electricity to Pristina (Nova S) International: • Balkan States Race to Secure COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Politicians Divided Over How to Choose Next President (Balkan Insight) • Europe set to approve COVID-19 vaccine in Christmas week (Reuters) • Mini-Schengen, Regional Economic Area and Common Regional Market: What is what? (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Last Despatches: News Team Killed the Day After Kosovo War Ended (Balkan Insight)

• COVID – 19: 350 new cases, 18 deaths (media) • Hoxhaj: President post belongs to the PDK (media) • Konjufca: Vetevendosje doesn’t want post of Kosovo President (T7) • Mustafa: Vetevendosje is seeing dreams that it can win 50% of votes (media) • Bytyci: Red lines in politics are being removed (media) • Kosovo Acting President Osmani begins 3-day visit to Albania (media) • Serbia cuts off energy transmission to Kosovo (RFE) • Russian Foreign Minister: EU to be impartial in the dialogue (media) • Serbian List to meet Serbian President Vucic (Gazeta Express) • Captured states in Western Balkans and Turkey (Transparency International)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 15, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • No ease of lockdown measures for Christmas and New Year in Kosovo (media) • Hoti: Mustafa is dealing with the meeting on president issue (media) • Haradinaj’s initial appearance at Special Court rescheduled to 18 December (media) • Ambassador Jan Braathu nominated OSCE chief of the mission in Serbia (Koha) • Kosnett and Tan support local war crime prosecution (media) • Osmani to travel for a three day visit to Albania (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities in Kosovo 56 new cases and one death (Kontakt plus radio) • Brnabic: I'm against curfew, celebrate at home; Vucic: vaccination soon (N1, BETA) • Russian FM arrives in Belgrade; talks to include bilateral relations, economy (N1) • Serbia's Foreign Minister: Close relations with Russia (N1) • Serwer to N1: Vucic won't recognise Kosovo, we'll have to wait for one who will (N1) • Trajkovic: Albright unlike Serwer recognizes opportunity for better US-Serbia relations (Kosovo-online) • Energy agreement vaguely implanted (Danas) • Mihajlovic: Opposition is spreading falsehoods and scaring Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Serbian List: Incomprehensible and unacceptable need to denigrate one’s own state (Radio Mitrovica sever) Opinion: • The EU and Kosovo a decade on (opendemocracy.net) International: • Kosovo Truth Commission’s Future in Doubt After Thaci’s Indictment (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 353 new cases, four deaths (media) • Zemaj: New anti-COVID measures to be coordinated with all stakeholders (media) • Hoti: Threatening statements from Belgrade do not help dialogue (media) • Still no date set for discussions on Kosovo’s next president (Prishtina Insight) • "Kosovo heading towards snap elections" (RFE) • Aide refutes reports Osmani will call parties to discuss president post (media) • Haradinaj: If my candidacy is not endorsed, we head to elections (Telegrafi) • 100 days since signed, Washington agreement remains in paper only (Koha) • Serwer: Albright to become involved in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Kosovo War Veterans’ Leaders Indicted for Obstructing Justice (Balkan Insight) • Status conference in case against Mustafa held at The Hague (media) • Joint defence requests variation of time limit for preliminary motions (media) • One of two Kosovo men arrested by Serbian authorities, released (Klan) • Blast reported at police officer's home in Leposavic municipality (Kallxo)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID - 19: 353 new cases, 9 deaths (media) • Hoti: If solution on President isn’t found, Kosovo goes to new elections (media) • Nagavci: President post to be discussed after new elections (media) • KOSTT to operate independently; PM Hoti calls it “a joint success” (media) • Haradinaj: Decision to form Army was not easy, but most important (media) • Pacolli: Army was a gift from the U.S. for our people (media) • The shocking results of a study in Serbia (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • 24 new cases of Covid-19, four deaths registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Botsan-Kharchenko: There will be more pressure (Vecernje Novosti, B92) • Lavrov to visit Belgrade on Tuesday (Tanjug, TV Most) • The public does not see how much NATO and Serbia work together (cfsp.rs) • "When it comes to Serbia and Kosovo, the status quo is unsustainable" (Tanjug, B92, RFE) • Abbot Janjic: Kosovo grotesque picture of what international community allegedly wanted to achieve 21 years ago (KoSSev) • Brnabic: Vaccines by end of year (B92) • Serbian Orthodox Church warns of false accounts under its name (BETA, N1) • Mladjan Djordjevic once again urged Vucic to say to whom they handed over energy system in northern Kosovo (Direktno.rs) • KOSTT started working as a regulatory area within the Kosovo-Albania bloc; no explanation to the citizens of the North (KoSSev) Opinion: • What Will a Joe Biden Presidency Mean for the Balkans? (nationalinterest.org) International: • Transparency concerns over Serbia’s growing military outlay (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo’s ‘The Flying Circus’ wins debut prize in Cottbus Film Festival (Exit.al) Humanitarian/Development: • Reading through the pandemic (Prishtina Insight)

• COVID – 19: 462 new cases, 12 deaths (media) • Hoti: We’re preparing necessary measures for New Year holidays (media) • No mass vaccination in Kosovo until 2022, according to The Economist (RTK) • Serbian Police arrests two Kosovars, suspected of entering Serbia (media) • Podujeva Mayor calls for release of persons arrested by Serbian Police (media) • Abrashi: If no agreement on President, new elections in January (Kosovapress) • Tahiri: New elections in Kosovo will be held on February 28 (media) • No consensus on a candidate for Kosovo President post (Deutsche Welle) • Osmani: I will run with my own list in new parliamentary elections (media) • Palokaj: With this pace, the dialogue won’t end even in 2031 (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 11, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 590 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Hoti: Parties to agree on either the president or election date (Telegrafi) • Mustafa doesn't view elections as way to resolve president's issue (Koha) • Foundation set up to support Thaci's legal defence in The Hague (media) • KFOR Commander expresses readiness to continue cooperation with KSF (Koha) • Austrian MEP Mandl urges EU to grant Kosovo visa liberalisation (Klan) • Residents of Krusha demand Tasic be retried for war crimes (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian areas in Kosovo 66 new cases of Covid-19, one death (Kontakt plus radio) • Visoki Decani one of 12 most threatened heritages sites, shortlisted for the 7 most endangered (KoSSev) • Father Sava: 200.000 Serbs have not returned to Kosovo (Radio KIM) • “Everyone has right to truth” (Radio KIM) • The hearing on the case of Ivanovic's murder postponed indefinitely (Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev) • Radojevic took oath: It is now up to me to live up to expectations (TV Most) • Pristina Mayor: "The biggest problem of Serbs is that when they turn 18, they leave" (RTK2) • Montgomery: Fixed stances on multiethnic societies in Kosovo and B&H will bring no solution (Kosovo-online) International: • COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Grip West Balkans, Survey Reveals (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Reidentifying the dead (Prishtina Insight) • Homeless in their homes (Kosovo 2.0)

• COVID-19: 621 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Hoti: Measures against COVID-19 to be evaluated on Friday (Lajmi) • Varhelyi: EU working to ensure Western Balkans receive Covid vaccine on time (Klan) • BIRN Kosovo exposé of hospital security issues draws criticism (Balkan Insight) • Lajcak: We continued discussions on financial and property claims (media) • LDK MP: Either a new President is elected, or we go to new elections (RTK) • AKR: This government has lost credibility (Klan Kosova) • Ymeri: Vetevendosje wins 40 seats if elections are held soon (Telegrafi) • Court rules Diaspora vote counting violated Constitution (media) • Limaj hails Constitutional Court decision (media) • LVV's Haxhiu reacts to Constitutional Court ruling (media) • Incident in Zubin Potok, attack on a Kosovo Police vehicle (Kallxo) • No room for Kosovo in the EU, says Austrian MP (Klan Kosova) • Osmani slams reports she terminated contract with William Walker (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 562 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • On Human Rights Day, SRSG Zahir Tanin Calls for Placing Human Rights at the Core of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery (media) • Kosovo-Serbia dialogue continues in Brussels (Express) • Lajcak tells what is expected to be discussed today at Prishtina-Belgrade meeting (media) • Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue, no narrowing of differences (Express) • Hoti: We do not go to the dialogue for anyone’s interests but those of the state (media) • Von Cramon urges visa liberalization for Kosovo (media) • “We are not blackmailing, but we do not vote anyone except for Haradinaj” (Telegrafi) • Serwer slams media close to Vucic for referring Albanians with a racist slur (Express) • “Engagement of former EULEX prosecutors, fades Special Court’s credibility” (RTK) • Hoti: Human rights to be dignifiedly represented (RTK) • Abbott with Mother Theresa’s saying on International Human Rights Day (media) Serbian Language Media: • 59 newly infected in Serb areas in Kosovo (KiM radio) • Petkovic: Dialogue is going in the right direction - in the direction of a compromise solution (KoSSev) • Petkovic met Lajcak in Brussels (Kosovo-online) • It is clear now - EU enlargement has been slowed down (Jutarnji List, B92) • Schieb: Serbia's progress in rule of law modest, no new chapter (N1) • Displaced in Z. Potok and Leposavic: We are second-class citizens; we only want our own roof over our heads (KoSSev) • Brnabic: Serbia may introduce mandatory PCR test for people coming from abroad (N1) • Normalization at zero point or step by step process? (KiM radio, 'Dogovor' TV Show) • "What genocide in Kosovo?” (B92, Prva TV, Tanjug) • Gara: Remains of at least 6 persons were discovered at Muslim cemetery in North Mitrovica (Kontakt plus radio) • EP's Bilcík: Serbia standing still, but EU has to be more active too (N1) International: • 12 European heritage sites shortlisted for the 7 Most Endangered Programme 2021 (europanostra.org) • China Increasing its Footprint in Balkan Media, Study Concludes (Balkan Insight) • Southeast Europe is Pioneering a Global ‘Whistleblower Revolution’ (Balkan Insight) • Grenell talks Serbia-Kosovo: people should stop "lingering on the past" (The Tartan) Humanitarian/Development: • Surviving a Pandemic (UNDP Eurasia) • Serbian Health Minister: Return to normal life not possible before spring (B92)