• COVID-19 report: Four deaths, 194 new cases (media) • Hyseni: Negotiations will tackle specific elements (Klan) • Tahiri: Hoti fell on mines at the Brussels summit (media) • Kosnett: Proposed law, wrong way to show respect for KLA (media) • Balkans leaders agree to actions to help region recover from pandemic (media) • Kosovo ambassador to North Macedonia contacted by SPO (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 29, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19 report: Four deaths, 194 new cases (media) • Hoti: We must activate National Reaction Plan (media) • Committee passes anti-COVID law, sends it to Assembly for approval (media) • Without facemasks on the dialogue, Hyseni meets Hoxhaj (Kallxo) • “Two governments fall because of dialogue; this one too is clashing” (media) Serbian Language Media: • 16 new Covid-19 infection cases registered in Serb areas in Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus) • Jevtic: Negative PCR test not needed to enter Kosovo from Serbia (Kosovo-online) • Zemaj: PCR tests based on reciprocity; Albania does not ask for a test from Kosovo, neither will we from Albania (KoSSev) • Vecernje Novosti: EU prepares ultimatum to Serbia on Thursday (B92) • Dacic: Serbian side not aware of some document within the Brussels meeting agenda (RTS) • Dusan Janjic: There is no ultimatum in Brussels; it is a spin (N1, BETA) • 77% of Serb citizens would not support Kosovo independence in exchange for faster EU accession (KoSSev) • Bishop Maksim on Christian Heritage of Kosovo and Metohija Monograph: It sends a message that we should not erase others (KoSSev) • US Embassy in Serbia: When the Serbian Flag Flew Over the White House International: • Cvijić: Unless the EPP joins the criticism of Serbia, there will be no shift in Commission’s position (EWB) • Critics Decry Serbian Probe Of Media, Rights Groups Over Terror Financing, Money Laundering (RFE) • Kosovo artist pulls out Belgrade Biennial in nationality dispute (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • It has been decided: EU remains closed to Serbia (B92)

• COVID – 19 report: 239 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Government adopts new measures against COVID – 19 (media) • PM advisor: If we continue like this, health system will collapse (media) • EU: We have made it clear to Belgrade and Prishtina (media) • Western Balkans partnership summit to be held today (media) • Vetevendosje’s Haxhiu: New parliamentary elections very soon (Koha) • Kosovo artist pulls out after biennial refuses to recognise his nationality (media) • Halilaj: ‘I have always wanted to be a bird’ (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19 report: 239 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Thaci: Healthcare workers are the heroes of our time (media) • Ministry of Foreign Affairs against government-proposed measures (media) • “Unforgiving for government to treat this as a normal situation” (media) • Health Minister: These public institutions can be used as hospitals (media) • Hoti: EU-facilitated dialogue is fully coordinated with United States (media) Serbian Language Media: • No new Covid-19 infection cases in Gracanica municipality (Radio KIM) • Gnjilane Health Center: Out of one hundred tested, 40 positive cases of coronavirus (Kontakt plus radio, RTV Puls) • Talks in Brussels on Thursday? (Tanjug, B92) • Dacic: Serbia to continue the action of withdrawal if Pristina continues lobbying (Kontakt plus radio, TV Pink, Vecernje Novosti) • Atlantic Council to host Western Balkan online summit (N1) • Djuric with Botsan-Kharchenko on dialogue with Pristina (Radio KIM) • "Only Serbs did not get the right to self-determination" (Politika, B92) • "There is only one independent Serbian state in the Balkans, and that is..." (Dnevni Avaz, B92) • Spiric on construction in northern Kosovo: Policy of Serbia is responsible and peaceful (Kosovo Online) • Specialist Prosecutor Smith: The investigation I am leading is not a challenge to any particular historical narrative (KoSSev) Opinion: • Robelli: A national coordinator to fight violence against women (Koha) International: • Kosovo wants Apple to correct country’s borders on its maps (AP) Humanitarian/Development: • A new WHO warning - Emergency Commission is being convened (Tanjug, B92) • Global air pollution correlates with COVID-19 worldwide mortality rate, UN says (TASS)

• COVID-19: 276 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Health Minister implies new restrictive measures (media) • New anti-COVID 19 measures to enter into force (media) • “Every second person in Kosovo infected with COVID – 19” (media) • Health Minister: We will review measures this week! (media) • Mustafa: We shouldn’t expect government to protect us from the virus (media) • Women’s Network wants justice for murdered woman in Kamenica (media) • BIA tries to manipulate Serbs and Albanians against KLA (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 27, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19 report: 276 new cases, eight deaths (media) • President Thaci meets State Coordinator for Dialogue, Skender Hyseni (media) • Hyseni briefs Prime Minister Hoti on Brussels meeting (media) • PM Hoti admits difficulties with law enforcement in the north (media) • President Thaci meets Kosovo Security Force Commander (media) • Kosovo signs cooperation agreement with EUROPOL (media) Serbian Language Media: • 11 new cases of Covid-19 infection registered in Serb areas on Saturday (Radio kontakt plus) • Vucic: Word of Albanians from Pristina means nothing (BETA, N1, RTS) • Dacic: Does dialogue make sense if Pristina acts this way (Prva TV) • No international reactions to Hoti’s statement (Kosovo-online) • New incident targeting Serb returnee family in Klina (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online) • Serbian Anti-corruption Agency to initiate procedure against Kosovo Serb officials for not reporting incomes (CINS, N1) • Specialist Chambers published 2019 report (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Metohija: An expression of cultural heritage, not “territorial claims“ (KoSSev) International: • For Whistleblowers in Kosovo, Protection on Paper but not in Practice (Balkan Insight) • Serbia Vows to Retaliate If Kosovo Seeks Membership in International Organizations (Exit News) Humanitarian/Development: • Families of missing persons from Kosovo request opening of all archives, including that of international community (N1, KoSSev) • Health system suffers as COVID-19 cases rise (Prishtina Insight) • OpisMEDIJavanje: Why identity of persons in self-isolation is not public information (KoSSev) • Pisonero: Serbia included in Joint Procurement Agreement (N1)

• 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)