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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 28

• COVID-19: Three deaths, 47 new cases (media) • Salih Mustafa to appear before Specialist Chambers courtroom today (media) • Hoti: KSC activity part of legal and constitutional responsibilities (media) • Kurti: VV would’ve protected KLA members from specialist chambers (media) • “Serbia, Specialist Chambers fabricating evidence against KLA” (media) • LDK’s Mustafa: We have removed red lines for PDK (media) • Osmani: Justice has not been served (media) • Vucic: Prishtina must understand that compromise is only solution (media) • Etno Fest celebrates women and the sun in its 10thyear (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 26

• COVID-19: 49 new cases, one death (media) • EU Police Raid Kosovo War Veterans’ HQ, Arrest Leader (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo War Cimes Court publishes details after Gucati’s detention at The Hague (media) • Specialist Chambers to start with hearings on Monday (RTK) • Thaci: Kosovo has always been on the side of justice (media) • PDK MP: Friday’s arrests, a humiliating scene (RTK) • Lajcak: Belgrade – Pristina expert teams meeting postponed (N1) • Israeli Ambassador to Belgrade: Recognition of Kosovo is a fact (media) • Kuci and Abrashi meet DFC delegation, discuss projects (media) • Kosovo veterans leader arrested on witness intimidation charges – tribunal (Reuters) • EU police arrest Kosovo war veterans’ leader, raid offices (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 25, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 49 new cases, one death (media) • EULEX raids KLA war veterans’ offices (media) • Head of KLA war veterans, Hysni Gucati, arrested by EULEX (media) • Specialist Chambers do not comment on today's operation (Kallxo) • Haradinaj: Kosovo has always stood on the side of justice (media) • EU confirms: Next meeting in Brussels on 28 September (Klan) • Assembly fails to pass law on economic recovery (media) • PDK pushes for approval of its version of economic recovery plan (media) • No quorum to vote draft law on KLA values (media) Serbian Language Media: • Four infected with Covid-19, five cured in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic ahead of meeting Erdoğan: Turkey is one of most significant power in world (media) • Drecun: First arrest of Court for KLA crimes crucial step, new indictments underway (RTS) • “EU not responsible for agenda of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue” (Tanjug, Radio KIM) • Dacic to Lajcak: When would Brussels deal with ZSO? (NMagazin, TV Prva, Beta) • Djuric: On Monday talks at technical level only (Radio kontakt plus) • Vucic: "They will prepare a new March 17th and they'll finish the job" (B92) • “Trump Bridge“ over Gazivode: Serbs grateful to Trump for “bringing peace“ (KoSSev) • KEK violated Law on use of languages (Radio KIM) • Trial of Nenad Arsic continues (Radio KIM) Opinion: • Israel in the Balkans: Why did Serbia and Kosovo sign up to Trump's deal? (middleeasteye.net) • Russia and Serbia: A Partnership Past its Prime (RUSI, media) • Next year in Jerusalem: The Serbian Embassy and Kosovo go on pilgrimage with Trump (diem25.0rg) International: • Week in Review: The Possible and the Impossible (Balkan Insight) • Adam Boehler On New Era Of Serbia-US Relations (The Pavlovic Today) • Undermining EU enlargement: The destructive effects of state capture in the Wester Balkans (N1, clingendael.org) • Hague Prosecutors Publish Kosovo Guerrilla’s War Crimes Indictment (Balkan Insight) • Ex-army leader is first suspect arrested by Kosovo war crimes tribunal (The Guardian) • PM’s Welcome For ‘Lake Trump’ Proposal Baffles Kosovo Officials (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Gracanica municipality donates computers, UNMIK tablet devices to primary and secondary schools (Radio kontakt plus)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 25

• COVID-19: 63 new cases, no deaths (media) • Specialist Chambers publish indictment against Salih Mustafa (media) • KSC calls on victims to apply for participation in proceedings (media) • KLA war veterans: Salih Mustafa’s arrest, a sad day for Kosovo (media) • Thaci tells T7: Mistake to discuss Association now; was not asked about ‘Yellow House’ (media) • Abazi: Security institutions know where 'SPO files' are coming from (media) • Kastrati: Specialist Chambers must be stopped (RTK) • Hoti: We will use Ujman Lake as we did in the past (RTK) • Lajcak: Dialogue to continue Monday, Association not on agenda (media) • Grenell says parties agreed to rename disputed lake to Lake Trump (media) • Abbott: We don't encourage Kosovo to open embassy in Jerusalem (Klan) • Haradinaj requests UK’s active involvement in dialogue (media) • Von Cramon: Kosovo and Serbia to engage on hard topics (media) • Meta: International community would also benefit from Kosovo's UN seat (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 24, 2020

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 24, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 63 new cases, no fatal cases (media) • Kosovo war crimes court at The Hague confirms first arrest (media) • EULEX: We provided operational and logistic support to the SPO (RTK) • Hoti does not know if Kosovo-Serbia meeting will take place (Koha) • Osmani writes to her Israeli counterpart about start of cooperation (RTK) • Hoti: President to be discussed in February 2021 (RTK) • Hoti: Railway also to be discussed at the meeting of two governments (media) Serbian Language Media: • SPO arrests Salih Mustafa (media) • Witnesses in proceedings relating to war crimes in former Yugoslavia must be effectively protected and supported (Council of Europe, media) • EC: We never announced that a meeting in Brussels would be held on September 28 (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Ready for talks, ZSO inevitable topic (Kosovo-online) • Second round of dialogue in Brussels canceled due to Pristina? (Tanjug, B92) • Vucic: For the first time division of Gazivode is talked about, which is good for Serbia (Kosovo-online) • The head of the DFC Belgrade office in Pristina today (Kosovo Online, RTV Puls) • Ellis: Leak of confidential documents from The Hague could jeopardize the work of the court (Kontakt plus radio, RFE) • Vucic tells UN GA Serbia won’t accept humiliating solution for Kosovo (Beta, N1) • Spanish MFA: We will not change stance on Kosovo (N1) • Belgrade daily: Proposal to pull out of peace operations to Serbian Foreign Ministry (N1) Opinion: • Serwer and Bieber: Washington Agreement not a major step towards normalization, will be forgotten in US soon (EWB) International: • Kosovo President Warns Leaked Hague Court Files Harm Indictees (Balkan Insight) • Ukraine accepts Kosovo passports – Deputy FM Bodnar (unian.info)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 24

• COVID-19: 62 new cases, one death (media) • Thaci warns publication of "SPO files" could harm possible indictees’ case (media) • "Information leak could undermine the work of Specialist Chambers" (RFE) • Gashi: Communication of Specialist Chambers with Serbia can be published (T7/RTK) • Opposition, EU undermine Serbia-Kosovo Washington deal (Balkan Insight) • Meeting between Hoti and Vucic could be postponed (Radio Free Europe) • Meeting of Kosovo, Albania governments postponed (media) • Ukrainian diplomat signals possible recognition of Kosovo (Koha/Telegrafi) • PM Hoti holds virtual meeting with EU ambassadors (media) • Tahiri: Hoti is not concerned at all if we leave the coalition (Kanal 10/RTK) • Ruling coalition MP admits they don't have majority of votes in Assembly (Koha) • Ymeri: Trump holding same line as Serbia (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 23, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 62 new cases, one death (media) • Hoti: Washington Agreement heralds new momentum in political developments (Koha) • Head of Kosovo's commerce chamber reveals topics discussed in Belgrade (Indeksonline) • Lajcak continues discussions on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Greece reconfirms support for visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media) • Osmani calls for removal of barriers in the Balkans (media) Serbian Language Media: • “Wherever Americans come to invest, that place has a future” (B92) • Serbia's PM Brnabic: New era in economic and political relationship with US (Beta, N1, RTS) • Dacic on Kosovo: Economy drives but ... (Blic, RTS) • DFC on Boehler’s visit to Serbia (B92) • Mladjan Djordjevic from the Oslobodjenje movement: Vucic sold Kosovo for American loans (Danas) • SSP: There are no American investments, only loans so Albanian can connect with Europe (Danas) • SPO praises journalists who refuse to publish allegedly leaked documents (KoSSev) • Demolition of school in Drajcici village halted (Radio KIM) Opinion: • The Gazivode/Ujmani issue and a part of the solution (KoSSev) • Bosnian Serb Leader’s Croatia Visit Highlights Region’s Shifting Geopolitics (Balkan Insight) International: • Hague Prosecutors Criticise Kosovo War Veterans over Document Leaks (Balkan Insight) • Next year in Jerusalem: the Serbian Embassy and Kosovo go on a pilgrimage with Trump (opendemocracy.net) • A high-level conference about the Balkan Euro-Atlantic integration will be held in Rome (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • COVID-19 Puts Balkan Winemakers Over a Barrel (Balkan Insight) • Environment minister ‘ashamed’ of river degradation (Prishtina Insight) • Bregu says region could save millions with integrated border crossings (N1) • Activists on bikes protest against gender-based violence (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 23

• COVID-19: 66 new cases, no fatal cases (media) • SPO says war veterans undermining justice (media) • Kosovo veterans say they’ve been sent war crime files, again (AP) • Gucati: If we could, we would dismantle Specialist Chambers in five minutes (Koha) • Albania's media publish files received by KLA organisations (media) • Grenell: Amazing progress this week in Prishtina and Belgrade! (media) • Visiting Trump envoy vows US investment in Serbia, Kosovo (BIRN) • Serbia's Vucic plays down hopes for quick political deal with Kosovo (Reuters) • Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti interview to KTV • Haradinaj: Ujman hasn’t been saved yet (Klan Kosova) • Musliu: Washington agreement can open dangerous topics (RTK) • Tim Judah on construction of Nis – Prishtina highway (media) • EU recalls that projects pledged in Washington are already being implemented (Koha) • Six new judges join Specialist Chambers (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 22, 2020

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 22, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 66 new cases, no deaths (media) • Hoti: We’re all working to reduce cases, doctors are on the front line (media) • “No preparations in education system for second wave of virus” (Telegrafi) • Grenell calls on Kosovars to back Washington agreements (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo, US pledge for ‘investment incentive agreement’ (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo, Serbia commerce chambers to set up working group (RFE) • Who is Richard Grenell (Kosovotwopointzero.com) • KLA War Veterans say they have received more SPO files (Koha) • Proposed indictment against Thaci and names of other accused (arbresh.info) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic and Brnabic sign a joint statement with DFC and Grenell (B92) • Grenell: Realization of agreements means massive employment opportunities (RTS) • Rukiqi: After a long time, we can talk about business (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic: Serbia's in favor of a compromise solution for Kosovo (B92) • Mihajlovic: Infrastructural projects with DFC worth $ 3.7 billion (N1) • “Efficiency synonym for American diplomacy” (Radio KIM) • Everyone talks about it, yet no one has seen it: Israel’s recognition of Kosovo (B92, Vecernje Novosti, KiM radio) Opinion: • Western Balkans: The West meets East with its values and interests (EWB) • Serbia’s 5G deal with Washington: The art of muddling through (ECFR) Humanitarian/Development: • UN Urged to Finally Compensate Lead-Poisoned Kosovo Refugees (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo Lead Poisoning Victims Still Awaiting Justice (HRW)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 22

• COVID-19: 79 new cases, two deaths (media) • Team of German epidemiology expert to visit Kosovo (media) • US delegation visits Kosovo to invest in infrastructure (AP) • U.S. Ambassador To Kosovo Says Balkan Economic Rise A 'High Policy Priority' For Trump (RFE) • After visit to Kosovo, Grenell arrives in Belgrade (media) • Thaci awards Presidential Medal of Merit to Ambassador Grenell (media) • Assembly fails to pass economic recovery law (media) • Lajcak on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue with C5 Ministers (RTK) • Vucic complains to UN about Kosovo (media) • Surroi: Kosovo responsible for Serbia's doors to U.S. opening up (Telegrafi) • Bildt: Serbia will have to recognise Kosovo eventually (Koha)