UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 8, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 321 new cases, five deaths (media) • Ministry of Health insists it has secured Pfizer vaccine (media) • Vetevendosje says Constitutional Court ruling is not about Kurti (Koha) • CEC announces a ten-day campaign for extraordinary elections (media) • Rama: Two KSF units to be deployed to peacekeeping missions (RFE) • Petkovic's visit clashes PM Hoti and FM Haradinaj-Stublla (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • 13 new cases of Covid-19, three deaths in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Over 30 families from Mitrovica North got new apartments on Christmas Eve (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Serbia is doing its best to strengthen health care system in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Specialist Prosecution: Thaci undermined court, we are not in favor of lifting detention (Radio KIM) • Vucic: Serbian people face hard challenges (N1) • Fabrizi hopes Serbia could open more chapters in 2021 (N1, Blic) • Serb house in Babin Most burglarized (KIM Radio) Opinion: • Stop using the Balkans as a synonym for chaos (Prishtina Insight) International: • Balkans feel abandoned as vaccinations kick off in Europe (AP) • Thirteen countries call on EU to support Eastern Partnership vaccine efforts (EurActiv) • Serbia Starts Inoculations With Russia's Sputnik-V Vaccine (RFE) • COVID vaccine: EU orders 300 million more BioNTech-Pfizer doses (DW) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo: Infant-toddler centres and preschools are not yet a priority (Balcanicaucaso)

• COVID – 19: 322 new cases, nine deaths (media) • Kosovo parliamentary election to be held on February 14 (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo ‘should rethink Serbia agreements’ with Biden in power (Balkan Insight) • Gucati, Haradinaj to appear before Specialist Chambers today (media) • Kurteshi: Kurti will be part of Vetevendosje’s list in new elections (Kallxo) • Haradinaj: AAK aims for post of President in the elections (media) • Poll: Vetevendosje has 41.10 percent, PDK 20.80 percent (media) • “Very small chances for Kosovo to get visa liberalisation this year” (media)

• COVID-19: 218 new cases, five deaths (media) • Assembly gives green light to KSF participating in peacekeeping operations (media) • Constitutional Court to publish decision, elections on 7 or 14 February (Koha) • Veliu’s remarks on Osmani draw sharp criticism (media) • MP Haxhi Avdyli dismissed from all functions in LDK (media) • Von Cramon: EU and U.S. to speak in one voice about Kosovo (Klan) • EU court rejected Spain's lawsuit against European Commission on Kosovo (Koha) • More than 40 people injured in a gas tank blast in Ferizaj (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 5, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 199 new cases, four new deaths (media) • Kosovo ensures 500 thousand anti-COVID vaccines from Pfizer (media) • Mustafa ironizes with Osmani’s statement on her eventual return to LDK (RTK) • Osmani outlines political future (Prishtina Insight) • Dialogue with Serbia on 2020 Seen as Failure in Kosovo (Exit.al) • Assembly extraordinary session for sending KSF on missions with Iowa National Guard, today (media) • Hoxhaj: Presevo Valley will be the main issue in the dialogue with Serbia (media) • AKR to compete in elections with LDK? (media) Serbian Language Media: • 19 new cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Vucic: Forthcoming not an easy year of fight with coronavirus, pressures on the issues related to Kosovo and Republika Srpska (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Selakovic: Belgrade for the continuation of a serious and effective dialogue (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, TV Pink) • Stano: The dialogue continues despite the elections in Kosovo; Belgrade and Pristina to cooperate on vaccines (Kontakt plus radio, Tanjug) • Tanaskovic: It would be no surprise that Pristina bypasses Washington agreement (N1, Sputnik) • “Diary of a Decani monk 1903-1906“ published – original records and documents from the monastery archives (KoSSev) • Sava Janjic: To reconstruct shrines destroyed after the war (Kosovo-online) • Yet another complaint filed on decision to ban Arlov from entering Kosovo (Radio KIM) Opinion: • EU cannot ignore history in Balkans enlargement (euobserver.com) International: • Flawed Cybersecurity Is a Ticking Time Bomb for the Balkans (foreignpolicy.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Year in Pictures: 2020 in the Balkans and Central Europe (Balkan Insight) • Heartwarming harmony as Balkan tensions set aside in Croatia’s hour of need after deadly earthquake (euronews.com)

• COVID – 19: 169 new cases, 7 new deaths (media) • EU calls on Kosovo, Serbia to cooperate on vaccination (RFE) • Albania to donate 1,900 vaccines for doctors in Kosovo (Gazeta Express) • “COVID destroyed Kosovo’s economy; recovery will take 2 years” (media) • Osmani: LDK presidency must leave before we can talk about my return (media) • Kuci: Press release by SPO for Thaci was purely political (media) • Serbia-affiliated power company eyes supplying north Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 260 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Zemaj: COVID-19 vaccines to reach Kosovo in February (RTK) • Hoti: If Serbia pursued legal ways, vaccines would be allowed into Kosovo (Klan) • Di Maio: EU should buy vaccines for Balkans (ANSA/Koha) • LDK announces Avdullah Hoti as candidate for prime minister (media) • Hoti: LDK is main favourite to win elections (media) • Hoxhaj: Kurti and Hoti governments brought degradation in Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Konjufca: Hoti and Hoxhaj together have fewer votes than LVV's Haxhiu (T7/Telegrafi) • Osmani's initiative in coalition talks with Vetevendosje (Klan) • Rama: KLA leaders being kept hostage (media) • UK Embassy sends protest note to Ministry of Education over €1.8 million bid (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 234 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Kosovo requests from Italy help to ensure anti-COVID-19 vaccines (media) • Osmani and Kurti discussed political situation with Viola Von Cramon (media) • Osmani: Time has come for our soldiers to contribute to foreign peacekeeping forces (media) • Hoxhaj: I am certain PDK will lead with future government (RTK) • Musliu: PDK does not have any red lines even for LVV (media) • AAK will run on its own in the elections (media) • Ramadani expects anti-COVID vaccines to arrive in Kosovo by March (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities in Kosovo 26 newly infected (KoSSev) • Jevtic not satisfied with the return process, 273 people returned this year (KoSSev) • KLI report: There is a culture of impunity in Kosovo, most of the accused politicians belong to PDK (KoSSev) • Ambassador Djuric: We want the United States to be a part of Serbia's recovery (B92, Politika) • Office for KiM: Pristina is creating a climate in which attacks on Serbs are permissible (Kosovo-online) • Russian Ambassador says vaccine to arrive in Serbia soon (N1, B92) • Vucic offers help to Croatia following earthquake (BETA, N1) • Arts, entertainment, and recreation industry suffer the most damage during the pandemic, the IT sector the least (KoSSev) • Trajkovic: Veton Surroi, Kosovo's new leader (Kosovo Online) International: • Kosovo Is Losing Its Biggest Supporter In Congress; But It May Be Too Early For Serbia To Celebrate (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • Two police officers suspended after video of an assault (Prishtina Insight) • Unequal Damage, Fair Recovery? (Kosovo 2.0)

• COVID – 19: 139 new cases, 9 deaths (media) • Kosovo Assembly adopts 2021 budget (media) • Daka: These elections will be more costly (Koha) • Kurti on new elections: People have already decided who to vote for (media) • LDK meets today, to decide on its candidate for Prime Minister (media) • Acting PDK leader Enver Hoxhaj to visit Albania today (media) • “Biden will push for Association and Mini-Schengen in the dialogue” (Telegrafi) • Pacolli’s advisor: We need to know exact date when vaccines will arrive (media) • Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio to visit Kosovo today (media) • Haradinaj: KSF Search and rescue unit to be deployed to Croatia (media) • In Muslim region of Serbia, Ottoman-era mosques perish (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 29, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 109 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Osmani: Anti-COVID vaccines, only after April (Radio Free Europe) • NISMA in coalition talks with PDK (media) • Abrashi: We paid special attention to implementation of Washington agreement (KP/Klan) • Weber: Thaci’s departure from politics to be seen as collapse of post-war political elite (Koha) • Following resignation, Cakaj denies joining election race in Kosovo (Indeksonline) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities in Kosovo 30 new cases of Covid-19, one death (Kontakt plus radio) • European Commission aid package to help Western Balkans with vaccination (N1) • Serbian government pandemic Crisis Staff bans New Year celebrations (N1, FoNet) • Jevtic: Repanovic family house in Osojane robbed for the seventh time (Kosovo-online) • Vucic on Serwer: I do not play with meaningless statements (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • COVID-19 only exacerbated Kosovo education’s preexisting conditions (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Croatia (aljazeera.com)

• COVID – 19: 181 new cases, 8 deaths (media) • Government doesn’t want Serbia’s help for anti-COVID vaccine (Lajmi) • Serb doctors in the north refused vaccines from Serbia (Kallxo) • Vaccines with a political dose in the north (Radio Free Europe) • Kosovo Assembly adopts 2021 draft budget in first reading (media) • PDK MP: We voted in favor of 2021 budget, although it’s not the best (media) • “Kurti 2 government in February, we will have majority in parliament” (media) • Hoti: LDK candidates for PM not chosen in TV studios (media) • Osmani aims President, Assembly President posts from coalition with VV (Koha) • LDK, VV clash over diaspora voters in CEC meeting (Express) • COVID – 19 vaccination kicks off in Central, Eastern Europe (Balkan Insight) • Engel: Kosovo, Albania will always have a special place in my heart (media)