UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 7, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 49 new cases, three deaths (media) • Selimi: No final agreement without inclusion of missing persons issue (Koha) • LVV: Government disregarding fate of the missing (Express) • Von Cramon: European Commission report, positive on Kosovo (Express) • Kosovo visa liberalization not on EU Council’s October agenda (Express) • EU Commission: ‘Corruption is widespread and remains an issue of serious concern’ (Prishtina Insight) • Hamza: PDK will remain in opposition (media) • WB: Kosovo’s economy expected to contract by 8.8 percent (Express) • Thaci orders Ambassador Vlora Citaku to leave Washington (media) Serbian Language Media: • Eight new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • PCR testing at personal request available twice a week in Mitrovica North (Radio kontakt plus) • Risi: Gender equality important at all levels (Radio KIM) • EC report says Serbia made little or no progress in key areas (N1) • Varhelyi: Report as guidance for new Serbian Government (N1) • Djuric: Serbs in Kosovo will not be Hoti’s hostages (RTS) • EU Office Head: Existing agreements must be implemented (Kosovo-online) • Vucic with Prince Albert II of Monaco: Serbia to join UN Alliance for Multilateralism (B92) • Antonijevic: Vucic observed minute of silence for Kosovo Albanians (N1) • On Saturday’s event at Our Lady of Ljevis: No crime took place and police does not comment on non-police activities (KoSSev) International: • Kosovo’s Fragile Govt Aims to Lure PDK into Broader Coalition (Balkan Insight) • Albania, North Macedonia ‘Should Start EU Accession Talks This Year’ (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 34 new cases, three deaths (media) • Hoti: Nothing will be implemented without the final agreement (media) • EC issues report on Western Balkans, finds limited progress in Kosovo (media) • “Progress Report recommendations to be addressed seriously” (RFE) • EU unveils 9 billion euro investment plan for the Balkans (AP) • PDK’s Hoxhaj: We will remain in the opposition (media) • Bytyci: PDK has not discussed joining the government (Telegrafi) • Minister Selimi’s resignation requested (Koha) • Tahiri: Serbia is aiming for autonomy through the Association (media) • Another mass grave with bodies of Albanians civilians in Serbia? (Gazeta Blic) • Kumnova: I want to be part of the Brussels talks (Koha) • Hague Court Document Leak Scares Kosovo War Crimes Witnesses (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 6, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 34 new cases, three deaths (media) • COVID-19: North Macedonia to lift border restrictions on 12 October (media) • Enlargement Package: EU finds limited progress in Kosovo (Koha) • Haradinaj: We support the idea of a broad-based government (Kosovapress) • Vetevendosje: Hoti can help Kosovo by resigning (media) • "Mothers' Calls" demand conditioning of dialogue with missing persons (media) • Minister Selimi dismisses advisor arrested on drug trafficking charges (Koha) • Serbian minister defends use of the term ‘siptar’ (Prishtina Insight) • Billboard near Pristina Airport wishes Trump a speedy recovery (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Ana Brnabic new prime minister designate (B92) • Dacic replies to Stano: Before warning Serbia, first provide an answer when the ZSO (CSM) will be formed • Yucom: Because of hate speech, Vulin cannot be a minister (NMagazin, Beta) • National Convent says Serbia moving backwards on road to EU (FoNet, N1) • Milivojevic: EU biased, ready for concessions to Pristina (Kosovo-online) • Spahiu: Thaci with Lajcak, a medal for Grenell, something has changed around his indictment (Kosovo Online) • EC economic and investment plan for Western Balkans (N1) International: • Serbian President ‘Observes Minute’s Silence’ for Kosovo War Dead (Balkan Insight) • 10th Belgrade Security Forum titled “No Trust – No Peace” begins this week (EWB) • In Kosovo, ‘Lake Trump’ lands with a bump (Politico) Humanitarian/Development: • The art of wine-making in the north of Kosovo (KoSSev) • Serbian prison inmates make masks for Torino Fashion Week (N1) • Transport Community in favor of permanent Green Lines in the Western Balkans (EWB)

• COVID-19: 41 new cases, two deaths (media) • Thaci: Final agreement to conclude with mutual recognition (media) • Thaci: Kosovo, Serbia need to achieve final agreement (media) • Osmani: Kosovo – Serbia dialogue, favors Serbian politicians (RFE) • LDK to give PDK post of President and two ministries, sources say (Koha) • PDK’s Hamza: Either government reshuffling or early elections (media) • Minister expects economic recovery bill to be passed this week (RTK) • Demaliaj: Haradinaj represents unity, he must be President (media) • Kurti: Milosevic fell 20 years ago, but his politics in Serbia lives on (media) • Qerkini: NATO knows from satellite images the locations of missing (media) • Vucic: We’ll be under pressure to recognise Kosovo (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 41 new cases, two deaths (media) • “Statements of Serbian officials insult victims of Serbian crimes” (media) • Hoti meets Greek MP Andreas Patsis (RTK) • EU requests from leaders to refrain from statements which harm reconciliation (RFE) • Dzaferovic: Bosnia and Herzegovina supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue ( RFE) • Zemaj: Whoever enters Kosovo from countries with high risk, to be quarantined (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Six new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo on Sunday (Radio KIM) • Serbian List demands urgent investigation of the attack in Donja Brnjica (Kontakt plus radio) • Djuric reacts to attack in Donja Brnjica (media) • Unknown assailants shot at a group of Serb children in Donja Brnjica village (KoSSev) • Vulin reacts to Haradinaj-Stubla’s remarks (B92) • Rama and Vulin quarrel on liberators, criminals, "Greater Albania" (NMagazin, Beta) • Stano: Balkan leaders to promote reconciliation, not otherwise (Tanjug) • “Kosovo is heart of Albania” chanting in front of Holy Mother of Ljevis Church (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Ambassador: Germany supports and encourages Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1) • Peoples’ Party sues Serbian President for not wearing a mask (N1) Opinion: • The Bite of the Vampire: Milosevic's Legacy Over Kosovo and the Balkans (ISPI) Humanitarian/Development: • Dacic: Still no conditions for return on 200.000 displaced persons from Kosovo (media, GoS)

• COVID – 19: 56 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kosovo FM reacts over remarks by Serbian government ministers (media) • Albanian PM Rama ‘disgusted’ by Serbian minister's remarks (media) • Serbian officials violate Washington agreement (Koha) • White House thanks Thaci for decorating President Trump (media) • Vucic: The West does not guarantee EU membership if we recognise Kosovo (RTK) • Weber: Brussels negotiations undermined by Grenell and his colleagues (Koha) • Kosovo included in UN Security Council October agenda (DW/media) • Specialist Prosecutor to hold a press conference on Salih Mustafa today (media) • Von Cramon: Were it up to EP, Kosovo would have visa liberalisation (media) • Ombudsperson calls for suspension of Tienmu Ma’s expulsion (Prishtina Insight) • Adoption of Istanbul convention, important step but implementation a challenge (KP) • Serbian media give ethnic character to incident in Kosovo village (Kallxo)

• COVID-19: 42 new cases, no deaths (media) • Pompeo pledges US engagement on the Balkans (AP/media) • Osmani: Serbia still led by genocidal minds (media) • VV: Problems with economic recovery plan preventing its endorsement (media) • OSCE to appoint new head of Kosovo mission (Koha) • Government of Kosovo to remain with 60 votes until December (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 2, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 42 new cases, no deaths (media) • Zemaj: COVID-19 situation stable, we are preparing for autumn and winter (Telegrafi) • Prime ministers Hoti and Rama address joint Kosovo-Albania meeting (media) • Kosovo, Albania sign cooperation agreements (media) • Thaci discusses dialogue with Lajcak (media) • Kosovo appoints chargé d'affaires to Israel (media) • President Thaci meets Ombudsperson Qelaj (media) • Swiss authorities arrest three Kosovo citizens for alleged ties with terrorism (RFE) Serbian Language Media: • Two cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Russia takes over presidency of the UN Security Council, puts Kosovo on the UN agenda (Tanjug, B92, TASS) • Djuric: Hoti’s provocations mustn’t remain without EU’s response (RTS) • Boehler: DFC committed to Balkan's development, China brings neocolonialism (Beta, N1) • EU's Várhelyi: New international players in Western Balkans challenge for bloc (Beta, N1) • Wesley Clark: Serbia-Kosovo agreement useful only with reduced influence of China and Russia (Danas, VoA) • Varhelyi: EU's strategic interest is to bring W. Balkan countries closer (N1) • Milic to Haxhiu: There is no single court verdict or indictment for genocide in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Serbian ministers not taking part in joint session of Kosovo and Albanian governments (Kosovo-online) • Hodzic: Demolition of illegally constructed shops in North Mitrovica is suspended (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Vucic and Dodik Have Every Reason to Dread a Biden Presidency (Balkan Insight) • Serbia is Playing With Fire, Delivering Arms to Armenia (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo: Trying for a normal life in a divided city (Deutsche Welle) • Kosovo War Veterans’ Leader Challenges Arrest at Hague Court (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia gets first reading room for blind persons (N1, FoNet)

• COVID-19: 43 new cases, two deaths (media) • Mutual recognition end goal of dialogue, Hoti tells Lajcak (media) • Lajcak: Time To Bring The Process To An End (CorD) • Agenda of Kosovo-Albania governments meeting revealed (media) • Trump writes to Rama, thanks him for supporting Washington Agreement (RTK) • Boehler: Kosovo, Serbia showed commitment towards economic normalisation (Koha) • Maas: We are working on visa liberalisation for Kosovo (DW/Kallxo) • Kosovo’s foreign minister invited to visit Israel (media) • Kraja: Washington Agreement cannot be described as 'historic' (Klan) • Gucati makes first appearance before Specialist Chambers (media) • Klinaku: Specialist Chambers' mandate has run out, we will address court (Telegrafi) • Ombudsperson calls for suspension of decision to expel Kurti's former advisor (Kallxo)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 43 new cases, two deaths (media) • Hoti: Association is a closed topic (media) • Kosnett doesn’t expect unrest from work of Specialist Chambers (Koha) • Gashi: Police, prosecution didn’t want to deal with files (Telegrafi) • Judge orders war veterans’ attorney not to publish confidential files (media) • Kosovo, Albania governments to meet tomorrow in Tirana (RTK) • UN could investigate expulsion of Tienmu Ma (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic on EU decision to keep Serbia on unsafe countries list relating to Covid-19 (B92) • “Friendship between Serbia and China made of steel” (FoNet, N1) • FM Dacic: ''Apostolova informed the members about the problems of the Special Court'' (NMagazin, Politika, Danas, TV Pink) • Tapuskovic: Witnesses against KLA already intimidated (Tanjug) • Djuric: EU to react on ban to Sarcevic to visit Kosovo (Radio KIM) • The ceremony at the University of Pristina, based in North Mitrovica, canceled (Kontakt plus radio) • Kosovo police refutes media reports on kidnapping attempt in Plemetina (KoSSev) Opinion: • Kosovo War Crimes File Leaks Deliver a Blow to Justice (Balkan Insight) • The Kosovo Assembly isn’t working (Prishtina Insight) International: • Kosovo Indicts Pro-Iranian Radical for Inciting Terrorism (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • The whole of Europe has switched to Swedish model, but doesn’t want to admit it? (B92, media) • Vucic says data on coronavirus-related deaths will be reviewed (FoNet, N1) • Serbia Hugely Underestimated COVID-19 Death Toll, Official Admits (Balkan Insight) • EBRD hopes Nis-Pristina motorway tenders to open in Nov (seenews.com)