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UNMIK Headlines 20 August

• AAK and PSD announce pre-election coalition (media) • LDK leader Mustafa meets PSD’s Ahmeti and NISMA’s Limaj (media) • Vetevendosje reacts to PSD-AAK coalition (Epoka) • Konjufca: LDK to have post of president and speaker, Vetevendosje the prime minister (RTK) • Mimoza Kusari-Lila signals coalition with Vetevendosje (RTV21/Kallxo) • Kosovo invited to Helsinki meeting, Dacic reacts (RTK, Tanjug) • North Macedonian minister visits Kosovo to discuss recent trade measures (Zeri) • FSK taking part in army drill in Germany (media) • Minister Lluka meets company tasked with preparing telecom’s privatisation (Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 19 August

• Haradinaj: Work on correcting border demarcation to begin in optimal time (media) • Mustafa: LDK has red lines only for PDK (EO) • Parties rule out surprises, say Assembly will be disbanded (Koha) • AAK, PSD expected to sign coalition agreement today (Express) • Authorities say Kosovo flag remains at Novoberdo castle (media) • Kosovo not issued international arrest warrant for Radoicic (Telegrafi) • Kosovo introduces reciprocity measures against North Macedonia (media) • Vucic to meet Pompeo in NY on Tuesday, expected to discuss Kosovo (media) • “Serbia used dialogue to damage process of Kosovo recognitions” (Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 16 August

• Haradinaj: Friendship with western allies, permanent and sacred (media) • Japan: Normalisation of relations between Serbs and Albanians, key to stability (RTK) • Serwer: No urgency for dialogue with Serbia (media) • Dacic: We will not stop campaign against Kosovo's recognition (Zeri/Koha) • Limaj confirms NISMA’s position on elections (Koha) • Ymeri: We are in discussions for coalition with AAK (RTK) • PSD’s Sejdiu prefers coalition with Vetevendosje and NISMA (Telegrafi) • Lawsuit against police officers that expelled Turkish nationals from Kosovo (media) • “Serbian intelligence behind attack on Kosovo consulate” (media)

UNMIK Headlines 15 August

• Political parties ignoring Quint’s calls (Zeri) • Mustafa: I have no hesitation to cooperate with past opponents (media) • Kosovo’s enemies and allies, part of campaigns by political parties (Koha) • Krasniqi: Tariff will remain if Veseli leads new government (RTK) • Gordy: Kosovo won’t make any steps prior to election of new government (RFE, Klan) • Kosovo between early elections and a technical government (Radio Free Europe) • Kosovo’s consulate in Denmark, vandalised (media) • Tomor Morina not extradited to Serbia, returns to Kosovo (media) • O’Connell slams Ministry of European Integration statement (media) • Missing persons issue to be discussed in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTK/Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 14 August

• Quint countries call for urgent restart of talks and suspending the tariff (media) • Kosovo Government on Quint’s statement (RFE) • Veseli reacts to Quint's statement (media) • Pacolli: Serbia has continuously undermined Kosovo’s statehood (media) • Scott: Time to end the 90s conflicts (RTK) • Haradinaj: A consensual Prime Minister harms democratic processes (RTK) • Mustafa and Kurti meet, discuss elections (media) • Mustafa tells who cannot govern Kosovo (RTK) • Hoxhaj: Serbia manipulates facts, churches and mosques belong to Kosovo (RTK) • Aliu: We are getting closer to LDK to prevent a PAN 2 (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 13 August

• Veseli: EU with double standards (Zeri) • “No reconciliation with Serbia as long as criminals are set free” (Kosovapress) • Hoxhaj: Serbia violated Geneva Convention with Genocide in Kosovo (RTK) • KFOR: Security situation in Kosovo is quiet (media) • Political parties battling over Prime Minister post (Zeri) • AAK doesn’t rule out coalition with PDK (media) • “Serbia fears wars, because it got badly burned in Kosovo” (Kallxo) • Tomor Morina’s release confirmed (Klan Kosova) • Serbia continues building houses in Albanian neighbourhoods in the north (Zeri) • Lajic: We have lost millions due to the tariff (RTS/RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 10 August

• Bolton to visit Kosovo when tariff is removed and government formed, KTV learns • Hoti: We won’t give away up PM post (media) • They won’t agree to a solution outside elections (Zeri) • Hehir: Elections need to bring change, not stability (Prishtina Insight/Kallxo) • Krasniqi: Belgrade is guilty about the tariff (media) • Rama: Kosovo Army to take part in missions in Iraq or Afghanistan in 2021 (media)

UNMIK Headlines 9 August

• Haradinaj to FAZ: I have never threatened witnesses (media) • MFA: Kosovo committed in implementing freedom of movement agreement (media) • CEC mobilises secretariat (Koha) • Konjufca: Assembly dissolution delayed as LDK doesn’t have PM candidate (T7) • Surroi: Government would have fallen in autumn, it lost legitimacy (Telegrafi) • Shala: North Macedonia to remove barriers or face reciprocity (Epoka e Re) • Berisha: Serbia’s reckless statements incite interethnic tensions (Bota Sot) • Veseli: Tomor Morina to return to his family soon (RTK) • Italy expels suspected Kosovar member of Islamic group (media)

UNMIK Headlines 8 August

• Veseli: Prime minister’s post will not be rented out anymore (RFE) • Mustafa: Tariff mustn’t be lifted although it has brought Kosovo no good (media) • Mustafa: I did not know I would be re-elected, I was ready to withdraw (T7) • The President’s “silent” agreement on new elections (Koha) • Limaj: Relations with AAK were damaged after secret meeting in Berlin (Bota) • KLA associations: First specialist chambers indictments in September (Zeri) • Molliqaj: PSD will be determinant in future elections (media) • Skopje’s court: Morina should not be extradited to Serbia (Epoka e Re) • Condemnations for the killing of a woman in Prizren (media) • Blic: Trump sets new deadline for the solution of Kosovo’s issue (Blic, Klan)

UNMIK Headlines 7 August

• Import tax, tool for winning votes (Koha Ditore/Zeri) • IFIMES: Vetevendosje, LDK leading, PDK and AAK follow (Gazeta Express/RTK) • Vetevendosje submits signatures for a session to dissolve the Assembly (media) • Kurti: With a joint coalition, opposition could gain 70 seats (RTK) • PDK reacts to Vetevendosje’s offer to LDK (Koha Ditore) • LDK getting mobilised for elections (media) • Hoxhaj: Serbia is joking with war victims (RTK) • Kosovo ambassador visits Morina in Skopje detention centre (media)