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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 16, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID – 19: 11 deaths, 688 new cases (media)
• Zemaj: All medical staff specialists will be employed (media)
• “Marginalised groups must be supplied with protective equipment” (media)
• Hoti: Integration of market, first step toward political reconciliation (media)
• Kurti statement on KLA leaders indictments sparks reactions (Euronews Albania)
• Kollcaku: Vucic is not a man of peace (Euronews Albania, RTK)
• Kusari-Lila warns overthrow of Hoti’s government (KosovaPress, media)

Serbian Language Media:

• UNS: KLA Crimes Court ignores killings of journalists in Kosovo (Beta, Danas)
• KLA billboard disturbs residents of Gracanica, Mayor Popovic invites international community to react (KIM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Petkovic condemns KLA billboards near Gracanica (FoNet, N1)
• People’s Party branch in Kosovo: Director of Office for KiM should deal with protecting people in Kosovo (Beta)
• Serbian List to People’s party: ‘’Only three Jeremic’s followers, blinded with hatred, do not see the assistance of the state of Serbia’’ (Kosovo Online)
• Albanian Minister: Relation between Serbs and Albanians a frozen conflict (N1, FoNet, RTK2)
• Serbia condemns prevention of handball team's ban on entry to Kosovo (FoNet, N1)
• Gjinovci on Kurti’s allegations against the Special Court: ''Icing on the cake'' evidence of political meddling with justice (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Biden presidency is key to EU leadership in Kosovo – Serbia Dialogue (Euractiv)
• Thaçi’s gone. The thin line of Erdoğan’s brotherhood (EWB)

International:

• Unnamed Suspects Charged over Kosovo Serb Politician’s Murder (Balkan Insight)
• SDA loses Sarajevo and SNSD loses Banja Luka in Bosnia's 2020 local elections (N1 Sarajevo)

Humanitarian/Development:

• BIRN to Hold Art Exhibition About Kosovo War Mass Graves (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 16

• COVID - 19: 13 deaths, 501 new cases (media)
• Hoti: We have taken necessary steps to fight COVID – 19 (Kallxo)
• Kurti wants Kosovo government to defend indictees at The Hague (media)
• Williamson: If Kosovo wouldn’t form Special Court, UN would do it (media)
• Lack of coordination in government for Washington pledges (Koha)
• Finance Minister: War against thieves will continue with all capacities (media)
• Fate of ‘disappeared’ Yugoslav soldiers from Kosovo still unknown (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 14

• COVID-19: 1,047 new cases, 14 deaths (media)
• Prishtina Mayor appeals to citizens to respect new measures (media)
• Osmani: EU favoring Serbia as a spoiled child (media)
• Haxhiu: New elections before President is elected (media)
• Lack of quorum continues to impede Assembly’s work (Kosovapress)
• SPO: We have jurisdiction to try Serbian forces for war crimes (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 13, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID – 19: 953 new cases, 13 deaths (media)
• Hoti: Outstanding issues must be resolved through dialogue (media)
• EU, NATO do not answer Kosovo’s calls to condemn Vucic statement (media)
• Hoti: Let’s agree on a President or set a date for new elections (media)
• Mustafa: Talks with Serbian List; AKR said it’ll support the bill (Indeksonline)
• PDK: Hoti-led government must go home ASAP (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 84 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic: Fabrications of Kosovo's politicians that I called for war (Danas, Beta)
• Dacic: Time of false news and Pristina's first love with NATO and EU has passed (Kosovo Online)
• Biden asked Haradinaj to protect Visoki Decani in a confidential letter from 2002 (KoSSev)
• Spahiu: ''Mentioning of Catholics in the indictment is offensive, members of Muslim community worked more for Milosevic'' (Kosovo Online)
• CI SDP: New indictment for Ivanovic's murder confirms Kosovo judiciary violates its own laws (Beta, Kosovo Online)
• What did Vucic say? Pristina: Vucic issued a ''war threat''; Belgrade: Kosovan ''hysteria'' and stereotypes about Serbs (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Serbian List awaits Vucic to ''wink'' (Danas)
• Kosovo wartime leaders’ indictment is inaccurate and biased (Prishtina Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• UN Says Serbian anti-terrorism laws misused to target NGOs, media (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 13

• COVID-19: 767 new cases, eight deaths (media)
• Hoti: Kosovo committed to peace, stability and prosperity of the region (media)
• Osmani calls on EU, NATO to react to Vucic’s statements (media)
• NATO on Vucic's statement on frozen conflicts (RFE)
• Kosovo's Foreign Ministry reacts to Vucic’s statement (media)
• Quni: We do not want war but if unavoidable, we will win again (media)
• Hoxhaj: Region can move ahead when Serbia faces genocide it has committed (media)
• NISMA: Final time for EU to take measures towards Serbia (media)
• Party of Kosovo Serbs: Vucic’s statement, a hypocrisy (RTK)
• Petkovic says Kosovo's reaction to Vucic's statement "hysterical" (media)
• PDK Spokesperson denies claims they will join governing coalition (RTK)
• AAK MP: Government is already down, election date should be set tomorrow (Express)
• Kosovo’s rival communities reach deal on World Heritage site (AP)
• Serbian Ministry Again Defends Privacy of Wanted War Criminal (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 12, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 767 new cases, eight deaths (media)
• Hoti on COVID-19 situation: We are in a state of war (media)
• Ahmeti: Someone from Kacanik can go to Skopje but not to Pristina (media)
• Hoti: Missing persons, priority in dialogue with Serbia (media)
• Mustafa: No dialogue meetings until after Christmas (Periskopi/Zeri)
• Kosovo Government announces agreement on use of Decan roads (media)
• Ramosaj: Blockade in construction of Decan-Plave road ends (Telegrafi)
• DPM Tahiri on Serbian List: It can leave the government just as it joined (Koha)
• Speaker of Swiss parliament visits Krusha e Madhe memorial site (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: 1.800.000 doses provided, most likely of Pfizer vaccine; Better to reach a solution for Kosovo sooner than later (media)
• Construction of a road in the municipality of Decani in accordance with the Law on Protected Zones, EU Office says (KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev)
• Abbot Sava: An arrangement adopted to protect the monastery from the construction of an international road (Kosovo Online)
• The United States will work with the EU in the Balkans, but also with Britain (Danas)
• Stano: It would be good for Belgrade and Pristina to prepare for the next round of dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• Roma Party President: More than 100,000 Roma expelled from Kosovo, large number killed (Kosovo Online, Tanjug)
• Serbian List to Fatherland Movement: Only those who trade with lives of others can wish for conflicts in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Fatherland Movement: What the example of Nagorno-Karabakh teach us, will Vucic visit his friend Hashim Thaci in The Hague (nspm.rs)

Opinion:

• Kosovo War Crimes Court Can Promote Justice on All Sides (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Two KelKos hydropower plants granted 40-year licence (Prishtina Insight)
• The Husband-and-Wife Team Behind the Leading Vaccine to Solve Covid-19 (nytimes.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 12

• COVID-19: 785 new cases, four deaths (media)
• Government to say tomorrow if new measures are approved (media)
• Economic recovery draft law fails to pass second reading (media)
• Calls for national protest, demanding Health Minister’s resignation (media)
• Prishtina mayor strongly disagrees with new anti coronavirus measures (media)
• Chamber of Commerce calls on businesses to respect new measures (media)
• Reshitaj: AAK has asked for new measures to be reviewed (KTV)
• EU: Kosovo must understand dialogue has no alternative (RFE)
• Tahiri: New elections if our offer for President is not accepted (media)
• Vetevendosje, PDK don’t support Haradinaj’s candidacy for president (KTV)
• VV refuses PDK's call to suspend parliamentary activity (RFE/Telegrafi)
• Olluri: LDK, PDK are negotiating President and government (Express)
• Status conference for Thaci at The Hague on November 18 (media)
• Italian ambassador visits Prekaz memorial site (media)
• Court calls public session on complaint against government formation (Express)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 11, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 733 new cases, four deaths (media)
• PM Hoti announces new measures to combat COVID-19 (Prishtina Insight)
• Hoti: Suspension of dialogue does not serve the state interests of Kosovo Telegrafi)
• Selimi pleads not guilty at the Hague war crimes trial (media)
• Abbott: Kosovo is showing it has courage to face its past, through rule of law (media)
• Haradinaj-Stublla: Kosovo should be represented with state symbols (RTK)
• PDK postpones Assembly activities for a week (Koha)
• Governing partner AAK, against lockdown (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 52 new cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio)
• Gracanica Crisis Staff: 11 new Covid-19 cases (KIM radio)
• Simic: We are seriously considering leaving Hoti's government (Kosovo Online, Indeksonline.net)
• CEFTA adopts Western Balkans' Declaration on common market (N1, Beta)
• Serbia marks Armistice Day (N1, Beta)
• New - third indictment filed in the case of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic (KoSSev)
• Stano: Krasniqi's claim that the EU cooperated with the KLA is nonsense (RTV Puls, Kosovo Online, Vecernje Novosti)
• Klan Kosova: Milo Djukanovic could be a key witness in the trial against former KLA leaders (KoSSev)
• Osmani: Veer away from the dialogue at present; Serbia should not be trusted, they do not respect what they signed (KoSSev, DW)

Opinion:

• This is not about organ trafficking (peacefare.net)

International:

• Sofia Summit Conclusions: Western Balkans Leaders remain dedicated to regional cooperation (EWB)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Lockdown Has Increased Terrorist Risk to Kosovo, Experts Warn (Balkan Insight)
• Study Underscores Link between Human Trafficking and Online Abuse (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 11

• COVID-19: 596 new cases, five deaths (media)
• PM Hoti talks of total lockdown (Radio Free Europe)
• Zemaj: We’ll do everything not to close schools (media)
• Balkan leaders adopt plan for common regional market (Balkan Insight)
• Macron: Dispute between Kosovo and Serbia, EU security issue (Telegrafi)
• Osmani: There are no immediate dialogue meetings planned (Telegrafi/Kallxo)
• Veseli pleads not guilty to war crimes charges (media)
• Haradinaj reveals offer to PDK for post of Kosovo President (media)
• Hoxhaj: PDK cannot think now about election of new President (media)
• Konjufca: I am in favor of Vetevendosje forming a broader government (media)
• Millions lost on integration efforts (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 10, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 596 new cases, five deaths (media)
• Osmani, Zemaj agree anti coronavirus measures should correspond to current situation (media)
• In DW interview, Osmani says this is not time to continue dialogue with Serbia (media)
• Borrell: Western Balkans are at the heart of Europe, their future is in the EU (Koha/Klan)
• Kosovo women lambast exclusion from men-only dialogue (Prishtina Insight)
• MG Franco Federici to become new KFOR Commander (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 47 cases of COVID-19 in Serbian areas (Kontakt plus radio)
• Spahiu: At my request, the Hague removed from the indictment the part about the attacks on the Catholic community (Kosovo Online)
• Selakovic: Improving regional cooperation among government priorities (RTS)
• Vukcevic: I expect a conviction against Thaci (KoSSev, Nova S)
• Blakaj: Special Court work seriously, the process will be long, the families of victims of the KLA await justice (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• US Balkans Policy is Set to Change, but There’ll be No Quick Fixes (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Some 'Pro-Russian' Voices Tamed In Serbia, But Vucic Keeping His Options Open (RFE)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Ministry: We are working on finding a solution for the lion in Gnjilane, a ''working group'' was formed (KoSSev)