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)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID – 19: 181 new cases, eight deaths (media)
• Hoti discusses with Varhelyi Serbia’s illegal smuggling of anti-COVID vaccines (Koha)
• Loncar: Vucic proposed to bring Covid-19 vaccines to all communities in Kosovo at beginning of January (Indeksonline)
• Kosovo Parliament to decide on Budget 2021 today (Express)
• Recica: PDK does not have special requests for approval of the budget (RTK)
• Haradinaj-Stublla travels to Turkey (RTK)
• Quni: We will soon become members of the Adriatic Charter (Koha)
• Hoti: There are several candidates for PM in LDK, each, better than the other (RTK)
• Daka: Organising elections, a challenge (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• 48 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo on Saturday (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic: Did anyone ask Ms. Haradinaj which provision of the Brussels agreement we violated with the vaccines? (Kosovo-online)
• Petkovic: Politics has no place in preserving the health of citizens (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, RTS, Politika)
• Petkovic: Season of hunt for Serbs is not closed even at time of pandemics (Kosovo Online)
• Loncar for Indeksonline – Vucic proposed to bring Covid-19 vaccines to all communities in Kosovo at beginning of January (KoSSev)
• Fr. Ilarion: Let us not strive for imaginary happiness because it lies in our hearts (KoSSev)
• Serbia to send Covid-19 vaccines to BiH's Republika Srpska entity (N1)
• NATO-led KFOR: Security in Kosovo stable (BETA, N1, KIM Radio)
• Permission of “Hortikultura” needed for Serb funerals at Pristina Orthodox cemetery? (Radio KIM, Gracanica-online)
• Milorad Arlov banned to enter Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Halimi: How to trust the Kosovo judiciary after the embarrassment with the trial for the murder of Ivanovic? (Kosovo Online, Politika)
• HLC: On Nenad Arsic’s sentence after insight and analysis of the first-instance verdict (Radio KIM)

International:

• Kosovo Protests ‘Illegal’ Arrival of COVID-19 Vaccines in North (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 24, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID – 19: 331 new cases, 9 deaths (media)
• “Healthcare workers, people with chronic illnesses to get first vaccines” (media)
• Mustafa: Court’s ruling was unjust and unprofessional (media)
• Vetevendosje’s Haxhiu: We don’t plan to talk about coalitions (media)
• PDK’s Haliti does not rule out coalition with Vetevendosje (media)
• Serwer: Fall of Hoti-led government doesn’t produce political instability (Koha)
• Pause in the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (Radio Free Europe)

Serbian Language Media:

22 new cases of Covid-19, three deaths registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev)
Brnabic first European PM vaccinated against coronavirus (KoSSev, N1)
Vasic: I expect verdict of acquittal in Arsic’s case (Radio KIM)
Dusan Janjic: I would not exclude possibility of Serb being Kosovo Prime Minister (Kosovo-online)
Viola von Cramon: Vučić’s statement on independence of Kosovo is not his final say (Kosovo-online)
Petković reacts to latest statement of von Cramon (Radio Mitrovica sever)
Majority of Serbian citizens support EU membership (N1)

Opinion:

• Kosovo can’t allow the dialogue to continue in this form (Prishtina Insight)

International:

• Kosovo pins U.N. membership hopes on Biden presidency (Reuters)
• Switzerland, Serbia set to vaccinate before EU (Politico)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kosovo Opera and Ballet Law Dances Around Hall Issue (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 23, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 271 new cases, 12 deaths (media)
• Mustafa: LDK to announce candidate for prime minister after elections are set (media)
• Bislimi: Polls indicate LVV stands to win 55 MP seats (media)
• PDK spokesperson reacts to LVV's poll (Kallxo)
• LDK blames CEC for the downfall of Hoti-led government (Kosovapress/Koha)
• NISMA: We have no red lines towards any party (media)
• AKR open to prospects of a pre-election coalition (media)
• Osmani meets representatives of 6+ Group, Serbian List (media)
• Kusari-Lila to run alongside LVV in upcoming elections (media)
• Haradinaj: I would drop presidential candidacy in favour of Jashari family (Zeri/RTK)
• Barrie Lynne Freeman from USA appointed deputy head of UNMIK (media)
• EU supports Kosovo with 24 million euros (media)
• Kosovo suspends flights with UK over coronavirus variant concerns (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• In Serbian communities 39 new cases of Covid-19, four deceased (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic: State official to get vaccine first (N1, FoNet)
• Reeker: The Balkans are a geopolitical field (KiM radio, Tanjug)
• EU: Pristina to respect and implement the agreements from the dialogue with Belgrade (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Belgrade-Pristina agreement within next couple of months impossible (Radio KIM)
• Jevtic: No PCR test needed to enter Kosovo from Serbia (KoSSev)
• RTS: Murders and disappearances of journalists in Kosovo - crimes that everyone is silent about (Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM reacts to stoning of school in Vitina (TV Most)
• Serbian List: EULEX, UNMIK and KFOR to ensure safety for all citizens (Kosovo-online)
• The Fatherland Movement: Vucic to say loud and clear whether he sold or gave away the energy system (nspm.rs)
• Serbian List: Fabrications that someone sold the electricity system in Kosovo (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• A New EU Deal for the Balkans: Time to Remake the Anteroom (geopoliticalmonitor.com)

International:

• Kosovo Finds 11 War Victims in Hidden Graves in 2020 (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 137 new cases, ten deaths (media)
• Hoti to announce new anti-Covid measures (media)
• Hoti vows to respect Constitutional Court's ruling (media)
• US Embassy calls on parties and institutions to respect court’s decision (media)
• Acting president Osmani meets head of EU Office Szunyog (Koha)
• Kurti: Elections to be held as soon as possible (media)
• LDK's Abrashi: We are ready for elections (media)
• Hoxhaj: PDK to soon announce candidate for prime minister (media)
• LVV: Constitutional Court ruling does not prevent Kurti from running for election (RFE/Koha)
• Isufi: AAK ready for elections, will run on its own (media)
• Daka: CEC ready to organise the elections (media)
• “Only final court decision excludes MP candidates from running” (media)
• Hasani: Constitutional Court's ruling, strange (Telegrafi)
• Tahiri: Law clearly sets out who can run for election in Kosovo (Indeksonline)
• Gerxhaliu: Budget must be adopted before we go to elections (RTK)
• Journalist Valon Syla assaulted in Pristina (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• In the Serbian communities in Kosovo, 46 new cases, four died (Kontakt plus radio)
• First shipment of Pfizer vaccine reported to have arrived in Serbia (Nova.rs, N1, Tanjug)
• Dacic: Unserious attitude of Pristina, most important to have peace in Kosovo (Danas)
• Father Sava: Decisions of Constitutional Court selectively implemented, justice applied on ethnic basis (Kosovo-online)
• Lazarevic: Kosovo politics demonstrated its irresponsibility and lack of seriousness (Kosovo-online)
• Petkovic: Serbia and Vucic did not hand over anything to Albanians (Kosovo-online)
• Rada Trajkovic: Vucic handed over one part of Serbian energy network (Danas)
• Father Sava reacts to Suvo Grlo village church case (Kontakt plus radio)
• A Serb came to Pec for documents, arrested for a "war crime" and taken to Pristina (Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM: Arrests aim to keep Serbs in constant fear and uncertainty (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Kosovo to hold early election after court ruling (AP)
• Kosovo's highest court rules parliamentary vote electing government was illegal (Reuters)
• Kosovo Heading For Fresh Elections After High Court Rules Parliament Vote For Government Was Illegal (RFE)
• Kosovo Faces New Elections After Court Rules Govt Illegitimate (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• NGO Link only in December donated 15.000 protective visors to health workers in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Serbia Leads Region in Expecting COVID-19 Vaccines Within Days (Balkan Insight)
• Share This Now! How Conspiracy Theories Swamped North Macedonia (Balkan Insight)