Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 33 new cases, no deaths (media) • Varhelyi: All EU states need to be convinced Kosovo has met visa liberalisation criteria (media) • Hoti: If no agreement, Kosovo and Serbia will remain independent neighbouring countries (Koha) • Osmani: Kosovo should be granted visa liberalisation, all criteria met (media) • Economic recovery draft law fails to be adopted, yet again (media) • Draft law on KLA values fails to pass Assembly (media) • Civil society activists protest against KLA values law (media) • Greek FM Dendias to visit Kosovo tomorrow (Klan) • Hoti rejects reports about establishment of new ministry (media) Serbian Language Media: • Godfrey: Solution of the Kosovo issue possible in a year or two (media) • Bilcik: European Commission report on Serbia objective (N1) • Serbia sends protest note to Albania (media) • Empirika on MIA decision relating to “KS” registration plates (media) • Police arrested suspect for shooting in Donja Brnjica (Radio KIM) • Harassment of girl in Babin Most (RTS, Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Jevtic: Stop pandemic of intimidation of Serbs (TV Most) • Spahiu: ''Constitution should be amended regarding the election of President'' (Kosovo Online) • Odalovic: Most EULEX documentation in Pristina's hands (Radio Mitrovica Sever, TV Prva) Opinion: • ‘Scientific’ views on sexual harassment in Kosovo (and why it matters) (Prishtina Insight) International: • Várhelyi: Kosovo has fulfilled the conditions for visa liberalization (EWB)

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)

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)

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)

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)