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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 25, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 704 new cases, nine deaths (media) • Hoti: Review of Kosovo's diplomatic missions to be concluded soon (media) • Osmani vows to overturn appointment of general consul in Prague (media) • New consul says his appointment is lawful (media) • Vetevendosje expects Osmani to annul Shala's appointment in Prague (media) • Beqaj: Change in Kosovo possible through Vetevendosje-Osmani cooperation (Koha) • Kosovars find COVID-19 treatment an expensive affair (Prishtina Insight) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: Two more deaths, 62 newly infected and 15 cured (Kontakt plus radio) • Meeting scheduled, main topic - urgent procurement of vaccines, announced Vucic (B92) • Vucic: Serbia has no problem to find every missing person (RTS) • Milorad Trifunovic passed away - coordinator of families of abducted and missing in Kosovo and Metohija (KoSSev) • Tadic does not expect a change in US policy towards Kosovo (Danas) • Thaci is aware of guilt, he avoids responsibility (Danas, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Will Biden bail out ‘George Washington of Kosovo’? (Boston Herald) International: • Balkan Countries ‘Still Heavily Dependent on Russian Gas’ (Balkan Insight) • Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic bet big on Donald Trump, and lost. Now what? (euronews.com) • War Victims Urged to Raise Voices at Kosovo Guerrillas’ Trials (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • UNFPA: Premiere of "Broken Rib" on the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Kontakt plus radio) • Hoti: Violence against women needs to be uprooted (KP/Telegrafi) • U.S. Embassy: Every person deserves a life free from violence (media) • Pandemic Disrupts Southeast Europe Labour Flows (Balkan Insight) • Why culture makes smoking a hard habit for the Western Balkans to kick (Emerging Europe)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 24, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 609 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Hoti: Name of the new president or election date to be known soon (RTK) • Mustafa: Meeting on election of president, next week (media) • Chief Prosecutor: Trial against Thaci and others not to start later than September 2021 (Koha) • Hoti committed to implement Washington Agreement (Express) • Veliu to be invited for a motion about EC Security Report (media) • Zemaj calls the situation with the pandemic in Kosovo alarming (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Two persons died, 67 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Dacic: No extreme changes in Washington's attitude towards dialogue with Pristina (FoNet, N1) • Rakic and Bjørnstad about more frequent attacks on Serbian population (TV Most) • Vesic to file a lawsuit in Strasbourg (B92, Tanjug) • Bilčík: EU should be Balkans' goal, not political playground (DW, N1) • Reforms leading to EU membership are Serbia's priorities (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • Crimes, victims could easily be revealed with honest willingness in Serbia (Koha) • A wound that needs healing, not opening (Koha) • Petar Ristanovic: Leaders of the ''KLA'' – Untold biographies (KoSSev) International: • A special Kosovo war crimes court will try its ex-president. So how do ‘hybrid’ courts work? (Washington Post)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 23, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 645 new cases, 12 deaths (media) • Borrell: Kosovo-Serbia land swap, once an option but no longer one (Telegrafi) • Hoti: Selmanaj's remarks have been misconstrued (Kosovapress/Koha) • Vetevendosje calls for dismissal of Deputy Prime Minister Selmanaj (media) • KWN writes to PM Hoti asking for DPM Selmanaj's dismissal (media) • Kosovo Assembly fails to adopt resolution on missing persons (media) • Osmani: Unfortunate that Kosovo is not allowed CoE membership (media) • Kosovo delegation meets Croatian PM Plenkovic (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: SPC Patriarch Irinej loved Serbs everywhere, his main concern was Kosovo (N1) • MP Adem Hoxha joined the Serbian List (KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Vesic prohibited from entering Kosovo (KoSSev, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • The inscription "KLA" on the board at the entrance to Kisnica (KiM radio) • Gracanica mayor on attempted flag burning (KIM radio) • Four charged with the murder of Ivanovic in a new indictment, hearing to be held on December 4th (KoSSev) • BCSP: 70% of Serbs do not believe there will be an armed conflict, 47% of them are ready to take part in a Kosovo conflict (KoSSev) Opinion: • Serbs Should Mourn Quiet Patriarch Who Avoided Conflict (Balkan insight) • Cause for Optimism in Albeit Slow Western Balkans Recovery (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Hidden economy at very high levels and increasing throughout the Western Balkans (EWB) • WHO official says Serbia close to lockdown (N1) • Over 2,600 migrants in Kosovo, majority of them from Syria (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 20, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 11 deaths, 855 new cases (media) • Osmani: We are tired of irresponsible politicians who show tolerance to Serbia's rejective policies (media) • Hardinaj-Stublla made official request to visit mass graves locations in Serbia (media) • Kizevak explained: EULEX experts describe how they identified the exact location where the human remains were discovered (EULEX, Express) • Veliu: Serbia exercising violence against migrants near Presevo (RTK) • Osmani: We are tired of irresponsible politicians who show tolerance to Serbia's denying policies (media) • Belgrade Court orders exhumation of human remains from Serbian mass grave (Euronews Albania) • Kosovo’s Constitution does not specify who replaces acting president (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Gracanica Crisis Staff: Seven more newly infected with Covid-19 (KiM radio) • Serbian Orthodox Church: Serbian Patriarch Irinej reposed in the Lord (media) • Three-day mourning in Serbia after SPC Patriarch's death; Putin sends condolences (N1) • Petar Petkovic: Serbian people has lost its spiritual father and archpastor (Kosovo Online, TV Most, KiM radio) • Varhelyi tells MEPs Western Balkans are a priority (N1) • Serbian government official calls for end to attacks on Kosovo Serbs (FoNet, N1) • Gara: Nine sets of human remains found in 3 months in Kosovo, excavations carried out in North Mitrovica (KoSSev) • SPO: Government officials “loyal” to Thaci and Veseli presided over “corrupt government pay-outs” to potential witnesses (KoSSev) • Albanian citizens can enter Serbia using only an ID card (KoSSev) Opinion: • Kosovo turns blind eye to officials flouting COVID-19 laws (Prishtina Insight) International: • Serbia Mourns Aged Patriarch’s Death from COVID-19 (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 19, 2020

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 15 deaths, 875 new cases (media) • Hoti: We’re committed to the issue of missing persons (media) • Gerxhaliu: We’re waiting for official invitation to go to Raska (Telegrafi) • Hoti in an online meeting with Macron, attempt to resume dialogue? (Lajmi) • Trepca mineworkers protest over October wages (media) • Minister: €1 million executed for wages of Trepca mineworkers (media) • “Kosovo won’t be represented by UNMIK at Energy Community Treaty” (media) Serbian Language Media: • One death, 68 new cases in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • EP worried by Serbia's ruling party dominance during June general elections (N1) • Lawyer Tapuskovic: If killed journalists are not in the indictments, the trial of KLA leaders of no use (Kontakt plus radio, UNS) • The Kosovo inspection checks one pharmacy in North Mitrovica, citizens resented (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio, Kosovo Online) • Kisnica: Family Trajkovic worried, provocations continue (KiM Radio, Kosovo Online, Radio Gracanica) • Borrell: The EU expects Serbia and Kosovo not to move the embassies to Jerusalem (N1) • Doctors: SPC Patriarch’s health condition deteriorating due to coronavirus (media) • Dacic: There must be justice for Serbian victims as well (B92, Tanjug, TV Happy) Opinion: • Language Is Politics, and Not Just In the Balkans (bnnbloomberg.ca) International: • Would-be Balkan EU Members Remain Hostage to Vetos (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • "Europe can avoid quarantine on one condition and I stand behind that claim" (Tanjug, B92)