UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 15, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 119 new cases in last 24 hours (media) • 1,192 active COVID - 19 cases in Prishtina, 35–44 age group most affected (media) • COVID - 19, Kosovo tested only 1.61 of the population (RTK) • Von Cramon: Grenell wanted to bypass EU and Kurti’s government (media) • EULEX chief praises PM Hoti for traveling economy class (media) • Who are candidates for PDK leader if Veseli indictment is confirmed? (Express) • Bytyci: Kadri Veseli is PDK leader, media speculations are ill-willed (media) Serbian Language Media: • 37 new cases of Covid-19 infection registered in Serb areas in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • In Gracanica 24 infected with Covid-19, results to come for fifteen more (KIM radio) • Radovic: KP to control if persons positive on Covid-19 respect self-isolation measures (KoSSev) • Vucic: Missing persons and internally displaced first topic of dialogue in Brussels (N1) • Destinies of missing and displaced persons from Kosovo unresolved for 21 years (Tanjug) • Brussels no longer can ignore reality: There is no solution of Kosovo issue without Russia (Sputnik) • Jaksic: Negotiations in Brussels will not bring anything good to the Kosovo Serbs (KIM radio, Beta) • Serbian Military Union official says protest coming against Defense Minister (N1) • Mutiny within Serbia's Socialists, main Vucic's partners, its leader says (N1) • Serbia's NGO's asks UN to react to police actions during anti-regime protests (N1, RFE) • Vucic starts talks about Serbia's new government, Albanians ask for four posts (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • Serbia-Kosovo deal: Can the EU succeed where Trump failed? (AlJazeera) • Kosovo’s perplexing indictment and its effects (EWB) • The EU Needs a New Balkan Strategy (Foreign Policy) International: • Trump Ex-Adviser Bolton Laments Lost Opportunity on Kosovo (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • EU removes Serbia, Montenegro from travel-safe list (B92, Tanjug, N1)

Albanian Language Media: • Two more patients die from COVID – 19 (media) • Hospital in Vushtrri transformed into hospital for COVID – 19 patients (media) • Osmani: PM’s Legal Office endorsed Anti – COVID 19 Law (media) • PDK calls for urgent increase of salaries of healthcare professionals (media) • Justice minister Selimi to be part of Kosovo negotiating team (EO/Klan Kosova) • Roth: Western Balkans at the centre of Germany's engagement (DW) • UK welcomes resumption of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • KSF ready to support efforts to fight COVID-19 (media) Serbian Language Media: • Elek: 93 persons hospitalized at Clinical-Hospital Center in Mitrovica North, one person passed away (KoSSev) • Gracanica: New measures and announcement of fines, and the old problem (KIM radio) • Hashim Thaci's indictment will remain unknown until October (B92, RTS) • PM Brnabic denies lack of transparency during coronavirus pandemic (N1) • Vucic congratulates Macron, convinced in his support of Serbia's EU path (BETA, N1) • Samardzic: ''Vucic is going to Brussels again without a strategy'' (KIM radio, Beta, N1) • Maas: I will travel to Belgrade and Pristina, dialogue is priority (RTS) • Serbian NGOs call on the EU to insist on core values in Serbia (KIM radio, EWB) Opinion: • A manual: how to lose the battle with COVID-19 (Prishtina Insight) • Surroi: Kosovo yet to realise how dramatic situation with COVID – 19 is (Koha) International: • Corrupt clans or startups? Kosovo must now choose (Die Welt) • Serbia ‘Provided War Crimes Evidence’ Against Kosovo President (Balkan Insight) • Public anger rises across Balkans as coronavirus toll grows (Financial Times) Humanitarian/Development: • New restrictive measures added following jump in coronavirus cases (Prishtina Insight) • Austria bans flights from Western Balkans (N1, DW)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 13, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • President Thaci arrives at the Special Court (RTK) • Veseli: We will triumph in this battle as well (media) • Haradinaj: I highly value Thaci’s readiness to respond to Specialist Chambers (RTK) • Albanians protest in Hague (Koha) • Kosovo Government announces new measures against coronavirus (media) • Borrell considers Lajcak has done a good job (Koha) • Police Director warns penalty measures for those who do not wear masks (media) • Kurti accuses the government: They are filling the morg (RTK) • Gucati and Kosnett discuss KLA veterans (RTK) • Thaci’s lawyer, former U.S. senior official Pierre-Richard Prosper (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • 38 new cases of Covid-19 infection registered, one person passed away in Serb areas (Kosovo-online) • Vucic: Belgrade-Pristina talks to resume on Thursday with new topics (media) • Dacic: There is no readiness of Pristina for compromise (Prva TV) • Dialogue on reset, but still paralyzed (DW) • Vucic met Botsan-Kharchenko, discussed Kosovo and Metohija (Danas) • “Consultations on new Serbian government to start as of Tuesday” (N1, FoNet) • NGOs urged crisis headquarters to inform public on epidemic, unbiased cooperation with media outlets (KoSSev) • Dr. Rasic: Increased number of patients with respiratory infections in Gracanica (RTK2, Radio kontakt plus) International: • 'I believe in justice' says Kosovo's Thaci as he arrives at The Hague on war crime charges (Euronews) • Kosovo-Serbia Deal Must Not Lead to Impunity for War Crimes: US Ex-Ambassador (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Kon on epidemiological situation in Serbia, possibility of new measures (B92, Prva TV) • Temporary residence permits in Kosovo extended (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 10, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Hoti-Vucic Sunday meeting in Brussels postponed (media) • Hoti: Agreement with Serbia cannot be successful without mutual recognition (media) • Osmani calls blocking of anti-Covid draft law 'disgraceful' (media) • Nagavci: Management of pandemic, presently top priority for Kosovo (media) • Germany donates 6,000 COVID-19 testing kits to Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Meeting in Brussels postponed for Thursday, US- EU relations are not our matter (RTS) • 36 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Serb areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Djuric: Walker is last person who should talk about crimes (RTS) • Vucic: Discussing three crucial issues with Macron (B92) • Simic: Vjosa Osmani deceived public, read inexistent Rakic’s statement (TV Most) Opinion: • EU mediation is a relief but not a panacea (Prishtina Insight) International: • France, Germany lead effort to fire up Serbia-Kosovo talks (AP) • Europe’s Latest Peace-Making Efforts in Balkans Hit New Hurdle (Bloomberg) Humanitarian/Development: • Media Literacy Project: Photojournalist and journalist form integral whole (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo government not in support of draft law on pandemics (RTK) • Government endorses action plan for increase of Covid-19 tests (Telegrafi) • Kosovo PM ready to declare state of emergency over coronavirus (Gazeta Express) • Roth: EU must grant Kosovo promised visa liberalization (Die Welt, Express) • LVV does not vote international agreements, endorsement fails (media) • Gucati: Indictment proposal against KLA leaders, direct attack on Kosovo (media) • Assembly does not approve LVV’s draft resolution on dialogue (media) • UNMIK assists Malisheva with anti-Covid-19 protection equipment (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • In all Serb areas, 139 newly infected in the last three weeks of testing (Kontakt plus radio, KIM radio) • Dacic: Visit to Paris important, matter of Kosovo recognition does not exist for Serbia (TV Pink, Tanjug) • Vucic: We know how to maintain peace (N1) • Stefanovic: An attempt to seize power by force (B92) • New riots in Belgrade; speculations about who provokes clashes (N1) • Vucic: No compromise with the vandals; Involvement of foreign security services proven (B92) • Russian Ambassador rejects allegations or Russia’s involvement in unrests in Belgrade (B92) • US Embassy closely follows events, condemns all violence (media) Opinion: • "Kosovo Serbs always suffer the consequences of instability in Serbia" (KIM radio) • What ‘Twiplomacy’ reveals about the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue (neweasterneurope.eu) International: • Kosovo's Thaci To Go To The Hague For Interview With War Crimes Prosecutor (RFE) • Serbia Protests Meet Violent Response in Europe’s 1st Major Virus Unrest (The New York Times) • Serbian President ‘Has the Evidence’ to Resolve US Albanians’ Murders (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo’s hospitals receive influx of COVID-19 patients (Prishtina Insight)