UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 24, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: EU has not delivered on visa liberalisation promise (KP/Koha) • PDK submits request for creation of committee on privatisation (Klan) • Zemaj: We are trying to pursue mass testing for Covid-19 (Klan) • 85 coronavirus patients receiving treatment at Infectious Clinic in Pristina (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbia's army among participants, Vucic among guests at Moscow parade (Beta, FoNet, N1) • Vucic: I spoke with Macron, I expect swift continuation of Brussels dialogue (Tanjug) • NGO: Concern over increase in incidents in Serb communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, KIM radio) • Gracanica: First case of coronavirus infection recorded- unofficial (RTK2) • Godfrey: America offers Serbia and Kosovo a chance (Danas) • Grenell denies NYT report Trump will meet Vucic on June 27 (FoNet, N1) • Vucic after meeting Putin: "We discussed issues I cannot talk about in public" (B92) • Priluzje residents: Four people dead after ‘consuming suspicious brandy’; KP and Prosecution: Waiting for autopsy results (KoSSev) • Lajcak: Belgrade-Pristina talks in July, EU insists on implementation of deals (N1, FoNet) • Detention of Marko Rosic extended for two more months (Kosovo-online) International: • Serbia, Kosovo Leaders Expected in Brussels before Washington Meeting (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo talks to focus on economy, less likely to affect US military role (Stars and Stripes) Humanitarian/Development: • Western Balkans coal power plants are still breaching pollution limits (emerging-europe.com) • Vucic: Claims on reduced number of dead and infected in Serbia hypocritical (BETA, N1) • Serbian anti-Covid-19 Crisis Team: Face masks mandatory in public transport (N1) • OpisMEDIJavanje: Public service broadcasters should reflect pluralism of society (KoSSev)

Albanian Language Media: • Grenell: We will try to build an economic zone between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Hoti meets Thaci prior to his travelling to Brussels (media) • EU borders may remain closed for Western Balkans (media) • Osmani requests voting of international agreements (media) • Assembly has no quorum to vote on the million-dollar agreements (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic and Hoti at the end of the week in Brussels, but not about the dialogue (RTS) • Vucic: We are dealing with painful issues, compromise is not easy for Serbia (Tanjug, B92) • New round of Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on June 25 in Brussels (N1) • Djuric: SNS in Kosovo won 86 percent of votes (KoSSev) • Returnee family robbed in the village of Veliko Krusevo (Kosovo Online) • MEPs: Mocking of democracy in Serbia, stop opening negotiating chapters (N1, EWB) Opinion: • Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's stabilocrat (DW) • Serbia’s Strongman Wins Big in Election Boycotted by the Opposition (The New York Times) • Serwer: Vucic's victory convincing but stained (VoA, N1) International: • Serbia's Vucic To Discuss Kosovo With Putin In Moscow On Wednesday – Ambassador (urdupoint.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Number of COVID-19 hospitalisations peaks (Prishtina Insight) • Serbia’s anti-COVID-19 Crisis Team: Face masks mandatory in public transport (N1) • OpisMEDIJavanje: Sometimes a politician’s refusal to answer a question will be the answer (KoSSev) • Serbia Under-Reported COVID-19 Deaths and Infections, Data Shows (Balkan Insight) • SO2 emissions in Western Balkans coal plants six times above limit in 2019 (balkanenergynews.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Presidents Thaci, Vucic to lead delegations in Washington (Indeksonline) • Collaku: Economy and other issues that may arise to be discussed at White House (RFE) • Hoti's cabinet: Mainly economic issues to be discussed in Washington (Klan) • Kosovo-Serbia final agreement to go through four stops (Klan Kosova) • Competition between EU and U.S. on Kosovo-Serbia agreement (Koha) • Weber: Kosovo and Serbia could get closer to final agreement by end of year (media) • Serbian man sentenced to 22 years in prison for war crimes (media) • One more coronavirus-related death reported in Kosovo (media) • Ministry of Health denies contact tracing will not be pursued anymore (media) Serbian Language Media: • Kommersant: Vucic now must make a choice (Danas) • New REC data: 62.73 percent of electorate processed, 3 lists passed threshold (B92) • Vucic’s SNS scores landslide victory in Serbia’s general elections (media) • What kind of proposal does Lajcak bring to Belgrade today? (B92, Tanjug) • President Vucic: Let's not be arrogant in forming government; experts say turnout 49 pct (N1) • OSCE: Final turnout in Kosovo was 55.178, respectively 57.88 percent of registered voters (Kosovo-online) • SzS: Fake elections have not succeeded, boycott did, turnout less than 50 percent (N1, BETA, FoNet) • Director of Factor Plus: Turnout expected, boycott failed (Prva TV, B92) • Varhelyi: "Important day for Serbia" (RTS, B92) • N. Macedonian President: Kosovo issue could lead to domino effect (RFE, N1, FoNet) • Newsmax TV founder: Trump is man who can bring peace to Balkans (Newsmax, N1) Opinion: • Serbia elections: Who's left besides Vucic? (DW) • Wanted: EU-US cooperation on Kosovo (EUobserver) • ''Trump and the Kremlin know very well who they are dealing with'' (KoSSev) • Kosovar politics needs rebellious women (Prishtina Insight) International: • Serbia President’s Party Scores Landslide in Election Boycotted by Opposition (Balkan insight) • Ruling Conservatives Set to Win Serbian Parliamentary Vote (VoA) • Serbian parliament left without clear opposition as the ruling party wins partially boycotted elections (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • BIRN Videos Tell Emotional Stories of Missing Fathers (Balkan Insight) • 22 years since kidnapping of Belacevac miners (TV Most)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 19, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo PM Hoti: Thaci knows I will lead the dialogue (Gazeta Express) • Grenell: Land swap was Bolton’s idea, not Trump’s (Fox News, RTK) • Von Cramon hopes visa liberalization for Kosovo during Germany’s presidency (Klan) • Pompeo congratulates Hoti for peaceful government formation (media) • Osmani demands visa liberalization from the EU (media) • Number of hospitalized with COVID-19 increases, 65 today (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Talks on Kosovo as “chess game”, we are ready for compromise (RTV) • “Without rule of law, any agreement is dead letter on paper” (Radio KIM) • Dacic thanks Lavrov for Russia’s support on Kosovo issue (N1) • European Parliament to debate report on Western Balkans (N1) • Lajcak to visit Belgrade on June 22 and 23 (FoNet) • REC adopted election instruction for Sunday elections in KiM (TV Most) • OSCE will implement practice established and applied in past during these elections (RTK2) • US Embassy in Pristina: We will not observe elections on Sunday (Kosovo-online, RTV KIM) • "If exchanging territories is the way..." (Kosovo-online, B92) • Vucic urged citizens to vote on Sunday’s elections (B92) • Pre-election silence in Serbia starts at midnight until Sunday evening (N1, FoNet) Opinion: • Race for Serbia-Kosovo Deal Betrays America’s Best Principles (Balkan Insight) • Five mounting challenges for China in the Western Balkans (ECFR) International: • Moscow's Approval Necessary For Any Deal Between Serbia, Kosovo, Lavrov Says (RFE) • Serbia ready to sacrifice EU membership over Kosovo deal (Reuters) Humanitarian/Development: • Balkan Countries Relax Guard Despite COVID-19’s Second Wave (Balkan Insight) • Media Literacy Project: Beware of hybrid objective journalism (KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 18, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Grenell: Kosovo, Serbia leaders to begin new era of stability and prosperity (media) • Lajcak: Dialogue ready to resume, date to be set soon (media) • Hoti meets political leaders, VV and PDK boycott meeting (media) • Nagavci: Hoti and government to know there's a point they cannot cross (media) • Limaj: Dialogue should have a name (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic worried about ''Russia’s assessments regarding various plans and ideas'' for solving the Kosovo issues (KoSSev, B92) • Jeremic: Some announcement on Kosovo at White House on June 27 (N1) • Lavrov today in Belgrade, what are the key topics of conversation (RTS) • Vucic, Lajcak, Moscow, Washington ... and Mile (B92) • Vucic: EU doesn't know what to offer us for Kosovo's UN membership (Vecernje Novosti, Beta, N1) • Stoltenberg: Meeting in Washington right step in right direction (RTS) • Why Trump's withdrawal of 10,000 troops from Germany relates to the Balkans (Klix.ba, B92) • Lajcak meet Serbian List officials, mayors (N1) • Djuric: Hoti buries dialogue (RTS) • Vucic: If SNS doesn't win an absolute majority, it will not ask for a mandate (B92, RTS) • Rakic met northern Kosovo mayors (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • Don’t count on a White House Kosovo-Serbia breakthrough (Atlantic Council) • Russia-Serbia partnership does not depend on Belgrade’s dialogue with Brussels (Info Ros) International: • Europe Worries Trump May Wreck Chunk of Merkel’s Legacy (Bloomberg) Humanitarian/Development: • Film festivals in Kosovo postponed until August (Prishtina Insight)