UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 3, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Avdullah Hoti elected new prime minister of Kosovo (media) • Fight against Covid-19 and economic recovery, priorities of new govt (media) • Hoti presents composition of his cabinet (media) • U.S. embassy, Grenell welcome the formation of new government (media) • EU congratulates the new Kosovo government (media) • Thaci pledges to cooperate with new government (media) • Haxhiu: New government, illegal (Klan) • Selimi: This is Thaci's government not one of people (Telegrafi) • Veseli: PDK will not support Hoti-led government (Kallxo) • Haradinaj: Hoti government is not against anyone (Klan Kosova) • Hoti government with a convicted minister (Kallxo) • Kosovo government holds meeting ahead of Assembly's vote (media) Serbian Language Media: • New Kosovo government voted, Serbian List has two ministers (RTS) • Brnabic: Pristina not to conduct populist politics (Tanjug) • RFE: Lajcak to restart Belgrade–Pristina talks soon; Vucic: After bans lifted (N1) • Vucic on situation in US, Kosovo issue (B92) • Vucic spoke with Rohani, Iran committed at respecting territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia (RTS) • Várhelyi expects significant EU’s investments in Western Balkans (N1, BETA) • Last Serb in western Kosovo Decani town dies at 58 (N1) • No new Covid-19 infection cases in Serb-populated areas (Kosovo-online) Opinion: • America’s Never Been Less Likely to Help the Balkans (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo picks new government promising deal with Serbia (Reuters) • Hoti elected prime minister (Balkan Insight) • Opinions Split over Legality and Effect of Kosovo’s Reciprocity Measures (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian: • Insults, Leaks and Fraud: Digital Violations Thrive amid Pandemic (Balkan Insight) • Kon: It is time to suspend introduced measures (B92)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo Assembly to vote on Hoti government tomorrow (media) • Hamza: PDK will not vote in favor of Hoti government (Telegrafi) • CDHRF: No one can pressure MPs on how to vote (media) • Kurti’s advisor: Any government without winner of elections, illegitimate! (media) • Vetevendosje starts petition calling for elections (media) • Two casualties in Novobrdo mine landslide (media) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak received the support of 27 member states to continue the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Kosovo Online) • Belgrade & Washington disappointed with Kosovo’s new ban on goods from Serbia (Fonet, N1) • Grenell resigned from State Department, remains special envoy for dialogue (B92) • Djuric and Botsan-Kharchenko: Pristina's behavior requires a sharp and decisive reaction from the international community (media) • Serbian Ministry of Culture: Nefarious falsification of facts (TV Most, RTV Puls) • Jevtic: Repanovic families from Osojane village robbed (Kosovo Online) • Mijacic: Kosovo is not a topic for the parliamentary elections in Serbia (RTK2) • Kosovo police spokesperson: Entry in Kosovo possible for everyone, with medical procedures (Radio KIM) • No new cases of Covid-19 infection in Serb-populated areas in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • Confusion at Jarinje crossing point, hundred trucks waiting (RTS) Opinion: • Liberals in the EU should turn enlargement into a success of the European project (EWB) International: • Kosovo Govt Defends New Reciprocity Measures Against Critics (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Unclean Energy: The Kosovar Who Would Own the Sun (Balkan Insight) • ‘If we gave up, what would happen to my children?’ (Prishtina Insight) • Italian Ambassador to Serbia: Thank you for generous donation, it will be remembered (N1, FoNet)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 1, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • Constitutional Court publishes full decision (media) • LDK waiting for full Constitutional Court ruling (media) • Haradinaj: Realistic to expect voting of new government tomorrow (Express/RTK) • Foreign ministry could present a challenge for Hoti government (Indeksonline) • 15 trucks from Serbia not allowed into Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo courts to resume work (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian official react to Pristina’s reciprocity measures (media) • “Republic” for Serbia, but not for others (KoSSev) • Ljajic on Pristina’s measures: Trucks with goods are returning, that is a complete suspension of trade (Kosovo Online, RFE) • Distribution of Serbian daily newspapers prevented at Jarinje (KoSSev) • Association of Journalists of Serbia: Pristina without delay to ensure the free flow of Serbian print media (uns.org.rs) • No new cases of Covid-19 infection in Serb-populated areas in Kosovo (Kosovo-online portal) • Two Serbs attacked in Donja Gusterica (KIM radio) • "Kamenica the best example of coexistence of Serbs and Albanians" (Slobodno Srpski, KIM radio) • Jevtic about another stoned house in Ljubozda village (Kosovo Online) • Crossing points to open today (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online) • Pristina orders removal of goods which 'are not in line with Constitution' (KoSSev, N1) • RIK: 90 polling stations in Kosovo (Kosovo online) • Vucic: There's no doubt - without resolving Kosovo issue, Serbia will not join EU (B92, Tanjug) Opinion: • Nomen est omen: Albanian-Serb territorial dispute is also 50 plus years semantics battle (KoSSev) • Stretching the rules to breaking point (Prishtina Insight) • A Republic of Kosovo is not what the Balkans needs (The Jerusalem Post) International: • Kosovo: corruption, electoral funding and political participation of women (balcanicaucaso.org) Humanitarian: • 300 residents of Strpce hold protest against Matkos Group (KoSSev) • OpisMEDIJavanje: Only media close to the government in Belgrade can reach Kosovo Serb politicians (KoSSev) • Coronavirus crisis to affect household welfare across W. Balkans - World Bank (SeeNews)

Albanian Language Media: • Thaci calls for swift formation of new government (media) • Acting PM Kurti: Decision of Constitutional Court, unacceptable (media) • Veseli: An expected decision by the Constitutional Court (media) • Abazi: Constitutional Court ruling, dangerous precedent (media) • Mustafa: Assembly to vote on new government by Monday (media) • Von Cramon: No alternative but to accept Constitutional Court ruling (Telegrafi) • Nagavci: We’ll use democratic means to oppose court’s decision (Koha) • Pacolli: Constitutional Court decision to be respected by all (media) • Kusari-Lila: Kosovo democracy was betrayed (media) • Pacolli’s New Kosovo Alliance won’t be part of new government (Indeksonline) Serbian Language Media: • North Kosovo: One person infected, no cured and deceased ones in the last 24 hours (Kontakt plus radio) • Djuric: We will continue to help Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, TV Most) • Jokanovic: Constitutional Court failed (KIM radio) • Rasic: Constitutional Court will be quite ruined after this decision (KIM radio) • Jovanovic: Albanians are buying time and waiting for the outcome of the elections in America (Kosovo Online) • Orahovac: A group of Albanian young men removed a street sign with the name of Sloven Radic (Kosovo Online) • Russian arms, deals with China harm Serbia's EU path, US diplomat says (FoNet, N1) • Vucic invited to the 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade (B92, Tanjug) International: • Kosovo highest court clears the way for new government vote (Reuters) • Kosovo's President Welcomes Court Ruling On Prime Minister Appointment (RFE) • Brussels and Washington Must Work Together on Kosovo Deal (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo’s Caretaker Governing Party Holds Peaceful Rally (AP/NYT) • Week in Review: The Keys of Power (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti responds to Thaci's statements, calls them "lies" (media) • Prosecution gathering information into Thaci's allegations (Kallxo) • Kurti: Old regime’s time is over (media) • Kurti, Ahmeti discuss Covid-19 management efforts (media) • "Contour Global" seeks over €20 mil in compensation from Kosovo govt (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Kosovo North: No new cases, cured and deceased in the last 24 hours (Kontakt plus radio) • Dacic: ''Protection of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is an important and long-term goal of Serbia'' (media) • Russian ambassador calls for respect of UN SC resolution 1244 on Kosovo (Srna, N1) • Palmer: US doesn't support stability at expense of democracy in Serbia (VOA, N1) • Bilcik supports Lajcak, Vogel thinks he is the wrong man for the dialogue (Beta, Euractiv, KoSSev) • Serbian cultural and religious heritage in Kosovo a sovereignty issue for both Belgrade and Pristina (KoSSev) • Covic: In political sense, coronavirus helped some put on or take off their masks (RTS) • Jevtic met Risi, discussed frequent attacks against Serbs in Kosovo (TV Most) • Two decades since murder of 4-year old boy and two more Serbs in Cernica village (Radio kontakt plus) Opinions: • Court Ruling May Deepen Divisions in Kosovo (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • The heroine mother (UNICEF) • Kon: Serbia on way out of epidemic (B92) • WHO office chief says pandemic under control in Serbia (N1, Nedeljnik)