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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 24, 2021

• COVID-19: 1,067 new cases, 17 deaths (media)
• COVID-19 claims lives of 17 citizens in 24 hours, in Kosovo (Euronews.al)
• Kosovo leaders react to murder of 18 year old girl in Ferizaj (media)
• Haxhiu to join today’s protest in Ferizaj (media)
• Health Ministry asks CEC to change locations of 30 polling centers (media)
• Sami Lushtaku will not be able to run in local elections (Indeksonline)
• Nagavci: New school year to start on September 1 (Indeksonline)
• Defence Minister Mehaj in an official visit to Germany (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 23, 2021

• COVID-19: 1,682 new cases, 11 deaths (media)
• United States donates 500,000 Pfizer vaccines to Kosovo (Exit News)
• Haradinaj slams Kurti for poor management of COVID-19 situation (media)
• Government to opposition: You legitimised university in the north in 2015 (Koha)
• Pupovci: Kosovo law enables Mitrovica North to build university (media)
• LDK reacts against so-called “Prishtina university in Mitrovica” (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo to equip security forces with armoured vehicles (BIRN)
• Father’s wartime disappearance motivates Kosovo’s missing persons chief (BIRN)
• Cracks are emerging in Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic consensus (BIRN)
• Tear gas thrown when Goran Bregovic sang at Beer Festival in Korça (Ocnal)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 20, 2021

• COVID-19: 2,236 new cases, 8 deaths (media)
• Kurti ready for Berlin, not for "Open Balkans" (Klan)
• Osmani, UN organisations representatives talk Afghan refugees sheltering (media)
• Abdixhiku: Regional economic cooperation incomplete without all countries (RTK)
• Minister Mehaj confirms Kosovo will soon receive new military vehicles (RTK)
• Vucic: Those not united around Serbian List cannot win trust of people (Klan)
• VV in Albania protests Serbian musician performance in Korce (Express)
• Albanian artists a rarity at Serbia’s biggest music festival (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 19, 2021

• COVID-19: 2,110 new cases, 4 deaths (media)
• Kurti appeals to people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (media)
• Kurti government doesn’t feel responsible for alarming number of cases (Koha)
• Ministry of Education plans for new academic year to start in schools (RFE)
• Kurti meets German Ambassador Rohde (media)
• Bahtiri: Vetevendosje will win 15 municipalities in local elections (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo ready without hesitation to shelter Afghan refugees (BBC)
• Montenegro dismisses media reports about hosting Afghan refugees (BIRN)
• Think tank defends Serbia hosting secret Afghan Govt-Taliban talks (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 18, 2021

• COVID-19: 1,783 new cases, five deaths (media)
• Health Minister: 99 percent of tested samples resulted with Delta variant (media)
• Health Institute chief appeals for vaccination against COVID-19 (Indeksonline)
• Kosovo approves vaccinations for over-12s (Exit News)
• PDK’s Nikaj slams government for poor management of pandemic (EO)
• Osmani: Two Kosovars safely evacuated from Afghanistan (media)
• Kurti: I cannot disclose number of Afghans that will be sheltered (AP/Klan Kosova)
• Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia prepare to shelter fleeing Afghans (BIRN)
• Controversial Kosovo Serb powerbroker’s libel case dismissed (BIRN)