• COVID-19: 812 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Health-Care Workers From Kosovo Receive COVID-19 Vaccines In Albania (RFE) • Still no vaccines in Kosovo, Zemaj criticizes the EU (euronews.al) • KBA: Around 20,000 Kosovo businesses closed due to COVID-19 (Klan) • Kosovo Assembly to hold constitutive session today (media) • PDK meets ahead of the constitutive session of the Assembly (Klan) • Von Cramon speaks of EU expectations for Osmani and Kurti (RTV Dukagjini) • Association of Serb-majority communities, challenge for incoming government (KP) • Borrell to report on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • German ambassador to Serbia calls for sustainable Kosovo-Serbia solution (Koha) • LDK elects party leadership, snub Veliu, Rugova (media) • Balje: With Kurti, Kosovo-Albania unification idea being revived (media) • New head of OSCE for Kosovo assumes post (Koha) • Kosovo Court Reopens Sensitive Murder Trial Following BIRN Findings (Balkan Insight) • Arrests Shake Up a Soccer Scene in Serbia Ruled by Gangsters and ‘Gravediggers’ (NYT)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 19, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 828 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Abdixhiku and Shala meet Kurti and Osmani (media) • Vucic publishes the map of Kosovo immersed in Serbian flag, US embassy reacts (euronews.al) • EU comments on Vucic’s photo with the map of Kosovo (Express, media) • Swedish MEP says EU should not threaten Kosovo for its Embassy in Jerusalem (Express) • Majko to Vucic: Serbia should not capitulate in face of its inabilities (RTK) • LDK to elect new chairmanship on Saturday (RTK) • Osmani holds a virtual meeting with USAID Director (media) Serbian Language Media: • 36 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian areas (KoSSev) • Vucic: We are looking for a compromise, but I am not sure that Albanians are ready (media) • Petkovic: Hysterical assaults by Albanian politicians the only answer to Vucic’s peaceful policy (Kosovo-online) • EU: Serbia and Kosovo to refrain from statements that do not serve normalization of relations (Kosovo Online) • More than two million people in Serbia received first dose of vaccine (Danas) • North Mitrovica Hospital Center sends staff to help the Batajnica Covid hospital (KoSSev) • Office for KiM demands a higher level of security for the religious heritage in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Church in Silovo village broken into (RTV Puls, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio) • Protests of a group of people in Gracanica continue over hiring in the Clinical Hospital Center (KiM radio) • Minister tells German Ambassador thousands leaving Serbia every year (N1) • CRTA: Citizens of Serbia moderately interested in politics, mostly in Kosovo (KoSSev, N1) • Croatia establishes contact with Chinese COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers (N1) Opinion: • What are the new Kosovo government biggest priorities? (euractiv.com) • Serbia’s vaccine diplomacy in China’s shadow (Al Jazeera) International: • EU agency: AstraZeneca vaccine safe, will add clot warning (AP) Humanitarian/Development: • Between life and death, artists articulate the pandemic (Kosovo 2.0) • No more! Kosovars hold vigils for latest femicide victim (Prishtina Insight)

• COVID-19: 747 new cases, five deaths (media) • Fist Covid vaccines set for Kosovo from India (Koha) • Syla: Albania has secured 500 vaccines for healthcare staff in Kosovo (media) • Kosnett urges opposition to put needs of people above political partisanship (media) • Haziri: LDK should have a vote for Vjosa Osmani president (RTV21/Telegrafi) • Haradinaj: AAK will not vote for Osmani nor will it make necessary quorum (Telegrafi) • Vucic's post of Serbian flag on Kosovo map backdrop sparks reactions (media) • Russia says Kosovo has no right to open a mission in Jerusalem (EO) • SGG condemns the killing of Sebahate Sopi, calls for concrete actions to protect women (Klan) • Kosovo’s Kurti Urges Albanians Abroad to Join North Macedonia Census (Balkan Insight) • 'I want to live not just survive': Kosovo and its chronic brain drain problem (euronews) • Kosovo Police probe threat to BIRN team filming disputed property (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 704 new cases, five deaths (media) • Kosnett meets Kurti: U.S. committed to helping new government succeed (media) • Nagavci confirms Konjufca's nomination for Assembly Speaker (Koha) • Hoxhaj: PDK will not take part in voting Osmani for president (media) • Abdixhiku: LDK's position on Osmani's candidacy to be taken by chairmanship (media) • Hoti: We will vote for no president, we are an opposition party (Koha) • PDK and LDK MPs to register today (RTK) • Italian ambassador calls Abdixhiku, talk about creation of institutions (Express) Serbian Language Media: • 43 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities (KoSSev) • RTK2 : Serbian List can influence election of Kosovo President • United Balkans for Clean Air: Shut down coal-fired power plants as soon as possible (Danas) • 'Sporazoom' TV Show: Ten years of negotiations (RTV Puls) • Serbia signed agreement to purchase additional two million doses of Sinopharm vaccine (Tanjug) • Serbian Crisis Team doctor says partial lockdown will be extended (N1) • Serbian ministers welcome EU coronavirus certificates (N1) Opinion: • No internal dialogue is possible without the Serb List (d4d-ks.org) International: • WHO European Region: COVID-19 case incidence on the rise as deaths edge towards 1 million (euro.who.int) • EU plans to have vaccine certificates ready by summer (DW) • As Vaccinations Speed Along in Serbia, the Country Basks in the Glow of a Successful Campaign (The New York Times) Humanitarian/Development: • The Security and Gender Group condemns the killing of Sebahate Sopi and calls for concrete actions to protect women • Transforming the thrift shop (Prishtina Insight)

• COVID-19: 709 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Kurti: First task of new government will be securing COVID-19 vaccines (media) • Zemaj discusses Covid situation with Israeli counterpart (media) • Lul Raka: The pandemic exposed Kosovo’s weak healthcare system (Prishtina Insight) • Koha, Indeksonline reveal who they say will be members of new government • PDK will not support Osmani for president (media) • Abdixhiku: Osmani to clarify her position on LDK (Telegrafi) • Abbott: Kosovo needs greater public debate on dialogue (Koha) • Lajcak briefs EU ambassadors on Western Balkans visit (media) • Serwer: U.S. to convince Russia on Kosovo joining UN (Klan) • “Turkey's reaction over Kosovo's embassy, attempt to expand influence” (VOA/media) • Hasani: Konjufca cannot mandate Kurti for Prime Minister (media) • In addition to the Assembly, the government is expected to be voted on Monday (Koha) • High number of deaths during the pandemic year in Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo, EU discuss energy, environment and other issues (Gazeta Express) • Serbs Commemorate Dead on Anniversary of Kosovo Unrest (Balkan Insight) • In Latest Award-Winning Kosovo Film, a Coming-of-Age Story (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 17, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 709 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Osmani on national unity: Kosovo is here to stay (BBC, media) • Kosovo discusses securing of anti-COVID-19 vaccine with Israel (media) • Abbott meets Abdixhiku, discuss LDK and its role as opposition (media) • Kurti and Osmani meet representatives of Gorani and Roma entities (media) • Next status conference in Thaci et al. case on 24 March (Express) • Abdixhiku accuses Kurti ahead of negotiations for Kosovo’s new president (euronews.al) • Chairman of LDK in Kllokot resigns (media) • Kosovo paralyzed, public transportation on strike asking subsidies for the pandemic (euronews.al) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian areas 29 new cases of Covid-19 (Radio Mitrovica sever) • 17th anniversary of March pogrom commemorated (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Patriarch Porfirije: Prayer for peace for all people in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Vucic says Serbia won’t allow repeat of Kosovo violence (N1) • Serbian Foreign Affairs Ministry on March 2004 pogrom (Kosovo-online) • Remembering victims of March pogrom in Mitrovica North (Radio Mitrovica sever, TV Most) • Even after 17 years, the images of the pogrom still live (KiM radio) • Ratovac Siamasvili: UNESCO aware of the peculiarities and significance of the Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • CI SDP: Pogrom is a crime no one was held responsible for (Radio kontakt plus) • COM KFOR: Security situation stabilized after 2004 (RTS, Kosovo-online) • Four principles of the new methodology of EU for Serbia's accession (media) • Raska-Prizren Eparchy requests those in charge to prevent attacks against religious objects (Radio KIM) • Office for KiM: Continuous endangerment of Serbian heritage (Radio KIM) • Vucic met Chen Bo, focus on Sinopharm factory construction (RTS) • Montenegro PM tells N1 he wants better relations with Serbia (N1) International: • EU regulator ‘convinced’ AstraZeneca benefit outweighs risk (AP) • Belgium Arrests Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla on War Crime Charges (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 608 new cases, 10 deaths (media) • Education deputy minister says schools will be off for one week (Kallxo) • Social networks flooded with appeals for convalescent plasma donations (Koha) • Kurti, Osmani meet leaders of communities, discuss formation of new institutions (media) • VV's Konjufca, candidate for Kosovo Assembly Speaker (media) • Osmani's list aims to get two ministerial posts and deputy prime ministry (Koha) • Abdixhiku on Osmani's election: We do not want instability (T7/media) • Haradinaj: LVV does not have AAK’s support to govern on its own (RTK) • Haxhiu announces review of all Hoti-led government's decisions (Koha) • Citaku: Opening of Embassy in Jerusalem should not be part of political debate (media) • Former KLA fighter arrested on Specialist Chambers warrant (media) • Dissatisfaction of Kosovo Serbs about party employments (RFE/media) • Kosovo’s Kurti Seeks to Form ‘No Compromise’ Government Quickly (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 553 new cases, eight deaths (media) • Hoti: No new anti-Covid measures, stable trend of cases (media) • Rohde: New elections are the last thing Kosovo needs (Koha) • Turkish community leaders join discussions on formation of new government (media) • Rexhepi: We will vote for Kurti government, Osmani president (media) • Krasniqi: Our vote will be in support of Kurti, Osmani (media) • VAKAT: Our position on new government to be clarified later (media) • Petkovic granted permission to visit Kosovo (Koha/Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian communities: 55 new Covid-19 cases, two deaths (KoSSev) • Church in Donja Gusterica broken into last night (KiM radio) • US’s Palmer & Godfrey worried about journalists’ safety in Serbia (Beta, N1) • Manaj: The identification of remains found in nine sites in Kosovo and Kizevak is underway (KoSSev) • Daimel: Hard times could come for Vucic soon (Danas, FoNet, VoA) • Hungarian FM says Belgrade, Budapest did not allow vaccine to become political (N1, Beta) • Protest due to the outcome of the competition for the admission of medical staff in Gracanica (RTV Puls, KiM radio, RTK2) Opinion: • Central Europe’s Media-Capture Epidemic (Balkan Insight) International: • WHO meets to discuss AstraZeneca vaccine as more EU countries halt rollout (CNN) Humanitarian/Development: • Bosnian Film “Quo Vadis, Aida?” officially nominated for the Oscar (N1, KoSSev)

• COVID-19: 574 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Zemaj: Vaccines dedicated to Kosovo to be available from 17 March (Klan) • Assembly's constitutive session called for 22 March (media) • Kurti: Missing persons did not get due attention in dialogue with Serbia (media) • "Opening of embassy in Jerusalem decreed by former President Thaci" (media) • EU, Palestinians, Jordan condemn opening of Kosovo’s embassy in Jerusalem (media) • Abdixhiku sends letter to Kurti, Osmani asking to meet Friday (media) • Analysts: Kurti to hope on LDK for Osmani's election (Telegrafi) • Serwer: Vucic is trying to create Milosevis’s Greater Serbia (VoA, RTK) • Hoxhaj denies that PDK leadership will be dismissed (Kanal10, media) • Daut Haradinaj gives up MP mandate (media) • Presidency secretary dismissed in light of misuse of authorities charges (media) • Haxhiu on the murdered woman case: Those who neglected the case, to leave (media) • Kosovo Seeks ‘Reset’ of Decade-Old Dialogue with Serbia (BIRN) • Kosovo’s Thaci Challenges War Crime Indictment at Hague Court (BIRN) • US’ Palmer and Serbia’s Vucic discuss main topics and mutual differences (N1)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 574 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Kurti and Osmani kick off talks on forming new government (Express) • Hoxhaj requests more clarity on new government approach (Express) • Haradianj withdraws from running for president: we do not have majority (RTK) • Hamas denounces opening of Kosovo embassy in Jerusalem (Express) • Abdixhiku: We are waiting for LVV’s response for Friday’s meeting (media) • Edi Rama invites Kosovo doctors to get Covid-19 vaccine in Kukes (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • 28 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio kontakt plus) • Palestinian Ambassador to Belgrade: By opening an embassy in Jerusalem, Kosovo violates our rights (Kosovo Online) • Mavric and Qerkini called on the institutions to shed light on the fate of 1,640 missing persons (KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Two churches broken into in the Strpce municipality (RTV Puls) • Serbian List: Disgraceful decision to extend detention of the Mayor of Klokot (Kosovo Online) • Hodzic: Minority communities that don’t want to be assimilated are not welcome in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Decision on the replacement of car plates is a violation of the Brussels Agreement (KIM radio) • Selakovic: Serbia strongly committed to development of relations with Russia (N1) • SOC Patriarch Porfirije in three day stay in Kosovo (Radio Kontakt plus) Opinion: • Football match lays bare Spain’s disastrous policy towards Kosovo (Prishtina Insight) International: • The EU Is a Dishonest Broker on Western Balkan Demographics (carnegieeurope.eu) • Osmani: “The goal is to see the Republic of Kosovo as a vibrant democracy!” (Faces of Democracy) • Western Balkan Civil Society Avoiding Fight Against Corruption, Crime: Report (Balkan Insight) • Kosovo’s Thaci Challenges War Crime Indictment at Hague Court (Balkan Insight) • Montenegrin President’s Party Defeated in his Hometown Niksic (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Single mothers unsupported in the pandemic (Kosovo 2.0) • EU ‘green pass’ fuels the fire in Balkans (euractive.com)