UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 24, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 63 new cases, no fatal cases (media)
• Kosovo war crimes court at The Hague confirms first arrest (media)
• EULEX: We provided operational and logistic support to the SPO (RTK)
• Hoti does not know if Kosovo-Serbia meeting will take place (Koha)
• Osmani writes to her Israeli counterpart about start of cooperation (RTK)
• Hoti: President to be discussed in February 2021 (RTK)
• Hoti: Railway also to be discussed at the meeting of two governments (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• SPO arrests Salih Mustafa (media)
• Witnesses in proceedings relating to war crimes in former Yugoslavia must be effectively protected and supported (Council of Europe, media)
• EC: We never announced that a meeting in Brussels would be held on September 28 (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: Ready for talks, ZSO inevitable topic (Kosovo-online)
• Second round of dialogue in Brussels canceled due to Pristina? (Tanjug, B92)
• Vucic: For the first time division of Gazivode is talked about, which is good for Serbia (Kosovo-online)
• The head of the DFC Belgrade office in Pristina today (Kosovo Online, RTV Puls)
• Ellis: Leak of confidential documents from The Hague could jeopardize the work of the court (Kontakt plus radio, RFE)
• Vucic tells UN GA Serbia won’t accept humiliating solution for Kosovo (Beta, N1)
• Spanish MFA: We will not change stance on Kosovo (N1)
• Belgrade daily: Proposal to pull out of peace operations to Serbian Foreign Ministry (N1)

Opinion:

• Serwer and Bieber: Washington Agreement not a major step towards normalization, will be forgotten in US soon (EWB)

International:

• Kosovo President Warns Leaked Hague Court Files Harm Indictees (Balkan Insight)
• Ukraine accepts Kosovo passports – Deputy FM Bodnar (unian.info)

• COVID-19: 62 new cases, one death (media)
• Thaci warns publication of "SPO files" could harm possible indictees’ case (media)
• "Information leak could undermine the work of Specialist Chambers" (RFE)
• Gashi: Communication of Specialist Chambers with Serbia can be published (T7/RTK)
• Opposition, EU undermine Serbia-Kosovo Washington deal (Balkan Insight)
• Meeting between Hoti and Vucic could be postponed (Radio Free Europe)
• Meeting of Kosovo, Albania governments postponed (media)
• Ukrainian diplomat signals possible recognition of Kosovo (Koha/Telegrafi)
• PM Hoti holds virtual meeting with EU ambassadors (media)
• Tahiri: Hoti is not concerned at all if we leave the coalition (Kanal 10/RTK)
• Ruling coalition MP admits they don't have majority of votes in Assembly (Koha)
• Ymeri: Trump holding same line as Serbia (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 62 new cases, one death (media)
• Hoti: Washington Agreement heralds new momentum in political developments (Koha)
• Head of Kosovo's commerce chamber reveals topics discussed in Belgrade (Indeksonline)
• Lajcak continues discussions on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media)
• Greece reconfirms support for visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media)
• Osmani calls for removal of barriers in the Balkans (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• “Wherever Americans come to invest, that place has a future” (B92)
• Serbia's PM Brnabic: New era in economic and political relationship with US (Beta, N1, RTS)
• Dacic on Kosovo: Economy drives but ... (Blic, RTS)
• DFC on Boehler’s visit to Serbia (B92)
• Mladjan Djordjevic from the Oslobodjenje movement: Vucic sold Kosovo for American loans (Danas)
• SSP: There are no American investments, only loans so Albanian can connect with Europe (Danas)
• SPO praises journalists who refuse to publish allegedly leaked documents (KoSSev)
• Demolition of school in Drajcici village halted (Radio KIM)

Opinion:

• The Gazivode/Ujmani issue and a part of the solution (KoSSev)
• Bosnian Serb Leader’s Croatia Visit Highlights Region’s Shifting Geopolitics (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Hague Prosecutors Criticise Kosovo War Veterans over Document Leaks (Balkan Insight)
• Next year in Jerusalem: the Serbian Embassy and Kosovo go on a pilgrimage with Trump (opendemocracy.net)
• A high-level conference about the Balkan Euro-Atlantic integration will be held in Rome (EWB)

Humanitarian/Development:

• COVID-19 Puts Balkan Winemakers Over a Barrel (Balkan Insight)
• Environment minister ‘ashamed’ of river degradation (Prishtina Insight)
• Bregu says region could save millions with integrated border crossings (N1)
• Activists on bikes protest against gender-based violence (media)

• COVID-19: 66 new cases, no fatal cases (media)
• SPO says war veterans undermining justice (media)
• Kosovo veterans say they’ve been sent war crime files, again (AP)
• Gucati: If we could, we would dismantle Specialist Chambers in five minutes (Koha)
• Albania's media publish files received by KLA organisations (media)
• Grenell: Amazing progress this week in Prishtina and Belgrade! (media)
• Visiting Trump envoy vows US investment in Serbia, Kosovo (BIRN)
• Serbia's Vucic plays down hopes for quick political deal with Kosovo (Reuters)
• Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti interview to KTV
• Haradinaj: Ujman hasn’t been saved yet (Klan Kosova)
• Musliu: Washington agreement can open dangerous topics (RTK)
• Tim Judah on construction of Nis – Prishtina highway (media)
• EU recalls that projects pledged in Washington are already being implemented (Koha)
• Six new judges join Specialist Chambers (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 22, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID – 19: 66 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Hoti: We’re all working to reduce cases, doctors are on the front line (media)
• “No preparations in education system for second wave of virus” (Telegrafi)
• Grenell calls on Kosovars to back Washington agreements (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo, US pledge for ‘investment incentive agreement’ (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo, Serbia commerce chambers to set up working group (RFE)
• Who is Richard Grenell (Kosovotwopointzero.com)
• KLA War Veterans say they have received more SPO files (Koha)
• Proposed indictment against Thaci and names of other accused (arbresh.info)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic and Brnabic sign a joint statement with DFC and Grenell (B92)
• Grenell: Realization of agreements means massive employment opportunities (RTS)
• Rukiqi: After a long time, we can talk about business (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: Serbia's in favor of a compromise solution for Kosovo (B92)
• Mihajlovic: Infrastructural projects with DFC worth $ 3.7 billion (N1)
• “Efficiency synonym for American diplomacy” (Radio KIM)
• Everyone talks about it, yet no one has seen it: Israel’s recognition of Kosovo (B92, Vecernje Novosti, KiM radio)

Opinion:

• Western Balkans: The West meets East with its values and interests (EWB)
• Serbia’s 5G deal with Washington: The art of muddling through (ECFR)

Humanitarian/Development:

• UN Urged to Finally Compensate Lead-Poisoned Kosovo Refugees (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo Lead Poisoning Victims Still Awaiting Justice (HRW)

• COVID-19: 79 new cases, two deaths (media)
• Team of German epidemiology expert to visit Kosovo (media)
• US delegation visits Kosovo to invest in infrastructure (AP)
• U.S. Ambassador To Kosovo Says Balkan Economic Rise A 'High Policy Priority' For Trump (RFE)
• After visit to Kosovo, Grenell arrives in Belgrade (media)
• Thaci awards Presidential Medal of Merit to Ambassador Grenell (media)
• Assembly fails to pass economic recovery law (media)
• Lajcak on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue with C5 Ministers (RTK)
• Vucic complains to UN about Kosovo (media)
• Surroi: Kosovo responsible for Serbia's doors to U.S. opening up (Telegrafi)
• Bildt: Serbia will have to recognise Kosovo eventually (Koha)

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID – 19: 79 new cases, two deaths (media)
• Governments of Kosovo and Albania to meet on Friday in Shkoder (RTK)
• LVV reacts to Trump, says his approach rehabilitating of war criminals (media)
• Tahiri: Grenell in Kosovo to finalise agreements, they are historic (EO)
• Hyseni to receive salary equivalent to deputy minister (Prishtina Insight)
• PDK leader Veseli meets heads of chambers of commerce (media)
• Japan donates €800,000 to help Kosovo combat COVID – 19 (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• One new case of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo, six people recovered (KoSSev)
• Vucic to address UN General Assembly meeting on the occasion of the anniversary (RTS)
• Serbia joins UN call for global ceasefire during COVID-19 epidemic, FM Dacic says (Beta, N1)
• Kurti doesn’t know the way the SFRY functioned or how Gazivode was built, said Fatherland Movement (KoSSev)
• “If Bosniaks and Croats in B&H are for independent Kosovo, how they will prevent independence of RS” (BETA)
• Jevtic: Demolition of school in Drajcice impermissible (Radio KIM)
• Stoltenberg: NATO has no problem with Serbia's weapon procurements (FoNet, N1)
• Israeli envoy to Serbia: We recognized Kosovo on September 4 (N1)
• Odalovic: Opening the archives of international forces would shed light on the fate of the missing (Kontakt plus radio, RTS)
• Djuric: EU to do its job and influence Pristina establish ZSO (Tanjug)
• US to abolish visas, Grenell on September 20 in Pristina (Danas, Index Online, Kosovo online)
• "If the USA abolishes visas for Kosovo citizens, it's a slap in face of EU" (B92, Kosovo-online)

Opinion:

• Palokaj: The dialogue can enter an almost infinite process (Koha)
• Freund: Israel’s decision to recognize Kosovo is a major mistake (KoSSev, RTS)

International:

• Kosovo Lawmakers Play Politics with Personal Data (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: Two deaths, 61 new cases (media)
• Zemaj: We will soon have a 500-bed hospital for COVID-19 patients (media)
• Trump: We are stopping mass killings between Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• Grenell: Implementing Kosovo-Serbia agreement, top priority (media)
• U.S. government delegation to travel to Greece, Kosovo, Serbia, Israel (media)
• Thaci: Kosovo, Turkey to strengthen strategic partnership (media)
• Pacolli welcomes Grenell’s visit, “strong proof of engagement” (media)
• Zogiani: Hoti helped Serbia to not recognise Kosovo (media)
• Abazi: Hoti-led government, a threat to national security (media)
• Haradinaj: Developments on the “Files” case do not help Kosovo (media)

• COVID - 19: 57 new cases, four deaths (media)
• Thaci honors Trump highest state order, invites him to visit Kosovo (media)
• Quint calls on Kosovo authorities not to discredit Specialist Chambers (media)
• Stano: EU has no interest in delays (Lajmi)
• Police crack-down on organised crime activities near Kamenica (media)
• Kusari - Lila: Hoti will soon lose PM post (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 18, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 57 new cases, four deaths (media)
• Quint countries call on Kosovo not to discredit Specialist Chambers (media)
• Kosovo Assembly fails to pass resolution on dialogue with Serbia (media)
• Schütz: Unimaginable for two EU members not to recognise one another (Koha)
• EU has not set timeline for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue but is against delays (Koha)
• Osmani asks Specialist Chambers to assess Thaci's proposed amendment (media)
• Abrashi: Trump himself demanded mini-Schengen (Prishtina Insight)
• AAK insists Haradinaj becomes future president of Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• Court finds former Lipjan mayor guilty of abusing power (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Six new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo, three persons recovered (KoSSev)
• Drecun: Pristina wants to play us false, Lajcak succumbs under pressure (RTS)
• Beqaj: The formation of the ZSO is an obligation that needs to be implemented, Hashim Thaci more dangerous for Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Belgrade & Pristina clash over the Community of Serbian municipalities in Brussels (Beta, N1)
• Palestine won't change policy towards Serbia – yet, envoy tells N1 (N1)
• Djuric: Viola von Cramon false fighter for democracy, blames Serbia without arguments (Kosovo-online)
• Cramon: What was signed in Washington is hard to call an agreement; and it is "not historical" (KoSSev, Danas)
• Petkovic instead of Djuric at helm of Office for KiM? (Danas)

International:

• Spain to recognise Kosovo if it gets Serbia deal (euobserver.com)
• Serbia vows to deepen telecommunication cooperation with China despite agreement signed in Washington (globaltimes.cn)
• Kosovo veterans handed more 'leaked witness files' from Hague court (AFP)

Humanitarian/Development:

• A year of big losses (Prishtina Insight)
• Southeast Europe’s Schools Face COVID-19 Challenge as Pupils Return (Balkan Insight)