• COVID-19: 398 new cases, 1 death (media) • Prishtina Mayor: No one has moral credibility to ask for a lockdown (media) • EU insists on resuming the dialogue (media) • Vetevendosje Movement rules out coalition with Serbian List (Koha) • Idea for extra-territoriality of Orthodox religious sites, a challenge (Koha) • Hoti reacts against Belgrade’s interference in Bosniak vote (media) • Berisha accuses Romani Initiative of being “a Srpska Lista product” (BIRN) • 48 NGOs from non-Serb communities react (Ekonomia Online) • Surroi: Short time to elect the new President (Koha) • Slow pace of Balkan repatriation leaves over 100 children in Syrian camps (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 18, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 340 new cases, ten deaths (media) • LDK to elect a two-year mandate leader (media) • Srpska's game: Hodzic received thousands of votes in municipalities where no Bosniaks live (Express) • Egyptian PLE also accuses Serbian List of stealing mandates (Koha) • Roma Progressive Movement: Roma Civic Initiative is in fact the Serbian List (Telegrafi) • German Ambassador: Voters have given a strong mandate for change (RTK) • Kurti: I will create the health insurance fund (media) • Mustafa: I would break the coalition with LVV even today (media) Serbian Language Media: • Porfirije - a new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (B92, Tanjug) • New Patriarch Porfirije in his first sermon: Kosovo is a covenant for us (KoSSev) • Vucic met Patriarch Porfirije (RTS) • Serbian List to new Patriarch: We are convinced that in this holy and responsible duty, you will be on same path as your predecessors (Radio Mitrovica sever) • State Department congratulates election of Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch (media) • Petkovic: Pristina has obligation to enable unobstructed work of media (Radio kontakt plus) • Vukmirovic on ban to enter Kosovo: Pristina's explanation ridiculous and ill-intentioned (RTS) • Kurti: "We will analyze the ambiguities of the Washington agreement with the Biden administration" (BBC) • EU launches project to support Western Balkans vaccination effort (N1) International: • Kurti's comments spark pessimism in Belgrade over Kosovo-Serbia talks (euronews.com) • Kosovo Warns of Census Delay, Blaming Pandemic and Elections (Balkan Insight) • Filipovic: Improving cooperation with NATO in line with military neutrality is in Serbia’s national interest (EWB)

• COVID-19: 285 new cases, five deaths (media) • Kurti: We don’t avoid talks with Serbia, but first justice and employment (VOA) • Konjufca: We’ll form government without being dependent on SL (media) • VV says diaspora votes with expired documents should not be annulled (media) • Pacolli: I will vote in favor of Osmani for President (media) • Berisha: Dialogue with Serbia is in Kosovo’s national interest (Koha) • LDK’s Rugova: Resigned chairmanship trying to impose new leader (media) • Ahmeti: VV to form coalition with PDK or LDK for greater stability (media) • Adrijana Hodzic denies deal with Srpska Lista (BIRN) • “Those assumed to be obstructing justice in Kosovo must be identified” (RFE) • Serbian church elects patriarch deemed close to president (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 285 new cases, five deaths (media) • Lajcak:Dialogue to continue immediately after the formation of the government (Lajmi) • EU’s message is clear: New government of Kosovo to continue dialogue with Serbia (Express) • Redzepi: Vucic elected Bosnian MPs in Kosovo (media) • Kosnett urges Kosovo winning parties to form a government quickly (Express) • Orlando encourages Kurti to form new government as soon as possible (Koha) • Kosovo hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic as economy contracts by 6%, IMF report (Express) • Diaspora vote counting goes on (media) • PDK’s Lladrovci demands in an open letter mass resignation in party structures (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • 42 new cases of Covid-19, three deaths registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Gracanica: The number of Covid-19 cases growing; The Crisis Staff calls for strict compliance with the measures (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio) • Media: If Pristina makes a move, five countries are ready for de-recognition (B92) • Selakovic: Serbia doesn’t violate Washington agreement, but is not “silent observer” either (Kosovo-online) • Kurti for Vreme weekly: To overcome formulas such as historical dialogue and reconciliation (media) • Parties in Kosovo fined with more than EUR 120.000 over election irregularities (Radio KIM) • The RTS crew cannot enter Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Pavicevic: Journalists have no obligation to announce the crossing (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, UNS) • Serbian List: Freedom of media and right to hear truth - essentials need of all societies striving for democracy (Radio kontakt plus) • "A good strategic move by the Serbian List, but only if they use it" (KiM radio) Opinion: • EU and US so far show no interest in renewed threats to unify Albania and Kosovo (greekcitytimes.com) International: • Kosovo snap election: A chance for action (ecfr.eu) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia vaccinated more than a million people (B92)

• COVID-19: 297 new cases, five deaths (media) • Abdixhiku: Changes in LDK have started and nothing will stop them (media) • AAK responds to Trajkovic’s vote abuse claims, “a pure lie” (Indeksonline) • CDHRF: Opposition to vote for Kurti 2 and Osmani as President (media) • Kosovars take to streets to mark state’s 13th birthday (BIRN) • The sacrifice for the state that did not deliver justice (Koha) • Qerkini: Serbia is playing with fate of missing persons (media) • Where does the fight against corruption begin? (Radio Free Europe) • Special Court: There is no leak of information (Klan Kosova) • Bus with Kosovo tourists pelted with stones in Montenegro (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 17, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 297 new cases, five deaths (media) • Kosovo's political leaders congratulate anniversary of independence (media) • Blinken congratulates Kosovo on independence anniversary (media) • MEP Von Cramon calls for visa liberalisation, continuation of dialogue (media) • German MP Beyer calls on EU to grant Kosovo visa liberalisation (media) • Elezi: CEC assessing ballot packages from diaspora (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Jarinje: Journalists' protest due to the prevention of the RTS crew to enter Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio, TV Most, Radio Gracanica, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Are Serbs really integrated into Kosovo society? (RTK2) • Anniversary of Kosovo declaration of independence: Survival of Serbs endangered more than before (Radio kontakt plus) • Maliqi for Danas: The Serb community still lives either in segregation or in the ghetto (Kosovo Online) • Beqaj: Kosovo far below expectations of citizens (Radio KIM) • RTS on February 17 in Kosovo, former Serbian diplomat terms it “failed project” (RTS) • Lajcak: I still believe that it is possible to find a solution for Kosovo (Danas) • Vucic to German “Bild” on Kosovo issue, Merkel (B92) • Senior Duma official says Russia, Serbia have closest possible relations (N1) • NUNS condemn an obstruction of journalist Dejan Kozul's work in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Canadian Ambassador, Serbian President hope for direct flights (N1) • Romanian ambassador calls for joint infrastructure and energy projects (N1) Opinion: • What were the elections like for Kosovo Serbs? (Kosovo 2.0) • In Serbia, State’s Ties to Crime Become Hard to Miss (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Historic Images of Kosovo Peace Talks Go on Display (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 277 new cases, three deaths (media) • World leaders congratulate Kosovo on independence anniversary (media) • U.S. to encourage new government to continue dialogue with Serbia (media) • Biden says Kosovo holds ‘special place’ for his family (AP) • Kurti: I would vote to unify Albania and Kosovo (euronews) • Vetevendosje does not want to co-govern with PDK, LDK, and AAK (Koha) • LDK's Mustafa calls LVV's victory damaging for Kosovo (Koha) • Abazi declares Mini-Schengen dead under LVV governance (RTK) • Brnabic: Regrettable that dialogue is not Kurti's priority (media) • International analysts say Kurti may face pressure on dialogue (Telegrafi) • Albin Kurti has promised to change Kosovo. He has a fight on his hands (euronews) • Kurti has no limitations for being prime minister, opposition may dispute it (KP) • Judge at Kosovo court alerts EU diplomats to attempts to undermine court's work (RFE) • Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas Claim Prosecution is Hampering Their Defence (BIRN) • Kosovo and Italy sign security agreement for the first time (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 249 new cases, three deaths (media) • Kosnett meets Kurti and Osmani (media) • Former KLA leaders face the Special Court (media) • DiA: February 14 elections in line with democratic standards (Koha) • KSF in a six-month peacekeeping mission in Kuwait (Express) • Italian President congratulates Kosovo on 13th anniversary of independence (media) • Italian Ambassador congratulates LVV (media) Serbian Language Media: • 28 newly infected in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • UNS: Detention of RTS crew at Jarinje a blow to the freedom of press (Kontakt plus radio, Kosovo Online, RTS) • Office for KiM: It is inadmissible to prevent journalists to report (Danas) • Office for KiM: 20 long years there is no justice for the crime in Livadice (Kosovo Online) • Dacic: No government in Pristina is to the liking of the Serbian people, but Serbs should be in institutions (Kontakt plus radio, TV Pink) • RTK: Leaders of Bosniak parties on Adrijana Hodzic’s victory, she unavailable for comment (KoSSev) • Fila: Campaign against Special Court empty story, the West decides, not Albanians (Kosovo Online) • McCarthy: Not only Serbia to blame for the increasingly difficult accession to the EU, but also Brussels and the United States (Danas, VoA) • Bilcik: Vote on Serbia report next week (N1) Opinion: • Kosovo’s next foreign policy: A wish list (Prishtina Insight) International: • Will Biden bring changes to the Western Balkans? (EWB) • Facebook, Twitter Struggling in Fight against Balkan Content Violations (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 219 new cases, two deaths (media) • CEC updates election results: LVV leads with 47.85 (media) • Albin Kurti gives interviews to AP, AFP (media) • Citizens of Kosovo congratulated for holding orderly elections (media) • Blinken: Kosovo-Serbia agreement requires readiness for compromise (RFE) • Haxhiu: Dialogue with Serbia not a priority for LVV (Koha) • Haziri congratulates LVV, Osmani, vows LDK's comeback (Koha) • Gervalla insists they will have votes to elect new president of Kosovo (Klan) • "AKR will never contribute to institutional blockade" (Kallxo) • Ahmeti: Power for LVV came at the worst possible time (media) • Prelec: Kurti's victory leaves aside dialogue with Serbia (RFE) • Kosovo’s leftwing party polls record score in elections (FT) • Kosovo could try to move war crimes court to Pristina, judge warns (euronews)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 15, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 178 new cases, one death (media) • With 99% of votes counted, LVV stands at 47.88 (media) • LDK leader Isa Mustafa resigns post (media) • EU issues statement on the early legislative elections in Kosovo (media) • Lajcak: I am looking forward to working with new government of Kosovo (media) • Pacolli: Important to accept election result (media) • Limaj congratulates Vetevendosje on election result (Klan) • LDK's Quni congratulates LVV on its victory (media) • Albanian president, prime minister congratulate Kosovo on democratic elections (media) • Presevo Valley's Mustafa congratulates Kosovo on free and fair elections (RTK) • Spahiu: Expected election outcome (Klan) • ECAP has yet to receive any complaint over election process (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities in Kosovo, 41 new cases of coronavirus, one deceased (Kontakt plus radio) • EU: New authorities of Pristina to continue dialogue with Belgrade (Tanjug, B92, RTV Puls) • Lajcak: I look forward to cooperation with incoming government in continuing Brussels dialogue (Kosovo-online) • Vakat coalition gets a large number of votes (RTK2) • Simic: 95 percent of votes for Serbian List (Tanjug, RTV Puls) • Reactions after the election (KiM radio) • Selakovic: We do not agree that the recognition of Kosovo is the only choice (RTV Puls, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug) • Blinken congratulates Serbian Statehood Day: ''Comprehensive agreement aimed at mutual recognition, with compromise on both sides'' (Kosovo Online) • Statehood Day marked in Serbia (N1) • Bishop Grigorije: I will never be a politician, but will always speak the truth (N1, DW, KoSSev) • Dusan Janjic: Verdict of Zoran Djokic must be discussed in Brussels (N1) • Lawyer Pantovic in open letter to Haradinaj-Stublla: You violated the presumption of innocence (KoSSev) • Russian Deputy PM Borisov visits Belgrade (N1) • Emini: Vote for LVV is punishment for old ruling elite for how they governed Kosovo (KoSSev) Opinion: • The end of an inglorious era (Prishtina Insight) International: • Ex-Kosovo PM Stages Comeback That May Hurt Serbia Ties More (Bloomberg) • Serbia Donates Thousands Of Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To North Macedonia (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • New doses of Pfizer’s vaccine arrived in Serbia, almost 850.000 people inoculated (Tanjug)