UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 8, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 290 new cases, three deaths (media) • EU does not seek mutual recognition between Kosovo and Serbia (Express) • Energy, environmental and agricultural issues in the spotlight (Prishtina Insight) • Hoti: DFC Agreement opens a large window for private sector (media) • Haradinaj to Vucic: Recognize Kosovo or we will unite with Albania (euronews.al) • The man who represented 57 Islamic states, supports Hoxhaj for PM (RTK) • Kurti presents 77 world academics who have supported him (Kallxo.com) • Hoti: There is no place in Europe for people who tie red ribbons (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: The US wants Serbia to be humiliated; I told them what I think about it (KoSSev) • Biden encourages mutual recognition in a letter congratulating Vucic on Serbian Statehood Day (KoSSev) • Stefanovic: We will not allow any kind of pogrom against Serbs in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Selakovic: The US has its own position on Kosovo, which they insist on, and Serbia has its own (Kosovo Online, TV Happy) • Petkovic: Kurti only privately can speak about the Constitution of Serbia, as a citizen of Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Haradinaj on unification with Albania again; Petkovic: He is in hopeless situation (RTS) • Vucic: It is important for Serbs to go to polls and vote for Serbian List (TV Most) • Goran Rakic: Let Rasic go with Kurti, Serbs together with SL will be with Vucic (Kosovo-online) • Rasic: Arrival of new political current is inevitable; Kurti will be prime minister (Kosovo-online) • Montenegrins from Kosovo invite their compatriots to vote for Serbian List at the upcoming elections (TV Most) • New contingent of 50.000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine to be delivered to Serbia soon (B92) • Person suspected of writing “KLA – Kosovo” graffiti in Gorazdevac arrested (Radio kontakt plus) Opinion: • Elections 2021: Week 3 — What Did I Miss? (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Kosovo Guerrillas’ Stronghold Tense Ahead of Election Showdown (Balkan Insight) • The Balkans face their #MeToo moment (DW) Humanitarian/Development: • Energy Community warns BiH, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Serbia over coal plant emissions (balkangreenenergynews.com) • Serbia And Key International Sovereigns Lead With Data And AI To Become Vaccination Champions (forbes.com) • Turned Back by Italy, Migrants Face Perilous Winter in Balkans (NYT)

• COVID – 19: 249 new cases, 3 deaths (media) • Biden sends letter to Vucic, urges Serbia to recognise Kosovo (media) • Vucic reacts to Biden letter (media) • Osmani: Only outcome of dialogue is a recognition treaty (media) • Kurti: Independence of Kosovo is the final status of our country (media) • Hoxhaj: Incredibly important development (media) • Kosovo election candidates call for alliance against corruption (The Guardian) • Kurti: We don’t need to form a coalition with anyone (media) • Hoxhaj: EU unjust towards Kosovo (media) • Rasic: Kurti promised 10% quota for non-Albanian communities (media) • Selimi: I was only minister opposed to disbanding the task force (media) • Kosovo’s Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians need real change (Prishtina Insight) • Ongoing procedures to extend Lajcak’s mandate (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 284 new cases, five deaths (media) • UNICEF: Over 100,000 vaccines from COVAX dedicated for Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Hoti: No one can question my government's decisions (media) • Kurti and Osmani promise a governance free of corruption (media) • Hoxhaj discusses foreign investments with head of World Economic Forum (media) • Haradinaj vows to defend Kosovo's sovereignty and independence (media) • CEC: Votes for uncertified candidates will not be included in result forms (RFE) • Kurti pledges to bring social and legal justice (Prishtina Insight) • Rohde: Parties to agree on president's post, not head to new elections (Kosovapress) • Haxhiu: Vote for number on LV's ticket will not be invalid (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla reacts to idea of moving Kosovo's embassy from Jerusalem (Lajmi) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak: I have strong support from EU members for the plan implementation (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever) • Dacic: Pristina doesn’t respect what has been signed and agreed (Tanjug) • Serbian List Vice President Dalibor Jevtic: Laws to Pristina as a "Buffet table" (Vecernje Novosti) • Petar Petkovic: Haradinaj would like to win some votes for his party by attacking President Vucic (Kosovo-online) • Serbia’s Vucic & EU’s Fabrizi: Belgrade must continue toward EU (N1) • Preparatory hearing in Oliver Ivanovic’s case, defendants pleaded not guilty (Radio KIM) • The process of vaccination of the population from Kosovo continues in Kursumlija (KiM radio) • Decreased number of polling stations, voting only with Kosovo ID (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: Macron doesn’t impose France’s stances, wishes to hear Serbian side (TV Most) International: • Six Plead Not Guilty to Kosovo Serb Politician Ivanovic’s Murder (Balkan Insight) • Ties That Bind, Ties That Break: The Future of Israel-Balkan Relations (themedialine.org) • Democracy Index 2020: Albania moves up, Serbia achieves the lowest score since 2006 (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia sees production of Sputnik V by the year-end – president (Reuters) • Air Serbia moving to JFK Terminal 1 (N1

• COVID-19: 333 new cases, six deaths (media) • Kosovo begins blood plasma collection to treat COVID-19 (RFE) • British Embassy cautions against rallies flouting Covid rules (media) • Hoti: Albanians to unite in the EU (Klan) • Kurti: Only a high turnout will secure us a victory (media) • Hoxhaj: PDK will win February 14 elections (media) • Haradinaj: Vucic using Kosovo Serbs for own interests (Telegrafi) • Limaj: New government to prepare lawsuit against Serbia (RTK) • “We would consider moving embassy from Jerusalem if EU conditions it” (Telegrafi) • CEC meeting dominated by disagreements over diaspora votes (media) • Agreement on U.S. investments in Kosovo enters into force (Koha) • Ambassador Abbott meets Constitutional Court president Rama-Hajrizi (media) • Three members of State Council of Quality quit (media) • Kosovo Court Urged to Convict Serb of War Crimes (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 4, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 318 new cases, five deaths (media) • Kosovo leaders violate Law on KIA (media) • United Arab Emirates committed to cooperation with Kosovo (media) • Kurti and Abbott meet, discuss elections (media) • Vetëvendosje clarifies what will happen to Kurti's votes (media) • Political parties outline plans for fighting corruption (Prishtina Insight) • Hoti promises to conclude dialogue with Serbia and visa liberalization this year (media) • Konjufca: No court can declare invalid ballot for Kurti (media) • Haradinaj: Vote for President is referendum for a safe homeland (media) • Kosovo allocates 210 thousand € for Ulcinj and Bujanovc (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities in Kosovo, one death, 15 new cases (Kontakt plus radio) • Until this morning almost 514.000 people inoculated in Serbia (N1, FoNet) • Vucic and Putin discussed Covid-19 pandemic, vaccines, Kosovo issue (B92, KoSSev) • Vucic with Chinese Ambassador Chen Bo on vaccines (RTS) • US grants for Serbia (N1) • Palestinian Foreign Ministry disappointed by Kosovo (BETA, N1) • Xharra: Kurti’s removal from the electoral ballot is a boomerang for the outcome of the elections (KoSSev) • Weber: Mogherini, Grenell and Bolton made damage in connection with Kosovo; story of innovative solutions nebulous (Kosovo Online) • Salijevic: The goal is to improve the position of Roma in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Sporazum TV Show: New year, new elections (RTV Puls, KiM radio) • Hodzic: Bosniak community neglected, institutional support needed (KiM radio) • Rasic: We’ll work on youth employment (RTK) • Milan Dabic: Door to door campaign of CI “For Freedom, Justice and Survival” (Radio kontakt plus, RTV KIM) • Panotivc: Prosecutor biased, presents wrongful interpretations in case of Zoran Djokic (Kosovo-online) • Western Balkan businessmen demand removal of business barriers in the region (RTV Puls, Tanjug) • SPC Synod to elect new patriarch (Tanjug, B92) International: • EU: No Kosovo accession to the EU if it opens an embassy in Jerusalem (eureporter)

• COVID – 19: 341 new cases, 3 deaths (media) • Szunyog: Kosovo to get over 100,000 vaccine doses for free (media) • Kurti: Difficult road, we paid great personal and political costs (media) • Haradinaj: I am open to cooperation with Vetevendosje (media) • Limaj compares Kurti to the Serbian President (media) • Vetevendosje pledges to form investigation bureau for senior officials (media) • Election campaign starts with violations of anti-COVID measures (RFE) • Price: Kosovo – Israel agreement, a historic event (media) • “Recognition from Israel, positive signal for non-recognising countries” (media) • The explainer: The EU’s Kosovo awkward squad (Emerging Europe) • Next status conference on Thaci et al on February 11 (media) • Putin reaffirms Russia’s position on balanced solution over Kosovo (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 341 new cases, three deaths (media) • Humolli: First vaccines in Kosovo expected to be from AstraZeneca (RFE) • State Department: United States will stand by Kosovo (media) • Osmani: Israel's recognition strengthens Kosovo's international standing (media) • Kosovo ministry heralds new horizons in relations with UAE (media) • Hoti: We will win on February 14 (Kallxo) • Kurti and Osmani declare the arrival of "2021 spring" (Kallxo/Klan) • Haradinaj promises the opening of a new chapter for Kosovo (Klan) • Limaj: NISMA will be the surprise of February elections (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic will talk to Putin soon; main topic – vaccines (B92) • Brnabic: Vaccination is about saving lives, not geo-politics (DW, Focus, N1) • Rakic: The fight for Serbian interests is not easy, but it is an honourable duty (RTS) • Merkel: Serbia vaccinates faster than the rest of Europe (B92) • Seventeen protected witnesses to testify at Kosovo former leaders’ trial (Beta, N1) • Dacic: ''We have always said that Kosovo is our Jerusalem'' (RTV, Tanjug, Politika) • Now, Serbia could not fulfill what has been signed (B92, Sputnik) • Shooting in majority-Serb Kosovo village (media) • KLA graffiti inscribed on a wall in Gorazdevac, Office for KiM reacts (Radio kontakt plus, Radio Gorazdevac) • Arlov: KP rejected appeal to ban on entry with no explanation and a “rejected“ stamp (KoSSev) • NGO Aktiv launches initiative to amend the Law on the Use of Languages (KiM radio) • Slavisa Petkovic: We will try to change everything (Radio KIM) • Telekom General Director: Ambitious plans to expand “Telekom Serbia” in Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Still no answer from Serbia’s Commission to Telekom-Telenor deal; Others react (N1) • Fabrizi: Serbia showed resilience during coronavirus pandemic (N1) Opinion: • Could the Kosovo story end in Greater Albania? (opendemocracy.net) • Thunder On, Sistes! (Kosovo 2.0) International: • Lunić: It is understandable why Serbia wants KFOR to stay in Kosovo (EWB) • Kosovo Visa Liberalization Not in Portuguese Council Presidency Agenda Either (schengenvisainfo.com) • French citizens’ convictions against enlargement are not firmly held (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo film wins three awards at Sundance Film Festival (Prishtina Insight) • Varhelyi and Viola Von Cramon tackle issue of illegally kept lion in Gnjilane (KoSSev)

• COVID – 19: 245 new cases, three deaths (media) • Kurti: I lead the Vetevendosje list (media) • CEC allows unverified voters to vote too (media) • Vetevendosje leads with 51 percent, according to poll (media) • Voting in Kosovo election delayed for citizens living abroad (BIRN) • Hoti: U.S. is helping us manage the situation (media) • EU: Kosovo decision to open embassy in Jerusalem, regrettable (media) • “Kosovo recognition sends clear message to EU non-recognising states” (media) • Arab League condemns Kosovo opening of embassy in Jerusalem (DNE) • AKR leader Behgjet Pacolli, candidate for Kosovo President (media) • U.S. Embassy supports “Future is in Our Hands” campaign (media) • Kosovo urged to establish museum in child war victims’ memory (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 2, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 245 new cases, three deaths (media) • Election campaign starts tomorrow, CEC in process of verifying final list of voters (media) • European Parliament MP: Recognition of Kosovo by Israel, clear signal for EU (RTK) • Dialogue with Serbia, visa liberalization do not find place in parties’ campaign (media) • Mustafa slams Kurti: No one is the first if he must barricade from citizens (media) • LVV accuses CEC for not making lists from abroad public (media) • PSD with a symbolic action: “All power to the Soviets” (media) Serbian Language Media: • 26 new cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Selakovic: We are not happy with the actions of Israel (RTS, B92, Beta, N1) • Vucic on meeting with Macron, Kosovo issue, Israel • Mihajlovic: Kurti will win, there is no Hashim or Grenell any longer (KoSSev) • Prosecutor Smith: Possible new indictments for crimes in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • KFOR: Situation in Kosovo calm, we do not interfere in politics (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Grubjesic: An innovative solution would be for Serbs and Albanians to solve problems on their own (Tanjug, Kosovo online, K1) • Drecun on visits of Albanian politicians to the north (Kosovo-online) • Mehmeti: Police has operational plan for elections in Kosovo (RTK) • More than 1.400 people from Kosovo vaccinated in Kursumlija (Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo, Israel establish diplomatic ties (AP) • Serbia ‘not happy’ with Israel’s recognition of Kosovo, says it will impact ties (The Times of Israel) • Kosovo's embassy move violates UN resolutions: Turkey (Anadolu Agency) • EU urges Kosovo to rethink Jerusalem move (Euobserver) • Balkan nations turn to China and Russia for jabs (FT) • China Is Helping a European Ally Get Ahead on Vaccines (Bloomberg) • Book Unpacks Balkans’ ‘Love-Hate’ Relationship With Turkey (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • 'You are not alone': Balkan women seize #MeToo moment (japantimes.co.jp)

• COVID – 19: 282 new cases, five deaths (media) • EU continues to oppose Kosovo’s Jerusalem embassy plans (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo establishes relations with Israel, ‘breaking blockade on recognitions’ (BI) • Citaku reacts to EU opposition on embassy in Jerusalem: Hypocrisy (media) • US Embassy welcomes Kosovo – Israel diplomatic relations (media) • PDK’s Hoxhaj: Grateful to US for important milestone (media) • Eggs thrown at Kurti during visit to Skenderaj (media) • Pacolli: All my doors are closed for Vetevendosje (media) • CEC to organise elections in the north too (media) • CEC draws ballot for numbers of political parties (media) • In Sundance Film, a Kosovo war widow rebuilds against the odds (BIRN)