UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 14, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 55 new cases, four deaths (media) • PM Hoti calls for maximal caution from pupils and teachers (media) • PM Hoti: €10 mil to municipalities as part of economic revival program (media) • PDK is not pleased with Washington agreement, complains about Hoti (media) • Plenkovic: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue with two wings, in Brussels and Washington (Koha) • William Walker contracted to advise President Thaci (Prishtina Insight) Serbian Language Media: • Five new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo, one person passed away (Radio KIM) • Stano: Continuation of talks on non-majority communities and property (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic decided on the government? (media) • Kosovo Serb Orthodox Diocese on Koha’s text: It spreads ethnic and religious hatred (KoSSev) • Father Sava: Claims of those calling us usurpers, unworthy of Albanian people sons who respected others (KoSSev) • Koha: ''Appropriation of medieval Arberian monuments in Kosovo by Serbs'' (KoSSev) • Leaks of dossiers from The Hague – covering up KLA crimes (Politika) • Pompeo hails Serbia's announcement to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization (N1) • Vucic: Lack of reaction to Pristina's unfulfilled obligation shameful (BETA, N1) • Vucic: Excellent phone talk with Netanyahu (SRNA, N1) • Detention of four Serbs arrested at Mokra Gora Mountain extended (RTS) Opinion: • Belgrade professor to Grenell: Nobel Prize nomination sounds like mockery (N1) • After Trump’s Serbia-Kosovo Deal, it’s Over to Brussels (Balkan Insight) International: • Serbia-Kosovo Deal Behind Trump Nobel Prize Nod Dismissed As 'Photo Opportunity' by Ex-Serbian FM (Newsweek) Humanitarian/Development: • Womens’ Network, MPs react against court decision (media)

• COVID-19: 71 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Kosovo government meets today (media) • Kosovo Assembly Presidency to meet today (media) • Mustafa: Prime minister guided by Constitution not coalition partners (media) • LVV and PDK to oppose Mini-Schenghen with all means (RTK) • Borrell: Only Europeans can stabilise the Balkans (FT/Kosovo media) • Fabrizi: Next rounds of dialogue, even more difficult (media) • Israel's Netanyahu to address Kosovo in remarks from White House (Klan) • Serwer: Washington Agreement does not even enable start of economic normalisation (Koha)

• COVID-19: 50 new cases, five deaths (media) • A third of people in Kosovo believe COVID-19 is a hoax, according to poll (AFP/EuroNews) • Zemaj: All set for the start of new school year (media) • Osmani: There is danger of a Republika Srpska in the north of Kosovo (RFE) • Veseli: Kosovo delegation failed to reach final agreement with Serbia (media) • Nagavci: Fall of Hoti-led government, a matter of days (Kosovapress) • “Specialist prosecutors investigating files case sent to KLA associations” (media) • Op-ed: Kosovo Serbia Agreement Could Sway US Election (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 50 new cases, five deaths (media) • Hoti: France and Netherlands impede visa liberalization (media) • Aliu accuses Hoti for granting ownership of Ujman lake to Serbia (media) • Haxhiu: Kosovo’s Bosnianisation will not be allowed, Hoti should leave (RTK) • Kosnett: U.S. and Kosovo to strengthen partnership against terrorism (RTK) • Civil society: There was no transparency on Washington agreement (media) • The United States, Kosovo and Serbia nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (media) Serbian Language Media: • Two new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities, five patients recovered (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic says Serbia managed to open White House doors (media) • US envoy: Serbia faces many burdensome political decisions (FoNet, N1) • Moscow daily: New govt. will show if Serbia changes foreign policy (Beta, N1) • Kosovo Police: Four graves damaged in Zakovo during works on water supply (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Serb cemetery desecrated in Kosovo (N1, Beta) • Vukcevic: It is very strange, unbelievable that files of the Special Prosecutor’s Office were leaked (KoSSev) Opinion: • Hoti’s government is a sitting duck (Prishtina Insight) • Jovic: Serbia is seriously approaching the US, it could become the main partner in the Balkans (N1, KoSSev) • Non-agreement or why it takes (at least) two to reach an agreement (KoSSev) International: • Unpacking the Serbia-Kosovo Deal (visegradsight.eu) • Kosovo and Serbia - Israel’s Balkan blunder (The Jerusalem Post) Humanitarian/Development: • WHO acknowledges: The end of the pandemic might be ... (B92, Tanjug)

• COVID-19: 69 new cases, seven deaths (media) • UN says more funds needed for coronavirus vaccine (VOA/RTV21/Kallxo) • Kosovo and North Macedonia considering easing border restrictions (media) • Hoti: We will respect agreement on Association (media) • Tahiri: European Parliament confirmed support for visa liberalisation (media) • Kosovo and North Macedonia considering easing border restrictions (media) • Palmer: The U.S. happy with progress in Kosovo-Serbia negotiations (Koha) • Grenell says he jokingly proposed renaming Ujman/Gazivode to Lake Trump (Klan) • Limaj: No disagreements among coalition partners (media) • Mustafa: We do not have agreement on President with AAK (RTK/T7) • Israeli official: New embassy in Pristina to be opened soon (Koha) • Vucic about Washington meeting: I did not sleep the entire night (RTK) • Djuric: No agreement without Association of Serb-majority municipalities (Koha/Zeri) • Serbia and Kosovo awkwardly embrace Israel (The Economist)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 69 new cases, seven deaths (media) • Decision on reopening of schools expected today (media) • Kosovo and North Macedonia discuss easing of border restrictions (RFE) • Minister Zemaj thanks OSF for donating funds to combat COVID-19 (media) • Ambassador Szunyog meets Kosovo political leaders (media) • Klinaku: Specialist Prosecutor's Office communicated with authorities in Serbia (Klan) • "Political instability, corruption hampering economic development" (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Putin with Vucic on Kosovo: Russia's unchanged position (media) • Borrell: Serbia expected to act in line with its aim – EU membership (N1) • Palestine envoy to Serbia: I ask Vucic for audience and expect explanation (media) • Peskov: Russia does not consider Serbia's decision to postpone military exercises a consequence of Western pressure (Tanjug, Blic, TASS) • Stano: Resolving the status of non-majority communities is crucial (Tanjug, Kontakt plus radio) • Media: Bilcik raised the issue of the participation of the Serbian Armed Forces in the exercise in Belarus (NMagazin) • Government of Serbia: Decision to halt all military exercises and activities (Serbian media) • Source tells Israeli daily Serbia won’t move embassy if Kosovo recognized (N1, The Times of Israel) • EU diplomats: Belgrade-Pristina agreement within a year (Beta, N1) • Property, one of the most difficult issues in Brussels (media) Opinion: • Biserko: Serbia's manoeuvring space regarding Kosovo issue has shrunk (N1) International: • Montenegro’s Change in Power has the Region Worried (Balkan Insight) • How Israel justifies sudden recognition of Kosovo that has riled Serbia (The Times of Israel) • ‘Living Yugoslavia’: Past Identity Becomes Present Political Statement (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Dramatic warning and gloomy forecast of experts: facing ecology threats started... (B92, Tanjug)

• COVID-19: 76 new infections, six deaths (media) • Hoti: Washington agreement, major step towards mutual recognition (media) • Lajcak: High time to bring dialogue to successful end (media) • Haradinaj-Stublla: Mutual recognition, a decade overdue (media) • Palmer: U.S. sees no parallels between Kosovo and Republika Srpska (Koha) • PM Hoti to visit Brussels again (media) • EU official: Kosovo cannot apply for European Union membership (Koha) • Haxhiu: Serbia recognises Kosovo when it gets association and resources (RTK) • Selmanaj: AAK does not support LVV's no-confidence motion (Koha) • Erdogan has separate telephone conversations with Thaci and Vucic (media) • Dzaferovic: U.S. reminded that Kosovo's case has nothing to do with BiH (Sarajevo Times) • Abazovic: I leave the government if derecognition of Kosovo is initiated (media) • Russia welcomes Serbia, Kosovo economic normalization (Anadolu Agency) • Trump’s Serbia-Kosovo Deal ‘Middle-Easternizes’ the Balkans (Balkan Insight) • EC approves financial assistance to Kosovo (Zeri)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 76 new infections, six deaths (media) • US to open office in Belgrade on implementing the White House Agreement (Express) • Grenell Explains Significance of Kosovo-Serbia Agreement (Express) • LVV criticizes again the Washington deal (RTK) • New Montenegrin government: Kosovo’s independence undisputed (RTK) • U.S. expert disappointed with Washington agreement (media) Serbian Language Media: • Two cases of Covid-19 registered Serbian communities (Radio Mitrovica Sever) • Lavrov says Moscow to support any agreement reached between Belgrade and Pristina voluntarily (RTS) • Grenell: The goal of the Agreement is to set aside borders as much as possible (RTS) • "The relocation of the Serbian embassy from Tel Aviv is not final, it all depends on one thing," says Vucic’s media advisor (TV Prva, B92, Tanjug) • Serbian security services warned Vucic about point 10, says President’s media advisor (media) • Djuric on iron friendship with Russia and China (KoSSev) • Vucic tells Sarajevo daily he was polite and responsible at White House (N1, Dnevni Avaz) • The director of US DFC announced the opening of an office in Belgrade (media, Twitter) • Blakaj: KLA veterans must not use the received documents of the Special Court in any way (Kosovo Online) • EPS didn’t use Gazivode to produce electricity (Politika) Opinion: • Webb: Serbia and Kosovo move forward ... with the help of the United States (thehill.com) International: • U.S. government's development finance institution to support Serbian SMEs (seenews.com) • Israel’s Accord with Serbia and Kosovo Rattles EU but Fails to Rouse Arab Wrath(tntribune.com) • Serbia won’t move embassy if Israel recognizes Kosovo (The Jerusalem Post) • Hague Prosecutors ‘Take War Crime Case Files’ from Kosovo Veterans (Balkan Insight) • Let’s finally talk about the final deal (European Western Balkans) • Presidency member: US envoy said Kosovo status has nothing to do with Bosnia (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia, Kosovo Must Commit to Credible Missing Persons Investigations (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 97 new infections, no deaths (media) • Kosovo PM Hoti meets NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg (media) • In Brussels, PM Hoti meets Commissioner Varhelyi (media) • “Another major deal! How President Trump brought Serbia and Kosovo together” (Express) • LVV: Washington agreement in violation to Constitution of Kosovo (media) • PDK welcomes Hoti’s reporting next week, LVV considers it is too late (RTK) • “Mini-Schengen strengthens Serbia's influence over regional market” (Koha) • Grenell: One thing is for sure, Albin Kurti is always against the United States (Express) • Osmani speaks about cooperation with LVV (Kanal10) • KLA association official publishes footage of man who ‘dropped off Specialist Court files’ (media) • Specialist Chambers do not comment on whether they visited KLA associations (Koha) • Member of Bosnia's presidency seeks a session for recognition of Kosovo (Klan)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 97 new infections, no deaths (media) • 6.5 percent of Kosovo teachers to be randomly tested for COVID-19 (media) • Hoti seeks to report to Assembly on Washington agreement (media) • LVV: Kosovo delegation went to U.S. for recognition, brought shame and damage (media) • AAK meets to discuss Washington agreement (media) • Wilson: Agreement at White House, part of a broad historic process (RFE) • Kosovo PM Hoti to meet NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg (media) • Specialist Chamber investigators pay visit to KLA war veterans associations (media) Serbian Language Media: • Gracanica: One case of Covid-10 registered yesterday (KIM radio) • Stano on Kosovo's candidacy: European Union accepts only recognized states (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • US NSC applauds to Serbia's Vucic courageous respond to Russia's spokesperson (N1, Beta) • A new "apple of discord" in the US - EU relations lies in the Washington Agreement (B92, Sputnik) • Moscow finds details about Serbia's Vucic US visit bewildering, daily says (Beta, N1) • Petronijevic: The story of the leak of 4,000 files, a blow to the Special Court's integrity and a threat to witnesses (Kosovo Online) • Irinej: SOC will only support the agreement according to which Kosovo is part of Serbia (Nova.rs, Kontakt plus radio) • Jevtic: Kosovo Serbs proud of Vucic and his advocacy of their interests in Washington and Brussels (Kosovo Online) • Simic: Dialogue continuation is significant for stabilization of the situation on the ground (TV Most) Opinion: • Montenegro’s Election Victors Should Beware Kurti’s Fate in Kosovo (Balkan Insight) • On the crossroads between Serbia and Kosovo (israelhayom.com) • Serbia's fmr president: Vucic's promise to move Tel Aviv embassy against UN & EU (FoNet, N1) International: • Kosovo’s Bosniaks, Struggling to Survive Between Albanians and Serbs (Balkan Insight) • Peskov calls incident over Zakharova's Facebook comment about Serbian president misunderstanding (interfax.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Southeast European countries lead Europe in COVID-19 cases per 100k People (Balkan Insight) • WHO Director: This is not the last pandemic, the world must be ready (B92, Reuters)