• ECAP to decide today on Diaspora votes (media) • VV-LDK continue coalition negotiations (Kosovapress) • Kurti: There will be no obstacle that will not be overcome with LDK (RTK) • “There is no obstacle on establishing new government” (Epoka e Re) • Kurti: There will be talks with Serbia but under clear guidelines (Zeri/Epoka) • UK wants to postpone UN Security Council session on Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • Palmer to visit Kosovo this week? (Gazeta Sinjali/Klan Kosova) • "Kosovo to lift tax, Serbia to ensure favourable climate for talks" (Indeksonline) • Dacic says independence of Kosovo is “dead” (Lajmi/Zeri) • Ramadani: Russia and Serbia are threatening Balkans (Epoka e Re) • Protest in New York will demand justice for sexual violence victims (RTV21/Kallxo)

• CEC: Announcement of final results depends on ECAP (RTK) • Vetevendosje leader Kurti meets Albanian PM Rama in Tirana (KP/Koha) • Thaci: Peace in region depends on peace between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Kurti: Agreements with Serbia need to be reviewed (EO/Koha) • Osmani: LDK, VV will not discuss land swap with Serbia (VOA/Klan) • Serbian List: Joining Kosovo government not a priority (Zeri) • German Ambassador Heldt’s interview to Gazeta Express

Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Justice for Astrit has no alternative (media) GLPS calls for investigations of state officials in Dehari case (media) Johnson: Kosovo and Serbia requested greater engagement of the U.S. (RFE) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: The world hasn't seen such political liars (Tanjug, B92) “Information on closure of Serb pharmacies in North inaccurate” (KoSSev, RTK2) New US ambassador to Serbia presents letters of accreditation (Beta, N1) Arrested Nenad Arsic from Caglavica says he is not guilty, denies involvement in criminal acts (Gracanica online) Serbian List: Prosecutor Syle Hoxha is not working according to the law, accusing the Serbs without evidence (Kosovo Online, TV Most) Djuric: Desperate attempts of Jeremic to spoil relations between Serbia and Russian Federation (Tanjug) Popovic more concerned with the silence of the international community (Kosovo Online) Serbian President says Russian anti-aircraft systems in Serbia for exercise (FoNet, N1) Süddeutsche Zeitung: No hope in EU future, Balkans face return of conflicts (N1, DW) International: Talking Kurti and Dialogue With Everyday Serbs (K2.0) Testimony by Deputy Assistant Secretary and Special Representative for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer (foreign.senate.gov) Kosovo prosecutors to reopen probe into activist’s death (AP/WAPO) Kosovo Activist’s Family Say Swiss Report Confirms His Murder (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian and Development: Fate of missing persons, a grave wound for Kosovo (RTK) 18 women associations win grants from EU and Austrian government (Koha) Learning local languages through education institutions in Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus, RTK2, Radio Kosovo 2)

• CEC: Final results to be announced early next week (Zeri) • Kurti: No constitutional obligation to have Serbian List in government (RTK) • Vetevendosje complains to Supreme Court over Diaspora votes (Koha) • Dehari family receives copy of forensic report into their son’s death (media) • Vetevendosje wants Special Prosecution to investigate its activist’s death (media) • Lumezi: We will seek U.S. assistance in investigating Astrit Dehari's death (media) • Kurti meets German chancellor’s adviser on foreign policy (media) • Rama expected to meet Kurti today (Klan Kosova) • Limaj: We expected to win at least eight seats (Telegrafi) • GAP: If new government has 12 ministries, €15.5 million will be saved (media) • Greminger: Resolution of Kosovo – Serbia issue, crucial for region (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 24, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Dehari family receives copy of forensic report into their son’s death (media) • Vetevendosje reacts to report’s conclusions into its activist’s death (media) • Lumezi: We will seek assistance from U.S. in investigating Astrit Dehari's death (media) • Haziri doesn’t expect final agreement during Kurti government (ekonomiaonline) Serbian Language Media: • Representatives of Washington and Moscow answered three questions of Vecernje Novosti daily (Serbian media) • Jeremic: Vucic’s delineation leads towards Serbia’s membership to NATO (Danas, RT) • US "indecent" proposal; Serbia: We refuse it (Blic, Tanjug, B92) • Palmer on Serbia-Kosovo agreement (Tanjug, B92) • The Russians delivered S-400 missile defense system and Pantsir S (Tanjug, B92, Sputnik) • “It is not a priority to Srpska Lista to enter government with Kurti” (Tanjug, B92) • Djuric comments on counting votes from central Serbia in Pristina (Tanjug, B92) • Macron offers special partnership to the Balkans? (B92, Tanjug, Nezavisne) • Kosovo police arrest three officers in the northern Mitrovica (KoSSev, N1, KIM radio) • Vucic: Pristina announces closure of pharmacies in the North tomorrow (KoSSev) • CEC completed counting of votes from Serbia, 3000 ballots verified (Kosovo-online) International: • “We Are Their Voice”: German Far-Right Builds Balkan Alliances (Balkan Insight) • ‘Amid stormy global seas, UN charter remains our moral anchor’, says Guterres on United Nations Day (UN News) Humanitarian and Development: • Ombudsperson Institution of Kosovo joins Equinet (Kosovapress) • How much is Serb community (un)safe in Pec region? (Radio Gorazdevac, Radio kontakt plus)

• LVV, LDK working groups discuss modalities of new government (media) • Ballots from Serbia processed for counting (Zeri) • Four members of CEC demand urgent meeting (Kosovapress/RTK) • Vetevendosje reacts to CEC’s decision to count ballots from Serbia (media) • Mustafa calls on CEC to verify legality of ballots from Serbia (media) • Pacolli: Why are Serbia ballots more precious than Diaspora ones? (Bota Sot) • Limaj: NISMA has 5.5% of votes, votes from Serbia shouldn’t be counted (Koha) • Palmer: This will be first government that won’t have party from KLA (media) • U.S. and Russia want a compromise solution on Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • Kosovo leaders welcome U.S. resolution on killing of Bytyqi brothers (media) • Serbian official, Kozarev, not permitted to enter Kosovo (media) • Kelmendi: Losers and winners (Koha)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 23, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Agreement with Serbia must have blessing from the U.S. (RFE) • Kosovo leaders welcome U.S. resolution on killing of Bytyqi brothers (media) • CEC begins verification of ballots from Serbia (media) • Smajl Latifi summoned by specialist chambers (media) • Can a government be formed without Lista Srpska? (Prishtina Insight) • A Serb arrested for war crimes (KosovaPress) Serbian Language Media: • Dacic: Reaching political solution to Kosovo issue national priority for Serbia (Serbian media, Foreign Affairs Ministry) • "EU will not explicitly ask Serbia to recognize Kosovo" (Tanjug, B92) • "If they exclude Pristina, Albania withdraws from ‘mini Schengen’ immediately" (Tanjug, B92, Kosovo-online) • The US House of Representatives adopts resolution on Bytyqi brothers (Voice of America, Tanjug, B92) • Vukosavljevic on Kosovo's UNESCO membership: It's not going that direction (RTS) • Road sign indicating direction of SOC Draganac Monastery demolished (Radio KIM, Kosovo-online) • Serbian List: Extension of custody for Spasojevic and Rosic "rape of justice" (RTS) • EP rapporteur Bilcik says he will come to Belgrade soon (N1) • Dalibor Jevtic visits Washington (KIM Radio) • Djuric: "Kurti is an obsessive and malicious guy" (N1, Beta, Kosovo online, TV Most, B92) • Special protective equipment for counting votes from central Serbia (RTS, B92, KoSSev) • "Take care, Europe" (B92, Tanjug) Opinions: • Creating a new Casablanca (Prishtina Insight) International: • Balkan nations bank on regional ties after EU snub (The Financial Times) Humanitarian and Development: • INDEP advises new government to cancel contract for new power plant (media) • Kosovo Teacher Probed for Turkish Military Salute with Pupils (Balkan Insight) • In the Balkans, locals fight to save their wild flowing rivers from hydropower (DW) • NGOs, Council of Europe decounce situation for migrants in Balkans (infomigrants.net)

• Albin Kurti expects to take over PMs post in November (Alsat) • Vucic: Let us make efforts for compromise, frozen conflict is not a solution (RTK) • Serbian proposal for land swap falls on def ears in Kosovo (Koha) • LVV and LDK working groups to meet again today (Koha/Zeri) • KLA war veterans don’t rule out protests (Epoka) • Ibrahim Gashi summoned by specialist chambers (media) • “Special court doing its job, arrests will be made soon” (Indeksonline) • Serbian List accuses EU of supporting government without their participation (Zeri) • Bilcik: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, essential for Serbia’s road towards EU (RTK) • Kosovo, North Macedonia with joint taskforce against security threats (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 22, 2019 Albanian Language Media: • Serb parties willing to cooperate with new government (Radio Free Europe) • Kurti reacts to Nobel prize being awarded to Peter Handke (media) • Ibrahim Gashi summoned by specialist chambers (media) • Svecla tells which ministries would LVV keep (T7) • Seven additional summonses by Specialist Chambers, protests not excluded (KosovaPress) Serbian Language Media: • "No recognition of Kosovo within existing borders" (B92, Tanjug, Standard) • SzS: Vucic by stating “that borders are not determined” infringes Constitution again (Danas) • Hamilton: Grenell - an additional channel that bypasses Palmer (VoA) • Djuric: Kurti proves every day he is an extreme politician (TV Most) • IFJ called on Kosovo President to stop harassment of journalists (Radio KIM) • Serbian List: International community silence, sign of an approval (Kosovo online) • Church in Priluzje broken into and robbed (RTK2, Kontakt plus radio) Opinions: • LDK risks blocking own path (Koha Ditore) International: • Once Beaten and Imprisoned, Kosovo’s Leader Now Has Greater Test (Bloomberg) • Hague Prosecutors Summon Former Kosovo Guerrilla Commander (Balkan Insight) • [BSF Interview] Wiersma: EU should be more aggressive to leaders like Vučić and Đukanović (European Western Balkans) • Emmanuel Macron’s EU accession veto is a historic mistake (Financial Times) Humanitarian and Development: • Salaries in the private sector experience a minimal increase (Prishtina Insight) • Southeast Europe faces dramatic population drop, U.N. warns (Reuters, Al Jazeera, Index.hr)

• Vote counting expected to end by week’s end (media) • Kurti gives interview to Syri TV, talks about agreement with Serbia • LVV and LDK working groups to meet tomorrow (Zeri) • Kurti: We will reduce power to strengthen the country (Koha) • Haradinaj: Albin Kurti is a good deceiver (Telegrafi/Klan) • More former KLA officials summoned by Specialist Chambers (media) • Haradinaj convinced that visas will be removed before the New Year (Epoka) • Foreign service appointments continue during transitional period (Koha) • Nick Giacobbe nominated U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Kosovo (media)