Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 932 new cases, 20 deaths (media) • Kurti appeals to citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (media) • Kosovo leaders: Fate of the forcibly disappeared, top priority in relations with Serbia (media) • ICRC: 23 years on, 1,630 people still missing in Kosovo (media) • UNMIK calls on Pristina and Belgrade to redouble efforts for clarifying the fate of missing persons (Koha) • EULEX and Kosovo Police develop database to facilitate investigation of war crimes and enforced disappearances (RFE/RTK) • Kosovo receives U.S. donation of military vehicles (media) Serbian Language Media: • Tanin reminds of the importance of clarifying the fate of missing persons (RTK2, Radio Mitrovica North, Kosovo Online) • Gabriel Escobar the new State Department's envoy for the Western Balkans (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic at the Bled Forum; Rama, Zaev and Kurti at the panel on EU enlargement (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • ''Serbian list withdrawing from the elections is unrealistic scenario'' (Danas) • The trial for the murder of Oliver Ivanovic continued today (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: And today, we ask when it will be possible to search nine locations in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Rakic: Society’s moral obligation to uncover the truth about missing (Kosovo Online) • In Gracanica six Covid-19 cases during the weekend (RTK2) International: • Afghans Evacuated From Kabul In U.S. Airlift Arrive In Kosovo (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 27, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 2,098 new cases, 16 deaths (media) • Government says 650,000 vaccines to arrive in early September (media) • “Return to schools is not an alternative until COVID-19 numbers drop” (EO) • Kosovo – Serbia dialogue to resume on September 7-8 (Radio Free Europe) • KSF to receive donation of armoured vehicles from US on Monday (Klan Kosova) • Ministry of Justice says vetting concept document is being finalised (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Annulment of verdict precondition for participation of Serbian List (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Lajcak spoke with heads of Belgrade and Pristina negotiation teams (Radio KIM) • Selakovic thanks Vietnam for support to Serbia’s territorial integrity (Kosovo-online) • Serbs in Berkovo village, near Klina without water supply since July 13 (Radio KIM) • KSF to receive armored vehicles, US donation (Kosovo-online) International: • Afghan Refugees Fleeing Taliban Arrive in Albania (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 25, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 2,295 new cases, 18 deaths (media) • Prime Minister Kurti received the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj (media) • Trendafilova rejects request of Thaci’s defense for her withdrawal (RTK) • AAK: The situation is very serious, get out of your shell of political interests (RTK) • Suspicion that Mitrovica intellectuals are buried in a mass grave in Dreth (Koha) • Protest: Killing of women to be treated as a national emergency (media) • The U.S. Embassy: As long as domestic violence continues, women will never be equal (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • 23 new cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • EU: Pristina violated Brussels agreement in case of Ivan Todosijevic (Radio KIM) • Raska-Prizren Eparchy, NGOs react to verdict to Ivan Todosijevic (media) • Northern mayors urge Pristina to determine responsibility for Brussels agreement violation (RTS) • Vucic: Todosijevic convicted because of truth (Radio KIM) • Djuric: Vucic and I know people coming to State Department (N1) • Hearing on lawsuit regarding Christ the Savior Temple land in Pristina postponed (Kosovo-online) • Kosovo Judicial Council: Court employees in Mitrovica resumed working (KoSSev) International: • Kosovo Serbs Furious About Jailing of MP for ‘Ethnic Hatred’ (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Stamenkovic: Kamenica has always been good example of co-existence (Kosovo-online, RTK2)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 24, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 2,541 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Osmani signs agreement with U.S. for additional $ 3.8 million for Kosovo (RTK) • President of the Specialised Chambers to visit Kosovo on 7 September (RTK) • Government allocates 15 million euros for creation of new jobs (RTK) • Kosovo and Northern Macedonia sign legal cooperation agreement (media) • Isa Mustafa: The Association should not be established (media) • Abbot: missing persons should not be used for political benefits (media) Serbian Language Media: • Verdict to Ivan Todosijevic upheld, Serbian officials react (media) • Vucic thanks Azerbaijan and India for respecting Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo-online) • KSF members again in Gracanica, Partes and Priluzje (Kosovo-online) • WHO representative says situation related to Covid-19 deteriorating in Serbia (N1) • Some 60,000 people in Serbia received third dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine so far (N1) International: • Kosovo Serb MP’s Jail Sentence for ‘Ethnic Hatred’ Upheld (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 24, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Police arrest main suspect for murder of 18 year old girl in Ferizaj (media) • Kurti: The murderer will get the merited punishment (Koha) • COVID-19: 1,927 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • 797 patients on oxygen therapy, 37 of them in serious condition (media) Serbian Language Media: • 26 new cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Elek: Mitrovica North Hospital Center under Covid system again (KoSSev) • 11-year-old Serb boy injured in Kamenica (KoSSev, Puls) • Vucic: I didn’t get invitation for Brussels (Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Kosovo Security Forces want to intimidate Serbian population (Radio kontakt plus) • Rakic and Federici spoke about security, frequent attacks against Serbs (Kosovo-online) International: • Serbian arms used in Africa’s Sahel conflict: Amnesty International (BIRN)