Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 372 new cases, six deaths (media) • Parties in Kosovo to hold final rallies, as Friday marks last day of election campaign (Euronews.al) • Selimi and Lumezi meet to discuss the flow of the election process (Koha) • EU expects transparent election process in Kosovo (RFE, media) • Vetevendosje and LDK split over DC deal (Prishtina Insight) • Hoxhaj for Die Presse: My government will be pro-Western (RTK) • LVV claims it has support of the Socialist International (RTK) • AAK: Vucic gets anxious from Haradinaj’s candidacy for President (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Putin congratulates Serbia’s National Day: Fraternal friendship (N1, RTS) • “Political options that offer nothing new” (Radio KIM) • Krasniqi: Voters expect changes and for the old guard to be removed from power (KoSSev) • Petkovic: No one was held accountable for murders of Serbs, families have been waiting for justice 20 years (Kosovo-online) • Office for KiM: Djokic’s verdict trampling on justice and law (RTS) • “Convicted along with absence of evidence” (Radio KIM) • HLC: Amendments to indictment in Djokic’s case submitted to court without elaboration (Radio KIM) • No political pluralism among Serbs in Kosovo (N1) • Rakic: Pressures from Pristina will not cut our ties with Belgrade (Politika, TV Most) • Rasic: Our task is to bring back the normalcy (RTK2) • AstraZeneca vaccine in Serbia soon, confirmation awaited, Brnabic says (N1) Opinion: • Dialogue, knowledge and social progress (KiM radio) • Kosovo can thrive with help from Britain (The Times) • How does Kurti see the dialogue? (EWB, Novi Magazin) • Key Challenges for the Incoming Government of Kosovo (Democracy Speaks) International: • Kosovo heads for political shake-up in elections on Sunday (Reuters) • Economy, not Serbia, dominates Kosovo election campaign (AP) • Geoană: The future of the Western Balkans lies with the Euro-Atlantic community (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • RCC and UNDP: Women’s empowerment is essential to Western Balkans’ efforts to build back better from the pandemic (EWB) • UNESCO: Pandemic Has Worsened Minorities’ Schooling in Balkans, Central Europe (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 11, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 344 new cases, three deaths (media) • Kosovo Government to ease coronavirus rules (media) • Hoti: LDK's victory becoming increasingly evident (Koha) • Kurti: Sunday's victory to be a landslide (Klan/RTK) • Haradinaj: With me as president, KLA will not remain orphaned (RTK) • CEC has received nearly 15,000 of ballot packages from diaspora (Kallxo) • FAZ: Major political change expected in Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Von Cramon: France not yet convinced to support visa liberalisation (Albanian Post) • Former Serb fighter sentenced to 12 years in prison for war crimes (media) Serbian Language Media: • 37 new cases, one deceased in Serbian communities in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Jevtic: House of Vuckovic family in village of Berkovo looted (KoSSev) • Billboard “Freedom has a name – KLA” placed in Caglavica, Office for KiM condemns act (KoSSev) • Zoran Djokic from Pec sentenced to 12 years in prison (RTV Puls) • Kamberi to Vulin: By insulting minorities in Serbia, you are insulting your own country! (KoSSev) • Half a million doses of the Chinese vaccine have arrived (B92) • Petar Petkovic: Only Serbian List guaranties remain of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo-online) • “This is quasi-democratic process in which people are told who to vote for” (Radio KIM) • Prorokovic: Coordination between the USA and the EU on the issue of Kosovo is not enough for a final solution (Vecernje Novosti, Kosovo Online) • Milojevic: Organized transportation from Kraljevo for IDPs who will vote in elections (Kosovo-online) • Vucic: Good relations with France important for Serbia (N1) International: • COVID: Using AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘right thing to do’ for everyone, says WHO expert panel (UN News) • Kosovo Parties’ Glittering Promises Leave Many Voters Cold (Balkan Insight) • New air routes established over Kosovo with NATO support (nato.int) • No “Navalnying” in the Balkans is the uncompromising message from Russia (intellinews.com) • ‘We had to take care of ourselves’ in COVID-19 vaccine rollout, says Serbian president (euronews.com) • 2021 Early Elections on Kosovo: Chance for New Beginning? (ifimes.org)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 307 new cases, four deaths (media) • Raka: Mass anti-COVID vaccination to begin in summer (media) • US Embassy in Belgrade: We know the dangers caused by offensive speech (Express) • “It is good for Serbia to hear Washington's repeated calls for mutual recognition” (Koha) • Kurti: Kosovo is on the eve of a referendum (media) • Hoti: we have no red lines (Radio Free Europe) • Status conference in Thaci et al case rescheduled for February 16 (media) • Nasim Haradinaj remains in detention (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Antonijevic: Jump in the number of Covid positives cases in Serbian communities (Kosovo Online, TV Most) • Palestine Ambassador to Serbia: In Pristina, they should be careful what they do, they are deceived that they will get something from the embassy in Jerusalem (Kosovo Online) • Serbian FM: US Embassy was wrong, Trump, Biden messages different (RTS, N1) • "The situation around Kosovo and BiH is worrying, Russia is pushing a position that suits Belgrade" (RTS, Tanjug) • US Embassy: The goal of the US is Serbia's membership in the EU and mutual recognition of Belgrade and Pristina (RTS, Tanjug) • Dagens Nyheter: Kosovo's Jerusalem embassy a betrayal (B92, Tanjug, RTS) • Covic: Tough statements during the campaign in Kosovo, additional pressure on Belgrade (RTS) • Czech PM visits Serbia, political talks, gathers information on immunization (N1, Beta) • NGO Aktiv virtual debate on vaccines: Dr Panic says he has no reason to doubt any vaccine (KiM radio) Opinion: • Serbia’s President Will Struggle to Get Patriarch He Can Control (Balkan Insight) • Time For Kosovo To Secure Its True Independence (eurasiareview.com) International: • Western Balkans goes east for coronavirus vaccines (politico.eu)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 272 new cases, 3 deaths (media) • Kurti: Only victory with 61+ MPs brings change (media) • Szunyog: Supply with vaccines from COVAX after June (RTK) • Ombudsperson slams political parties for violating COVID-19 measures (BIRN) • CDHRF: The election campaign, “Kosovo’s Wuhan” (media) • Healthcare unions warn to charge politicians if number of infections rises (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities in Kosovo 38 new cases, one deceased (Kontakt plus radio) • Lajcak no longer talks about months when reaching Kosovo-Serbia agreement is in question (RFE) • Simic: Reducing the number of voters a way of pressure on Serbs and the Serbian List (Vecernje Novosti, Kosovo Online) • Re-vaccination of Kosovo residents starts today (KoSSev) • Vucic for Chinese media: A friend in need is a friend indeed (B92) • Father Sava: Archaeological artefacts looted from hermitage near Prizren, three Albanians arrested, one escaped (KoSSev, Kosovo-online) • Trajkovic in Mitrovica North on elections, Ivanovic, possible coalition with Kurti (KoSSev, Radio KIM) • Petkovic: Rada Trajkovic offers cooperation to a man advocating for a project of “Great Albania” (Kosovo-online) • Maliqi: New US approach to dialogue expected; a letter to Pristina to prepare for compromise (Kosovo Online) • Analysts: Vigorous election campaign, known winners, Serbs tired of promises (KoSSev) • UN: Western Balkan nationals among refugees in Syria (N1, VoA) • Serbian President met Slovak Foreign Minister (N1) • Jovanovic family house in Mogila village burglarized twice in a month (Radio KIM) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbia sticks to current anti-epidemic measures despite political pressure (N1, FoNet)

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)