UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 29, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: One death, 284 new cases (media) • Thaci condemns attack in France: terrorists will never win (RTK) • Borrell: Dialogue in Brussels is essential for Kosovo’s European road ( media) • Kosovo-Serbia dialogue resumes today in Brussels (Express) • Hoti: Police Task Force was unconstitutional (Telegrafi) • Haradinaj-Stublla demands visa liberalization from EU Presidency (RTK) • Kosovo and Northern Macedonia soon with common border point (RTK) • Only one candidate for Mitrovica North mayor so far (RTK) Serbian Language Media: 21 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) Vucic: Terrorism will never win (B92) Petkovic and Lajcak met in Brussels (Tanjug) Carpenter: Biden's goal would be to strengthen Serbia in European and Euro-Atlantic structures (Danas, TV Prva) Jevtic: Return of displaced persons at unsatisfactory level (Radio KIM) Shaip Kamberi – a speech that marked yesterday’s Serbian National Assembly session (KoSSev) German FM: Belgrade - Pristina agreement would have positive impact on region (N1, BETA) Serwer: Vucic will not recognize Kosovo (B92, Kosovo Online) Party of Kosovo Serbs letter to Central Election Commission (RTK) Opinion: • How Trump Lost the Balkans (foreignpolicy.com) • Trump Has a Fix for Kosovo. He’s Ignoring It. (Foreign Policy, Koha) International: • London Calling: Albanians Count Cost of UK Illegality (Balkan Insight) • Kommersant: Serbia’s new government shifts towards West (tass.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Balkan Brain Drain ‘Won’t Stop Without Economic, Democratic Progress’ (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: Four deaths, 281 new cases (media) • Trump says he stopped 400 years long war between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Kosovo Government confirms tomorrow's meeting in Brussels (media) • Selimi: Brussels dialogue should not take on technical character (KP/Telegrafi) • Weber: Lajcak trapped into blaming Kosovo for lack of dialogue progress (Express/RTK) • Hoti: European integration, priority for Kosovo Government (media) • GAP publishes report on pandemic’s impact on Kosovo economy (media) Serbian Language Media: • Brnabic: Unity regarding Kosovo issue priority, we won’t give up on ZSO (Tanjug) • Lavrov is not coming to Serbia: Russian minister in self-isolation due to coronavirus (Tanjug, B92) • Vucic to meet directors of COVID hospitals, address public (B92, N1) • EU: CSM won't be parallel authority; Belgrade: no progress without CSM (N1, BETA) • Pompeo: Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria join Clean Network (KoSSev) • Botsan-Kharchenko: ZSO key for future of Serbs in Kosovo (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • NGO Aktiv presented publication on treatment of non-majority communities in Kosovo during Covid-19 (social media) • Rakic with Abbott on attacks against Serbian population (Kosovo-online) • Kosovo Serb politician says Biden helped protect monastery (N1) Opinion: • The unbearable lightness of stealing public money (Prishtina Insight) • Twin crises: Political dysfunction in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (ecfr.eu) Humanitarian/Development: • Serbian epidemiologist says more restrictive measures could come (N1) • Developing a Long-Term and Holistic Approach to Strengthen Water Security in Kosovo (marketscreener.com) • BSF: Nordic model of security cooperation an example for the Western Balkans (EWB) • The importance of ‘unlearning’ the past: Interview with Balkans expert Keith Brown (globalvoices.org)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 27, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: Three deaths, 197 new cases (media) • The next Kosovo-Serbia meeting at level of experts, on Thursday (RFE, media) • Veliu does not respond to invitation to report on Qalaj’s dismissal (RTK) • Salih Mustafa to appear in front of the Special Court tomorrow (RTK) • Abbot: U.S. involvement in dialogue, positive (media) • Szunyog meets with LDK Assembly caucus, seeks results on EU reforms (media) • Application of parties for Mitrovica North elections starts (RTK) • Zemaj warns on new measures to prevent coronavirus spread (media) Serbian Language Media: • Belgrade - Pristina dialogue to continue on Thursday in Brussels (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS) • Smith: With constitutional amendments Thaci attempts to end work of court (Radio KIM) • Serbian Ambassador says Belgrade-Moscow relations stable (N1) • RFE: China takes over job of railway reconstruction in Serbia from EU (N1) • Serbian MPs vote for three new cabinets; SPS names two ministers (FoNet, N1) • Botsan-Kharchenko: Bilateral relations, Kosovo in focus of Lavrov's visit (media) • Serb household in Plemetina village, near Obilic robbed (Radio KIM) • Zais: Experts of US Energy department working on the Gazivode Lake feasibility study (Kosovo online, Tanjug) International: • Troubled Relationship: Kosovo’s Thaci and the Hague War Crimes Court (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • COVID-19 Surges as South-East Europe Heads for Winter (Balkan Insight) • RYCO: Youth policies should be high on the reform agendas of the Western Balkan governments (EWB) • Albanian Children to be Returned from Syrian Refugee Camps (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: Three deaths, 205 new cases (media) • KSC doesn't comment if indictment against Thaci, Veseli is confirmed (KP) • Specialist Chambers' mandate: KLA associations meet parliamentary parties (Telegrafi) • Selimi: We are not afraid of justice but concerned when it tries to act politically (Klan) • "Outcome of U.S. elections decisive for continuation of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue" (RFE) • Albania's Assembly Speaker Ruci urges Cuba to recognise Kosovo (media) • Suspect in the €2 million illegal transaction case surrenders to police (media) Serbian Language Media: • 20 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo on Saturday (Radio KIM) • New ministers in Serbian government (media) • Vucic: Vote on new government not unanimous, Covid-19 vaccine in March (N1) • “Numerous attempts to change and revise centuries-long history” (Radio KIM, KoSSev) • Petkovic: Serbia is UN member, Kosovo can’t be that (Danas) • Serbs For Trump Initiative: Grenell visits Serbian Orthodox Church in Milwaukee (N1) • Vucic: In 10 days, PCR laboratory in Mitrovica North (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Spahiu: Americans have power in Kosovo; only the agreements they implement are valid (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic with Braathu on dialogue and situation in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • Kommersant: Lavrov visit intended to maintain influence in region (Beta, N1) International: • Next Serb Government Among Most Gender-Balanced In the World (Bloomberg) • Mudde: Trump’s re-election would mean continuing support for populists around the world (EWB) • Why the Balkan region should be on investors’ radar screens (intellinews.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Kosovo joins global call to action on women's economic empowerment (Koha/RTK) • The limits in the checks and balances system enable informal governance to be effective in the WB (EWB) • "Serbia needs to consider introducing new measures relating to Covid-19" (B92) • Western Balkans suffocating from air pollution as heating season starts (balkangreenenergynews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 23, 2020 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 169 new cases, two deaths (media) • Szunyog: Kosovo and Serbia should make constitutional amendments (media) • Selimi: European Union, Kosovo’s priority and strategic goal (media) • Haradinaj withdraws slightly from the issue of future president (Express) • CEC decides on five day election campaign in Podujeva (RTK) • The government requests from the thieves return of 2.1 million euros (media) • Suspect pleads not guilty for abuse of Kosovo’s treasury (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Specialist Chambers: The indictment against Thaci and Veseli remains confidential (Kosovo Online) • Borell and EULEX to submit opinion on Thaci’s proposal to change the mandate of the Specialist Chambers by November 2 (KoSSev) • Serbian Parliament Speaker: UNMIK to continue implementing its mandate (BETA, N1) • Borrell: WB leaders should refrain from statements that add political divisions (Tanjug, Kosovo Online, N1) • Vucic: Things more complicated than how Pristina imagines them (RTS) • "Gone are the days when everything was decided by Russia and the United States" (B92, Tanjug) • Lavrov canceled visit to Zagreb, but not Belgrade (B92) • Grubjesic: Stance of German Ambassador Heusgen can’t be stance of EU (Vecernje Novosti, Kosovo-online) • Mihajlovic: Albanian politicians should not hinder the projects from the Washington agreement (Kontakt plus radio, Kosovo Online) • Invitations to Belgrade and Pristina to join PTEC as observers (Kontakt plus radio) • Stano: Serbia expected 'to progressively align its policies with EU' (N1) • US Energy Department delegation visits Belgrade (N1, Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo Minister Under Pressure Over Cash Stolen from Budget (Balkan Insight) • BSF: Stability, security and prosperity of the WB closely linked to the EU (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • In Montenegro, Hopes Fade for News of the Wartime Missing (Balkan Insight) • UN chief says G20 leaders must coordinate to fight COVID-19 (AP)