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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 9, 2021

• Kosovo chief prosecutor orders investigations over leaked wiretaps (BIRN)
• Kosovo judge caught on wiretap resigns (Express)
• Enver Hoxhaj leaves PDK’s chairmanship (Express)
• Wildfires devastate Kosovo mountains (RFE)
• Kosovo to make vaccines mandatory for access to indoor spaces (Exit.al)
• Dream that survived: Kosovo’s DokuFest marks 20 triumphant years (BIRN)
• COVID-19: 269 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 6, 2021

• New PDK chairmanship elected (media)
• Chief state prosecutor: To my information, wiretaps are unauthorised (media)
• KJC forms commission to review disciplinary liability of judge (media)
• Chief state prosecutor expected to be sacked, sources say (Arbresh.info)
• US diplomat: Talk of early elections in Kosovo (media)
• Kosovo hope trials in absentia will boost war crimes convictions (BIRN)
• Serb defies town’s opposition to return to Kosovo home (AFP)
• “Kosovo aligns left; conservative views on abortion and religion” (Exitnews.al)
• COVID-19: 195 new cases, two deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 5, 2021

• Justice minister slams media and civil society's response to leaked wiretaps (media)
• Prosecutorial Council launches disciplinary actions against prosecutor (media)
• Judicial Council says it will act in line with disciplinary procedure regulation (media)
• Financial Intelligence Unit chief sacked over leaked wiretaps (Prishtina Insight)
• Assembly committee approves list of PAK board nominees (media)
• Slovenia supports Kosovo’s efforts to join NATO, EU (Express)
• Another former EULEX prosecutor wants to report to Kosovo legislators (Lajmi/Zeri)
• Over 38,000 vaccines arrive in Kosovo, half a million more expected from next week (media)
• WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots (media)
• COVID-19: 221 new cases, one death (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 4, 2021

• Head of Financial Intelligence Unit sacked (media)
• Investigations against senior officialsmentioned in recordings (Betimi per Drejtesi)
• “Proof that prosecution, judiciary are influenced by interest groups” (Telegrafi)
• Vetevendosje people in the board that government proposed to Assembly (Koha)
• Haradinaj calls on government to treat wildfires more seriously (media)
• Vetevendosje implies Arben Vitia will run for Prishtina Mayor (Express/ATV)
• COVID-19: 110 new cases, 1 death (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 3, 2021

• Kurti: Citizens know our government cannot be compared to others before (Kallxo/RTK)
• Abdixhiku on Government's 100-day report: Empty and disappointing (media)
• PDK's Tahiri: Kurti government has done nothing of what it promised (EO/RTK)
• Hajdari: Implementation of reciprocity requires good organisation (Telegrafi)
• Petkovic on reciprocity: Kurti destroying dialogue (media)
• LVV supporter seemingly confirms Vitia's candidacy for Pristina mayor (media)
• 10 active fires remain in Kosovo, out of 50 (media)
• KSC experiencing serious problems with Albanian translation (Klan)
• COVID-19: 48 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Belgium to share COVID-19 vaccines, Kosovo among beneficiaries (media)