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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 26, 2021

• COVID-19: 2,541 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Education Ministry not convinced by record number of infected children (Koha) • Murder of 18 year old girl forces the state to act (Koha) • Protest march in defense of women to be held in Prishtina today (media) • Government allocates €40 million for economic recovery (Koha) • President Osmani met with US Ambassador to Kosovo Philip Kosnett (media) • Kosovo will provide shelter to around 2.000 Afghans (Radio Free Europe) • Baraliu: Government not obliged to implement Association agreement (media) • Suspected mass grave in village in Mitrovica North (RTK) • Kosovo’s trade gap widens 39.5% y/y in July (Seenews.com)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 25, 2021

• COVID-19: 1,927 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • US Embassy: COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain microchips (media) • The unsheltered during the pandemic (Koha Ditore) • Murder of teenage woman sparks protest in Ferizaj (BIRN) • “Hundreds of cases domestic violence, thorough vetting in justice is needed” (KTV) • Delete profile: Online abuse of Kosovo women costing democracy (BIRN) • Serbian List not sure if it will take part in October local elections (RFE)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 24, 2021

• COVID-19: 1,067 new cases, 17 deaths (media) • COVID-19 claims lives of 17 citizens in 24 hours, in Kosovo (Euronews.al) • Kosovo leaders react to murder of 18 year old girl in Ferizaj (media) • Haxhiu to join today’s protest in Ferizaj (media) • Health Ministry asks CEC to change locations of 30 polling centers (media) • Sami Lushtaku will not be able to run in local elections (Indeksonline) • Nagavci: New school year to start on September 1 (Indeksonline) • Defence Minister Mehaj in an official visit to Germany (RTK)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 23, 2021

• COVID-19: 1,682 new cases, 11 deaths (media) • United States donates 500,000 Pfizer vaccines to Kosovo (Exit News) • Haradinaj slams Kurti for poor management of COVID-19 situation (media) • Government to opposition: You legitimised university in the north in 2015 (Koha) • Pupovci: Kosovo law enables Mitrovica North to build university (media) • LDK reacts against so-called “Prishtina university in Mitrovica” (Telegrafi) • Kosovo to equip security forces with armoured vehicles (BIRN) • Father’s wartime disappearance motivates Kosovo’s missing persons chief (BIRN) • Cracks are emerging in Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic consensus (BIRN) • Tear gas thrown when Goran Bregovic sang at Beer Festival in Korça (Ocnal)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 20, 2021

• COVID-19: 2,236 new cases, 8 deaths (media) • Kurti ready for Berlin, not for "Open Balkans" (Klan) • Osmani, UN organisations representatives talk Afghan refugees sheltering (media) • Abdixhiku: Regional economic cooperation incomplete without all countries (RTK) • Minister Mehaj confirms Kosovo will soon receive new military vehicles (RTK) • Vucic: Those not united around Serbian List cannot win trust of people (Klan) • VV in Albania protests Serbian musician performance in Korce (Express) • Albanian artists a rarity at Serbia’s biggest music festival (Prishtina Insight)