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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, 15 July

• Four more dead from coronavirus on Tuesday (media) • Assembly lacks votes to pass law on pandemic (Koha) • Hoti in Brussels with his office and associates, Weber calls for unity (Koha) • President Thaci ends second day of interviewing at The Hague (media) • Were prosecutors right to publicise charges against Thaci? (Balkan Insight) • Haradinaj: Charges against Thaci, a blow to Kosovo’s freedom (Klan Kosova) • War veterans’ leader: Specialist Chambers are attacking KLA directly (T7) • Serwer: Be prepared (media) • Presevo Valley Albanians ask to lead a ministry in Serbian government (Koha) • Government defends decisions to appoint minister to extra post (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, 14 July

• COVID-19: 187 new cases, six dead (media) • Hoti: New measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 (media) • Osmani: It is our constitutional duty to pass anti-Covid law (media) • Zemaj: Health Institute has capacity to do 500-600 tests in 24 hours (media) • Gjilan Mayor: New government measures are very unpopular (media) • Government has no plans to carry out massive testing (Koha) • PDK MP requests names of persons with COVID-19 be published (Kallxo) • President Thaci interviewed by Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (media) • Haradinaj: If indictments confirmed, Kosovo risks serious damage (media) • Cakaj: When KLA is concerned, we should react as a nation, not as two states (media) • Assembly approves in principle budget review (media) • Lajcak discusses dialogue with Russian Ambassador at EU (Sputnik/RTK) • Hague war crime prosecutors quiz Kosovo President Thaci (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, 13 July

• COVID-19: 216 new cases in last 24 hours (media) • State of emergency not declared; stricter measures will be applied (media) • Kosovo President Hashim Thaci’s interview to Top Channel • EU Special Representative: The dialogue is back on track (media) • Von der Leyen expresses support for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • Hoti: I’ll meet Vucic in Brussels on Thursday; only mutual recognition (media) • Hoti: U.S. and EU to complement each other in the dialogue (media) • Vucic: Situation with Kosovo, almost hopeless (media) • President Thaci urges people to strictly implement protective measures (media) • Zemaj: Do not force us to declare a state of emergency (media) • No total lockdown from state of emergency, sources say (Indeksonline) • Association of Municipalities supports state of emergency (media) • Association of Psychologists oppose state of emergency (media) • Thaci and Borrell agree to extend EULEX mandate for another year (media) • EULEX chief: We remain fully committed to our partnership (media) • “France, Germany and Netherlands opposed visa liberalisation” (Lajmi) • U.S. Embassy: People of Kosovo deserve better (media) • Bajrami: Let’s focus on economic recovery, not personal attacks (media) • Kosovo’s Thaci strongly denies committing any war crimes (AP)

UNMIK Media Observer, July 11

• COVID – 19: 205 new cases, 3 dead (media) • Kosovo PM in favor of state of emergency to fight COVID – 19 (media) • PM Hoti: We’re heading toward a state of emergency (media) • Mitrovica Mayor against state of emergency: Grave consequences (Koha) • Kosovo Assembly stops session amid tensions and insults (media) • Quint ambassadors: Debate without recourse to insults and threats (media) • EU Head of Office: Violence has no place in democratic societies (media) • Kosovo-Serbia talks in Paris close without results (Prishtina Insight) • Biden hails continuation of talks, calls for coordination with Europeans (media) • Grenell: Biden threw negotiations into a US presidential political issue (media) • Meeting in Washington can happen within weeks, says Kosovo PM (media) • Prishtina with highest number of domestic violence cases (Kosovapress) • The real heroes of our time: the lives of workers in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, 10 July

• COVID-19: 207 new cases, 8 deaths in last 24 hours (media) • Prishtina Mayor: Number of coronavirus cases is much higher (Klan) • Zeka: 45% of businesses in Kosovo have stopped operating (media) • EU: Dialogue will continue regardless of protests in Serbia (media) • Kosovo PM Hoti goes to dialogue without internal consensus (Koha) • Assembly adopts resolution “in defense of people’s values” (media) • EU Office chief disappointed with failure to ratify agreements (media) • Haradinaj: Not logical for Europeans to undermine US summit (T7) • Kosovo ministers visit Presevo Valley (media) • William Walker disappointed with SPO’s actions (RTK) • War veterans protest charges against President Thaci (Balkan Insight) • Lushtaku: Better for PDK to join the government (Telegrafi) • Stalled talks set to resume in Brussels but what's at stake? (Euronews)