• Escobar, Lajcak received assurances there won’t be violence on Sept 1 (media)
• Lajcak: Talked with Osmani to avoid any tension in the north (Albanian Post)
• EU, U.S. envoys attempt to break Kosovo-Serbia deadlock (BIRN)
• US, EU envoys meet Kosovo PM in effort to avert tensions (AP)
• PDK’s Krasniqi calls for final agreement that brings mutual recognition (media)
• Wisner: More important issue than IDs and license plates is at play (Koha)
• Kosovo govt, NATO forces are committed to guaranteeing security (media)
• Serbs adopt declaration to leave institutions if solutions are not found (media)
• Shea: NATO guarantees security in Kosovo, not Belgrade (RFE, media)
• Vucic opposes KFOR’s position that it will not allow barricades in north (RFE)
• Cause for optimism in the most recent Kosovo-Serbia crisis (Breaking Defense)
• Kosovo government building illuminated with colors of Ukrainian flag (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti talks about meeting Serbian President Vucic on August 18 (media)
• Kurti: Option of producing neutral licence plates is out of the question (media)
• Haradinaj: Fruitful discussion with Escobar (media)
• Sources: Escobar, opposition talked flexible implementation of reciprocity and final settlement (Klan Kosova)
• What was discussed and what Escobar requested in meeting with opposition (Express)
• Haliti: Kosovo must focus on Escobar’s message (RTK)
• “The Prime Minister should have reported earlier about the dialogue” (Nacionale)
• Mustafi: No reason for Serbs in Kosovo to have greater rights than Albanians in Serbia (Kosovapress)
• COVID-19: 363 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Councillors in Zvecan adopted 6 conclusions, the first supporting Vucic to find a solution (KoSSev)
• Lajcak for the BBC in Serbian: Vucic and Kurti meeting in Brussels was not in vain (media)
• US Ambassador: “Washington wants Serbia, Kosovo in normal relationship” (N1)
• Vulin’s reply to Ambassador Hill: Perhaps Hill can remove me from the Government, but not the ideas of an independent Serbia (media)
• Djilas: Recognition of Kosovo cannot be a topic of any conversation (KoSSev, Nova.rs, N1)
• Selakovic receives new UNDP resident representative (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• War mongering and race baiting (Kosovo 2.0)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Srdan Keca: Suffering of Roma isn’t part of collective consciousness (Kosovo 2.0)

• COMKFOR Major General Ferenc Kajari’s interview with RTK
• President Osmani meets U.S. envoy Escobar (media)
• Escobar meets opposition leaders, no statements after the meeting (media)
• Lajcak to meet opposition leaders today at 16:00, sources say (Express)
• Hill: Serbia was prepared for negotiations in Brussels, the other side not (media)
• Mayors of northern municipalities to meet today (Klan Kosova)
• Wisner: A round of Kosovo-Serbia talks never solves anything (VoA)
• Serwer: Tempest in a license plate (media)
• Kosovo war-era Yugoslav Army general dies in Russia (BIRN)
• Anti-LGBT sentiments flourish online in South-East Europe (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani to meet Escobar at 16:30 today, advisor says (Klan Kosova)
• LDK proposes 10-point plan to overcome energy crisis (Telegrafi)
• KDI: No political readiness to move toward a final settlement (EO)
• Krstic: KFOR presence in north offers security and calmness for the people (RTK)
• Delic, Serbian Parliament Vice President, war-time general, passes away (media)
• COVID-19: 274 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic met Hill: Efforts towards reaching a compromise (KiM radio)
• Meeting of councillors of four municipalities from the north of Kosovo on Wednesday (Beta, NMagazin)
• UNS and DNKiM: Serbian List not to select media (KiM radio)
• Bilcik on Vulin's visit to Moscow: Serbia to harmonize its policy with the EU (Kosovo Online)
• Vulin met Lavrov in Moscow (Tanjug, media)
• Lavrov to Vulin: Russia, Serbia developing dialogue (N1)
• MFA: Twitter accounts of several Serbian embassies suspended (Tanjug)
• How the most difficult issue united the opposition in Belgrade (Blic)
• 20 coronavirus cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio)

International:

• Secretary Blinken Won’t “Hesitate” To Directly Engage In Serbia-Kosovo Talks (thepavlovictoday.com)
• Anti-LGBT Sentiments Flourish Online in South-East Europe (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kosovo’s struggle to keep the lights on (emerging-europe.com)
• UN: 50 percent less population in Kosovo by the end of the century (Kosovo Online, Zeri)

• Escobar and Lajcak to stay in Prishtina and Belgrade this week (media)
• Escobar to have working dinner with opposition leaders tonight (RTK)
• Office of Kosovo President denies Vucic’s claims (RTK)
• Kurti to talk about meetings in Brussels on Wednesday (media)
• Rexhaj: Reciprocity towards Serbia to be implemented from Sept 1 (media)
• Serbian List with another threat to leave Kosovo's institutions (RTK)
• Lavrov: Vucic, Putin talking about "harmonizing the next steps" (media)
• Serb official visits Moscow, calls sanctions EU ‘hysteria’ (AP)
• Maliqi for Danas: An armed resistance by Serbs is possible on Sept 1 (media)
• Delawie: Serbia is a threat to peace, not Kosovo (media)
• Pineles: Investigation of only one ethnic group damages credibility (VoA)
• Picturing War: Kosovo Refugee Mother Gives Son a Haircut (BIRN)
• In sign of support, US bombers fly over Dubrovnik, Balkans (AP)

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak and Escobar to visit Prishtina and Belgrade this week (media)
• Chancellor Scholz preparing a meeting with Kurti and Vucic in autumn (Express)
• Education Minister: Pupils most affected by strike in educational system (media)
• Ex-Minister of Energy presents alternatives to emerge from energy crisis (Kosovapress)
• Team of journalists attacked in the north (Kanal 10)
• “Serb Survival”: Vucic, Serbian List are expelling Serbs from Kosovo (Paparaci)
• Miftaraj: Radoicic, wanted by Kosovo authorities, side by side with Vucic (Koha)
• “Dialogue successful, only if issue of Albanians in Presevo Valley is included” (media)
• Haradinaj with an initiative from September (media)
• Delawie: Serbia is a threat to peace, not Kosovo (RTK)
• COVID-19: 203 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Mihajlovic: Preservation of peace the greatest patriotism (FoNet, N1)
• Petkovic to Hill: Pristina's unilateral actions can threaten the security situation in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Vucic: “Whatever happens, there will be no more refugee columns” (N1, Tanjug)
• The anniversary of the disappearance of journalists marked (KiM radio)
• Increased presence of KFOR in the north, says Andric Rakic (N1)
• Orlic: Special session of the Assembly on Kosovo in September (RTS)

Opinion:

• Milivojevic: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue going badly since Vucic became President (Beta, N1)

International:

• Albania investigates military factory intruders from Russia and Ukraine (RFE)
• Serbia-Kosovo relations after the Brussels meeting: What do we know so far? (EWB)
• Vucic: Serbia will be without Russian Oil from November 1 (novinite.com)

• Vucic says Serbs may leave Kosovo institutions unless deal is clinched (RFE)
• According to Vucic, Kurti proposed six points in Brussels (media)
• Vela reacts to Vucic: Pressure and intimidation will fail (media)
• Svecla: Vucic lied about Kosovo Police (media)
• Svecla: We will ensure free movement for all citizens (RTK)
• Trajkovic: KFOR provides security for all communities in Kosovo (Klan)
• Palokaj: EU has turned into organiser of crisis management meetings (Koha)
• Minister of Health indicates difficult autumn with COVID-19 (EO)
• COVID-19: 224 new cases, two deaths (media)
• Two Russians, one Ukrainian arrested after suspected spying raid on Albanian arms factory (The Guardian)
• Osmani and Kurti condemn attack in Gramsh (media)
• Montenegro government toppled by no-confidence vote (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kosovo, Serbia chief negotiators to meet next week in Brussels (Kanal 10)
• Kurti: Spain should recognise Kosovo; Catalonia is not the same case (media)
• Haradinaj: EU should hand over to President Biden portfolio for final agreement (media)
• Kosovo’s Special Prosecution investigating “illegal organisations” from Serbia (RFE)
• 519 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• We are looking for a solution, Vucic to addresses the public on Sunday, said Petkovic (RTS)
• Hill: The Serbian side came to the talks in Brussels in a positive spirit (Tanjug, RTS)
• Petkovic: Vucic to make no statements in Brussels, to speak on Friday (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic sends message from Brussels (N1)
• Grenell: Kurti rejected every idea proposed by the EU and the US so far (KiM radio, N1)
• Bishop Teodosije with Hovenier about the problems of the Serbian Orthodox Church (KiM radio)
• In the neighbourhood of Suvi Do the flag of "KLA" and "Greater Albania" (KiM radio, Tanjug, Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Negotiations in Brussels, where is the room for compromise (RTS)

International:

• Open Balkan initiative risks aggravating political problems in the region (DW)
• Twitter Suspends Accounts of Serbian Ruling Party MPs, Officials (BIRN)

Serbia, Kosovo Leaders ‘Make No Progress’ at Brussels Meeting (BIRN)
U.S: We are closely monitoring the talks, use them effectively (Telegrafi)
Price: Secretary Blinken personally invested in breaking the deadlock (media)
Kurti presented chapters of General Framework of Agreement (media)
Vucic: I had a difficult day, I can't say it ended successfully (Albanian Post)
Scholz and Macron contacted Kurti and Vucic before the meeting (RFE)
Palokaj: Meeting between Kurti and Vucic, best one so far (Koha)
Tuhina: There will be intensive talks by EU with Kurti and Vucic (RTK)
Kosovo Albanians and Serbs, hope dialogue will calm the situation (VOA)

Albanian Language Media:

• The first round of the tripartite meeting in Brussels ends (media)
• Palokaj: Agreement expected to avoid escalation in north on September 1 (Koha)
• Price: Success of Kurti-Vucic talks is an absolute priority for the US (Express)
• Ymeri: Without U.S. involvement in dialogue, mutual recognition is difficult (EO)
• Kryeziu: Dialogue should not be linked only with government and PM (Nacionale)
• Citizens in the north concerned over new graffiti (Kosovapress)
• Kosovo Police seize undeclared medicaments from Serbia (media)
• 483 new cases and one death from COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic, Kurti, Borrell and Lajcak meeting ended (media)
• Vucic from Brussels scheduled a meeting with Serbs from Kosovo on Sunday (Tanjug, media)
• State Department: The success of the Brussels dialogue an absolute priority (Blic, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic informed Stoltenberg of incidents, KFOR ready to react if needed (N1)
• Vucic met Lajcak: Serbia doing everything to maintain peace, stability (Tanjug)
• Vucic to Escobar: Serbia a serious, reliable, responsible side in dialogue (FoNet, N1)
• The trial of the young man arrested on Vidovdan in Gazimestan has begun (RTS, KiM radio)
• New graffiti in N. Mitrovica: “Don’t worry, we’re here – the Northern Brigade” (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Timothy Less: Everything leads to the creation of a great Albania, the only option for Kosovo to end the "state of limbo" is to merge with it (Blic, Danas, Kosovo Online, Beta)
• Jeremic: We should not give up on Kosovo as long as we exist as a country (KiM radio, N1, KoSSev)

International:

• Kosovo Festival Transforms Pristina (Radio Free Europe)
• Studio Visit (Kosovo 2.0)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Independent Unions announce general strike from August 25 (Koha/Telegrafi)
• All education workers treated with exceptional care in draft law, minister says (EO)
• Haxhiu: I am extremely concerned about violence against women (Klan Kosova)