• Escobar: Kosovo and Serbia to pledge there won’t be violence (RFE) • U.S., EU want violence to be avoided on September 1 (Koha) • Kurti presents 6 chapters of agreement to Quint and EU (media) • ‘Time Is Ripe’ for Final Deal With Serbia, Kosovo Premier Says (Bloomberg) • Kurti for Al Jazeera: No one can stop Kosovo Police from going north (media) • Lajcak, Escobar meet Serbian President Vucic in Belgrade (media) • “ROSU cannot go to north, if NATO doesn’t stop it, Serbs will” (Koha) • Leaders of four northern municipalities come out with a statement (Koha) • Selimi: Biden asked Hill to return from retirement, serve in Balkans (Express) • Abdixhiku: We have a PM that covers up failures with fear and threats (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Lajcak in Mitrovica North: There can be no more barricades (RFE) • Escobar from the North: We take into account the concerns of Serbs (Albanian Post) • France calls for talks in spirit of compromise, implementation of agreements (Express) • Citaku: Kurti in dialogue should convince Washington and Brussels, not Vucic (media) • New graffiti in the north: “NATO go home, this is Serbia!” (Nacionale) • Strike in public sector in Kosovo begins today (Kosovapress) • Confirmed: Ministry of Finance will not pay a salary to anyone who protests even for 1 hour (Klan) • COVID-19: 203 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak: All important topics were discussed with Serbian List; Escobar hopes to announces more details later in Belgrade (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: KFOR should protect Serbs, not remove barricades (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Petkovic: Kurti's series of falsehoods again, Pristina unlawfully and unilaterally abolished KS plates a year before the deadline (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Batuse village: The name in Serbian crossed out, graffiti of the KLA written (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Organized and planned intimidation of the remaining Serbs south of the Ibar (Kosovo Online) • Wisner advises Pristina to drop the recognition request (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • KFOR in regular contact with Serbian Armed Forces representatives (Tanjug, media) • 18 new coronavirus cases in Serbian areas (Kontakt plus radio) Opinion: • Muharremi: Association helps wield sovereignty throughout Kosovo (Klan Kosova) International: • ‘Time Is Ripe’ for Final Deal With Serbia, Kosovo Premier Says (Bloomberg) • Picturing War: Fleeing Roma Find Refuge at Montenegro Tent Camp (Balkan Insight)

• 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)