• COVID-19: 205 new cases, 11 deaths (media) • Ramush Haradinaj announces candidacy for Kosovo president (media) • Mustafa: President post not a topic at this point (media) • PDK's Krasniqi: Haradinaj's candidacy for president, unethical (media) • Haziri: We haven’t discussed President post with our partners (RFE) • NISMA's Shala: Issue of president not on the table at this time (Klan) • Kurti: Kosovo is becoming Bergamo of the Balkans (media) • Mustafa: PDK to withdraw draft law on KLA values (media) • OSCE calls for provisions of draft law on KLA to be reconsidered (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 205 new cases, 11 deaths (media) • ZDF: COVID-19 situation in Kosovo has spiralled out of control (Klan/Zeri) • Committee calls for harmonised response to Serbian forces patrolling in Karaceva (Koha) • Karaceva residents protest over patrolling of Serbian forces (media) • AAK’s Tahiri: No coalition problems with LDK (Kosovapress) Serbian Language Media: • In Serb areas in Kosovo, five new cases, two cured and one deceased (Kontakt plus radio) • Dacic: It is hypocritical to accuse Serbia and Vucic of recognizing Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Kosovo's fmr official: Over 70 pct of medical material from Serbia in 2016-2019 (FoNet, Kosovo Online, N1) • AP: NATO committed to stronger partnership with Serbia (AP, N1) • Vucic denies Serbia purchases Chinese AA system, says thinks about it (Beta, N1) • Is Belgrade thinking about buying Chinese AA system, or is it a done deal? (N1) Opinion: • Don’t Blame Balkan Citizens For the Latest COVID Surge (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo Divisions Risk Undermining EU Push for Deal with Serbia (Balkan Insight) • EU financial assistance signed with Kosovo and North Macedonia, agreed with Albania and Montenegro (EWB) Humanitarian/Development: • Kon: The vaccine will not provide the safest protection; Masks for a longer period (B92, RTS)

• COVID-19 report: 171 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Haradinaj to Hoti: You have degraded the dialogue (media) • Tahiri: Ramush Haradinaj should be new President of Kosovo (T7) • Haliti: PDK must join Hoti-led government (media) • Gashi: PDK will not sign Vetevendosje’s no-confidence motion (media) • Konjufca: Good governance will be restored soon (Gazeta Express) • Vetevendosje: This government must be dismissed ASAP (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: 171 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • PM Hoti calls for coordination in security area, especially with KFOR (media) • Vetevendosje wants intelligence chief to report to the Assembly (media) • Osmani: Kosovo’s territory is inviolable (Ekonomia Online) • Vetevendosje MP calls for vote on no-confidence motion (media) Serbian Language Media: • Crisis Staff in North to receive results later today, press conference tomorrow at noon (Kontakt plus radio) • Serbia's Justice Min: Belgrade will never give up processing KLA war crimes (Vecernje Novosti, N1) • Deliberate dramatization of a routine action? (KIM radio) • Vulin: Armed Forces of Serbia did not illegally cross the ABL, it was a regular patrol with KFOR (KoSSev) • RFE: US warns Serbia over Chinese AA missile system purchase (N1, Beta) Opinion: • Omens for Post-Pandemic Balkans Don’t Look Promising (Balkan Insight) • Countering Russia’s Influence Operations in the Balkans (realcleardefense.com) • The spirit of “Greater Albania” acquires Brussels substance (moderndiplomacy.eu) International: • Putin: Russia becomes first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine (Reuters) • Will Serbia and Kosovo Open Up Secret War Archives? (Balkan Insight) • Pompeo Visit: US’s Anti-China Recruitment Drive Targets Willing Central Europeans (Balkan Insight) • NATO over-sensitive to Serbia’s pragmatic arms purchase from China (globaltimes.cn) Humanitarian/Development: • Are we approaching Covid-19 collapse? (Kosovo 2.0) • Serbia’s Crisis Staff: The youngest return to school, combined classes for higher grade pupils (B92, Tanjug)

• COVID – 19 report: 183 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Private institutions approved for coronavirus testing (Prishtina Insight) • Health Minister indicates new measures against COVID – 19 (media) • Kurti warns of human catastrophe in letter to foreign diplomats (media) • Abrashi blames Vetevendosje for situation with pandemic (media) • NISMA wants PDK to join Hoti-led government (media) • Reshitaj: Haradinaj is against technical dialogue with Serbia (Klan Kosova) • Klinaku: Embassies opposed all KLA laws (media) • Berisha: KLA law does not threaten freedom of speech (Klan Kosova)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: 172 new cases, 14 deaths (media) • Government approves draft law on EU financial assistance (media) • Private labs to begin with COVID-19 testings (media) • Haziri signals 'important' developments in Kosovo this week (media) Serbian Language Media: • 11 newly infected and 34 cured in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • Serbian List: So-called analysts do not possess basic knowledge about the Kosovo Assembly Rules of Procedure (Kosovo Online) • International community reacts to Law on KLA, Serbian List silent (N1) • Vejvoda: EU will insist on fulfilling the 2013 agreement, including the Community of Serbian municipalities (KoSSev, N1) Opinion: • Serbia Is Sitting at the Great-Powers Crossroads (The National Interest) • Balkan Fatalism Risks Becoming Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Balkan Insight) International: • Rule of Law Key to Balkans’ Progress – Germany’s Schutz (Balkan Insight) • COVID-19 School Dilemma Troubles Balkan, Central Europe Govts (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19 report: 188 new cases, 12 deaths (media) • Hoti: Reopening of schools depends on epidemiological situation (media) • KFOR: Serbian Armed Forces’ presence, part of synchronised patrol (media) • Kosovo FM: Serbian gendarmerie patrol in Kosovo, unauthorised (media) • Veliu: KFOR and KP to begin joint patrolling along border with Serbia (media) • LVV: Interference of Serbian gendarmerie, unacceptable (media) • PDK: Presence of Serbian forces in Karaceva, open threat to Kosovo (media) • KLA associations call on PM Hoti to halt dialogue with Serbia (media) • Bosnia's Izetbegovic doubts Serbia will recognise Kosovo (media)

• COVID-19 report: 181 new cases, three deaths (media) • Draft law on COVID-19 pandemic passes first reading (media) • Ministry of Health licenses private labs for COVID-19 tests (media) • Hoti reacts to reports of Serbian police patrolling in Kamenica village (media) • KLA veterans: We did not fight to see Serbian police in Kosovo territory (media) • Jakupi: KFOR said patrolling was part of joint exercise (Telegrafi) • KLA values draft law not passed for lack of quorum (Kallxo) • EU: Draft law on KLA values detrimental to freedom of expression (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19 report: 181 new cases, three deaths (media) • Zemaj calls on MPs not to politicise pandemic crisis (Koha/Telegrafi) • Assembly does not pass COVID-19 resolutions due to lack of quorum (media) • LVV responds to PDK's ‘red lines’ question (Koha) • EULEX's Formisto: Kosovo, Serbia to be willing to share information on missing persons (DW) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities 22 new patients, 42 cured (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic: On September 7, in Brussels, I will ask the fulfillment of the agreement on the Community of Serbian Municipalities from 2013 (media) • Vucic: A clear message to Serbs in Kosovo that they are undesirable (Kosovo Online) • Godfrey: US supports Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (TV Happy, Blic, Tanjug) • Bolton: Belgrade and Pristina far from solution, exchange would not affect BiH (N1) • Washington worried about current situation in Serbia; will help Podgorica (VoA, N1) • Pompeo to Serbia's FM: Every leader should protect human rights (FoNet, N1) International: • Pompeo Announces Tour of Europe Next Week (VoA) Humanitarian/Development: • DokuFest’s online edition launches (Prishtina Insight)

• COVID-19 report: 196 new cases, 16 deaths (media) • Osmani: 300 victims, result of 20-year negligence of health sector (media) • Hyseni: Agreement with Serbia to be reached in a year’s time (Klan Kosova) • Hoti: Opposition cannot bring down government (T7/Telegrafi) • PDK says LVV's no-confidence motion 'political show' (media) • AAK, NISMA will not support no-confidence motion (media) • Kosnett: In effort to honour KLA, do not undermine its freedom legacy (Koha) • Germany, Switzerland against law on KLA values (media)