Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 32 deaths, 1,612 new cases (media) • Osmani calls on diaspora to get vaccinated, blames Switzerland too (Koha/Blick) • LDK leader suggests shortening local election campaign to 10 days (media) • AAK and PDK agree with Abdixhiku to shorten election campaign (media) • Deliu-Kodra: MPs should interrupt their holidays, situation is serious (RTK) • Haradinaj reacts to more than four thousand fines (media) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian communities 40 new cases of Covid-19, one person died (KiM radio) • Bled Forum: Europe has no future without the inclusion of the Western Balkans (RTS) • Vucic: Two or three countries not looking forward to Open Balkans (Tanjug) • Rakic and Szunyog on the development fund for northern Kosovo, the current security and political situation (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Trajković's house in Lipljan robbed (KiM radio, gracanicaonline.info) • US to do everything for Serbia to join NATO; a strong and stable Kosovo in the interest of the US (Kosovo Online) • Chancellor Merkel to visit Serbia before leaving office (serbianmonitor.com) Opinion: • Belgrade’s ‘Serbian World’ Fantasies Jeopardise Balkan Cooperation (Balkan Insight) International: • 22 Years On, Kosovo Plans Post-War Truth and Justice Strategy (Balkan Insight) • Unemployment and inequalities: the pandemic penalises the youngest (balcanicaucaso.org) • Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue: Preparations for the next meeting (Deutsche Welle)

• COVID-19: 22 deaths, 1,894 new cases (media) • Kosovo’s COVID surge: What happened? (BIRN) • Kosovo PM Kurti remarks at Bled Strategic Forum (media) • Kurti, Michel discuss foreign policy issues and Kosovo role in security (media) • Kurti meets Varhelyi, asks for visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media) • Lajcak holds separate meetings with Kurti and Vucic (media) • Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani participates at Swiss Economic Forum (media) • Aliu: Construction of the Peace Highway to begin in spring next year (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 22 deaths, 1,894 new cases (media) • “Another lockdown would prove fatal to businesses” (KTV) • Ymeri calls for mass vaccination before local elections (EO) • Kurti meets Croatian counterpart, discuss economy and security (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Enthusiasm for joining the EU has decreased in the countries of the Western Balkans (media) • Lajcak today with Vucic and Kurti in separate meetings, without comments on messages from Pristina (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Pristina will stop the implementation of the Washington Agreement from September 4, says Vucic (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic says Merkel to visit Serbia (N1) • SPO prosecutor: Witnesses in the case ''Thaci at. all'' continue to be intimidated (N1) • Turkey to open consulate in western Serbia, FM Cavusoglu says (N1, Beta, Politika) • In Gracanica municipality 9 new cases of Covid-19 (RTK2) International: • KFOR holds an operational exercise from end of August to 5 September (EWB) • Afghan crisis shows EU needs more autonomy, says Charles Michel (DW)

• COVID-19: 1,383 new cases, 26 deaths (media) • Kosovo receives additional vaccine doses, more expected by week’s end (media) • Krasniqi to Kurti: COVID-19 situation alarming, requires urgent action (media) • Borrell: Legally-binding agreement would resolve Kosovo's legal representation (media) • Assembly Speaker Konjufca meets UN Assistant Secretary Jenca (media) • Palmer's replacement does not change U.S. approach towards Kosovo (Koha) • Minister Murati accuses predecessor of inflating cost for road construction (media) • Playing War: Pitfalls and Potential of Video Games in the Balkans (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 1,383 new cases, 26 deaths (media) • First meeting of Committee for coordination and assessment of situation with COVID-19, held (media) • Kurti discusses COVID-19 measures with municipal mayors (media) • President Osmani to participate in the Swiss Economic Forum (media) • Kurti to participate at Bled Strategic Forum (media) • The third group of 139 Afghan refugees is expected to arrive today (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo government is joking with diplomatic missions (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 26 new cases, two deaths (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Rakic and Simic with Jenča: A large number of unresolved incidents against Serbs (Kosovo Online) • UNICEF and WHO call for schools to remain open, with respect for measures (KiM radio, N1, FoNet) • Trial for the murder of Oliver Ivanovic continues (KoSSev) • The International Day of the Missing in Kosovo marked separately in Gracanica and Pristina (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio) • Blakaj: 22 years after the war, the two sides continue to count only the victims of one side (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Evidence shows that there is a KLA archive (RTV Puls, Tanjug) Opinion: • Afghan Disaster Holds Lessons for Western Policy in Balkans (Balkan Insight) International: • EU Council Recommends Reinstating Travel Restrictions for Visitors from US, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia & Lebanon (schengenvisainfo.com)

• COVID-19: 932 new cases, 20 deaths (media) • EU drops Kosovo from list of COVID-safe countries (Radio Free Europe) • Kurti: EU to create new momentum for reforms; make enlargement fairer (media) • Osmani: United Nations membership, a continuous goal of ours (media) • Lajcak: Kosovo’s full international integration, a priority in dialogue (Koha) • Haradinaj offers recommendations for managing COVID-19 situation (media) • PDK calls on government to change approach to vaccination process (media) • Kosovo PM urges Serbia to reveal truth about wartime missing (BIRN) • “Kurti, Osmani won’t enter into talks before Serbia returns our loved ones” (ATV) • Hoti: Kosovo to be ready; dialogue must end with mutual recognition (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 932 new cases, 20 deaths (media) • Kurti appeals to citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (media) • Kosovo leaders: Fate of the forcibly disappeared, top priority in relations with Serbia (media) • ICRC: 23 years on, 1,630 people still missing in Kosovo (media) • UNMIK calls on Pristina and Belgrade to redouble efforts for clarifying the fate of missing persons (Koha) • EULEX and Kosovo Police develop database to facilitate investigation of war crimes and enforced disappearances (RFE/RTK) • Kosovo receives U.S. donation of military vehicles (media) Serbian Language Media: • Tanin reminds of the importance of clarifying the fate of missing persons (RTK2, Radio Mitrovica North, Kosovo Online) • Gabriel Escobar the new State Department's envoy for the Western Balkans (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Vucic at the Bled Forum; Rama, Zaev and Kurti at the panel on EU enlargement (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • ''Serbian list withdrawing from the elections is unrealistic scenario'' (Danas) • The trial for the murder of Oliver Ivanovic continued today (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: And today, we ask when it will be possible to search nine locations in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Rakic: Society’s moral obligation to uncover the truth about missing (Kosovo Online) • In Gracanica six Covid-19 cases during the weekend (RTK2) International: • Afghans Evacuated From Kabul In U.S. Airlift Arrive In Kosovo (RFE)

• COVID-19: A record 36 deaths in last 24 hours (media) • “Over 90 percent of victims in last 24 hours were not vaccinated” (RFE) • Kurti: Impossible to have a long lockdown in the country (Koha/RFE) • PDK leader: Another tragic day for Kosovo (media) • LDK gives recommendations to government in fight against COVID-19 (media) • First group of Afghan refugees arrive in Kosovo (media) • Rama doubles down on Open Balkan, promises new approach with Kosovo (Exit News) • Businesses eye boost, but also barriers, in ‘Open Balkan’ initiative (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 27, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 2,098 new cases, 16 deaths (media) • Government says 650,000 vaccines to arrive in early September (media) • “Return to schools is not an alternative until COVID-19 numbers drop” (EO) • Kosovo – Serbia dialogue to resume on September 7-8 (Radio Free Europe) • KSF to receive donation of armoured vehicles from US on Monday (Klan Kosova) • Ministry of Justice says vetting concept document is being finalised (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: Annulment of verdict precondition for participation of Serbian List (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Lajcak spoke with heads of Belgrade and Pristina negotiation teams (Radio KIM) • Selakovic thanks Vietnam for support to Serbia’s territorial integrity (Kosovo-online) • Serbs in Berkovo village, near Klina without water supply since July 13 (Radio KIM) • KSF to receive armored vehicles, US donation (Kosovo-online) International: • Afghan Refugees Fleeing Taliban Arrive in Albania (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 2,295 new cases, 18 deaths (media) • PDK leader: Kosovo going through tragedy; Government needs clear plan (EO) • Lajcak: Next dialogue meeting in early September (media) • Brussels says 2013 agreement violated, government and KJC silent (Koha) • KLI: Court of Appeals acted correctly in case of Ivan Todosijevic (media) • Founders and opponents of Open Balkan to meet in Slovenia (Koha) • 23 Albanians believed to be in suspected mass grave in the north (Telegrafi) • Ex-Trump spy chief Grenell celebrates pro-Moscow Serb strongman (Spytalk)