• Palmer: U.S. remains committed to Western Balkans (VOA) • Thaci travels to U.S., will attend Trump’s reception (media) • Fajon: Kosovo to lift tax to enable successful talks (Zeri) • Haradinaj meets Kosnett, 6 October elections discussed (media) • Mustafa: There was no talk of land swaps during my governance (media) • Djuric meets UNMIK chief, voices concern for position of Serbs in Kosovo (Koha) • Specialist Chambers send new summons to former KLA members (media) • Rasic: Kosovo Serbs are against border changes (media) • Merkel to Brnabic: Resolve the problem with Kosovo (Zeri) • Defense Ministry “hits” the state budget with luxury expenses (Koha) • Police official suspected of compromising corruption investigations (Koha)

• Berlin doesn’t intend to send special envoy for dialogue (Koha) • U.S. Senator Murphy describes his trip to Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Petricek: No reason to revoke recognition of Kosovo (RTK) • Kurti: Rule of law, development state and social state, three main pillars (media) • Limaj: New government will seal Kosovo’s fate in dialogue with Serbia (media) • Hoxhaj: Pacolli’s incompetence undermined statehood of Kosovo (Koha/Zeri) • CEC holds election ballot draw (media) • Kurti signs D+’s seven pledges for good governance (Kallxo)

• Candidates for prime minister pledge to take charge of dialogue with Serbia (Epoka) • Race between the great powers in the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue (Koha) • Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti debate on T7 • CEC receives 42,000 voting requests from Diaspora (media) • Kurti wants dialogue with Kosovo Serbs (media) • Palmer and Vucic discuss Kosovo (media) • Kosovo government considering retracting Interpol membership bid (Zeri) • Enver Sekiraqa sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder of KP officer (media) • Apostolova: High-level pollution, a problem for foreign investments (Koha)

• Scott: New government to lift the tax (RTK/Zeri) • Germany wants the post of envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan Kosova) • British Ambassador: Vote freely and transparently (dailies) • EU: It is time for Kosovo to get visa liberalisation (Zeri) • Belgrade blamed for inciting tensions among Kosovo Serbs (RFE/Koha) • Brnabic: No solution on Kosovo without compromise (Klan Kosova) • New embassy building, sign of U.S. commitment to Kosovo (Koha)

• EU deploys Election Observation Mission to Kosovo (media) • ECAP turns down Serbian List's complaint (RFE) • Thaci meets Japan's Emperor Naruhito, PM Shinzo Abe (media) • Russia sees no precedent concerning Kosovo's partition (Koha)

• PDK leader Kadri Veseli presents seven points against corruption (media) • Kurti: As prime minister I will respect Kosovo’s symbols (DW) • Osmani: Rule of law, top priority of the LDK (Koha) • “Candidates, parties to refrain from denigrating speech and attacks” (media) • Political parties not respecting Law on Gender Equality (Gazeta Blic/Zeri) • Czech Republic will not change position on Kosovo’s independence (Zeri) • Haradinaj writes to Czech PM explaining absence from V4 summit (media) • Rasic: Serbs are against border changes, it would be fatal for us (Klan Kosova) • Still no international arrest warrant for Milan Radoicic (RFE) • €548,000 bill by the political army of the Ministry of Agriculture (Koha)

• Kosovo opts not to attend Prague summit amidst de-recognition threats (media) • U.S. insists on lifting tariff on Serbian goods, calls for consensus on dialogue (Koha) • Veseli calls on citizens to sign anti-corruption pact (media) • Kurti: Bandits have no place in televised debates (media) • No voting without valid documents issued by Kosovo authorities (Koha) • Hoti: Government’s decisions after Haradinaj’s resignation, unlawful (Bota Sot) • Ismaili: PDK is first with 5 – 7 percent more votes than second party (media) • Diplomats resort to role of party militants (Koha) • Thaci calls on Japanese businesses to invest in Kosovo (media)

• Pressure on northern Serbs to vote for Belgrade-backed Serbian List (Koha) • CEC certifies second group of political entities (media) • AAK-PSD say international polls puts them first (RTK) • Kosovo to attend world’s leading economic fair (media) • Kosovo pays tribute to victims of September 11 attacks (media) • Abbott: Media freedom, essential to any open society (Klan Kosova) • Berisha: Bolton’s dismissal, good news for Kosovo (Zeri) • Innovative expenses (Koha)

• Palmer: Kosovo – Serbia agreement is possible; Russia wants a troubled Balkans (Telegrafi) • Palmer in Podgorica: U.S. renewed focus in the Balkans (Koha) • German idea on final Kosovo-Serbia agreement (Zeri) • Serbian List accused of threatening SLS officials (Bota Sot/RTK) • CEC certifies 21 entities and 685 candidates for upcoming elections (media) • Abuses with millions in the name of the integration of the north (Koha) • Restoration works at Novoberdo suspended pending report (Zeri) • Human remains discovered in Zhabar village of Mitrovica (media) • Montenegrin President meets Kosovo Ambassador (Indeksonline)

• Veseli: October 6 will mark a turning point for Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj: When I took on PM post in 2017, there was a dialogue to divide Kosovo (media) • Candidates with indictments part of election tickets (Zeri) • Ahmeti: Dialogue with Serbia, priority for new government (Klan Kosova) • Thaci travels for official visit to Japan (media) • AAK’s Lulzim Kabashi summoned by Specialist Chambers (Koha) • Serbia continues lobbying against Kosovo’s membership in Interpol (Zeri) • Most serious cases in the hands of suspiciously appointed judges (Koha) • Roundtable on victims of sexual violence to be held in Pristina today (media)