• EU makes headway on healing Kosovo independence rift (FT/dailies) • Kuçi: Serbia’s campaign in Kosovo will not be allowed (Koha) • Ferati: Government acted properly (Epoka e Re) • Davenport: Kosovo Serbs to participate in elections! (dailies) • Anti-campaign in the north (Zëri)

• Serbia conditions implementation of agreements (Koha Ditore) • Thaçi and Dacic will “agree” at Baroness Ashton’s (Tribuna) • Thaçi: Autumn, decisive for visa liberalization (Zëri) • CEC approves 8,383 voter applications (Zëri, Tribuna) • El Salvador recognizes independence of Kosovo (dailies)

• EU warns Belgrade and Pristina of deteriorating relations (Koha Ditore) • Kuçi: Dacic will not enter Kosovo during election campaign (Koha Ditore) • Thaçi: Ban on Dacic, an action by autonomous institutions (Koha Ditore) • Serb Orthodox Church calls on Serbs to take part in elections (Zëri) • Parallel voting list for four municipalities in the north (Koha Ditore) • Germany and UK want EULEX to keep its competencies (Tribuna)

• No list has been negotiated in Brussels (Lajm) • Dacic threatens to interrupt dialogue due to Kosovo’s ban (Koha Ditore) • Western Balkans Six discussed in Sarajevo (Tribuna) • Blomeyer: Construction of Kosovo state is clear to us (Koha Ditore, Kosova Sot) • PTK privatisation under scrutiny of investigation commission (dailies) • Local elections campaign begins today (dailies) • Cliff: EU will not close its eyes to the abuses any longer (Koha Ditore) • False alarm for explosive device at Pristina Airport (gazetaexpress.com) • Kusari-Lila steps down from Government posts (dailies)

• Serbia creates tensions among Kosovo Serbs (Koha) • Kosovo Government powerless in face of Serbia’s obstructions (Koha) • Implementation of agreement in crisis (Tribuna) • Belgrade says 12,000 Serbs have been included in voters lists (Koha) • LDK, Vetëvendosje coordinate to block PTK privatization (Koha/Tribuna) • SAA negotiations to start by end October (Koha Ditore) • Krasniqi: I am not a kamikaze (Zëri) • Erdogan accepts Thaçi’s invitation (Zëri) • Serbia lays its railway up to the River Ibër (Lajm)