• 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)

• Police arrest Czech soccer fans, tried to fly drone with pro-Serbia banner football match (media) • Mimoza Kusari-Lila joins Vetevendosje (media) • Former LDK MP leaves politics, says he will support PDK leader Veseli (media) • Sejdiu: LDK-VV coalition would win 70 seats in parliament (Zeri) • Serbian President has one condition to recognise Kosovo independence (Lajmi)

• Surroi: You cannot be European, if you are a captured state (Koha) • Vetevendosje formalizes Albin Kurti’s candidacy for prime minister (Bota Sot) • Stavileci: PDK will win the elections (RTK) • Kusari Lila: Alternativa will not join AAK-PSD or PDK (media) • Ministry of Justice campaigning on behalf of PDK (Koha) • Ombudsperson: Gender Equality Law to be upheld in election process (media) • Oliver Ivanovic’s associate joins Serbian List, accused of treason by former colleagues • Shala lifts trade measures towards North Macedonia (Zeri) • Restoration works at Novoberdo castle brought to halt (Zeri)