Albanian Language Media: Osmani meets Macron, discusses Kosovo’s full integration (media) Osmani thanks Belgian PM for supporting Kosovo (media) Gervalla meets Hovenier, highlights need for more intensive cooperation (media) KLI: New law on IMC threatens values and principles of democracy (Kosovapress) Rexhaj: Serbs buying Albanian land, giving it to Serb churches (media) Hoxhaj: New phase of complications in Kosovo’s relations with partners (media) Court sentences Bajrovic to 12 years in prison for war crimes in Istog (media) KFOR publishes video of its troops patrolling on Iber Bridge (media) Serbian Language Media: Gogic: Serbs in north would see opening of bridge as provocation (Blic, Kosovo Online) Dacic says attacker on police officers in Loznica killed (KoSSev) Person arrested under suspicion of aiding attacker on police officer previously convicted, but fled (N1) Vanovac: New law is attack on media freedom in Kosovo, especially on Serbian newsrooms (Kosovo Online) One month detention for former KLA member arrested in North Macedonia (KoSSev) Vucic: Lithium mining project to enable Serbia's quantum leap to future (Tanjug) Serbian Govt explains content of MoU with EU on sustainable raw materials (N1) Scholz: Memorandum reinforces cooperation (N1) Von Cramon against lithium deal with Serbian Government (N1) Zelenskyy meets Vucic, thanks Serbia for financial and humanitarian assistance (N1) Opinion: In Kosovo’s divided Mitrovica, disputed bridge could become a meeting point (BIRN) International: Appeals Court upholds ruling in favour of ‘Jeta në Kosovë’ investigation into solar energy monopoly (Prishtina Insight) Court finds Kosovo Bosniak guilty of war crimes (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: Osmani discusses with Scholz about Euro-Atlantic integration of Kosovo (Koha) Osmani: Serbia and Russia trying to destabilise not only Kosovo, but entire region (Koha) State Department: Tensions with Serbia hinder attraction of foreign investments (VoA) Kurti: Follow the announcements of our authorities (RTK) MFA appeals for caution when crossing Serbian territory (Kallxo) Guerot: France does not want new confrontations in the North ( media) Killing of policeman in Serbia, MFA appeals for caution when crossing Serbian territory (Kallxo) MFA engages legal experts for release of former KLA soldier in Skopje (media) PAK takes possession of Jugobanka's facilities in three northern municipalities (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: I had many good meetings at EPC summit, Macron to visit Belgrade (Tanjug) Vucic says Serbian police officer killed in terrorist act (Tanjug) Dacic: Statement of Artan Hajrizi that his brother stole his documents is false, everything organised in advance (N1) Vucevic receives Italian Chief of Defence Staff (Tanjug) Serbian Govt tables All-Serb Assembly Declaration to Parliament for adoption (N1) State Department on Serbia: American investors positive about investing in Serbia, Expo an opportunity (Kosovo Online, media) State Department on Kosovo: Tensions with Serbia hinder investments, ban on Serbian goods a problem (Kosovo Online) Kosovo Privatization Agency took over premises of Jugobanka in three northern municipalities (Tanjug, media) International Media: Serbian police officer shot dead, minister blames Kosovo (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti on killing of Serbian policeman: Case should not be politicized (media) Osmani before EPC summit: Kosovo, success story, model of democracy (media) Kurti: Iber Bridge opening would help people, economy, and trade (media) Palokaj: Opening of Iber Bridge would quickly return EU penalty measures (Koha) Gervalla: Opposition will suffer fatal defeat in elections (EO) Kurti on ex-KLA soldier arrest: In contact with North Macedonia govt (media) Safe Journalists: Stop malicious campaign against independent media in Serbia Serbian Language Media: Serbian border police officer killed in Loznica, another seriously wounded, search for suspected attacker from Kosovo underway (RTS) Dacic on killing of Serbian police officer, possibility of it being terrorist attack (N1) Petkovic: Svecla with his statements confirmed who the only threat to peace and stability in Kosovo is (Tanjug) Vucic meets with Starmer (Tanjug) 26th anniversary of murders and kidnappings of Serbs and Roma in Orahovac municipality marked (RTS, Kosovo Online) Dacic: We expect that North Macedonia will extradite Blerim Ramadani to Serbia (Kosovo Online, RTS) Serbian Democracy establishes boards in Zubin Potok and Zvecan (Radio KIM) Haziri: Claims Serbia is readying for war unrealistic, serve to Kurti for internal political consumption (Kosovo Online) Opinion: Yugo-nostalgia overlooks Albanians (Kosovo 2.0) International: Serbian police officer shot dead near Bosnian border (RFE) Inaction on air pollution means Serbians, Macedonians ‘pay with their health’ (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Borrell demands moving forward with implementation of Agreement (media) • Kurti with QUINT and EU ambassadors discuss opening of Iber Bridge (Koha) • Svecla and Krosser talk about security in northern municipalities (RTK) • Ministry of Defense with close to 8 million euros agreement with Germany (Koha) • Kurti: Serbia's crimes in Kosovo cannot disappear or be forgotten (RTK) • Kosovo processes indictment against Radoicic, Serbia requests documents from EULEX (RFE) • Haxhiu: It is important to have accurate data on war crimes (RTK) • Former KLA soldier detained in North Macedonia under arrest warrant issued by Serbia (media) • Hoxhaj: Invitation to Osmani in London shows Europeans do not want Kurti at Summit (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic arrives in London for European Political Community summit (Tanjug) • Djuric: Serbia to complete all difficult EU accession reforms by 2027 (media) • Consent reached to abolish visas for Serbian Coordination Directorate passport holders (Danas, social media) • KFOR conducts exercise near Decani Monastery: Safe environment for all communities in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media) International Media: • Kosovo Public Misinformed by Authorities About War Crimes, BIRN Report Warns (Balkan Insight) • World Bank Urges Heatwave-Stricken Balkans to Act Together on Climate Change (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Musliu: Security situation stable, but threats from Serbia continue (RTK) Maqedonci: Signals of attacks raise need for peace treaty with Serbia (media) Gervalla expects good relations with U.S. President (media) Kurti considers the census successful (Koha) Interior Ministers of Kosovo and Albania agree on cooperation against illegal migration (media) Surroi: The North should not be managed by special units (media) Serbs in the north do not pay property tax or building permits (Sinjali) Serbian Language Media: Vucevic: I expect no change in US policy on Kosovo (Tanjug) Petkovic: Biggest lie about Banjska is that Vucic was order-giver (RTS) Drecun: Kurti makes lives of Serbs in Kosovo difficult (Tanjug) Statement of eight Serbian NGOs: 100 new notaries, not a single Serb among them (Radio KIM) Sentic: Absolutely unacceptable that among 101 appointed notaries, none is Serb (Kosovo Online, social media) More than 2.800 requests to switch Serbian to Kosovo drivers’ licences (KoSSev) Opinion: Ethnic breaking of media silence (Radio Gorazdevac, media) International: Accommodation Challenges in Kosovo: Can Airbnb Meet the Summer Demand? (Prishtina Insight) Surge in SLAPPs Hits Serbia’s Independent Media Hard (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: Specialist Chambers in Hague sentence ex-KLA member to 18 years in prison (media) Kurti: Keen to push forward Kosovo’s sustainable development (media) Svecla: We have info Vucic was involved in training of Banjska attackers (media) Hargreaves: We ask Serbia to hold Banjska attackers accountable (KTV) Three gas stations closed in north of Kosovo (media) Osmani, Kurti congratulate Metsola reelection as EP Parliament President (media) Thailand lifts visa requirements for Kosovo (media) Serwer: Dialogue should focus on more practical issues (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric to meet Borrell in Brussels today (media) Mojsilovic, Russian Defence Envoy discuss opportunities for cooperation (Tanjug) Ragus meets with Spanish Ambassador (Tanjug, media) Szunyog in farewell visit to north, says it is necessary that Pristina and Belgrade genuinely engage in dialogue (media, social media) Preliminary census results in Kosovo: What statistics revealed and concealed (Kosovo Online) Hasani: Numerous irregularities during census, justified doubts about validity of results (Kosovo Online) Three NIS gas stations closed in northern Kosovo (RTS, KoSSev) International Media: Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ Convicted of War Crimes by Hague Court (Balkan Insight) Serbia Campaigns to ‘Rebuild’ Reputation in the West (National Review, media)

Albanian Language Media: Kosovo government launches project for investments from diaspora (media) Govt says it will send comments about sequencing plan on time (Koha) Szunyog: Association draft must be sent to Constitutional Court (media) Kurti meets Westerlund; “NATO membership, a clear objective” (media) Government: EU has all the reasons to lift the measures (RTV21) Germany: Kosovo to create necessary climate to remove measures (media) Ministry says KPC statements about law are inaccurate and tendentious (Koha) Journalists’ Association calls on Osmani to hold public stance on IMC law (media) Haziri: Osmani’s request for guarantees from allies, pressure on Kurti (Express) Hoxhaj welcomes Vance’s selection as U.S. Vice President candidate (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic speaks with Meloni by phone (Tanjug) Lajcak, Miscevic discuss Serbia's EU path in Brussels (Tanjug, media) Report: Violation of human rights greater in north, than in southern municipalities (Radio KIM) Arsenijevic: List for certification of notaries without Serbian candidates, decision discriminatory (Kosovo Online, social media) Return of displaced Serbs to Kosovo: 25 years of loud silence (Kosovo Online, Vesti) Ministry of Information, Djerlek condemn attack on journalists at Ibar Bridge in Mitrovica (N1) Opinion: Good day, Belgrade! (Kosovo 2.0) Leapfrogging gas, Western Balkans can get cleaner air and save billions (BIRN) International: Photographers reflect on documenting Kosovo’s 1990s turmoil (Prishtina Insight) ‘You don’t qualify: Kosovo massacre survivor struggles to obtain war victim status (BIRN) Kosovo eases working hours for some categories due to extreme heat (euronews.al) Humanitarian/Development: Behind sensational narratives of gender disinformation (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani hosted UK ambassador Jonathan Hargreaves (media) • Kurti meets NDI director, discuss Kosovo and global developments (media) • A conference on peace and stability in Balkans expected to be organised in Kosovo in October (media) • Nita Shala appointed Kosovo's ambassador to Italy (RTK) • Trump acquitted, Grenell: It's Hashim Thaci's turn (media) • Rexha: Government has been continuously attacking media, starting from Prime Minister (Koha) • Radoicic’s seized and confiscated assets: €3.5 million (media) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric: EU incomplete without Serbia (Tanjug) • Momirovic: FTA with Egypt great opportunity for Serbian farmers (Tanjug, media) • Vucic: No mention of genocide in rulings against Serbia (N1) • Popovic: International community completely failed regarding return of Serbs to Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Botsan-Kharchenko: We join requests to suspend immediately renovation of Xhafer Deva’s house (Kosovo Online, Danas, social media) • Jedinstvo newspaper demands attacker on journalists be punished (Radio KIM) • Lawyer Petkovic: My client is charged with violating Kosovo constitutional order (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: Hovenier: US concerned with some political choices made by Kurti government (media) Kurti meets with new director of UNICEF Office in Kosovo (RTK) LDK in Prishtina reaches coalition agreement with AAK (Koha) KFOR trains to control riots and remove obstacles (Albanian Post) Haradinaj accuses the Kurti government of "budget black holes" (Reporteri) Jasharaj warns with strikes of the education system on September 1 (RTK) Albanian family returns to apartment in Mitrovica North 24 years later (RTK) "Genocide in Kosovo - Open Wound" center demands that Alidemaj be punished for genocide (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic to travel to London for European Political Community meeting (Tanjug) Rapajic: Return process of displaced Serbs no longer exists, different rules apply to Albanians (Kosovo Online) Lawyer: Alidemaj convicted without evidence, judge only read indictment (KoSSev, media) Party of Kosovo Serbs condemn provocations against Serbs during liturgy at Krajiste village, slam Svecla for lack of reaction (Radio KIM) Workers of Strpce Provisional Municipal Authority questioned by police (RTS) Politika and Jedinstvo journalists attacked on Ibar bridge in Mitrovica (Radio KIM, media) UNS reacts to attack on Radomirovic and Vlaskovic, calls for perpetrator to be punished (Kosovo Online) Aleksic visits US: Serbia’s future lies in healthy food, not lithium (N1) Opinion: Ivanovic Murder Trial Exposed Glaring Failings in Kosovo’s Justice System (Balkan Insight) International: Kosovo faces shrink and ageing of population, census reveals (Prishtina Insight) Kosovo Court Convicts Ex-Policeman Over Village Massacre (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: LGBT Pride and Euro 2024 Become Focus for Online Hate Speech (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Kosovo leaders condemn assassination attempt against Trump (media) State Department: Russia seeking to use interethnic tensions in Kosovo (RFE) Osmani meets NSC Director for Europe Mike Carpenter (media) Kurti talks “credit guarantee windows” for people living abroad (media) Lajcak: Encouraging to see WB high on list of EU-UK cooperation (media) Svecla condemns attack with Molotov cocktail on pastry shop in north (media) UNMIK expresses regret over adopted law on IMC (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: I hope madness of hatred will stop, I wish Trump speedy recovery (Tanjug) Vucic meets with El Sisi in Cairo (N1, FoNet) Vucic: Egypt's recognition of independence without any substance (Kosovo Online, RTS) Vucic: Sachs's statement about NATO bombing of Serbia very valuable (Tanjug, media) Molotov cocktail thrown at pastry cafe Sar in Mitrovica North, Arsenijevic condemns it (KoSSev, social media) Svecla condemns attack on Sar pastry café (KoSSev) Krajiste: During liturgy, loud music from nearby house, Serbs found church walls defaced (Kosovo Online)