• Quint countries call for higher turnout in elections (Koha) • Dialogue in Brussels to include discussions on “Srbija” list (Tribuna) • Without “Republic” also the stamp in ballots (Koha) • “CEC should not certify Srbija list” (Lajm) • Krasniqi: Parliament administration obliged to clean amnesty law (dailies) • Kosovo Prime Minister to visit Albania (dailies) • Strong party won’t take part in elections without state symbol (Koha)

• New dialogue after elections (Tribuna) • Discussions in Brussels on customs and IBM (Epoka e Re) • No decision on EULEX’s mandate yet (Epoka e Re) • Gjonbalaj requests recognition from Pope (dailies) • Serbs apply in CEC with citizens list “Srbija” (Koha/Tribuna) • OSCE calls on CEC to administer voting applications through mail (Koha) • Hasani: No war crimes trials with internationals (Bota Sot) • Çeku, resident of Fushë Kosova, no right to run for Pristina mayor (Koha) • Charges for “Kosovo 2.0” case nine months later (dailies)

• Amnesty law in accordance with constitution, except few articles (dailies) • Thaçi supports removal of symbol from ballots (Tribuna) • Constitutional Court could postpone local elections (Tribuna) • Halbauer: Blockade in the north will lose its meaning (Epoka) • Çeku and Mustafa candidates for Pristina mayor (dailies) • Repetin: Kosovo awaits a difficult way towards EU integration (Koha)

• CEC removes Republic of Kosovo from the ballots (dailies) • CEC: The decision is accordance with the law (Epoka e Re) • Thaçi expects an agreement on 8 September (Kosova Sot) • The U.S. support CEC decision (dailies) • Kuçi in Brussels for the courts in the north (Tribuna) • Ballots at the Constitutional Court (Tribuna) • Mustafa: We don’t know the strategy of the Government on EULEX (Lajm) • Bomb alarm at a school in the north (Zëri)

UNMIK Headlines 02 September 

• OSCE refuses formal agreement with CEC (Koha Ditore)
• The symbol, a good tool for political advertisement (Lajm)
• Milo: Dacic and Nikolic will soon recognize Kosovo (dailies)
• Hoxhaj: Belgrade is the address to reveal the fate of the missing persons (dailies)
• Ballots in an envelope (Tribuna)
• Krasniqi defines

• United Nations Security Council holds session on Kosovo (dailies) • Çollaku: We expect agreement to be finalized on September 8 (Lajm) • Albanians expelled from the north, out of voting lists (Koha Ditore) • Cliff: CEC, a very politicized body, it should reform (Kosova Sot) • Krasniqi supports division of PDK (Epoka e Re)