Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 30 deaths, 685 new cases (media) • Kurti: We acted based on Health Institute recommendations (media) • Health Ministry proposes school year to be postponed to September 26 (Telegrafi) • “With current pace, Kosovo can vaccinate 70 percent of population” (Koha) • European Union deploys Election Observation Mission (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo doesn’t have KLA files; we gave everything to NATO (media) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric with Escobar: I am looking forward to working together (Kosovo Online) • Pec double homicide, a part of a long list of political assassinations in Kosovo; Beqaj: Unsolved assassinations encourage new ones (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Families deserve the truth and victims deserve peace (Kosovo Online, KiM radio) • Spahiu: Community of Serbian municipalities a path towards the final agreement, Kosovo needs recognition not Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: House of Mirjana Dedic from Orahovac stoned • Petkovic: False accusations of hate speech (KiM radio) • Belgrade and Washington agree: Fighting terrorism successful only in partnership (N1, Beta) • Serbs’ expectations from opening Kosovo's and the former KLA archives (KiM radio) • Online school in Serbian communities and next week (KiM radio) International: • Deputy PM’s threats shake Montenegro’s fragile coalition govt (BIRN) • Work Starts in Serbia on Chinese Sinopharm Vaccines Factory (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 19 deaths, 703 new cases (media) • Kosovo government expected to decide on postponing school year (Telegrafi) • Kurti will meet Merkel in Tirana, spokesperson confirms (Koha) • Kosovo to abandon license plates agreement with Serbia (BIRN) • Bislimi's remarks on KLA archives spark reactions (media) • Hoti: Bislimi’s remarks about KLA archives were misinterpreted (Klan Kosova) • Petkovic: Pristina finally recognised existence of KLA archives (Klan) • Kosovo Assembly to end summer recess, convenes next week (media) • Haxhiu: We will visit KLA leaders in Hague in late September (media) • Greece supports Open Balkan initiative (Zeri) • Kosovo: the goal of Serbia's global 'vaccine diplomacy' (EU Observer)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 19 deaths, 703 new cases (media) • CEC asks all election staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (media) • "Serbia has agreed in opening of all archives, including those of KLA” (Kallxo/Zeri) • Bislimi: Serbia not interested in having serious talks with Kosovo (VOA Albanian) • Prosecution gives little detail on the double murder in Peja (media) • Thaci's defence requests dismissal of KSC judge (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Two deaths, 44 newly infected with Covid-19 in Serbian communities (KiM radio) • Vucic on Merkel’s visit, Brussels dialogue, Montenegro … (B92) • Patriarch Porfirije: Kosovo holds the ultimate meaning of a magnet that binds us (KoSSev, N1) • Petkovic: New expert-level discussions due in October (Tanjug) • Dejan Vuk Stankovic: The Brussels negotiations do not make any sense; a new format is needed (Kosovo Online) • A unilateral decision with practical and political consequences (KiM radio) • Trendafilova: The special court is not monoethnic, it deals with individual responsibility (Kosovo Online) • Belgrade hopes for unbiased approach by BiH High Representative (N1) Opinion: • In the Balkans, Let Us Remember to Forget (Balkan Insight) International: • North Macedonia: At least 10 die in COVID-19 hospital fire (AP) • Serbia, Hungary Will ‘Rebuild, Protect, Central Europe’, Orban Says (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 24 deaths, 1,029 new cases (media) • Kurti: Friday marks administration of 1 million doses (Telegrafi) • Kurti: Issue of missing persons cannot wait (Radio Free Europe) • Kosovo Prime Minister, Serbian President won’t meet in September (Exit News) • Merkel to visit the Balkans, expected to meet Kurti (DW) • Lajcak after meeting chief negotiators says parties far apart (Express) • For Kosovo President who once fled home, Afghan refugee crisis is personal (Wion) • President Osmani calls on India to recognize Kosovo (Express) • Government approves 15 bills, regulations, other important decisions (media) • Trendafilova on why she chose to visit North to talk about SPC (AP) • PDK candidate for Peja mayor killed in double murder (media) • Greece reassures Serbia its position on Kosovo has not changed (Euractiv) • Kosovo welcomes Spanish football team for World Cup qualifier (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 24 deaths, 1,029 new cases (media) • Vitia: relief of measures against COVID-19, not expected (media) • Bislimi: There will be no Kurti-Vucic meeting this month (RFE Albanian) • Participation of Serbian official declared non-grata in Kosovo puts dialogue at risk (euronews.al) • Kurti and Varhelyi talk about Afghan citizens sheltered in Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo Urged to Start Countering Russian Media Disinformation (Prishtina Insight) • Kosnett meets Afghans in Bondsteel (Klan) • The numbers of political entities for the October elections are announced (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Bislimi: No elements for the meeting between Vucic and Kurti at the moment (KiM radio, N1) • Varvitsiotis: Greece's position on Kosovo remains unchanged (media) • Resumption of Belgrade - Pristina dialogue in Brussels (B92, Tanjug) • "Little Trump" on Kosovo: "Biden squandered everything" (Tanjug, B92, Blic) • CEC announced draw for ranking political entities on local elections, SL under the number 147 (Kosovo Online) • Orban: To find the southernmost line with Serbia to stop the migration wave (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) International: • The Cocaine Market Is More Competitive And Violent (eurasiareview.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Western Balkan coal plants causing thousands of deaths (euobserver.com)

• COVID-19: 28 deaths, 920 new cases (media) • Health Ministry appeals for vaccination; will work on Sundays too (Telegrafi) • Kosovo Deputy PM implies reciprocity with Serbia on license plates (Koha) • Krasniqi: Vetevendosje attempt to postpone election suspends democracy (media) • PDK’s Nikaj: Government must not allow for vaccines to expire (Telegrafi) • PDK leader: Kurti is putting on a show in the dialogue! (Euronews Albania) • Kosovo ‘will only give refuge to at-risk Afghan refugees’ (BIRN) • Russia with an aggressive campaign against Kosovo (Radio Free Europe)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 28 deaths, 920 new cases (media) • Poland to donate 100,000 vaccines to Kosovo (media) • Lajcak: There are many urgent matters to be discussed (media) • LDK rejects the idea of postponing local elections (media) • Trendafilova holds press conference as she begins Kosovo visit (media) • Police arrest PSD activists after interrupting Trendafilova's press conference (media) • OKDiario: Spain plans to send Afghans to Kosovo, recognition mentioned as exchange (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian areas 40 new cases of Covid-19, one death (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Petkovic: We are here to fight for Serbian interests, the new Vucic-Kurti meeting depends on today's talks (Tanjug) • Grubjesic: Brussels should ensure Belgrade and Pristina's opposing positions come closer (RTS, Danas, NMagazin) • Serbian FM to new EU Delegation chief: EU membership priority and commitment (N1) • Vllasi: Enthronement of Serbian Patriarch better not be in Pec (Kosovo Online) • Trajkovic: Is Vllasi announcing another “Log Revolution” near Pec? (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • On the road to nowhere (Kosovo 2.0) International: • North Macedonia President Warns Of Refugee Influx In Balkans From Afghan Turmoil (RFE)

• COVID-19: 28 deaths, 489 new cases (media) • Over half a million vaccine doses, donated by U.S., reach Kosovo (media) • PM Kurti and Secretary Blinken discuss hosting of Afghan refugees (media) • More than 1,200 Afghan Refugees Already Landed in Albania and Kosovo (Exit News) • Technical dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia to resume today (media) • Imposing Justice Will Not Bring Reconciliation in Kosovo (BIRN) • Osmani, Radoniqi discuss impact of pandemic on electoral process (media) • Konjufca supports postponement of local elections (T7/media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 28 deaths, 489 new cases (media) • Tens of thousands of Pfizer vaccines expected to arrive in Kosovo today (Koha) • Svecla: Around 700 Afghans sheltered in Kosovo (RFE, Media) • Vaccine confirmation or test, mandatory for Gjilan institutional employees (media) • EU reiterates the European perspective for the Western Balkans (RFE, media) • Former Kosovo ambassador comments on Montenegro situation (Albanianpost) • Berisha: Vucic’s war calls, a threat to our nation and Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Investigations on possible ties of two Serbs and Decan poisoning (Albanianpost) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 33 new cases, two deaths (KoSSev) • Stano: Chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina on September 7th and 8th in Brussels (Tanjug, RTS) • Serbia aspires to EU, but it will not spoil relations with Russia and China, says Vucic (media) • Who are the candidates for mayors in municipalities with a Serb majority (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Vucic: Kosovo has a favorable position for Council of Europe membership (N1, FoNet, TV Prva) • Petkovic and Jenca on the political situation in Kosovo, dialogue, and missing persons (KiM radio) • Russian daily: Vucic opts for regional anxiety to divert attention from Serbia (N1, Beta) International: • Montenegro opposition accused of ‘coup attempt’ over Cetinje riots (BIRN)

• COVID-19: 24 deaths, 890 new cases (media) • Harris, Osmani agree to continue strengthening US – Kosovo relations (Express) • US Embassy in Pristina clarifies the accommodation of 2 Afghans (Exit) • Abbot praises Kosovo for accepting Afghan refugees (RTK) • U.S. to send at least two Afghan evacuees to Kosovo for further review (NBC) • US: Afghan evacuees who fail first screening Kosovo-bound (AP) • No agreement on date and agenda of Kurti-Vucic meeting (Kosovapress) • Serbian Church enthronement sparks clashes in Montenegro (BIRN) • Kosovo officials react to songs about return of Serbian Army to Kosovo (media)