Borrell: Issue of license plates, more difficult to resolve (RFE)
Kosovo-Serbia deal on IDs raises implementation question, expert says (BIRN)
Recognition of documents does not mean Serbia has recognised Kosovo (Koha)
PDK leader Krasniqi says no to PM Kurti’s invitation to meet (media)
LDK leader Abdixhiku agrees to meet PM Kurti on dialogue (media)
Escobar: Vucic committed to regional stability; good will from both sides (media)
East and West clash in a proxy conflict over Serbia, President Vucic says (Reuters)
It’s Never Too Late to Find the Kosovo War’s Missing Persons (BIRN)
Kosovo leaders call for deserved punishment for raping of minor girl (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti invites opposition leaders to meet on Tuesday (media)
• Haradinaj responds positively to Kurti's invitation for a meeting (media)
• Murati: Government will proceed with salary law, educational staff should start work (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo has provided shelter for 1798 Afghans (RTK)
• Lavrov: The West is ready to recognize independence declared illegally (media)
• Tahiri: Why isn’t the text of the agreement on ID cards being published? (Klan)
• COVID-19: 89 new cases (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Agreement with Pristina makes it easier, not harder, for everyone (media)
• Opposition on the BG and PR IDs agreement (media)
• Stoltenberg welcomes the agreement on IDs: NATO and KFOR will remain vigilant (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Michel, Varhelyi, Rohde, Rama welcomed the agreement reached on IDs (media, Twitter)
• OPEN initiative seeks the C/ASM to be formed (Kosovo Online, KoSSev)
• NGO Aktiv: 51 incidents recorder in the first six months of 2022 (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• In the history of international law, it never happened that a state recognizes another through license plates or identity cards (Danas, N1)
• Unbalanced Vucic-Rama Double Act Benefits Only Serbia (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Afghans adrift on US 'lily pad' in Kosovo (DW)
• ‘Everyone loved each other’: the rise of Yugonostalgia (The Guardian)

Borrell: Deal reached on freedom of movement between Kurti and Vucic (media)
Borrell: If no agreement, there could’ve been a crisis on Sept 1 in north (media)
Osmani: Freedom of movement, foundation of democratic societies (media)
Kurti: Reciprocity is spirit of principled and just solution (media)
NATO SG welcomes agreement on free movement (media)
Kurti: Full reciprocity until agreement on mutual recognition is reached (Kallxo)
Kurti’s warning for a government reshuffle seen as an urgency (Koha)
Kurti: Energy price always on the rise; we need to save (Telegrafi)
COVID-19: 89 new cases, two deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Prime Minister Kurti’s interview for Welt (media)
• They protest for increased wages, but they “risk” current wage too (RFE)
• LDK: Asking for lists of strikers is a practice typical for autocrats (Koha)
• “As of 2014, 75% of time, primary and secondary education under strike threats” (media)
• Bugajski to Lajcak: When will you meet Albanians in Serbia? (Demokracia)
• Sinani calls on Lajcak and Escobar to meet Albanians in Serbia too (Kosovapress)
• Pendarovski: EU has forgotten about Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo (media)
• LDK: Instead of solving demands of the strikers, government is threatening them (RTK)
• COVID-19: 188 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Escobar: I am convinced that the Serbs in the north of Kosovo will not see any change on September 1 (NMagazin, Beta)
• Lajcak: I appreciate Vucic's sincere effort to support the European solution (RTS)
• Vucic: Discussions to be continued, we are fighting for peace (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic: Kurti openly threatens with violence in the north, we will not allow the persecution of Serbs (RTS)
• Jeremic: The Parliamentary Club of People’s Party propose a negotiation platform (KiM radio, Beta)
• Demostat: Kurti's rigid stance could lead to new elections in Kosovo (N1, Beta)
• Association of the Missing: 1,621 more persons from Kosovo have not been found (Kontakt plus radio, Beta, N1)
• KP: ''Ethnically motivated cases in the first half of 2022 in decline compared to the same period in 2021'' (KoSSev)

Opinion:

• Zizek: Degeneracy, Depravity, and the New Right (The Daily Star)

International:

• Number plate row fuels Kosovo's ethnic tensions as Serbia seeks more talks (Reuters)
• Picturing War: Macedonian Boys Fetch Ammo in the Thick of Fighting (Balkan Insight)

• Escobar: Kosovo and Serbia to pledge there won’t be violence (RFE)
• U.S., EU want violence to be avoided on September 1 (Koha)
• Kurti presents 6 chapters of agreement to Quint and EU (media)
• ‘Time Is Ripe’ for Final Deal With Serbia, Kosovo Premier Says (Bloomberg)
• Kurti for Al Jazeera: No one can stop Kosovo Police from going north (media)
• Lajcak, Escobar meet Serbian President Vucic in Belgrade (media)
• “ROSU cannot go to north, if NATO doesn’t stop it, Serbs will” (Koha)
• Leaders of four northern municipalities come out with a statement (Koha)
• Selimi: Biden asked Hill to return from retirement, serve in Balkans (Express)
• Abdixhiku: We have a PM that covers up failures with fear and threats (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak in Mitrovica North: There can be no more barricades (RFE)
• Escobar from the North: We take into account the concerns of Serbs (Albanian Post)
• France calls for talks in spirit of compromise, implementation of agreements (Express)
• Citaku: Kurti in dialogue should convince Washington and Brussels, not Vucic (media)
• New graffiti in the north: “NATO go home, this is Serbia!” (Nacionale)
• Strike in public sector in Kosovo begins today (Kosovapress)
• Confirmed: Ministry of Finance will not pay a salary to anyone who protests even for 1 hour (Klan)
• COVID-19: 203 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Lajcak: All important topics were discussed with Serbian List; Escobar hopes to announces more details later in Belgrade (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic: KFOR should protect Serbs, not remove barricades (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Petkovic: Kurti's series of falsehoods again, Pristina unlawfully and unilaterally abolished KS plates a year before the deadline (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Batuse village: The name in Serbian crossed out, graffiti of the KLA written (Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM: Organized and planned intimidation of the remaining Serbs south of the Ibar (Kosovo Online)
• Wisner advises Pristina to drop the recognition request (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online)
• KFOR in regular contact with Serbian Armed Forces representatives (Tanjug, media)
• 18 new coronavirus cases in Serbian areas (Kontakt plus radio)

Opinion:

• Muharremi: Association helps wield sovereignty throughout Kosovo (Klan Kosova)

International:

• ‘Time Is Ripe’ for Final Deal With Serbia, Kosovo Premier Says (Bloomberg)
• Picturing War: Fleeing Roma Find Refuge at Montenegro Tent Camp (Balkan Insight)

• Escobar, Lajcak received assurances there won’t be violence on Sept 1 (media)
• Lajcak: Talked with Osmani to avoid any tension in the north (Albanian Post)
• EU, U.S. envoys attempt to break Kosovo-Serbia deadlock (BIRN)
• US, EU envoys meet Kosovo PM in effort to avert tensions (AP)
• PDK’s Krasniqi calls for final agreement that brings mutual recognition (media)
• Wisner: More important issue than IDs and license plates is at play (Koha)
• Kosovo govt, NATO forces are committed to guaranteeing security (media)
• Serbs adopt declaration to leave institutions if solutions are not found (media)
• Shea: NATO guarantees security in Kosovo, not Belgrade (RFE, media)
• Vucic opposes KFOR’s position that it will not allow barricades in north (RFE)
• Cause for optimism in the most recent Kosovo-Serbia crisis (Breaking Defense)
• Kosovo government building illuminated with colors of Ukrainian flag (media)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti talks about meeting Serbian President Vucic on August 18 (media)
• Kurti: Option of producing neutral licence plates is out of the question (media)
• Haradinaj: Fruitful discussion with Escobar (media)
• Sources: Escobar, opposition talked flexible implementation of reciprocity and final settlement (Klan Kosova)
• What was discussed and what Escobar requested in meeting with opposition (Express)
• Haliti: Kosovo must focus on Escobar’s message (RTK)
• “The Prime Minister should have reported earlier about the dialogue” (Nacionale)
• Mustafi: No reason for Serbs in Kosovo to have greater rights than Albanians in Serbia (Kosovapress)
• COVID-19: 363 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Councillors in Zvecan adopted 6 conclusions, the first supporting Vucic to find a solution (KoSSev)
• Lajcak for the BBC in Serbian: Vucic and Kurti meeting in Brussels was not in vain (media)
• US Ambassador: “Washington wants Serbia, Kosovo in normal relationship” (N1)
• Vulin’s reply to Ambassador Hill: Perhaps Hill can remove me from the Government, but not the ideas of an independent Serbia (media)
• Djilas: Recognition of Kosovo cannot be a topic of any conversation (KoSSev, Nova.rs, N1)
• Selakovic receives new UNDP resident representative (Tanjug)

Opinion:

• War mongering and race baiting (Kosovo 2.0)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Srdan Keca: Suffering of Roma isn’t part of collective consciousness (Kosovo 2.0)

• COMKFOR Major General Ferenc Kajari’s interview with RTK
• President Osmani meets U.S. envoy Escobar (media)
• Escobar meets opposition leaders, no statements after the meeting (media)
• Lajcak to meet opposition leaders today at 16:00, sources say (Express)
• Hill: Serbia was prepared for negotiations in Brussels, the other side not (media)
• Mayors of northern municipalities to meet today (Klan Kosova)
• Wisner: A round of Kosovo-Serbia talks never solves anything (VoA)
• Serwer: Tempest in a license plate (media)
• Kosovo war-era Yugoslav Army general dies in Russia (BIRN)
• Anti-LGBT sentiments flourish online in South-East Europe (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• President Osmani to meet Escobar at 16:30 today, advisor says (Klan Kosova)
• LDK proposes 10-point plan to overcome energy crisis (Telegrafi)
• KDI: No political readiness to move toward a final settlement (EO)
• Krstic: KFOR presence in north offers security and calmness for the people (RTK)
• Delic, Serbian Parliament Vice President, war-time general, passes away (media)
• COVID-19: 274 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic met Hill: Efforts towards reaching a compromise (KiM radio)
• Meeting of councillors of four municipalities from the north of Kosovo on Wednesday (Beta, NMagazin)
• UNS and DNKiM: Serbian List not to select media (KiM radio)
• Bilcik on Vulin's visit to Moscow: Serbia to harmonize its policy with the EU (Kosovo Online)
• Vulin met Lavrov in Moscow (Tanjug, media)
• Lavrov to Vulin: Russia, Serbia developing dialogue (N1)
• MFA: Twitter accounts of several Serbian embassies suspended (Tanjug)
• How the most difficult issue united the opposition in Belgrade (Blic)
• 20 coronavirus cases in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio)

International:

• Secretary Blinken Won’t “Hesitate” To Directly Engage In Serbia-Kosovo Talks (thepavlovictoday.com)
• Anti-LGBT Sentiments Flourish Online in South-East Europe (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kosovo’s struggle to keep the lights on (emerging-europe.com)
• UN: 50 percent less population in Kosovo by the end of the century (Kosovo Online, Zeri)