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)

Albanian Language Media: • Lajcak and Escobar to visit Prishtina and Belgrade this week (media) • Chancellor Scholz preparing a meeting with Kurti and Vucic in autumn (Express) • Education Minister: Pupils most affected by strike in educational system (media) • Ex-Minister of Energy presents alternatives to emerge from energy crisis (Kosovapress) • Team of journalists attacked in the north (Kanal 10) • “Serb Survival”: Vucic, Serbian List are expelling Serbs from Kosovo (Paparaci) • Miftaraj: Radoicic, wanted by Kosovo authorities, side by side with Vucic (Koha) • “Dialogue successful, only if issue of Albanians in Presevo Valley is included” (media) • Haradinaj with an initiative from September (media) • Delawie: Serbia is a threat to peace, not Kosovo (RTK) • COVID-19: 203 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Mihajlovic: Preservation of peace the greatest patriotism (FoNet, N1) • Petkovic to Hill: Pristina's unilateral actions can threaten the security situation in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS) • Vucic: “Whatever happens, there will be no more refugee columns” (N1, Tanjug) • The anniversary of the disappearance of journalists marked (KiM radio) • Increased presence of KFOR in the north, says Andric Rakic (N1) • Orlic: Special session of the Assembly on Kosovo in September (RTS) Opinion: • Milivojevic: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue going badly since Vucic became President (Beta, N1) International: • Albania investigates military factory intruders from Russia and Ukraine (RFE) • Serbia-Kosovo relations after the Brussels meeting: What do we know so far? (EWB) • Vucic: Serbia will be without Russian Oil from November 1 (novinite.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo, Serbia chief negotiators to meet next week in Brussels (Kanal 10) • Kurti: Spain should recognise Kosovo; Catalonia is not the same case (media) • Haradinaj: EU should hand over to President Biden portfolio for final agreement (media) • Kosovo’s Special Prosecution investigating “illegal organisations” from Serbia (RFE) • 519 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • We are looking for a solution, Vucic to addresses the public on Sunday, said Petkovic (RTS) • Hill: The Serbian side came to the talks in Brussels in a positive spirit (Tanjug, RTS) • Petkovic: Vucic to make no statements in Brussels, to speak on Friday (Tanjug, media) • Vucic sends message from Brussels (N1) • Grenell: Kurti rejected every idea proposed by the EU and the US so far (KiM radio, N1) • Bishop Teodosije with Hovenier about the problems of the Serbian Orthodox Church (KiM radio) • In the neighbourhood of Suvi Do the flag of "KLA" and "Greater Albania" (KiM radio, Tanjug, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Negotiations in Brussels, where is the room for compromise (RTS) International: • Open Balkan initiative risks aggravating political problems in the region (DW) • Twitter Suspends Accounts of Serbian Ruling Party MPs, Officials (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • The first round of the tripartite meeting in Brussels ends (media) • Palokaj: Agreement expected to avoid escalation in north on September 1 (Koha) • Price: Success of Kurti-Vucic talks is an absolute priority for the US (Express) • Ymeri: Without U.S. involvement in dialogue, mutual recognition is difficult (EO) • Kryeziu: Dialogue should not be linked only with government and PM (Nacionale) • Citizens in the north concerned over new graffiti (Kosovapress) • Kosovo Police seize undeclared medicaments from Serbia (media) • 483 new cases and one death from COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic, Kurti, Borrell and Lajcak meeting ended (media) • Vucic from Brussels scheduled a meeting with Serbs from Kosovo on Sunday (Tanjug, media) • State Department: The success of the Brussels dialogue an absolute priority (Blic, Kosovo Online) • Vucic informed Stoltenberg of incidents, KFOR ready to react if needed (N1) • Vucic met Lajcak: Serbia doing everything to maintain peace, stability (Tanjug) • Vucic to Escobar: Serbia a serious, reliable, responsible side in dialogue (FoNet, N1) • The trial of the young man arrested on Vidovdan in Gazimestan has begun (RTS, KiM radio) • New graffiti in N. Mitrovica: “Don’t worry, we’re here – the Northern Brigade” (KoSSev) Opinion: • Timothy Less: Everything leads to the creation of a great Albania, the only option for Kosovo to end the "state of limbo" is to merge with it (Blic, Danas, Kosovo Online, Beta) • Jeremic: We should not give up on Kosovo as long as we exist as a country (KiM radio, N1, KoSSev) International: • Kosovo Festival Transforms Pristina (Radio Free Europe) • Studio Visit (Kosovo 2.0) Humanitarian/Development: • Independent Unions announce general strike from August 25 (Koha/Telegrafi) • All education workers treated with exceptional care in draft law, minister says (EO) • Haxhiu: I am extremely concerned about violence against women (Klan Kosova)

Albanian Language Media: • SRSG Ziadeh calls for constructive engagement in dialogue (media) • Escobar to meet Kurti in Brussels today, sources say (Gazeta10/Kanal10) • “Stoltenberg expected to show red lines to Kurti and Vucic” (Albanian Post) • Hoxhaj: Osmani, Kurti intentionally creating an atmosphere of fear (Nacionale) • Begaj: Kosovo’s constitutional order must not come under threat (Express) • British Embassy: The meeting in Brussels, an opportunity to normalize relations (RTK) • CDHRF: Interrogation of Kosovo citizens by Serbian authorities is increasing (Telegrafi) • Health Institute: No cases with West Nile virus in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • UNMIK calls for constructive engagement in the dialogue process (RTK2, media) • Hill: Belgrade and Pristina negotiations eventually will be resolved in the spirit of concessions and compromises (FoNet, KoSSev) • Vucic, Blinken adviser discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug, media) • Vucic, Peach discussed Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1) • Janjic: The NATO meeting more important for Serbia than the one in Brussels (Danas, N1) • Vucic met the Chinese ambassador (Danas, RTK2, Vecernje Novosti) • Stefanovic: I will initiate a discussion on imposing sanctions on Russia (N1) • Dacic lends full support to Vucic prior to Brussels meetings (Beta, N1) • Kosovo is (not) lost (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • Demostat: The situation in the north of Kosovo is unstable, possible deliberate provocations (Beta, N1) • To stop war breaking out in Kosovo, media freedom in Serbia must be addressed (Euractiv)