Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Anti-Albanian chants during match in Kumanovo unacceptable (media) • Trump again claims he prevented war between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Nothing new in the DIalogue (Koha) • US Embassy: Baker’s visit reinforces US-Kosovo defense partnership (media) • Teachers’ union to join protest against Specialist Chambers (Klan) • “Freedom Has a Name” platform supports protest, calls on participation (media) • Defendant accused of attacking KFOR, Milos Antovic, pleads guilty (Koha) • RTK faces financial crisis, protest at Kosovo’s Assembly scheduled for Tuesday (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Municipalities in North of Kosovo managed by occupiers with a few Serbian servants (KoSSev) • Construction of new bridge over Ibar River in full swing (Kosovo Online) • Parandilovic responded to the Serbian List: Kurti's biggest allies are Vucic and SNS (Danas) • Vucic: I never considered imposing a state of emergency (N1) • 30th anniversary of Operation Storm (Beta, N1, media) International: • Kosovo’s parliamentary deadlock leaves broadcaster short of funds (Balkan Insight) • LGBTQI+ community in Kosovo faces political exclusion and hate-fueled media narratives (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Kosovo government lifts customs tariff on US goods (media) Osmani on removal of tariffs: Kosovo is reliable partner of U.S. (media) Kurti: Serbia trying to destabilize Kosovo, we’re responding successfully (media) Kosovo-Serbia among six conflicts Trump stopped this year (Express) Gucati: Haxhiu must notify EU institutions about actions of Special Court (media) NISMA supports protest against Special Court (media) Caretaker government allocates €500,000 for Gaza (RTK) Presence of wires discovered in Ujman Lake, no risk to people (RTK) Hibrid.info publishes annual report on the state of information disorder (media) US: Big news for Kosovo’s digital economy: Apple Pay now available (media) Serbian Language Media: Raska-Prizren Diocese reacts to inaccurate claims about alleged "fundamental agreement" between Serbian Orthodox Church and Kosovo institutions (media) Catholic Church in Kosovo distance itself from discourse insulting ethnic or religious feelings (KoSSev) Prosecutor's office and police rejected claims about risky cables in Lake Gazivode (KoSSev) PM Macut: Let’s get through the crisis, then plan elections (N1) Vucic called an emergency meeting of National Security Council for Saturday; former minister arrested (media) Sandzak Islamic Community Meshihat: If all detainees are not released, we will call for protests (N1) Greta Thunberg at Belgrade protest (N1) Nine months since canopy collapse: Commemorative actions in multiple cities (N1) Opinion: How a ‘Black Swan Event’ in Novi Pazar changed Serbia’s protest narrative (Balkan Insight) International: Bosnia’s top court confirms Serb leader Dodik’s one-year prison sentence (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti welcomes continuation of MCC program for Kosovo (media) • Court suspended ERO decision, Fejzullahu says he will complain (Express) • Women’s Chamber of Commerce welcomes Commercial Court’s decision (media) • Haxhiu: Serious doubts over impartiality of Special Court (media) • Behrami says special court “legitimizing ethnic cleansing, genocide” (media) • Cakolli: August 7 protest is necessary (media) • Hargreaves: Kosovo in serious crisis, parties must compromise (media) • Court sentences Milos Pleskovic to 15 years in prison for war crimes (media) • Indictment against Milos Antovic for attack on KFOR and police in north (Koha) • Kosovo ministry writes to Serbian govt about arrest of a Kosovo Serb (Kallxo) • Igor Popovic’s communications with heads of Serbian BIA (TV Dukagjini) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric spoke to Guterres: Popovic’s arrest an attempt of intimidation of Serbs and collapsing of dialogue (RTS, Blic, media) • Hargreaves: Kosovo in a serious crisis, elections are chance for Serb integration (Radio Gorazdevac) • Pleskovic sentenced to 15 years in prison (KiM radio) • Pleskovic's lawyers: Verdict is image of judiciary in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Office for KiM: Verdict to Pleskovic message to displaced Serbs they must not return to Prizren (Kosovo Online) • “How Serbs ended up in articles about death of an Albanian at Gazivode Lake” (Alternativna.com, Radio KIM) • SNP rejects claims on electric cables in Gazivode Lake as absurd and politically motivated (KoSSev) • Taxi drivers after meeting in Mitrovica North municipality – problem partially solved, they can continue working, no one knows how long (KoSSev) • More protests held in Serbia (N1) International: • When it comes to healthcare, some in Kosovo still trust Serbia (Balkan Insight) • Could Trump be the first U.S. president to visit Belgrade since 1980? (eualive.net)

Albanian Language Media: UK Embassy recognises positive coordination between KFOR and KSF (media) Italy commends KFOR’s humanitarian intervention in Ujman (Klan) Haradinaj: Alliance with NATO led by US is crucial for Kosovo (media) ERO: Decision on energy market liberalization cannot be postponed (media) Hoti: Energy market liberalization will have major consequences (media) AJK, EFJ call on caretaker government: Allocate budget for RTK (media) COMKFOR Barduani meets Irish Defense Minister (media) Police arrest person that called VV MP Fitore Pacolli “a thief” (AP) Criminal complaint filed against four witnesses in “Banjska” case (media) Ministry: 809 people employed in north through govt employment measure (EO) Central Bank: Apple Pay now available in Kosovo (media) Popovic secretly recorded meetings with EU officials in Brussels (Dukagjini) Serbian Language Media: Mitrovica North municipality refused to license taxi drivers ‘without clear explanation’ meeting with Atiq planned for today (KoSSev) Italian Embassy on search operation at Gazivode lake (social media) Serbian and Chinese special forces conduct joint training exercise (N1) Protests in support of Novi Pazar students and people held across Serbia (N1) Vasiljevic: All those who attacked police at Novi Pazar protest will be detained (Tanjug) International: Unprotected, women in Albania, Kosovo face ‘toxic coexistence’ with digital abuse (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: KFOR: COMKFOR authorized KSF to deploy SAR teams in Ujman lake (media) KSF, accompanied by KFOR, starts search operation in Ujman Lake (media) Ex-KSF commander on cases when they operated in the north in the past (KSP) German Embassy: Non-constitution of Assembly sending wrong signals (Klan) Maqedonci: Kosovo and Ireland, growing partnership in area of defense (media) Bislimi meets new OSCE head in Kosovo, economic growth among topics (RTK) RTK Union warns with protest and boycott of political coverage (media) Thunberg: People in Kosovo incredibly kind, open and generous with me (media) Romanian Foreign Ministry advises citizens not to travel through Kosovo (Klan) Kamberi submits resolution on position of Albanian community in Serbia (media) Serbian Language Media: KFS, accompanied by KFOR at Gazivode lake, searching for a young man, former Serbian Army Chief of Staff Ponos claims “search intentionally delayed so KSF would come to the north” (KoSSev, social media) Self-determination Movement: KSF first time as an army in the north of Kosovo: Statistics says – at least third (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, social media) Vlora Citaku accuses current government of misusing case of a young man at Gazivode lake (KoSSev, media) Serbian Justice Ministry: Verdict to three Serbs culmination of judicial abuse for political purposes (media) Bajatovic: New delay of US sanctions on NIS good news (Tanjug) International: The 90’s in pieces (Kosovo 2.0)