Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: Kosovo hand in hand with US, in line with Trump's vision (media) • Police Director : All resources to investigate death of 27-year-old (media) • 45th attempt to constitute ninth legislature fails (media) • Gashi: A government must be formed, whatever it may be (Nacionale) • Kurti to attend ceremony of 30th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide (media) • Osmani: Voice of Srebrenica mothers, strongest call against injustice (media) Serbian Language Media: • Milovic: Citizens do not want Kurti’s bridges, we expect KFOR to prevent the construction (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Residents of Mitrovica about the petition against the new bridges: We’ve been sold a long time ago, it’s all in vain (KoSSev) • How did the members of the Serbian List avoid a minute of silence for the victims of Srebrenica? (Danas, Kosovo Online) • Demokracia: Tender for Ibar Bridge construction awarded to company close to the government, suspicions of abuse ahead of elections (Kosovo Online, Demokracia) • Diocese of Raska-Prizren: Fires caused great damage, appeal for aid (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Rada Trajkovic on Vucic's message on the anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica (Danas) International: • Kosovo’s annual inflation speeds up to 4.3% in June (intellinews.com) • In Srebrenica, genocide victims live on in names of newborns (BIRN) • Serbia: Media freedom continues to decline at alarming speed, EU must take action (ipi.media)

Albanian Language Media: • Murati hails World Bank decision to remove Kosovo from FCS list (media) • Senior U.S. official to visit Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (media) • Trump mentions Kosovo and Serbia again (media) • Police commander in Lipjan resigns after case of 27-year-old (media) • Svecla: We support any action that raises readiness (Dukagjini) • Kurti attends farewell reception of UN Resident Coordinator in Kosovo (media) • Kamberi: Five requests of Presevo Valley Albanians for Kosovo, Albania (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic spoke to Jenca about Pristina's escalating moves (Tanjug, Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev) • Mitrovica: Despite the petition, the machines continue working, a bridge is being built for road and pedestrian traffic (Alternativna) • Rapajic: MPs will automatically lose their mandates if the deadline set by the Constitutional Court is not respected (Kosovo Online) • The Conference for the Reconstruction of Ukraine begins in Rome, Minister Djuric represents Serbia (Tanjug) Opinion: • Frozen funds, frozen progress: Impact of EU’s measures against Kosovo (media) • No, nationalism has not taken over the student protests in Serbia (EWB) • The EU's fence-sitting as Serbia's Vučić steps up violent state (EUobserver) International: • Rule of Law Report 2025 for EU candidates: Pressures on judiciary and corruption remain issues of concern (EWB)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti calls for thorough investigations into 27-year-old’s death in Lipjan (media) • Gruda: On behalf of PDK, I call for Xhelal Svecla’s resignation (Nacionale) • MPs fail to constitute Assembly even after 44 attempts (media) • Limaj: July 27 doesn’t solve anything, the solution is political (AP) • Basha: We offered them solutions, but they are refusing (media) • Haradinaj: Kurti doesn’t have political majority, doesn’t want to make it (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic met Jenca: For Serbia, UN a guarantor of the preservation of sovereignty and territorial integrity (Tanjug, RTS, Kosovo Online, media) • Djuric with Jenca on the situation in Kosovo, UNMIK and Pristina's unilateral moves (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Serbian List: Citizens clearly said no to Kurti's bridges of division (Tanjug, media) • Emergency Management Agency: 41 fires yesterday, 14 more active today (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Serbian Democracy filed a complaint with the Ombudsman for targeting and repression (Radio Mitrovica sever, KoSSev) • Surlic: Quite a “creative approach” by the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, new decision could paralyze the parliament (Kosovo Online) • Residents and a nun from Gorioč saved homes from fire in the Valley of Osojane (KiM radio) International: • Legal limbo: Lack of documents leaves Kosovo’s Roma fearing eviction (BIRN) • Kosovo Ombudsperson probes police brutality claims after man’s death (BIRN) • Construction in mountain resort after ‘Kallxo Përnime’ report (PI)

Albanian Language Media: • 5 police officers arrested over “negligence murder” in case of 27-year-old (media) • Svecla: Ongoing investigations into death in Lipjan, no one above the law (media) • Haxhiu: Forensics Institute has not presented any preliminary report yet (media) • Maqedonci asks Pfister to support Kosovo membership in EU and NATO (media) • Haradinaj remembers Bytyqi brothers killed in Serbia in 1999 (media) • Krasniqi-Goodman featured in “Let’s Talk about Rape” project (media) • Increased OSCE attention requested for Presheva Valley (media) • Kos: No EU membership for Serbia without agreement with Kosovo (AP) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic: No Serb supports the decision on two new bridges, we will send a petition to the international community (RTS, media) • The signing of the petition against the construction of the bridge on the Ibar continued today (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Serbian List to meet today UN Assistant Secretary General Miroslav Jenca (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Shahini: All crossings should be open for goods from Serbia, losses on both sides (Kosovo Online) • Surlic: The EU countries did not insist on Pristina to unblock the crossings for Serbian goods at all (Kosovo Online) • Marta Kos for DW: Serbia in a very difficult situation (KoSSev, N1, Beta) • The Peace March towards Potocari begins on the occasion of the anniversary of the crime in Srebrenica (KoSSev) • Donald Trump reduces tariffs for Serbia to 35 percent (N1, media) Opinion: • Kosovo’s Parliament remains hostage to its politicians’ irresponsibility (BIRN) • Kosovo’s leadership failure: A dangerous hijacking of democracy (alonben-meir.com) International: • Media in the Balkans: the rise of oligarchs (balcanicaucaso.org) • UN resolution boosts international commemoration of Srebrenica genocide (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Constitution of new Kosovo Assembly fails again (media) • Haxhiu: Opposition is blocking process; VV offered compromises (media) • “In absence of political readiness, early elections are the only option” (media) • Haziri: Assembly dissolves only when government fails to be elected (media) • Gashi: Compromise is national emergency, no time to lose (media) • IKD: Impasse in Assembly risks blocking independent institutions (media) • Musliu: Historic success of AKI in uncovering Serbian espionage network (media) • “Several terrorists who participated in Banjska attack now guarding Vucic” (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Elek: It is important that Serbs sign a petition against the construction of a bridge on the Ibar and show unity (RTS, Tanjug) • Kurti laid the foundation stone; the SL collects signatures against parallel bridges (KoSSev, Alternativna) • Lucic: Irrational and dangerous attacks by the Pristina authorities on Telekom Srbija (Kosovo Online) • The import of goods from Serbia doubled in Kosovo (Beta, KoSSev, KiM radio) • Jelena Petkovic for Radio Gorazdevac: Protests across Serbia are changing society, journalists under pressure (KiM radio) International: • 20 years on, new threats worsen outlook for free media in Balkans (Balkan Insight)