• COVID-19: 2,236 new cases, 8 deaths (media)
• Kurti ready for Berlin, not for "Open Balkans" (Klan)
• Osmani, UN organisations representatives talk Afghan refugees sheltering (media)
• Abdixhiku: Regional economic cooperation incomplete without all countries (RTK)
• Minister Mehaj confirms Kosovo will soon receive new military vehicles (RTK)
• Vucic: Those not united around Serbian List cannot win trust of people (Klan)
• VV in Albania protests Serbian musician performance in Korce (Express)
• Albanian artists a rarity at Serbia’s biggest music festival (Prishtina Insight)

• COVID-19: 2,110 new cases, 4 deaths (media)
• Kurti appeals to people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (media)
• Kurti government doesn’t feel responsible for alarming number of cases (Koha)
• Ministry of Education plans for new academic year to start in schools (RFE)
• Kurti meets German Ambassador Rohde (media)
• Bahtiri: Vetevendosje will win 15 municipalities in local elections (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo ready without hesitation to shelter Afghan refugees (BBC)
• Montenegro dismisses media reports about hosting Afghan refugees (BIRN)
• Think tank defends Serbia hosting secret Afghan Govt-Taliban talks (BIRN)

• COVID-19: 1,783 new cases, five deaths (media)
• Health Minister: 99 percent of tested samples resulted with Delta variant (media)
• Health Institute chief appeals for vaccination against COVID-19 (Indeksonline)
• Kosovo approves vaccinations for over-12s (Exit News)
• PDK’s Nikaj slams government for poor management of pandemic (EO)
• Osmani: Two Kosovars safely evacuated from Afghanistan (media)
• Kurti: I cannot disclose number of Afghans that will be sheltered (AP/Klan Kosova)
• Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia prepare to shelter fleeing Afghans (BIRN)
• Controversial Kosovo Serb powerbroker’s libel case dismissed (BIRN)

• COVID-19: 740 new cases, two deaths (media)
• Berlin: We’re aware of Open Balkan; we support Common Regional Market (media)
• Vaccination of groups over 12, allowed (RTK)
• Kosovo Government decides to shelter Afghans (Telegrafi)
• 94 political entities applied for local elections (Koha)
• LDK with three women mayor candidates for first time in Kosovo (Koha)
• Hoti reacts to Odalovic: Desire for massacres still runs in your blood (Zeri)
• 250 Afghan refugees to arrive in Albania this week (Voice of America)

• COVID-19: 1,096 new cases, 4 deaths (media)
• Kosovo opens doors to Afghan refugees (Koha Ditore)
• US: Kosovo joins calls for safe departure of Afghans (media)
• Albright thanks Kosovo for offering to refuge Afghan allies (media)
• Citaku: Kosovo should shelter some refugees from Afghanistan (RTK)
• Kosovo parties ponder joint candidates in Serb-majority areas (BIRN)
• Kosovo without protect against Russian propaganda (Radio Free Europe)
• COVID-19 spike adds to jitters over new school year in Balkans (BIRN)