• COVID-19: 562 new cases, two deaths (media) • Kurti calls on diaspora to register for voting in October 17 elections (media) • Godfrey: Don’t put demands on table without being ready to compromise (media) • Rama criticises Kosovo leaders; says Open Balkans leads to recognition by Serbia (Express) • Pacolli: Kosovo, Albania leaders to reduce tensions (media) • Open Balkan initiative doomed to fail as agreement in case of natural disasters fails to materialize (Euronews Albania) • KPC: Deputy Minister Sallahu’s accusations, ungrounded (media) • Kurti receives Head of Mission of ICRC in Kosovo (RTK)

• Osmani authorises KSF deployment to assist Albania in extinguishing fires (media) • Von Cramon expects progress Prishtina-Belgrade talks after elections (N1, media) • Elezi: We have received 13 applications from political entities so far (media) • War crimes judges should be disqualified over 'abuse of authority,' say UK lawyers (The Telegraph) • Foreign experts expect parallel structures to be dissolved this year (Klan Kosova) • Be the change you want to see; How Diaspora can contribute to cleaner Kosovo (Kosovo 2.0) • Most Balkan countries cheer Olympic medal scores (BIRN) • COVID-19: 263 new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kosovo chief prosecutor orders investigations over leaked wiretaps (BIRN) • Kosovo judge caught on wiretap resigns (Express) • Enver Hoxhaj leaves PDK’s chairmanship (Express) • Wildfires devastate Kosovo mountains (RFE) • Kosovo to make vaccines mandatory for access to indoor spaces (Exit.al) • Dream that survived: Kosovo’s DokuFest marks 20 triumphant years (BIRN) • COVID-19: 269 new cases, no deaths (media)

• New PDK chairmanship elected (media) • Chief state prosecutor: To my information, wiretaps are unauthorised (media) • KJC forms commission to review disciplinary liability of judge (media) • Chief state prosecutor expected to be sacked, sources say (Arbresh.info) • US diplomat: Talk of early elections in Kosovo (media) • Kosovo hope trials in absentia will boost war crimes convictions (BIRN) • Serb defies town’s opposition to return to Kosovo home (AFP) • “Kosovo aligns left; conservative views on abortion and religion” (Exitnews.al) • COVID-19: 195 new cases, two deaths (media)

• Justice minister slams media and civil society's response to leaked wiretaps (media) • Prosecutorial Council launches disciplinary actions against prosecutor (media) • Judicial Council says it will act in line with disciplinary procedure regulation (media) • Financial Intelligence Unit chief sacked over leaked wiretaps (Prishtina Insight) • Assembly committee approves list of PAK board nominees (media) • Slovenia supports Kosovo’s efforts to join NATO, EU (Express) • Another former EULEX prosecutor wants to report to Kosovo legislators (Lajmi/Zeri) • Over 38,000 vaccines arrive in Kosovo, half a million more expected from next week (media) • WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots (media) • COVID-19: 221 new cases, one death (media)