Albanian Language Media: • Borrell demands moving forward with implementation of Agreement (media) • Kurti with QUINT and EU ambassadors discuss opening of Iber Bridge (Koha) • Svecla and Krosser talk about security in northern municipalities (RTK) • Ministry of Defense with close to 8 million euros agreement with Germany (Koha) • Kurti: Serbia's crimes in Kosovo cannot disappear or be forgotten (RTK) • Kosovo processes indictment against Radoicic, Serbia requests documents from EULEX (RFE) • Haxhiu: It is important to have accurate data on war crimes (RTK) • Former KLA soldier detained in North Macedonia under arrest warrant issued by Serbia (media) • Hoxhaj: Invitation to Osmani in London shows Europeans do not want Kurti at Summit (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic arrives in London for European Political Community summit (Tanjug) • Djuric: Serbia to complete all difficult EU accession reforms by 2027 (media) • Consent reached to abolish visas for Serbian Coordination Directorate passport holders (Danas, social media) • KFOR conducts exercise near Decani Monastery: Safe environment for all communities in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media) International Media: • Kosovo Public Misinformed by Authorities About War Crimes, BIRN Report Warns (Balkan Insight) • World Bank Urges Heatwave-Stricken Balkans to Act Together on Climate Change (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Musliu: Security situation stable, but threats from Serbia continue (RTK) Maqedonci: Signals of attacks raise need for peace treaty with Serbia (media) Gervalla expects good relations with U.S. President (media) Kurti considers the census successful (Koha) Interior Ministers of Kosovo and Albania agree on cooperation against illegal migration (media) Surroi: The North should not be managed by special units (media) Serbs in the north do not pay property tax or building permits (Sinjali) Serbian Language Media: Vucevic: I expect no change in US policy on Kosovo (Tanjug) Petkovic: Biggest lie about Banjska is that Vucic was order-giver (RTS) Drecun: Kurti makes lives of Serbs in Kosovo difficult (Tanjug) Statement of eight Serbian NGOs: 100 new notaries, not a single Serb among them (Radio KIM) Sentic: Absolutely unacceptable that among 101 appointed notaries, none is Serb (Kosovo Online, social media) More than 2.800 requests to switch Serbian to Kosovo drivers’ licences (KoSSev) Opinion: Ethnic breaking of media silence (Radio Gorazdevac, media) International: Accommodation Challenges in Kosovo: Can Airbnb Meet the Summer Demand? (Prishtina Insight) Surge in SLAPPs Hits Serbia’s Independent Media Hard (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: Specialist Chambers in Hague sentence ex-KLA member to 18 years in prison (media) Kurti: Keen to push forward Kosovo’s sustainable development (media) Svecla: We have info Vucic was involved in training of Banjska attackers (media) Hargreaves: We ask Serbia to hold Banjska attackers accountable (KTV) Three gas stations closed in north of Kosovo (media) Osmani, Kurti congratulate Metsola reelection as EP Parliament President (media) Thailand lifts visa requirements for Kosovo (media) Serwer: Dialogue should focus on more practical issues (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric to meet Borrell in Brussels today (media) Mojsilovic, Russian Defence Envoy discuss opportunities for cooperation (Tanjug) Ragus meets with Spanish Ambassador (Tanjug, media) Szunyog in farewell visit to north, says it is necessary that Pristina and Belgrade genuinely engage in dialogue (media, social media) Preliminary census results in Kosovo: What statistics revealed and concealed (Kosovo Online) Hasani: Numerous irregularities during census, justified doubts about validity of results (Kosovo Online) Three NIS gas stations closed in northern Kosovo (RTS, KoSSev) International Media: Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ Convicted of War Crimes by Hague Court (Balkan Insight) Serbia Campaigns to ‘Rebuild’ Reputation in the West (National Review, media)

Albanian Language Media: Kosovo government launches project for investments from diaspora (media) Govt says it will send comments about sequencing plan on time (Koha) Szunyog: Association draft must be sent to Constitutional Court (media) Kurti meets Westerlund; “NATO membership, a clear objective” (media) Government: EU has all the reasons to lift the measures (RTV21) Germany: Kosovo to create necessary climate to remove measures (media) Ministry says KPC statements about law are inaccurate and tendentious (Koha) Journalists’ Association calls on Osmani to hold public stance on IMC law (media) Haziri: Osmani’s request for guarantees from allies, pressure on Kurti (Express) Hoxhaj welcomes Vance’s selection as U.S. Vice President candidate (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic speaks with Meloni by phone (Tanjug) Lajcak, Miscevic discuss Serbia's EU path in Brussels (Tanjug, media) Report: Violation of human rights greater in north, than in southern municipalities (Radio KIM) Arsenijevic: List for certification of notaries without Serbian candidates, decision discriminatory (Kosovo Online, social media) Return of displaced Serbs to Kosovo: 25 years of loud silence (Kosovo Online, Vesti) Ministry of Information, Djerlek condemn attack on journalists at Ibar Bridge in Mitrovica (N1) Opinion: Good day, Belgrade! (Kosovo 2.0) Leapfrogging gas, Western Balkans can get cleaner air and save billions (BIRN) International: Photographers reflect on documenting Kosovo’s 1990s turmoil (Prishtina Insight) ‘You don’t qualify: Kosovo massacre survivor struggles to obtain war victim status (BIRN) Kosovo eases working hours for some categories due to extreme heat (euronews.al) Humanitarian/Development: Behind sensational narratives of gender disinformation (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani hosted UK ambassador Jonathan Hargreaves (media) • Kurti meets NDI director, discuss Kosovo and global developments (media) • A conference on peace and stability in Balkans expected to be organised in Kosovo in October (media) • Nita Shala appointed Kosovo's ambassador to Italy (RTK) • Trump acquitted, Grenell: It's Hashim Thaci's turn (media) • Rexha: Government has been continuously attacking media, starting from Prime Minister (Koha) • Radoicic’s seized and confiscated assets: €3.5 million (media) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric: EU incomplete without Serbia (Tanjug) • Momirovic: FTA with Egypt great opportunity for Serbian farmers (Tanjug, media) • Vucic: No mention of genocide in rulings against Serbia (N1) • Popovic: International community completely failed regarding return of Serbs to Kosovo (Kosovo Online) • Botsan-Kharchenko: We join requests to suspend immediately renovation of Xhafer Deva’s house (Kosovo Online, Danas, social media) • Jedinstvo newspaper demands attacker on journalists be punished (Radio KIM) • Lawyer Petkovic: My client is charged with violating Kosovo constitutional order (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: Hovenier: US concerned with some political choices made by Kurti government (media) Kurti meets with new director of UNICEF Office in Kosovo (RTK) LDK in Prishtina reaches coalition agreement with AAK (Koha) KFOR trains to control riots and remove obstacles (Albanian Post) Haradinaj accuses the Kurti government of "budget black holes" (Reporteri) Jasharaj warns with strikes of the education system on September 1 (RTK) Albanian family returns to apartment in Mitrovica North 24 years later (RTK) "Genocide in Kosovo - Open Wound" center demands that Alidemaj be punished for genocide (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic to travel to London for European Political Community meeting (Tanjug) Rapajic: Return process of displaced Serbs no longer exists, different rules apply to Albanians (Kosovo Online) Lawyer: Alidemaj convicted without evidence, judge only read indictment (KoSSev, media) Party of Kosovo Serbs condemn provocations against Serbs during liturgy at Krajiste village, slam Svecla for lack of reaction (Radio KIM) Workers of Strpce Provisional Municipal Authority questioned by police (RTS) Politika and Jedinstvo journalists attacked on Ibar bridge in Mitrovica (Radio KIM, media) UNS reacts to attack on Radomirovic and Vlaskovic, calls for perpetrator to be punished (Kosovo Online) Aleksic visits US: Serbia’s future lies in healthy food, not lithium (N1) Opinion: Ivanovic Murder Trial Exposed Glaring Failings in Kosovo’s Justice System (Balkan Insight) International: Kosovo faces shrink and ageing of population, census reveals (Prishtina Insight) Kosovo Court Convicts Ex-Policeman Over Village Massacre (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: LGBT Pride and Euro 2024 Become Focus for Online Hate Speech (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Kosovo leaders condemn assassination attempt against Trump (media) State Department: Russia seeking to use interethnic tensions in Kosovo (RFE) Osmani meets NSC Director for Europe Mike Carpenter (media) Kurti talks “credit guarantee windows” for people living abroad (media) Lajcak: Encouraging to see WB high on list of EU-UK cooperation (media) Svecla condemns attack with Molotov cocktail on pastry shop in north (media) UNMIK expresses regret over adopted law on IMC (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: Vucic: I hope madness of hatred will stop, I wish Trump speedy recovery (Tanjug) Vucic meets with El Sisi in Cairo (N1, FoNet) Vucic: Egypt's recognition of independence without any substance (Kosovo Online, RTS) Vucic: Sachs's statement about NATO bombing of Serbia very valuable (Tanjug, media) Molotov cocktail thrown at pastry cafe Sar in Mitrovica North, Arsenijevic condemns it (KoSSev, social media) Svecla condemns attack on Sar pastry café (KoSSev) Krajiste: During liturgy, loud music from nearby house, Serbs found church walls defaced (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: Osmani among world leaders: Kosovo included in NATO summit for the first time (media) Kosovo with 1,586,659 resident inhabitants (media) Government defends Law on Independent Media Commission (media) Slovenia will double its presence in peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (RTK) Kica-Xhelili on Law on IMC: Intended to exercise direct control over media in Kosovo (media) Kurti received Turkish ambassador, discussed about latest developments in Kosovo (RTK) Serbian Language Media: SRSG Ziadeh: Regrettable that adopted IMC law does not incorporate recommendations of international community (Kosovo Online) UNS and its branch in Kosovo say IMC law – an open censorship (Kosovo Online, media) Vucic to visit Egypt, announces important visit to Serbia for July 19 (Tanjug) Djuric, Bass discuss Serbia-US partnership (Tanjug) Property Comparison and Verification Agency calls on Serbs facing evictions to leave their apartments (Kosovo Online) Arsenijevic on evictions from disputed apartments in northern Kosovo (social media) More than 2.400 requests to switch Serbian to Kosovo drivers’ licences submitted (KoSSev) Opinion: Eviction from the apartments in the North, or the ‘sticker’ policy towards Kosovo (NSI, Alternativna)

Albanian Language Media: • NATO: Security situation in Kosovo has not stabilised, there is possibility of deterioration (VoA) • Osmani honours U.S. soldiers who sacrificed their lives in service of freedom (Kosovapress) • Stano: EU does not participate in blame game, parties must fulfil their obligations (VoA) • Assembly adopts laws on Prosecutorial Council and Independent Media Commission (media) • PDK, LDK say they will send two laws to Constitutional Court (media) • Reactions to adoption of draft law on the Independent Media Commission (media) • Hamza: Kosovo must return to coordination with its partners (Reporteri) • Haliti: We are not negotiating recognition with Serbia, but relaxation of relations (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Serbs from north facing eviction from their apartments: We are not criminals, but we will end up on streets (Kosovo Online) • Stano: For Kosovo urgent priority is to establish CSM (Kosovo Online, VoA, media) • Djuric with Blinken: Political dialogue between Serbia and USA prerequisite for continued economic growth and development (media, social media) • NATO official: Deterioration of situation in Kosovo still possible (VoA, media) • Sentic welcomes establishment of commission for better integration of non-majority communities in public administration (KoSSev) • Rapajic: Life of Serbs in Kosovo has become very complicated (Kosovo Online) International Media: • Kosovo MPs Adopt Independent Media Commission Law Despite Misgivings (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Heads of states adopt declaration at NATO Summit in Washington (media) U.S. Embassy shares O’Brien’s remarks “Kosovo has right to defend its territory” (media) Kosovo Assembly adopts declaration remembering Srebrenica genocide (media) Osmani: Peace is sustainable only when there is justice for victims (media) Rohde remembers Srebrenica victims, “their memory is a reminder to us” (media) Italian Embassy: Measures should be removed gradually (Express) Konjufca: People of Kosovo are very calm and trust the institutions (media) “Is Russia seeking to destabilise Kosovo through Serbia?” (RFE) Statovci: Serbia guilty of delays in Kosovo’s membership in CoE (media) Kosovo Police announces vacancies for non-majority communities (media) Police launch investigations into burning of flag in Mitrovica North (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: Popovic: Pristina judiciary treats attacks on Serbs as incidents, not as ethnically motivated crimes (Kosovo Online) Petkovic, Starovic visit China: Strong support of Beijing to Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Kosovo Online) Li Ming: China and Serbia to firmly safeguard together international system with UN at centre (Tanjug, media) Vucevic: We are grateful for Madrid's principled support for territorial integrity of Serbia (Tanjug) Djuric: I invited Blinken to visit Serbia (Tanjug) NATO pledges commitment to Western Balkans (N1) Vucic congratulates Pezeshkian on being elected new president of Iran (media) Serbian ministries, scientific institutions sign MoU on nuclear power (Tanjug) Opinion: UN Resolution 1244 has become an impeding to lasting Serbia-Kosovo peace (BIRN)