• AAK and PSD announce pre-election coalition (media)
• LDK leader Mustafa meets PSD’s Ahmeti and NISMA’s Limaj (media)
• Vetevendosje reacts to PSD-AAK coalition (Epoka)
• Konjufca: LDK to have post of president and speaker, Vetevendosje the prime minister (RTK)
• Mimoza Kusari-Lila signals coalition with Vetevendosje (RTV21/Kallxo)
• Kosovo invited to Helsinki meeting, Dacic reacts (RTK, Tanjug)
• North Macedonian minister visits Kosovo to discuss recent trade measures (Zeri)
• FSK taking part in army drill in Germany (media)
• Minister Lluka meets company tasked with preparing telecom’s privatisation (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 20 August
UNMIK Headlines 19 August
• Haradinaj: Work on correcting border demarcation to begin in optimal time (media)
• Mustafa: LDK has red lines only for PDK (EO)
• Parties rule out surprises, say Assembly will be disbanded (Koha)
• AAK, PSD expected to sign coalition agreement today (Express)
• Authorities say Kosovo flag remains at Novoberdo castle (media)
• Kosovo not issued international arrest warrant for Radoicic (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo introduces reciprocity measures against North Macedonia (media)
• Vucic to meet Pompeo in NY on Tuesday, expected to discuss Kosovo (media)
• “Serbia used dialogue to damage process of Kosovo recognitions” (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 16 August
• Haradinaj: Friendship with western allies, permanent and sacred (media)
• Japan: Normalisation of relations between Serbs and Albanians, key to stability (RTK)
• Serwer: No urgency for dialogue with Serbia (media)
• Dacic: We will not stop campaign against Kosovo's recognition (Zeri/Koha)
• Limaj confirms NISMA’s position on elections (Koha)
• Ymeri: We are in discussions for coalition with AAK (RTK)
• PSD’s Sejdiu prefers coalition with Vetevendosje and NISMA (Telegrafi)
• Lawsuit against police officers that expelled Turkish nationals from Kosovo (media)
• “Serbian intelligence behind attack on Kosovo consulate” (media)
UNMIK Headlines 15 August
• Political parties ignoring Quint’s calls (Zeri)
• Mustafa: I have no hesitation to cooperate with past opponents (media)
• Kosovo’s enemies and allies, part of campaigns by political parties (Koha)
• Krasniqi: Tariff will remain if Veseli leads new government (RTK)
• Gordy: Kosovo won’t make any steps prior to election of new government (RFE, Klan)
• Kosovo between early elections and a technical government (Radio Free Europe)
• Kosovo’s consulate in Denmark, vandalised (media)
• Tomor Morina not extradited to Serbia, returns to Kosovo (media)
• O’Connell slams Ministry of European Integration statement (media)
• Missing persons issue to be discussed in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTK/Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 14 August
• Quint countries call for urgent restart of talks and suspending the tariff (media)
• Kosovo Government on Quint’s statement (RFE)
• Veseli reacts to Quint's statement (media)
• Pacolli: Serbia has continuously undermined Kosovo’s statehood (media)
• Scott: Time to end the 90s conflicts (RTK)
• Haradinaj: A consensual Prime Minister harms democratic processes (RTK)
• Mustafa and Kurti meet, discuss elections (media)
• Mustafa tells who cannot govern Kosovo (RTK)
• Hoxhaj: Serbia manipulates facts, churches and mosques belong to Kosovo (RTK)
• Aliu: We are getting closer to LDK to prevent a PAN 2 (RTK)
UNMIK Headlines 13 August
• Veseli: EU with double standards (Zeri)
• “No reconciliation with Serbia as long as criminals are set free” (Kosovapress)
• Hoxhaj: Serbia violated Geneva Convention with Genocide in Kosovo (RTK)
• KFOR: Security situation in Kosovo is quiet (media)
• Political parties battling over Prime Minister post (Zeri)
• AAK doesn’t rule out coalition with PDK (media)
• “Serbia fears wars, because it got badly burned in Kosovo” (Kallxo)
• Tomor Morina’s release confirmed (Klan Kosova)
• Serbia continues building houses in Albanian neighbourhoods in the north (Zeri)
• Lajic: We have lost millions due to the tariff (RTS/RTK)
UNMIK Headlines 10 August
• Bolton to visit Kosovo when tariff is removed and government formed, KTV learns
• Hoti: We won’t give away up PM post (media)
• They won’t agree to a solution outside elections (Zeri)
• Hehir: Elections need to bring change, not stability (Prishtina Insight/Kallxo)
• Krasniqi: Belgrade is guilty about the tariff (media)
• Rama: Kosovo Army to take part in missions in Iraq or Afghanistan in 2021 (media)
UNMIK Headlines 9 August
• Haradinaj to FAZ: I have never threatened witnesses (media)
• MFA: Kosovo committed in implementing freedom of movement agreement (media)
• CEC mobilises secretariat (Koha)
• Konjufca: Assembly dissolution delayed as LDK doesn’t have PM candidate (T7)
• Surroi: Government would have fallen in autumn, it lost legitimacy (Telegrafi)
• Shala: North Macedonia to remove barriers or face reciprocity (Epoka e Re)
• Berisha: Serbia’s reckless statements incite interethnic tensions (Bota Sot)
• Veseli: Tomor Morina to return to his family soon (RTK)
• Italy expels suspected Kosovar member of Islamic group (media)
UNMIK Headlines 8 August
• Veseli: Prime minister’s post will not be rented out anymore (RFE)
• Mustafa: Tariff mustn’t be lifted although it has brought Kosovo no good (media)
• Mustafa: I did not know I would be re-elected, I was ready to withdraw (T7)
• The President’s “silent” agreement on new elections (Koha)
• Limaj: Relations with AAK were damaged after secret meeting in Berlin (Bota)
• KLA associations: First specialist chambers indictments in September (Zeri)
• Molliqaj: PSD will be determinant in future elections (media)
• Skopje’s court: Morina should not be extradited to Serbia (Epoka e Re)
• Condemnations for the killing of a woman in Prizren (media)
• Blic: Trump sets new deadline for the solution of Kosovo’s issue (Blic, Klan)
UNMIK Headlines 7 August
• Import tax, tool for winning votes (Koha Ditore/Zeri)
• IFIMES: Vetevendosje, LDK leading, PDK and AAK follow (Gazeta Express/RTK)
• Vetevendosje submits signatures for a session to dissolve the Assembly (media)
• Kurti: With a joint coalition, opposition could gain 70 seats (RTK)
• PDK reacts to Vetevendosje’s offer to LDK (Koha Ditore)
• LDK getting mobilised for elections (media)
• Hoxhaj: Serbia is joking with war victims (RTK)
• Kosovo ambassador visits Morina in Skopje detention centre (media)