Albanian Language Media: Victims of sexual violence, Osmani: Let's bring perpetrators to justice (RTK) Kurti: We’re interested in X-ray scanners that enhance security at borders (media) Lajcak: Vucic and I agreed on next steps in dialogue (RTK) Bislimi after recommendation to lift measures: Association not a condition (RTK) COMKFOR, Naples Command reps talk about security and dialogue (media) EULEX present in delivery of body remains to Serbian authorities (Reporteri) Kosovo government provides financial support to Presevo Valley (RTK) Serbian Language Media: Lajcak and Vucic agreed on the next steps in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Beta, N1) Djuric met Lajcak: The position of Serbs in Kosovo dramatically worsened with the arrival of Albin Kurti to power (Kosovo Online) Petkovic met Lajcak: The CSM formation the only way forward, we do not fall for Kurti's tricks (Kosovo Online) Pristina court sentences Rakic to three-month suspended prison sentence (N1, Beta, KoSSev) Paunovic: Pristina submitted amendments to SEECP PA to provoke Belgrade (RTS, Tanjug) "Kill, kill the Serb" performed in unison by Albanians and Croats (N1, KoSSev, SK) UEFA also fined the Football Association of Serbia (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: • Sources: Borrell recommends lifting of EU measures against Kosovo (RFE) • Kurti: In 1998-99, Serbia used sexual violence as weapon of war in Kosovo (media) • U.S. is committed to supporting victims and survivors of CRSV (media) • Maqedonci: Kosovo determined to join NATO (media) • Lajcak meets international community representatives in Kosovo (media) • Citaku: PDK is ready for new elections (media) • Bogujevci, Perestrello talk Kosovo’s membership in intl organisations (media) • Kurti travelled to Hamburg following invitation by Sarrazin (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak appreciates reports of international community in Kosovo about situation on ground (Kosovo Online) • Lajcak: My work continues; I am confident the CSM will be established, we have considered red lines of both sides (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Pristina misuses sexual violence victims for daily political purposes (Radio KIM) • Odalovic: 567 Serbs are still listed as missing (Radio KIM) • The strengthening of the right not a good signal for the region's membership in the EU, and the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Kosovo Online, VoA) • Darko Tanaskovic: Border changes in the Balkans as a distant possibility not impossible (N1, NMagazin, Danas) • UEFA fines Albanian Football Federation (Kosovo Online, media) International: • Crosetto: NATO intervention in Kosovo, pillar of peace and democracy in world (Nova) • Unconnected: Kosovo’s health information system remains ‘forgotten promise’ (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: •    Borrell submits report on possibility of lifting measures against Kosovo (RTK) •    Bislimi meets Lajcak, discuss way forward for agreement implementation (media) •    Lajcak: Implementation of agreement on normalization must be accelerated (RFE) •    Osmani did not meet Lajcak due to different agendas (Telegrafi) •    Meeting between Kurti and Lajcak in Pristina does not take place (media) •    Kurti, Arbel discuss strengthening economic cooperation (media) •    Israel removes visas for Kosovars (RTK) •    Maqedonci: Radoicic’s group is still organized; “poses threat to Kosovo” (media) Serbian Language Media: •    Vucic to meet Lajcak today (Kosovo Online, media) •    Lajcak met KFOR commander: Decisions about the bridge in Mitrovica should be made in Brussels (KoSSev, N1, NMagazin) •    Rasic: The silent surrender of Kosovo, especially of the Kosovo Serbs, continues (N1, NMagazin) •    Serbian List: Rasic tells lies about Vucic and our party (Kosovo Online) •    Festival "Mirdita, Dobar dan" – Aims for dialogue, accompanied by disagreements (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: •    Kurti: I don’t think I should speculate over speculations (media) •    Pacolli: We’ve heard from EU that lifting of measures has been foreseen (media) •    Lajcak arrives in Pristina, scheduled to meet Osmani, Kurti and Bislimi (media) •    Osmani: Unwavering commitment to lasting and just peace in Ukraine (media) •    Kurti shares British reporter’s story who recorded attack on Jashari family (media) •    Lajcak: We have a new momentum, which should not be missed (media) •    UN Special Rapporteur publishes report from visit to Kosovo and Serbia (media) •    Aliu gives details on construction of Pristina-Durres railway (media) •    Kosovo to hand over to Serbia remains of three persons killed during war (RFE) •    Prizren to host biggest cycling festival in Kosovo this weekend (media) •    Klinaku: Kurti govt worked against veterans; we will protest (media) •    KSC issues final warning to Nasim Haradinaj re. his media contacts (media) •    UEFA initiates disciplinary proceedings against Serbia (media) Serbian Language Media: •    Vucic meets Jenca, discusses situation in Kosovo, necessity to establish CSM (Kosovo Online) •    Djuric meets SRSG Ziadeh, says dialogue at stalemate because of Pristina (Kosovo Online, social media) •    PM Vucevic with Lajcak: Time for Europe to give a clear signal (N1) •    Lajcak says he discussed with Vucevic Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, EU relations with Serbia (RTS) •    Dacic called on the organisers to cancel the "Mirdita, Dobar dan" festival (KiM radio) •    A land parcel and field of Ilija Draskovic usurped in Kosovo Polje, one of usurpers threatened him with death (Radio KIM) •    The remains of three Serbian civilians killed in 1999 handed over at Merdare (KiM radio) Opinion: •    Mutual recognition between Serbia and Kosovo: How do we get there? (IDN) •    Serbia’s new intelligence chief will guard Vucic’s ‘captured’ state (BIRN) International: •    Reporter reflects “25 years after Kosovo’s secession from state of Serbia” (BBC) •    UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings, prove over Serbian fact actions at Euro 2024 (RFE) •    UEFA open disciplinary probe against Albania FA after Euro 2024 match (DPA International, MSN)

Albanian Language Media: •    Kurti: Opposition cannot postpone elections indefinitely (Koha) •    Stano on report on EU measures for Kosovo: No exact date, don’t speculate (RTK) •    Svecla: Partners did not criticize us, they expressed concern (media) •    Rasic: Vucic and Serbian List used the north for money laundering (media) •    Osmani meets leaders at Peace Summit for Ukraine (media) •    Svecla: Serbian government is financing terrorism (Koha) Serbian Language Media: •    Djuric meets Jenca, discusses Kosovo issue (Kosovo Online, media) •    Dacic: Role of UNMIK of crucial importance for security of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) •    Petkovic meets ASG Jenca, SRSG Ziadeh, informs them of unilateral Pristina acts (Radio KIM, media) •    Kosovo police entered two schools in Leposavic without warrant, photographed premises (Kosovo Online, media) •    Kosovo police searched for “illegal things” at two schools in Leposavic, without explaining what it was (KoSSev, social media) •    Two Serb youths say they were mistreated by Kosovo police in Leposavic (Kosovo Online, social media) •    Serbian List, Office for KiM react to Rasic’s remarks he is ready to engage in preparing CSM draft statute (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, media) •    Mortal remains of three Serbian civilians killed in Kosovo to be handed over to Belgrade delegation at Merdare (media) •    25 years since kidnapping of several Serbs in Orahovac (Radio Gorazdevac, media) •    Insulting graffiti written on House of Culture, children’s playground in Susica (KoSSev, media)

Albanian Language Media: •    State Department: Long-term U.S. policy is mutual recognition (Express) •    Rohde recalls 'Scholz’s clear statement during visits to Kosovo and Serbia’ (media) •    Bajrami: Without mutual recognition, there can be no normalisation (media) •    State Department comments on declaration of All-Serbian Assembly (media) •    De Riu: Opening Iber bridge has "political and electoral purposes" (media) •    Investigation of war crimes; Svecla, Haxhiu meet senior police officers (Kallxo) •    Government ministers, MPs help clean shores of lake in north Kosovo (media) •    Kurti: Walker is among Kosovo’s greatest friends (media) •    Sources: “Shabani wanted BIA to act faster, stronger in Kosovo” (Express) •    Arifi: “Elections in October; increase in public sector wages in summer” (media) Serbian Language Media: •    Petkovic says 150 Serb families to be evicted from their apartments in the north by Kosovo Verification Agency: "Ethnic cleansing continues" (Kosovo Online, RTS) •    Petkovic: Shameful and anti-civilized decision of Pristina to ban goods from central Serbia (Tanjug) •    People in the north, Strpce on Serbian goods import ban (Kosovo Online) •    Gracanica residents: "We buy what we must" - dissatisfaction with quality and prices of available goods (Kosovo Online) •    Shahini: Serbs affected the most with goods import ban, Albanians were buying those goods also (Kosovo Online) •    Gogic: Ban on Serbian goods an illegal measure violating human rights (media) •    Vucic meets with Sarrazin (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) •    Stano on banning the import of Serbian goods: Refrain from unilateral steps (KiM radio) Opinion: •    Qirezi: “All-Serbian Assembly is a shameful return to the 1990s” (Koha) International: •    Kosovo ‘child of war’ wins competition to rebuild war-destroyed school in Ukraine (Prishtina Insight) •    Suffering in silence: The horrors of giving birth in Kosovo state hospitals (BIRN) •    People are convinced Tony Blair statue unveiled in Kosovo is Jason Donovan (The Independent)

Albanian Language Media: •    Svecla on weapons found in Uglare: There is no compromise on crime (RTK) •    Osmani meets with president of North Macedonia (Klan) •    Hovenier: We’ll help protect Kosovo from cyberattacks, false information (media) •    NDI deputy chief: TV stations are the main source of information (Koha) •    Kosovo joins Demining Coalition for Ukraine (media) •    Rohde remembers “German journalists killed during war in Kosovo” (Telegrafi) •    Municipality of Mitrovica North continues to free public spaces (media) Serbian Language Media: •    Vucevic: We preserve peace and protect Serbs in Kosovo, but we are far from resolving status issues (Kosovo Online) •    Djuric: Serbia wants relationship of trust and cooperation with all EU member states (Tanjug) •    Djuric: Serbia does not accept violations of Resolution 1244 or the rights of Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online) •    Petkovic informs Latin American ambassadors of situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, media) •    Serbs could not attend liturgy at Christ the Savior Temple in Pristina centre (Radio KIM) •    More than 1000 requests submitted to switching driver’s licences (KoSSev) •    EU: Belgrade violating agreement on path to normalisation of relations with Pristina (N1, FoNet) •    Vulin meets with Russian security services leadership in Moscow (BETA, N1)

Albanian Language Media: •    Kurti: Kosovo grateful to international friends and allies (Telegrafi) •    Bislimi: I have information Borrell's report recommends lifting of measures (media) •    Bislimi: We don’t send to court drafts and articles without ownership (Express) •    Haxhiu calls on internationals to pressure Serbia over arrest of Kosovars (Koha) •    Osmani travels to Skopje to attend SEECP summit (media) •    Walker: Kosovo is an exceptional success story (Albanian Post) •    Latest NDI poll: Major drop by Vetevendosje, PDK is second (Paparaci) •    EU: Serbia cannot join EU without normalising relations with Kosovo (RFE) •    The Geopost publishes “second surveillance between Shabani and Rosic” (media) •    The village in south of Kosovo where Albanians and Serbs help each other (RFE) •    Kusari comments on amendments to the IMC draft law (media) Serbian Language Media: •    US Ambassador: Recognition of Kosovo will not be a condition for Serbia's entry into the EU, but normalisation (NMagazin, NIN) •    "The deputy from Albania persistently tried to turn off the microphone of the deputies from Serbia": the Serbian delegation left the conference in Sarajevo (Danas,     FoNet, Klix.ba, Srna) •    Milicevic: Embargo on goods from central Serbia and dinar issue affected small businesses and people (TV Most) •    Lawyer: The defence attorneys are more than ready to prove Milun Milenkovic's innocence (TV Most) •    Starovic: The issue of Kosovo’s status, when and if possible, Serbs and Albanians to discuss themselves directly (Kosovo Online) •    Gasic meets with Jaqsylyqov in Astana (Tanjug) Opinion: •    Serwer: Mealy-mouthed won’t work, riot act will (peacefare.net)    International: •    Kosovo hails NATO contribution as it celebrates quarter century of liberation (Prishtina Insight) •    Brothers indeed: Kosovo Albanians share memories of sheltering displaced families during the war (Prishtina Insight) •    Between gender and profession (Kosovo 2.0) •    Albania, Kosovo launch eased local border traffic regime (See News) •    Easyjet to launch two routes to Pristina (See News)

Albanian Language Media: •    Kurti on the 19th anniversary of LVV: I thank the people who support us so much (RTK) •    Osmani: Freedom will have no meaning without justice for 1133 children killed during war (Klan) •    EP Vice-President: I hope we will soon welcome Kosovo into big EU family (Express) •    NATO: Our work remains ensuring peace and freedom of movement for all without distinction (Reporteri) •    Ulutash: KFOR role remains essential, I will spare no effort (Reporteri) •    UK Chief of Defense Staff: Our troops continue to support Kosovo's sovereignty (Reporteri) •    Hovenier: NATO's entry into Kosovo ended the brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Milosevic regime (Reporteri) •    Lajcak talks with O'Brien about developments in Western Balkans (Koha) •    Maqedonci in Brussels to sign agreement on demining (media) •    Serbian delegation leaves meeting in Sarajevo after "Kosovo's membership in CoE" mentioned (Koha) Serbian Language Media: •    Vucic: Foreigners take only what they like from UNSCR 1244 (Tanjug, Dnevni avaz, media) •    Pristina must be put under pressure to continue dialogue, Vucevic tells UK ambassador (Tanjug) •    Petkovic: The decision to ban the import of Serbian goods into Kosovo threatens basic European values (Kosovo Online, TV Most) •    Djuric: Serbia unequivocally supports Dayton Agreement; Vranjes: I did not bring or hand Sarajevo's protest note to Serbia (Tanjug) •    Vladimir Orlic appointed director of Serbia’s Security Intelligence Agency (N1, media) International: •    ‘Administrative Silence’: FOI Requests Go Unanswered in Balkans, BIRN Report Says (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: •    Media: Kosovo Assembly meets on 25th anniversary of liberation •    Clinton: Today I give thanks for 25 years of peace in Kosovo (media) •    Solana: Kosovo must be transformed into a strong state (RTK) •    Robertson: Inaction would allow continuation of ethnic cleansing of Albanians by Milosevic (Klan) •    Robertson: Kurti, Vucic to find agreement, or we could face a situation like 90s (media) •    Hovenier: What Kosovo has achieved is remarkable (media) •    British Ambassador: We remember and mourn all human suffering that happened in Kosovo (Klan) •    Kurti: Kosovo army has never been bigger and better armed (media) •    Haradinaj: In one week, Serbia humiliated intl community and QUINT twice (media) •    EU: Borrell’s report on Kosovo measures hasn’t been submitted yet (media) •    Ex-NATO Commander comments on Kushner real estate project in Serbia (media) Serbian Language Media: •    25 years after the end of conflict Serbs have no reasons to celebrate (Radio KIM) •    Was the Declaration of the All-Serbian Assembly necessary? (KoSSev, Danas) •    The State Department calls for stability and reconciliation in a comment on the Declaration of the All-Serbian Assembly (RFE, N1, media) •    Vucevic: If Kosovo issue is closed, why is there pressure on Serbia? (RTS)nb •    Serbian Justice Minister: Serbia not denying crimes or glorifying criminals (N1, FoNet) •    Vucic: I congratulated Orban on another victory, we continue friendly cooperation (Tanjug) Opinion: •    Mjeku: Kosovo has many reasons to celebrate its Liberation Day (Arab News) International: •    War stories: Exhibition recalls coverage of Kosovo conflict, 25 years later (BIRN) •    From war to peace: Before and after photos of Kosovo’s transformation (RFE) •    British brigadier recalls ‘World War Three’ moment in Kosovo (BIRN) •    Kosovo special prosecution indicts eight for abuse of office after Kallxo.com investigation (Prishtina Insight)