• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Session for dissolving Kosovo Assembly set for 22 August (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo should decide on internal matters on its own (Epoka) • Mustafa: I am not LDK’s candidate for prime minister (RFE) • Hoxhaj: PDK does not make compromises for PMs position anymore (Epoka) • LDK leader Mustafa meets U.S. ambassador Kosnett (media) • Kosovo leaders react to Serbian army commander’s remarks (Bota Sot) • Skopje court receives Serbia’s request for Tomorr Morina’s extradition (Epoka) • O’Connell: Policy makers do not need to force people learn languages (Epoka/Klan)

• Parliamentary parties to discuss today Assembly’s dissolution (media) • Crucial week for new elections (Koha) • Haradinaj: We have to make Kosovo a 100% country (media) • Mustafa: No one can beat us when we stand united (Zeri) • Hoxha: Early elections to avoid delays in integration process (Radio Free Europe) • Shala warns of reciprocity measures against North Macedonia (EO/Koha) • Osmani: No chances for Morina to be extradited to Serbia (RTV21/Bota Sot) • Mojsilovic: We have support of Russian Army for challenges in Kosovo (media)

• Thaci asks Veseli to nominate new candidate for PM (media) • Isa Mustafa wins another term as LDK leader (media) • Haradinaj: AAK to support parliament's dissolution (Kosovapress/Koha) • Haradinaj: Media close to Vucic, part of slanderous campaign (media) • Hellbach: Not wise to turn good friends against you (Koha Ditore)

• Palmer: New government of Kosovo to lift tax, resume dialogue (VOA/Zeri) • Isa Mustafa – LDK’s hope (Koha Ditore) • Kosovo at a crossroads after Prime Minister’s resignation (Epoka) • Elections in Thaci’s hands – the President delays the process (Express) • Opposition with ultimatum to President Thaci (Zeri) • Haxhiu: PDK will not give away post of Prime Minister as it did in the past (media) • Specialist Chambers summon for interview AAK MP Time Kadriaj (media) • Civil society organisations in Gjakova submit war crimes lawsuit (media)

• Thaci: I am ready to announce fresh elections (media) • Thaci meets representatives of Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian communities (media) • The delays of the President (Koha) • Kosnett: Agreement with Serbia would transform Kosovo’s economy (media) • Haliti: One cannot govern with force in Europe (Zeri) • Hoxhaj: Serbia becoming Russia’s ‘Trojan Horse’ in the Balkans (media) • Ramadani: Serbia is sending threatening messages to Balkans (Epoka) • Russia supports Serbia on preventing Kosovo’s membership at Interpol (RTK) • Tahiri requests from North Macedonian authorities to release ex-KLA member (Epoka) • Lawyer: Tomor Morina could get released today (Alsat/Bota Sot)

• Haradinaj meets coalition partners, Veseli a no-show (media) • Thaci: A functional government as soon as possible (media) • Thaci with formula against elections (Zeri) • Mustafa: LDK will win the national elections in September (media) • LDK discusses internal elections and dissolution of Assembly (Indeksoline) • Albanian PM Rama speaks about Haradinaj’s resignation (Indeksonline) • Sejdiu: LDK, VV should join forces to form new government (media) • Fatmir Sejdiu wants to run again for post of LDK leader (media) • Serbia submits extradition request for Tomor Morina (media) • Kurti seeks recognition of Israel and Palestine (media)