• Haradinaj: PAN has enough votes to form institutions (media) • EU will accept any government that has majority in Parliament (Koha) • President’s Office: Certification of results first, then the mandate holder (media) • AKR leader denies claims he plans to join PAN coalition (media) • INTERPOL to review Kosovo’s bid in September (media)

• CEC orders recount of 30 ballot boxes (Kosova Sot) • Haradinaj confident he will get 61 votes for Prime Minister (Koha) • Kurti: There can be no new government with old regime (Zeri/RFE) • Haziri: Not even internationals can reconcile us with PDK (RTV Dukagjini) • “Strategic mistake” if new government is dependent on Serbian List (Koha) • North of Kosovo does not pay for water, either (Zeri) • “U.S. suspects Serbia building Russian spy center at Kosovo border” (Epoka)

• “Quint to support whoever forms new government” (Koha Ditore) • Ambassador Delawie meets Vetevendosje leaders (Dialogplus/Telegrafi) • Haradinaj: Government, a week after certification of results (Kosova Sot) • LDK does not want coalition with PAN (Epoka e Re) • President Thaci risks violating the Constitution of Kosovo (Koha Ditore) • EP resolution calls for swift formation of new government in Kosovo (Koha)

• Vetevendosje’s Kurti starts building ruling coalition (Koha) • PAN coalition “shaking up” (Zeri) • EU expects quick formation of new Kosovo government (RTK) • Thaci welcomes EU observation mission’s preliminary report (media) • British Embassy pleased with election process (Epoka) • DnV: Election process followed by irregularities (Zeri) • EP calls on Kosovo and Serbia to implement agreements (Koha) • Simic: Serbian List will defend Serbia’s territorial integrity in Kosovo (Koha) • Ombudsperson calls for end to “illegal” practice of billing electricity (Zeri)

• LDK, crucial for new government (Zeri) • Big parties lose support in their traditional strongholds (Zeri/Koha) • PAN enters post-election silence period (Koha Ditore) • LDK-AKR-Alternativa vow not to cooperate with PAN (Koha) • U.S. Embassy: Work on forming new government must begin (Zeri) • Hahn: Hope it will not take months to establish new government (Epoka) • Lunacek urges Kosovo to form new government swiftly (Kosova Sot) • Serwer: LDK the biggest loser of elections (Lajmi) • Deutsche Welle’s op-ed: Nationalism wins in Kosovo elections (Lajmi)

• CEC counts more than 90% of votes: PAN first, Vetevendosje second • Over 50,000 votes declared invalid (RTK) • Media reactions on Kosovo snap elections • PDK, VV supporters celebrate in downtown Pristina (media) • Haziri: People gave no one legitimacy to form government (Klan Kosova) • Voting in the north, free of incidents (Zeri) • Palokaj: Government again to be decided by deals, not people’s votes (Koha) • Thaci: Dialogue to shift at level of presidents (Epoka e Re)