Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani, Kurti welcome Albania’s President Bajram Begaj (media)
• Osmani: All preparations are being made to implement institutions’ decisions on Brussels agreements (Telegrafi)
• Citaku: Power cuts in August, we can imagine what will happen in winter (Telegrafi)
• Tahiri: If we tolerate 2-hrs cuts now, we’ll have to tolerate 12-hrs cuts in winter! (media)
• Hoti: Power cuts are being reintroduced to cover up mismanagement (Indeksonline)
• PDK: Winter is coming, both with cuts and high tariffs (media)
• “Strike in educational system until law on wages is finalised” (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: I am going to Brussels to try to maintain peace (Tanjug)
• Brnabic on Twitter reacted to EEAS statement (media)
• Office for KiM on EEAS statement (media)
• Kosovo Internal Affairs Minister says Serbs are citizens with equal rights (N1, KoSSev)
• Kommersant: Russia asking Serbia to decide (Beta, N1)

Opinion:

• Kosovo and electricity - authorities warn, citizens worried (N1, KoSSev)

International:

• Kosovo seeks western help to boost Nato and EU ambitions (Financial Time)
• Falling Stars: Europe’s Champions in Balkans Burn Out Fast (BIRN)
• Thousands March in Belgrade to Protest Against Euro Pride (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

Kurti: When Serbia talks about killing and violence, it talks about itself not Kosovo (RFE)
Kurti: We stand unwavering, but agreement depends on Serbian side (Koha)
KFOR: We are talking with security representatives of Kosovo and Serbia (Klan)
Kurti to meet NATO SG, one day prior to meeting Vucic (Nacionale/Klan Kosova)
“We don’t want instability; Serbia shouldn't encourage criminal groups” (Kosovapress)
Will police confiscate the trucks that blocked the roads in the north? (Nacionale)
Murati: Redefinition of borders with Serbia will return; there’s no other option (media)
860 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media)
Serbian Language Media:

Mihajlovic: Negotiations with Pristina are getting more difficult because Kurti wants to end the dialogue (Kosovo Online)
Serbian Army Commander visits the bases in Ground Safety Zone (RTV RS)
Serbian Mayors from Kosovo warn that position of Serbs is becoming more difficult (Politika)
Rakic: We are not shying away from the possibility of forming Association/Community of Serbian Municipalities (A/CSM) ourselves (Kosovo Online)
“North of Kosovo is de facto a grey zone, Pristina wants to present reciprocal measures as being in service of fight against crime” (Danas)
International:

Serbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling (The New York Times)
NATO informs the public that SG Stoltenberg will meet with Vucic and Kurti on August 17 (nato.int)
Besides Red Carpets, Sarajevo Film Festival Confronts Traumatic Past (BIRN)
Opinion

Activists in Kosovo and Serbia Can Still Find Common Ground (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media:
Kurti: Disinformation led to barricades, violation of free movement in the north (media)
EU comments on possible joint statement on missing persons (Telegrafi)
PDK deputy leader Vlora Citaku interview for Ekonomia Online
780 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic: Pristina wants to attack north Kosovo, execution of Serbs being prepared (RTS)
Serbian Ministry of Culture: Çeku is diverting attention, Serbian cultural heritage is under constant threat (Kosovo Online)
“Kurti’s synchronized campaign against Serbs and Belgrade underway” (KosovoOnline)
Christopher Hill: There is a bigger possibility for progress in the talks than for the conflict on September 1 in Kosovo (euronews.rs)
Greece is not changing its position and will not recognize Kosovo-excerpt (B92)
Monks of Visoki Decani Monastery: Serbs live under the discriminatory rule of Kosovo Albanians (Radio Kontakt Plus)
International:
DokuFest Brings Kosovo and Serbia Youngsters Closer Together (BIRN)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 10, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti asks Serbs to get Kosovo licence plates; ‘not fall prey to misinformation’ (media)
• Minister of Economy calls for energy savings; “an extraordinary winter ahead” (Koha)
• Kosovo government pays €40 million for energy in the north (media)
• Local Government Minister: There can be no monoethnic associations (Nacionale)
• What should we expect, when we are expecting … the Association? (Albanian Post)
• Lushtaku comments on Kurti’s remarks about “threat from Serbia” (Indeksonline)
• 1,197 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• What is on agenda ahead of the meeting between Vucic and Kurti in Brussels? (RTS)
• Vucic: Serbia’s natural gas reserves at historic maximum (N1)
• Stoltenberg: Close partnership between NATO and Serbia (N1)
• Andjelkovic: It is time for Serbia to establish provincial administration and civil protection in KiM (Kosovo Online)
• Shop owners in Velika Hoca stage protest (Radio KIM)
• Selakovic meets with Costa Rican counterpart (Tanjug)

International:

• BIRN Fact-Check: Kosovo Sanctions on Russia – Serious or Symbolic? (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Kosovo with 25 percent more tourists compared to last year (Kosovapress)
• Serbian farmers stage protests (N1)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 9, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• PM Kurti meets Quint ambassadors and EU Head of Mission (media)
• Interior Ministry publishes FAQs for registration of vehicles with RKS plates (media)
• Whose trucks were used for the barricades in the north of Kosovo? (Radio Free Europe)
• Two deaths and 952 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)
• Montenegrin Minister: Abazovic-led government will be ousted on August 19 (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

Petkovic: Kurti demonstrating he wants war, not agreement (Tanjug)
Petkovic meets family of Nikola Nedeljkovic arrested on June 28, at Gazimestan (Kosovo Online)
Two shops in Velika Hoca burglarized (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Who Is Daria Aslamova, The Russian Journalist Expelled From Kosovo? (RFE)
• A Range of Digital Rights Violations Disrupts the Region (BIRN)