Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani travels for an official visit to the Czech Republic (media) • Gervalla participating at Bled Forum (Telegrafi) • Kurti: Archives in Belgrade should open so truth about our loved ones can be found out (Klan) • Osmani, Kurti, Hovenier pay tribute to the disappeared (media) • UNMIK in support of the families of persons missing from the war in Kosovo (Klan) • EULEX: In one year, three missing persons were identified, hundreds over years (Koha) • PSD calls the agreement on ID cards "legalization of parallel structures" (Koha) • Government to establish a Professional Committee after rape of the 11-year-old, (Klan) • COVID-19: 91 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • SRSG Ziadeh: Pristina and Belgrade cooperation crucial for progress on the issue of missing persons (Kontakt plus radio) • "It turns out to be a miracle that pain united us" (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Vucic: The problem with the vehicle plates will not be solved before September (NMagazin, Beta) • State Department: The agreement between Serbia and Kosovo is a step towards the normalization of relations (Beta, N1, VoA) • Serbian FM Selakovic met Cuban FM Parrilla (Tanjug) • Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic met Ambassador Hill (Tanjug, media) • Citizens on the ID agreement: Not supported by the majority “because it is not beneficial to both sides” (KoSSev) • Hrnjaz: Serbia did not recognize Kosovo with the new agreement, it does not mean it has not been moving towards it politically for 10 years (KoSSev) International: • Germany's Scholz Backs EU Expansion To Include Western Balkans, As 'Center Of Europe Is Moving Eastwards' (RFE) Humanitarian/Development: • New Book Tells Stories of Kosovo’s Child Casualties of War (Balkan Insight) • Greece increases electricity exports to neighboring Balkan countries (balkangreenenergynews.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti invites opposition leaders to meet on Tuesday (media) • Haradinaj responds positively to Kurti's invitation for a meeting (media) • Murati: Government will proceed with salary law, educational staff should start work (media) • Kurti: Kosovo has provided shelter for 1798 Afghans (RTK) • Lavrov: The West is ready to recognize independence declared illegally (media) • Tahiri: Why isn’t the text of the agreement on ID cards being published? (Klan) • COVID-19: 89 new cases (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Agreement with Pristina makes it easier, not harder, for everyone (media) • Opposition on the BG and PR IDs agreement (media) • Stoltenberg welcomes the agreement on IDs: NATO and KFOR will remain vigilant (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Michel, Varhelyi, Rohde, Rama welcomed the agreement reached on IDs (media, Twitter) • OPEN initiative seeks the C/ASM to be formed (Kosovo Online, KoSSev) • NGO Aktiv: 51 incidents recorder in the first six months of 2022 (KoSSev) Opinion: • In the history of international law, it never happened that a state recognizes another through license plates or identity cards (Danas, N1) • Unbalanced Vucic-Rama Double Act Benefits Only Serbia (Balkan Insight) International: • Afghans adrift on US 'lily pad' in Kosovo (DW) • ‘Everyone loved each other’: the rise of Yugonostalgia (The Guardian)

Albanian Language Media: • Prime Minister Kurti’s interview for Welt (media) • They protest for increased wages, but they “risk” current wage too (RFE) • LDK: Asking for lists of strikers is a practice typical for autocrats (Koha) • “As of 2014, 75% of time, primary and secondary education under strike threats” (media) • Bugajski to Lajcak: When will you meet Albanians in Serbia? (Demokracia) • Sinani calls on Lajcak and Escobar to meet Albanians in Serbia too (Kosovapress) • Pendarovski: EU has forgotten about Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo (media) • LDK: Instead of solving demands of the strikers, government is threatening them (RTK) • COVID-19: 188 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Escobar: I am convinced that the Serbs in the north of Kosovo will not see any change on September 1 (NMagazin, Beta) • Lajcak: I appreciate Vucic's sincere effort to support the European solution (RTS) • Vucic: Discussions to be continued, we are fighting for peace (Tanjug, media) • Petkovic: Kurti openly threatens with violence in the north, we will not allow the persecution of Serbs (RTS) • Jeremic: The Parliamentary Club of People’s Party propose a negotiation platform (KiM radio, Beta) • Demostat: Kurti's rigid stance could lead to new elections in Kosovo (N1, Beta) • Association of the Missing: 1,621 more persons from Kosovo have not been found (Kontakt plus radio, Beta, N1) • KP: ''Ethnically motivated cases in the first half of 2022 in decline compared to the same period in 2021'' (KoSSev) Opinion: • Zizek: Degeneracy, Depravity, and the New Right (The Daily Star) International: • Number plate row fuels Kosovo's ethnic tensions as Serbia seeks more talks (Reuters) • Picturing War: Macedonian Boys Fetch Ammo in the Thick of Fighting (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Lajcak in Mitrovica North: There can be no more barricades (RFE) • Escobar from the North: We take into account the concerns of Serbs (Albanian Post) • France calls for talks in spirit of compromise, implementation of agreements (Express) • Citaku: Kurti in dialogue should convince Washington and Brussels, not Vucic (media) • New graffiti in the north: “NATO go home, this is Serbia!” (Nacionale) • Strike in public sector in Kosovo begins today (Kosovapress) • Confirmed: Ministry of Finance will not pay a salary to anyone who protests even for 1 hour (Klan) • COVID-19: 203 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Lajcak: All important topics were discussed with Serbian List; Escobar hopes to announces more details later in Belgrade (Kosovo Online) • Vucic: KFOR should protect Serbs, not remove barricades (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Petkovic: Kurti's series of falsehoods again, Pristina unlawfully and unilaterally abolished KS plates a year before the deadline (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Batuse village: The name in Serbian crossed out, graffiti of the KLA written (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: Organized and planned intimidation of the remaining Serbs south of the Ibar (Kosovo Online) • Wisner advises Pristina to drop the recognition request (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • KFOR in regular contact with Serbian Armed Forces representatives (Tanjug, media) • 18 new coronavirus cases in Serbian areas (Kontakt plus radio) Opinion: • Muharremi: Association helps wield sovereignty throughout Kosovo (Klan Kosova) International: • ‘Time Is Ripe’ for Final Deal With Serbia, Kosovo Premier Says (Bloomberg) • Picturing War: Fleeing Roma Find Refuge at Montenegro Tent Camp (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti talks about meeting Serbian President Vucic on August 18 (media) • Kurti: Option of producing neutral licence plates is out of the question (media) • Haradinaj: Fruitful discussion with Escobar (media) • Sources: Escobar, opposition talked flexible implementation of reciprocity and final settlement (Klan Kosova) • What was discussed and what Escobar requested in meeting with opposition (Express) • Haliti: Kosovo must focus on Escobar’s message (RTK) • “The Prime Minister should have reported earlier about the dialogue” (Nacionale) • Mustafi: No reason for Serbs in Kosovo to have greater rights than Albanians in Serbia (Kosovapress) • COVID-19: 363 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Councillors in Zvecan adopted 6 conclusions, the first supporting Vucic to find a solution (KoSSev) • Lajcak for the BBC in Serbian: Vucic and Kurti meeting in Brussels was not in vain (media) • US Ambassador: “Washington wants Serbia, Kosovo in normal relationship” (N1) • Vulin’s reply to Ambassador Hill: Perhaps Hill can remove me from the Government, but not the ideas of an independent Serbia (media) • Djilas: Recognition of Kosovo cannot be a topic of any conversation (KoSSev, Nova.rs, N1) • Selakovic receives new UNDP resident representative (Tanjug) Opinion: • War mongering and race baiting (Kosovo 2.0) Humanitarian/Development: • Srdan Keca: Suffering of Roma isn’t part of collective consciousness (Kosovo 2.0)