Albanian Language Media: • Kurti welcomes continuation of MCC program for Kosovo (media) • Court suspended ERO decision, Fejzullahu says he will complain (Express) • Women’s Chamber of Commerce welcomes Commercial Court’s decision (media) • Haxhiu: Serious doubts over impartiality of Special Court (media) • Behrami says special court “legitimizing ethnic cleansing, genocide” (media) • Cakolli: August 7 protest is necessary (media) • Hargreaves: Kosovo in serious crisis, parties must compromise (media) • Court sentences Milos Pleskovic to 15 years in prison for war crimes (media) • Indictment against Milos Antovic for attack on KFOR and police in north (Koha) • Kosovo ministry writes to Serbian govt about arrest of a Kosovo Serb (Kallxo) • Igor Popovic’s communications with heads of Serbian BIA (TV Dukagjini) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric spoke to Guterres: Popovic’s arrest an attempt of intimidation of Serbs and collapsing of dialogue (RTS, Blic, media) • Hargreaves: Kosovo in a serious crisis, elections are chance for Serb integration (Radio Gorazdevac) • Pleskovic sentenced to 15 years in prison (KiM radio) • Pleskovic's lawyers: Verdict is image of judiciary in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Office for KiM: Verdict to Pleskovic message to displaced Serbs they must not return to Prizren (Kosovo Online) • “How Serbs ended up in articles about death of an Albanian at Gazivode Lake” (Alternativna.com, Radio KIM) • SNP rejects claims on electric cables in Gazivode Lake as absurd and politically motivated (KoSSev) • Taxi drivers after meeting in Mitrovica North municipality – problem partially solved, they can continue working, no one knows how long (KoSSev) • More protests held in Serbia (N1) International: • When it comes to healthcare, some in Kosovo still trust Serbia (Balkan Insight) • Could Trump be the first U.S. president to visit Belgrade since 1980? (eualive.net)

Albanian Language Media: UK Embassy recognises positive coordination between KFOR and KSF (media) Italy commends KFOR’s humanitarian intervention in Ujman (Klan) Haradinaj: Alliance with NATO led by US is crucial for Kosovo (media) ERO: Decision on energy market liberalization cannot be postponed (media) Hoti: Energy market liberalization will have major consequences (media) AJK, EFJ call on caretaker government: Allocate budget for RTK (media) COMKFOR Barduani meets Irish Defense Minister (media) Police arrest person that called VV MP Fitore Pacolli “a thief” (AP) Criminal complaint filed against four witnesses in “Banjska” case (media) Ministry: 809 people employed in north through govt employment measure (EO) Central Bank: Apple Pay now available in Kosovo (media) Popovic secretly recorded meetings with EU officials in Brussels (Dukagjini) Serbian Language Media: Mitrovica North municipality refused to license taxi drivers ‘without clear explanation’ meeting with Atiq planned for today (KoSSev) Italian Embassy on search operation at Gazivode lake (social media) Serbian and Chinese special forces conduct joint training exercise (N1) Protests in support of Novi Pazar students and people held across Serbia (N1) Vasiljevic: All those who attacked police at Novi Pazar protest will be detained (Tanjug) International: Unprotected, women in Albania, Kosovo face ‘toxic coexistence’ with digital abuse (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: KFOR: COMKFOR authorized KSF to deploy SAR teams in Ujman lake (media) KSF, accompanied by KFOR, starts search operation in Ujman Lake (media) Ex-KSF commander on cases when they operated in the north in the past (KSP) German Embassy: Non-constitution of Assembly sending wrong signals (Klan) Maqedonci: Kosovo and Ireland, growing partnership in area of defense (media) Bislimi meets new OSCE head in Kosovo, economic growth among topics (RTK) RTK Union warns with protest and boycott of political coverage (media) Thunberg: People in Kosovo incredibly kind, open and generous with me (media) Romanian Foreign Ministry advises citizens not to travel through Kosovo (Klan) Kamberi submits resolution on position of Albanian community in Serbia (media) Serbian Language Media: KFS, accompanied by KFOR at Gazivode lake, searching for a young man, former Serbian Army Chief of Staff Ponos claims “search intentionally delayed so KSF would come to the north” (KoSSev, social media) Self-determination Movement: KSF first time as an army in the north of Kosovo: Statistics says – at least third (Kosovo Online, KoSSev, social media) Vlora Citaku accuses current government of misusing case of a young man at Gazivode lake (KoSSev, media) Serbian Justice Ministry: Verdict to three Serbs culmination of judicial abuse for political purposes (media) Bajatovic: New delay of US sanctions on NIS good news (Tanjug) International: The 90’s in pieces (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media: Grenell: Disgraceful that Thaci is still in prison; the Hague is broken (media) Milenkovic and Vlajic sentenced to 5 years in prison, Pantic to 2 years (media) Special Prosecution welcomes court’s verdict to terrorist attack in 2022 (media) Krasniqi on municipal elections: We don’t run for power but for trust (AP) Isufaj: Serbian secret service works on recruiting Albanians (Kallxo) Rafuna: We want suspension of free energy market by February 1 (Express) KFOR assists Kosovo agency in combating wildfires (media) Serbian Language Media: Violation of Special Protective Zone around Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Holy Virgin of Hvosno near Istok (media, social media) Milenkovic, Vlajic sentenced to five years in prison each, Pantic to two, Vakic acquitted (Radio KIM, media) Office for KiM: Verdict against three Serbs politically staged process (Kosovo Online, media) Serbian police and BIA arrested Serb from Strpce under allegations of espionage for Albanians (Kosovo Online) KFOR provides assistance in containing blazes (media, social media) Serbian Democracy requests Serbian Government to take position on Aleksandar Aresnijevic’s case (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev) Opposition slams Dacic’s remarks Serbia was deceived in Brussels agreement, demand resignations (KoSSev, N1, Danas) Serbian Ambassador: I reminded Trump that no US President has visited Serbia since 1980, invited him to change that (N1) MFA: We have worked intensively on strengthening Serbia’s international position (Tanjug) Novi Sad mayor’s initiative to erect memorial for canopy collapse victims approved (N1, media) Opinion: Trajkovic: Pristina arrests Serbs employed in security structures, while Albanians from south Serbia work unobstructed in Kosovo (KoSSev, Nova.rs, media) International: Systemic humiliation: Why so few rape survivors in Serbia seek justice (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: 52 attempt to form new Assembly fails, next session tomorrow (media) Ambassadors: Politicians disappointing people, we came to Assembly with hope (media) Limaj: NISMA doesn’t move toward partial solutions or new elections (RFE) “Kurti discussing new govt with Limaj, not the post of Assembly Speaker” (media) Haxhiu: If there is no reflection, the only solution might be elections (Klan) “No elections before all options to form institutions are exhausted” (Nacionale) Krasniqi: We didn’t request this measure from Constitutional Court (ekonomia) Abdixhiku: Awaiting Constitutional Court's final decision on our case (RTK) Krasniqi, Limaj comment on Thaci’s interview with Klan Kosova (media) Rahovec municipal assembly declares Popovic “persona non grata” (media) Belgrade court orders 30-day detention for arrested Kosovo Albanian (media) RTK Union warns protests and lawsuit if govt doesn’t secure funds by Aug 5 (AP) 14 yrs since killing of Kosovo Police special unit member Enver Zymberi (media) Serbian Language Media: US Congresswoman Tenney concerned over Popovic’s arrest, calls on President Osmani to release him immediately (Kosovo Online, social media) Kabasic: Decision on two bridges on Ibar River legally void, works must be halted (Kosovo Online) Gogic: Supreme Court ruling could overturn other Kosovo Government decisions, including one on Ibar bridges (Kosovo Online) Closing remarks in trial of four Serbs presented, defense demands acquittal (KoSSev, Radio KIM) Lawyer in Ivica Rajkovic and Dragan Denic case: Prosecution did not present evidence (Radio KIM) New road sign at entry to Mitrovica North – “Dobrodošli”, “Zbogom” and “Good bye” (Alternativna.com, KoSSev, N1) Vucic, France's Roquefeuil discuss joint interests of Serbia, France and region (Tanjug) International: Kosovo’s Thaci denies feeling betrayed by West over war crimes trial (Balkan Insight)