Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 14 deaths, 259 new cases (media) • Kurti: We’ve nothing to hide; we were under international administration (EO) • Kusari-Lila comments on eventual postponement of local elections (Koha) • Gashi: Elections cannot be cancelled, the campaign can (Kosovapress) • Kurti, Vitia attend inauguration of Children’s Hospital (Indeksonline) • Indictment filed against ex-mayor of Leposavic and 14 other persons (media) • Kosovo Minister attends Western Balkans Rail Summit in Belgrade (media) • Experts: Russia has toughened its engagement against Kosovo statehood (VOA) Serbian Language Media: • "The Balkans will miss Angela Merkel" (DW, B92) • Kosovo President rejects Community of Serb Municipalities (N1, KoSSev) • Petkovic: Irresponsible messages from Pristina are a new stumbling block (RTS) • YIHR: Citizens must know the content of the agreement on opening secret archives between Serbia and Kosovo (Danas, NMagazin) • What message does Angela Merkel's visit send? (B92, RTS) • Trajkovic: If Merkel had not supported Vucic, the Balkans would have been more stable today (Kosovo Online) • Another house in Orahovac broken into (KiM radio) • Milena Popovic: Court postpones my testimony (Danas, Beta) • Vucic: Djukanovic wants Montenegro without Serbs (AlJazeera, B92, Tanjug) International: • Merkel To Visit Serbia On Farewell Trip To Balkans (RFE) • Fassino: EU must immediately send out positive signals to the Western Balkans (EWB)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 30 deaths, 685 new cases (media) • Kurti: We acted based on Health Institute recommendations (media) • Health Ministry proposes school year to be postponed to September 26 (Telegrafi) • “With current pace, Kosovo can vaccinate 70 percent of population” (Koha) • European Union deploys Election Observation Mission (media) • Haradinaj: Kosovo doesn’t have KLA files; we gave everything to NATO (media) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric with Escobar: I am looking forward to working together (Kosovo Online) • Pec double homicide, a part of a long list of political assassinations in Kosovo; Beqaj: Unsolved assassinations encourage new ones (KoSSev) • Petkovic: Families deserve the truth and victims deserve peace (Kosovo Online, KiM radio) • Spahiu: Community of Serbian municipalities a path towards the final agreement, Kosovo needs recognition not Serbia (Kosovo Online) • Office for KiM: House of Mirjana Dedic from Orahovac stoned • Petkovic: False accusations of hate speech (KiM radio) • Belgrade and Washington agree: Fighting terrorism successful only in partnership (N1, Beta) • Serbs’ expectations from opening Kosovo's and the former KLA archives (KiM radio) • Online school in Serbian communities and next week (KiM radio) International: • Deputy PM’s threats shake Montenegro’s fragile coalition govt (BIRN) • Work Starts in Serbia on Chinese Sinopharm Vaccines Factory (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 19 deaths, 703 new cases (media) • CEC asks all election staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (media) • "Serbia has agreed in opening of all archives, including those of KLA” (Kallxo/Zeri) • Bislimi: Serbia not interested in having serious talks with Kosovo (VOA Albanian) • Prosecution gives little detail on the double murder in Peja (media) • Thaci's defence requests dismissal of KSC judge (Klan Kosova) Serbian Language Media: • Two deaths, 44 newly infected with Covid-19 in Serbian communities (KiM radio) • Vucic on Merkel’s visit, Brussels dialogue, Montenegro … (B92) • Patriarch Porfirije: Kosovo holds the ultimate meaning of a magnet that binds us (KoSSev, N1) • Petkovic: New expert-level discussions due in October (Tanjug) • Dejan Vuk Stankovic: The Brussels negotiations do not make any sense; a new format is needed (Kosovo Online) • A unilateral decision with practical and political consequences (KiM radio) • Trendafilova: The special court is not monoethnic, it deals with individual responsibility (Kosovo Online) • Belgrade hopes for unbiased approach by BiH High Representative (N1) Opinion: • In the Balkans, Let Us Remember to Forget (Balkan Insight) International: • North Macedonia: At least 10 die in COVID-19 hospital fire (AP) • Serbia, Hungary Will ‘Rebuild, Protect, Central Europe’, Orban Says (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 24 deaths, 1,029 new cases (media) • Vitia: relief of measures against COVID-19, not expected (media) • Bislimi: There will be no Kurti-Vucic meeting this month (RFE Albanian) • Participation of Serbian official declared non-grata in Kosovo puts dialogue at risk (euronews.al) • Kurti and Varhelyi talk about Afghan citizens sheltered in Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo Urged to Start Countering Russian Media Disinformation (Prishtina Insight) • Kosnett meets Afghans in Bondsteel (Klan) • The numbers of political entities for the October elections are announced (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • Bislimi: No elements for the meeting between Vucic and Kurti at the moment (KiM radio, N1) • Varvitsiotis: Greece's position on Kosovo remains unchanged (media) • Resumption of Belgrade - Pristina dialogue in Brussels (B92, Tanjug) • "Little Trump" on Kosovo: "Biden squandered everything" (Tanjug, B92, Blic) • CEC announced draw for ranking political entities on local elections, SL under the number 147 (Kosovo Online) • Orban: To find the southernmost line with Serbia to stop the migration wave (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) International: • The Cocaine Market Is More Competitive And Violent (eurasiareview.com) Humanitarian/Development: • Western Balkan coal plants causing thousands of deaths (euobserver.com)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 28 deaths, 920 new cases (media) • Poland to donate 100,000 vaccines to Kosovo (media) • Lajcak: There are many urgent matters to be discussed (media) • LDK rejects the idea of postponing local elections (media) • Trendafilova holds press conference as she begins Kosovo visit (media) • Police arrest PSD activists after interrupting Trendafilova's press conference (media) • OKDiario: Spain plans to send Afghans to Kosovo, recognition mentioned as exchange (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • In Serbian areas 40 new cases of Covid-19, one death (Radio Mitrovica sever) • Petkovic: We are here to fight for Serbian interests, the new Vucic-Kurti meeting depends on today's talks (Tanjug) • Grubjesic: Brussels should ensure Belgrade and Pristina's opposing positions come closer (RTS, Danas, NMagazin) • Serbian FM to new EU Delegation chief: EU membership priority and commitment (N1) • Vllasi: Enthronement of Serbian Patriarch better not be in Pec (Kosovo Online) • Trajkovic: Is Vllasi announcing another “Log Revolution” near Pec? (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • On the road to nowhere (Kosovo 2.0) International: • North Macedonia President Warns Of Refugee Influx In Balkans From Afghan Turmoil (RFE)