Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Meeting with CIA chief proves U.S. commitment to Kosovo security (media) Selimi: CIA director’s visit seems to have had an effect in Kosovo (media) COMKFOR meets Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples (media) Kosovo Post Office expected to open in ‘Car Llazar’ square in Mitrovica North (Reporteri) After entry into force of law on minimum wages, salaries increase from 6.8 euros (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic denies Macron wants nuclear waste storage agreement (N1) "They want to suppress and expel us, what else?"- Does Pristina want to change ethnic structure in north with new projects (Euronews in Serbian) Ristanovic: Fear from ‘albanization’ of north justified, aim at expulsion of Serbs (Kosovo Online) New Kosovo Post Office emerges in North Mitrovica after Serbian branches were closed down (KoSSev) Media: Kurti avoided questions about Ibar Bridge (Kosovo Online) Opinion: For Serbia’s govt, law to ‘protect constitutional order’ is an anti-protest weapon (BIRN) International: Skepticism surrounds revived truth and reconciliation initiative in Kosovo (BIRN) Kosovo’s capital expands tourism potential (Prishtina Insight) Humanitarian/Development: Why is the employment rate among women in Kosovo so low? (RFE)

Albanian Language Media: Media: CIA chef talked mostly about Kosovo during stay in Serbia Kupchan: Kurti should listen to the allies about the Iber bridge (media) Lajcak in Alpbach: Interesting conversation about future of Western Balkans (media) CEC: No officially declared coalitions yet, deadline August 30 (ekonomia) Diaspora census: 600 thousand people registered so far (RTK) Police arrest a Serb in Jarinje, wanted for threatening another Serb in 2022 (media) Rama: Albania will have opportunity to host NATO Summit in 2027 (RFE) Serbian Language Media: Milenkovic, Arsenijevic on drivers’ license conversion, persisting problems (Radio KIM) Ponos: Presence of Serbia in northern Kosovo nearing to an end, Vucic’s policy ‘treacherous’ (N1, BETA) Petkovic responds to Ponos (Novosti) Milivojevic: Kosovo one of key topics during Macron’s visit to Serbia (RTS) D.N. arrested at Jarinje, sent to 48-hour detention (Kosovo Online) International: CIA chief visits Kosovo, meets President and Prime Minister (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • The head of the CIA meets Kurti (media) • Osmani: Alliance with USA, guarantee for security, peace, and success (RTK) • Kosovo govt. on Kurti’s meeting with head of CIA: Historical moment (media) • Haradinaj: Meetings of CIA head with heads of state, good news (RTK) • LDK: Krasniqi and Berishaj lead of energy mafia (RTK) • The KSF continues with training in the United States of America (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • “Bridge over Ibar will not be opened, actors of Banjska attack will be held accountable”: What visit of NATO officials brings to Belgrade and Pristina? (Danas) • FM Djuric: Germany one of Serbia’s most important political, economic partners (N1, FoNet) • Trifunovic: Representatives of Pupin Initiative to visit Kosovo, get firsthand information about situation (Kosovo Online) Humanitarian/Development: • Market near Saint Nikola Church in Gnjilane place where Serbs sell their products (RTV Puls, media)

Albanian Language Media: RTK Workers Union asks Assembly to complete RTK Board ASAP (media) EU without decision on lifting of measures against Kosovo (media) Government: Keeping EU measures in force is pointless (media) DW: After Bosnia and Serbia, CIA director is visiting Kosovo (Gazeta10) Plane in which CIA chief is believed to have traveled to region, seen at Pristina Airport (RFE) CBK expects 3.9% economic growth during 2024 (Koha) Digitization of the election process begins, CEC receives software from OSCE (media) Grenell criticizes Kurti: The whole world has condemned his unilateral actions (media) Tahiri: Kurti has damaged, punished, and isolated Kosovo (Ekonomia) Musliu: Veseli and friends facing the most anti-national and anti-KLA government (media) Osmani: Honored to be awarded M100 Media Award alongside Tusk (media) Serbian Language Media: Macron visiting Serbia on August 29 and 30 (Kosovo Online, media) Vucic discussed the Ibar bridge with Botsan-Kharchenko (Danas, media) CIA Director William Burns arrives in Serbia (N1, nova.rs, media) Lawyer: We have offered bail for Milenkovic to be released pending trial (Kosovo Online) Shqiprim Musliu: Bujanovac will be part of Kosovo, learn to live with that (KoSSev, Bujanovacke) French President Macron to visit Belgrade next week amid uncertainty over CIA Director Burns’ itinerary (KoSSev) Opinion: Belgrade - Pristina normalization talks: the west must bridge the divide (Kosovo Online)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani on U.S. grant: Whenever we work together, Kosovo wins (EO) • Hovenier: Challenges with Kurti govt affected quality of our partnership (media) • NATO looks to Serbia to help ensure full accountability for May and September 2023 violent acts (media) • CEC: Parties have right to spend up to €2 million on campaign (media) • Camaj: Over 6,000 Serbs applied to convert their drivers’ licenses (EO) • Maqedonci: Turkiye gives donation for KSF capacity building (media) • Vukovic meets Kurti, “we hope, work for EU future of Western Balkans” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic met Ruge: Necessary coordination with KFOR forces in accordance with Resolution 1244 (RTS) • Djuric: The embassy in Bern also received threats, citizens and consular representations are safe (RTS, Beta, N1, Tanjug) • "After a failed attempt to take over a safe house in Z. Potok, they decided to copy our idea in North Mitrovica" (KoSSev) • KiM radio: The accused of the attack on the premises of the CEC pleaded not guilty (KoSSev) • Resident of Gorazdevac released from custody: "They are accusing me of something I didn't do" (KoSSev, Radio Gorazdevac) • Insajderi: “Ekrem Peci, the owner of ‘C'est la vie’, on his way to take over the multimillion-dollar land in Zvecan” (KoSSev) • Vuletic: The election campaign in Kosovo will certainly not seek the normalization of relations with the Serbs (Kosovo Online) International: • Kosovo- Serbia dialogue deadlock is suffocating civic initiatives (Prishtina Insight) • Grandfather jailed in Serbia on ‘flimsy’ evidence (BBC) • EU rejects accusation that west played role in recent anti-mining protests in Serbia (RFE) • Silenced by scarcity: How poverty excludes Serbian women from civil society (BIRN) • The Director of the CIA held a Series of Meetings in Sarajevo (sarajevotimes.com)