Albanian Language Media:

Government decides: Minimum gross wage in Kosovo increased to €350 (media)
Haradinaj: This minimum wage is a humiliation (media)
Kurti comments on recent visits, says they are waiting for final report on Iber Bridge (Klan)
NATO's Assistant Secretary for Operations to visit Kosovo Thursday (Klan)
Over 1,600 missing; “lack of reliable information is a challenge” (RTK)
Deadline for registration of diaspora extended to December 31 (media)
2,047,148 voters in the CEC preliminary list Elections 2025 (RTK)
Rohde hikes Kosovo’s highest peak Gjeravica (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Life under ‘police protectorate’ (Radio KIM, NIN)
Velebit: Situation for Serbs in Kosovo equivalent to a humanitarian catastrophe (Kosovo Online)
Dacic with UN Coordinator in Serbia discusses cooperation, in particular with UNMIK (Tanjug)
Lawyer: Nesic is accused of war crime with direct violation of defendant’s right to defense (Kosovo Online)
Davenport pays farewell visit to Bishop Teodosije (Kosovo Online, social media)
Meeting on Jadar lithium project closed to public (N1)
Vucic with scientists on Jadar Project: The state invested in you, it’s time to give back (N1, BETA)

International:

Choked with plastic and sewage, plight of Kosovar river highlights country’s pollution crisis (RFE)
Kosovo’s fierce divas (Kosovo 2.0)

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)