• Kosovo PM says tensions with Serbs in north could escalate (Reuters) • Osmani: EU to be more vocal against Serbia’s destabilizing tendencies (media) • Kurti, Vucic expected to sign joint statement on missing persons (media) • Kosovo minister says Belgrade backing criminals (N1) • COMKFOR meets commander of NATO, discuss security in Kosovo (RTK) • Haradinaj presents three options how to reach Kosovo-Serbia agreement (RTK) • Kosovo: a cap gun on the wall, a mine in the drawer (TVP World) • Kosovo allocates 40 million Euros for Serbs’ unpaid electricity (BIRN) • Muslims in Kosovo demand that headscarf be allowed in schools (euronews.al) • NATO evaluating proposal for naval base in Durres (Albanian Daily News)

NATO's Stoltenberg repeats: Ready for intervention if stability is threatened (Klan) Joseph: Leaders in Kosovo and Serbia should refrain from tense rhetoric (Klan) EU: Energy agreement roadmap stalling due to “technical aspects” (Kallxo) Decision on increased energy tariffs in two weeks (Koha) PDK’s Tahiri: We will oppose any effort to increase energy tariffs (RTK) Kosovo’s Central Bank is a Sleeping Giant that Needs a Poke (Prishtina Insight) U.S. Ambassador Hovenier visits Shterpce (media) Albania and Kosovo Poorest Countries in Region (Exit) Face paint, folklore transform Chicago bride for traditional wedding in Kosovo (Reuters)

• PM Kurti for RFE: Situation in north could have escalated into armed conflict • Kosovo opposition reacts to Kurti’s mention of war (media) • Petkovic: Kurti’s latest statements show he wants war not dialogue (media) • Kurti meets KFOR commander, discuss security in Kosovo (media) • Kusari-Lila: We will resist Association as we have done so far (media) • How Russia’s Ukraine war is stoking tension in Kosovo (The Washington Post) • Europe keeps a wary eye on Kosovo, Serbia (politico.eu) • Bislimi meets Ambassador Ziv, talk about deepening relations (media) • Grenell has telephone conversation with Thaci (media) • Two deaths and 331 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)

• Borrell confirms invitation to Vucic and Kurti to discuss way forward (Koha) • Kosovo pledges no talks with Serbia two topics that activated the north (Koha) • PM Kurti says “criminal gangs” behind attack against police in north (media) • EULEX chief condemns attack against police in the north (media) • Interior Minister Svecla visits Bernjak border crossing (Kallxo) • Russian reporter Daria Aslamova declared persona non grata in Kosovo (media) • Kandic: Regions where Delic operated, over 2,000 civilians killed (RTK) • Dua Lipa Thrills Fans Performing on First Day of Sunny Hill (BIRN) • ‘Sunny Hill was kept where it belongs’, Kurti receives Dua Lipa (euronews.al) • 618 new cases, one death from COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)

• EU confirms meeting between Kurti and Vucic on August 18 (Koha) • Borrell: Association, verdict on Decani Monastery should be implemented (media) • Osmani and Hovenier talk about latest developments in Kosovo (RTK) • LDK won’t cooperate with Serbian List to bring down Kurti government (media) • AAK against cooperation with Serbian List to bring down Kurti (Kallxo) • SL reacts to Hovenier about Radoicic: Don't make lump sum assessments (Koha) • What's behind the renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo? (AlJazeera) • Assembly adopts law on funding of political parties; EUSR welcomes it (media) • Svecla: We welcomed another 146 Afghans in Kosovo today (media) • Blakaj: Delic suspected of killing 2,000 civilians in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)