• U.S., Kosovo Celebrate $202M Energy Grant on Capitol Hill (mcc.gov) • Osmani: Agreement with MCC seals U.S. support for Kosovo (RTK) • Kurti: Agreement vital to energy security, social economic transformation (media) • Gashi: Government may fall in autumn (media) • Haradinaj indicates Kosovo-Serbia agreement in autumn (Klan Kosova) • Draft Security Strategy: “Serbia, the main threat” (Radio Free Europe) • Montenegrin President Djukanovic slams Open Balkan initiative (media) • Kosovo festival lets artists transform public spaces (Reuters) • Itinerant exhibit, ‘Ecodesign’, arrives in Kosovo’s capital (ansamed.info)

• President Osmani, PM Kurti meet US Secretary of State Blinken (media) • Johnson: U.S. believes Kosovo’s future is in Europe and NATO (KTV) • Specialist Chambers continue detention of Kadri Veseli (media) • Kosovo to apply for EU membership by end of 2022 (Euractiv) • Surroi asks for support to his candidacy at RCC (Express) • Social media fuels distrust in institutions across EU, report finds (Exit News) • Cyberattacks big threat to Western Balkans, US expert says (Exit News) • North Macedonia proposes jail terms for media freedom violations (BIRN)

• President Osmani, PM Kurti to meet Secretary of State Blinken today (media) • U.S. wants role in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Blic/Klan) • Prosecution explains invitation to interview the former EULEX prosecutor (media) • ECPMF, EFJ react on the interview process for RTK Board members (RTK) • Kosovo’s Security Committee meets with Commissioner of German Army (Kallxo) • Progress on Prishtina-Durres Railway in Kosovo Parliament (Exit) • Serb, Albanian farmers hit by degradation of river in Strpce (Koha Ditore) • Kosovo's capital Pristina bursts onto the global art scene with an ambitious Manifesta 14, which is more hit than miss (The Art Newspaper) • Albania’s Retired President Returns to Active Party Politics (BIRN)

• Kurti: Kosovo in the first place in terms of the rule of law in the Balkans (RTK) • President Osmani participated in inauguration of new President of Albania (media) • Kosovo ready to implement reciprocity measures with Serbia on ID cards (media) • Italian ambassador optimistic about visa liberalization for Kosovo (media) • Albania’s new president Bajram Begaj gets sworn into office (media) • Haxhiu leaves open possibility for Specialist Chambers to have a supervisory mechanism (media) • The Serbian List holds hostage two laws (Koha) • False bomb alert in the complex of the University of Pristina (RTK) • Fractured History: Why Kosovo has no proper wartime archive (BIRN)

• Albanian Parliament adopts resolution on Dick Marty report (media) • Haradinaj: Only U.S. President can conclude Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Koha) • Albanian President Ilir Meta to visit Kosovo today (media) • Delay to Kosovo-Serbia deal upsets wartime missing persons’ families (BIRN) • Bilek: Success of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, key for road toward EU (Koha) • Head of Health Insurance Fund temporarily suspended (media) • A Test for the European Union in the Balkans (Wall Street Journal) • In Tune: Young Western Balkan Musicians Ready for Regional Tour (BIRN)