• COVID-19: 2,110 new cases, 4 deaths (media) • Kurti appeals to people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (media) • Kurti government doesn’t feel responsible for alarming number of cases (Koha) • Ministry of Education plans for new academic year to start in schools (RFE) • Kurti meets German Ambassador Rohde (media) • Bahtiri: Vetevendosje will win 15 municipalities in local elections (media) • Osmani: Kosovo ready without hesitation to shelter Afghan refugees (BBC) • Montenegro dismisses media reports about hosting Afghan refugees (BIRN) • Think tank defends Serbia hosting secret Afghan Govt-Taliban talks (BIRN)

• COVID-19: 1,783 new cases, five deaths (media) • Health Minister: 99 percent of tested samples resulted with Delta variant (media) • Health Institute chief appeals for vaccination against COVID-19 (Indeksonline) • Kosovo approves vaccinations for over-12s (Exit News) • PDK’s Nikaj slams government for poor management of pandemic (EO) • Osmani: Two Kosovars safely evacuated from Afghanistan (media) • Kurti: I cannot disclose number of Afghans that will be sheltered (AP/Klan Kosova) • Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia prepare to shelter fleeing Afghans (BIRN) • Controversial Kosovo Serb powerbroker’s libel case dismissed (BIRN)

• COVID-19: 740 new cases, two deaths (media) • Berlin: We’re aware of Open Balkan; we support Common Regional Market (media) • Vaccination of groups over 12, allowed (RTK) • Kosovo Government decides to shelter Afghans (Telegrafi) • 94 political entities applied for local elections (Koha) • LDK with three women mayor candidates for first time in Kosovo (Koha) • Hoti reacts to Odalovic: Desire for massacres still runs in your blood (Zeri) • 250 Afghan refugees to arrive in Albania this week (Voice of America)

• COVID-19: 1,096 new cases, 4 deaths (media) • Kosovo opens doors to Afghan refugees (Koha Ditore) • US: Kosovo joins calls for safe departure of Afghans (media) • Albright thanks Kosovo for offering to refuge Afghan allies (media) • Citaku: Kosovo should shelter some refugees from Afghanistan (RTK) • Kosovo parties ponder joint candidates in Serb-majority areas (BIRN) • Kosovo without protect against Russian propaganda (Radio Free Europe) • COVID-19 spike adds to jitters over new school year in Balkans (BIRN)

• COVID-19: 1,009 new cases and two deaths (media) • Kosovo to impose new measures amid rising infections (Euronews Albania) • LDK slams government: We are risking going to a total lockdown (media) • Mimoza-Kusari Lila to run for Gjakova mayor (media) • State Department: Common Regional Market, key to progress (VoA) • Kosovo court sides in favour of media-famous Serb returnee (BIRN)