• COVID-19: 1,067 new cases, 17 deaths (media) • COVID-19 claims lives of 17 citizens in 24 hours, in Kosovo (Euronews.al) • Kosovo leaders react to murder of 18 year old girl in Ferizaj (media) • Haxhiu to join today’s protest in Ferizaj (media) • Health Ministry asks CEC to change locations of 30 polling centers (media) • Sami Lushtaku will not be able to run in local elections (Indeksonline) • Nagavci: New school year to start on September 1 (Indeksonline) • Defence Minister Mehaj in an official visit to Germany (RTK)

• COVID-19: 1,682 new cases, 11 deaths (media) • United States donates 500,000 Pfizer vaccines to Kosovo (Exit News) • Haradinaj slams Kurti for poor management of COVID-19 situation (media) • Government to opposition: You legitimised university in the north in 2015 (Koha) • Pupovci: Kosovo law enables Mitrovica North to build university (media) • LDK reacts against so-called “Prishtina university in Mitrovica” (Telegrafi) • Kosovo to equip security forces with armoured vehicles (BIRN) • Father’s wartime disappearance motivates Kosovo’s missing persons chief (BIRN) • Cracks are emerging in Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic consensus (BIRN) • Tear gas thrown when Goran Bregovic sang at Beer Festival in Korça (Ocnal)

• COVID-19: 2,236 new cases, 8 deaths (media) • Kurti ready for Berlin, not for "Open Balkans" (Klan) • Osmani, UN organisations representatives talk Afghan refugees sheltering (media) • Abdixhiku: Regional economic cooperation incomplete without all countries (RTK) • Minister Mehaj confirms Kosovo will soon receive new military vehicles (RTK) • Vucic: Those not united around Serbian List cannot win trust of people (Klan) • VV in Albania protests Serbian musician performance in Korce (Express) • Albanian artists a rarity at Serbia’s biggest music festival (Prishtina Insight)

• 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)