• Pacolli: UNMIK to be transformed into a UN political office (Kosovapress) • Powerful lobbying in New York (Epoka) • Albanian PM calls for Kosovo recognition and UN membership (Koha) • Serbian paper “reveals” Vucic-Pacolli conversation at UN (Koha) • Haradinaj: Issue of missing persons requires urgent epilogue (media) • Jevtic: Association/Community will be formed in 2018 (media) • Tahiri: Brussels agreement on judiciary will be implemented soon (Epoka) • Kosovo ready to accept decisions of parallel courts (Koha) • Analysts: Incapacity of Kosovo institutions to join Interpol (Zeri) • Former EULEX prosecutor Bamieh under investigation (Bota Sot)

Thaci: No one can block Kosovo’s right to an army (RTV21) Pacolli to Vucic: Better get used to Kosovo at the UN (Telegrafi) Serbian President Vucic and UN SG Guterres discuss Kosovo (Koha) “Haradinaj could soon visit Montenegro” (Zeri/Klan Kosova) Pacolli: Sudan considering recognition of Kosovo (dailies)

• Kosovo decides to withdraw from its Interpol membership bid (Zeri) • LDK accuses new government of Interpol membership failure (Koha) • “Decision to withdraw from Interpol membership bid, reasonable” (Epoka e Re) • Government waits commission’s findings before deciding on demarcation (Koha) • Thaci and Pacolli continue meetings in New York (dailies) • Hoxhaj to Vucic: Recognition of Kosovo, the only solution (Telegrafi) • Local elections to cost Kosovo around €10 million (Zeri)

• EU wants Haradinaj to “revive” European agenda (Koha Ditore) • President Thaci meets U.S. President Trump (dailies) • Kosovo delegation meets OIC Secretary General (RTK) • Local election campaign kicks off (media) • Apostolova: I do not communicate with indicted politicians (Zeri) • Ruling and opposition parties disagree over timing of Assembly session (Zeri)

• Delays in integration of courts in the north could destabilize situation (Koha) • President of Kosovo to be at forefront of dialogue with Serbia (Koha Ditore) • President Thaci begins meeting foreign officials in New York (dailies) • Police launch investigation into allegations against Rikalo (Koha) • Lekaj: No conditioning from Serbian List on Kosovo army (RTK) • EU invests €1.2 million in the north (Zeri)