Albanian Language Media: Haxhiu failed to be elected Assembly Speaker, session moved to Friday (RFE) Krasniqi: Regrettable that constitutive session failed for the fifth time (media) Limaj: Kosovo doesn’t have luxury of being without institutions (Express) Peci: Kosovo needs a ruling coalition with an Albanian majority (RTK) Osmani: Finland has stood shoulder to shoulder with Kosovo (media) Osmani: Any peace deal mustn’t encourage Russia’s imperialistic ambitions (RFE) Police refute Serbian media allegations about Iber Lepenc explosion (Klan) Serbia-run water and waste company in Strpce shut down (media) Osmani congratulates the Turkish Community Day in Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: Djuric: Serbian services have clear evidence regarding diversion on Ibar-Lepenac canal (Kosovo Online, Prva TV) Petkovic reacts to closure of Belgrade-run institutions in Strpce and Leposavic (Kosovo Online, media) SL: Intrusions into institutions - a direct violation of all agreements, including the Brussels Agreement (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) Serbian Democracy reacts to closure of Belgrade-run institutions in Leposavic (social media) Pristina authorities shut down Belgrade-run institutions in Strpce and Leposavic (KoSSev, media) Two years since election of Albanian mayors in northern Kosovo, North Mitrovica residents still lack confidence (TV Most, Kosovo Online) Full conversation between Patriarch Porfirije and Putin released (Nedeljnik) Belgrade University Rector sued again, can’t attend meeting with PM (N1) International: Serbia’s academics outraged over limits to research, disappointed by EU response (sciencebusiness.net) Pope Francis’s message found little echo in Croatia’s conservative Church (Balkan Insight) Croatia marks 80th Anniversary of WWII Jasenovac Camp breakout (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Assembly to continue constitutive session tomorrow at 10:00 (media) • Osmani to take part in Pope Francis’ funeral (Klan Kosova) • Rizvanolli: Serbia is not implementing Berlin Process agreements (Koha) • KSF commander visits Turkey, focus on military purchases (Albanian Post) • Croatian KFOR soldiers conduct patrols in Prizren municipality (media) • Plastic bags import falls from 1 million kg in 2021 to 250,000 kg in 2024 (media) Serbian Language Media: • Odalovic on latest arrests of Serbs in Kosovo, failed Assembly sessions (Kosovo Online, media) • Serbian Democracy reacts to latest arrests of Serbs in Kosovo (social media) • Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Porfirije in a visit to Moscow (Tanjug, N1, media) • Anniversary of NATO bombing of RTS (RTS, media) • Over the last 24 hours five cases of domestic violence and 74 traffic accidents recorded in Kosovo (Radio KIM) • “Failure Was Never an Option,” says Luka Djelic on the Epic Ride to Strasbourg and the fight for democracy (KoSSev) International: • Three Serbs go on trial for 2023 armed attack in Banjska, Kosovo (BIRN) • Court remands custody to minor suspected of murdering police sergeant (PI) Humanitarian: • The testimony of a Syrian in Kosovo: "How I fled the war but remained trapped in Pristina" (RFE)

Albanian Language Media: Constitutive session of Kosovo Assembly will be held again on April 19 (media) War veterans want MPs to sign an oath to address injustices in Hague (Express) Osmani commemorates massacre where 24 among victims were children (media) Attorney calls for life imprisonment for accused of Banjska attack (RFE) Grenell slams RFE article about Kosovo Specialist Chambers in Hague (media) CDHRF harsh reaction to decision to increase in energy tariffs (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic to new gov't: Get Serbia back to path of success (Tanjug) EC welcomed formation of new Serbian government: We expect Belgrade to seriously show its strategic direction towards EU (N1) Main hearing in Banjska case started in Pristina today (Kosovo Online, media) Simonovic Bratic: We have assurances from Quint that Kosovo cannot be placed on CoE's agenda until CSM is formed (Kosovo Online) Arlov: Request to visit Kosovo rejected for 17th time (KiM radio) Serbian public TV blockade by students, people enter third day (N1) AoPG: Protest in Kraljevo equivalent to 330,000 people in Belgrade (N1, KoSSev) International Media: ‘Trapped in horror’: Kosovo atrocity survivor escaped, but lost her family (BIRN) ‘The shame is not ours’ (Kosovo 2.0) Kosovo court convicts Serb former prison guard of war crimes (BIRN) Public money pouring in non-functional Kosovo municipality sport halls (PI)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: The government cannot stop functioning (media) • Dehari sends letter to the President on constitutive session of Assembly (Koha) • Abdixhiku: LDK MPs will be in assembly tomorrow, we call on others too (media) • Bulgaria denies it is interested to join Croatia-Kosovo-Albania declaration (media) • SPO completes presentation of evidence in Thaci et al. trial (media) Serbian Language Media: • Pristina Court sentences Dragisa Milenkovic to seven years in prison (RTS, media) • Marta Kos announced arrival in Belgrade (Beta, Danas, AFP) • Georgiev: Incorrect information on Bulgaria's interest in joining the military alliance of Croatia, Kosovo and Albania (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online) • "Fatherland": Students and the opposition are not Kurti's allies – Vucic is (KoSSev) • Gogic: Kosovo has entered an institutional crisis; opposition showed that Kurti does not have a majority (Kosovo Online) • Maliqi: Kurti created the crisis himself, opposition showed there is no majority even for mandate verification (Kosovo Online) • Zakharova: EU threats to Serbia over potential Victory Day visit to Russia ‘Euronazism’ (Beta, N1) • New endeavor: Students to run relay from Novi Sad to Brussels (N1) • UG: New SBB owners sold Total TV to Telekom, which dropped N1 and Nova (N1) Opinion: • Victims of a suffocating city (Kosovo 2.0) International Media: • EU Looks to tighten visa rules: 61 countries face Visa-Free travel overhaul (RFE) • Adnan Merovci: Shadowing Kosovo’s first President through historic times (BIRN) • Denmark tackles prison overcrowding by sending the prisoners to Kosovo (voxeurop.eu) • New electricity tariffs approved in Kosovo (a2news.com) • Billboards and bullets: An Israeli spin doctor at the service of Serbia (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Constitutive session of the Assembly interrupted (media) • Kurti: Lack of votes on mandate report, attack against Kosovo (media) • Krasniqi: Situation can change if PM and ministers resign (Koha) • Abdixhiku: Vetevendosje is delaying creation of institutions (Klan Kosova) • Antonio Costa to visit Kosovo as part of Western Balkans tour (Klan Kosova) • Osmani thanks Awama for Japan’s continuous support in many areas (media) • Prattipati meets Rafuna, discuss enhancing US-Kosovo economic ties (media) • Svecla: Another suspect of attack on KFOR arrested (media) • Jovanovic comments on passivisation of Albanian addresses in Serbia (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • PM-designate Djuro Macut presents program in Assembly today: Serbia tired of divisions and blockades, I call for dialogue (RTS) • Reactions of the opposition to the exposé of the representative in the Serbian parliament (NMagazin, N1) • Vucevic chairs last session of his cabinet, wishes success to Macut (Tanjug) • EU Council confirmed need for normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever, Tanjug) • Protest in Gracanica: ''Commission did not decide, they advised us to look for the competent'' (KiM radio, alternativna.com, medijacentar.info) • Serbian students cycling to Strasbourg to complete last stretch of their journey (N1) • Students block public broadcaster buildings in Belgrade, Novi Sad (N1) • Maja Gojkovic condemns blockade of RTV and RTS buildings (Tanjug) Opinion: • When elephants fight: What Trump’s trade war means for the Balkans (EWB) International Media: • “Trauma Has No Deadline”: Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence Demand Justice Without Timeframes (PI) • Who are the nominees for the members of the new Serbian Government? (EWB)