• Tahiri: If Kurti travels to Brussels on Monday, he’ll sign agreement (Dukagjini) • Another name for the Association? (Radio Free Europe) • SPO searches apartment of Thaci’s former advisor (media) • Rohde: We will support, advise and criticize you (media) • Fajon: Kosovo and Serbia should use this momentum (Dukagjini) • Will Kurti and Vucic reach an agreement? Hoxhaj answers (euronews.al) • Opposition sends three laws approved by govt to court (Prishtina Insight) • Kurti, Osmani welcome ambassadors of Japan and Pakistan (media) • Vokrri: We do not believe there will be an answer from Brnabic (Klan) • Ristuccia updates contributing nations on operational situation in Kosovo (Klan) • Kosovo upholds Serb’s conviction of wartime mistreatment of couple (BIRN) • Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ claims prosecution fabricated war charges (BIRN)

• Borrell to meet Kurti and Vucic separately before joint meeting (media) • Osmani, Steinmeier agree there is “special momentum” with EU proposal (RFE) • COMKFOR Ristuccia interview with Klan Kosova • Svecla: Groups orchestrated by Belgrade trying to destabilise Kosovo (RTK) • ‘Do not go Away’ Sends Powerful Message to Youth of Kosovo (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo Started Year With Inflation Over 12 Per Cent (Prishtina Insight) • Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame Comes to The Hague (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Accused of Torturing Prisoners as Hague Trial Opens (BIRN)

• Kurti very optimistic that a deal can be reached this year (media) • Kosovo ready for any threat says president (Euractiv) • ‘Partial independence’: Kosovo reflects on secession from Serbia (Al Jazeera) • Krasniqi: I haven’t received reply from Brnabic on model of National Council of Serbs (media) • “Kurti advanced level of meetings, from corridors to official tables” (media) • Haliti: Association paves the way for Kosovo’s integration (media) • Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ Cries Foul as War Crimes Trial Begins (BIRN) • Kosovo Miners Remember Bravery and Betrayal of Underground Strike (BIRN) • Serbia ready for Kosovo dialogue if Serb municipalities are discussed (Euractiv)

• Kurti for Le Monde: EU plan enables the de-facto recognition (media) • Kurti meets Borrell, Lajcak; talk EU proposal and meet with Vucic (Telegrafi) • Borrell optimistic for February 27 meeting, hopes parties will accept plan (DW) • Osmani: Peace and security sustainable only when women included in all decision-making and policy-making processes (media) • Blinken: Normalisation of Kosovo-Serbia relations essential to strengthen security in the Balkans (RFE) • Osmani meets Admiral Munch at Munich Security Conference (media) • Kurti meets INTERPOL Secretary General: Kosovo is a reliable partner (media) • Gervalla: All countries to seriously address threats to international order (media) • Lekaj: Kurti must not accept Association with executive competencies (Nacionale) • Newborn monument dedicated to threat to Republic’s future (BIRN) • Djuric’s statement triggers reactions in Kosovo (Koha)

• Kurti: There is work to turn EU proposal into an agreement (DW, media) • Biden congratulates on 15th anniversary of Independence, mentions mutual recognition with Serbia (media) • European leaders congratulate Osmani on Independence Day (Koha) • Kurti hosted candidate for president of Serbia, Nikola Sandulovic (RTK) • Sandulovic: I came to offer historic solutions (RTK) • Kurti: Kosovo, common state of all (media) • Independent Kosovo is a success story. Now we need a European epilogue (Politico.eu) • Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia (The Independent) • North Kosovo won’t be stable while Belgrade and Pristina are at loggerheads (BIRN) • Kosovo: How football helps build bridges (Deutsche Welle) • Kosovo Women’s 1990s Fight for Freedom Documented on Film (BIRN) • Study Shows Therapy Benefits Mothers Exposed to Violence in Kosovo War (BIRN) • Serbian nationalists protest against Western plan to normalise ties with breakaway Kosovo (euronews.com)