• Montenegro mulls joining ‘Open Balkan’, Kosovo remains opposed (BIRN) • President Osmani meets Greek Foreign Minister Dendias (media) • PM Kurti: Kosovo’s relationship with Greece grows closer every day (media) • Dendias meets heads of international missions and Quint ambassadors (media) • Interior Minister Svecla interview with KTV • LDK leader Abdixhiku meets US Ambassador Hovenier (media) • Mehaj: Turkey supports Kosovo’s membership in security organisations (RTK) • Rama and Vucic debunk Lavrov’s claims on Open Balkan (euronews.al) • “Vucic spectacular achievement by dividing Tirana and Prishtina” (euronews.al) • Kosovo theatre director takes on controversy over Handke Nobel Prize (BIRN) • Pride Parade today in Prishtina; will leaders attend? (Gazeta Express)

• Kosovo PM Kurti meets UK Foreign Secretary Truss (media) • Greek foreign minister to visit Kosovo today (media) • Gervalla invited to “Summit of the Americas” (media) • Vucic and Borrell discuss a Kosovo-Serbia declaration on missing persons (Indeksonline) • EU on Lavrov remarks: We don’t comment on positions of someone on sanctions list (Telegrafi) • Open Balkan Meeting Kicks off in Ohrid with Presence of Montenegro (Exit) • Varhelyi to attend Open Balkan meeting amid claims of Russian backing (Euractiv/Exit) • Krasniqi: "Open Balkan" is a political project, Kosovo doesn't support it (RTK) • Robelli: Alexander Soros attended "Open Balkan" with no mandate (Koha) • Konjufca and Richardson hold virtual meeting (media) • For Kosovo Women, In-Laws are Often Abusers Too (BIRN)

• KLA war veterans threaten to block Government and Assembly (media) • Prime Minister Kurti: Kosovo, a success story (media) • Pride Week starts in Kosovo: "LGBTI+ rights are human rights" (RFE) • President Osmani to visit Slovenia in July (media) • Haradinaj, Hovenier discuss latest developments (media) • “Decision to block trip, reflects commitment to hold Russia accountable” (Kallxo) • Russia supports Open Balkan; reactions follow (Koha/RTK/Klan Kosova) • Two die as storm winds, lightning hit Kosovo (Reuters) • Polish Airlines begins operations from Kosovo (Kosovapress)

• Kurti met Lajcak on sidelines of GLOBSEC forum (media) • Bislimi: Belgrade, Pristina close to energy agreement (N1) • Albania submits non-paper lobbying for Kosovo's CoE bid (Klan) • Escobar: Europe not complete without Western Balkans (media) • Serbian List reacts to Mehaj and Svecla visit to the north (Kallxo) • Szunyog speaks of 'security incidents', makes no mention of interethnic ones (KP) • German ambassador to Serbia says Kosovo and Ukraine cannot be compared (Klan) • Municipality of Decan under investigation over Monastery lands (RFE) • Kosovo leaders congratulate Begaj on election President of Albania (media) • Pahor: Open Balkan beneficial for all (Albanian Post) • Ramush Haradinaj reelected AAK leader (media) • KLA war veterans to protest today in Pristina (media) • Security concerns leave Afghan evacuees stuck in Balkan camp (AP) • How a British Judge Caused Turmoil at the EU’s Kosovo Mission (BIRN) • Lavrov cancels flight to Serbia after countries close airspace, Interfax reports (Reuters)

• North Macedonian prime minister invites Kurti to Open Balkan summit (media) • Osmani: Open Balkan wouldn’t treat Kosovo as an equal partner (euronews.al) • Kurti to participate in GLOBESEC forum in Bratislava (media) • Lajcak meets Vucic in Bratislava (media) • De Riu: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue remains crucial for a comprehensive agreement (KP) • State Department publishes report on religious freedoms across the world (media) • Osmani, Bislimi meet CoE human rights commissioner, Mijatovic (media) • Rama at UN Security Council: We owe it to victims of Kosovo to act (Klan) • Kosovo fails to join Association of Francophone Constitutional Courts (media) • Kosovo Police discover 57 migrants in bus stopped by for speeding (media)