• Kosovo to formally apply for CoE membership today (Koha/RFE) • Borrell: Western Balkans, EU's most important foreign policy (media) • Gervalla-Schwarz: Kosovo delegation ready for dialogue results (media) • Osmani attends dinner hosted by House Speaker Pelosi; travels to Lithuania for official visit (media) • Kurti: Kosovo to be put on the global map of information technology investments (media) • AAK leader Haradinaj meets U.S. envoy to Western Balkans Escobar (media) • Kosovo FM on moving embassy to Jerusalem: ‘We keep our promises’ (i24News) • Kosovo and France police directors meet in Zagreb (Kosovapress) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, one death (media)

• Chief negotiators to meet this Friday; discuss license plates and energy (Koha) • Osmani: No price is too high for democracy and freedom (media) • Russian-Ukrainian war could spill over into Balkans, Gervalla warns (jpost.com) • Thaci plead innocent to fresh war crime charges (BIRN) • Kosovo Assembly meets today; discuss first year of Kurti government (media) • FM Gervalla to represent Kosovo at informal dinner hosted by Borrell (media) • Mehaj: U.S. support Kosovo’s membership in NATO (media) • We’ll apply for CoE membership; we have 2/3 of votes: PM advisor (media) • Abazovic in favor of Open Balkan; Kosovo would benefit most (Klan Kosova) • EBRD mulls €22.5 mln loan to Kosovo for solar heating project (SeeNews) • COVID-19: Four new cases (media)

• Osmani: End four years of unjust denying of visa liberalization (media) • Some countries were convinced for visa liberalization, government says (RFE) • Osmani travels to Washington; will attend Munich Leaders Meeting (media) • Kosovo Compact Negotiations with MCC begin (Telegrafi) • Kosovo, Israel ink deal year after Jerusalem embassy opens (Jerusalem Post) • Rukiqi: Kosovo faced with unprecedented inflation (Kosovapress) • Journalist recounts meeting former Kosovo President at The Hague (euronews.al) • Macron proposes new political union for non-EU member states (RFE) • COVID-19: Two new cases (media)

• Hovenier: Kosovo to be constructively engaged in dialogue (Klan) • Opposition calls on Kurti to report to Assembly on Berlin dinner (Koha) • Joseph: Berlin meeting will not change dialogue dynamics a great deal (KP) • In U.S., Kurti meets head of MCC (media) • Osmani: Kosovo has stood on the side of allies defending democratic values (media) • President Osmani meets President of Costa Rica as he assumes office (media) • Kosovo moving toward CoE membership (RTK) • Vucic Threatens ‘Strong’ Response if Kosovo Applies for CoE Membership (Exit News) • Kurti condemns bombing of school in Ukraine (media) • Kosovo and Israel to sign first ever MoU (media) • Kosovo stands to secure sufficient wheat for this year’s needs (KP/media) • COVID-19: Six new cases (media)

• Kurti received Germany’s Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht (media) • Kurti: We have no parallel projects (Deutsche Welle) • Chancellor Scholz will visit Balkans in autumn, Defense Minister says (Koha) • Mehaj, Lambrecht talk about security in Kosovo and the region (media) • “Difficult” meeting in Berlin raises hopes for agreements in Brussels (Koha) • Kosovo Assembly forms two energy inquiry committees (BIRN) • UK Ambassador to OSCE calls for commitment to dialogue (Kallxo) • Osmani meets with President of Panama Cortizo (media) • “Kurti could be the person that gives a final solution to dialogue” (Klan Kosova) • Kurti received delegation of Social Democratic Party from Switzerland (media) • Valon Totaj elected President of the Court of Appeals (media) • Kosovo citizens still see violent extremism as threat to national security (media) • Whistleblower claims there are scandals and nepotism at Central Bank (Kallxo) • COVID-19: 16 new cases (media)