• Scholz's office on the messages that the Chancellor will bring to the Balkans (RTK) • Kurti urges Greece to join other EU countries in recognising Kosovo (media) • Kurti meets Abazovic in Davos (media) • Vucic about Kurti: He will say terrible things about Serbia (media) • Kosovo’s diplomatic corps visit Decan Monastery (media) • Albania's ambassador to CoE: We will do all it takes to support Kosovo joining (Telegrafi) • Muja: The north will begin paying electricity bills very soon (Koha) • Police officer in the north arrested damaging evidence charges (media) • Arrest warrant issued for former Kosovo Police senior official (Kosovapress) • Petkovic brings Vucic’s message to Prizren, calls Kosovo "our province" (Klan) • U.S. Begins Denying U.S. Entry to Afghans Housed on Military Base in Kosovo (WSJ) • COVID-19: 12 new cases (media)

• German Chancellor Scholz to visit Kosovo early June (media) • Bislimi: Serbia leads with number of non-implemented agreements (Koha) • Kosovo Police bust cannabis farm in the north (media) • Mehaj attends meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group (RTK) • Svecla talks to Johansson, calls for visa liberalization (RTK) • Hague prosecutors to quiz intelligence chief on wartime whereabouts (BIRN) • Local Serbs block Serbia-run administration offices in Istog (Koha/Klan) • Kosovo welcomes two more Ukrainian journalists (Prishtina Insight) • Crops and carcinogens: Kosovo’s market for unsafe, illegal pesticides (BIRN) • Vucic and Hill: Efforts to focus on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • COVID-19: One new case (media)

• Kurti at World Affairs Forum: Kosovo to become part of NATO's PfP (media) • Biden to Vucic: Normalise relations with Kosovo (Koha/Telegrafi) • U.S. Ambassador to Belgrade: Kosovo and Serbia are neighboring countries (media) • President of Albania, Ilir Meta, to visit Kosovo (Klan) • Two more Ukrainian journalists arrive in Kosovo (media) • Mehaj: 600 new soldiers to be admitted this year; purchase of weapons, priority (media) • Concerns raised over possible human rights violations at KSC (Koha) • Chief State Prosecutor not decreed yet (RTK) • Afghans lacking complete security checks won’t be able to travel to U.S. (BIRN) • COVID-19: Nine new cases (media)

• Kurti: To normalise relations - Serbia needs to change (VOA) • Sarrazin: Germany's final goal is to have Kosovo part of NATO (Kallxo) • Lajcak and Escobar discuss way forward in dialogue (media) • Foreign ministers of CoE member states set to meet today (RTK) • Citaku: Kosovo to be serious and present an offer in dialogue (Koha) • Svecla: All security mechanisms need to exercise added vigilance (Koha) • Rizvanolli: Clean energy, objective of MCC's Compact project (Telegrafi) • Mehaj: National Security Strategy to soon be presented to the Assembly (Kosovapress) • Peja School Denies Discrimination Against Minority Pupils (BIRN) • COVID-19: 12 new cases (media)

• Kurti: Kosovo joining Council of Europe, the right step (media) • Bislimi with Djukanovic: Future of our countries is in the EU (media) • Albanian PM Rama: Open Balkan will not stop (media) • Turkey will support Kosovo’s membership in NATO (Koha) • Inspectors review reports of discrimination against community students (media) • Opposition leaders react to court decision against increased energy fees (media) • Haxhiu says Specialist Chambers judges are of Serbian descent (euronews.al) • Prishtina allocates €350,000 to easy stray dog problem (Prishtina Insight) • Balluku: Durres-Prishtina railway project to start this year (euronews.al) • COVID-19: 16 new cases (media)