• Bislimi: European Commission progress report contains inaccuracies (Koha) • Szunyog: There is no shortcut to EU without rule of law reforms (Kosovapress/Koha) • Vallac, Serbia's battlefield with Kosovo (RFE) • Gervalla to KFOR commander: Serbia's toughened rhetoric threatens regional security (Zeri) • Rasic: There is no room for a third-tier government (Koha) • "Send me evidence of Grenell's employment by Serbia and I will deliver it to U.S. authorities" (media) • Specialist prosecutor asks judge to reject interim release for Veseli, Selimi, Krasniqi (media) • Kosovo prosecution charges person for war crimes (RTK) • Serbia's police detain activist over war crimes protest (Reuters) • COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media)

• President Osmani: Serbia is abusing with the dialogue (Radio Free Europe) • Brussels wants negotiations on statute of Association/Community (Koha) • Prime Minister Kurti invited to Peace Forum in France (media) • Parties trade blame over lack of invitation to democracy summit (Exit News) • Joseph: Kosovo is much more democratic than Serbia (media) • Kurti: Special attention to women empowerment in recovery package (Klan) • Historians want annulment of decisions made in Milosevic’s time (Kallxo) • Kosovo veterans’ leaders denounce war crimes court as ‘biased’ (BIRN) • With €630 per month in Kosovo, doctors heading to the EU (RFE) • Kosovo chief prosecutor, EULEX chief discuss furthering cooperation (media) • Judge suspended after BIRN reporting on lenient rape sentence (BIRN) • COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media) • Janjic: Serbia pays Grenell US$ 100,000 a month for lobbying (media) • North Macedonia’s battle over new majority unsettles Albanian parties (BIRN)

• Kurti to DW: Under Kosovo's Constitution, there can be no association on ethnic basis • Kurti: Serbia threatening third Balkan war (Telegrafi) • Presidency reacts to Kosovo not being invited to Biden's democracy summit (media) • Zulfaj: Kosovo not invited to democracy summit due to last government’s track record (media) • Konjufca: We hope we will be invited to the summit next time (Telegrafi) • Hoti says blaming his government for summit's snub is 'low propaganda' (Klan) • U.S. legislators concerned over developments in Serbia and its influence on the region (VOA) • Bosnia's disintegration would affect entire region, says peace envoy (Reuters) • Kosovo Prosecutorial Council refuses to get involved in the vetting process (media) • Di Bella: Kosovo's GDP expected to increase by 7-8% this year (Koha) • COVID-19: 19 new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kurti’s advisor says Open Balkan equals Broken Balkan (media) • Open Balkan: Leaders commit to more effective implementation of freedom of movement measures (EWB) • Tahiri: Rama contributing to creation of Greater Serbia and instability (media) • President Osmani meets Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Montgomery (media) • Haxhiu: Thaci and Veseli refused to meet us in the Hague (media) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media) • High infection rates in the region, a threat for Kosovo too (RFE) • Environmental degradation by hydropower plants (preportr.cohu.org) • Kosovo street art exhibit calls for action on wartime missing persons (BIRN) • Western Balkans economies recover faster than expected (ebrd.com)

• Kurti has a US visa, will travel soon to the US (media) • EU welcomes reopening of custom terminal in Trepca (media) • EU refutes Government and President about the vetting (Koha) • The vetting will not include judges of Constitutional Court (Kallxo) • Association of Serb-majority municipalities ruled out after tensions in BiH (Koha) • Haradinaj doesn’t rule out cooperation with VV in runoff elections (Telegrafi) • COVID-19: 21 new cases, one death (media) • Open Balkan meeting in Belgrade today (media) • Kamberi: No tangible positive effects from Open Balkan (Euronews Albania) • An EU-US deal for Bosnia and Herzegovina's disintegration (EU Observer) • US leadership matters to avoid new violence in the Balkans (Just Security) • Virtual brain drain: Kosovo’s booming ICT sector exports talent abroad (BIRN)