• EU leaders to restate membership guarantee for Balkans at summit (Reuters) • What is expected from the EU-Western Balkans summit? (Radio Free Europe) • US Senator: Association of Serbian municipalities, a recipe for disaster (media) • Kurti: Increased budget for the army will be a priority (media) • EULEX chief on implementation of license plates agreement (media) • Krasniqi: Government allowed Serbia to intervene in our sovereignty (media) • Latifi: Result of local elections will be different from national elections (Express) • COVID-19: One death, seven new cases (media) • All change: Merkel’s departure a moment to rethink EU Balkan policy (BIRN) • Pandora Papers: New lead exposes Balkan PEPs’ hidden riches (BIRN) • Vetevendosje’s man elected CEO of Kosovo Power Corporation (Kallxo)

• License plates agreement: Sticker regime to enter into force today (media) • Serbs lift roadblocks in Kosovo as NATO moves to end car plate row (Reuters) • Kurti says they will work for full reciprocity with Serbia, addresses gas project (EO) • "KFOR ready to perform its duties in support of local and regional stability" (media) • U.S. commends progress in implementation of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (media) • Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti meets management of the Kosovo Police (media) • “The era when the Republic of Kosovo is oppressed is over,” says minister Svecla (euronews.al) • Mehaj: National security challenged and provoked by Serbia (media) • Shala in op-ed: Four lessons from the North of Kosovo (Klan Kosova) • Phillips: Kosovo was late with reciprocity, Serbia to stop seeking preferential treatment (Telegrafi) • Kurti to attend EU-Western Balkans summit in Slovenia (Kosovapress) • Kandic: Serbia not ready to punish war crime perpetrators (Kosovapress) • Kosovo Court urged to convict Serb ex-policeman of wartime killings (BIRN) • COVID-19: Two deaths, 23 new cases (media)

• Bislimi: Agreement on license plates does not undermine reciprocity (Koha) • Escobar: Kosovo was right on reciprocity but implementation caught us by surprise (media) • NATO committed to implementation of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (media) • Svecla: Stickers to be put on every car with Serbian license plates (media) • PDK: License plates agreement further strengthens Serbia's position (media) • LDK: Government made one step forwards, two steps back (media) • Haradinaj: Brussels agreement, setback with grave consequences for Kosovo (media) • Kosovo-Serbia: Can the EU really broker a peace deal? (Euronews) • War victims found in Serbian mass grave repatriated to Kosovo (BIRN) • Kosovo will not go ahead with gas project (Koha/Klan) • Resorts or Refugee Camps: Fleeing Afghans Get Mixed Reception in Balkans (BIRN) • COVID-19: Four deaths, 45 new cases (media)

• What does agreement with Serbia on license plates contain? (RTK) • “Settlement on license plates reached, but no final deal” (Euronews.al) • Stano: Negotiations to solve crisis in the north to continue (media) • Talks on the license plates to continue, sources say (Radio Free Europe) • Serbia withdraws armored vehicles from Kosovo border (Euronews.al) • Protesters and Police maintain uneasy stand-off at Kosovo border (BIRN) • Kosovo PM Kurti interview with HRT (media) • Serbia helping Russia create trouble in the Balkans, Serwer says (Express) • Visions of the dialogue (II) (Kosovo 2.0) • PDK: Government to immediately approve U.S.-funded gas project (media) • Kosovo FM Gervalla meets EC President von der Leyen (media) • COVID-19: Two deaths, 66 new cases (media)

• Osmani meets US Embassy Charge d'Affaires Nicholas J. Giacobbe (media) • “Special Police presence is unnecessary if barricades are removed” (media) • Hoxhaj: Backed by Russia, Serbia threatening entire region (Euronews Albania) • Threats at the borders as means of political pressure (Radio Free Europe) • Visions of the dialogue (Kosovo 2.0) • Phillips: China, not Russia, is the greater threat to Kosovo (BIRN) • ICRC refutes media report that Ukshin Hoti remains were found (Kallxo) • EU no longer agrees on Balkan membership guarantee, diplomats say (Reuters) • COVID-19: Eight deaths, 68 new cases (media)