• Mustafa: Kosovo committed to European perspective (Bota Sot) • EU chief in Pristina responds to President Thaci’s criticism (Koha) • Analysts: Visa liberalisation in 90 days, impossible (Zeri) • Demolli: Serb representatives had four conditions for army creation (Klan) • Supreme Court acquits NISMA leader Fatmir Limaj (dailies) • Yee in Belgrade: U.S. will defend its allies in the Balkans (Koha) • Vucic: Haradinaj most probably Prime Minister, problems for Serbia (Koha) • Kosovo man believed killed in Syria (dailies) • Decision to apply at UNESCO, in hands of new government (Epoka)

• U.S. and OSCE call on parties to stop political intimidation (Kosova Sot) • LDK publishes election ballot (Zeri/Bota Sot) • Thousands of Kosovo immigrants could be unable to vote (Kosova Sot/RFE) • Simic: We serve neither Thaci nor Haradinaj (RTK) • President Thaci: Commissioner Hahn cares only about Serbia (Koha) • EU diplomats concerned over destruction of Prizren cultural heritage (Koha) • PAK endorses study report on Trepca’s feasibility (Epoka)

• PDK and LDK did not envisage pay raise until 2020 (Koha Ditore) • Competition is done by political programs not by war or peace wings (Epoka) • CEC does not extend deadline for Diaspora voters (Koha Ditore) • Political parties do not respect official terms for election campaign (Epoka) • IMC bans media from airing election debates (dailies) • Haradinaj: We will create the army during the first 90 days of work (RTK) • Thaci in Vienna: We do not seek confrontation with EU (Koha Ditore) • O’Connell: I would not vote candidates with indictments (Gazeta Metro)

Parties don’t heed appeals to ‘clean’ election ballots (Koha Ditore) PDK and LDK continue to keep their ballots under wraps (Zeri) Daka: Problems with diaspora voters due to snap elections (Koha Ditore) Veseli: Elections called because of government’s lack of vision (Zeri) Kurti presents Vetevendosje’s political programme (dailies) Haradinaj promises visa liberalisation in three months’ time (Kosova Sot) Pacolli: With Vetevendosje after elections (Zeri) “Serbian List would prevent creation of Kosovo’s army” (Lajmi) Apostolova: Kosovo decides on whether to renegotiate demarcation (RTK) Thaci travels to Austria to meet President Van der Bellen (RTK)

• 26 political entities to participate on 11 June elections (RTK) • Ymeri: Acceptance of election results depends on their flow (Lajmi) • Hoyt Yee writes to Arbana Xharra (Lajmi.net) • The chaotic western Balkans take sudden turn for the better (The Economist)