Albanian Language Media: Osmani: EU spokesperson's statements are racist, Serbia has nothing to do with Iber Bridge (media) Osmani on date of elections: a week more or less, is not a big difference (RTK) CEC approves Regulation on election campaign, monitoring and financial declaration (media) Kurti met head of CoE office in Kosovo, Mary Ann Hennessey (RTK) Former KLA member Blerim Ramadani escapes from house arrest (media) Blerim Ramadani's measures were changed, from house arrest to return to custody (Koha) Serbian Language Media: “Those are situations we heard about from our mothers” – Andric Rakic on unpleasantries women in north face lately (Danas, Vreme) Dacic: “Escape of terrorist and war criminal Ramadani scandalous” (Kosovo Online) Vucevic: Opening of Ibar Bridge endangers security of Serbs, makes dialogue meaningless (Kosovo Online) Ibar Bridge reopening faces local opposition, poll indicates (KoSSev) Work continues on the main Ibar Bridge (KiM radio, Radio Mitrovica sever) Shahini: EU sanction threats are real, consequences could be catastrophic (Kosovo Online) Vulin meets Lavrov, Patrushev in Moscow (N1) Humanitarian/Development: ‘We Manage Somehow’: Kosovo’s Pensioners Struggle as Cost of Living Rises (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Opening Iber Bridge is not against anyone and even less against our partners (Klan) Bislimi on opening of Iber Bridge: It is not unilateral decision nor unresolved issue of dialogue (Klan) Krasniqi: The EU should tell Kosovo why it has changed its position on the Ibri bridge (media) Tahiri: Opening Iber bridge to hide Association, Kurti has prepared draft statute (Reporteri) Iber bridge ‘armored’ by KFOR and EULEX vehicles (Klan) After request of MFA, Orban's advisor corrects post where Kosovo was presented as part of Serbia (Albanian Post) Serbian Language Media: Vucevic: Kurti plans to violently merge northern and southern parts of Mitrovica (Radio KIM) Petkovic: Pristina did not fulfill obligations related to bridge opening, Kurti and Bislimi want conflicts only (Kosovo Online, social media) EULEX on the Ibar bridge situation: A new unit formed; reconnaissance patrols are being carried out (euronews.rs, Tanjug, Kosovo Online) Milenkovic from NSI says people in the north want bridge to remain closed (Kosovo Online) Mijacic: If Kosovo Government opens bridge, EU will not lift punitive measure, nor make first installment from Growth Plan (Kosovo Online, social media) Gracanica: The mayor initiated several court cases against individuals; Central institutions sued the Municipality for the decision to display the Serbian flag (KiM radio) Associations from Kosovo announce the blockade of administrative crossings if the arrested Serbs are not released (NMagazin, N1, Beta) Trajkovic: Arrest of Radoicic being prepared, Belgrade requested material on Banjska from Kosovo (N1, NMagazin, Danas)

Albanian Language Media: • EU: We plan to put status of Iber Bridge on agenda of next meeting in Brussels (Reporteri • Kurti meets UNKT coordinator, discuss joint projects (RTK) • Durmishi: We are waiting for report on stability of Iber Bridge (media) • Maqedonci rewards KSF members who participated in training of Ukrainian army (media) • Abdixiku: LDK is working, others attack the media, businesses, embassies... (media) • Diaspora individual enters Iber Bridge, carabinieri and police stop him (Klan) Serbian Language Media: • 21 years since the Bistrica crime (KoSSev, media) • Srbljak on the crime in Gorazdevac: I still relive that August 13, the injustice hurts even more (Kosovo Online) • Petition of women from the North requesting from Ulutas not to open the bridge (KoSSev, N1) • Gornje Korminjane: Physical attack and shooting in Nenad Jovanovic's yard (Kosovo Online, RTV Puls, N1) • Marinkovic: Is the Kosovo government trying to change the ethnic structure in the North of Kosovo? (KoSSev) • Elek: Kurti's intention is not to open the bridge, but to create tensions and expel the Serbs (KiM radio, Vecernje Novosti) • EULEX: We continue to monitor the security situation in Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug) Opinion: • Bugajski: What to expect in Balkans from President Harris (The Geopost) International: • Jihadists specifically recruit children from the Balkan diaspora (Der Standard)

Albanian Language Media: • KFOR: Any decision on opening of bridge over Iber should be made within dialogue in Brussels (Koha) • Armed Forces of Albania with KSF and Kosovo Police test reaction skills (media) • Stradner: Vulin will visit Russia amid warnings of chaos in Kosovo (Albanian Post) • Haliti: EU measures have not been decided against Kosovo, but against government (Reporteri) • LVV implicates Thaci and Veseli in the "murder" of Astri Dehari (Koha) • Three houses burned in Novak, Prizren, they were owned by Serbs (Koha) • Agreement for construction of over 200 houses in northern municipalities, signed (Klan) • Albanians of Presheva Valley protest against discrimination from Belgrade (media) • Osmani: Youth is greatest potential of Kosovo (media) Serbian Language Media: • Djuric: Serbian diplomacy in constant offensive with the aim of shedding light on the true intentions of Kurti's regime (Kosovo Online, Politika) • Increased presence of KFOR on the Ibar bridge (Kosovo Online) • The Office for KiM: Broken window at Dragica Gasic's apartment in Djakovica (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Djordjevic: A/CSM (ZSO) by itself does not solve all problems, but it is an important step (FoNet, Danas, N1) • Albanians protest in Bujanovac, increased police presence (Danas, bujanovacke.rs) • German State Secretary: Lithium will not bring Serbia a discount on its way to the EU (Beta, N1, TAZ) International: • ‘Not Real Facts’: In Court, Chroniclers of Kosovo’s Guerrilla Fight Disavow Writings (Balkan insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Presidency: In no country in the world do they take phone of head of state for scanning (media) • North Macedonia’s Civil Aviation Agency issues official report on incident with Kosovo president (ekonomia) • Murati: We are supporting businesses in the north, for new jobs (RTK) • Ministry of Internal Affairs issues new notice on conversion of driver's licenses (Reporteri) • Maqedonci: KSF is capable of protecting the territory (media) • MFA: Forensic procedures being carried out to identify person killed in Loznica (Koha) • Fejza: Government has not taken any action to create counterposition with USA (Koha) • Musliu-Shoshi: Kurti aims to keep Kosovo isolated and condemned (media) Serbian Language Media: • Between southern and northern Mitrovica, traffic over two bridges functions without problems (Danas, Beta) • Kabasic: Placement of cameras in the north is political control of the people (Kosovo Online) • Residents of the North on police surveillance cameras: It's a lie that they do it for security reasons (Kosovo Online) • Popov: Kurti is forcing Serbs to leave the north of Kosovo; if the reactions were sharper, Kurti would have behaved differently (Danas, Blic) • The body of Faton Hajrizi handed over at the Merdare crossing (N1, KoSSev, media) Opinion: • ‘Open Secret’: The Growing Scourge of Labour Exploitation in the Western Balkans (Balkan Insight) International: • Kosovo Further Alienates Minority Serbs, Straining Status As 'Reliable Partner' (RFE) • Analysts predict that About half a Million People will leave Kosovo this Year (Sarajevo Times)