• Council of Ministers gives Kosovo green light to visa free travel (media) • Lajcak visit to Kosovo, “my expectations were met” (media) • EU hopeful that Kosovo and Serbia will reach deal this month (Reuters) • Next high-level meeting on Saturday 18 March in Ohrid (eeas.europa.eu) • Vucic: I won’t sign Serbia’s capitulation; Kurti won’t form Association (Telegrafi) • Southeast, Central Europe, except Kosovo, sees freedoms decline (BIRN) • PDK in favor of Association, with three conditions (Koha) • Kosovo women still struggling to win property rights (BIRN) • Session of ex-KSF member accused of wounding two Serbs, postponed (Koha) • Police forced to use firearm against a person that refused to stop his car (Kallxo) • Attacks on Bogujevci, Citaku: Outrageous and unacceptable (Gazeta Metro)

• Kurti: On March 18, we discuss implementation plan (RTK) • Lajcak to arrive in Kosovo today (media) • U.S. concerned with opposition’s objection to European plan (Koha) • Konjufca: Association should not be formed before agreement (Zeri) • EU Council is expected to adopt visa liberalization for Kosovo today (media) • Abdixhiku: Agreement with Serbia must have recognition at center (media) • Krasniqi: We expressed our reservations regarding agreement (Reporteri) • Southeast Europe Marches for Women’s Rights (BIRN) • Kosovo Serb Policeman Arrested on War Crimes Charges (BIRN) • Right-Wing Serbian Students Protest Against EU Kosovo Deal (BIRN)

• Scholz expects 'constructive results' from EU's Serbia-Kosovo pact (Reuters) • Lajcak to visit Kosovo and Serbia before meeting in Ohrid (media) • Kurti and Lajcak to discuss roadmap implementation this week (Koha) • Guerot calls on opposition to view Association differently (Telegrafi) • PDK’s Haliti says Serbia will not sign European plan (media) • Ruling and opposition MPs to continue debate on dialogue today (Zeri) • Svecla on arrest of war crimes suspect: We don’t pardon war crimes (media) • Strpce Mayor Jevtic meets with UNMIK chief Ziadeh (media)

• Osmani talks with Quint ambassadors about European proposal (media) • U.S. Embassy: Biden and Blinken confirmed EU Proposal will lead Kosovo towards EU integration (Klan) • U.S. Embassy: Concerned about opposition’s opposition to European proposal (media) • Lajcak to stay in Kosovo on Friday (media) • Wider Europe briefing: Will Serbia and Kosovo finally seal deal? (RFE) • EU Plan offers Serbia and Kosovo the promise of hope (Prishtina Insight) • Svecla proposes Gazmend Hoxha as new police director (Reporteri) • CEFTA: European plan for Kosovo and Serbia, good for regional market (Klan) • Spain doesn’t change position on Kosovo; seeks solution via dialogue (RFE) • Konrad: Failure to normalize relations blocks many capacities (Reporteri) • Kosovo commemorates 25th anniversary of Prekaz Massacre (Anadolu Agency) • Art in quarantine: COVID-19 brought muses to Balkan authors (BIRN)

• Kurti talks with Murphy about implementation plan of EU proposal (media) • Lajcak: The association does not weaken Kosovo (euronews.al) • Kosovo to fulfill Serbian Orthodox Church obligations in Franco-German plan, experts say (Prishtina Insight) • Kurti has telephone conversation with Erdogan (media) • Bislimi: Athens should take advantage of the momentum (media) • Petkovic to Bislimi: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo (Klan) • “Progress of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue can take its shape in Ohrid” (Klan) • Giaufret: European proposal, a historic opportunity (media) • Analysis: No big deal: EU's Kosovo pact loses some sheen (Reuters) • Serbian nationalists march in protest against Kosovo talks (Reuters) • The ”Kosovo Vow” in the Bosnian Story (Sarajevo Times)