• Kurti says management team for Association completed its function (media) • Lajcak: First draft not final, an important starting point for discussions (media) • Petkovic: Management team mandate team lasts until Association formed (media) • Kurti presents formation of Kosovo’s Sovereign Fund (Kallxo) • Osmani meets Steinmeier, updates him on dialogue (media) • Explosion near police station in north of Kosovo (media) • Serbia and Kosovo: the west’s ill-fated push to heal the divide (Financial Times) • Kosovo Ambassador to Brussels publishes list of Serbia’s violations of agreement (media) • Kosovo Civil Society and Media Form Coalition Against Disinformation (BIRN) • German company contracted by Kosovo to supply passports suspected of irregularities (BIRN) • Mirëdita, Dobar Dan Festival in Prishtina Opens With Tribute to Belgrade School Victims (Prishtina Insight)

• Govt: Dismissal of Management Team doesn’t violate agreement (RFE) • French ambassador encourages govt to work constructively on Association (Koha) • UK calls on parties to engage constructively, including on Association ASAP (media) • Abbott calls for quick implementation of Declaration of Missing Persons (media) • Kosovo indicts Serb for wartime massacre (BIRN) • Vela reacts to appointment of illegal interim municipal body head in Peja (media) • Candles lit in Pristina honoring victims of Belgrade school shooting (media) • Prosecution: Company contracted by Ministry didn’t declare 25,000 passports (Prishtina Insight) • “Miredita, dobar dan” festival begins in Pristina (Radio Free Europe) • Indictment filed against former CEO of Kosovo Telekom (media) • Ben-Meir: Greece’s support for Kosovo’s CoE membership, important step toward eventual recognition (Albanian Post)

• Escobar: Implementation of Ohrid agreement must start with Association (RFE) • Rohde: Association statute to be in line with Constitution of Kosovo (Telegrafi) • EU: Management team should be functional until statute is approved (Kallxo) • EU insists Association is main issue and biggest priority (Koha) • Serwer: Bilateral isn’t working, so… (media) • EFJ calls on Kurti “not to allow further politicization of IMC” (media) • Osmani, Kurti messages on World Press Freedom Day (media) • Szunyog: Media institutional setup in Kosovo needs to be enhanced (media) • LDK: Reporters in Kosovo at threat from attacks and intimidation (media) • Kosovo rises in World Press Freedom Index, media independence still at risk (Prishtina Insight) • Balkan, Central European journalists highlight safety concerns on Press Freedom Day (BIRN) • Haki Abazi expelled from Vetevendosje parliamentary group (media) • Kosovo solar farm goes even greener, using sheep to mow the grass (Reuters) • EU, W. Balkans telcos to cut data roaming charges from October (SeeNews) • Mass shooting in Belgrade school kills nine, shocks Serbia (BIRN) • Osmani, Kurti, Bislimi send condolences after school shooting in Belgrade (media)

• Kosovo, Serbia agree to cooperate on resolving cases of missing persons (RFE) • Borrell: Kosovo, Serbia fail to agree on lowering tensions in north Kosovo (Reuters) • Kurti: Draft statute fundamentally incompatible with our Constitution (Koha) • Management team for drafting statute of Association relieved from duty (media) • Osmani: Kosovo should have its own draft for the Association (RTK) • Osmani: Declaration, a moment of relief for affected families (media) • Petkovic: Declaration confirms we have protected Serbian interests (media) • Vucic: Pristina unwilling to meet commitment; hope dialogue will continue (media) • Kurti met with Escobar, before meeting with Vucic and Borrell (RTK) • Konjufca: I don't expect Serbia to change quickly (RTK) • First indictment filed, for rape during the war in Kosovo (media) • Serbia ratifies three agreements of Berlin Process, including Kosovo (RTK)

• Kurti and Vucic to meet in Brussels today (media) • Kurti: Basic agreement and annex must be implemented in their entirety (media) • Lajcak: We discussed with Kurti about May 2 meeting (RTK) • Kurti: There will be no Republika Srpska in the north (media) • Kosovar PM, Greek FM meet for 10th time in two years (Euractiv) • Vela: BIA interviewed Kosovo police officers who were transiting (media) • Tahiri: Statute of Association will affect borders in the Balkans (Klan) • Corruption suspicious about energy corporation’s director cause turmoil in Kosovo (BIRN) • “Kosovo seeking conflict at any cost,” Vucic slams opening of Iber bridge (Euronews) • After bridge decision, Mitrovica North assembly to decide on mosque (Telegrafi) • Kosovo’s abandoned ‘ghost houses’ guard their secrets (Prishtina Insight)