• United States welcomes accord between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • State Department urges Kosovo and Serbia to immediately implement their agreement (The Pavlovic Today) • EU publishes Implementation Annex of Kosovo-Serbia agreement (media) • Osmani: Accommodative approach towards Serbia should change (media) • NATO: Kosovo and Serbia to implement what they agreed on (RTK) • Hovenier on talks in Ohrid: An important agreement has been reached (media) • Germany congratulates Kosovo and Serbia (media) • UNMIK chief Ziadeh welcomes progress made in Ohrid (media) • Ohrid Agreement, Slovak Foreign Minister promises support (RTK) • Turkey welcomes Ohrid agreement between Kosovo and Serbia (media) • Kosovo and Serbia agree to EU plan to normalise relations (Financial Times) • Despite 'Difficult' Talks, Kosovo And Serbia Reach Agreement On Normalizing Ties (RFE) • Krasniqi: Kurti accepted everything he had promised not to accept (media) • PSD to protest on Saturday, demands Kurti's resignation (media) • Smoke and mirrors make confusion, not peace (peacefare.net) • Petritsch: Implementation leads to normalisation and recognition (RFE) • “Kurti couldn’t refuse!” Analyst: He grew politically with the Association (euronews.al) • Vucic: Serbia ready to work on implementation up to its red lines (Tanjug) • Opposition criticizes Vucic after Ohrid talks: Citizens are deceived (N1)

Borrell: Western Balkans can celebrate ‘big step’ if Kosovo and Serbia agree on document (RFE) Osmani to meet Escobar today (media) Gjini: We support signing of agreement; it includes recognition (Klan Kosova) Krasniqi: There will be no agreement on Saturday in Ohrid (media) Haziri: The agreement does not deserve the LDK’s support (Indeksonline) Vucic: I don’t plan to sign anything in meeting with Kurti (RFE) Escobar will take part in Ohrid meeting (RFE) “Failure to reach agreement increases risk of unrest in north of Kosovo” (VoA)

• Advisers to European leaders: Form Association, avoid reinterpretations (Koha) • Geoana: It is time for Kosovo and Serbia to make compromises (Koha) • Lajcak: Stability of Western Balkans more important than ever for EU (media) • U.S. Envoy to Kosovo says EU Plan for normalizing relations with Serbia is 'significant step' (RFE) • Rohde: With an ideal result in dialogue, non-recognizers will get to recognize Kosovo (RFE) • Kurti meets European Parliament President Metsola (media) • Kurti: Implementation plan of agreement must contain concrete details (media) • Mandl: Historically Serbia was aggressor, and Kosovo the victim (Klan Kosova) • PDK presents to Sarrazin its reservations about French-German plan (media) • Kosovo's application will not be considered at CoE May summit (Koha) • President Osmani asks India to reconsider decision on Donjeta Sadiku (media) • Kosovo streets filled with garbage after cleaning workers' strike (Anadolu Agency) • 5 million euros per year spent on artificial fertilization in private clinics (Prishtina Insight)

• Kurti responds to Lajcak: Success of agreement does not depend on me (media) • Osmani: I expect the internationals to put pressure on Serbia (media) • Borrell: EU and U.S. cooperate effectively on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan) • Escobar this week in Kosovo and Serbia (Koha) • U.S.: Kosovo, Serbia to use March 18 meet to prove their commitment (Express) • German emissary: Kosovo is always strong when it manages to say yes (RTK) • Prime Minister Kurti travels to Strasbourg (media) • Abdixhiku: Kosovo needs an agreement with mutual recognition (media) • Haradinaj: Partnership with the USA is long-term and strategic (RTK) • Slain Politician Ivanovic’s Widow ‘Afraid to Testify’ in Kosovo Court (BIRN) • Serbian rightists protest again against the European proposal (RFE) • Kosovo refuse to compete at IBA Women's Boxing World Championships over "discriminatory" conditions (Inside the Games)

• Govt treating modalities offered by EU for non-majority communities (Koha) • Weller: Crunch-point at Upcoming Ohrid Negotiations on Normalization (Koha) • 'We have to normalise relations' with Serbia, Kosovo PM tells Euronews • Kurti visits Kapia: Serbia not implementing 2011 agreement in Brussels (media) • Abbott: This week is important for Kosovo; real steps are being made (Klan) • Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan) • Krasniqi expresses ‘reservations’ on European plan to Hovenier (Albanian Post) • Von Cramon: We have no interest in creating a new “Republika Srpska” (RTK) • Wigemark meets Kurti, discuss rule of law and security situation (media) • 11 parties say they will not participate in elections in north, but not SL (Klan) • Kosovo and Serbia Backtracking on EU-Brokered Deal (europeanconservative) • Kosovo Seeks Extradition of War Crimes Defendants from Serbia (BIRN) • Share Your Experience: Domestic Violence in Kosovo (BIRN) • Kosovo parliamentary delegation in Taiwan for 1st time ever (TaiwanNews.com)