Kurti: Basic agreement, advancement toward mutual recognition (media)  Rohde: Agreement, historic chance toward full normalisation and mutual recognition (media) Osmani meets Dendias, discuss dialogue with Serbia and relations (media) Kurti meets Greek Foreign Minister Dendias (media) Kosovo Serb villagers stage camp protest to stop land expropriation (BIRN) Kurti: Latest IMF report notes Kosovo had strongest tax revenue increase (media) Nesic: Kosovo-Serbia agreement would relax tensions in the Balkans (Koha) Serbian President rules out ‘factual de jure’ recognition of Kosovo (RFE)

• 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)