• Kurti's security beefed up following threats (media) • OSCE Secretary General Schmid meets Osmani, Kurti (media) • Osmani: Kosovo's recognition by Serbia, the only acceptable dialogue outcome (media) • Bosnian politician claims Kosovo-Serbia land swap deal had U.S. backing (Koha) • Albanian FM calls for recognition of Kosovo, gets told off by Serbian ambassador (Koha/RTK) • LDK leader thanks supporters for local elections result (media) • Appeals panel rejects Thaci's request; will remain in detention (media) • Former CEC head reaches out to Ombudsperson over her dismissal (media) • Wonders, and Horrors, Drawn From Boyhood in a War Zone (NYT) • Serbian Model Quits Beauty Contest over Photo with Albanian Symbol (BIRN) • COVID-19: 22 new cases, one death (media)

• Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani interview with Kanal 10 • EU and USA strongly support EU integration of the Western Balkans (EWB) • Kurti announces forthcoming package to combat rising food prices (Exit News) • Swoboda: Serbs in Kosovo and Bosnia, instrumentalized by Belgrade (KTV) • Kosovo activists protest against lenient sentence for sexual abuser (BIRN) • Kosovo journalist testifies about receiving confidential Hague court files (BIRN) • COVID-19: 20 new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kurti: Serbia should show strength in boxing ring not at the border (media) • Ceku: Serbia refusing boxers entry violates international sporting rules (media) • EU's position on Kosovo boxers not allowed entry to Serbia (Koha) • Serbia bars Kosovo team from competing in boxing championship (BIRN) • Albania threatens to quit boxing championship after Kosovo snub (Exit News) • Phillips: Serbs have enough rights; Association would be too much (media) • Court overturns ECAP's decision on repeating elections in Hani i Elezit (media) • Kosovo university teaches Serbian again, two decades after war (BIRN) • COVID-19: 3 new cases, one death (media) • Kosovo tops vaccination rates in Western Balkans (Exit News) • Calls to dismiss judge who sentenced rapist to only eight months (Koha) • Escobar: US will support Vucic while on European path (media)

• Kurti: Criminal groups will not be tolerated (media) • Kosovo expelled two Russian diplomats citing threats to national security (media) • Russian ministry reacts to its two diplomats being expelled by Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj: Anyone threatening national security is not desirable in Kosovo (media) • Former minister says Russia has recognised Kosovo’s legal powers (media) • “NATO to calibrate approaches when the Serbian army approaches Kosovo border” (RTK) • Petkovic accuses Kurti: Actions in the north were on the verge of tragedy (EO) • Serbian PM confirms rumors of past assassination plans against Vucic (euronews.al) • Serbia Refuses Entry To Kosovo Boxers For World Championships (RFE) • Secrecy shrouds Afghan refugees sent by US to base in Kosovo (AP) • Kosovo amends anti-COVID measures, schools to resume normal work (media) • COVID-19: 13 new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kosovo-Serbia working groups meet in Brussels to discuss licence plates (media) • EEAS Western Balkans director visits Kosovo, meets President Osmani and PM Kurti (media) • Escobar visits Kosovo's Embassy in U.S. (media) • ECAP cancels mayoral elections in Hani i Elezit (media) • Abdixhiku: No vetting without U.S. and EU on board (Klan) • March to be held in New York in support of victims of sexual violence in Kosovo (RFE) • Kosovo Court confirms Serb ex-policeman’s war crimes conviction (BIRN) • World Bank: Kosovo experiencing a much faster recovery than expected (Kallxo) • World Bank revises up 2021 GDP forecast for Western Balkans to 5.9% (Reuters) • COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media)