• President Osmani: Serbia is abusing with the dialogue (Radio Free Europe) • Brussels wants negotiations on statute of Association/Community (Koha) • Prime Minister Kurti invited to Peace Forum in France (media) • Parties trade blame over lack of invitation to democracy summit (Exit News) • Joseph: Kosovo is much more democratic than Serbia (media) • Kurti: Special attention to women empowerment in recovery package (Klan) • Historians want annulment of decisions made in Milosevic’s time (Kallxo) • Kosovo veterans’ leaders denounce war crimes court as ‘biased’ (BIRN) • With €630 per month in Kosovo, doctors heading to the EU (RFE) • Kosovo chief prosecutor, EULEX chief discuss furthering cooperation (media) • Judge suspended after BIRN reporting on lenient rape sentence (BIRN) • COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media) • Janjic: Serbia pays Grenell US$ 100,000 a month for lobbying (media) • North Macedonia’s battle over new majority unsettles Albanian parties (BIRN)

• Kurti to DW: Under Kosovo's Constitution, there can be no association on ethnic basis • Kurti: Serbia threatening third Balkan war (Telegrafi) • Presidency reacts to Kosovo not being invited to Biden's democracy summit (media) • Zulfaj: Kosovo not invited to democracy summit due to last government’s track record (media) • Konjufca: We hope we will be invited to the summit next time (Telegrafi) • Hoti says blaming his government for summit's snub is 'low propaganda' (Klan) • U.S. legislators concerned over developments in Serbia and its influence on the region (VOA) • Bosnia's disintegration would affect entire region, says peace envoy (Reuters) • Kosovo Prosecutorial Council refuses to get involved in the vetting process (media) • Di Bella: Kosovo's GDP expected to increase by 7-8% this year (Koha) • COVID-19: 19 new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kurti’s advisor says Open Balkan equals Broken Balkan (media) • Open Balkan: Leaders commit to more effective implementation of freedom of movement measures (EWB) • Tahiri: Rama contributing to creation of Greater Serbia and instability (media) • President Osmani meets Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Montgomery (media) • Haxhiu: Thaci and Veseli refused to meet us in the Hague (media) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media) • High infection rates in the region, a threat for Kosovo too (RFE) • Environmental degradation by hydropower plants (preportr.cohu.org) • Kosovo street art exhibit calls for action on wartime missing persons (BIRN) • Western Balkans economies recover faster than expected (ebrd.com)

• Kurti has a US visa, will travel soon to the US (media) • EU welcomes reopening of custom terminal in Trepca (media) • EU refutes Government and President about the vetting (Koha) • The vetting will not include judges of Constitutional Court (Kallxo) • Association of Serb-majority municipalities ruled out after tensions in BiH (Koha) • Haradinaj doesn’t rule out cooperation with VV in runoff elections (Telegrafi) • COVID-19: 21 new cases, one death (media) • Open Balkan meeting in Belgrade today (media) • Kamberi: No tangible positive effects from Open Balkan (Euronews Albania) • An EU-US deal for Bosnia and Herzegovina's disintegration (EU Observer) • US leadership matters to avoid new violence in the Balkans (Just Security) • Virtual brain drain: Kosovo’s booming ICT sector exports talent abroad (BIRN)

• We will not allow Bosnianisation of Kosovo, Kurti tells BBC's HARDtalk (media) • PM Kurti received new head of UNICEF Office in Kosovo, Zicherman (media) • The legal saga of the Decan Monastery (RFE) • Greek FM: Athens supports Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Tanjug, Klan) • ‘Trepca’ reclaimed, Kurti: We’re repairing the damages of the past 7 years (euronews.al) • CEC to announce municipal assemblies' election results (media) • We need to talk about the Western Balkans (Politico) • Kosovo paves way for vaccination of adolescents (media) • COVID-19: 21 new cases, no deaths (media)