• Borrell to meet Kurti and Vucic separately before joint meeting (media)
• Osmani, Steinmeier agree there is “special momentum” with EU proposal (RFE)
• COMKFOR Ristuccia interview with Klan Kosova
• Svecla: Groups orchestrated by Belgrade trying to destabilise Kosovo (RTK)
• ‘Do not go Away’ Sends Powerful Message to Youth of Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Started Year With Inflation Over 12 Per Cent (Prishtina Insight)
• Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame Comes to The Hague (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Accused of Torturing Prisoners as Hague Trial Opens (BIRN)

• Kurti very optimistic that a deal can be reached this year (media)
• Kosovo ready for any threat says president (Euractiv)
• ‘Partial independence’: Kosovo reflects on secession from Serbia (Al Jazeera)
• Krasniqi: I haven’t received reply from Brnabic on model of National Council of Serbs (media)
• “Kurti advanced level of meetings, from corridors to official tables” (media)
• Haliti: Association paves the way for Kosovo’s integration (media)
• Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’ Cries Foul as War Crimes Trial Begins (BIRN)
• Kosovo Miners Remember Bravery and Betrayal of Underground Strike (BIRN)
• Serbia ready for Kosovo dialogue if Serb municipalities are discussed (Euractiv)

• Kurti for Le Monde: EU plan enables the de-facto recognition (media)
• Kurti meets Borrell, Lajcak; talk EU proposal and meet with Vucic (Telegrafi)
• Borrell optimistic for February 27 meeting, hopes parties will accept plan (DW)
• Osmani: Peace and security sustainable only when women included in all decision-making and policy-making processes (media)
• Blinken: Normalisation of Kosovo-Serbia relations essential to strengthen security in the Balkans (RFE)
• Osmani meets Admiral Munch at Munich Security Conference (media)
• Kurti meets INTERPOL Secretary General: Kosovo is a reliable partner (media)
• Gervalla: All countries to seriously address threats to international order (media)
• Lekaj: Kurti must not accept Association with executive competencies (Nacionale)
• Newborn monument dedicated to threat to Republic’s future (BIRN)
• Djuric’s statement triggers reactions in Kosovo (Koha)

• Kurti: There is work to turn EU proposal into an agreement (DW, media)
• Biden congratulates on 15th anniversary of Independence, mentions mutual recognition with Serbia (media)
• European leaders congratulate Osmani on Independence Day (Koha)
• Kurti hosted candidate for president of Serbia, Nikola Sandulovic (RTK)
• Sandulovic: I came to offer historic solutions (RTK)
• Kurti: Kosovo, common state of all (media)
• Independent Kosovo is a success story. Now we need a European epilogue (Politico.eu)
• Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia (The Independent)
• North Kosovo won’t be stable while Belgrade and Pristina are at loggerheads (BIRN)
• Kosovo: How football helps build bridges (Deutsche Welle)
• Kosovo Women’s 1990s Fight for Freedom Documented on Film (BIRN)
• Study Shows Therapy Benefits Mothers Exposed to Violence in Kosovo War (BIRN)
• Serbian nationalists protest against Western plan to normalise ties with breakaway Kosovo (euronews.com)

Kurti: No full normalisation of relations without mutual recognition (RFE)
Kurti: French-German plan foresees de facto recognition by Serbia (media)
EU: We are ready to mediate discussions on Association (RFE)
Students march against Association of Serb-majority municipalities (BIRN)
Kosovo government discusses expropriation with local residents in north (RFE)
Abdixhiku lists “Kurti’s failures and deceptions” (Gazeta Express)
Albanian President Begaj to visit Kosovo today (media)
Serwer: Ugly diplomacy in the Balkans (media)
Price talks about the objective of the U.S. in Kosovo and Serbia (media)