Albanian Language Media: • Escobar: There are concerns Kosovo might not have votes for CoE (RFE) • Italy: Only sending draft to court includes Kosovo on Committee’ agenda (Express) • Association – an obstacle on Kosovo’s path toward CoE (Radio Free Europe) • O’Brien, Escobar and Lajcak coordinate strategies for Kosovo and Serbia (Koha) • Osmani: Kosovo, success story of values of freedom and democracy nurtured by U.S. (media) • Osmani meets Bush, “staunch champion of Kosovo” (media) • Online platform for communities inaugurated (media) • Kurti: Reducing administrative burden, important step for all citizens to have equal opportunities to benefit from government services (media) Serbian Language Media: • Italian ambassador: Not the time for Kosovo to join the Council of Europe; the A/CSM is condition (N1, Tanjug) • O'Brien, Escobar and Lajcak: USA supports dialogue leading to productive relations (Kosovo Online) • Switching to Kosovo driver's licenses: Additional costs, Serbian health certificate unacceptable (N1, KoSSev) • Vucic: China to back Serbia on all issues raised in UN (Tanjug) • Vucic, Xi sign joint statement, 28 agreements on cooperation exchanged (Tanjug, media) International Media: • Gabriel Escobar Unveils The Message Miroslav Lajcak Will Convey To Belgrade And Pristina From Foggy Bottom (thepavlovictoday.com) • Kosovo PM Hits Out At 'Conditions' To Join European Rights Body (barrons.com)

Albanian Language Media: Osmani meets  U.S. ambassador to UN, talk about advancement of Kosovo in international arena(media) Stano: Borrell's report on lifting of EU measures towards Kosovo,  finalizing (Klan) Kosovo not on agenda of CoE Committee of Ministers’ meeting  (Telegrafi) Lajcak and President Biden's assistant discuss Western Balkans (RTK) Osmani: Kosovo, special guest at US-Africa Summit (RTK) Russian hackers attacked websites of Kosovo institutions (media) Gervalla: Russia is carrying out hybrid attack on Kosovo (RTK) Maqedonci: Serbia is continuing with aggressive approach towards Kosovo (Reporteri) Austria also wants to send prisoners to Kosovo (media) Kosovo not in CoE Committee agenda, Musliu-Shoshi: To Kurti, propaganda is important (Reporteri) Serbian Language Media: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived to Belgrade, welcomed by Vucic at airport (Tanjug, RTS, media) Mali welcomes Chinese ministers at Belgrade airport (Tanjug) Djuric: Full membership in the EU remains Serbia's strategic priority (Kosovo Online, media) Petkovic to continue heading Office for KiM (RTS, Tanjug, media) Lawyer: Most important witnesses in Trajkovic’s case may be heard in May (Radio KIM) UNS laid wreaths at place where Chinese journalists were killed in NATO bombing (Radio KIM, media)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti meets ambassadors of QUINT, asks for their support in CoE (Klan) Kurti meets with Davenport and Sprecher, talk about the Control Office (media) Kurti: Serbia propagandizing violence against Serbs in Kosovo, facts say the opposite (Koha) O'Brien and Escobar to  meet this week with Lajcak (Koha) Osmani: The MCC is bringing important benefits to the people of Kosovo (media) Gervalla in Warsaw, participates in the "Defence24 Days" conference (media) Maqedonci: Serbian security structures are supporting terrorist groups (RTK) Prosecution requests deportation of Russians arrested in Jarinje (media) Police investigating suspected case of attempted murder in the north (RTK) Police reports on an incident against Kosovo Police and U.S. KFOR in Leposavic (RTK) Citaku on reactions to Escobar: Political misery (media) Serbian Language Media: For now, Kosovo's admission not on the agenda of the CoE's May meeting (NMagazin, Beta, N1) Petkovic: Serb municipalities backbone of Brussels Agreement (Tanjug, Blic, Radio Mitrovica sever, N1) Vucic met Chinese ambassador ahead of Xi's visit (Tanjug, RTS, media) Djuric: New Serbian government looking to future (Tanjug, TV Pink) Lavrov spoke with Brnabic, Djuric, and Dacic about the situation in Kosovo, BiH (Kosovo Online) State Department denies claims Escobar dismissed (N1, Tanjug) RTK2: The channel in Serbian language does not have a website, a Facebook page, or a YouTube channel under its authority (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani meets Hovenier: EU’s measures are unfair and must be removed (media) • Stano: EU decides on lifting of measures, not government of Kosovo (media) • Government reacts: De-escalation took place, measures must be lifted (media) • Zulfaj: By not lifting measures against Kosovo, EU loses credibility (RTK) • British Parliament approved Alicia Kearns' motion for Kosovo (media) • Reporters without Borders latest report on Kosovo (media) • Kurti’s “digital army” on the frontline against reporters (RFE) • Bajqinovci: Serbia is training 400 extremists in Kopaonik (KTV) • Ministry changes article on marriage, doesn’t say when govt will vote on it (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Parliament elects new Serbian Government (Tanjug) • Stano: Serbian Government expected to show commitment to EU (N1) • Stano: EU members, not Kosovo politicians, decide on abolition of punitive measures (Kosovo Online, KoSSev) • SRSG Ziadeh meets Bishop Teodosije in Gracanica (Kosovo Online, social media) • Kosovo Assembly on State Department report, opposition harshly criticized government over corruption (KoSSev, Radio KIM)

Albanian Language Media: • For successful vote, Germany asks Kosovo to take decisive step on Association (Koha) • Bakoyannis: No candidate has been asked for so many reforms (media) • Gervalla: Kosovo has met all conditions for membership in CoE (media) • Bislimi in Switzerland discusses CoE membership and dialogue (Reporteri) • Biserko on Kosovo at CoE: Positive for Serbs in Kosovo (media) • Kurti calls on SPO to charge criminals who committed genocide during war (media) • Kurti: With powerful unions, tendencies of oligarchic employers are repelled (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian Parliament hears PM-designate’s program, discusses new Government (N1, media) • Vucevic: Defending Serbia's sovereignty to be our biggest challenge (Tanjug) • Serbian officials slam Bakoyannis remarks on CoE and Kosovo (Tanjug, media, social media) • US disappointed with nomination of sanctioned individuals as ministers (VoA, N1) • Petkovic reacts to Kurti’s BBC interview, says the only one belonging to last century is Kurti (Kosovo Online) • KoSSev: Kosovo Union protest demanding social dialogue and wages increase, Kurti with lessons from history and praises of system (BETA) International Media: • Bakoyannis: Everyone was aware of my special ties with the Serbian people (European Western Balkans) • Boys Preferred: Sex-Selective Abortion Still Happening in the Balkans (Balkan Insight)