• Ministry: Serbia arrests and then releases ex-Kosovo policeman (media)
• Kurti writes on anniversary of attack against Iber Lepenci water canal (media)
• Hamza meets Charles McLaughlin and Mark Fleming in Washington (media)
• Vetevendosje announces coalition with three parties (Koha)
• The institutional deadlock in numbers (Kosovo 2.0)
• Sorensen’s mandate as EUSR for dialogue to be extended for 2 years (media)
• EU-funded filters at Kosova B power plant to be installed in April 2026 (media)
• Bus strike in Pristina to continue “until funds are allocated” (media)
• Zeqiri says he is ready to hand over duties to Serbian List in Zubin Potok (media)
• Kosovo Alliance: Opposition rejected a broad-based coalition (Radio KiM)

Ministry: Serbia arrests and then releases ex-Kosovo policeman (media)

Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that on November 30, Serbian authorities arrested a former member of Kosovo Police and then released him several hours later. Nexhat Pireva, who had served in the Kosovo police force for 14 years, was arrested at the Dheu i Bardhe crossing as he was travelling to Bujanoc together with his wife and children. “After he was questioned for around four hours, Pireva was released,” the ministry said.

The ministry said it condemns “the continuous actions of Serbian authorities which harass nationals of the Republic of Kosovo and are in opposition with the agreements signed between the two countries”. The ministry also repeated its call to people from Kosovo to avoid travelling through Serbia. 

Radio Free Europe notes that Pireva’s arrest comes only several days after Serbian authorities arrested another person from Kosovo, a former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army. 

Koha notes that since June eight people from Kosovo have been arrested while travelling through Serbia.

Kurti writes on anniversary of attack against Iber Lepenci water canal (media)

Kosovo caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti, on the anniversary of the attack against the Iber Lepenci water canal in the north of Kosovo, said that "it was a kinetic terrorist attack and the second one by foreign actors after the attack in Banjska of Zvecan". He said that "the institutional reaction was immediate and critical in preventing the catastrophic consequences that the attack aimed: reducing by 60 percent the energy production capacities, cutting off water supply for the municipalities of Mitrovica, Skenderaj, Drenas, Vushtrri, Fushe Kosove and half of Pristina, cutting off the central heating services in Pristina and cutting by 50 percent telecommunication capacities due to lack of electricity". 

Hamza meets Charles McLaughlin and Mark Fleming in Washington (media)

Leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Bedri Hamza said in a Facebook post that “in the service of maintaining and furthering cooperation with the White House and the US administration”, he met in Washington with Charles McLaughlin, Special Assistant to US President Donald Trump and Senior Director for Europe and Russia at the White House, and Mark Fleming, Director of the Office for West Central Europe Affairs at the US State Department. “We discussed political and economic developments, and the need for Kosovo’s institutions to focus on strengthening strategic relations with the US and a clear development strategy. I assured the US officials that for myself and the PDK, the interest of the state is above everything else: focus on economic growth, strategic investments and full repairing of relations with our international partners. Kosovo is blessed to have the support of the American people and government. This support remains crucial in our path toward membership in NATO and the EU,” Hamza said.

Vetevendosje announces coalition with three parties (Koha)

The Vetevendosje Movement has made official a coalition with three parties: Guxo, Alternativa and the Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo, for the December 28 parliamentary elections. 

The institutional deadlock in numbers (Kosovo 2.0)

How much have the MPs of the 9th legislature worked and spent?

Eight months after the February 9 elections, Kosovo finds itself once again on the verge of new elections. On November 19, the second nominee from the winning party, Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (VV), Glauk Konjufca, failed to secure the required 61 votes to form a government. As a result, the next day, Kosovo’s President, Vjosa Osmani, dissolved the Assembly and announced extraordinary elections for December 28.

What began as a routine process in April with the constitution of the Assembly turned into a prolonged political crisis: endless sessions for constituting the Assembly, rulings from the Constitutional Court, failure to build coalitions and the absence of a parliamentary majority. Together, these developments have paralysed the functionality of the country’s institutions.

The cost of this deadlock is measurable: millions of euros spent on elections, hundreds of thousands of euros in MPs’ salaries without a single day of work, hundreds of millions of euros in frozen funds from the European Union and the World Bank, and dozens of stalled draft laws.

In the February 9 elections, VV won 42.3% of the vote, PDK 20.9%, LDK 18.27%, AAK 7.06% and NISMA, the Serbian List together 4.26%.

This is the balance sheet of a deadlock made clearest by the numbers that have defined this eight-month period.

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Sorensen’s mandate as EUSR for dialogue to be extended for 2 years (media)

EU member states have approved the extension of the mandate of EU Special Representative for dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, Peter Sorensen, for two years, following a recommendation by EU diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas. Several news websites note that the EU has confirmed that Kallas aims to organize a meeting of leaders from Kosovo and Serbia once the right conditions are created. 

EU-funded filters at Kosova B power plant to be installed in April 2026 (media)

Most news websites cover a Facebook post by the European Union Office in Kosovo which notes that “with the conditions now met, works to install the EU-funded filters at the Kosova B Thermal Power Plant will begin in April 2026”. The statement also notes that the major investment will significantly reduce dust and nitrogen oxides – NOx – emissions and improve air quality across Kosovo and the region. “With €3.7 billion invested in Kosovo since 1999, the EU remains Kosovo's strongest partner and largest provider of financial assistance,” it said.

Bus strike in Pristina to continue “until funds are allocated” (media)

Several news websites report that buses in Pristina will not be working today as the strike of the Urban Traffic will continue from 10:00. Head of the Union of Urban Traffic, Ilmi Gashi, told Radio Kosova that the strike will continue until the municipality of Pristina erases its debts to public and private transport operators. As part of the protest, starting from 10:00 until 12:00, buses will block the roads from the Kosovo government to Pristina municipality.

Zeqiri says he is ready to hand over duties to Serbian List in Zubin Potok (media)

The outgoing mayor of Zubin Potok, Izmir Zeqiri, said on Sunday that it is time to hand over his duties to the Serbian List candidate for mayor, Milos Perovic, who in the October 12 local elections. In an interview with Klan Kosova, Zeqiri said he is ready to carry out the handover ceremony as required by Kosovo’s laws. 

Kosovo Alliance: Opposition rejected a broad-based coalition (Radio KiM)

At the meeting in Mitrovica, held at the initiative of the Kosovo Alliance, the formation of a wider coalition of Kosovo Serb opposition parties in Kosovo was discussed. The idea was that a joint performance would bring more influence in the upcoming special elections. However, despite the initial impression that there was a readiness for unification, it turned out that only the Kosovo Alliance entered the negotiations with a sincere intention. Other parties were, as stated by the Alliance, more preoccupied with personal positioning on the electoral list than with common interest. Kosovo Alliance left enough time for a decision, but there was no concrete interest, or, as they say, someone judged that such a gathering “is not desirable”. “Due to this approach, the Kosovo Alliance rightly doubts the previous election results of certain parties, because we believe that they are not realistic, but that they were largely supported by the party in power, the Serbian List,” said the president of the Kosovo Alliance, Goran Marinkovic.