• Abdixhiku: LDK is more ready than ever to lead Kosovo (AP)
• Haradinaj: We will support any new govt, except a govt led by Kurti (media)
• Brahimaj confirms: Agim Ceku will be part of AAK list for MPs (Express)
• Election disinformation, a tool of undermining trust in Kosovo institutions (PI)
• “Ministry transferred funds to municipality, can be used from today” (media)
• Pristina Municipal Assembly to hold the inaugural meeting on Dec 9 (media)
• Special prosecution charges two people with war crimes against civilians (media)
• KFOR regular day and night patrols, in north and throughout Kosovo (media)
• Rutte thanks Switzerland for its contribution to KFOR (media)
• The Serbian People's Movement won’t participate in elections (media) 
• Serbian Defence Minister: Vranje Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into the attack on the army near the "Debela Glava" base (Beta, N1)

Abdixhiku: LDK is more ready than ever to lead Kosovo (AP)

Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Lumir Abdixhiku said on Monday that this party is to take over the leadership of Kosovo and to offer “a dignifying and European government”. In his address at the LDK General Council, he called on LDK structures to convey a clear message to the people that Kosovo urgently needs political parties.

Abdixhiku harshly criticized the government led by the Vetevendosje Movement claiming that it blocked Kosovo’s development and derailed its political orientation. He said Kosovo needs a new political orientation and that the diaspora plays an essential role in Kosovo’s development.

Abdixhiku said the three pillars upon which the LDK aims to build the next government are institutional stability, the Euro-Atlantic path and economic development.

Haradinaj: We will support any new govt, except a govt led by Kurti (media)

Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) Ramush Haradinaj said on Monday that the AAK would not support any new potential government led by Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti. He said that other leaders – PDK leader Bedri Hamza and LDK leader Lumir Abdixhiku – can count on the AAK’s support to form a new government after the December 28 parliamentary elections. “We don’t have any conditions. I have the honor to be a candidate for Prime Minister, but whoever leads the government, they will have my support. I need to make clear that we won’t support a Kurti-led government,” he said in an interview with T7.

Brahimaj confirms: Agim Ceku will be part of AAK list for MPs (Express)

Lahi Brahimaj, senior member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said in an interview with T7 that Agim Ceku, former Prime Minister of Kosovo and former general commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, will be part of the AAK election list in the December 28 parliamentary elections. “Agim Ceku is one of the most credible figures, both in the time of war and in the state-forming period,” Brahimaj said.

Election disinformation, a tool of undermining trust in Kosovo institutions (PI)

Kosovo’s elections remain a prime target of coordinated disinformation campaigns by Russia, Serbia, and various extremist groups, all of which aim to erode trust in institutions and undermine the country’s democratic legitimacy.

A BIRN documentary titled “Disinformation Against Elections,” released on Sunday, examines how Russia and Serbia interfered in elections in Kosovo through propaganda and false narratives spread by media outlets and influencers—reproduced in both Serbia and Kosovo, targeting and undermining Kosovo’s institutions.

In the documentary, BIRN monitored four Russia-controlled media outlets during the two-month period before and after the 2025 local elections in Kosovo held on 12 October. This monitoring found that 353 disinformation articles about Kosovo were published in this timeframe.

The Sputnik media network, based in Serbia, published 193 articles on Kosovo. Russia Today Balkan published 125 articles.

The Russian propaganda network Pravda, known for spreading disinformation in more than 80 countries and dozens of languages, published 33 articles in Albanian about Kosovo. Meanwhile, TASS (Russian News Agency) published 4 articles about Kosovo.

In total, these Kremlin-backed media satellites published 353 articles, averaging six articles per day.

Read more at: https://shorturl.at/eOJRX

“Ministry transferred funds to Pristina municipality, can be used from today” (media)

Pristina municipal assembly member from the Vetevendosje Movement, Gezim Svecla, said in an interview with TeVe1 on Monday that the Ministry of Finance has transferred through the treasury €28 million to the Municipality of Pristina from the municipality’s own revenues. “The Ministry of Finance has done the job. The treasury has transferred the funds, and the Municipality of Pristina can start using them from tomorrow [Tuesday],” he said.

The TV station notes that after the transfer of funds, buses of Urban Traffic in Pristina can start operating again after they had suspended their work for a week due to the financial crisis. Meanwhile, representatives of Urban Traffic said their strike would continue until the municipality pays them the funds it owes.

Pristina Municipal Assembly to hold the inaugural meeting on Dec 9 (media)

Most news websites report that the Municipal Assembly of Pristina will hold the inaugural meeting on December 9. The meeting will include the swearing-in of municipal assembly members and the mayor of Pristina, and the election of the chair of the Municipal Assembly. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and its candidate for mayor, Perparim Rama, won the local elections in Pristina. In an extraordinary meeting held last Thursday, the municipal assembly voted on the transfer of own revenues from 2024 to 2025 at the amount of €28 million. This has paved the way to erasing the accumulated bills of the municipality. 

Special prosecution charges two people with war crimes against civilians (media)

All news websites report that the Kosovo Special Prosecution filed an indictment against two people on Monday charging them with war crimes against civilians in Rahovec and Suhareka in 1998-99. The two defendants, one working at the time as a police officer and the other as a police inspector at the police station in Prizren, had participated in a campaign of arrests of civilians in the two municipalities. The arrested were beaten with hard tools and other inhumane methods, and as a result one of the arrested succumbed to the injuries, while the others suffered grave bodily injuries.

KFOR regular day and night patrols, in north and throughout Kosovo (media)

NATO’s peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR, said in a Facebook post that this mission will continue their regular day and night patrols, ensuring a constant, steady and reassuring presence both in northern Kosovo and throughout the area of responsibility. “KFOR personnel remain vigilant, maintaining situational awareness and fostering stability across the region. These ongoing activities reflect KFOR’s enduring commitment to contributing to a safe and secure environment for all people living in Kosovo,” the post notes.

Rutte thanks Switzerland for its contribution to KFOR (media)

Most news websites report that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with Switzerland Federal Councilor Martin Pfister and thanked him for Switzerland’s contribution to NATO’s KFOR peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. “We also discussed ways to further our cooperation with Switzerland,” Rutte said in a post on X.

The Serbian People's Movement will not participate in the elections (KiM radio) 

The Serbian People's Movement will not participate in the extraordinary parliamentary elections on December 28, this party announced.

The Serbian People's Movement (SNP), whose leader is Milija Bisevac, stated yesterday that they asked the CEC to extend the deadline for submitting the documents necessary for this election process, but also filed an appeal. However, the CEC refused, it was said from this party. 

"We justified the request by the fact that the deadlines were extremely short and that many technical procedures required additional time. Our request was rejected by the CEC. After receiving an official response, we inform the public, as well as all those who supported us in the past, that due to such a decision, we are unable to participate in the upcoming elections."

The Serbian People's Movement believes that with this approach and deadlines, which are not adapted to the real possibilities of smaller political entities, the CEC "clearly favors parliamentary parties, both Serbian and Albanian."

According to this party, the participation of non-parliamentary and smaller political organizations is limited or completely prevented this way. "This seriously undermines the democratic character of the electoral process."

The Serbian People's Movement also stated that this party had discussed with other political subjects in the previous days about joint participation in the upcoming elections, but that there was no compromise.

Serbian Defence Minister: Vranje Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into the attack on the army near the "Debela Glava" base (Beta, N1)

Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic said that the competent prosecutor's office launched an investigation into the incident on November 16 in the Land Security Zone, when, as he stated, fire was opened on a Serbian Army patrol from the direction of Kosovo. 

Gasic told the Serbian Parliament that 181 incidents have been recorded in the Land Security Zone along the administrative line with Kosovo since the beginning of the year, reported N1. 

"No one was concerned about the 181 attacks on the Serbian Army and the Ministry of Defense, but what was presented by the so-called Kosovo police was taken as relevant. The military dog was not hit then; it was reported to the competent prosecutor's office for that territory and everything was done in accordance with the law. The prosecutor's office in Vranje launched an investigation, the MIA investigated," said the minister.

He stated that he could not talk about it anymore, adding that KFOR members were aware of everything, "as the only ones with whom the Serbian Armed Forces maintain daily communication".

He also referred to the announcements of the re-introduction of mandatory military service, stating that research by the "Research Center for Defense and Security" showed that 74 percent of Serbian citizens are in favor of it.

"Out of that, even 75 percent of the female respondents and 77 percent of the male respondents said they were in favor of introducing regular military service," Gasic said among other things.