• U.S.: Time for Kosovo and Serbia to reach historic agreement (media) • Kosovo Assembly President calls for calmness in the north (media) • UNMIK chief Tanin warns against escalation of tensions (media) • EU reacts following resignation of northern mayors (Insajderi) • Mustafa comments on resignations in the north (media) • Arifi reacts to Serbian Government’s ultimatum (Klan Kosova/Insajderi) • Mushkolaj: Resignation of northern mayors, a new momentum (Telegrafi) • New U.S. ambassador to Kosovo sworn in (media) • Lorenzo D’addario, new KFOR commander (media) • Former Albanian PM: Unification of Albanians in one state is a necessity (media)

In the US, President Thaci meets Secretary of State Pompeo (media) Governments of Kosovo and Albania hold joint meeting (dailies) US ambassadors object Kosovo’s tax on Serbian goods (Epoka/Kosova Sot) First half of December to see Kosovo with army (Zeri) KFOR considers “in reality” there is no border between Kosovo and Serbia (Koha) Vucic instructs Radojcic about barricades in the North (RTK) Kosovo annuls participation at regional forum due to footnote (Epoka) Five Ministry of Infrastructure officials arrested on corruption charges (dailies)

• President Thaci in the U.S. to meet Pompeo, Bolton and Bush (media) • Mogherini: EU will closely monitor situation in Kosovo north (RTK) • Kosovo denies having ‘black list’ with names of Serbian officials (dailies) • Cuoci: Kosovo does not have full sovereignty in the north (Koha) • Governments of Kosovo and Albania to have joint meeting today (dailies) • Vucic says meeting of Kosovo, Albania governments is hypocrisy (media) • Minister Rikalo announces protest in the north if tax is not revoked (Zeri) • Radojicic: I will not surrender, Albanians wanted to kill me (RTK) • Vulin threatens Kosovo with military intervention (RTS, RTK) • Serb athletes not allowed to play in Kosovo without Ministry permission (media) • Kurti: Kosovo and Albania cannot have two approaches towards Serbia (Zeri) • Hoti calls for new elections (Bota Sot) • Kosovo government building lit in orange to end gender-based violence (Koha) • Minister Hoxha: No violence against women shall be tolerated (Bota Sot) • Richardson: Corruption, a big threat to people’s trust in institutions (Koha)

• Haradinaj: Opening issue of borders would send us back to the past (media) • Court session on Serbs arrested in the north to be held today (media) • Serbia blocks European products destined for Kosovo (Insajderi) • Serbian press willing to pay tax, but there’s another reason why it was not allowed to enter Kosovo (media) • Person arrested for calling for forceful removal of Serbian license plates (Koha) • U.S. Embassy congratulates Assembly for passing laws on judicial reforms (media)

• In letter to ambassadors, PM Haradinaj explains import tax (dailies) • Haradinaj: Tax to remain in power until Serbia recognizes Kosovo (media) • Veseli asked for the 100-percent tax on Serbian and Bosnian goods (RTK) • EU calls on parties to refrain from provocations (Bota Sot/Kosova Sot) • Moscow: Kosovo has declared trade war on Serbia (media) • EU takes on role of arbitrator on CEFTA (Koha) • Kosovo Serbs protest against tax on Serbian goods (RTK) • Presevo Valley seeks exemption from import tariff (RFE/Zeri) • KFOR rebuts Serbian President Vucic (Insajderi/Zeri) • Haradinaj appreciates KFOR’s role in providing security in Kosovo (Epoka) • KP refutes reports it is confiscating Serbian license plates (Klan Kosova) • Albanian government opposes 100-percent tax on Serbian goods (Koha) • Assembly President Veseli to visit U.S. on Monday (Klan Kosova) • Police confirms arrests in the North related to Ivanovic’s murder (RTK)