COVID - 19: 827 new cases, 19 deaths (media) Hoti: Decision on visits in accordance with circumstances (media) Lajcak criticises Kosovo for blocking Vucic’s visit (Balkan Insight) Kosovo Foreign Minister responds to Lajcak (media) “Visits by Serbian officials, without facing past, cannot be welcome” (media) MP Haradinaj: No visits while stepping on mass graves of Albanians (media) Constitutional Chamber rejects Thaci’s proposed amendments (media) Kurti tells EU: Kosovo needs new elections before new President (media) Vetevendosje will try to block Deputy PM from attending Assembly (media) Report on Russian influence in Kosovo (Telegrafi)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 827 new cases, 19 deaths (media) • EU warns Kosovo of consequences for not allowing Serbian President visit (Express) • Hoti responds to Lajcak: We are for the freedom of movement (RTK) • Ekaterina Trendafilova reappointed President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (Express) • The Albanian Parliament approves establishment of a special commission for Dick Marty’s report (Koha) • Mustafa criticizes Minister Haradinaj-Stublla (RTK) • Haxhiu: LVV does not support any candidate for President without elections (RTK) • Lindon Kqira: I do not recognise Vjosa Osmani’s decision (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • 52 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths registered in Serbian communities (Radio Mitrovica Sever) • Stano: EU works daily to facilitate Belgrade-Pristina agreement (Tanjug, Kosovo Online) • Doctors in Gracanica Clinical Hospital Center warn of alarming state in the health care, the director claims everything is fine (VoA, KoSSev, KiM radio) • US Ambassador in Pristina says Embassy supports agreement implementation (N1, RTS) • Petkovic alerts international representatives of Haradinaj-Stublla’s behavior (KoSSev) • Dacic: Stublla’s statement is the culmination of Pristina’s hypocrisy (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Discovery of new graves reveals new crimes (KiM radio, TV Show 'Sporazum') • New indictment on the assassination of Oliver Ivanovic returns everything to the beginning (RTV Puls, Vecernje Novosti) • KLA General Staff: In the draft law, it governed the KLA; in The Hague – it only existed on paper (KoSSev) Opinion: • Under Biden, the US will push for a ‘EU-goslavia’ (opendemocracy.net) • Stuck in the Russian Web (visegradinsight.eu) • Two realities: Roma in the EU and Roma in the Western Balkans in the eyes of the EC (EWB) International: • Serbia Pledges to Exhume Suspected Kosovar Mass Grave Soon (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Learning a neighbor's language in Kosovo: It's easier when we know at least one word (RFE) • Women of Southeast, Central Europe Protest Rise in Male Violence (Balkan Insight)

• COVID-19: 704 new cases, nine deaths (media) • Osmani repeals appointment of four Kosovo consuls (media) • “We are moving speedily towards implementation of Washington agreement” (media) • “Vucic will not be allowed to enter Kosovo until Serbia apologises” (Express) • Petkovic reacts to Minister Haradinaj’s banning Vucic’s visit (RTK) • Kosovo won’t let Serb officials in, wants genocide apology (The Washington Post) • Belgrade gives permission: Exhumation of Albanian bodies next week (RTK) • Abbott: 1,133 Kosovar children killed or still missing deserve justice (Express) • Haziri: Relations with Osmani can be improved (Koha) • No room for gender-based violence in Kosovo, leaders say (media) • Former EULEX judge wants to reveal ‘wrongdoings’ to Kosovo Assembly (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 704 new cases, nine deaths (media) • Hoti: Review of Kosovo's diplomatic missions to be concluded soon (media) • Osmani vows to overturn appointment of general consul in Prague (media) • New consul says his appointment is lawful (media) • Vetevendosje expects Osmani to annul Shala's appointment in Prague (media) • Beqaj: Change in Kosovo possible through Vetevendosje-Osmani cooperation (Koha) • Kosovars find COVID-19 treatment an expensive affair (Prishtina Insight) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: Two more deaths, 62 newly infected and 15 cured (Kontakt plus radio) • Meeting scheduled, main topic - urgent procurement of vaccines, announced Vucic (B92) • Vucic: Serbia has no problem to find every missing person (RTS) • Milorad Trifunovic passed away - coordinator of families of abducted and missing in Kosovo and Metohija (KoSSev) • Tadic does not expect a change in US policy towards Kosovo (Danas) • Thaci is aware of guilt, he avoids responsibility (Danas, Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Will Biden bail out ‘George Washington of Kosovo’? (Boston Herald) International: • Balkan Countries ‘Still Heavily Dependent on Russian Gas’ (Balkan Insight) • Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic bet big on Donald Trump, and lost. Now what? (euronews.com) • War Victims Urged to Raise Voices at Kosovo Guerrillas’ Trials (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • UNFPA: Premiere of "Broken Rib" on the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Kontakt plus radio) • Hoti: Violence against women needs to be uprooted (KP/Telegrafi) • U.S. Embassy: Every person deserves a life free from violence (media) • Pandemic Disrupts Southeast Europe Labour Flows (Balkan Insight) • Why culture makes smoking a hard habit for the Western Balkans to kick (Emerging Europe)

• COVID-19: 676 new cases, 15 deaths (media) • Hoti announces new package of €182 million for economic recovery (media) • Muhaxheri: Government has votes to pass economic recovery bill (media) • Kosovars trust Kosovo Security Force the most, research shows (media) • Haradinaj: We were close to an agreement with Thaci and Veseli (media) • Agreement with Decan Monastery; road to be used for local traffic only (Koha) • Surroi: New elections within three months (Klan Kosova) • Hoxhaj meets Norway’s Special Representative for Western Balkans (media) • Ambassador Kosnett holds virtual meeting with AAK leader Haradinaj (media) • MP Haxhi Shala's son appointed general consul in Prague (Koha) • Appointment of Haxhi Shala's son to diplomatic post sparks reactions (media) • Campaign for elimination of violence against women to kick off (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 609 new cases, 13 deaths (media) • Hoti: Name of the new president or election date to be known soon (RTK) • Mustafa: Meeting on election of president, next week (media) • Chief Prosecutor: Trial against Thaci and others not to start later than September 2021 (Koha) • Hoti committed to implement Washington Agreement (Express) • Veliu to be invited for a motion about EC Security Report (media) • Zemaj calls the situation with the pandemic in Kosovo alarming (Koha) Serbian Language Media: • Two persons died, 67 new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities in Kosovo (KoSSev) • Dacic: No extreme changes in Washington's attitude towards dialogue with Pristina (FoNet, N1) • Rakic and Bjørnstad about more frequent attacks on Serbian population (TV Most) • Vesic to file a lawsuit in Strasbourg (B92, Tanjug) • Bilčík: EU should be Balkans' goal, not political playground (DW, N1) • Reforms leading to EU membership are Serbia's priorities (FoNet, N1) Opinion: • Crimes, victims could easily be revealed with honest willingness in Serbia (Koha) • A wound that needs healing, not opening (Koha) • Petar Ristanovic: Leaders of the ''KLA'' – Untold biographies (KoSSev) International: • A special Kosovo war crimes court will try its ex-president. So how do ‘hybrid’ courts work? (Washington Post)

• COVID-19: 645 new cases, 12 deaths (media) • Hoti warns of stricter measures, decision late this week (Indeksonline) • Zemaj: Three options available for securing COVID-19 vaccine (Telegrafi) • Osmani: EU should ask Serbia not Kosovo to amend its Constitution (media) • AAK’s Haxhiu: Haradinaj should be President of Kosovo (media) • Source: Belgrade delegation didn’t ask permit for visit to Kosovo (Klan/Express) • Kosnett and Kurti discuss situation in Kosovo (media) • Kosnett has virtual meeting with Hoxhaj (media) • MP Adem Hoxha joins Serbian List (media) • Specialist Chambers judge extends detention for Salih Mustafa (Koha) • Kosovo, deputy PM faces public backlash over remarks on missing people (Euronews Albania)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID-19: 645 new cases, 12 deaths (media) • Borrell: Kosovo-Serbia land swap, once an option but no longer one (Telegrafi) • Hoti: Selmanaj's remarks have been misconstrued (Kosovapress/Koha) • Vetevendosje calls for dismissal of Deputy Prime Minister Selmanaj (media) • KWN writes to PM Hoti asking for DPM Selmanaj's dismissal (media) • Kosovo Assembly fails to adopt resolution on missing persons (media) • Osmani: Unfortunate that Kosovo is not allowed CoE membership (media) • Kosovo delegation meets Croatian PM Plenkovic (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: SPC Patriarch Irinej loved Serbs everywhere, his main concern was Kosovo (N1) • MP Adem Hoxha joined the Serbian List (KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Vesic prohibited from entering Kosovo (KoSSev, KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio) • The inscription "KLA" on the board at the entrance to Kisnica (KiM radio) • Gracanica mayor on attempted flag burning (KIM radio) • Four charged with the murder of Ivanovic in a new indictment, hearing to be held on December 4th (KoSSev) • BCSP: 70% of Serbs do not believe there will be an armed conflict, 47% of them are ready to take part in a Kosovo conflict (KoSSev) Opinion: • Serbs Should Mourn Quiet Patriarch Who Avoided Conflict (Balkan insight) • Cause for Optimism in Albeit Slow Western Balkans Recovery (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • Hidden economy at very high levels and increasing throughout the Western Balkans (EWB) • WHO official says Serbia close to lockdown (N1) • Over 2,600 migrants in Kosovo, majority of them from Syria (RTK)

• COVID-19: 707 new cases, 10 deaths (media) • Health Minister: Citizens must change their behavior (media) • “Healthcare workers, elderly and people with chronic illnesses to have priority” (media) • Hoti backed down from negotiations on Association/Community (Koha) • Kosovo, Albania condemn deletion of Albanian residents' addresses in Presevo (media) • Serbian delegation refused permission to visit Kosovo (media) • Osmani terminates mandate of Serbian List's representative to CEC (media) • Emini: The Hoti show must not go on (Prishtina Insight)

COVID – 19: 15 deaths, 875 new cases (media) Ministry announces new measures: 18 municipalities in red zone (media) Bislimi: Haradinaj has grip on partners of ruling coalition (Kosovapress) Daut Haradinaj: Kosovo needs a president like Ramush Haradinaj (media) “Government doesn’t want to secure votes for economic recovery bill” (media) “Arrest, deportation of Turkish nationals from Kosovo, human rights violation”