• Negotiating team to travel to Brussels on 8 January (Epoka)
• Thaci’s holds annual speech before Kosovo Assembly (media)
• Quint Ambassadors today at the meeting of the negotiating team (Express)
• Kosovo delegation with monitoring role in dialogue (Koha Ditore)
• Collaku: The only pressure by Trump is agreement with Serbia (TV Dukagjini)
• Assembly fails to hold session on draft agreement with Serbia (media)
• France supports the dialogue and state delegation (RTK)
• Dacic: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue in another format in 2019 (Nedeljnik/Express)
• Arifi: Serbia provoking and inciting new tariffs (Bota Sot)
• Bahtiri and Rakic meet COMKFOR (Zeri)
• Rasic: Belgrade is using Kosovo Serbs as an instrument (RFE, Epoka)
• Visa liberalisation, unlikely under Romanian EU presidency (Zeri)
• Lluka: New power plant to begin construction in 2019 (Zeri)

• Negotiating team heads, Ahmeti and Limaj, meet President Thaci (media)
• Thaci asks Constitutional Court to interpret international agreements (Zeri)
• Assembly to hold an extraordinary session on the dialogue (Lajmi)
• No unity among political parties on dialogue, despite efforts (Epoka)
• Mustafa says Kosovo needs unity for dialogue with Serbia (Zeri)
• LDK’s Selmanaj: We won’t be part of political games (media)
• Haradinaj calls Brnabic’s request to Rama, shameful (media)
• Brnabic: No dialogue prior to removal of tax by Pristina (RTK)
• Dialogue with Serbia: LDK, VV write to EU (RTK)
• Serbian President plans to step up aid for Kosovo Serbs (media)
• Serbian List opposes Bahtiri’s initiative for Mitrovica unification (Zeri)
• PDK leaders dine in Mitrovica, Agim Bahtiri takes part (media)
• Government aims to reduce unemployment rate through games of chance (Koha)

• U.S. Embassy: Opposition to get involved in dialogue with Serbia (Zeri)
• Veseli: Dialogue (Klan Kosova)
• Gap between President and Govt threatens Kosovo’s position (Koha)
• Thaci: Kosovo Army will move forwards – no turning back (Bota Sot)
• KFOR: ROSU can go to north even without our permission (Politika, RTK)
• Bahtiri launches petition for unification of Mitrovica (media)
• Mustafa: Ruling coalition being ‘patched-up’ with PSD (Zeri)
• Kurti: PSD ended up in PDK’s ‘lap’ (Zeri)
• Serbia seeks new format of dialogue under UN supervision (RTK)
• Pristina University students to protest today over visa liberalisation (RTK)

• Haradinaj: Kosovo stands firm in fight against IS (media)
• Veseli: Kosovo Army to be equipped with 250 armoured vehicles (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo Assembly approves in principle 2019 budget (Zeri)
• LDK, Vetevendosje not to attend Veseli-called meeting (media)
• Rama to Brnabic: Kosovo is independent as are its decisions (media)

• Haradinaj to Mogherini: EU was not neutral during your leadership (Zeri)
• Veseli calls first meeting between political leaders and negotiating team (Epoka)
• U.S. Adm Foggo supports Kosovo army (Bota Sot)
• Limaj meets Apostolova, discusses dialogue (Bota Sot)
• Serbian, Albanian PMs exchange letters on Kosovo (Koha)
• Tim Judah: No indications for an agreement (Beta/RTK)
• Kosovo man reported killed in Syria (Express/Zeri)