• 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”

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 11 deaths, 855 new cases (media) • Osmani: We are tired of irresponsible politicians who show tolerance to Serbia's rejective policies (media) • Hardinaj-Stublla made official request to visit mass graves locations in Serbia (media) • Kizevak explained: EULEX experts describe how they identified the exact location where the human remains were discovered (EULEX, Express) • Veliu: Serbia exercising violence against migrants near Presevo (RTK) • Osmani: We are tired of irresponsible politicians who show tolerance to Serbia's denying policies (media) • Belgrade Court orders exhumation of human remains from Serbian mass grave (Euronews Albania) • Kosovo’s Constitution does not specify who replaces acting president (Express) Serbian Language Media: • Gracanica Crisis Staff: Seven more newly infected with Covid-19 (KiM radio) • Serbian Orthodox Church: Serbian Patriarch Irinej reposed in the Lord (media) • Three-day mourning in Serbia after SPC Patriarch's death; Putin sends condolences (N1) • Petar Petkovic: Serbian people has lost its spiritual father and archpastor (Kosovo Online, TV Most, KiM radio) • Varhelyi tells MEPs Western Balkans are a priority (N1) • Serbian government official calls for end to attacks on Kosovo Serbs (FoNet, N1) • Gara: Nine sets of human remains found in 3 months in Kosovo, excavations carried out in North Mitrovica (KoSSev) • SPO: Government officials “loyal” to Thaci and Veseli presided over “corrupt government pay-outs” to potential witnesses (KoSSev) • Albanian citizens can enter Serbia using only an ID card (KoSSev) Opinion: • Kosovo turns blind eye to officials flouting COVID-19 laws (Prishtina Insight) International: • Serbia Mourns Aged Patriarch’s Death from COVID-19 (Balkan Insight)

• COVID – 19: 15 deaths, 875 new cases (media) • Prishtina Mayor proposes Kosovo-wide lockdown for one week (media) • OSCE trains Kosovo teachers on stress management during COVID-19 (media) • PM Hoti on video conference with French President Macron (media) • Kurti: Situation will change radically after the new elections (Kallxo) • Haliti: PDK should join the government; PDK to propose new President (RTK) • Lajcak: Kosovo – Serbia agreement must be acceptable for EU and region (KTV) • Pacolli calls on Rama to lead national effort against Dick Marty report (media) • “Prosecutor filed indictment against Nasim Haradinaj and Hysni Gucati” (media) • CEC will ask President’s Office to decide on Nenad Rikalo (media)

Albanian Language Media: • COVID – 19: 15 deaths, 875 new cases (media) • Hoti: We’re committed to the issue of missing persons (media) • Gerxhaliu: We’re waiting for official invitation to go to Raska (Telegrafi) • Hoti in an online meeting with Macron, attempt to resume dialogue? (Lajmi) • Trepca mineworkers protest over October wages (media) • Minister: €1 million executed for wages of Trepca mineworkers (media) • “Kosovo won’t be represented by UNMIK at Energy Community Treaty” (media) Serbian Language Media: • One death, 68 new cases in Serbian communities in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio) • EP worried by Serbia's ruling party dominance during June general elections (N1) • Lawyer Tapuskovic: If killed journalists are not in the indictments, the trial of KLA leaders of no use (Kontakt plus radio, UNS) • The Kosovo inspection checks one pharmacy in North Mitrovica, citizens resented (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio, Kosovo Online) • Kisnica: Family Trajkovic worried, provocations continue (KiM Radio, Kosovo Online, Radio Gracanica) • Borrell: The EU expects Serbia and Kosovo not to move the embassies to Jerusalem (N1) • Doctors: SPC Patriarch’s health condition deteriorating due to coronavirus (media) • Dacic: There must be justice for Serbian victims as well (B92, Tanjug, TV Happy) Opinion: • Language Is Politics, and Not Just In the Balkans (bnnbloomberg.ca) International: • Would-be Balkan EU Members Remain Hostage to Vetos (Balkan Insight) Humanitarian/Development: • "Europe can avoid quarantine on one condition and I stand behind that claim" (Tanjug, B92)

• COVID – 19: 720 new cases, 11 deaths (media) • Kosovo Assembly to meet today, Hoti to face two interpellations (media) • Minister: A government that fails to pass economic recovery bill, must go (Kallxo) • “Serbia deliberately concealing truth of genocide committed in Kosovo” (media) • “Anyone who commits war crimes should be brought to justice” (media) • Haziri: Time has come for LDK to get President post (Express) • Osmani: Women participation in dialogue, necessary and smart decision (media) • Poll: 66% of citizens think new elections would bring political stability (Telegrafi)