Albanian Language Media: • Hovenier: Normalization process ultimately ends with mutual recognition (media) • Osmani proposes national program for the army (Koha) • 165 persons wanted over different offenses in the northern municipalities (media) • Tahiri: Kurti’s government is forming the Association (Klan) • Isufaj approved removal of Radoicic arrest warrant, cannot disclose reasons (EO) • O’Brien slams Dodik: No right of secession, full stop (media) Serbian Language Media: • North Mitrovica MA voted: Land near the Military Overhaul allocated to the Kosovo’s MIA (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, Kontakt plus radio) • The Serbian Democracy Party on the decision of Kurti's government to request the return of the alleged debt for electricity in the north of Kosovo (Danas) • 'Don't celebrate the holidays of non-Muslims' posters in General Jankovic: Four people detained (KiM radio, KoSSev) International: • Kosovo Teen’s Shop Window Decorations Bring Festive Cheer (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Maqedonci: Three brigades of Serbian Army along Kosovo border (media) • Svecla: 2023, a challenge for security, but successful year for police (Dukagjini) • Krasniqi: Monoethnic institutions are not good for Kosovo (Dukagjini) • Citaku: Most difficult and failed year since declaration of independence (AP) • 33 Iowa National Guard soldiers to deploy to Kosovo on Friday (media) • Air corridors opened between Kosovo and Albania (RFE) • Ismaili: Economic growth this year 3.4%, in 2024 expected to be 4.2% (AP) • Abdixhiku “most undisciplined” MP, absent from 44 sessions (Demokracia) • Kryeziu: Northern mayors should resign, the petition delays the process (media) • Kurti meets second generation of the Citizen Diplomacy Program (media) • SBASHK: Kurti govt avoided dialogue with wrong approach to unions (RTK) • Cross-border theft of forests between Kosovo and Serbia (Kallxo) • KOMF writes to government: Social services risk closure in January (media) • Not even one fifth of properties in Kosovo owned by women (RFE) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: We’ll begin forming the parliament in January, nothing disputed (Beta, N1) • Dacic: Kurti trying to take advantage of the events on the domestic political scene (TV Prva, KiM radio, Blic) • PKS: The funds from the Development Fund are not for debts but for infrastructure (KiM radio) • Mijacic: There will be further obstructions of the dismissal of mayors (Kosovo Online) • Andric Rakic: "Overinflated" number of voters in the north could complicate the vote for the removal of the mayor (Kosovo Online) • Businessmen in the police station and fined because of the protest against the ban on Serbian goods (Kosovo Online) Opinion: • Perez: Brussels Feels Only Relief Over Vucic’s Victory in Serbia (BIRN) International: • Kosovo's c-bank intl reserves up 5% y/y in Nov (SeeNews) • Kosovo Children with Autism Raise Funds with Seasonal Drawings (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: We will recognize Serbia’s license plates, once we make sure that it is implementing decision on RKS ones (media) • Government approves Draft Law on the Security Council of Kosovo (RTK) • Vetevendosje: Government persistence forced Serbia to accept plates (Koha) • “Serbia recognizes plates; electricity in north to be paid by Kosovo rules” (Klan) • Moscow calls USA and EU "incompetent" in solving problem between Kosovo and Serbia (Klan) • Former Serbian prison guard charged with crimes against civilians (media) • “Serbia will try to destabilize neighboring govts, including Kosovo” (Sinjali) • Hoxhaj: Government gave up German condition for "legally binding agreement" with Serbia (Telegrafi) • LVV on early elections: We will surpass result of February 14 (media) • CEC is considering suspension of PSD today (Koha) • Diaspora brought this year over 1.2 billion euros (media) • Kusari-Lila admits there are high energy bills, tells citizens: "Turn to KESCO!" (media) Serbian Language Media: • Petkovic expects from Quint to reject and condemn Svecla's slanders about Civil Protection (Kosovo Online) • Carabinieri commanders visited Visoki Decani (RTS, Blic) • Dragisa Milenkovic's lawyer hopes easing or cancellation of custody (Tanjug) • "A month of imprisonment for a high school student, freedom for Milan Radoicic in 24 hours": Manojlovic on the decision of prosecutor Pantelic (Danas, Beta) • Skero Petrovic on RKS plates: Can the decision be made by the government in a technical mandate? (N1, KiM radio, KoSSev) • Jevtic: Due to centralization, municipalities in Kosovo have fewer and fewer responsibilities (Kosovo Online) International: • Kosovo Citizens Warned of Consequences If They Violate Schengen Area Visa-Free Travel Rules (schengenvisainfo.com) • Embracing the light: Religious spiritual resiliency in Kosovo (useuworldaffairs.com) • Serbian lobby in U.S. finances project in Congress to punish Kosovo (euronews.al) • Serbia: Year of Frustration and Delay in Facing Wartime Past (BIRN) • Uncontrolled Sale of Devices Processing Biometric Data Raises Concerns for Privacy in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Stano says Serbia’s decision to recognize Kosovo plates is positive step (Koha) • PDK sends Law on Sovereign Fund to Constitutional Court (Koha) • Opposition: Kurti is trying to go to elections without forming Association (EO) • Detention extended for suspects accused of Banjska attack (media) • Tahiri on high electricity bills: Latest blow to Kosovar families (AP) • “Citizens paying bills equal to those in Belgium and Luxembourg” (Indeksonline) • CHDRF calls for urgent investigations into “abnormal electricity bills” (media) • Another action in the north, police searching for smuggled goods (AP) • Trajkovic calls on northern Serbs to join protests in Serbia (media) • “Disarm the men!” – Call to action against femicide in Kosovo (Kallxo) Serbian Language Media: • Stano: The EU welcomes Belgrade's decision on the plates, it is expected that Pristina will respond in a similar way (N1, Kontakt plus radio) • Vucevic: Kurti is continuing his terror against Serbs (Kosovo Online, TV Prva) • MLGA: The collection of signatures for the replacement of the mayor in the north will begin soon (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kontakt plus radio) • Aleksic: The Government's decision on RKS license plates a proof that Vucic is ready to do anything to preserve power (KiM radio, N1, FoNet) • The Kosovo's Ministry of Culture has placed under protection and the Gornji Strmac church (Kosovo Online) • EU: Violence unacceptable, investigate election irregularities (KiM radio, N1) • Rada Trajkovic invited students and professors of the University in K.Mitrovica to join the protests (Danas) Opinion: • Palokaj: The dialogue has failed, only the culprit is being sought (Koha) International: • Kosovo says gunmen from Serbia are planning more attacks (Reuters) • Kosovo’s Long-Awaited Visa Waiver Applies to Most, But Not All (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Kurti: Few indictments for countless paramilitary attacks (Koha) • Lajcak: We’re ready to make reasonable corrections in proposed statute (Express) • Osmani: Serbia’s aggression presented constant challenges (Dukagjini) • Hammerstein: Security situation in Kosovo is deteriorating (media) • Tense situation in Kosovo north and Bosnia, “Albanian Army vigilant” (media) • Police confiscate alarm siren, six sound amplifiers in Mitrovica North (Telegrafi) • Police officer assaulted in Mitrovica North on Tuesday (media) • Schieder: I haven’t seen anywhere what I saw in Serbian elections (media) Serbian Language Media: • Milovic on Rajska Banja spa complex: I expect international community to raise voice and stop usurpation (N1, RTS, Kosovo Online) • Mijacic and Radosavljevic: Taking away the Rajska spa is illegal and problematic (KiM radio) • Vucic: Serbs to survive in Kosovo, preserve their property (Tanjug, KoSSev) • Serbian National Forum: Vucic without support of Kosovo Serbs for further Kosovo politics after the elections (N1, FoNet) • Brnabic: SNS can form next Serbian government on its own (Tanjug) • Kosovo police removed alarm siren in Mitrovica North (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: With the free legal aid project, the EU sending a clear message to Pristina (Tanjug) • Dasic: I was hit several times by the Kosovo police in Jarinje, I will sue them all (N1, NMagazin, KoSSev) • General Ralf Hammerstein: Germany sending an additional 200 soldiers to Kosovo (Tanjug) International: • NATO peace mission continue patrols to ensure security on Kosovo-Serbian border (AA) • Witness Identifies Kosovo Village Attack Trial Defendant in Court (BIRN) • Serbia’s Telecom to Appeal Kosovo Fine for not Notifying Mergers (Balkan Insight) • Serbia: Alarm over indications of serious elections breached (transparency.org)