• President Osmani decrees the Law on Wages (media) • Opposition seeks clarification about U.S. ambassador's statement (Nacionale) • Stano: Kosovo, an example of cooperation between EU and NATO (media) • Germany: Return of Serbian troops, completely unacceptable (Express) • “Every mistake can cost Kosovo; should learn from North Macedonia” (media) • Haziri: Kurti doesn’t have problems with envoys, but with the people (Reporteri) • Weber skeptical: Unlikely agreement will be reached this year (RFE) • North Kosovo: time to turn to civil society (Social Europe) • Vucic: Chollet will visit Belgrade next week (Kallxo)

• EC: Situation in north still very fragile; talks on Association must start (media) • KFOR: We’re examining Serbia’s request to deploy troops in Kosovo (Express) • Hungary plays key role in Kosovo peacekeeping (Hungary Today) • NATO Military Chiefs of Defence Meeting - 18-19 January 2023 (nato.int) • Will Kosovo’s war ever end? (UnHerd) • The religious propaganda that threatens Kosovo (Kallxo) • The Peak of the Balkans Trail: Europe's last true wilderness (BBC)

• Kurti wants more KFOR forces in Kosovo (RTK) • Bonne, Plotner and Escobar to visit Kosovo this month (Klan) • Osmani congratulates Sweden, “cooperation to get Kosovo closer to EU” (RTK) • Balkans, a priority of Sweden's EU Council Presidency (Albanian Daily News) • Svecla for the Swiss medium: We are not afraid of Serbia (Albanian Post) • Germany welcomes removal of barricades (Anadolu Agency) • NATO's highest authority to meet this month to discuss security in Kosovo (AP) • Krasniqi doesn’t expect fast agreement; “Kurti invented deadline” (Klan) • ‘Life is Beautiful’: Visually Impaired Kosovo Writer Rejects Limits (BIRN) • French Museum Keeps Memory of Long-Ago Balkans Alive (BIRN) • Activists who attacked assembly building acquitted (Prishtina Insight) • Person of the Year for Prishtina Insight, Faruk Kukaj (Prishtina Insight)

• Kurti: They put up barricades themselves, removing them themselves (media) • Borrell praises leaders; “diplomacy prevailed in removing barricades” (Klan) • EU wary of further Kosovo-Serbia tensions as it pushes final deal (Politico) • Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss latest developments (media) • NATO: We expect all parties to adhere to their commitments (media) • KFOR: All parties should avoid any triggering rhetoric (media) • Hill: Lucky that barricades are being removed, we want political solution (Klan) • Rama on barricades: Nothing new, in the end everyone returned home (media) • French Embassy comments on removal of barricades (Kallxo) • Haziri on removal of barricades: Decision was neither Kurti nor Vucic’s (media) • Fake News Spikes Amid High Tensions in the North (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo: Serbs agree to dismantle barricades after talks (BBC) • Kosovo-Serbia tensions: Mood on the ground, possible scenarios (Al Jazeera) • Kosovo Reopens Main Border Crossing With Serbia (VoA) • In northern Kosovo, conflict is avoided, for now (Emerging Europe) • Hoax Bomb Threats Leave Balkan Region Frustrated, Unnerved (BIRN) • Serbia Investigates Kosovo Albanian for Alleged Arms Trafficking (BIRN)

• Joint Statement on the Escalating Tensions in the North of Kosovo (media) • Kurti calls on Serbs to apply for jobs in Kosovo public institutions (euronews.al) • Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani interview with Klan Kosova • Vucic: Removal of barricades will start on Thursday morning (RFE) • Serbs in northern Kosovo to start removing barricades from Thursday (Reuters) • KFOR reacts to tensions: Solution must come through dialogue (media) • EULEX: We have neither mandate nor capacity to remove barricades (Klan) • Prosecution: Pantic was sent to house arrest due to his health (media) • Haxhiu: Special Prosecutor, Court chose to side with criminal groups (Koha) • JCK and PCK react to Kurti about Pantic (media) • Graffiti against judge and prosecutor who freed ex-Serb police officer (media) • Krasniqi: Kurti to clarify if there was secret deal for Pantic release (media) • Haradinaj: Situation is serious, it requires coordination (media) • Petkovic: Vucic asked Serbs to withdraw from barricades (media) • Hill: Patriarch Porfirije must be allowed to visit Kosovo in future (euronews.al) • Xhacka: Serbia to stop, so-called ‘Kosovo and Metohija’ gone forever (media) • Tension soars as Kosovo shuts main border crossing with Serbia (AFP, Reuters) • Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo (CNN) • Germany urges Kosovo Serb militants to remove barricades (Deutsche Welle) • Kosovo-Serbia Crisis Simmers as New Barricade Blocks Border (BIRN) • Kosovo closes border crossing as tensions with Serbia intensify (FT) • Kosovo to Host Five Persecuted Afghan Journalists (BIRN)