• Western Balkans leaders to sign deals on closer integration in Berlin (Reuters) • Number-plate crackdown raises tensions in Kosovo (BBC) • Serbia sends troops to Kosovo border as NATO could face conflict (Newsweek) • Tension brews anew between Kosovo, Serbia over car plates (AP) • KFOR ready to intervene if stability comes under threat (Nacionale) • “Kurti sent proposals to Scholz and Macron on agreement with Serbia” (RFE) • Mehaj refutes Vucic’s remarks about drones: Fabrication to instill fear (media) • UK MPs promise support for Kosovo membership in intl institutions (Koha) • Haziri: Early elections, even if agreement reached with Serbia (media) • Tadic calls for protection for Rada Trajkovic (media)

• Price: We asked Kurti to postpone deadline, not implement in stages (media) • EU: Decision on plates is legitimate, but should be within the dialogue (RTK) • Kryeziu: All terms of the Agreement have expired (Koha) • Police publish reprimand form for illegal license plates (Kallxo) • Svecla: Kosovo Police will start issuing reprimands from Tuesday (media) • UK Foreign Secretary meets Kurti, values Kosovo achievements (media) • Serbs: New decision, a choice between burned or confiscated cars (Telegrafi) • In Northern Kosovo, Tensions Threaten to Boil Over (Foreign Policy) • Compromise on license plates doesn’t abate intl pressure on Kosovo (Exit) • KFOR’s Regional Command-East welcomes new maneuver battalion (army.mil) • The right to act does not necessarily mean the right act (Euractiv) • We need to empower women, engage them as active agents of peace (media) • Roma language becomes official language in municipality of Prizren (media)

• Kurti: Implementation decision ensures rule of law, peace and security (media) • Kosovo PM postpones controversial licence plate change for Serbs (BIRN) • Kosovo backs off from Serb car plate rule after West warnings (Reuters) • Kosovo should give Serbs more time to change car plates, EU says (Reuters) • The U.S. urges Kosovo to extend licence plate implementation deadline (media) • Calm situation in north, "reprimand measures" start on November 1 (media) • Serbs ask Belgrade to allocate €2 million for license plate fines (Telegrafi) • PDK: Decision not serious; Kosovo turning into destructive party (RTK) • Haradinaj: Decision on plates not coordinated with strategic partners (Telegrafi) • Bislimi speaks about the Franco-German draft (Klan) • European capital where Kosovo-Serbia deal will be signed, selected (AP) • Serbia continues efforts to block Kosovo path to the Council of Europe (media)

• Blinken’s advisor calls for postponement of licence plates deadline (media) • Kurti thanks Von der Leyen for supporting Kosovo (media) • Serbs warn they will block roads if license-plate deal not extended (RFE) • Sources: “Northern Brigade”, criminal group terrorising Serbs in north (media) • Incidents on eve of expiry of deadline for re-registration of vehicles (RFE) • Bislimi banned from his visit shortly before arriving to Belgrade (media) • Hovenier congratulates Kosovo on progress in rule of law index (RTK) • “Erdogan may mediate in dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia” (media) • Haradinaj: Final agreement will regulate Kosovo-Serbia relations (Express) • Kurti: Kosovo stands in support and solidarity with Ukraine (media) • Kurti meets with EULEX chief Lars Gunnar Wigemark (media) • Art world came to Kosovo. What happens when it leaves? (NYT) • Manifesta: Turning rubble into art (Prishtina Insight) • Albania opposition parties join forces for 2023 local elections (BIRN)

• Escobar: Franco-German plan details expected to be made public soon (VoA) • Osmani: Request to postpone license plate deadline is not pressure (media) • Serbia and Russia ‘using licence plate dispute’, Foreign Minister says (BIRN) • Ursula von der Leyen to meet with Kosovo leaders today (RTK) • U.S. intends to implement the license plate ruling peacefully (RFE) • EU: Kosovo, Serbia should refrain, we don't want escalation (Klan) • Kurti: Our justice reforms are working fast (RTK) • Haradinaj: I’ve seen Franco-German plan, it includes recognition (RTK) • Vehicle of Serb who converted licence plates to RKS, set on fire (media) • Grenades, equipment seized during anti-drug operation in Leposavic (media) • Corruption File: How 150,000 euros was paid to sway court verdict (BIRN) • EU assesses food safety situation in Western Balkans (Food Safety News) • EU gives €80 million to North Macedonia to tackle energy crisis (Reuters)