• Kurti for Der Spiegel: Vucic wants to return to past, but that train is gone • Serbian police prevent far-right activists from crossing into Kosovo (RFE/Kallxo) • Svecla: Police is capable and has capacities to confront criminal structures (Koha) • President’s Chief of Staff reacts to protest at Jarinje (media) • Hoxhaj: Serbian regime is solely responsible for tensions (media) • KFOR to start regular military exercises near its base in Novosella (media) • Mehaj: Kosovo Army has capacities to protect territorial integrity (media) • Krasniqi: Government cannot hide behind KFOR (Kosovapress) • KFOR must remove the barricades, analysts say (Prishtina Insight) • President Osmani holds end-of-year reception with diplomatic corps (Koha) • Tajani: Italy to organise conference on Balkans in January (media) • U.S. welcomes verdict in case against Salih Mustafa (media) • Conviction of Kosovo’s ‘Commander Cali’ sparks anger at home (BIRN) • Kosovo arrests Serb ex-policeman for 1999 attack on village (BIRN)

• Kurti for Der Spiegel: Vucic wants to return to past, but that train is gone • Serbian police prevent far-right activists from crossing into Kosovo (RFE/Kallxo) • Svecla: Police is capable and has capacities to confront criminal structures (Koha) • President’s Chief of Staff reacts to protest at Jarinje (media) • Hoxhaj: Serbian regime is solely responsible for tensions (media) • KFOR to start regular military exercises near its base in Novosella (media) • Mehaj: Kosovo Army has capacities to protect territorial integrity (media) • Krasniqi: Government cannot hide behind KFOR (Kosovapress) • KFOR must remove the barricades, analysts say (Prishtina Insight) • President Osmani holds end-of-year reception with diplomatic corps (Koha) • Tajani: Italy to organise conference on Balkans in January (media) • Conviction of Kosovo’s ‘Commander Cali’ sparks anger at home (BIRN) • Kosovo arrests Serb ex-policeman for 1999 attack on village (BIRN)

• Kurti waiting for KFOR to remove the barricades (RFE) • Association, Kurti: Serbia will raise it as an issue within the dialogue (Klan) • Serbia seeks return of its troops to Kosovo as tensions soar (Associated Press) • Kurti: We expect Kosovo to enter the EU within 9 years (euronews.al) • Von Cramon: EU integration also depends on dialogue with Serbia (Klan) • KFOR’s statement on request for return of Serbian troops? (Albanian Post) • Rama: Kosovo was freed from Belgrade once and for all (media) • Former Kosovo Serb police officer arrested, suspected of war crimes (KP) • Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss latest developments (media) • Trajkovic sent to Serbian Interior Ministry, warns she isn’t feeling well (Klan) • Kosovo formally applies to join EU (Reuters) • Poll: Vetevendosje leads with 42.6%, followed by LDK and PDK (media) • North Kosovo: What are the tensions with ethnic Serbs about? (DW) • Tensions in north Kosovo – whose agenda does the flare-up serve? (Al Jazeera)

• Kosovo Leaders Sign EU Candidacy Application (BIRN) • Kurti hails agreement on visa liberalisation (media) • EU Parliament, Council reach agreement on Kosovo visa liberalisation (media) • Escobar calls for removal of barricades and formation of Association (Koha) • Lajcak: Vucic understands seriousness of situation in the north (RFE) • NATO: Barricades in the north should be removed immediately (Koha) • Bislimi: Barricades not placed by local Serbs but by a radical group supported by Belgrade (BBC) • US expects govt proposal for Association, implies to do it with civil society (Koha) • Mandl for Kosovo's EU application: Important step at the right time (Koha) • Kosovo Albanians Take Serb-Vacated Council Seats in Divided Town (BIRN) • Albin Kurti, the most liked leader, poll shows (Klan Kosova) • Konjufca: We aim to be leaders in region for parliamentary transparency (Koha) • Krasniqi: No more Serbian soldiers in Kosovo, this was closed in ’99 (Koha) • First Kosovo Guerrilla Verdict Due at Hague ‘Special Court’ (BIRN) • Serbian Ex-Policeman Pleads Not Guilty to Kosovo War Crimes (BIRN) • Why tensions have flared up between Kosovo and Serbia (TRT World)

• Escobar, Kurti, Lajcak call for normalization of situation (media) • U.S. categorically against return of Serbian forces to Kosovo (RFE) • Lajcak: Much better ways to remove barricades than with bulldozers (Telegrafi) • U.S., EU envoys urge Kosovo and Serbia not to fuel violence (Reuters) • Stoltenberg: NATO is very focused on Kosovo (Telegrafi) • Barricades still up in north despite calls for removal (Pristina Insight) • Sarrazin: Crisis in north of Kosovo should be used to advance dialogue (RTK) • EU congratulates Kosovo on reforms (media) • EULEX: Security situation in north of Kosovo is worrying (Klan) • Kovacevski: Kosovo-Serbia agreement guarantees peace in the region (RTK) • Kosovo, facing some opposition, to apply this week to join EU (Reuters) • Far-Right Protesters Rally In Belgrade In Support Of Kosovar Serbs As EU Urges De-Escalation (RFE)