• Some anti COVID measures will become stricter, Health Minister says (KTV) • Kosovo reports over 100 new cases with COVID-19 on Wednesday (Express) • Escobar expected to visit Kosovo in January (Albanian Post) • Hasani: Kosovo Serbs cannot be part of Vucic’s referendum (media) • “Kosovo violated international relations by expelling Russian UN staff” (Telegrafi) • Kosovo’s energy crisis halts cryptocurrency production (Prishtina Insight) • Kosovo experts question legality of cryptocurrency mining ban (BIRN) • U.S. imposes new sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Dodik (Reuters) • Osmani on sanctions on Dodik: A decisive and much-needed decision (media) • Why Serbia’s President is a threat to Europe (foreignpolicy.com) • A hotbed of cloak-and-dagger skullduggery in the Hague (nationalinterest.org)

• Kosovo bans cryptocurrency mining in efforts to save energy (media) • Pristina’s actions against UN mission member should be met with response — Russia’s MFA (TASS) • Haradinaj accuses Kurti of "corruption" and "extreme leftism" (media) • Weber: Demonstration of force may happen again in the north (lajmi.net/media) • Xhaferi: "Open Balkan" incomplete without all Western Balkans countries (Kosovapress/media) • COVID-19: 108 new cases, no deaths (media) • Kosovo sees surge in COVID-19 cases (Express) • Deputy Minister: Kosovo about to enter a new wave of COVID-19 infections (Telegrafi)

• Stoltenberg: Tensions increased in Kosovo and B&H; NATO promotes stability (Telegrafi) • Kosovo declares UNMIK staff a “persona non grata” (media) • UN: "Persona non grata" doctrine not applicable to UN personnel (media) • Hasani: UNMIK personnel cannot be declared "persona non grata" (Koha) • Kosovo has high expectations of Albania joining UN Security Council (Klan) • Serwer: I do not expect a Kosovo-Serbia agreement this year (Kosovo Online, media) • Kosovo Surveillance Build-up Raises Privacy Concerns (BIRN) • Serbia praises another arms shipment from Russia (AP) • World Athletics confident Kosovo will participate in Serbian event with no issues (Exit.al) • COVID-19: 38 new cases, no deaths (media) • New COVID-19 restrictions come into force in Kosovo (Exit.al) • Pandemic forces 3,000 firms out of business, additional relief packages needed (euronews.al)

• Kurti and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Donfried talk about Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media) • President Osmani decreed the Law on the Budget of Kosovo for 2022 (media) • Dialogue, the biggest challenge for the Kurti Government in 2022 (Koha) • Kurti meets Kosovo’s Security Council (media) • Osmani and Kurti meet heads of security institutions (media) • OSCE Condemns Desecration of Serb Gravestones in Kosovo (BIRN) • Chinese cameras from the American black list, through Serbia in Kosovo (RFE) • Enlargement crisis and its consequences: Key events in the Western Balkans in 2021 (EWB) • COVID-19: 53 new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kurti recaps 2021 in end-of-year press conference (media) • No referendum of Serbia will take place in Kosovo, Kurti says (Klan/G. Express) • Vucic reacts to Kurti's remarks on referendum (Telegrafi) • Assembly fails to elect two Constitutional Court judges (media) • Kosovo Ministry confirms being in touch with Spanish authorities (G. Express) • Woman charged for joining a terrorist group (Kosovapress) • COVID-19: 33 new cases, no deaths (media)