• Kurti calls on diaspora to get vaccinated upon arrival in Kosovo (media) • COVID-19: 13 new cases, no deaths (media) • Constitutional Court decides on payment for electricity in the north (media) • ERO warns crisis through April, KEDS, KOSTT cannot do billing in north (EO) • Albania to provide electricity to Kosovo for New Year's (media) • Residents fire up generators as Kosovo energy crisis escalates (Reuters) • Record of remittances in Kosovo in 2021 (Radio Free Europe) • Court orders retrial of Kosovo Serb MP sentenced for ‘ethnic hatred’ (BIRN) • Kurti received the Minister of National Defense of Turkey, Hulusi Akar (media) • IOC threatens Malaysia and Serbia with event hosting ban (inisdethegames.biz)

• Kosovo Assembly to hold extraordinary session to discuss electricity crisis (media) • Haradinaj blames Vetevendosje, Kurti for electricity crisis (media) • Kosovars Protest Against Electricity Cuts, Demand Sackings (BIRN) • Turkish minister to visit Kosovo today (Koha) • Serbian official not permitted entry to Kosovo (Koha) • Borrell: 2021, a year of transitions (RTK) • Russia Is Playing With Fire in the Balkans (FA/Klan) • Kosovo: Guerrillas’ Trials Begin at Hague War Crimes Court (BIRN) • COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kurti blames past governments about energy crisis (RTK) • Kosovo reports first cases of COVID-19 Omicron (media) • Citizens warn protests over power outages (euronews.al) • German expert arrives; repair of Kosova B block underway (Koha) • Serbia blocks transit goods, Kosovo still without any action (Kosovapress) • US-sanctioned Serb’s company subcontracts work to Kosovo Albanians (BIRN) • “Easier to decipher Da Vinci Code, than EU position on Open Balkan” (Koha) • Haziri: Serbia is playing a political game in Open Balkan (euronews.al) • BIRN Kosovo Won Prize After Prize in 2021 (BIRN)

• EU voices support for "Open Balkan” initiative (Koha) • Zulfaj: Four freedoms of the "Open Balkan" embodied in the common regional market (Koha) • Konjufca: This is the "Open Balkan" they're trying to sell to us (media) • RECOM: Unacceptable Conduct of the BIA towards Regional Reconciliation Activists (media) • AJK condemns conduct of Serbian authorities towards journalist, Adriatik Kelmendi (media) • Kelmendi reveals details of his encounter with Serbia’s security authorities (Klan) • Croatian President Milanovic to begin Kosovo visit today (media) • Kosovo Ex-Mayor Suspected of Taking Over €1 Million in Bribes (BIRN) • Kosovo Experts Refute Danish Prison Cell Renting Plan (Exit News) • COVID-19: Twenty new cases, no deaths (media) • Kosovo introduces power cuts due to energy crisis (Reuters) • EBRD extending 4 mln euro loans to Kosovo's KEP Trust (SeeNews) • North Macedonia’s prime minister formally steps down (AP)

• Kosovo arrests ten for corruption, including ex-mayor (BIRN) • Svecla: Action in Brezovica did not target specific ethnic groups (media) • Leaders sign new ‘Open Balkan’ agreements in Albania (BIRN) • Rama: Open Balkan will continue even if others refuse to join (euronews.al) • Varhelyi invites Kosovo to join Open Balkan; PM advisor reacts (Telegrafi) • Von Cramon denounces Serbia deregistration of Albanians from civil registry (Exit News) • COVID-19: Nine new cases, no deaths (media) • Kurti receives booster shot, encourages citizens to get vaccinated (euronews.al) • Kosovo film ‘Hive’ shortlisted for Oscars’ international feature (Express)