• Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani interview with Kanal 10 • EU and USA strongly support EU integration of the Western Balkans (EWB) • Kurti announces forthcoming package to combat rising food prices (Exit News) • Swoboda: Serbs in Kosovo and Bosnia, instrumentalized by Belgrade (KTV) • Kosovo activists protest against lenient sentence for sexual abuser (BIRN) • Kosovo journalist testifies about receiving confidential Hague court files (BIRN) • COVID-19: 20 new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kurti: Serbia should show strength in boxing ring not at the border (media) • Ceku: Serbia refusing boxers entry violates international sporting rules (media) • EU's position on Kosovo boxers not allowed entry to Serbia (Koha) • Serbia bars Kosovo team from competing in boxing championship (BIRN) • Albania threatens to quit boxing championship after Kosovo snub (Exit News) • Phillips: Serbs have enough rights; Association would be too much (media) • Court overturns ECAP's decision on repeating elections in Hani i Elezit (media) • Kosovo university teaches Serbian again, two decades after war (BIRN) • COVID-19: 3 new cases, one death (media) • Kosovo tops vaccination rates in Western Balkans (Exit News) • Calls to dismiss judge who sentenced rapist to only eight months (Koha) • Escobar: US will support Vucic while on European path (media)

• Kurti: Criminal groups will not be tolerated (media) • Kosovo expelled two Russian diplomats citing threats to national security (media) • Russian ministry reacts to its two diplomats being expelled by Kosovo (media) • Haradinaj: Anyone threatening national security is not desirable in Kosovo (media) • Former minister says Russia has recognised Kosovo’s legal powers (media) • “NATO to calibrate approaches when the Serbian army approaches Kosovo border” (RTK) • Petkovic accuses Kurti: Actions in the north were on the verge of tragedy (EO) • Serbian PM confirms rumors of past assassination plans against Vucic (euronews.al) • Serbia Refuses Entry To Kosovo Boxers For World Championships (RFE) • Secrecy shrouds Afghan refugees sent by US to base in Kosovo (AP) • Kosovo amends anti-COVID measures, schools to resume normal work (media) • COVID-19: 13 new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kosovo-Serbia working groups meet in Brussels to discuss licence plates (media) • EEAS Western Balkans director visits Kosovo, meets President Osmani and PM Kurti (media) • Escobar visits Kosovo's Embassy in U.S. (media) • ECAP cancels mayoral elections in Hani i Elezit (media) • Abdixhiku: No vetting without U.S. and EU on board (Klan) • March to be held in New York in support of victims of sexual violence in Kosovo (RFE) • Kosovo Court confirms Serb ex-policeman’s war crimes conviction (BIRN) • World Bank: Kosovo experiencing a much faster recovery than expected (Kallxo) • World Bank revises up 2021 GDP forecast for Western Balkans to 5.9% (Reuters) • COVID-19: 18 new cases, no deaths (media)

• Osmani: EU officials must not oppose our fight against crime (Kallxo) • Justice Minister comments on EU remarks about the vetting (media) • Vetting must be done, but process must be credible and independent (Telegrafi) • Commission Report: Kosovo’s progress slow in key areas (BIRN) • Bislimi: Next meeting of chief negotiators in second half of November (Koha) • Von Cramon: No doubt that anti-smuggling operation was necessary (media) • Gervalla: Berlin Process offers security; other initiatives are damaging (media) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media) • Police arrest six people suspected of money laundering (media) • Energy company drops lawsuits against Kosovo environment activists (BIRN) • Serbian right-wing party planning to hold rally in north of Kosovo (RFE) • Kamberi: Vucic’s regime remains factor of instability in Western Balkans (media)