• President Osmani decrees the Law on Wages (media)
• Opposition seeks clarification about U.S. ambassador's statement (Nacionale)
• Stano: Kosovo, an example of cooperation between EU and NATO (media)
• Germany: Return of Serbian troops, completely unacceptable (Express)
• “Every mistake can cost Kosovo; should learn from North Macedonia” (media)
• Haziri: Kurti doesn’t have problems with envoys, but with the people (Reporteri)
• Weber skeptical: Unlikely agreement will be reached this year (RFE)
• North Kosovo: time to turn to civil society (Social Europe)
• Vucic: Chollet will visit Belgrade next week (Kallxo)

• EC: Situation in north still very fragile; talks on Association must start (media)
• KFOR: We’re examining Serbia’s request to deploy troops in Kosovo (Express)
• Hungary plays key role in Kosovo peacekeeping (Hungary Today)
• NATO Military Chiefs of Defence Meeting - 18-19 January 2023 (nato.int)
• Will Kosovo’s war ever end? (UnHerd)
• The religious propaganda that threatens Kosovo (Kallxo)
• The Peak of the Balkans Trail: Europe's last true wilderness (BBC)

• Kurti wants more KFOR forces in Kosovo (RTK)
• Bonne, Plotner and Escobar to visit Kosovo this month (Klan)
• Osmani congratulates Sweden, “cooperation to get Kosovo closer to EU” (RTK)
• Balkans, a priority of Sweden's EU Council Presidency (Albanian Daily News)
• Svecla for the Swiss medium: We are not afraid of Serbia (Albanian Post)
• Germany welcomes removal of barricades (Anadolu Agency)
• NATO's highest authority to meet this month to discuss security in Kosovo (AP)
• Krasniqi doesn’t expect fast agreement; “Kurti invented deadline” (Klan)
• ‘Life is Beautiful’: Visually Impaired Kosovo Writer Rejects Limits (BIRN)
• French Museum Keeps Memory of Long-Ago Balkans Alive (BIRN)
• Activists who attacked assembly building acquitted (Prishtina Insight)
• Person of the Year for Prishtina Insight, Faruk Kukaj (Prishtina Insight)

• Kurti: They put up barricades themselves, removing them themselves (media)
• Borrell praises leaders; “diplomacy prevailed in removing barricades” (Klan)
• EU wary of further Kosovo-Serbia tensions as it pushes final deal (Politico)
• Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss latest developments (media)
• NATO: We expect all parties to adhere to their commitments (media)
• KFOR: All parties should avoid any triggering rhetoric (media)
• Hill: Lucky that barricades are being removed, we want political solution (Klan)
• Rama on barricades: Nothing new, in the end everyone returned home (media)
• French Embassy comments on removal of barricades (Kallxo)
• Haziri on removal of barricades: Decision was neither Kurti nor Vucic’s (media)
• Fake News Spikes Amid High Tensions in the North (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo: Serbs agree to dismantle barricades after talks (BBC)
• Kosovo-Serbia tensions: Mood on the ground, possible scenarios (Al Jazeera)
• Kosovo Reopens Main Border Crossing With Serbia (VoA)
• In northern Kosovo, conflict is avoided, for now (Emerging Europe)
• Hoax Bomb Threats Leave Balkan Region Frustrated, Unnerved (BIRN)
• Serbia Investigates Kosovo Albanian for Alleged Arms Trafficking (BIRN)

• Joint Statement on the Escalating Tensions in the North of Kosovo (media)
• Kurti calls on Serbs to apply for jobs in Kosovo public institutions (euronews.al)
• Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani interview with Klan Kosova
• Vucic: Removal of barricades will start on Thursday morning (RFE)
• Serbs in northern Kosovo to start removing barricades from Thursday (Reuters)
• KFOR reacts to tensions: Solution must come through dialogue (media)
• EULEX: We have neither mandate nor capacity to remove barricades (Klan)
• Prosecution: Pantic was sent to house arrest due to his health (media)
• Haxhiu: Special Prosecutor, Court chose to side with criminal groups (Koha)
• JCK and PCK react to Kurti about Pantic (media)
• Graffiti against judge and prosecutor who freed ex-Serb police officer (media)
• Krasniqi: Kurti to clarify if there was secret deal for Pantic release (media)
• Haradinaj: Situation is serious, it requires coordination (media)
• Petkovic: Vucic asked Serbs to withdraw from barricades (media)
• Hill: Patriarch Porfirije must be allowed to visit Kosovo in future (euronews.al)
• Xhacka: Serbia to stop, so-called ‘Kosovo and Metohija’ gone forever (media)
• Tension soars as Kosovo shuts main border crossing with Serbia (AFP, Reuters)
• Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo (CNN)
• Germany urges Kosovo Serb militants to remove barricades (Deutsche Welle)
• Kosovo-Serbia Crisis Simmers as New Barricade Blocks Border (BIRN)
• Kosovo closes border crossing as tensions with Serbia intensify (FT)
• Kosovo to Host Five Persecuted Afghan Journalists (BIRN)