The newly elected Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanovic and the new Minister for Local Self-Government of Kosovo Ljubomir Maric officially took over their duties from Slobodan Petrovic, who performed both duties in the previous term.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Self-Government in Kosovo, Slobodan Petrovic addressed the press after the handover while the new members of the Kosovo government Branimir Stojanovic and Ljubomir Maric have said that they would do it after getting acquainted with their ministries.

Flaka Surroi, publicist and owner of Koha Group, writes that there is very little enthusiasm among the citizens, for the new government of Kosovo. Instead of improving the image of Kosovo as needed, especially after Marty and Williamson, Kosovo has gone public with a new face, but “a face out of darkness”, argues Surroi. According to her, the word "Minister" has now become synonymous with maximum political aspiration in Kosovo.

Columnist Donik Sallova writes that agreement between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has been generally interpreted as marking the end of the six-month political stalemate and was justified with the need to save Kosovo from its complete collapse. At the same time, while some viewed the PDK-LDK coalition as an “act of betrayal”, Sallova warns that the biggest danger from the new government comes from the infiltration of the Serbian List into Kosovo institutions.

Trade unions in Kosovo threatened on Friday to go out on strike after the impoverished Balkan country's new prime minister vetoed annual 25-percent public sector pay hikes promised by his predecessor.

"The capacity of Serb participation in the government or in the Parliament of Kosovo is very low," said deputy in the Kosovo Assembly, Nenad Rasic.

Leader of the Progressive Democratic Party of Kosovo, points out that although Serbian ministers would fight in the government of Kosovo to the benefit of the Serbian community, they can solve only problems whose resolution the government of Isa Mustafa will allow.

In his weekly column, Lumir Abdixhiku writes that there is no doubt that any government is better than no government but the current one is the worst possible solution. Therefore, the new government that is supposed to begin its mandate with enthusiasm and euphoria is instead starting out in a defensive and nervous mode.

Milaim Shefkiu remarks in an opinion piece that the resolution of the institutional crisis in Kosovo has been hailed as the best news at this year’s end but adds that all those who had a part in the six-month stalemate came out as losers beginning with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) which, in order to become part of the new government, lost the post of prime minister and many ministries. At the same time, the Democratic League of Kosovo although gained the post of prime minister, it is a loser in the moral and electoral aspect because it agreed to enter a coalition with PDK.

MP in the Serbian parliament Aleksandar Jablanovic has resigned from the post of MP after he was nominated for the Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government.

Jablanovic said to Belgrade-based daily Kurir that he will first acquaint himself with what has been done so far at the ministry, and then see what are the plans and ongoing projects.

Kosovo publicist and director of Botapress newspaper, Bajrush Morina, will most likely be part of the Kosovo Prime Minister's cabinet, Gazeta Blic reports.

Citing sources close to Prime Minister Mustafa, the news website reports that  new Prime Minister has decided to immediately appoint the Spokesperson for the Kosovo Government.  The source said that "I do not know if Bajrush Morina knows this, but there is a big chance that he will be offered this post”.

Koha Ditore writes that bigger participation of women is asked for the Kosovo institutions. The gender quota set by law enables Kosovo women to be represented by 30% at the parliament and in municipal assemblies. But on the new Government, led by Isa Mustafa, which counts 21 ministries, only two female ministers have been appointed. This is also a very disappointing fact for the European Parliament rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek, the daily writes.