Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: This year we will continue working for a better future (RTK) • Verma writes about his visit to Kosovo, mentions rule of law (Reporteri) • CEC to approve ballot today, voting outside Kosovo begins tomorrow (media) • Serbia's parallel tax office in the north closed, documents seized (media) • Svecla: Another parallel institution of Serbia in Mitrovica North closed (media) • Hoxhaj: Agreement on mutual recognition could be reached in 2026 (media) • LDK to launch officially election campaign on Saturday in Pristina (media) • Fehlinger: Kosovo and Albania are progressing like Westerners (RTK) • KFOR soldiers conduct crowd riot control training (media) Serbian Language Media: • Closure of the Income Tax Administration in the northern part of Mitrovica underway (KoSSev, KiM radio) • Serbian List: By closing Income Tax Administration, Kurti continues pre-election campaign to detriment of Serbian people (Kosovo Online, media) • Office for KiM: Kurti does not want normalization of relations, but change in ethnic structure in north (Kosovo Online, media) • Police inspectors and CBK officials in Dunav Insurance Office in Mitrovica North (KoSSev) • Patriarch Porfirije leads Orthodox Christmas liturgy in Belgrade's Church of St Sava (Tanjug) • World Bank: Kosovo remains poorest in region (N1, media) • Peci: Kurti ‘sacrificed’ membership in Council of Europe for electoral purposes (Kosovo Online) • Praises to Kurti’s government: “Bread, gun and democracy” (Alterntivna.com) • Economists for RFE: The abolition of the Dinar failed to achieve its goal, decision was rash and political (Kosovo Online) • Nearly 3,500 university professors support student protests, demands (Beta, N1) International Media: • Kosovo in 2025: Hard-fought campaign lies ahead as Kurti pushes for re-election (BIRN) • Far-right extremism and its influence on Kosovo’s public discourse (PI) • Europe's power price divide hits southeastern economies (Reuters)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti: Bureau will be formed, everyone will declare their wealth (Telegrafi) “No normalization of relations with Serbia without integration of Serbs” (RFE) Who could be Lajcak’s successor as EU special envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue? (Indeksonline) KSF Transition Plan: Generation of options for building the air fleet begins (Kallxo) These will be numbers of political entities for February 9 elections (media) Sallahu: CEC violated the law by allocating the number to the Serbian List (media) Serbian Language Media: Vucic congratulates Christmas: We will continue fighting for Serbian people, in particular Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, media) Petkovic congratulates Christmas Eve and Christmas: Fight to preserve peace, stability and every good is goal we strive for (Tanjug, Kosovo online) Two years since wounding of Stefan and Milos Stojanovic, Strpce residents still in fear (Kosovo Online) Government forms teams for long-term gas arrangement with Russia and oil industry issue (N1) Government forms working group for discussions with education workers (N1) Gasic: Compulsory military service due to begin in September (Tanjug) International Media: Political tensions test unity of Kosovo’s police force (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: Maqedonci: We are generating options for helicopter supply (Klan) President Osmani expresses condolences to Anton Berisha’s family (media) Applications for observer accreditation for the February 9 elections open (media) Rizvanolli: Iber-Lepenc turned into a profitable enterprise after 7 years of losses (media) Serbia buys drones and heavy artillery from Israel worth $335 million (Paparaci) Former KLA soldier Hasan Dakaj held in Serbia since January 2024, released (media) From January to November, diaspora sent €1.2 billion to Kosovo (Paparaci) International experts: If Kosovo fulfills obligations in 2025, pressure will be on Belgrade (Express) Serbian Language Media: Elek: Kurti sees Serbian List as greatest danger, because it is bastion of Serbs’ survival in Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug) Milenkovic: Lack of political will in Pristina to find solution to difficult situation following ban on dinar (Kosovo Online) People in Mitrovica North 11 months without dinar: It's too difficult, we are struggling (Kosovo Online) Kurti: This century belongs to Albanians, this decade to Self-Determination (KoSSev) Gacevic: Kosovo took over presidency of CEFTA, focus on new Action Plan (RTS, Kosovo Online) "29 minutes for 29 victims", In Novi Sad also a minute of silence for a child from Zagreb, tribute paid for victims in Arilje and Cetinje (N1, KoSSev) Vucic proposes Sunday be declared as Mourning Day over tragedy at Cetinje (RTS)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: We continue with activities in defense of Kosovo's interests (RTK) • LVV asks ECAP to cancel “permission” for Serbian List to participate in elections (Klan) • Haxhiu: There must be a mechanism for supervising the Specialized Chambers (media) • German MP: After Banjska, it would not be surprising if Serbia was also behind Iber-Lepenc (media) • Pristina ranked today in 11th place with the most polluted air in the world (media) • Haradinaj after New Orleans attack: We stand together with U.S. (media) • Kamberi: Vucic trying to minimize Serbia’s guilt for genocide in Kosovo (media) • Aliu: Certified pilots landed in Pristina despite fog (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: Two big countries will withdraw the recognition of Kosovo (Kosovo Online, TV Pink) • Selakovic: The most important task is to share the truth about Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo worldwide (RTS, Kosovo Online, KiM radio) • Barbano: The police are not above the law, they are accountable to it (alternativna.com) • Christmas Interview with Metropolitan Teodosije (Jedinstvo, Kosovo Online, KiM radio, eparhija-prizren.com) • Palalic: More favorable opportunities for the Pope's visit, Francis does not want to recognize Kosovo as independent (N1, Beta) • Twelve killed in mass shooting in Montenegro (N1, media)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani: I hope 2025 will bring our state all the good (Telegrafi) • Osmani with powerful message against violence against women (Indeksonline/T7) • Court rejects VV appeal, orders CEC to certify Serbian List for elections (media) • Special Prosecution files second indictment against Nagip Krasniqi (media) • Indictment filed against three persons for war crimes against civilians (media) Serbian Language Media: • Representatives of Serbian civil organisations in Kosovo about the year 2024: A series of serious challenges (KiM radio) • Osmani visited Northern Mitrovica (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online, KoSSev) • Indictment for an alleged war crime in Kosovo against the defendants in absentia (RTS, Radio Mitrovica sever, KiM radio, Kosovo Online) • Vucevic: I fear the continuation of terror against Serbs in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, TV Happy) • Djuric: The endangerment of Serb rights is a stain on the international presence in Kosovo (Kosovo Online, Vesti) • Mojsilovic: The Serbian Army capable of protecting Serbs in Kosovo (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti) Opinion: • The New Year's resolution: bringing Kosovo closer to the EU (Koha) International Media: • ‘This Gave Me Hope’: Meet the Student Protesters Trying to Change Serbian Society (BIRN) • Proliferating disinformation ahead of elections in Kosovo, North Macedonia impacts public opinion and vote (Prishtina Insight)