Albanian Language Media: • Sources: Government changes security measure on Serbian products (Koha) • Alexander Kasanof to visit Pristina on Thursday (Reporteri) • DiA letter to leaders of political parties: 50% of women in candidate lists (media) • Svecla: “We defeated terrorist group; got hold of their plans” (Express) • Ceku: By 2028 we aim to be first in region in football infrastructure (Kosovapress) • Health Institute: Water from Badoc Lake continues to be undrinkable (RFE) • Two arrested for suspected abuse of duty at “Youth Palace” in Pristina (Koha) • Sources: Department of economic crimes interviewed Goran Rakic (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucevic in Skopje: A memorandum on the construction of the gas pipeline signed (Beta, NMagazin) • Djuric: We are dissatisfied with international community's reaction to Kurti's behavior (Blic, Kosovo Online, TV Happy) • Minister ‘sees no reason’ to inform media about visits (KoSSev) • Opposition MPs request investigation into Kosovo Interior Ministry’s bid (Kosovo Online) • Svecla: ''Plot of the security perimeter of the Jarinje base owned by Zvonko Veselinovic and several Albanians'' (KoSSev, Reporteri) • SNF on announcement of Diocese: Attacks on believers and support for national treason (KiM radio) • Zaklin Nastic: Creators of Kosovo are now lecturing about international law (Tanjug, media) • Belgrade Archbishop Nemet to be appointed first Cardinal from Serbia (N1) Opinion: • Serwer: A Balkans agenda for the lame duck (media) International: • Balkan countries play catch-up with HPV virus vaccinations (BIRN) • Serbia achieves first-ever investment grade rating (intellinews.com)

Albanian Language Media: Kurti: EU, NATO can together attain more than either can achieve on its own (media) Kurti: Russia’s victory in Ukraine would encourage expansionist Serbia (media) Rohde: Unwavering support for stability, prosperity of Kosovo and region (RTK) Rafuna: Security measure on Serbian goods should be removed (Albanian Post) Sources: Prosecution interviews Muharremi ‘over state reserves case’ (media) €1.1 million tender signed to build police station in Zubin Potok (Paparaci) National Health Institute: Don’t use water from Badoc for drinking (RFE) Serbian Language Media: Djuric: Serbia is future-oriented and has a policy of extending a hand to everyone (RTS, Danas, FoNet) Trial of four Serbs accused of attacking municipal election commission premises in Mitrovica North continues (Kosovo Online, Radio KIM) Lawyer in Municipal Election Commission case: Today’s witness completely negated indictment (Kosovo Online) Reaction of Serbian Democracy officials to placement of new signboards in Zvecan (social media) Andjelkovic: Removal of Cyrillic signs in Zvecan is a continuation of Kurti’s provocations (media) UNSC to discuss UNMIK report on October 30 (RTV, Kosovo Online, Tanjug, media) Representatives of the Office for KiM in Warsaw on illegal expropriation in the north (Kosovo Online) Molliqaj: Kurti-led government instrumentalized Kosovo police (Kosovo Online) PM Vucevic: Serbian Govt against opposition’s legislative proposal on lithium (N1) Manojlovic: Vucic timed meeting with Scholz to avoid session on lithium (N1) Opinion: Breaking the stalemate: How Kosovo’s constitution holds the key to the Association of Serb-majority Municipalities (Prishtina Insight) International: Kosovo’s leader says Russia prevailing in Ukraine would threaten 25 years of peace in the Balkans (AP) Kosovo’s premier hits back at western criticism over treatment of Serbs (Bloomberg) Ex-diplomat says Serbia and Kosovo ‘buying time’ in relations (Balkan Insight) Why companies are moving to the Western Balkans (emerging-europe.com)

Albanian Language Media: • Kosovo on verge of allowing goods from Serbia, following German pressure (RFE) • Explosion in Zubin Potok at night, no one injured (Reporteri) • Zeqiri: Explosion in Zubin Potok, an unacceptable act (Reporteri) • Kurti meets Albanian diaspora in Poland, “important nexus” (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic speaks with Slovenian president about Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting (Tanjug) • Andric Rakic: Kurti will not give up strategy of “as little dialogue as possible and to change reality on ground as much as possible” (Kosovo Online) • Arsenijevic after release: I was attacked, and yet arrested first (KoSSev, Radio kontakt plus, media) • Association of Journalists of Kosovo: Visar Syla yesterday directly violated right to free reporting (KoSSev) • KoSSev: While police investigates cause of fire in house at Zubin Potok, Zeqiri knows there were attackers • Trial of Sladjan Trajkovic returned to beginning due to changed court panel (Tanjug, RTS, media) • IFJ-EFJ/SafeJournalists: Death threats to Tanjug journalists must be investigated (Tanjug, media) • German Ambassador: We support Serbia on its path to EU (N1) • Chair of EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Committee elected (N1, Kosovo Online, media) International: • ‘My People Were a Big Part of It’: Serbian Photographer on Kosovo War’s Traumas (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: Steinmeier: Kosovo to create conditions for membership in EU and CoE (media) Sarrazin participates in German-Kosovar Economic Forum (media) Bislimi on meeting with Sarazn: Nothing concrete on CEFTA (media) Tahiri: Our duty and responsibility to fight Russian propaganda (Express) Majko: Banjska, serious attempt to create a Serbian Donbas in Kosovo (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: Djuric: Serbia confirmed regional cooperation is backbone of its foreign policy (Tanjug) No mention of CEFTA at Berlin Process FMs meeting (DW, N1) Mojsilovic meets outgoing KFOR Commander Ulutas (Kosovo Online) Arsenijevic arrested again, and one Albanian (KoSSev) Momir Stojanovic: I stand behind my words (KiM radio, Danas) Sarrazin: Kosovo cannot wait for Germany to do its diplomatic work (Danas, Beta) Stiplija: Early to send the European Commission questionnaire for Kosovo's EU membership (Kosovo Online, Danas) EFJ condemns death threat to Tanjug journalists (Tanjug) Brnabic: No need for Vucic to attend parliament session on lithium (N1) International: E-Government in the Balkans Still a Work in Progress: BIRN Report (Balkan Insight) ‘Like a Greek Tragedy’: Serbian Film Gives Voice to Migrant Crisis’s Nameless Victims (Balkan Insight)

Albanian Language Media: • Osmani travels to Germany to meet German President Steinmeier (RTK) • Osmani meets Baerbock: Germany remains key ally for our Euro-Atlantic journey (media) • Kurti and Maqedonci in Poland to participate in the Warsaw Security Forum (Klan) • Gervalla in Germany, to participate in meeting of Berlin Process Foreign Ministers (Klan) • Kosovo leaders congratulate NATO SG on resuming his duty (media) • Haradinaj: Assembly can unblock salaries blocked by government (Telegrafi) • EP appoints former Croatian diplomat head of delegation for relations with Kosovo (Albanian Post) • Rrahmani, Korenica leave Vetevendosje, join List for Family (Koha) • Lajcak shares moments from meetings with Osmani and Kurti (Klan Kosova) • Kosovo expected to get around €880 million from European Commission (RTK) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic on Milo Djukanovic, Serbia, Kosovo, opposition, and lithium (Beta, NMagazin, Nova, Danas) • Miroslav Aleksic on Kosovo and lithium (Beta, NMagazin, RTV) • “Money isn’t what we need, it’s peace and freedom“: Poll highlights skepticism toward Vucic’s Kosovo measures (KoSSev) • Raska-Prizren Diocese: We are here with our people, sharing joy and tribulations as we have done for centuries (KoSSev, media) • Serbian People's Movement demands dismissal of CHC Pristina-Gracanica director (medijacentar.info, KiM radio) • FB and Instagram profiles of women's rights organization "Pravo na Pravo" shut down (medijacentar.info) • Pros and cons to the union of the Serbian opposition in Kosovo and the opposition in Serbia; Gogic: Belgrade will try to prevent it (KiM radio, RFE) • Atiq announces works on road infrastructure in Mitrovica North, on information board in Albanian only (KoSSev) • Stano: Threats to Tanjug journalists unacceptable, case must be investigated (Kosovo Online, Tanjug) • Serbian Minister of Information and Telecommunications says email threats to Tanjug agency came from Albania (Tanjug, media) • UNS asks international forces in Kosovo to determine who’s behind threats to Tanjug journalists (NMagazin, media) International: • Koopman in EP: We are expecting to close as many chapters in the next months as in the past decade (EWB) • NATO chief Mark Rutte takes charge at critical time (DW) • Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ to secure his freedom in first public remarks since leaving prison (CNN)