Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: If KFOR does not remove the barricades, we will remove them (Koha)
• Two new barricades in the north (RFE)
• Svecla: We are not interested in war, but we are committed to fighting crime (media)
• Kusari-Lila: The barricades must be removed as soon as possible (ekonomia online)
• The EU invites Kurti and Vucic to personally contribute to calming of tensions (media)
• Albanian judges move from north to south Mitrovica (Kosovapress)
• Rohde condemns the attack on journalists in Zupc (media)
• Gjoshi: Prime Minister Kurti is serving Serbia (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Day 18 at barricades, new barricades erected (RTS, media)
• Petkovic: Raising combat readiness a response to the immediate threat of war (RTS, Beta, NMagazin)
• Vucic on Instagram: Difficult situation; we do our best to preserve peace and stability (N1, RTS)
• Patriarch Porfirije after meeting Vucic says peace to be preserved at any cost (RTS, media)
• Pristina bans Patriarch Porfirije from entering Kosovo, returns him from Merdare crossing (media)
• Reactions to Pristina’s ban of Patriarch Porfirije visit (media)
• What do laws and Brussels agreement say on Serbian Orthodox Church (KoSSev)
• KFOR after meeting Kurti, EULEX head, says they discussed security situation (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Crisis Committee in northern Kosovo: Serbs do not attack KFOR and EULEX (N1, Danas)
• Rakic: No attack on KFOR, Pristina media spreading disinformation (Tanjug, media)
• RTS journalist Svetlana Vukmirovic banned from entering Kosovo twice (RTS, media)
• Grenell on situation in north, Pristina’s decision to ban Patriarch Irinej from entering Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Wife of Dejan Pantic says they had brief phone conversation on Friday (Kurir)

International:

• Kosovo: Serbia puts troops on high alert over rising tensions (BBC)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Heroes of 2022: People Who Made a Difference (Balkan Insight)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 23, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Comprehensive digitization is one of the key objectives of the government (Klan)
• EU concerned over several provisions of new Kosovo Law on Public Officials (media)
• LVV MP: We will not give up on the implementation of the law in the north (Telegrafi)
• Pendarovski: There will be no problem for NATO if situation in north escalates (media)
• Government submits appeal against Court's decision to suspend reduction of judges/prosecutors’ salaries (Kallxo)
• Trajkovic writes about consequences of her detention at the border (Telegrafi)
• Two minors physically attacked in Mitrovica north by some Serb citizens (media)
• A worker in Leposavic threatened with a weapon by four masked individuals (Telegrafi)

Serbian Language Media:

• Dacic: Peaceful rally at Rudare response to Pristina's threats, terror (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Pantic’s lawyer: I spoke with him, he is well (N1, Tanjug)
• Kabasic on Self-determination Movement, militarization of north, and institutional crackdown on Serbs (KoSSev)
• Simic on “assessment” that 1.500 people attended protest in Rudare (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Jevtic refutes Kosovo police statement of not obstructing busses from Strpce (social media, media)
• Serbian List, Petkovic react to VV MP published list with names of Serbs (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTS, social media)
• Sweden to deal with Pristina's EU bid once it is on agenda – ambassador (Tanjug)
• Odalovic: Resolution 1244 in function, KFOR to return ''ROSU'' from northern Kosovo (Radio Mitrovica sever, TV Prva)
• Drecun: ''Pristina preparing KSF base in the North of Kosovo'' (Tanjug, Dnevnik, Blic, TV Pink)

Humanitarian/Development:

• The fate of the missing politicised and neglected topic (KiM radio, Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 22, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Serbs in Rudare demand release of arrested and KP’s departure from north (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo Police denies speculations about obstruction of buses in Shterpce (Express)
• Kosovo Police calls for peaceful protest in north (Koha)
• EULEX: We are closely monitoring security situation in north of Kosovo (media)
• “Serbia's illegal structures are intimidating Serbs and attacking policemen” (Albanian Post)
• Sources: Serbian structures oblige and threaten people to take part in protest (KP)
• EULEX present at the entrance of the road to Leposaviq (Kallxo)
• Osmani and Kurti appoint new KIA Inspector General (media)
• Central Bank foresees 3-4 percent increase in economic growth next year (RFE)
• PSD: Selective justice is not justice, it is confirmation of injustice (Paparaci)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kilometres-long column of people in the north of Kosovo, a large number of people at the protest in Rudare (N1, KoSSev)
• Serbian List, new speakers addressed protestors in Rudare (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Vucic before the protest in Rudare: Serbs not asking for much, only what belongs to all civilised people in Europe (media)
• Radojevic: Barricades are reaction (RTS)
• Jevtic: Police returns buses transporting Serbs from Strpce to attend protest in Rudare (Novosti, social media)
• Vucicevic: “If Kurti goes against barricades that is road to bad direction” (RTS)
• Brnabic: Kurti clearly showed his intentions (Tanjug, RTV)
• EULEX: We closely monitor security situation in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Vucic: KFOR fairer than some Western gov'ts, but I expect negative response (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: Nobody imposes a condition Kosovo or the EU on Serbia (Danas, Beta)
• Police officers from the south warned not to publish photos from the north, what happened in the previous days? (KoSSev)
• What will happen to Pristina’s EU membership bid? (Danas, FoNet)
• Statistics Bureau Chief: 61.000 to 62.000 Albanians live in Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja (Bujanovacke, FoNet)

International:

• RSF Urges Kosovo to Protect Journalists From Attacks in North (BIRN)
• Kosovo Photographer Tracks Down Country’s Rarest Fauna (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Capital Expects First Electric Buses Next Year (Prishtina Insight)

Albanian Language Media:

• KFOR publishes footage of patrols in the north (media)
• Police: Explosions in the north suspected to come from shock bombs (RFE)
• Kosovo Police Director of Operations interview with Kallxo
• Stoltenberg mentions Kosovo in his end of the year speech (Klan)
• KFOR says it is analysing Serbia's request for return of army to Kosovo (Koha)
• Haradinaj calls on NATO to remove barricades as soon as possible (Telegrafi)
• Dendias mentions situation in the north of Kosovo also in Tirana (Klan)
• Jasharaj: If law on wages is adopted, strike will not continue in January (EO)
• The first results: Presevo Valley with over 100 thousand registered inhabitants (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Spain MFA: We cannot support Kosovo's application for EU membership (Kosovo Online, Blic, RTS)
• Petkovic: No response to request for phone call with Serb arrested by Kosovo police (Tanjug)
• Lawyer: Political process staged against Pantic, his rights are violated (Kosovo Online)
• Brnabic: On verge of armed conflict because of unilateral Pristina’s acts (RTV)
• Vucic: The statement of the German ambassador in Pristina dangerous, a threat to the Serbian people (Beta, N1, RTS)
• Brnabic on Twitter: Ambassador Rohde's statements are outrageous (Tanjug)
• Serbian List, Petkovic react to Svecla’s allegations about Rakic (Kosovo Online)
• Starovic: Kurti told falsehoods that we had more than 100 exercises with the Russians (Tanjug)
• Day 12 at barricades in northern Kosovo (RTS)
• The Greek minister refused to hold a conference in front of the "Republic of Kosovo" sign (RTS, Blic, Ekonomia Online)
• NGOs from Serbia and Kosovo: Escalation and de-escalation reflect the failure of political imagination (Beta, N1, KiM radio)
• Aliyev: Serbia, Azerbaijan strategic partners, support territorial integrity (Tanjug)
• Stoltenberg: Security situation in Kosovo crucial for stability of Western Balkans (media)
• Rasic: In 2022, not a single house was built for returnees in Kosovo (Beta, Danas, KiM radio)

International:

• Kosovo Police Confirms Arrested Ex-Cop Being Held at Police Station (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti received Germany’s Secretary of State (media)
• Abbott: Resolving situation in north requires patience and calm thinking (media)
• PM Albin Kurti interview with The Guardian
• EU ambassadors approve visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media)
• Dendias: Implement everything that has been achieved so far (media)
• Non-paper from Kosovo, Serbia politicians and activists meet in Switzerland (Nacionale)
• No agreement without compromises from both sides, analysts say (RTK)
• Hoxha: Radoicic decided who was police chief, and who was municipal director (Kallxo)
• Qalaj: Police officers in Leposavic are sleeping on cardboards (teve1)

Serbian Language Media:

• Djuric: Secret indictments against Serbs in Kosovo unacceptable type of political pressure (Tanjug)
• President Vucic met NATO Admiral Munsch on Tuesday (Tanjug)
• Admiral Munsch: KFOR carefully monitors situation in northern Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS)
• Serbs from the north of Kosovo the 11th day at the barricades (NMagazin, Beta, RTS)
• Civil society: Detention conditions of Pantic represent serious violation of his human rights (Kosovo Online, Radio KIM)
• KP on smashed shop windows in Bosniak Mahala: The anti-terrorism unit involved in the investigation (KoSSev)
• Radojevic on breaking shops’ windows in Bosniak Mahala and lack of police reaction (Kosovo Online, Radio KIM)
• Petkovic: “Kurti threatens and calls for liquidation” (KiM radio, N1, Beta)
• Brnabic, Vucic, Rakic react to Kurti’s statement on barricades and casualties (RTV, Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• KFOR commander for N1: Parties in Kosovo to allow freedom of movement (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic says removal of causes may lead to de-escalation of situation in Kosovo (RTV)
• Rakic: “Release of arrested Serbs, withdrawal of all units, removal of secret hit lists, a recipe for removing barricades” (Kontakt plus radio)
• Navaro: Spain will not support Pristina EU membership bid (Kosovo Online)
• Fajon: Respect of Brussels Agreement crucial (Tanjug)

International:

• Kosovo PM says Russia inflaming Serbia tensions as Ukraine war falters (The Guardian)