Albanian Language Media:

• New U.S. Ambassador arrives in Kosovo (media)
• Rizvanolli on action in Leposavic: We saved over €50,000 per month (RTK)
• Finance minister on crypto ban: One man’s gain is everyone else’s burden (euronews.al)
• Kosovo Police Seize Crypto-Mining Equipment After Govt Ban (BIRN)
• Focus on final settlement overshadows implementation of other agreements (Koha)
• Minister Haxhiu sees undoing of Specialist Chambers as "impossible" (EO/media)
• Gervalla: Unlawful decisions taken in last years to be invalidated (media)
• Abrashi: Declaration of UNMIK officials “persona non grata” is inapplicable (Koha)
• Haradinaj to Kurti: Weren’t you the government of hope? (media)
• Meir: Turkey’s influence hinders Kosovo’s EU integration process (Lajmi)
• Police Errors Blamed for Woman’s Murder by Husband (BIRN)
• Mothers’ Stories Highlight Tragedy of Kosovo’s Disappeared (BIRN)
• Serbia's back-door bid to embed Chinese snooping tools in Kosovo (RFE)
• COVID-19: 304 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kosovo braces for new wave of COVID-19 as it records over 1,000 cases in nine days (Express)

• Some anti COVID measures will become stricter, Health Minister says (KTV)
• Kosovo reports over 100 new cases with COVID-19 on Wednesday (Express)
• Escobar expected to visit Kosovo in January (Albanian Post)
• Hasani: Kosovo Serbs cannot be part of Vucic’s referendum (media)
• “Kosovo violated international relations by expelling Russian UN staff” (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo’s energy crisis halts cryptocurrency production (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo experts question legality of cryptocurrency mining ban (BIRN)
• U.S. imposes new sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Dodik (Reuters)
• Osmani on sanctions on Dodik: A decisive and much-needed decision (media)
• Why Serbia’s President is a threat to Europe (foreignpolicy.com)
• A hotbed of cloak-and-dagger skullduggery in the Hague (nationalinterest.org)

• Kosovo bans cryptocurrency mining in efforts to save energy (media)
• Pristina’s actions against UN mission member should be met with response — Russia’s MFA (TASS)
• Haradinaj accuses Kurti of "corruption" and "extreme leftism" (media)
• Weber: Demonstration of force may happen again in the north (lajmi.net/media)
• Xhaferi: "Open Balkan" incomplete without all Western Balkans countries (Kosovapress/media)
• COVID-19: 108 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kosovo sees surge in COVID-19 cases (Express)
• Deputy Minister: Kosovo about to enter a new wave of COVID-19 infections (Telegrafi)

• Stoltenberg: Tensions increased in Kosovo and B&H; NATO promotes stability (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo declares UNMIK staff a “persona non grata” (media)
• UN: "Persona non grata" doctrine not applicable to UN personnel (media)
• Hasani: UNMIK personnel cannot be declared "persona non grata" (Koha)
• Kosovo has high expectations of Albania joining UN Security Council (Klan)
• Serwer: I do not expect a Kosovo-Serbia agreement this year (Kosovo Online, media)
• Kosovo Surveillance Build-up Raises Privacy Concerns (BIRN)
• Serbia praises another arms shipment from Russia (AP)
• World Athletics confident Kosovo will participate in Serbian event with no issues (Exit.al)
• COVID-19: 38 new cases, no deaths (media)
• New COVID-19 restrictions come into force in Kosovo (Exit.al)
• Pandemic forces 3,000 firms out of business, additional relief packages needed (euronews.al)