• EU voices support for "Open Balkan” initiative (Koha)
• Zulfaj: Four freedoms of the "Open Balkan" embodied in the common regional market (Koha)
• Konjufca: This is the "Open Balkan" they're trying to sell to us (media)
• RECOM: Unacceptable Conduct of the BIA towards Regional Reconciliation Activists (media)
• AJK condemns conduct of Serbian authorities towards journalist, Adriatik Kelmendi (media)
• Kelmendi reveals details of his encounter with Serbia’s security authorities (Klan)
• Croatian President Milanovic to begin Kosovo visit today (media)
• Kosovo Ex-Mayor Suspected of Taking Over €1 Million in Bribes (BIRN)
• Kosovo Experts Refute Danish Prison Cell Renting Plan (Exit News)
• COVID-19: Twenty new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kosovo introduces power cuts due to energy crisis (Reuters)
• EBRD extending 4 mln euro loans to Kosovo's KEP Trust (SeeNews)
• North Macedonia’s prime minister formally steps down (AP)

• Kosovo arrests ten for corruption, including ex-mayor (BIRN)
• Svecla: Action in Brezovica did not target specific ethnic groups (media)
• Leaders sign new ‘Open Balkan’ agreements in Albania (BIRN)
• Rama: Open Balkan will continue even if others refuse to join (euronews.al)
• Varhelyi invites Kosovo to join Open Balkan; PM advisor reacts (Telegrafi)
• Von Cramon denounces Serbia deregistration of Albanians from civil registry (Exit News)
• COVID-19: Nine new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kurti receives booster shot, encourages citizens to get vaccinated (euronews.al)
• Kosovo film ‘Hive’ shortlisted for Oscars’ international feature (Express)

• Kosovo Police conducting operation in Shterpce area (media)
• Kosovo, Denmark sign prison rent agreement (media)
• Ministry urges refrain from actions that "could undermine Kosovo recognition process" (Klan)
• U.S. removes from blacklist Croatian-based company (Koha)
• A convoy of KFOR vehicles to arrive in Kosovo (media)
• Rival Albania Opposition Leader Leads Protest Against ‘Diabolical’ Serbia (BIRN)
• Protesters burn Serbian flags in rally called by former DP leader Sali Berisha (euronews.al)
• COVID-19: Three new cases, no deaths (media)

• Rohde: Kurti administration should take concrete steps (euronews.al)
• Kosovo Parliament approves €2.75 billion budget for 2022 (Exit News)
• Palokaj: There could be visa liberalisation in first half of 2022 (Koha)
• Protests called against Serbian President visit to Albania (Exit News)
• Police mobilize for Vucic visit to Tirana and Berisha rally (euronews.al)
• Albanians and Serbs ‘influence the Balkans’, says Lajcak (media)
• How can Kosovo government approach the visa liberalisation issue? (EWB)
• How did Denmark find shelter for its inmates in Kosovo? (euronews.al)
• Afghan refugees slowly leave Balkan countries for West (BIRN)
• Last despatches: Why the Balkan wars were so deadly for journalists (BIRN)
• COVID-19: Four new cases, no deaths (media)

• Kurti: With the Association, Kosovo falls for Serbia’s game (Koha)
• President Osmani to deliver annual address in parliament today (media)
• Kosovo seeks equality in CEFTA, Serbia toughens barriers (Klan Kosova)
• Denmark to rent 300 prison cells in Kosovo for deportees (Prishtina Insight)
• Croatian Defense Minister to visit Kosovo today (RTK)
• President Osmani thanks Macron and French people for vaccine donation (media)
• COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kajtazi reports threats to police; AJK wants protection for Kajtazi (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo murder trial witness refuses to name Serb crime gangs (BIRN)
• EU to finance new wastewater plant in Kosovo (webalkans.eu)
• EP adopts Resolution on fight against organised crime in Western Balkans (EWB)
• Online Intimidation: Controlling the Narrative in the Balkans (Balkan Insight)
• Vucic to visit Tirana on December 20; Berisha announces protest (Indeksonline)