• 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)

• Kurti on energy crisis: Government will cover electricity supply (Indeksonline)
• Looming price hikes worsen energy crisis in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo, Serbia face power outages amid winter chill, surging energy prices (Reuters)
• Konjufca: Borrell should not pressure Kosovo on Association (Klan Kosova)
• Kosovo, Serbia working groups on license plates meet for third time (Koha)
• Former Dutch ambassador: Special Court is a political cause (RTK)
• Kosovo court suspends judge based on BIRN report (BIRN)
• Vucic doing “a modern ethnic cleansing”, says Presevo mayor (euronews.al)
• COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media)
• ‘Open Balkan’ leaders to hold summit in Tirana on December 20 (Exit News)
• China in the Balkans: Controversy and Cost (BIRN)

• Hill: If confirmed, normalization of Serbia relations with Kosovo, priority (VoA)
• North Macedonia President to visit Kosovo today (media)
• LDK appoints Haziri in charge of dialogue and regional cooperation (media)
• Haradinaj comments on accusations for meetings with Serb politicians (media)
• Pacolli slams Russian ambassador in Belgrade (Gazeta Express)
• LDK wins municipality of Dragash, after counting of diaspora votes (media)
• Ministry of Justice to adhere to Venice Commission's recommendations (media)
• EU states reassert membership promise to six Balkan states (Reuters)
• COVID-19: Eight new cases, one death (media)
• Ministry of Health: Over 2,100 citizens got the booster in few days (Lajmi)
• Kosovo continues to buck fourth COVID-19 wave (Exit News)

• G7 call on Kosovo and Serbia to continue dialogue without delays (Zeri)
• Lajcak: Western Balkans integration in EU, the only alternative (media)
• Gervalla in London: Serbia is threatening, we must act quickly if we want to save the peace (media)
• Why is the north of Kosovo a haven for criminal groups? (RFE Albanian)
• HLC's Blakaj: Missing persons ought not be a condition to agreement with Serbia (Koha)
• Movie Puts Spotlight on Forced Marriage in Kosovo (BIRN)
• Assembly adopts draft law for deployment of KSF abroad (media)
• North Macedonian president to pay official visit to Kosovo (Indeksonline)
• Kosovo connecting to Serbian IPs, businesses and opposition raise the alarm (euronews.al)
• Serbian Minister requests visa liberalisation for Kosovo (RTK)
• COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media)