• Kurti wants more KFOR forces in Kosovo (RTK)
• Bonne, Plotner and Escobar to visit Kosovo this month (Klan)
• Osmani congratulates Sweden, “cooperation to get Kosovo closer to EU” (RTK)
• Balkans, a priority of Sweden's EU Council Presidency (Albanian Daily News)
• Svecla for the Swiss medium: We are not afraid of Serbia (Albanian Post)
• Germany welcomes removal of barricades (Anadolu Agency)
• NATO's highest authority to meet this month to discuss security in Kosovo (AP)
• Krasniqi doesn’t expect fast agreement; “Kurti invented deadline” (Klan)
• ‘Life is Beautiful’: Visually Impaired Kosovo Writer Rejects Limits (BIRN)
• French Museum Keeps Memory of Long-Ago Balkans Alive (BIRN)
• Activists who attacked assembly building acquitted (Prishtina Insight)
• Person of the Year for Prishtina Insight, Faruk Kukaj (Prishtina Insight)

• Kurti: They put up barricades themselves, removing them themselves (media)
• Borrell praises leaders; “diplomacy prevailed in removing barricades” (Klan)
• EU wary of further Kosovo-Serbia tensions as it pushes final deal (Politico)
• Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss latest developments (media)
• NATO: We expect all parties to adhere to their commitments (media)
• KFOR: All parties should avoid any triggering rhetoric (media)
• Hill: Lucky that barricades are being removed, we want political solution (Klan)
• Rama on barricades: Nothing new, in the end everyone returned home (media)
• French Embassy comments on removal of barricades (Kallxo)
• Haziri on removal of barricades: Decision was neither Kurti nor Vucic’s (media)
• Fake News Spikes Amid High Tensions in the North (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo: Serbs agree to dismantle barricades after talks (BBC)
• Kosovo-Serbia tensions: Mood on the ground, possible scenarios (Al Jazeera)
• Kosovo Reopens Main Border Crossing With Serbia (VoA)
• In northern Kosovo, conflict is avoided, for now (Emerging Europe)
• Hoax Bomb Threats Leave Balkan Region Frustrated, Unnerved (BIRN)
• Serbia Investigates Kosovo Albanian for Alleged Arms Trafficking (BIRN)

• Joint Statement on the Escalating Tensions in the North of Kosovo (media)
• Kurti calls on Serbs to apply for jobs in Kosovo public institutions (euronews.al)
• Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani interview with Klan Kosova
• Vucic: Removal of barricades will start on Thursday morning (RFE)
• Serbs in northern Kosovo to start removing barricades from Thursday (Reuters)
• KFOR reacts to tensions: Solution must come through dialogue (media)
• EULEX: We have neither mandate nor capacity to remove barricades (Klan)
• Prosecution: Pantic was sent to house arrest due to his health (media)
• Haxhiu: Special Prosecutor, Court chose to side with criminal groups (Koha)
• JCK and PCK react to Kurti about Pantic (media)
• Graffiti against judge and prosecutor who freed ex-Serb police officer (media)
• Krasniqi: Kurti to clarify if there was secret deal for Pantic release (media)
• Haradinaj: Situation is serious, it requires coordination (media)
• Petkovic: Vucic asked Serbs to withdraw from barricades (media)
• Hill: Patriarch Porfirije must be allowed to visit Kosovo in future (euronews.al)
• Xhacka: Serbia to stop, so-called ‘Kosovo and Metohija’ gone forever (media)
• Tension soars as Kosovo shuts main border crossing with Serbia (AFP, Reuters)
• Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo (CNN)
• Germany urges Kosovo Serb militants to remove barricades (Deutsche Welle)
• Kosovo-Serbia Crisis Simmers as New Barricade Blocks Border (BIRN)
• Kosovo closes border crossing as tensions with Serbia intensify (FT)
• Kosovo to Host Five Persecuted Afghan Journalists (BIRN)

• Merdare crossing closed; Serbs erect barricades on Serbian side (media)
• Osmani condemns attacks on reporters in north of Kosovo (media)
• Ministry refutes reports that KSF vehicles moved toward Mitrovica (Nacionale)
• Kosovan minister says Serbia aims to destabilize the country (Reuters)
• Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo (Reuters)
• Serbia troops on ‘highest level of alert’ as tensions rise (The Guardian)
• COMKFOR: We support dialogue to find solution and ease tensions (TV21)
• Switzerland calls for refrain from actions that can inflame the situation (media)
• Xhacka to Serbia: Playing with fire is a bad idea; we stand with Kosovo (media)
• Council of Ambassadors sends letter to Biden and Quint (Klan Kosova)
• Mujanovic: I’ve received copy of Kosovo govt report sent to West (Nacionale)

• Kurti meets KFOR commander and EULEX chief (media)
• Kosovo is still waiting for KFOR to remove the barricades (euronews.al)
• Svecla: Shooting near the KFOR patrol, Vucic's games (RTK)
• North Kosovo: Shots fired near NATO patrol amid tensions (Deutsche Welle)
• NATO probing shooting incident in tense Kosovo north (Associated Press)
• Serbia sends military chief to Kosovo border as tensions rise (France24)
• Kosovo bans entry of Serbian Patriarch ahead of Orthodox Christmas (AA)
• EU condemns attack on journalists in north of Kosovo (euronews.al)
• Attacks on journalists in north of Kosovo, US ambassador reacts (euronews.al)
• Krasniqi to Kurti: Remove barricades! You have my full support (media)
• Lekaj: Kurti took wrong steps in north (Kosovapress)
• Arben Vitia appointed Minister of Health (media)