• Kurti for Der Spiegel: Vucic wants to return to past, but that train is gone
• Serbian police prevent far-right activists from crossing into Kosovo (RFE/Kallxo)
• Svecla: Police is capable and has capacities to confront criminal structures (Koha)
• President’s Chief of Staff reacts to protest at Jarinje (media)
• Hoxhaj: Serbian regime is solely responsible for tensions (media)
• KFOR to start regular military exercises near its base in Novosella (media)
• Mehaj: Kosovo Army has capacities to protect territorial integrity (media)
• Krasniqi: Government cannot hide behind KFOR (Kosovapress)
• KFOR must remove the barricades, analysts say (Prishtina Insight)
• President Osmani holds end-of-year reception with diplomatic corps (Koha)
• Tajani: Italy to organise conference on Balkans in January (media)
• Conviction of Kosovo’s ‘Commander Cali’ sparks anger at home (BIRN)
• Kosovo arrests Serb ex-policeman for 1999 attack on village (BIRN)

• Kurti waiting for KFOR to remove the barricades (RFE)
• Association, Kurti: Serbia will raise it as an issue within the dialogue (Klan)
• Serbia seeks return of its troops to Kosovo as tensions soar (Associated Press)
• Kurti: We expect Kosovo to enter the EU within 9 years (euronews.al)
• Von Cramon: EU integration also depends on dialogue with Serbia (Klan)
• KFOR’s statement on request for return of Serbian troops? (Albanian Post)
• Rama: Kosovo was freed from Belgrade once and for all (media)
• Former Kosovo Serb police officer arrested, suspected of war crimes (KP)
• Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss latest developments (media)
• Trajkovic sent to Serbian Interior Ministry, warns she isn’t feeling well (Klan)
• Kosovo formally applies to join EU (Reuters)
• Poll: Vetevendosje leads with 42.6%, followed by LDK and PDK (media)
• North Kosovo: What are the tensions with ethnic Serbs about? (DW)
• Tensions in north Kosovo – whose agenda does the flare-up serve? (Al Jazeera)

• Kosovo Leaders Sign EU Candidacy Application (BIRN)
• Kurti hails agreement on visa liberalisation (media)
• EU Parliament, Council reach agreement on Kosovo visa liberalisation (media)
• Escobar calls for removal of barricades and formation of Association (Koha)
• Lajcak: Vucic understands seriousness of situation in the north (RFE)
• NATO: Barricades in the north should be removed immediately (Koha)
• Bislimi: Barricades not placed by local Serbs but by a radical group supported by Belgrade (BBC)
• US expects govt proposal for Association, implies to do it with civil society (Koha)
• Mandl for Kosovo's EU application: Important step at the right time (Koha)
• Kosovo Albanians Take Serb-Vacated Council Seats in Divided Town (BIRN)
• Albin Kurti, the most liked leader, poll shows (Klan Kosova)
• Konjufca: We aim to be leaders in region for parliamentary transparency (Koha)
• Krasniqi: No more Serbian soldiers in Kosovo, this was closed in ’99 (Koha)
• First Kosovo Guerrilla Verdict Due at Hague ‘Special Court’ (BIRN)
• Serbian Ex-Policeman Pleads Not Guilty to Kosovo War Crimes (BIRN)
• Why tensions have flared up between Kosovo and Serbia (TRT World)

• Escobar, Kurti, Lajcak call for normalization of situation (media)
• U.S. categorically against return of Serbian forces to Kosovo (RFE)
• Lajcak: Much better ways to remove barricades than with bulldozers (Telegrafi)
• U.S., EU envoys urge Kosovo and Serbia not to fuel violence (Reuters)
• Stoltenberg: NATO is very focused on Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• Barricades still up in north despite calls for removal (Pristina Insight)
• Sarrazin: Crisis in north of Kosovo should be used to advance dialogue (RTK)
• EU congratulates Kosovo on reforms (media)
• EULEX: Security situation in north of Kosovo is worrying (Klan)
• Kovacevski: Kosovo-Serbia agreement guarantees peace in the region (RTK)
• Kosovo, facing some opposition, to apply this week to join EU (Reuters)
• Far-Right Protesters Rally In Belgrade In Support Of Kosovar Serbs As EU Urges De-Escalation (RFE)

• French-German plan gets support from 27 EU member states (Koha Ditore)
• Borrell urges Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate after latest clashes (Reuters)
• Kurti meets Escobar; “barricades must be removed immediately” (media)
• Osmani meets Escobar, discuss urgent need to remove barricades (media)
• Escobar meets the Serbian List, discuss political and security situation (media)
• PM advisor: French-German plan is a good basis for discussions (KTV)
• Hovenier and Escobar meet Kosovo civil society representatives (media)
• France ‘concerned’ by attacks in Kosovo (Euractiv)
• Court orders 30-day detention for Pantic, suspected of terror act (media)
• President’s Chief of Staff reacts to closure of schools in north (media)
• Does Nenad Rasic’s appointment violate Kosovo’s constitution? (BIRN)
• Protest in Belgrade in support of Kosovo Serbs (Radio Free Europe)