Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said today at a conference organised by the Balkans Policy research Group that the government's goal was to create conditions for Kosovo to apply for EU candidate status in 2018. Haradinaj also called on the EU to intensify bilateral relations with Kosovo and that there was no alternative to Kosovo's European perspective. Haradinaj however admitted there were challenges in implementation of Kosovo institutions' decisions. "We face many challenges in implementation of decisions. I am not saying this to criticise the present of the future government, but it is something we need to rectify," Haradinaj said.