The paper’s Brussels correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, says that there is very little curiosity for this year’s European Commission (EC) progress report and one of the reasons for this is that there is no uncertainty regarding possible recommendations that will derive from the document. Now, when Kosovo has already closed negotiations for Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) and can make no further integration steps without being recognised by five EU member states, the EC has nothing to recommend, claims Palokaj. Another reason behind the lack of interest in the report, not only in Kosovo but also the region, is the European Commission’s announcement that there will be no EU enlargement in the next five years. Palokaj adds that the progress report on Kosovo is expected to hail the progress on the dialogue with Belgrade and closing of SAA negotiations. “Everything else in Kosovo is black and blacker”, writes Palokaj. It is unfortunate, he claims, that Brussels is less and less interested in the internal situation in Kosovo and is focusing only on areas in which the EU is directly involved. Dialogue with Belgrade will therefore continue to attract quite a lot of attention from Brussels, as has been the case throughout the previous years.