The Interior Minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Federal Republic of Germany, Lorenz Caffier, promised Germany’s engagement in Kosovo’s INTERPOL and EUROPOL membership. He made these comments after a meeting with Kosovo’s Minister of Interior, Skender Hyseni, during which they discussed the repatriation of Kosovo emigrants. Minister Caffier said that Kosovo has continuously supported Germany on repatriation. “Now repatriation will depend on the work of the Federal Office for migration in Germany.

During his Kosovo visit  yesterday, German Parliamentary State Secretary, Hans-Joachim Fuchtel announced that Germany has allocated 11 million euros to Kosovo for the year 2016. The money will be allocated to developing the sectors of education, youth employment and green economy. Fuchtel said Germany will continue to support Kosovo on its path towards European integration.

The government of Kosovo and the Federal Republic of Germany today signed an agreement on financial cooperation. With this agreement, Germany allocates 17 million euros to Kosovo for various projects in water and waste management.  The German Ambassador to Kosovo, Angelika Viets, said that so far Germany has supported Kosovo with over 500 million euros.

At the request of Politika to respond to Tuesday's attack in Gorazdevac, the German Foreign Ministry condemned the incident.

''Kosovo police has already launched an investigation. We call on the police authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice,'' said the German MFA.

As stated in the headquarters of German diplomacy, all ethnic communities must feel safe and secure throughout Kosovo.

Former Serbian Ambassador to Germany Ivo Viskovic said that conditions for Serbia's EU integration will remain, but it is favourable that Germany, at the end, gave up the additional amendments, which supposed to be included in Chapter 35 on Kosovo.  “That's a good sign, one intentional concession, presented to the government by Ernst Reichel who is responsible for South Eastern Europe and Turkey in the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” said Viskovic.

The crises of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, related to the recent decision of Kosovo authorities to suspend formation of the ZSO, will not influence opening of the negotiation chapters with the EU. According to some information, official Belgrade still leads a diplomatic action to change the text of the unacceptable draft negotiating plan for Chapter 35, which could be opened already in December.

The German Special Envoy for Western Balkans, Ambassador Ernst Reichell, stated that opposition is to be blamed for the created situation at the Assembly of Kosovo.

Ambassador Reichell was hosted today by the Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, to discuss the current situation at Kosovo Assembly.

With refugee numbers on the rise, German political parties have been wrangling once again over which Balkan states to add to its list of "safe countries of origin." But whether there is any point to it is another matter.

Bodo Weber, a senior associate at the Democratization Policy Council in Berlin

Chancellor Angela Merkel will come to Belgrade with a clear message that an agreement must be reached so that Germany can give the green light for the opening of the first negotiating chapters. It's an old, but well-known list of obligations, says in an interview Bodo Weber, a senior associate at the Democratization Policy Council in Berlin.

German Ambassador Heinz Wilhelm says it would be a good move if PM Aleksandar Vucic went to Srebrenica, especially because of reconciliation in the region.

"I think it's a positive gesture. All peoples here have to be willing to accept responsibility and guilt. Germany took the blame after the Second World War. Simply, we must accept history," Wilhelm, who is leaving his post in Belgrade after three years, told B92 in an interview.