Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti writes in today’s edition that Albin Kurti's victory on the elections held on Sunday in Kosovo may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory.

According to the daily, Washington suddenly throws into a game a coalition of Hashim Thaci and Isa Mustafa into forming a future government in Pristina.

As things stand now, Kosovo elections will bring new players to power. The latest deadline the Western states want to impose on reaching an agreement with Belgrade is December, respectively the end of this year, Belgrade-based Blic daily reports on its front page today. According to the daily, this however does not mean that the deadline will not be extended as many times before, but the "Kosovo issue" is being pushed in that direction.

Croatian ‘Jutarnji list’ portal analyses political scene of both Belgrade and Pristina, announcing possible "boiling political fall", quotes Serbian media.

This paper reminds that Kosovo will face general election in a month, in the same time, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced government reconstruction, while media speculate on a possible new election.

Hashim Thaci and Kadri Veseli were also interviewed by the Special Court for war crimes, but unlike Haradinaj they hid it from the public, Rada Trajkovic told “Dan uzivo” broadcast on TV N1, KoSSev portal reports. According to her, many states, among them Russia as well, possess material evidence on organ trade, something that this country uses to make influence over Thaci and the negotiation process.

Director of the Center for Regionalism, Aleksandar Popov told TV N1 resignation of Ramush Haradinaj could unblock the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, if there are no new elections. But in case he returns from The Hague without indictment, it could reinforce his and the position of his political party. Still, Popov did not exclude the possibility of ‘a political engineering.’ “I was on Friday in Pristina when this happened, and I listened to the people familiar with the political situation in Kosovo.

Summoning of Ramush Haradinaj to The Hague Special Court for war crimes is a political decision of Kosovo independence promoters, the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) has said, Danas daily reports. “Weren’t Ramush Haradinaj on two occasions already in 2008 and 2012 legally acquitted of the previous charges for committed war crimes by the Hague Tribunal, his latest invitation to the court to be interviewed as a suspect could be termed as good news.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the dark clouds lean over Belgrade-Pristina dialogue after Kosovo introduced tariffs on the Serbian goods, Tanjug news agency reports. Talking to news correspondents in Berlin, Merkel emphasized that Germany has a major interest for European integration “of Serbia and Kosovo” there is a progress on that way, but as she underlined, it is necessary to restore the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Tariffs lead to regression, and not to the progress, Merkel said, recalling that she spoke about that with Belgrade and Pristina leaders at the meeting in Be

President of France Emmanuel Macron will come to Belgrade today aiming at restoring "severed relations" with Serbia, today's French press assesses. French television "France 24" states that Belgrade-Pristina relations will be among main issues for discussion.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia would react in serious, responsible and decisive manner if a referendum on unification of Kosovo and Albania would happen, Tanjug news agency reported. He made these remarks while asked to comment on the statement of Kosovo President Hashim Thaci who said earlier if the EU continues with the isolation of Kosovo, he would think of institutional measures and unification with Albania.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he is absolutely shocked over the fact EU did not react to the statement of Hashim Thaci that Pristina will not establish Association/Community of Serb-Majority Municipalities, Tanjug news agency reported. “We have waited the EU for 24 hours to react. I am absolutely shocked that nobody said a word regarding the document signed in Brussels, whose implementation the EU has guaranteed.