The European Parliament Rapporteur for removal of visas for Kosovo, Tanja Fajon, told Radio Free Europe that she is aware of the initiative of the Assembly of Kosovo to endorse a declaration with regards to the liberalisation of visas for Kosovo.

Radio Free Europe reports that there is an increased interest with the members of the Serb community living in the northern municipalities to get issued with Kosovo documents. Adriana Hodzic from the Mitrovica North municipality said getting Kosovo-issued personal documents is no longer taboo among members of the Serb community in the north. “We have every day a large number of citizens who freely come and apply for documents they need,” said Hodzic.

Petrit Gashi, chairman of the board of the Privatisation Agency of Kosovo, told Radio Free Europe that “Serbia has no shares in any property in Kosovo” and that “Belgrade knows well that Trepca is Kosovo’s property”.

The status of the Trepca mining complex has been a topic of discussion for quite some time in Kosovo. In your opinion, what is the best solution for the mining complex in Mitrovica?

The strategy for the return of displaced persons during and after the conflict in Kosovo, drafted by the Kosovo’s Ministry for Communities and Returns, is facing numerous challenges in its implementation stage. Ministry’s spokesperson, Uroš Staletović, said that usurped property is a significant obstacle to the return of displaced members of the Serb community. According to him, only ten percent of the IDPs have returned to Kosovo, namely 20,000 out of a total of 200,000.

“The Kosovo government will act in reciprocity in the future if the Serbian government continues to arrest high-ranking officers or officials of the state of Kosovo,” Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said in an interview with Radio Free Europe. Hoxhaj said the arrest of Kosovo Police regional director Nehat Thaci by Serbian authorities was "an unacceptable act" and added that increased efforts were underway to release him. Thaci was arrested on Thursday at the Koncul border crossing point based on a Serbian arrest warrant for terror charges.

Director of the Balkan group from Pristina Naim Rashiti says that the process of normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo fell into great difficulties due to problems with the implementation of the agreements reached, but also due to political developments in Kosovo and in Serbia.

"This led to the fact that Prime Ministers of the two countries were not able to continue the dialogue," said Rashiti to Radio Free Europe.

The Netherlands Ambassador to Kosovo, Gerrie Willems, told Radio Free Europe that special court for war crimes can begin work with a temporary agreement for its headquarters, until the approval of the agreement signed between Kosovo and the Netherlands by the Dutch Parliament. “The Dutch Parliament must still approve the agreement for the headquarters of this court. The duration of parliamentary proceedings is determined by the Parliament itself.

The Kosovo Police has undertaken a search operation in the region of Peja/Peć this morning which resulted in the arrest of two persons suspected of spreading terrorist propaganda. The news was confirmed by Kosovo Police spokesperson Baki Kelani.

Kosovo Assembly Deputy Speaker and senior member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Xhavit Haliti, told Radio Free Europe that the issue of border-demarcation with Montenegro remains a problem because there are two sides of the story. “On one hand we have the government saying everything is okay, and on the other hand we have opposition parties saying that Kosovo is losing territory with this agreement.

Kosovo’s Minister of European Integration, Bekim Çollaku, told Radio Free Europe that Kosovo Assembly should as soon as possible address “in a responsible manner the border-demarcation agreement, as a matter of national interest.” Çollaku said the issue of demarcation is the responsibility of all institutions of Kosovo and it should be addressed as soon as possible. “This issue must go for a serious debate in the Assembly.