Kosovo’s President, Hashim Thaçi, will meet today in Brussels the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini and president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz. Sources within the presidency told the news site that President Thaçi will emphasize Kosovo’s commitment to Euro-Atlantic integration and its role as a “factor of stability and good neighbourliness in the region.” Sources also said that President Thaçi will ask from EU senior officials to accelerate the visa liberalisation process for Kosovo citizens.

Kosovo government spokesperson and advisor to Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, Faton Abdullahu, told Radio Free Europe that the obstacles posed by Serbia are the main reason of Kosovo’s failure to join international organisations, in particular the European institutions. According to him, with such actions Serbia is violating the fundamental principles of EU membership. “Serbia’s approach is completely unacceptable. It is a dangerous approach in terms of security and peace in the region.

Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, told Radio Free Europe on Tuesday that international cooperation and exchange of information between security institutions of different countries, are the essential elements for combating terrorism and violent extremism. According to him, the non-recognition of Kosovo by Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the lack of diplomatic relations with these two countries, is the main obstacle to exchange of information and combating terrorism in the regional context.

The European Union officials in Kosovo told Radio Free Europe that all the logistical and administrative steps were taken for the establishment of the special court for war crimes.

Minister of Interior Affairs, Skender Hyseni, called on Kosovo Serbs today to get Kosovo’s biometric passports in order to be able to travel visa free in the Schengen Zone after Kosovo gets visa liberalization. “After all this is a travel document and there is no technical or political obstacle for the Serb citizens of the Republic of Kosovo to be equipped with biometric passports. They need to get the biometric passports of the Republic of Kosovo,” Hyseni told Radio Free Europe.

Several news sites carry an interview originally published in Radio Free Europe of a Kosovo Albanian male who confessed that he was raped by Serbian troops in Pristina during the Kosovo conflict. The victim said he was stopped and sexually abused by Serbian police officers in downtown Pristina. The victim said that after the conflict he told the authorities about his experience.

Kosovo’s customs authorities told Radio Free Europe that they have sent back a truck traveling  from Serbia to Kosovo. Adriatik Stavileci, spokesman for the Kosovo Customs, said this comes as a result of a decision made by Kosovo authorities to introduce reciprocity measures against Serbia on oil and gas transport. “Yesterday at the border crossing point in Merdare we have sent back the first truck that was traveling from Serbia to Kosovo,” Stavileci said.

Most of the media is running an interview that Kosovo Prime Minister did with Radio Free Europe. Mustafa told the news agency today that his brother used illegal channels to find shelter outside Kosovo and find medical treatment for his serious illness. Mustafa also denied calling a reporter of a Pristina-based news site that first reported on the issue.

Mr. Prime Minister, what is your explanation about your brother seeking asylum? Media have reported that he used illegal channels to leave Kosovo?

In an interview for the news site, David Philips from the Institute for Human Rights Studies at Columbia University says that the overwhelming majority of Kosovo citizens are still pro-American and pro-Western, “however the number of those that are radicalizing is growing”.

Mr. Phillips, you wrote recently that Kosovo’s long history of secularism is changing. Why do you think it is changing?

Valon Murtezaj, advisor to the Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, told the news site that during the upcoming political talks with Serbia, Kosovo side will be prudent about what to discuss and when to go to the meetings.  "The continuation of dialogue will have some difficulties in the first place because of Serbia's destructive behavior.