Enver Hasani, President of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo said for KTV show Rubikon, that the Court does not have the right to give its opinion on the issue of the proposer of the Assembly Speaker nor which the biggest parliamentary group is.

Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said today that President Atifete Jahjaga cannot interfere and ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the post of Assembly Speaker. “This situation is different from the candidate for Prime Minister and she cannot do this now. 40 MPs can now send this case to the Constitutional Court,” said Haradinaj, who is the opposition’s candidate for the post of prime minister. Haradinaj called on all political parties to show a political and democratic culture at tomorrow’s constitutive session of the Assembly.

Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti met today in Pristina with Swedish Ambassador for Albania, Kosovo and FYROM, Mats Staffansson. Kurti said after the meeting: “We have insisted on a written agreement with the AAK-LDK-NISMA coalition, because we don’t want to have the same governance that we had before. We believe that dialogue and privatization are the two processes that have damaged Kosovo the most; therefore, we want a different orientation. This is the best time to change this detrimental course”.

As the public is awaiting an agreement between the opposition bloc and the Vetevendosje Movement, Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), writes on his Facebook account about his position vis-à-vis Vetevendosje’s requests. “Good governance is secured by a clear platform that determines the government program, the participation and responsibilities of partners in government and mechanisms that regulate such arrangements.

Hundreds of milk producers and their associations have protested today in Pristina demanding better conditions and greater support for local farmers. Protesters spilled several hundred liters of milk in front of the government building. “We have gathered here to express our outrage and disappointment because of the negligence of Kosovo institutions to resolve problems that have been accumulating for years,” said Ramadan Memaj, head of the Kosovo Association of Dairy Processing. He said that if their requests are not met by 23 July they would organize Kosovo-wide protests.

Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), told reporters in Pristina that an agreement between the opposition coalition and the Vetevendosje Movement has not been reached yet. Haradinaj said this after the opposition bloc met with representatives of non-Serb minorities. Haradinaj, the opposition’s candidate for the post of prime minister, said Vetevendosje representatives on Monday presented an additional annex to the draft agreement that sent the whole process to the beginning.

The annual meeting of the  South-Eastern Europe state leaders will be held tomorrow in Dubrovnik. The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel is expected to participate at the Summit.

No agreement was reached in today’s meeting between leaders of the Vetevendosje Movement, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA). Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti said there have been setbacks from earlier agreements. “There is discordance from earlier positions of the Vetevendosje Movement and the LDK-AAK-NISMA coalition. These are mainly related to dialogue with Serbia, the process of privatization and other issues,” Kurti told reporters after the meeting.

Radio Free Europe reported that over two million Euros have been allocated for the Fund for development of northern Kosovo, however no request was made so far for the use of this fund.  The Fund was created based on the agreement reached between Pristina-Belgrade during the dialogue in Brussels.

Many Albanians of Kosovo, who headed the border point in Bllace, facet a thorough check by the FYROM officials. Some of them complained that they were even obliged to return since they were not allowed to cross the border. They expressed surprise why FYROM officials did not give them any concrete explanation on why their entrance to FYROM was not allowed.