Kosovo’s opposition parties stated that they do not intend to allow holding of the today’s Assembly session, called by the Assembly President Kadri Veseli, at 16:00 hours.

“It would not make sense to allow the works of the Assembly and normal functioning of the government, if the country is going towards ethnical division,” said Frasher Krasniqi, spokesperson of the Vetevendosje movement.

The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, has left the meeting of the Assembly Commission for Foreign Affairs. He called the head of the commission for demarcation of the border with Montenegro, Murat Meha, “a liar.”

Haradinaj threw a map that he had with him and said that this commission is working for Montenegrins. He also said that members of the commission are “corrupted and ignorant.”

The issue of the demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro is a matter of weeks. After a long work of the commissions from Montenegro and Kosovo, the President of Montenegro, Filip Vujanovic, stated during the meeting with Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, that demarcation of the border will happen very soon.

Kosovo’s Commission for the Demarcation of the Border Line also confirmed that it will hand over its report on the border line with Montenegro to the government of Kosovo, soon.

The U.S. Ambassador in Pristina, Tracy Jacobson, stated that Kosovo is an example for Europe, regarding its functioning as a multiethnic state.

Congratulating the government of Kosovo for integration of Roma community, Jacobson stated that around one million Americans have Roma origin.

The current General of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), Rrahman Rama, will be the future commander of the of KSF. He is expected to take over his mandate on 15 March. Minister of Kosovo Security Force, Haki Demolli, said that the change is happening because the current KSF Commander, Kadri Kastrati, will retire on 15 March. According to Demolli, Rama fulfills all the criteria to lead KSF.

The government has endorsed the request of Minister Demolli, proposing to the President to nominate Rama.

By John Kerry, US Secretary of State

Every day, we read about women and girls around the world who are victims of heinous violence. From Iraqi women abducted and enslaved by ISIL to Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped and forced into marriage, these tragedies seem to belong to medieval times.

Too often, women bear the burden of war. All of us have an obligation to do everything in our power to stop this abhorrent violence wherever and whenever it occurs. But this is only part of the story of women in the 21st Century.

The government of Kosovo has decided to establish the fund for investment and for employment. The government decided during the today’s meeting, create a commission which would draft the concept of the document for the investment and employment fund and development fund.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister Kujtim Shala, the development fund will help on opening new jobs and it will improve the wellbeing of the people of Kosovo.

Vetevendosje MPs, Albulena Haxhiu and Glauk Konjufca, presented in a press conference the document on the establishment of the special court that includes two constitutional amendments and one draft law. Haxhiu said it is unjust to keep the document confidential as they endanger the freedom of the people of Kosovo. She interpreted the document by stating that the special court is set to consist of only international judges and that all those that will be sentenced by the court will serve their sentences outside the territory of Kosovo.

Blerim Burjani writes that regain of the trust of Kosovo people currently appears to be impossible. However, he writes, if there is a political will of the current governing coalition and support of the opposition to draft a joint agenda for the benefit of Kosovo, a little hope could be returned. Not everything requires budget to reach a new consolidation of Kosovo, trust and institutional sustainability, he writes further.

EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Hahn, is expected to visit Kosovo on Wednesday. Sources said that the EU Commissioner will meet Kosovo institutional leaders and Minister of European Integration, Bekim Collaku. Hahn will call on the Kosovo government to do more in implementing visa liberalization criteria.