Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni, is staying in Washington at the invitation of Secretary of State John Kerry, to attend the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. During the sessions, Hyseni provided detailed information on Kosovo’s efforts to cope with the problem of violent extremism and terrorism.  Hyseni also had a special meeting with the Secretary General of Interpol, Jurgen Stuck, with whom he discussed the possibility of Kosovo's membership in Interpol.

Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, had a meeting yesterday with Qatar’s ambassador to Kosovo, Yousif Hasan Yousif Alsae. Thaci said after the meeting that there will be good news for Kosovo. “We had very constructive talks about potential Qatar investments in Kosovo and I believe that in the coming months there will be good news on economic development, employment and investment cooperation,” said Thaci.

Minister of Internal Affairs Skender Hyseni said in a meeting with EU ambassadors that visa liberalization for Kosovo would put under control and even end irregular migration.

The Kosova Women’s Network (KWN) said today it supports the “Cries of Mothers” Association and that it will join the national protest on Saturday in front of the National Library in Pristina. “For 16 years now, the ‘Cries of Mothers’ Association has called for the fate of missing persons to be resolved. The hate speech used by Aleksandar Jablanovic and his position not to recognize the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state, has caused great concern with the KWN and all the people of Kosovo.

The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) today has started collecting signatures of members of Parliament to request the dismissal of Aleksandar Jablanovic, the Kosovo Minister for Communities and Returns. Protests are being held in several Kosovo cities against Jablanovic who used the word beasts referring to protesters in Gjakova.

Indeksonline sources confirmed that Montenegro’s intelligence services and security forces have been put on alert for the upcoming visit of Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci. Security intelligence agencies are reported to be concerned that Thaci may be the target of an assassination attempt by Serb nationalists.

British Ambassador to Kosovo Ian Cliff said that establishment of association/community of Serb municipalities will be a difficult process. He announced that the issue will be discussed in the upcoming rounds of Pristina-Belgrade dialogue. Cliff made the comments in Prizren during a meeting with the head of Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Teodosije. Apart from the establishment of association/community of Serb municipalities, another issue that will not be easy, according to Cliff, involves the functioning of the courts in the north.

Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa said at the meeting of the National Council on European Integration that the Kosovo government is committed in fighting criminal groups involved in illegal migration but at the same time, so should the neighbouring countries. He added that the government is doing everything to enable the people of Kosovo seasonal employment in European countries and create conditions for foreign investment.

Minister for Communities and Returns, Aleksandar Jablanovic spoke to Radio Dukagjini following his statements about protesters in Gjakova/Djakovica who did not allow Serbian pilgrims to visit the city's church on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas. Jablanovic said he did not call the residents of Gjakova/Djakovica "beasts" but certain individuals who threw stones at the Serbian pilgrims. He also said that he was not aware of the large number of victims the city suffered during the 1998-99 conflict.

Security situation in the municipality of Mitrovica is stable and adequate measures need to be taken to maintain it and improve conditions for free movement of all people, especially during the Orthodox Christmas period, agreed in a meeting the Mitrovica deputy mayor, Safet Kamberi, and the commander of the police station in the southern part of the city, Ahmet Gjosha. The two officials also agreed on the need to step up security measures for visits that members of the Serb community will make to the southern part of the city during Orthodox Christmas.