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Edi Rama fishing fools in Kosovo (Gazeta Express)

Berat Buzhala writes that Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, appear to agree on a very critical issue: denial of existence of Kosovo state. According to Buzhala, Edi Rama went to Serbia “to fish fools in Pristina.” He considers that Rama’s “patriotic” position in Belgrade last November was a weak spectacle. “I was convinced that Rama was acting.

Rama: Same rights for Albanians in the Valley as for Serbs in Kosovo (Koha)

The Prime Minister of Albania, stated at the press conference after his meeting with Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, that Albanians in the south of Serbia deserve to have the same treatment as Serbs in northern Kosovo. “I believe that this is in the spirit of our joint effort to achieve on the relations of the region with the power of example and not with the example of power. I have never heard about any complaint from Serbs who live in Albania.

Thaci wants to "spoil" Vucic's trip – minister (B92)

Hashim Thaci's announcement about "a genocide lawsuit" is aimed primarily "at spoiling the visit of PM Aleksandar Vucic to Tirana," says Aleksandar Vulin.

"Whoever knows the policy of the Kosovo Albanians, knows that they never say such things accidentally and that they very rarely speak from their own heads. The policy of the Kosovo Albanians is similar to that drone - always shooting from someone else's hands," the labor minister told Tanjug.

Flags of "Greater Albania" flown in central Pristina (Vesti, Tanjug)

The Pristina authorities and some foreign ambassadors have welcomed the peaceful protests of three ethnic Albanian opposition parties that want the establishment of the community of Serb municipalities banned, but turned a blind eye on the fact that the rally was held under flags of a "Greater Albania", Vesti reported on Monday.

Also, there was no reaction when the governments of Kosovo and Albania recently held a joint session under the suggestive motto of "One country, one nation, one dream."

Rama on unification of Albania and Kosovo again (Tanjug)

BELGRADE- Albania and Kosovo will unite, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama repeated in an interview for Television Sky News Arabia.

On Friday, Rama stated that he had already said unification is something Albania considers as inevitable and unquestionable, adding that he believes it will happen on the path toward Europe.

However, Rama said that it is possible this may happen in another way in case Europe does not interfere with the strategic calculations of Balkan countries and a change of the appearance of the Balkans.

Vucic: Kosovo and Albania will not unite (Tanjug)

Kosovo and Albania will never unite, Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday in reaction to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's statement.

I promise (Albanian) Prime Minister Edi Rama that Kosovo and Albania will never unite in 'a classic way', as he put it. I am calling on Albanian leaders to stop causing instability in the region, Vucic posted on his Twitter account.

The Ghost of Greater Albania Won’t go Away (Balkan Insight)

The joint session of the Albanian and Kosovo governments in Tirana has generated a predictable firestorm over the pan-Albanian remarks made by some of the participants. Once again the spectre of Greater Albania is stalking the Balkans, Serbia in particular. Belgrade “won’t sit quietly while Greater Albania is created,” the Serbian Justice Minister growls. The Serbs are not alone in their complaints. Some in Albania criticise their own politicians for, as they see it, summoning up the ghost of Greater Albania for their own murky purposes.

Mustafa:  Joint customs transit with Albania, expression of nonexistence of borders (Tribuna)

Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa together with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama inaugurated a joint customs transit between Kosovo and Albania in Vermica. Mustafa said the move is a result of close ties between the two countries and is also an expression of the nonexistence of borders. “Businesses and citizens will benefit from this agreement,” said Mustafa. Albanian PM Rama said the agreement will cut down the time needed to transport goods from one side to the other as the whole procedure will from now on take only five minutes.