Vetevendosje leader, Visa Ymeri, took to Facebook to comment on the recent decision of the Kosovo government to submit to the Assembly draft law on the Trepca mining complex. According to Ymeri, the bill has a series of flaws and if not amended, it will fail to save Trepca. He said the government of Kosovo plans to privatise the mine. “All investing modalities in Trepca foreseen in the law are privatising modalities”, wrote Ymeri. He added that Kosovo needs a law on Trepca but it should be aimed at transforming it into a public enterprise with a special status.

Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister from the Serbian List, Branimir Stojanovic, warned that the Serb MPs could decide to boycott the work of the Kosovo Assembly. In an urgent meeting of the northern Kosovo’s predominantly Serb municipalities, Stojanovic said the draft law on revitalisation of the Trepca mine is unacceptable and political.

The Kosovo Assembly’s Committee for Economic Development adopted today in the first reading the draft law on the Trepca mining complex, which will be discussed at the plenary assembly session on Friday. Serbian List representative, Sasa Milosavljevic, said Serb MPs would not vote in favour of the draft law in its current content. He also criticised the government for not inviting Serb representatives to attend discussions on the draft law.

Opposition parties in Kosovo have not welcomed the government’s request to change their position on the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro, the news website reports. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) said today they were not willing to make any compromise that damages the country. AAK deputy leader, Ahmet Isufi, said the government needs to dismiss the committee that worked on the border delineation and to resume negotiations with Montenegro. “The government committee made mistakes in their work.

The Government of Kosovo has submitted to the Assembly draft law on Treçpa mining complex. Minister of Economic Development, Blerand Stavileci, said the draft law is aimed at improving the legal infrastructure and enabling investment and revitalization of the Trepça mine. Serb ministers in the Kosovo government voted against the draft bill with the Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanović, calling it a result of a political process. Stojanović said the Serb representatives have not taken part in the drafting of the law and that he considers the issue was political and not economic.

The Kosovo Assembly did not adopt an amendment to the draft law on strategic investments proposed by the Serbian List which would protect the interests of Kosovo Serbs, it is said. It is expected that the amendment will be again on the agenda of some of the next sessions of Parliament.

Kosovo Assembly MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) said that Kosovo is not experiencing its best days when liberalization of visas is concerned. Haliti made these comments during the meeting of the parliamentary committee for Stabilization Association where they spoke about the liberalization of visas and preparations for the second Kosovo-EU meeting which will be held on 23 and 24 November in Brussels.

Kosovo Assembly’s foreign affairs committee is expected to come out with a joint statement condemning the arrest of the Kosovo Police director for Mitrovica region, Nehat Thaçi, by Serbian authorities. Committee’s chairman, Elmi Reçica, said Thaçi’s arrest was unacceptable while head of the Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group, Pal Lekaj, said the arrest does not contribute to normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli, said today that the Assembly Presidency has decided that the next Assembly session will be held on Friday and that Trepca bill will be part of the agenda. He said he was confident that the bill will pass.  Veseli also said that the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro will be put into vote soon.

Serb members of the Kosovo Assembly did not participate at the September 1 session that was scheduled to vote on the border demarcation agreement between Kosovo and Montenegro. Following the Serb boycott, the ruling coalition was forced to remove the border deal from the assembly’s agenda. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said a broad-based roundtable would be organised with political parties to discuss the border deal with Montenegro, but the meeting has yet to take place.