Serbia is strategically committed to EU integration, and its interest lies in regional stability, Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday.
He was speaking at an OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Hamburg, Germany.
Kosovo’s Justice Minister, Dhurata Hoxha, met today the head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jan Braathu with whom she discussed the common agenda in the field of rule of law, with particular emphasis on justice reforms. Hoxha during the meeting thanked Braathu for OSCE’s contribution in the field of justice.
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today organized a conference with the theme: "Strengthening the performance of independent institutions", where it was said that the functioning of independent institutions contributes to good governance. The head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jan Braathu, said the OSCE since 1999 has helped strengthen the institutions in terms of budgeting, supervision and finally parliamentary accountability.
Serbia wants to continue on the path of European integration, President Tomislav Nikolic has said.
However, "it would not be good anyone to condition Serbia with the recognition of Kosovo," Beta reported him as noting on Monday in Belgrade.
According to a statement issued by the president's office, "that will never be accepted."
- My main focus, as the new head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo, will be to work for the benefit of all communities, in line with our status-neutral mandate. Special attention will be paid to the protection of civil and human rights, especially minority communities. We are ready to assist in the implementation of agreements arising from the Brussels dialogue on the normalization of relations between Pristina and Belgrade, says in an exclusive interview for Vesti, Jan Braathu, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Dušan Kozarev informed the participants of the OSCE Summit "Human dimension" about the problems that face the Serbs in Kosovo and presented numerous examples of endangering the fundamental human and civil rights and freedoms.
Chief of school administration in Mitrovica, Predrag Stojčetović says he has serious problems when it comes to the entry of textbooks to Kosovo.
"The entry of textbooks for primary and secondary schools from central Serbia is banned at the administrative crossings," said Stojčetović.
The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jean-Claude Schlumberger, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned last night’s attack on the premises of Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) in Pristina. “I am appalled by the attack on RTK, particularly at the time when there were still people working inside the building. This appears to be an act of intimidation and I condemn it in the strongest terms. It’s an attack on an important public institution and on freedom of expression,” said Ambassador Schlumberger.
The OSCE mission by occupying a part of the estate of Miloš Živković from Leskovac threatens elemental property rights, states attorney of Mr Živković, Dobrica Lazić.
Miloš Živković from Leskovac, as he says, is the owner of the estate of 2 hectares in the industrial zone in Kosovo Polje/Fushë Kosovë, which, he says, is occupied since 2000. The largest part of the estate is occupied by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
Kosovo’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has issued an Administrative Instruction under which the quotas for enrolment of students from the non-majority communities in public institutions of higher education in Kosovo will include 12 % of the total number of students in each academic unit. Through this guideline, the Government is stimulating communities to attend higher education.