The European Union Commissioner for Migration, Internal Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos will visit Kosovo on Tuesday. During his visit, the Commissioner will meet institutional leaders of Kosovo, including President Jahjaga, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, Minister of European Integration Bekim Collaku and Interior Minister Skender Hyseni.

 Urlike Lunacek Vice-President of the European Parliament and Austrian expert for Balkans, Vedran Dzhic, wrote in a joint article for the Austrian daily Standard, that Kosovo people suffer due to the local problems and due to the international community’s failure to fully recognize, which has also contributed to the current situation.

The Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci appealed during his visit to Germany to the deputies of this country to interrupt isolation of Kosovo. Thaci stressed that the future of Kosovo is in the European Union and NATO.

The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, visited today Romania, where he met with his counterpart, Victor Ponta. During the joint press conference Rama appealed to Romania to recognize Kosovo and become part of the process followed by Euro-Atlantic countries. “And the last, but not by importance, my reiterated request: my wish for Romania to finally recognize Kosovo and give Kosovo the chance to move forward in the process of the recognitions, including the process of those democratic countries  that have already recognized Kosovo.

Upon the invitation of the European Union, Minister for Dialogue of the government of Kosovo, Edita Tahiri is staying in Brussels where yesterday she had meetings with representatives of the European Union engaged in dialogue in Brussels. The central topic of the discussions was the assessment of achievements to date and determining priorities for the progress of dialogue in Brussels in the following stage.

The paper’s front page editorial today blames the government of Kosovo about the death of a Kosovo Albanian two-year-old child who died in an asylum camp in Hungary. The paper writes that Kosovo institutions are responsible for people fleeing Kosovo to seek better future in European Union countries. “This death is a direct accusation against those responsible for the degradation of Kosovo, where, there is no welfare, no equality and no fairness.” According to the paper, the bad governance destroyed the hopes of people that one day things will get better in Kosovo.

The Kosovo government is in negotiations with several European Union countries to send workers from Kosovo for seasonal employment. According to Kosovo's Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Arban Abrashi, the government expects in spring to reach agreements with some of these countries. Abrashi adds that the whole process will be monitored, including the working conditions, health conditions, as well as returns. Abrashi says the migration of people leaves a shadow to this process,  but according to him, this will help in preventing the irregular migration.

The head of the EU Office in Pristina, Samuel Žbogar, assessed that special court will improve the image of Kosovo.

Žbogar said that special court will remove ‘black clouds over Kosovo ever since the Council of Europe Special Rapporteur Dick Marty’s report on organ trafficking was published’.

Berlin seeks implementation of the entire Brussels Agreement. The beginning of the negotiations will not be on the agenda of the European Council until the autumn session.

Serbia could open the first chapters in early fall; if all the points from the Brussels agreement were applied - Novosti learns at the top of the European administration.

It is certain, however, that the judicial agreement reached at the last round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, will not unlock chapters of Serbia with the EU.

While domestic analysts believe the talks' resumption was an important step in the negotiations, EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said that a favorable outcome of the dialogue "can contribute to chapters being opened this year."

The Belgrade train is on track to Brussels, but the speed of this train depends on the success of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.