Federica Mogherini hopes the Kosovo dialogue would quickly resume, and that the EU expects both sides to continue work to implement the Brussels agreement.
The EU foreign policy chief said in a statement after her meeting late on Tuesday in Brussels with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić that she hoped the dialogue on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Priština will continue as soon as possible.
Special envoy from Brussels for the affair over corruption in EULEX will undergo investigation which will include as many as 18 people.
The EU High Representative Federica Mogherini has appointed an independent expert Jean-Paul Jacques for a special investigator in this case and he arrived to Kosovo. Sources in Brussels say that their work will include 18 key people in the European mission and the local special prosecutor's office.
Wide checks
According to Halil Matoshi, the political leadership of Serbia is trying to remain in power by monopolizing the saying “Kosovo is Serbia.” By lying Serbs the political elite has started to believe its own lie.
Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, considers the visit of the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Belgrade to be “a sign of positive change of the regional dialogue in Western Balkans.”
“The two day visit should represent a turning point in the relations between the two countries. We expect from both leaders to show a renewed determination and political courage, to look toward the future and rebuild relations after so many years,” said Mogherini, during her visit to Berlin.
"Decree on the particular mode of recognition of higher education documents and evaluation of study programs of universities in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, which do not perform the activity according to the regulations of the Republic of Serbia (Official Gazette of RS, No. 16/12), is not in compliance with the Constitution and law," reads the latest Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia.
A year has passed since the local elections in Kosovo; the authorities in municipalities with Serbian majority are not satisfied with the treatment of central Kosovo institutions. The government in Pristina reduces the budget from year to year, so often beside salaries for employees there is no funding for the development of Serbian communities.
During the last census in Kosovo, Serbs have been partially registered. By decreasing the number of inhabitants in the Serbian municipalities, the government in Pristina has reduced their budget.
Brussels based correspondent of this daily considers that it would have been good if the EU should learn a lesson from the recent scandals with EULEX. This would have been a benefit for the future of the European Union and its operations outside of its territory as much as for Kosovo. The EU should act as it usually sermonizes and prove zero tolerance against corruption, if required within EU, as it requests from Balkans countries.
BELGRADE - The upcoming meeting of the European branch of the Trilateral Commission, set to open in Belgrade on Friday, will bring together participants from all European countries, who will discuss the progress of the entire region on the path towards EU accession, says Tahir Hasanovic, president of the organising committee of the European Trilateral Conference in Belgrade.
Kosovo's conditional admission to the International Olympic Committee only intensified Pristina’s appetites, whose power, though in a semi-technical mandate, do not waste time and daily is lobbying to raise the ramp in a number of international organizations.
As for Novosti said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, Serbia will be against membership of Pristina in all organizations, in which it is possible, if it is not in accordance with the Brussels Treaty:
- Wherever Kosovo is marked with an asterisk, their presence is not disputed.