Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, announced that the European Parliament had voted for the Stabilization Association Agreement, signed between Kosovo and the EU in October of last year. He expressed his gratefulness to all Euro-deputies for their votes in favor of Kosovo. “During its plenary sessions today, the European Parliament gave consent for the Stabilization, Association Agreement between the Republic of Kosovo and the European Union.

Kosovo must implement the agreements already achieved through dialogue with Serbia in Brussels and continue working towards further agreements.

The director of the Office for Kosovo in the Serbian government, Marko Djuric, stated that Belgrade would not accept any alternative other than full implementation of the agreements signed in Brussels with the government of Pristina. This official stressed that Serbia is determined to pursue this issue until resolved and added that changes of the draft would not be accepted.

 The Council of Europe in cooperation with the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, organized an international conference in Pristina on the “Interpretation and implementation of the European Convention for human rights by the Constitutional Courts in Western Balkans.” In addition to the judges of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, those of the Constitutional Courts of Croatia, Albania and Montenegro also participated in the conference, whilst Serbian representatives failed to attend.

Dialogue with Pristina in Brussels will proceed at a technical level from the official start of the election campaign in Serbia to the formation of a new government, which can take up to two months and more.

The Netherlands Foreign Minister, Bert Koenders, while speaking at the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee today said the current situation in Kosovo is somewhat unstable.  “In regards to Kosovo, we welcome the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement,” Koenders said.  He also said Serbia has made progress last year and mentioned its agreements with Kosovo. “Montenegro has continued to progress steadily in its negotiations on EU membership.

The US influence is large in the region, especially in Kosovo, and Washington sees the European Union as a kind of competition, says Aleksandar Popov, from the Center for Regionalism, who points out that the US influence in the region can be seen both directly and indirectly.

After meetings of the expert teams of Belgrade and Pristina with the delegation of the European Union, which will be held for ten days, will be known what will be the topics of discussion between the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, the end of January in Brussels.

The European Union today confirmed a statement issued by Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue Edita Tahiri, who said that Austria has applied with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for Kosovo to receive a country code in line with the Brussels agreement. Angelina Eichhorst, the Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans & Turkey at European External Action Service, wrote on her Twitter account today confirming the information.

Head of the European Commission Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said that he was optimistic about the prospects of Serbia's membership in the EU, but that it's not up to him to say how long this process will last.

He says that the speed of the process depends "primarily on Serbia's ability to meet all expectations in all areas."

Davenport says that most probably chapters 25 and 26 will be closed faster (science and culture) because, as he says, Serbia has made much progress here.