Several news sites report that Samuel Zbogar, the head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, has commented on a statement by First Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci who said on Wednesday that in the event of a negative report on visa liberalization the people of Kosovo should protest in front of EU offices in Pristina. Zbogar said the idea to protest is not good and that Kosovo should wait for the final report by the European Union on visa liberalization.

The Management Board of the Development Fund awarded over 2.5 million euros to Kosovo's four northern municipalities at its meeting in Pristina yesterday.

British Ambassador to Belgrade Dennis Keefe said today that nothing is hidden in the negotiation Chapter 35, which refers to Kosovo, adding that all EU members including his country and the European Commission are working on the same goal - the successful completion of negotiations for membership in the EU.

The negotiating position of the European Union on Chapter 35, which relates to the Kosovo issue resolution, in essence, has not brought anything new, Danas learns from diplomatic sources close to Brussels. According to interlocutors of Danas, "it is quite likely that the more precise and detailed conditions" will be communicated to Serbia in the next phases of its European path.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Tuesday evening that he was glad Europe had set Serbia on an irreversible path, but there should be caution as Chapter 35 would show whether Europe would like Serbia to join the bloc with or without Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

Not a single citizen of Serbia has failed to feel relief and satisfaction because the EU finally recognized the effort Serbia has invested in the past 15 years, Nikolic said.

Kosovo’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, said today in Pristina that “if the visa liberalization report for Kosovo is negative, we can all protest in front of EU offices. The people should not feel disappointed but insulted”. “This time it is not our fault. We must call on the EU leadership to make the right decision for Kosovo, the same as it is doing with other countries. Kosovo must be optimistic about the light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.

Kosovo’s Minister of Interior, Skender Hyseni, met with the ambassadors of the EU member states accredited in Pristina. He told them that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is determined to fulfill criteria for liberalization of visas. Except for the visa liberalization they discussed illegal migration, violent extremism and terrorism.

The President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kadri Vesei, has criticized the European Union after the news that Kosovo people will not be able to travel without visas in Europe.

At the first annual Assembly-Civil Society Conference, Veseli said if there are voices on organized crime and corruption in the politics of Kosovo, then let the politicians be punished through visa regime, not the people.

Dragan Djukanovic, the Center for Foreign Policy, says that ahead of Serbia, in the coming years on the road to the EU, a lot of work and above all, that it should align its legislation with EU legislation.

He expects also from the European Union to put pressure on Pristina, as soon as possible, primarily to unblock the agreement on the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities.

Serbia has opened the two initial chapters for European Union membership, entering this way an important phase of the process of European Union integration. EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn, said during the European Union-Serbia accession conference in Brussels on Monday that this is only the beginning of the process. “This is the beginning of the negotiations. We will see during the coming years.