A press release issued by the European Union Office in Kosovo announced that the start of revitalization of the Mitrovica bridge and its surroundings, scheduled to commence today has postponed for a maximum of 48 hours, in order to provide all parties additional time to reach a mutually agreeable solution. “This short delay should enable conclusion of discussions on the Memorandum of Understanding on the municipal boundaries between the Mitrovica North and the Mitrovica South municipalities.

European Commission has forwarded the draft platform to EU member states along with the recommendation for the Chapter to be opened, and it is up to member states to propose eventual amendments and decide on the opening of the chapter, said spokesperson of the EU High Representative Maja Kocijancic, who also speaks in behalf of the EU Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.

The only possible exit from the labyrinth in which the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic found himself, after the extradition of the draft platform of 36 points for Chapter 35, which represents the essential recognition of Kosovo's statehood, are the early parliamentary elections and Russia's help.

Analyst Cvijetin Milivojevic predicts such an option.

The countries that have not recognized Kosovo are facing major pressures so as to agree to the admission of Kosovo into UNESCO, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday.

On the other hand, several big countries have already voiced their principled opposition to the non-principled stands of the leading western countries that are co-sponsoring Kosovo's UNESCO membership request, Dacic said in a live broadcast on Radio-Television of Serbia (RTS).

EC and the European External Action Service (EEAS) put forward the recommendation to the Council of Ministers and the EU Member States to open Chapter 35.

The EC and the EEAS put forward the recommendation to the Council of Ministers and the EU Member States to open Chapter 35 in the accession negotiations with Serbia, which refers to Kosovo, said Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson of EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.

Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport stated on Monday, commenting on the draft negotiating platform for Chapter 35 concerning Kosovo, that the document does not contain a request for recognition of independence of Kosovo, instead it covers the implementation of obligations deriving from the so far reached agreements in Brussels.

Serbian Prime Minister said that the EU draft negotiation platform for Chapter 35 is completely unacceptable for our state. “I hope that this awful paper won’t even be discussed”, said Vucic.

According to the paper’s sources text of the draft negotiation platform for Chapter 35, which was handed over on Wednesday in Brussels to the head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, has 49 counts, from which most are not status neutral, instead they directly stipulate recognition of Kosovo’s independence.

The Parliament Magazine has published today an opinion piece written by Kosovo's Minister of European Integration, Bekim Collaku. Below find the full opinion piece:

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that due to joining the EU, the Constitution of Serbia has to change and that would be necessary a broad consensus for it.

On the question of the students of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, whether the highest legal act will have to be changed because of a preamble in which Kosovo and Metohija is referred to as an integral part of Serbia; the Prime Minister said that it will be due to "Serbia's accession to the EU."