Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, after a meeting today with President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, said they are making efforts for finding a solution to the current stalemate in Kosovo. “Our position remains that we have to respect our parliamentary system so that the parliamentary majority can decide. However, we also expressed our readiness to be part of talks and consultations and support the President in finding a solution,” said Mustafa.

Leader of Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, after today’s meeting with President Atifete Jahjaga, said that they discussed creation of institutions as soon as possible while respecting the parliamentary majority. Haradinaj said that just like the parties of the Bloc that got certain number of votes in elections and came together to create a majority, so the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) won a certain number of votes but was unable to form a majority.

In his first official meeting with representatives of Kosovo institutions since assuming office, new head of EULEX,Gabriele Meucci, spoke of challenges in fighting organised crime and corruption and the mission’s new mandate in Kosovo. In a meeting with President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, Meucci said that he shared the concerns about organised crime and corruption in Kosovo. “I committed to doing all I can within my mandate and resources to assisting Kosovo in this challenge.

Coalition between Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and Vetevendosje are waiting for President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, to once again approach the Constitutional Court asking for further clarifications regarding election of Assembly speaker. If she, however, fails to undertake this step, the Bloc will soon gather necessary signatures and address the Court on its own, a senior official from the Bloc said.

“Shame is not on women raped and tortures during the war. Shame lies with those who perpetrated this crime. There is no ‘them and us’, we are one, and we have to put an end to their stigmatization because for these women, the war has not ended yet”, said President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, on the fifteenth anniversary of 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims.

President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has informed all leaders of parliamentary parties about the current situation and the danger not only from an institutional and political crisis but above all, a budgetary and financial one. The president’s chief of staff, Arber Vllahiu, in a statement to Radio Free Europe, said that Jahjaga has expressed deep concern for the inability to form sustainable institutions and this, she warned, rocks partnership with international community, particularly in the field of security.

In a front-page editorial, the paper writes that after the failure of the Assembly to elect a new speaker and unsuccessful meetings President Atifete Jahjaga had with political leaders, new elections are being mentioned as the only alternative for unblocking the current deadlocked situation. The paper recalls that Kosovo had successful elections in June but because of the refusal of four opposition parties, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), as winner of elections, cannot secure the majority needed to form new institutions.

Coalition between the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and Vetevendosje – LVAN - are ready to give up the post of Assembly speaker to the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) but they fear that once the PDK takes it, it will not allow President Atifete Jahjaga to nominate the Bloc’s candidate for prime minister, an unnamed official from the Bloc said.

A source close with Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga told the news agency that representatives of the coalition bloc asked Jahjaga to seek additional explanations from the Constitutional Court on how to break the political deadlock. “Jahjaga, however, does not plan to address the Court again. She is confident that the solution lies in the latest decision of the Court,” the source said.

Head of the Office for Kosovo & Metohija, Marko Djuric, told RTS that all recommendations from the European Commission's report are beneficial for Serbia. Djuric emphasizes that we can certainly expect change of the Constitution, not just because of the relationship with Pristina, but also because of European integrations.