The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, waited today for a meeting of representatives of Bosniak community, MPs of the Vakat coalition. After the meeting, Minister without portfolio, Rasim Demiri, said that they congratulated the President on his new duty. He added that they were promised by President Thaci the establishment of new Bosniak community municipalities, in Reqan and Vitomirice.

President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said today at a meeting with the head of the Kosovo anti-corruption agency Hasan Preteni that Kosovo has made progress in the fight against corruption and that this is why it expects good news from Brussels on visa liberalization. “Perception of corruption and the reality of it in Kosovo are two different worlds. The country’s institutions are gaining power and trust to face challenges,” said Thaci adding that more effort is needed to fight corruption.

The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, has received today the chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kadri Veseli, as part of the meetings with the representatives of various Kosovo institutions.

They discussed the intensification of cooperation between the Presidency and the Assembly in all areas, especially in the areas of rule of law and European integration.

“The Presidency and the Assembly will continue to coordinate their work to ensure the efficient functioning of our institutions. We need to accelerate our path into NATO and the EU”, President Thaçi said.

The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, recalled the first agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, signed three years ago between the former Prime Minister of Serbia, Ivica Dacic and the then Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci.

It is not excluded that the current ban for the Serbs with the Serbian identity cards has not been negotiated between Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci, suspect the Patriotic block.

Representatives of the DSS and Dveri believe that the prohibition of the passage for the Serbs from Kosovo through the administrative crossings between central Serbia and Kosovo with the personal documents of the state of Serbia is something that arises from the Brussels Agreement.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci is expected to pay an official visit to the United States during May this year. According to the news site, Thaci will meet the US Vice-President, Joe Biden. This will be Thaci’s first visit since becoming Kosovo President on 8 April 2016.

The paper’s front-page editorial today while referring to Kosovo President Hashim Thaci’s statement’s that people with criminal records have no place in Kosovo institutions and election lists, stresses that such promises are not serious because “political leaders making such statements undertake no actions to support them.” With the laws in force in Kosovo, the paper notes, even though someone may be under investigation for corruption, does not constitute any obstacle for them to be part of election lists, or even become MPs, minister and ambassadors.

Dusan Janjic, the President of Active Serbia, says that Thaci's message "the dialogue has no alternative" is a good one.

Today Janjic was the only guest representative of Serbia at the inauguration of the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci.

Despite the security measures taken by the police during the inauguration ceremony of President Hashim Thaci, unknown individuals released several canisters of teargas near Skenderbeu square where the ceremony took place. Kosovo Police arrested five individuals connected to the incident. In a press release, the Vetevendosje movement claimed responsibility for the incident. “Hashim Thaci is not and never will be President of the Republic of Kosovo. He was elected as a result of blackmail and compromises.

The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) considers today’s inauguration ceremony of the new President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci to be yet another circus. The AAK claims Thaci is a synonym of “the capture of the state”. “His election can only lead to the recycling of the catastrophic situation the country is in,” the AAK says.