Kosovo’s Justice Minister, Dhurata Hoxha, said that the issue of properties in the territory of Kosovo will not be part of the Brussels dialogue with Serbia and that the decision to transfer former Yugoslav assets to Kosovo relevant institutions is the same with those of other federal units of the former Yugoslav republic. “We have full independence and sovereignty on assets in the territory of the Republic of Kosovo and we don’t need to discuss them with anyone. It is an issue that we as a state decide on our own,” Hoxha said.

Over the years, many political parties in Kosovo have failed to make it over the 5 percent election threshold and were dissolved. Representatives of smaller political parties are now calling for a 3 percent election threshold. Gëzim Kelmendi, an independent MP and leader of the political party Fjala, told Infopress that reducing the threshold would be the best way to make room for the smaller parties. “Reducing the threshold to 3 percent and the reform of the election code. This would be much better than having pre-election coalitions.

Gezim Kelmendi, member of the Kosovo Parliament, said today that “the people of Kosovo don’t need LGBT parades”. On the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Kelmendi wrote on Facebook: “the people of Kosovo have pride and dignity; they respect their friends and all people regardless of their orientations. The people of Kosovo safeguard and respect the family as the main pillar of society. Our people don’t need parades by the LGBT community.

KTV’s Editor-in-Chief, Adriatik Kelmendi, in an opinion piece today writes that the problem of Kosovo Serbs to a great extent is "a product of Belgrade’s coward leadership." "All governments in Serbia so far have attempted to hide from Kosovo Serbs the fact that Kosovo’s independence is irreversible process," writes Kelmendi. So, according to him, the government in Belgrade, for personal interests and by trying to avoid dealing with the weakness of economic development, creation of new jobs and other issues, continues not to be sincere with Serbs in Kosovo.

KTV’s editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi in an opinion piece today commends the citizens for the peaceful protest held yesterday in Pristina. “The biggest day in the history of Kosovo was used for two actions complementary to each other – to celebrate and protest. There are many reasons to celebrate the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. But at the same time, there are many reasons to protest against the stagnation of Kosovo," Kelmendi writes.

The Association of Kosovo Journalists (AKJ) condemned the car tire slashing of KTV’s Editor-in-Chief Adriatik Kelmendi. In a press release AKJ said the attack on Kelmendi is an attempt to prevent freedom of expression. “AKJ calls on the relevant authorities to investigate this case and bring the perpetrators to justice. Threats will not stop Kosovo journalists from reporting on developments in the country,” reads the press release. Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, the OSCE and the US and UK Ambassadors also condemned the attack.

KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi argues in an opinion piece that “Kosovo today is hostage of a mysterious agreement between two friends, [PDK leader] Hashim Thaci and [PDK deputy leader] Kadri Veseli, “who are willing to risk many things, including the position of the PDK, to fulfill each other’s ambitions. The question is why?” Kelmendi writes that if Thaci is elected President, it is almost certain that Veseli will be elected leader of the PDK but, according to Kelmendi, Veseli won’t be able to fill the gap that Thaci will leave behind.

KTV’s editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi in his opinion piece argues that Kosovo and Serbia are part of Europe and that European standards should be applied to solve problems between Kosovo and Serbia. "Albanians through dialogue wish to round up the process of independence and sovereignty and to be equal with the other countries of the world in this regard.  Serbs know that they cannot stop this, but at the same time require much more autonomy and rights for members of their community in Kosovo.

KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi in his opinion piece today stresses that justice has not been delivered for around 20 thousand sexual violence victims in Kosovo. “Zero is the number of sentences that have been imposed by the courts in cases of rape, 16 years after the war. While 20 thousand is the number of women raped by Serbian forces during the years 98-99. The worst thing is that in Kosovo same as in Serbia, dealing with criminal and transitional justice has remained hostage of the unresolved political problem.

KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes in his opinion piece that the visit by “Serbian General Ljubisa Dikovic, a person accused of war crimes in Kosovo, in addition to insulting the victims of war, a grave mistake by local institutions and the ignorance of KFOR, contains something even more terrible and with serious consequences”. “This involves Serbia’s attempt to bring Kosovo’s airspace under its control and Brussels’ readiness to endorse this”.