The Serbian Ambassador to Turkey, Danilo Vucetic, said to the Turkish daily Zaman, that that the EU is requesting Serbia to sign a legally binding agreement, which he can only interpret as the EU's attempts to force Serbia to recognize Kosovo.

Vucetic said the Brussels Agreement, which was drawn up between Serbia and Kosovo in 2013 under the auspices of the EU but not signed by either, envisages Serbia's recognition of Kosovo after all negotiating chapters are completed.

The EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Hahn said during the debate at the European Parliament that the Stabilization Association Agreement (SAA) for Kosovo should strengthen regional cooperation. He stressed that based on this Agreement, Kosovo had committed to significant and sustainable improvements of the relations with Serbia.

Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, announced that the European Parliament had voted for the Stabilization Association Agreement, signed between Kosovo and the EU in October of last year. He expressed his gratefulness to all Euro-deputies for their votes in favor of Kosovo. “During its plenary sessions today, the European Parliament gave consent for the Stabilization, Association Agreement between the Republic of Kosovo and the European Union.

The director of the Office for Kosovo in the Serbian government, Marko Djuric, stated that Belgrade would not accept any alternative other than full implementation of the agreements signed in Brussels with the government of Pristina. This official stressed that Serbia is determined to pursue this issue until resolved and added that changes of the draft would not be accepted.

Opposition parties have warned that they would continue opposing assembly sessions. Vetevendosje Movement spokesperson, Frasher Krasniqi, said the opposition has no reason to change its actions. According to him, it is the government that should change, because it lacks legitimacy. Krasniqi further stated that calling a new assembly session represented a provocation.

The General Council of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), held its end of the year meeting. The leader of this party, Hashim Thaci, said that this party will continue to be the most consolidated one in Kosovo. Thaci who holds the position of the Principal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that 2015 was the year of challenges to strengthen the state. “This progress is directly related to the contribution of PDK,” Thaci said.

At the end of the year press conference, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said that 2015 is characterized by two different approaches: “The government approach to implement the governing plan and resolve problems of the citizens, and that of the opposition, to impede the processes and the work of the government.” He said that opposition used teargas, impeded the work of the Assembly, destroyed public property and attacked government officials.

Opposition parties assess that the Government has started to change its position towards the requests of the opposition parties on the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and demarcation of the border with Montenegro. According to the officials of opposition parties, this is happening due to the activities of the opposition.

Vetevendosje Movement MP Ilir Deda, said today that currently there is political crisis in Kosovo. “There is political crisis, even though this is being denied. This crisis is resolved by first recognizing that it exists.

EULEX and Kosovo Police have started a massive action today at 05:00 a.m. throughout the entire Kosovo, and they are raiding 28 private properties.

Reliable sources within security institutions told this new agency that these private properties belong to judges, lawyers, attorneys, as well as people who do not carry public positions.

These individuals are suspected to have committed illegal activities, expropriation of different properties, mainly public.