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Shuttle diplomacy before a new round of negotiations (Danas)

EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini should visit, end of March, Belgrade and Pristina, circles close to the Serbian government unofficially confirmed to Danas.

The source says that it is about a shuttle diplomacy of the EU which, among other things, will determine the date and theme of a new round of dialogue in Brussels between the premieres of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa. In Brussels yesterday, was not possible to officially confirm this information.

"All Brussels deal commitments must be implemented" (B92, CORD, Tanjug)

BELGRADE -- "All existing commitments" under the Brussels agreement will need to be implemented for chapter 35 in Serbia's EU talks to be opened, says Johannes Hahn.

The EU commissioner for regional policy told the Belgrade-based CorD Magazine that "although some good progress has been made, there is still more to be done."

Anticipating better things for 2015 (Kosova Sot)

Daniel Serwer, a conflict management expert, writes in an opinion piece for Kosova Sot, that the year 2014 was not a very good year for Kosovo. Serwer writes that the implementation of Pristina – Belgrade agreements have stalled. The international recognitions for Kosovo have been slowed down. June elections resulted in a six months crisis. And, "we saw many familiar faces in the new government that was created finally".

The new head of EULEX with Djuric (Danas)

The new head of EULEX, Gabriele Meucci started the first visit to Belgrade yesterday, since the entry into the office, with a meeting with the Head Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric.

The press release of EULEX stated that Meucci and Djuric talked about the new mandate of the EU mission, with special emphasis on the north of Kosovo. This press release reported that the new head of the mission said that "EULEX is committed to strengthening the rule of law in northern Kosovo."

Trilateral Commission to discuss region's EU path (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - The upcoming meeting of the European branch of the Trilateral Commission, set to open in Belgrade on Friday, will bring together participants from all European countries, who will discuss the progress of the entire region on the path towards EU accession, says Tahir Hasanovic, president of the organising committee of the European Trilateral Conference in Belgrade.

Cooperation in the region is stronger than violence (Danas)

Belgrade - Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Economies of the Western Balkans is of great importance for Serbia, but also for the whole region, not only because of the European integration, but also because of the message sent, in the atmosphere of stormy passions, following last week's incident at the match Serbia-Albania, that cooperation is stronger than violence and that problems can be solved just by talking, say Danas’s interviewees.

It is now turn for Serbian ministers to come to Pristina (Gazeta Express)

At the end of the conference in Belgrade attended by regional ministers including Kosovo’s Enver Hoxhaj and Fadil Ismajli, it has been decided that the upcoming such meeting will be held in Pristina. This was confirmed by Foreign Minister Hoxhaj in a Twitter post. The Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic, said however that the meeting in Pristina will take place after the new institutions are established.