Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović said that a legitimate reason for the return of Serbs to Kosovo institutions would be a clear will to begin with the formation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO), as agreed in Brussels.
The Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija adopted yesterday a report on the work of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija for 2016, members of the committee from the ranks of the opposition had objections due to Đurić's absence from the session.
Basic Court in Mitrovica today will consider a defense motion for the release of the Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanović after the decision of the Court of Appeal to repeat the trial.
A decision will be made without the presence of the public.
Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Dušan Kozarev said today that they successfully prevented attempts to undermine the political unity of the Serbian people in Kosovo and the coordination of the political representatives of Serbs with the Serbian government.
Pristina has not applied for membership in the Council of Europe, said head of the permanent delegation of the Serbian Parliament in the Assembly of the Council of Europe Aleksandra Đurović.
Đurović suspects they will bring this decision and said that Pristina authorities have been announcing this for two years.
Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi announced on Sunday that Pristina would once again apply for the membership in UNESCO and the Council of Europe.
Simić met with the US two-party delegation of Congressmen in the Kosovo parliament, who arrived in a two-day official visit to Kosovo.
He said to a group of congressmen that the Serbian List continues with the political protests of non-participation in Kosovo's institutions.
At today's meeting between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels, one of the topics could be the implementation of the agreement on the judiciary. Dušan Radaković from the Centre for representation of the democratic culture believes that things should coincide with a dialogue so the judiciary can be revitalized. Radaković points out for RTV KIM that the rule of law in the north is necessary because of safety, but he believes that the court will not be functional before June.
North Mitrovicë/ Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakić said that any agreement with Prishtinë/Priština delegation was not reached in relation to the supporting wall in this city, and on which demolition political representatives of Kosovo Albanians are insisting.
Rakić said in a statement that any agreement, except that both sides should refrain from inflammatory rhetoric and unilateral actions that might jeopardize the entire process of the Brussels dialogue, was not discussed.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun says that he is concerned about new statement of US Secretary of Defense James Mathis that the recognition of Kosovo would be actualized before Serbia's membership in the EU.
"Does this mean that the Trump’s administration will give up the former US stance not to exert pressure and not require from Serbian recognition of Kosovo? If it came to such a development of events, that would be a negative trend," said Milovan Drecun for RTS.
Rapporteur for Serbia and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, David McAllister, said that Belgrade and Pristina are expected to remain committed to dialogue. McAllister pointed out that Belgrade and Pristina are expected not to play "game" of mutual accusations and to refrain from any action that would jeopardize the progress achieved so far in the process.