Opposition calls for ratification of Brussels agreements by Kosovo Assembly (Koha)
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group has requested in the meeting of the Kosovo Assembly commission for legislation the review of border demarcation agreement with Montenegro and the one on Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities with Serbia. AAK’s member in the commission, Donika Kadaj-Bujupi said the government of Kosovo is doing everything to prevent the Assembly from ratifying the above agreements but stressed that the Constitution requires this.
Haradinaj unhappy with border demarcation, resigns from Foreign Affairs Committee (Koha)
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, resigned today from the Committee of Foreign Affairs, stating that this Committee has become a political instrument of Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, and has lost its meaning and the role it should have.
Peja/Pec residents to protest against border demarcation with Montenegro (KosovaPress)
The residents of Peja/Pec will protest tomorrow against Kosovo governemnt signing the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro. Former Mayor of Peja, Ali Lajci, who is one of the organizers of this protest, told KosovaPress that the protest will start at 12:00 and will last for one hour. Lajci also called on the people from different places in Kosovo to join the protest.
Border demarcation agreement with Montenegro to be signed in Vienna (Gazeta Express)
The Montenegrin paper Vijesti has reported that the border demarcation agreement between Kosovo and Montenegro, negotiated since 2009, will be signed on 27 August in Vienna during the Western Balkans summit. According to the paper, the basis of the agreement will be the borderline of 1974. The signing of the agreement will be witnessed by Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga and Montenegro President Filip Vujanovic but the document will be signed by foreign and internal affairs ministers.