Head of the EU Office in Kosovo and the EU Special Representative Nataliya Apostolova says that an agreement on the Community/Association of Serb municipalities was reached between the two sides in the dialogue under the auspices of the EU and that she expects the formation of the ZSO as soon as possible.
KoSSev reports that Radio Free Europe was told that bus companies, which operate between Serbia, Kosovo and FYROM, were informed that Kosovo does not recognize passports issued to Kosovo Serbs by the Coordination Directorate of the Serbian Ministry of Interior.
Executive Director of the Centre for Peace and Tolerance (CPT) Nenad Maksimović has announced filing a lawsuit against Daut Haradinaj for inciting national hatred.
Maksimović has recalled the recent threats made by Daut Haradinaj and the calls for ethnic cleansing as well as the condemnations that have arrived from the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, the US Embassy in Kosovo, UNMIK, Kosovo President, and several Serbian representatives.
Aleksandar Jablanović and Slavko Simić five days ago have filed a request for the registration of the same citizens' initiative as a political party. Both of them claim that they are entitled to it while waiting the CEC to officially comment on the issue.
Both Simić and Jablanović expect a positive outcome of a decision of the CEC, the decision should be made within 30 days.
More than 60 buses carrying Serbs that were going for the SNS rally (organized for the the party's candidate Aleksandar Vučić in the Serbian presidental elections) were stopped this morning in several places south of the Ibar.
As daily Blic reports, the provincial committee of the Serbian Progressive Party reported that about 3 000 people have been prevented to go to the rally in Leposavić/Leposaviq.
Secretary General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Veljko Odalović told RTK2 that the decision of the Kosovo government to appropriate Serbia's property sends a clear message "that Albanians do not want to solve the issues through dialogue, as we have agreed."
Street signs in Albanian language in Suvi Do/Suhodoll were removed after protests of Mayor of North Mitrovica due to illegal operation of South Mitrovica municipality in this city, and several meetings with the relevant ministries and international representatives, announced today the cabinet of Mayor Rakić.
The Brussels agreement on the judiciary was supposed to start on January 10, but this is still pending. The Parliamentary Commission on Legislation organized a public debate to inform the public about the reasons for non-implementation of this Agreement.
The Commission invited the Minister for dialogue Edita Tahiri and Minister of Justice Dhurata Hoxha to inform MPs and the public about the reasons for the delay of the integration of the Serbian judiciary into Kosovo's system.
EEAS Spokesperson Maja Kocijančić told RTK2 that the announced opening of the bridge for the traffic, which was scheduled for January 20, will not take place.
''The EU is continuing the talks with both sides in order to find a mutually acceptable solution for all issues related to the works on the bridge in Mitrovica and in Kralja Petra I Street and it includes a new date for re-opening, '' said the Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Maja Kocijančić.
Director of the Office of Community Affairs Ivan Tomić and Commissioner for Languages Slaviša Mladenović yesterday have informed the representatives of UNMIK about the poor implementation of the law, security and economic development, which are still major problems in Kosovo.