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Albin Kurti trump card of great powers? (Vecernje Novosti)

The rhetoric used by Self-determination MP, Albin Kurti on the unification of Kosovo and Albania, although not new has specific significance at this moment not only because of the movement’s ascent, but also of the splice of great powers’ interests, whose trump card he could be, Serbian daily Vecenje Novosti writes today.    According to Stevan Gajic, from the Institute of European Studies, there are indicators that an idea of Kosovo division is no longer that much repellent to the USA, striving that solution to the conflict in Syria is its “parcelling”.

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Hahn: Serbia progressing, to focus on rule of law and dialogue (Tanjug, Dnevnik)

EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn welcomed last night opening of the new chapters in Serbia’s EU accession negotiations, and highlighted that Serbia in the future must focus on the rule of law and normalization of relations with Pristina, Serbian media reported. He assessed the opening of chapters as an indicator of a Serbia’s serious commitment and its realistic and firm European perspective, Serbian media reported further. When it comes to the rule of law and the normalization of relations with Pristina, Hahn noted there was some work this

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KFOR Commander: The situation in Kosovo is stable, but fragile (RTS, Kronen Zeitung)

KFOR Commander General Salvatore Couci told the Vienna daily Kronen Zeitung that situation currently is "very safe".

"It depends much on whether people want change here. Primarily youth does it," Couci says.

To the conclusion that there are many fighters from the Balkans in the Islamic state and a questions of the daily what KFOR can do on this issue, the Italian general says that it is true that Kosovo has a large number of "foreign fighters", i.e. returnees from the war in Syria.

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 Kosovo without UNMIK acronym during CEFTA presiding (RFE)

Next year Kosovo is expected to chair the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). Kosovo’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Bajram Hasani, told Radio Free Europe that Kosovo will be presiding only under the name Kosovo, without UNMIK acronym. He added that representatives of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo will not be participating at CEFTA meetings either.

A few weeks ago official Pristina threatened that it would leave CEFTA if presented as UNMIK.

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Kurti: We want normal Kosovo and normal Serbia (DW, B92)

Albin Kurti, MP of Self-Determination, talks to Deutsche Welle and says that Kosovo should have the right to vote on a referendum on unification with Albania, and why he rejects the Brussels dialogue and the Community of Serb municipalities.

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Dacic: Serbia grateful for South Africa's firm stance on Kosovo (B92)

Serbia is grateful to South Africa for its firm position to respect international law and territorial integrity of Serbia when it comes to Kosovo, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ivica Dacic said during his meeting with South African Minister of Defense and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, B92 reports.

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