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Kosovo Parties Eye Their Chances in Fresh Elections - See more at: Kosovo parties eye their chances in fresh elections (Balkan Insight)

With the disputed Montenegro border agreement likely again to come before Kosovo’s parliament, an early general election looks increasingly possible.
Kosovo’s coalition government is planning to reactivate its plan to proceed with ratification of the controversial border demarcation agreement with Montenegro - and the document may be put before parliament already in early March.
The ruling coalition, comprising the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, and the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, needs two-thirds of MPs’ votes to

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The decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia: Voting in Kosovo then counting of votes in Serbia - illegally (Insajder.net)

Until now used method of determining the results of voting in Kosovo and Metohija for the elections in Serbia was not in accordance with the law, according to the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia (CCRS) in June 2016. The upcoming presidential election will be the first after this decision of the Constitutional Court of Serbia.

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Rumbling Balkans threaten foreign policy headache for Trump (theguardian)

In Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro, signs of ethnic tension are on the rise again

A familiar billboard face looms large over the shabby streets and squares of the Balkan city of North Mitrovica.

“The Serbs stood by him all along!” says the slogan in English beneath the giant image of Donald Trump staring out passersby.

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Nikolic addresses UNSC, criticizes Pristina's "rude" rep (B92)

President Tomislav Nikolic said in New York that he insisted on several important topics during the UN Security Council meeting on Monday.

The meeting was dedicated to the latest report of the UN secretary-general on the work of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK.

According to Nikolic, among those topics was "how to influence Pristina to meet all its obligations under the Brussels agreement."

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Tanin: There is no alternative to dialogue (Serbian media)

Today all Serbian media reported on yesterday's session of UN Security Council devoted to the situation in Kosovo. Special representative of the Secretary General and head of UN mission in Kosovo Zahir Tanin presented the quarterly report on Kosovo and said that Belgrade and Pristina accused each other for inflammatory rhetoric that resulted in a reduction in trust between the two sides.

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Kosovo imam accused of terror charges, tax evasion (AP)

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Prosecutors in Kosovo say they have charged an imam with urging people to join terror groups in Syria and Iraq and commit terror acts and also inciting inter-ethnic hatred. A statement Monday said that the suspect, identified as Sh.K., from Pristina, was also accused of tax evasion in his business.
 Prosecutors said in 2013-14 the imam used his prayers and social websites to urge "others to go to the conflict zone in Syria and Iraq and later commit terror acts."

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Nikolic to appear before UN Security Council for last time (Koha)

Serbian President, Tomsilav Nikolic, is to appear for the last time before the UN Security Council today to take part in the session on Kosovo and discuss the most recent report of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres since his term in office is set to expire in April. According to sources, Kosovo will this time be represented by ambassador to the U.S., Vlora Citaku.  

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Bangladesh recognizes Kosovo’s independence (RTKlive)

Kosovo has received yet recognition of its independence, this time from the Bangladesh, which is the 144 state that recognizes Kosovo as a state.

The news was announced by the Deputy President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Xhavit Haliti, during the Kosovo Assembly session. He stated that this is an official notification of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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The new war of words in the Balkans (DW)

From Belgrade and Banja Luka to Pristina, politicians are again speaking of war and division. But they are the words of political losers, running out of arguments to justify their hold on power, writes Frank Hofmann. "If Belgrade tried to take Serbian dominated northern Mitrovica by force, then Albanian demonstrators would immediately take to the streets in other Serbian enclaves that cannot be protected. There they would come up against plain clothes Serbian security forces that are apparently already equipped with light weapons provided by Serbian authorities.

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