The Parliament Magazine has published today an opinion piece written by Kosovo's Minister of European Integration, Bekim Collaku. Below find the full opinion piece:

Serbian and Albanian languages in Kosovo should be in equal use, however situation in practice is different, thus translations similar to Google translate could be seen in laws and official documents. Signs in Albanian language are prevailing in Pristina, whereas in Serb-majority Mitrovica North there are no signs in Albanian language, whereas Serbian Cyrillic alphabet prevails.

The writer of this op-ed, Bekim Baliqi, notes that the blockade at the Assembly of Kosovo, is being considered as the start of political crisis,  that of Pristina Municipal Assembly is leading towards crisis of municipal governance, while the blockade at the senate of the University just adds another crisis.

Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic,  said that Belgrade will have a hard time persuading UNESCO members not to vote for the admission of Kosovo to the organization at the forthcoming UNESCO Executive Council and General Assembly meetings.

By October 12, we will know whether the admission of Kosovo will be on the agenda of the Executive Council meeting, and by October 21, we will know if it will be supported by that body, Dacic said.

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that status and property of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) should be discussed in the next round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

According to him, the theme will be the participation of Serbs in Pristina institutions in the guaranteed percentage, as well as the airline flight Belgrade - Pristina.

Naser Sertolli writes that the political crisis in Kosovo is deepening each day, due to the objections of the opposition parties on the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities and demarcation of the border with Montenegro. This crisis notes Sertolli, has distracted the attention from some of the major developments in the region and further, which have even reached proportions of global crisis.

The front-page editorial of this daily notes that it has become a routine to seek help from those that Kosovo politicians call with extreme servility “international friends,” every time that they face crisis. “The same is happening with Assembly blockade which is consequence of the abuse of the dialogue with Serbia, producing in this manner illegal, anti-constitutional and dangerous agreements for the stability and functionality of Kosovo… Incapability of the current political class to overcome the status-quo, means failure to keep a state.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic spoke on the phone with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday and asked Greece not to vote in favour of Kosovo's UNESCO membership, the government's media relations office said in a release.

In a long conversation, the two prime ministers expressed their opinions on the migrant crisis and agreed that it was necessary to coordinate the policies on this matter more frequently. It was also discussed and about the promotion of economic cooperation.

In the finish of struggle between Belgrade and Pristina over every vote ‘against’ or ‘pro’ Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO, the US state secretary John Kerry has sent a letter of support to Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, with regard to Kosovo’s membership in this organization. The wind in the back of Pristina came from Washington just a day ahead of the start of 197th session of UNESCO’s Executive Board, and a week before a decision is made by that body whether Kosovo’s request for membership, submitted by Albania in b

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that due to joining the EU, the Constitution of Serbia has to change and that would be necessary a broad consensus for it.

On the question of the students of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, whether the highest legal act will have to be changed because of a preamble in which Kosovo and Metohija is referred to as an integral part of Serbia; the Prime Minister said that it will be due to "Serbia's accession to the EU."