Without pressure from the international community on official Pristina it is hard to expect the start of creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM), stated today the head of the steering committee for creation of the C/ASM and Mayor of Leposavić/Leposaviq Dragan Jablanovic. “It is obvious that in current situation it is impossible, it all depends on them (international community).

Adriatik Kelmendi, editor in chief of the Kohavision (KTV) broadcaster, considers that the independence day of Kosovo should be celebrated, especially at the times when the morale of the population is low. According to him, 17 February represents the most significant date for Albanians ever since the independence of Albania, being that it represents liberation from Serbia. Kelmendi further writes how the United States celebrated the Independence Day even in the most difficult times.

Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, on Thursday started his official meetings in the Republic of Turkey. Thaci in a meeting with Turkey's Foreign Minister, Mevlyt Çavuşoğlu expressed his gratitude for the great help that Turkey has given to Kosovo. "Turkey for us is one of the main economic partners and we will make efforts to increase trade exchanges and to increase investors in Kosovo," said Thaci. Thaci and Çavuşoğlu also discussed cooperation in the field of rule of law.

The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances told Serbia that it was still failing to meet its international commitment to resolve the fate of missing persons from the 1990s wars.

The UN committee admonished Belgrade for not doing enough to uphold the rights of people who disappeared and their relatives, who it said “are still waiting for justice and reparations for the war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars of the 1990s”.

Koha Ditore’s publisher, Falka Surroi, criticizes Kosovo political leaders engaged in the dialogue with Serbia, for lack of transparency on the recently reached agreement on justice. According to her, point 9 of this agreement legalizes Serbia as a decision making party in Kosovo’s justice system. She claims that the agreement discriminates everyone in Kosovo but Serbs.