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Vucic on immigrants from Kosovo: Let Brussels decide what it wants from Serbia (Blic)

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said today that Serbia will do everything it takes in connection to waves of immigrants from Kosovo, when he receives from Brussels a clear position on this issue - to stop freedom of movement or not. That was also discussed during a visit to Brussels, he said. - I told them: You told us to let them go, we let them go, and you're saying now do not let them.

Kosovo not to be a condition for the opening of the first chapter (Danas)

The upper house of Germany’s parliament, the Bundesrat, called for an early opening of the first chapter in the negotiations on Serbia's membership in the EU without direct conditionality with the process progress in resolving the issue of Kosovo, according to a document in which Danas had access to. According to the findings of Danas, the adoption of such a proposal initiated the province of Baden-Wuerttemberg, which recently visited the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

Lunacek’s upcoming reports to European Parliament (Gazeta Blic)

The upcoming report of the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, states that despite the progress made by Kosovo authorities, Pristina needs to step up its fight against traffickers who are enabling people of Kosovo to migrate to EU countries. The report calls on Kosovo authorities to clearly explain to the people that there is almost no possibility of them acquiring the asylum status in the EU. The report, to be voted by the European Parliament, also expresses concern over the high level of unemployment in Kosovo, especially amongst the youth.

Nikolic says "Europe won't like" his Kosovo platform (Novi Magazin, B92)

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said that he was glad that the agreement on the judiciary in Kosovo was reached in Brussels. Speaking for the Novi Magazin publication, he at the same time expressed concern that Serbia is not ready to, "with the number of judges and prosecutors," immediately begin its implementation. "I did not see anybody in the past year preparing for a solution that can be immediately applied. Do we even have such personnel in Kosovo and Metohija?

What is the content of the agreement on judiciary signed between Belgrade and Pristina (Blic)

Serbian Government has managed to strike the best possible agreement in Brussels which guarantees to Kosovo Serbs access to justice in Serbian language in institutions where most of judges will be Serbs, said Serbian Minister of Justice, Nikola Selakovic. AGREEMENT 1. Kosovo laws will apply to judicial institutions in accordance with the First Agreement. 2. There will be one Basic Court and one Basic Prosecution Office for Mitrovica region. 3. There will be multiple premises for the Mitrovica Basic Court. 4.

Agreement on judiciary, implementation more challenging than signature (RTS)

Soon after the Brussels Agreement was signed a question was made whether implementation would be more challenging than its signing. For both, Belgrade and Kosovo Serbs, the agreement is a success in given circumstances, however both claim that there are no staff who could be engaged in the actual work. Three signatures in Brussels have opened many issues on the ground. The first problem identified in Belgrade is that there is no sufficient number of judges and prosecutors, who are supposed to fill out the work places provided by the agreement.

Serbia tries to stop massive migrant exodus to EU (AP)

Serbian security forces stepped up patrols and deployed an elite unit Wednesday on its border with Hungary, trying to halt a torrent of migrants that has triggered alarm in many European Union countries. The last few months have seen a massive exodus of mostly Kosovo Albanians fleeing poverty and unemployment in search for a better life in the European Union.

Kosovo people are fleeing from poverty, unemployment and political crisis (Lajmi)

The Austrian Ambassador to Kosovo, Johann Brieger told the Austria-based newspaper “Osterreich” that the surge of asylum-seekers from Kosovo, has to do with poverty and unemployment, but also the political crisis. Brieger said that based on the large number of requests for asylum, it can be said that things in Kosovo are not going well. According to him, there is much to be done in terms of economic development. He said that the main reasons for migration are economic and social.