Belgrade - Although from the signing of the Brussels Treaty (April 2013) the Government of Serbia has a liberal attitude on the participation of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo in international conferences, Pristina has no representatives among the participants of the Third Summit of Heads of Government of China and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, held in Belgrade. The organizers of the summit, China and its European host Serbia officially have not recognized Kosovo's independence, although Beijing after the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on freedom of movement, acce

The Kosovo Football Federation (KFF) is expected to become a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) very soon through a UN resolution, an unnamed KFF official told the newspaper Sport Plus. “A resolution has been prepared at the United Nations which says that neither Serbia nor any other country should prevent Kosovo sports teams from gaining membership in international arenas”, the source said, adding that this will then enable Kosovo to join UEFA and subsequently FIFA.

For the Serbs is all the same who is at the head of the Government. We'll see what would be the new prime minister's position towards problems that we have. What is certain is that it will not be easy, because the Serbs and Albanians have drastically different views on the situation and the solutions that need to be found. It is a difficult process, but we will work together.

The European Union is seeking to advance two key initiatives in the Balkans in the next couple of months, senior officials said Monday. EU enlargement chief Johannes Hahn said he now hopes for a political breakthrough in Bosnia by early February, which could reopen the country’s path toward eventual EU membership.

By JAMES MONTAGUEDEC. 15, 2014 PEJA, Kosovo — Up a steep hill on a narrow, unlit road in this town near the Montenegrin border, the Toni Kuka Judo School was filled with the smell of sweat, smoke and winter. Inside, 26 judokas dressed in blue or white uniforms arranged themselves in pairs around the blue-and-yellow tatami mat. The flags of Kosovo and Japan hung above a mirrored wall clouded in condensation. An old wood stove smoked heavily; it was fed fuel periodically by a young girl to keep the biting December cold at bay.

Slobodan Samardzic says the Constitutional Court lacked both professional and moral capabilities to determine the constitutionality of the Brussels agreement. Instead, said the former official and MP of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and former cabinet minister, the court went along with the "pseudo-legal" interpretation of the justice minister, "and declared this anti-constitutional document to be a political act." "With this cowardly act the court has trampled on the Serbian Constitution and the basic principles of the legal profession," he told the Beta agency. Samardzic was vice-p

Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga said that insufficient rate of economic growth, unemployment and lack of government effectiveness are leading to an environment that stimulates and increases influence of criminal and extremist groups.

If Serbia immediately fulfil at least three of the 11 conditions that had come from the EU headquarters, the first negotiating chapter could be open at the end of January - learn Novosti. According to the signals coming from Brussels and Berlin, if Belgrade in the coming weeks, remove the "Peace Park" on the bridge in Mitrovica, leave the hydro power plant "Gazivode" and substation "Valac" to Pristina and reach an agreement with Pristina about the phone code for Kosovo, in parallel, the chapter 35 would open, on the normalization of relations with Kosovo, and the 32, the financial control. A