The European Union will sign a long-awaited stabilization agreement with Kosovo on October 27, establishing closer ties and opening the way to membership for the small Balkan country.

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A diplomatic battle between Belgrade and Pristina continues unabated as Kosovo moves closer to membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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UNESCO's executive board has voted to recommend Kosovo as a full member state, despite fierce opposition from Serbia.

http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-serbia-unesco-membership/27319064.html

The opposition in Kosovo is warning the government not to hold another session of parliament unless it withdraws from deals with Serbia and Montenegro.

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Malaysian and U.S. authorities said a Kosovo citizen has been arrested in Kuala Lumpur for allegedly providing information about U.S. service members to the Islamic State (IS) militant group.

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Hundreds of people, including relatives of ethnic Albanian Kosovo gunmen killed in clashes with Macedonian police this month, rallied in Pristina on May 20 calling for the return of their loved ones -- dead or alive.

Some 300 protesters who also included veterans from the 1998-99 conflict between Kosovo and Serbia, gathered outside the government headquarters carrying banners that read "Our Boys Are Liberators" and "Long Live Liberators."

Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, told Radio Free Europe that Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci has already accepted the invitation to take part in a conference of EU integration of Western Balkans set to take place on 24 April in Belgrade. Selimi said the Kosovo side has notified Belgrade on Thaci’s acceptance through relevant liaison officers. “I can confirm that until this morning we have received no formal answer.

Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, will visit Belgrade on 24 April if there is readiness in Serbia for such a visit. Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, told Radio Free Europe that the ministry accepted the invitation of the Youth Council for Education to take part in a conference about Western Balkans EU integration but whether the visit would take place is a matter that “does not depend on Kosovo but on the readiness in Belgrade”.

Senior officials from six Balkan nations discussed regional infrastructure projects in Kosovo on March 25.

Among those present at the meeting in Pristina was the foreign minister of Serbia, Ivica Dacic.

It was the first time Kosovo's government has hosted such a senior Serbian official since declaring independence in 2008.

Domestic violence is a persistent problem in the Kosovo society and only in 2014, 1,200 such cases have been recorded and women were victims in all of them. Kosovo Police (KP) officials said the exact figures of the domestic violence cases are not known because many cases are not reported at all. Tahire Haxholli from the KP’s domestic violence unit told Radio Free Europe that the number of reported cases has increased. She said that there were 100 more cases of domestic violence reported in 2014 than the previous year and she attributed this to the increase of awareness.