Pristina based daily Koha Ditore writes that Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci announced that the Serbian List planed participation in the local elections called in the four northern Kosovo municipalities, Serbian media are quoting.

The Pristina daily says that the Serbian List will participate in elections for mayors in the four Serb majority municipalities - but that mayors elected this way "will resign immediately after election (results) have been confirmed."

The text was originally published in Serbian and Albanian by NIN and Koha Ditore.

Kosovo has not been ruled by Serbia for nearly twenty years, yet the status of its sovereignty, as well as the territory and borders of both countries remain mutually and internationally contested.

See at: https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/10/18/getting-agreement-serbia-kosovo/

Albanian MPs, members of the relevant parliamentary committee that discussed the Kosovo Holidays Act, voted unanimously against the demands of the Serbian List to include the June 28th (Serbian Orthodox holiday Vidovdan (St. Vitus) in the act, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

The RTS quotes Pristina daily Koha Ditore that the Serbian List requested to include the 28th June in the Law on holidays, but the first to oppose this request was MP Milaim Zeka, considering the request as an insult to the Albanians.

Today all Serbian media reports about Kadri Veseli, Kosovo Parliament Speaker, as saying that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic might not be allowed to enter Kosovo on Saturday.

If Pristina decides that Vucic should not come, the Serbian president will not enter Kosovo, said Veseli in connection to Vucic’s scheduled visit to Kosovo on September 8-9, the media reported.

The Fair Pristina 2018 organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Kosovo, starts today and will last until 21 April.

President of the Chamber of Commerce of Kosovo Safet Gerxhaliu told RTV KIM yesterday that "Pristina will be the capital of the Balkans, since more than 180 companies from all over the region are gathering in this city".

Op-ed by Nataliya Apostolova, Head of EU Office in Kosovo/EU Special Representative

“If we want more stability in our neighbourhood, then we must maintain a credible enlargement perspective for the Western Balkans. (...) The European Union will be greater than 27 in number. Accession candidates must give the rule of law, justice and fundamental rights utmost priority in the negotiations.”  - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, State of the Union Address, 13 September 2017

Gjilan/Gnjilane Mayor, Lutfi Haziri, met Caroline Onekalit from the UN Office in Kosovo’s community support and signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a USD 27,000 investment in public infrastructure in areas where different communities live. Haziri said there funding will be provided for the “Green Market” project near the Orthodox Church building in the city. “This investment will provide a good solution and create favourable conditions for the sale of different products, mainly agricultural,” Haziri said.

By Marc Weller

Counselling caution in the exercise of Kosovo’s foreign policy is not the same as suggesting that Pristina must bow to every demand made by the international community. It is right to point to the unbalanced treatment of Kosovo, especially when compared to the easy rehabilitation of Serbia. Kosovo is also entitled to argue for its interests.

The editor-in-chief of the Pristina daily Koha Ditore Agron Bajrami told Belgrade based daily Danas that the murder of Ivanovic is a terrible crime that will have a profound effect not only on the situation between the Kosovo Serbs in the North, but throughout Kosovo.

Head of the International Monetary Fund for Kosovo, Stephanie Eble, appealed to Kosovo authorities not to increase number of pension and non-contributory schemes.

During a press conference held together with the Minister of Finance Bedri Hamza, she said that Kosovo continues to mark sustainable growth due to investments and exports.