United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and British Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Baroness Joyce Anelay, met Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga in Pristina today, and said that Kosovo must keep its word and establish the special court. Anelay said she would meet Kosovo’s top leaders to discuss the special court and that she has a clear message. “My message is clear. Kosovo has sent a clear message that it wants to play an active role in the international arena.

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Xhavit Haliti, writes in an opinion piece today that Kosovo’s future was put into question by two major events: the political stalemate and the special court. “The six-month political stalemate after the elections last year left our international friends worried for Kosovo. After that, the rejection of the special court also affected Kosovo’s relationship with the international community. The representatives of the European Union and the United States have asked Kosovo directly to establish the special court.

Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, met today in London with Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, with whom she discussed Kosovo’s challenges, rule of law, extremist threats and Kosovo’s European future. Jahjaga said that Kosovo institutions believe in the principal of justice for all, and that she hopes that Kosovo will soon fulfill international obligations by voting for the establishment of the special court, in order to avoid a step that could be undertaken on this issue by the United Nations Security Council.

In a presentation about the work of the Kosovo Assembly, Driton Selmanaj from the Kosovo Democratic Institute said that the continuous statements of Kosovo leaders that the constitutional amendment paving way for establishment of specialist chambers will be once again put to vote at the Assembly present pressure on MPs. Selmanaj said that while it is not a customary practice for a legal amendment to be put to vote twice it is not a precedent either.

The possibility for the special court to investigate the post-war murders is closed, being that the international factor has rejected it.

The Vice President of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, today called on the ruling-coalition parties in Kosovo to resubmit to the Assembly the constitutional amendments that enable the establishment of the special court. Lunacek said that the government of Kosovo must try the second chance to pass these constitutional amendments. According to her, the establishment of the special court would allow Kosovo to continue its European path, proving a clean past.

The news site published an editorial writing that so much was discussed about the consequences that would bring the rejection of the establishment of the special court, that it was created an impression that everyone was afraid of what was going to happen next. “However, the rejection of the special court didn’t bring the apocalypse in Kosovo. Everyone resumed their lives normally. Two weeks after the decision, and everyone is thinking about summer holidays. No international friend has unfriended Kosovo,” notes the editorial.

The Presidency of the Assembly held a very brief meeting today at which it was decided that at the next parliamentary session scheduled for Thursday, to be discussed only the Kosovo budget. Klan Kosova reports that the special court will not be in the agenda of the plenary session for this week.

Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said today at the fifth meeting of the dialogue on the Stabilization/Association Agreement (SAA) that the SAA is the foundation of Kosovo’s path toward European Union integration, economic development, the rule of law and poverty alleviation. Mustafa said that public administration reforms are among the priorities of the Kosovo government and that the latter is also drafting a national strategy for economic development.

According to the writer of this editorial peace, Halil Matoshi, the request of Kosovo allies to establish the special court for the alleged war crimes is a confirmation of Kosovo’s sovereignty as a subject of the international justice. If the opposite was the case, considers Matoshi, then, based on Resolution 1244, the United Nations together with Serbia, would establish a court which would have jurisdiction over Kosovo.