Alongside the negotiations on forming a parliamentary majority in Pristina, preparations are being made to transform the Kosovo Security Force into an army.
Sputnik is reporting it learned unofficially that the formation of the Kosovo army will be an item of the agenda of a future government, and of the Assembly in Pristina.
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said that delay on shedding light on the missing persons is unacceptable.
“I was and will remain engaged on the issue of the missing in order for it to conclude soon and in a fair manner. I will personally engage to shed light on the fate of the missing and close this chapter,” President Thaci said.
He made these comments during his speech at conference organized by the Resource Center for the Missing Persons, that is being held in Pristina.
Kosovo Police are investigating graffiti daubed on the walls of one of University of Pristina faculties against President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci, Mayor of Pristina Shpend Ahmeti, and the head of Kosovo’s Islamic Community Naim Ternava. The graffiti was discovered today and it threatens the three officials with death for allowing the construction of a Muslim mosque in Pristina.
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, called for the first meeting of the Sixth Legislature of the Assembly of Kosovo, on 3 August, at 10:00 hours.
President Thaci instructed the President and presidency of the Fifth Legislature, to prepare the proposal of the agenda, in accordance with the respective legislation in power.
Serbian daily Blic runs an analysis on 5 possible solutions for Kosovo, how to get out of the current political deadlock. The daily also said the second option would be the worst for the Serbs in Kosovo.
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said today at a consultative meeting with representatives of parliamentary parties that he would soon announce the date of Kosovo Assembly’s constitutive session. Thaci called on parties to be ready for the session which he said he would set in consultation with Assembly’s administration and within the legally-defined timeframe. Thaci said the new government of Kosovo should be a government of stability and multiethnic and that it should work on Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic integration processes.
Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Allied Command Operations, General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, and KFOR Commander, Major General Giovanni Fungo, met in Pristina today Kosovo President Hashim Thaci. Thaci thanked NATO officials for support in maintaining peace in Kosovo and stressed that the Alliance’s role in Kosovo has been crucial not only for security and stability in the region but also for cooperation between all communities. He said NATO’s role was “irreplaceable” and that Kosovo would always be grateful for it.
Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GISDP) commented on statements Hashim Thaci made yesterday saying that “historic agreement” would be reached between Serbia and Kosovo “by recognizing reality.” Ivanovic called these remarks nice phrases, typical for the Albanian side, Serbian media reported.
Vetevendosje will not take part in President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci’s meeting on Monday to discuss the timing of the Assembly’s constitutive session, said MP Albulena Haxhiu. Haxhiu said the meeting was “completely unnecessary”. “It would be better for the president of the country to call the constitutive session and not such meetings which are unnecessary. Vetevendosje has reviewed President’s invitation and will not take part in the meeting”, she added.