Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić cancelled participation in the seminar of NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Pristina because at that time he will be at the session of the national and provincial governments in Novi Sad.
As previously RTK reported, Đurić has cancelled participation in this seminar because the invitation had been sent with the name of his function without the word "Metohija".
Russia's "information campaigns in the Balkans" are part of its "strategy is to create a perception of Russia as a great power and powerful ally."
There, is, however "little substance behind it in investments or donations to the nations involved," writes the Washington Post.
53 percent of Serbians believe the country should continue with EU integration even after Britain's departure from the Union.
Tanjug said this quoting an article in Belgrade-based newspaper Blic, which reported the results of a survey conducted the Institute for European Affairs NGO.
The poll, done in the first half of July, will be presented on Thursday, July 28.
Demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro was defined by the NATO multiethnic forces. The entire debate so far on the issue appears to have been vain.
Gazeta Fjala found out that the borderline between Kosovo and Montenegro was confirmed by Kumanovo Agreement, which ended presence of Serbian armed forces in Kosovo.
This agreement has defined Kosovo’s borderline, by respecting the border situation of 1988.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, wrote on his Facebook page about demarcation, noting that the process is in order and that this obligation should be fulfilled, because it endangers liberalization of visas.
The United States apparently has big plans for Kosovo and the Balkans in general, political analyst Petr Iskenderov told Radio Sputnik. These include increasing Washington’s political influence and military presence in the territory that was carved out of Serbia following NATO’s military intervention.
The President of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli, met today in Pristina with a delegation of the Swedish Parliament, members of the NATO Assembly, led by Bjorn von Sydow. The meeting focused on the priorities of the Kosovo Assembly with special emphasis on security issues. Veseli said: “Kosovo is determined to further peace in the region; to contribute to mutual understanding and trust and to become part of security mechanisms such as NATO”.
Albania will host tomorrow for the first time the three-day Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 260 people from 28 NATO member countries as well as delegates from the partner countries are expected to attend the Summit. The main focus of the discussions will be global and Balkans security. Kosovo will also be represented at the Summit by Deputy President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Xhavit Haliti. The Assembly of Kosovo gained in 2014 the status of the observer at NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
The US has been actively lobbying the idea of Kosovo joining NATO’s Partnership for Peace program. Kosovo’s president Hashim Thaci, who after a visit to the United States last year said that Washington approved the idea of establishing a Kosovo army operating under NATO, might now be happy about the new developments.
“Through legislative changes and without change of the name of the Kosovo security forces, Kosovo could expand the mandate of that formation, and thus become an armed force. In that way they would be able to participate in NATO missions and submit a request for membership in the ‘Partnership for Peace’,” said the former chairman of the Serbian Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun.