Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci did not confirm that Kosovo enjoys international support, especially from the United States of America, to amend the law on the Kosovo Security Force which would give the latter the competencies of an army. Thaci told the Voice of America that the U.S. and the international community support the transformation of the KSF into an army through constitutional amendments. “I have been working for three years now to address the matter through constitutional amendments and I would very much like for this to happen.

Slovak Foreign Minister, Miroslav Lajcak, said on Monday that the European Union is not being serious when it comes to discussing enlargement, that it has given up on the Western Balkans and that as a result two Balkans countries are facing dissolution and another three countries are in deep political crises. Although Lajcak did not specify the names of the countries, media are suggesting that the first two countries facing dissolution are Kosovo and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Kosovo has officially been accepted as member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) which, according to Koha, is one of the most important membership for Kosovo since joining the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in 2009. Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, thanked Kosovo supporters, particularly the Belgium government and its Foreign Minister, Didier Reynders, for  lobbying in favour of Kosovo joining the organization.

Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, said in a debate organised by NGO “Fol” today that it was unacceptable for Kosovo Liberation Army fighters to be detained on warrants issued by Serbia. “We have to use our allies that are part of Interpol to invalidate these lists,” said Hyseni. Speaking about the prospect of Kosovo applying for Interpol membership, Hyseni said the issue has been “complicated by Palestine’s application.” The Palestinian Authority’s Interpol membership bid failed after its application was suspended in 2016.

The move by Mitrovica municipal authorities to put up Albanian street names in the village of Suhodoll/Suvi Do has led to the reaction of Mitrovica North Mayor Goran Rakic who warned that “unilateral actions will not be tolerated.”  “I reemphsise that the southern and northern municipalities of Mitrovica have not signed the memorandum on their boundaries therefore such actions are illegal and unacceptable,” Rakic said.

The European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee approved today a report drafted by the Deputy President of the EP and Rapporteur for Kosovo, which refers to Kosovo’s progress towards the European Union.

Serbian President, Tomsilav Nikolic, is to appear for the last time before the UN Security Council today to take part in the session on Kosovo and discuss the most recent report of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres since his term in office is set to expire in April. According to sources, Kosovo will this time be represented by ambassador to the U.S., Vlora Citaku.

The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, hosted today a meeting with a delegation of the representatives of the Montenegrin community in Kosovo.

Thaci stressed that Kosovo is home to all members of the communities who live there. “The Montenegrin community will be recognized also by the Constitution and it will have a seat at the Assembly of Kosovo,” Thaci said.

Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj said in an interview to Croatian news agency Hina that Serbia’s goal is not to join the European Union but rather to dominate south-east Europe through tensions with neighbouring countries. “Serbia wants to create a sphere of influence in the region in the Russian style by demonstrating its role and power in Bosnia and Herzegovina through Republika Srpska, in Kosovo through the Serb population in the north, in Montengro as well as Macedonia, even in Croatia by inciting continuous tensions,” Hoxhaj said.

Vetevendosje MP, Albulena Haxhiu, reacted to the findings of the Government’s Commission for measuring the territory of Kosovo saying that Vetevendosje had known all along what the commission’s conclusions would be. Haxhiu said that the way the commission was set up and the way its members were selected were a clear indicator as to what its results would be. “It is shameful and painful and even unacceptable to try to manipulate the public opinion by saying Cakorr is outside the territory of Kosovo,” Haxhiu wrote on her Facebook account.