Serbian national broadcaster RTS quotes today Pristina based daily Zeri that a new government in Pristina cannot be formed without the Serbian List. According to Zeri, since the Serbian List has won the most votes in the snap parliamentary elections, Albin Kurti will have to include that party in his cabinet.

Albin Kurti earlier said that Serbian List representatives would not be part of his government, and in the meantime, he had already talked with Nenad Rasic of the PDS party.

Albania is encouraging the achievement of the final agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, as it will enable the unification of Albania with Kosovo, said Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, reports Belgrade based daily Blic, quoting Pristina based Zeri.

The Management Team for the establishment of the Association/Community of Serbian Municipalities, performs its task of preparation of the Statute of the ZSO in
line with its mandate, entrusted through the Brussels agreements and the draft text will be presented, as it was foreseen, in Brussels, to the implementation boards of Belgrade and Pristina, and then within the high-level dialogue, press release of the Management Team reads.

Kosovo government’s coordinator for dialogue with Serbia, Avni Arifi, told Radio Free Europe that the Kosovo delegation will present to EU officials results of the dialogue for normalisation of relations with Serbia. “We are ready. We will discuss our efforts but at the same time we will also speak about the obstacles we are facing,” Arifi said. He added that they have no information whether any Serb official will be at the meeting and “for the sake of correct information, we have no meeting scheduled with the Serbian side.”

The opening of the bridge on the Ibar is not on the agenda because the reconstruction is in progress, and the assessment is that along to the technical, and the security conditions were not met, says mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakic to Belgrade based agency Tanjug.

Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said at the meeting of the government that he is travelling to the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia tomorrow together with President Hashim Thaci and Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli. “The first part has a clearly defined agenda for Behgjet and me. Those of us that are going I believe will duly represent Kosovo,” Haradinaj said.

President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said in an interview with Croatian daily paper Vecernji List that Kosovo’s European perspective will depend on the success of the dialogue for normalisation of relations with Serbia and that the time of conflicts is gone. However, Thaci said the issue of Kosovo status has been solved “once and for all” through the process led by President Martti Ahtisaari. “Kosovo is an independent country.

Kosovo’s chief prosecutor, Aleksander Lumezi, met in Pristina today Albert van der Kerk, the Dutch chief public prosecutor for international relations, Zeri and other online media report. Lumezi spoke about the functioning of the prosecutorial system in Kosovo underlining that Kosovo prosecutors are committed and ready to contribute to strengthening the rule of law and face coming challenges. The two officials discussed international legal cooperation, fight against corruption as well as fight of terrorism.

The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, said that the ratification of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro is closer than ever thanks to the “hard work across party lines”. “It is time to bring it across the finish line this week,” Delawie told Kosovo MPs through Twitter.

Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, has dismissed Numan Balic from the post of Deputy Minister of Local Government Administration. Lajmi quotes sources saying the dismissal came as a result of complaints from the Bosniak MPs that Balic does not represent their interests and is their political opponent.