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Serbia's friend anybody who does not recognise Kosovo (RTS)

The countries that have not recognized Kosovo are facing major pressures so as to agree to the admission of Kosovo into UNESCO, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday.

On the other hand, several big countries have already voiced their principled opposition to the non-principled stands of the leading western countries that are co-sponsoring Kosovo's UNESCO membership request, Dacic said in a live broadcast on Radio-Television of Serbia (RTS).

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Mustafa: Kosovo, best example in the region (RTK)

In a meeting with Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Augustin Conde, Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa spoke of the progress in Kosovo and the commitment of his government to economic development. Mustafa also highlighted Kosovo’s efforts in advancing European Union integration and requested Council of Europe’s assistance in this direction.

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Kosovo government allocates additional funds for lobbying to join UNESCO and CoE (Lajmi)

Kosovo government will allocate additional funds to engage international consultants that would help Kosovo to join international organizations. At the government meeting held today, it was announced that this project, initiated by the British Council, aims to provide lobbying for the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU and joining the Council of Europe and UNESCO.

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We will also request admission to the other organizations (Danas)

Petrit Selimi, Deputy Chief of Kosovo diplomacy Why Pristina is so sure that Kosovo will “pass” the mechanism of voting in the Executive Council and the General Assembly of UNESCO this autumn?  We have worked very closely in cooperation with all international partners and we constantly evaluated when the optimal moment for the nomination is. Already in January we decided to apply, so that our request could be discussed at the November session of the UNESCO General Conference.

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For Kosovo, Strasbourg is mission impossible (Vecernje Novosti)

Though Kosovo announced submission of the request for accession in the Council in Europe, for Pristina this task is still ‘bite off more than it can chew.’  Even some countries that have recognized Kosovo independence do not believe that Kosovo fulfils the basic criteria of the Rule of Law, in addition to the fact the procedure for accession to the CoE is so complicated that it might last several years. “Before the CoE Council of Ministers begins to decide on the accession of a new member, Parliamentary assembly must give opinion, what can last even one year,” said the Chief of the Serbi

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Dacic: Serb status in KiM unacceptable, below CoE standards (Blic, Tanjug)

OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated on Tuesday that the position of Serbs in Kosovo is unacceptable and is far below the Council of Europe (CoE) standards in terms of respect for human rights. He underscored that Serbia supports every CoE effort aimed at improvement of CoE standards in Kosovo to the benefit of all people living there which is in keeping with the legally binding international documents, primarily UNSC Resolution 1244. Serbia will continue acting as a constructive partner in defining such efforts with full respect for the status neutral appr

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Dacic: Heavy struggle over Kosovo's membership in UNESCO (RTV)

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said today that ahead is a serious fight of Serbia over Kosovo's intentions to join some international organizations, since it is expected of the Kosovo authorities to apply for membership in the Council of Europe and UNESCO. Dacic said at a session of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, when submitting a report on the work of his ministry in 2014, that it was important for Serbia to have an active approach to this problem and to do more to prevent it. "We are expecting a tough fight over Kosovo's membership in some international institutions.

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Brasseur: Council of Europe is not giving up on Dick Marty’s report (IRS)

The Council of Europe has not given up on establishing truth about allegations of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur Dick Marty on trafficking in human organs in Kosovo, stated President of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly Anne Brasseur in Belgrade, where she gave a lecture on Council of Europe to students of the School of Political Sciences. According to her, it is important to establish truth on the missing and the Council of Europe continues

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