Festival Aims to Bridge Kosovo-Serbia Divide (Balkan Insight)
The annual Miredita, Dobar Dan! Festival presents Kosovo Albanian films, exhibitions and theatre plays in the Serbian capital in a bid to rebuild relations between the two peoples.
“Mogherini in Belgrade – clear whom she supports” (BETA, Tanjug, RTS)
Centre for Foreign Policy Chairperson, Aleksandra Joksimovic told Serbian media that EU High Representative, Federica Mogherini with arrival to Belgrade showed a clear support to the Serbian side.
No official reply from Belgrade on Thaci’s visit (RFE)
Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, told Radio Free Europe that Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci has already accepted the invitation to take part in a conference of EU integration of Western Balkans set to take place on 24 April in Belgrade. Selimi said the Kosovo side has notified Belgrade on Thaci’s acceptance through relevant liaison officers. “I can confirm that until this morning we have received no formal answer.
Kosovo police arrest Serb suspected of planning attack (Reuters)
Kosovo police have arrested a Serbian national suspected of planning a terrorist attack, the interior minister told a news conference on Friday.
The suspect, from Belgrade, was arrested on Thursday evening with 12.2 kilos (27 pounds) of explosives in his car in a street in the Kosovan capital Pristina where many Western embassies are located, Skender Hyseni said.
"We suspect the clear aim of this person was to commit a terrorist attack," he told journalists.
Kosovo media speculated that possible targets were the embassies of western countries or the Catholic cathedral.
Jahjaga decides not to go to Belgrade (Gazeta Blic)
President of Kosovo has sent a negative reply to the organisers of the Trilateral Commission meeting set to take place in Belgrade from 31 October to 2 November. Klan Kosova sources from Jahjaga’s office said the President informed the organisers in a letter. She justified her decision with internal developments in Kosovo and efforts to facilitate the dialogue between political parties so that new institutions are formed as soon as possible.
Pristina warned from the EU (Vecernje Novosti)
Next meeting of the Foreign and Economy ministers from the region, where again will meet Ivica Dacic and Enver Hoxhaj, will be held in Pristina, by the end of the year. Brussels already sent the Kosovo authorities strict instructions how that gathering should look like.
As Novosti learned, they were told that the meeting, which was assessed as meeting of the high risk, should be organized according to the "Belgrade's model," and that there must be no provocation in the form of displaying the national insignia, the flags, coat of arms ...
Jahjaga was invited on behalf of Kosovo (Danas)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic confirmed arrival at the meeting of the European Group of the Trilateral Commission, which will be held in Belgrade from 31 October to 2 November. On the other side, Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga still didn’t confirm participation, was stated from the Serbian ethnic group of this world organization.
Except Jahjaga and Vucic, Ministers of the Government of Serbia, as well as other leaders from the region were invited. The meeting will be held in Belgrade's Hotel "Crown Plaza" according to the principle "behind closed doors".