The list of the 157 Kosovars wanted by INTERPOL for different criminal offences with the request of Serbia, is reduced on 22 individuals.

According to RTK, names of the senior institutional officials and former KLA commanders of different zones, used to figure in the previous lists, however not in the most recent one.

Kosovo Assembly MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Nuredin Ibishi, raised concern today during the Assembly session for the lack of voting on the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into an Army.

According to Ibishi, after the recent events and the global events in general that endanger the security in the world, Kosovo should be capable to defend its territorial integrity.

Montengro’s Foreign Minister, Srdjan Darmanović, said during his visit to Tirana that his country is in good relations with Kosovo. Speaking about demarcation, he said that this matter does not represent a problem for Montenegro, and that it is an internal problem of Kosovo.  “This matter belongs to the political forces in Kosovo to resolve. It is their internal problem,” he said.

Three opposition parties – Vetevendosje, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) – will submit to the Constitutional Court request to review the legality of the amended law on Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veterans passed by the Kosovo Assembly on 30 December 2016. In a statement to the media, Vetevendosje said MPs Aida Derguti and Time Kadrijaj will submit the request today. The opposition claims the law has wrongly categorized KLA veterans.

The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) has called a peaceful protest today in Pristina demanding the release of its leader Ramush Haradinaj. Haradinaj was detained two days ago by French authorities on an international arrest warrant issued by Serbia. RTK reports that Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) will also join the protest for Haradinaj’s release as will KLA war associations.

The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) deputy leader, Ardian Gjini, asked the government of Kosovo to halt talks with Serbia and ban Serbian officials entering Kosovo following the detention of the party leader Ramush Haradinaj by French police on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia. In a press conference today, Gjini said Haradinaj is expected to appear before a court today in France and that they hope the French authorities will realize that Serbia’s arrest warrants against Kosovo leaders are not aimed at serving justice but instead at denigrating Kosovo.

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz hailed the decision of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to grant Kosovo a dialing prefix as historic, the Austrian news agency APA reported. Kurz recalled that Austria applied on behalf of Kosovo on 1 January 2016 and that the ITU decision will enable cheaper and simpler telephone calls. Furthermore, he said the agreement reached between Kosovo and Serbia under the EU facilitation stipulates the establishment of a new telephone operator, part of the Serbian Telecom, which will be licensed by the Kosovo Regulatory Authority.

Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni travels today to Slovenia, to participate at the EU-Western Balkans Summit, at the level of the Ministers of Internal Affairs and Ministers of Justice.

According to the press release issued by the Ministry, the two-day Summit will be held in Brdo, Slovenia. They will be discussing different issues related to security and strengthening of the internal security, through integrative governance in the field.

Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said today with regards to the recently-constructed wall in Mitrovica North that Kosovo’s achievements cannot be measured in relation to a construction of a wall. In a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj, Mustafa said that the wall will be tackled through legal means and that the government is also in talks with the EU. “We will not be flexing our muscles because the law will do that. The Minister of Dialogue is in contact with the EU to see whether it is in harmony with the agreement,” Mustafa said.

The government of Kosovo endorsed today several draft laws and decision, among them the strategic plan for the development of the education in 2017/2021.

According to the Education Minister, Arsim Bajrami, this plan will help Kosovo to attain more qualitative education.