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Dacic: East Kosovo - goals from the time of the Prizren League (Kontakt plus radio, Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic emphasizes today that it is not the first time that some Kosovo officials called Presevo and Bujanovac, eastern Kosovo, reminding that these are the goals since the Prizren League to the present day, report Serbian media.

Dacic was asked to comment Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj's statement on eastern Kosovo, and said that he does not know exactly what he said in Albanian but that he has no dilemma about it.

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Zaev says Serbia has nationalist leadership; Dacic reacts (B92)

Friends of Serbia do not behave the way SDSM leader Zoran Zaev has done, says First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

The Macedonian politician earlier on Tuesday said that Serbs and Macedonians are "brotherly people" but that "nationalist leadership of Aleksandar Vucic" is in power in Serbia.

"Serbs are the biggest and best friends to Macedonians, while the way Zaev has acted is not the way friends of Serbia behave," Dacic said.

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Thaçi convinced KSF is ready for transformation (Koha)

President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, said today at the opening of a training centre at the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) barracks that the force is gradually growing in the direction of maintaining operational capacities. “KSF is Kosovo’s future army”, said Thaçi without giving a timeline of when the transformation process will start. “KSF is a good indicator of our state and society’s character by integrating members of all communities”, Thaçi said further. KSF Commander, Rrahman Rama, said that they are ready to take the next step and play a role in contributing to regional and global security.

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Albanian PM Rama criticizes EU for not liberalizing visas for Kosovo (Koha)

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama during an official visit to Slovenia criticized the EU for not relaxing visa procedures for the people of Kosovo and said he hoped the border demarcation with Montenegro would not affect the EU’s decision. Rama said it is shameful for the EU that the people of Kosovo are the only ones that cannot move freely like the rest in Europe. He stressed that the Albanian government strongly supports dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia and that recognition of Kosovo would not only benefit Serbia but would also facilitate cooperation processes.

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Albanian PM backs Serbian-Albanian commerce chamber (B92)

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has confirmed he will support the establishment of a Serbian-Albanian Chamber of Commerce.

This organization is meant to ensure a more efficient communication and cooperation between businesspeople.

The Chamber will contribute to improving trade, investment and economic ties between the two countries, according to a statement issued by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS), carried by Beta.

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Rama: The biggest problem between Serbia and Albania is Kosovo (RTS)

The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, said that relations between Serbia and Albania are good, however the biggest problem between two states remain their position on the status of Kosovo.

“Non-recognition of Kosovo is a sign that there is no readiness for the open facing with the past and the future,” said Rama in his interview to the Belgrade-based daily Večernje Novosti.

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Rama: United under the European flag (Kallxo/RTK)

At the third joint meeting between the governments of Kosovo and Albania, Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, said Albanians will become united under the European flag. He said that neither Albanians nor the Balkans can enter the EU “fragmented”. He said remarkable progress has been made in the cooperation between Kosovo and Albania since the joint meetings of the governments began two years ago. Rama also spoke about the situation of the Albanian community in the Preshevo valley.

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Serbian, Albanian PMs pay tribute to actor Bekim Fehmiu (B92, KoSSev)

The "Mirdita, dobar dan" ("good day" in Albanian and Serbian) festival was opened in Belgrade on Wednesday afternoon.

The annual presentation of the cultural and social scene of Kosovo is set to run until Saturday.

Organizers have said that their goal was "to bring together two societies aiming to overcome difficult consequences of the past and create conditions for a new start of young generations in the Balkans."

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