Vice President of the Socialist Party of Serbia Branko Ružić told Austrian Presse that Serbia doesn't have to recognize the independence of Kosovo, but it will become a full member of the EU "with exclusion of the territory of Kosovo". He notes that since Slovakia and Spain are not recognizing Kosovo then Serbia does not have to also, when it joins the EU.

Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dušan Kozarev spoke with a representative of Slovakia in the Committee for the enlargement of the EU Council (COELA), Anna Plassat on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and about the plan of Slovakia for the upcoming presidency in the European Union.

Slovakia Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said on Thursday that Slovakia sees no problem that the citizens of Turkey will travel without visas in the European Union, and that it supports visa liberalization for Kosovo, Ukraine and Georgia. Slovakia is one of the five member states of the EU which has not recognized Kosovo, but despite this Slovakia recognizes Kosovo passports and supports visa liberalization, the news site reports.

EU lives two realities. One is in our declarations, where everything is all right, and the other one on the ground where nothing is well. We say that there is Schengen regime. "Schengen" implies the protection of borders, that no one can enter, and that we do not know who he is and why he comes. Does it exist in reality? It does not exist.

Thus Miroslav Lajcak, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia speak for the daily Politika on the migrant crisis and the European response to the crisis.

Global powers intervene in attempt to quell the bloodshed and implement an imperfect ceasefire stalemate. Eventually, events on the ground overtake the status quo and a new country unilaterally declares independence. A majority of United Nations members, but not all, recognise the independence of this new country – while others persist in denying the new reality for years.