"Brussels Agreement reflects the reality which is: the EU understood and accepted the fact that Serbia has not recognized Kosovo's independence, as well that we have to accept the fact that many states have recognized it," said Jadranka Joksimovic, Minister for European Integration of Serbia.  She said that the Brussels Agreement was the best possible solution. "Not perfect, but good compared to a policy which resulted in situation that whatever we did was wrong.

Opening of first chapters in EU accession negotiations with Serbia is the first goal, but the success and speed of the process will depend on Serbia's progress.   This is according to Latvian FM Edgars Rinkevics, who currently chairs the EU Council of Ministers as Latvia on January 1 took over EU's rotating six months presidency. Rinkevics told the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti that the key to the progress were implementation of action plans relating to fundamental rights and justice, as well as further progress in reforms, especially in ensuring the rule of law, "and continued

The Deputy President of  European Parliament,  Ulrike Lunacek in an opinion piece for Kosova Sot, has raised her concerns whether the new government will be able to bring change and reform, which are so urgently needed in Kosovo.

In a sign of growing tension between him and the government, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Sunday declared that any major decisions made on Kosovo must go to a referendum. Serbia's President on Sunday said that if the government makes key decisions on future relations with the former province of Kosovo under pressure from the EU, the issue must be put to the public in a referendum. The people have a right to decide on whether to accept the EU's conditions, Tomislav Nikolic told the TV show “Teska Rec” ("Hard Word") on TV Pink on December 28. “There must be a referendum.

Citizens of Serbia would rather accept to live in poverty "than have someone recognize Kosovo on their behalf," Tomislav Nikolic has said. The Serbian president made the statement on Monday as he was meeting with German Ambassador Heinz Wilhelm, adding that this was true despite the fact Serbia's entry into the European Union was "a matter of survival." "Serbia is committed to stabilization and peace in the region," Nikolic said, and pointed out that by raising the talks with Pristina to the highest level "and based on a platform that was the basis for the signing of the Brussels agreement,

It is time that we say what Serbia thinks is the lowest it can go in terms of a solution for Kosovo-Metohija, and the final decision needs to be made by the people in a referendum, says Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic. There are different situations in Kosovo-Metohija - in one part of it, there are no Serbs, in another, ethnic Albanians are the majority while Serbs live in enclaves that are also under the authority of the Pristina administration, and there is also a third part, in which Serbs are the majority and there are no ethnic Albanians, and the Pristina administration has absolutely

Proposal for the solution of K&M status will be a joint project between the Government and the President of Serbia. The document is already roughly drafted and daily consultations between Tomislav Nikolic and Aleksandar Vucic began, learned Novosti. Since there are indications that Brussels will be able to speed up resolving of the issue of Kosovo and Metohija status, the Serbian government has decided to offer a solution and presented some ideas in international circles.

The front page editorial of Kosova Sot writes that the Kosovo government, through Kosovo Minister of European Integration, Bekim Collaku, announced yesterday the establishment of a Task Force to prevent mass migrations of Kosovo citizens towards the European Union. The paper writes that there is no similar mechanism in the past that has been successful and the reason is quite simple. These kinds of initiatives are undertaken to deceive the people and are not serious actions.

Kosovo continues to address the growing and complex challenges of terrorism emanating from Islamic and other forms of extremism, and continues to seek assistance from US and European partners to carry out the fight, experts said. The 2014 Global Terrorism Index, recently published by the Australian Institute for Economics, listed Kosovo -- together with Greece and Turkey -- as being among the countries that are significantly threatened by terror groups."Terrorism has become a global phenomenon with a 61 percent increase in the number of people killed in terrorist attacks over the last year,"