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“Progress in dialogue important for pace of accession process” (Tanjug, RTS)

Chief of the Austrian Diplomacy, Sebastian Kurz said he sees no added value in comparing situation in Catalonia and Kosovo, but dialogue with Pristina should continue as the progress in the dialogue is of high significance for Serbia’s path to the EU, Tanjug news agency reported. Catalonian referendum on independence is an internal matter of Spain, and it has to be resolved within the Spanish Constitution, Kurz said to Tanjug. He avoided to directly respond whether Serbia, prior to joining the EU, would have to recognize Kosovo, underlining that the EU always pointed out that the dialogue be

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The EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo: Lessons for the EU (EuropeanWesternBalkans)

*Op-ed by Filip Ejdus, speaker at the panel “The EU as a crisis management actor: CSDP in the neighbourhood” on the Belgrade Security Forum 2017.

In June 2016, the EU extended the mandate of the Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) until June 2018. While the fate of the mission after that date is still uncertain, the coming end of the current mandate provides an excellent opportunity to take stock of a decade long and over a billion € worth of EU investment in Kosovo’s rule of law.

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"Spain is our great friend, we listened to its request" (Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic confirmed on Monday that she would not take Belgrade's letter to the EU to Brussels with her, when she travels there on Tuesday. The letter regards the European Commission' stance on the recent independence referendum in Catalonia, and on Kosovo.

"We had a request from Spain not to send the letter.

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Unclear when the first phase of the dialogue in Kosovo has ended (Danas)

The statement of the Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabić on establishment of working group for the second phase of the internal dialogue produces a certain ambiguities in the interpretation of this process, as it is not clear when the dialogue has started and how at all it can reach the second phase, writes daily Danas.

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Letter to EU on Catalonia-Kosovo cases postponed (RTS, TV Most)

Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, said to RTS today that the letter on Catalonian referendum is prepared, he has signed it, however the PM Brnabic would not take it to Brussels tomorrow, but it would, as per request of Spain, be delivered at a later stage, in order not to deteriorate the situation in this country. President Vucic, said at the press conference, that the PM Brnabic would sign the letter, seriously and thoroughly prepared, after the visit to Brussels and upon receiving the consent of the government.

Vucic further added, that postponement of the

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Constitutions of Spain and Serbia do not recognize possibility of independence referendum (Politika)

Brussels did not provide convincing explanation, and I do not see how membership to the EU could influence international assessment of the declaration of independence, stated Serbian Academic and International Law Professor, Tibor Vardi to Politika daily.

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Despite pressure, letter goes to EU (Novosti)

Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, would not give up sending the letter to the European Union and member states that have recognized unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo, regardless of huge pressure exercised on him, Novosti daily reports today. The head of the Serbian state, is decisive to point out to Brussels, injustice done by using double standards in the international community.

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There is no right to separatism (Deutche Welle)

The Catalan regional government is planning to declare independence soon. However, it will not be able to refer to either international or the European law. The same thing as Kosovo did not become independent legally, but politically, Deutche Welle (DW) reported today. The right of the people to self-determination is an important principle of international law, but it is also the protection of the territorial integrity of a country. The first principle is the one Catalan Movement for Independence refers to, while the second one is what the Spanish government refers to.

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Kosovo is precedent and not “unique case” (Politika)

Politika daily on its front page in today’s print edition, runs the article in which long-term judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Milenko Kreca expresses his opinion regarding Kosovo and Catalonia cases. The difference that the EU makes between Kosovo and Catalonia is an expression of political interests that have no basis in the international law, Kreca said. Classification of Kosovo as “a sui generis case” is not legally founded and one could say it was an attempt to justify double standards applied in relation to Kosovo and the Spanish province of Catalonia. “If we

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