Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, reported today to the Kosovo Assembly Commission for Foreign Affairs.

Tahiri assessed that establishment of the relations between Kosovo and Serbia is conditioned by recognition of Kosovo state by Serbia.

The European Union is considering an option to accelerate the talks between Belgrade and Pristina. In the case of changing the format of the dialogue, there will be no technical dialogue and all will fall under the "roof" of Johannes Hahn.

Today, the Commander of the EU’s Civilian Operations, Kenneth Deane, together with the EULEX chief Alexandra Papadopoulou met Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuçi.

They discussed the current mandate of EULEX and its continuous engagements for the rule of law in Kosovo.

The President of the Assembly of Kosovo spoke today during a  visit to the children who are following education programs for democracy, about the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović in Brussels. Stojanović is meeting European Union officials and discussing Trepca Law endorsed by Kosovo Assembly on 8 October. Based on Serbian media, he is considering this Law to be harmful. However, Veseli did not seem concerned about these meetings. “Trepca issue is over.

Several news websites report that Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, said today in Pristina that it is meaningless for the European Union not to give visa liberalisation to Kosovo. Veseli made these remarks at a conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Fight for Freedom and Revolution. The Hungarian Ambassador to Kosovo, Laszlo Markusz, said the Hungarian people and Kosovars have many things in common, such as the fight for freedom and independence.

The European Parliament Rapporteur for removal of visas for Kosovo, Tanja Fajon, told Radio Free Europe that she is aware of the initiative of the Assembly of Kosovo to endorse a declaration with regards to the liberalisation of visas for Kosovo.

The head of the Serbian negotiating team Tanja Mišćević says, at the session of the parliamentary committee for European integration, that there were no changes in negotiating positions of the EU on Chapter 35.

Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MP Shpejtim Bulliqi welcomed today the idea of a joint declaration by the Kosovo Assembly to Brussels on visa liberalisation for Kosovo. Bulliqi, who is the biggest opponent from the ruling coalition to the current border delineation agreement with Montenegro, said the initiative would unblock the process and create room for renegotiations on the border demarcation agreement.

Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, met today with the chairman and members of the parliamentary committee for foreign affairs, as part of efforts to strengthen Kosovo’s parliamentary diplomacy and lobbying on issues of special interest to Kosovo.

"I have acknowledged it," was Aleksandar Vucic's response when asked about the objections made in EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini's report.

The report in question concerns the priorities of EU's common foreign and security policy for 2016.