Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci said Kosovo is a regional leader in fight against religious terrorism and extremism and vowed a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism. “There have been individuals who went to Syria and Iraq but we have taken measures against them”, said Thaci adding that Kosovo will very soon pass a law banning participation in foreign conflicts. “Our future is the EU… I don’t see a permanent threat that would risk Kosovo’s European future”, he said. Thaci made the remarks in an interview for Tirana-based TV, Top Channel.

Kosovo Deputy PM Hashim Thaci's lecture, scheduled for Thursday in Montenegro's capital Podgorica, has been canceled for security reasons. Thaci was to speak about "NATO integrations." The daily Dnevne Novine quoted unnamed sources who said it was assessed that the lecture would have been "a good opportunity for some citizens to express their dissatisfaction with Thaci's visit, so the idea has been abandoned." The visit will go ahead - Thaci's first official to Montenegro - and is causing many reactions, with refugee associations announcing protest over the deprivation of rights of the Mont

Indeksonline sources confirmed that Montenegro’s intelligence services and security forces have been put on alert for the upcoming visit of Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci. Security intelligence agencies are reported to be concerned that Thaci may be the target of an assassination attempt by Serb nationalists.

Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, said in Tirana that there is nothing to worry about the visit of Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, to Kosovo. “The visit of the Serbian prime minister is being done through the permission of Kosovo authorities. It is not the first visit and it will not be the last. These visits are taking place after the visits of Kosovo ministers to Belgrade so they are almost normal, ordinary, visits between two countries”, said Thaci to the media after meeting his Albanian counterpart, Ditmir Bushati.

In 2015, Serbian officials will travel to Pristina and meet with representatives of the Kosovo provisional institutions, but Belgrade officials claim that these will not be bilateral meetings. Despite the fact that the newly elected Kosovo Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, said that he had already invited both Serbia’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo, and that there is willingness for this to happen, a necessary condition would be for the meetings to adopt a status-neutral format. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic confirmed that during next year

Several news sites publish a guest blog by Kosovo Foreign Affairs Minister Hashim Thaci for LSEE. The Republic of Kosovo has just approved a new government consisting of the two largest political parties – PDK and LDK – joined by minority parties with seats in the parliament. The new coalition provides a very stable majority and includes for the first time members of the northern Serb community.

Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign-policy chief, must stay directly involved in talks between Kosovo and Serbia if the dialogue is to succeed, Hashim Thaci, the country’s foreign minister, said Thursday. To lock in the reconciliation between the two former foes, Kosovo and Serbia should also start work on a second agreement in the new year, Mr. Thaci said in a sit-down with The Wall Street Journal in Brussels. Mr. Thaci, who was Kosovo’s prime minister for seven years until earlier this month, is still widely considered the country’s most powerful politician. Ms.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, met in Brussels with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. After the meeting, Thaci said that the first step of signing the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) will happen soon, and that Kosovo and EU have agreed on the SAA text. “This development marks the first formal link between the EU and Kosovo," said Thaci. Thaci and Hahn also discussed the continuation of Pristina - Belgrade dialogue, and possible projects to support Kosovo.