The ruling coalition will have to secure by September 1 the necessary votes in parliament to ratify the border-demarcation deal with Montenegro. Opposition parties meanwhile have not changed their position on the matter. Political analysts in Pristina argue that the remaining period must be used to try and reach consensus.

Despite that he is the party’s nominee, Kadri Veseli, has not accepted to be the only candidate to run for the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). This was confirmed by PDK’s deputy leader, Memli Krasniqi. Krasniqi said there will be other candidates running for this post, and that all the candidate will announce their candidacy at the same time. Election of the new PDK leader will be done during PDK’s Extraordinary Convention on 7 May.

Kosovo Women Network (KWN) today reacted against a statement made by former Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi yesterday who while speaking about failures of Kosovo delegation in talks with Serbia, called the delegation as "women’s delegation." “KWN considers this statement absurd and very offensive to all women and girls in Kosovo, especially for women in politics and decision-making, since such statements only reinforce the existing social, political and gender discrimination in Kosovo.

By Jakup Krasniqi - former speaker of the Kosovo parliament and former spokesman of the KLA

There’s no doubt that Kosovo’s current government has made many internal and foreign policy errors. There’s equally no doubt the people in charge have taken care of their private interests while forgetting the needs of ordinary Kosovars.

The United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, reacted today against the attack on the family vehicle of Agriculture Minister Memli Krasniqi. “Concerned about reports that Memli Krasniqi’s vehicle was burned. All crimes should be investigated and prosecuted,” Delawie wrote on his Twitter account.

The Government of Kosovo issued a communiqué today condemning an incident on Tuesday night. Unknown persons set Minister for Agriculture, Memli Krasniqi's family car on fire.

Kosovo’s Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Memli Krasniqi met on Thursday with the Mayor of Gjakova, Mimoza Kusari Lila. Krasniqi and Kusari Lila discussed the Program for Agriculture and Rural Development for 2015 and new schemes to support the municipalities throughout Kosovo. Minister Krasniqi announced that the number of applications for development projects in Gjakova/Djakovica region reaches 133 farmers.