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Belgrade-Pristina dialogue will resume after the holidays (Vecernje Novosti, B92)

EU foreign policy Chief Federica Mogherini will invite Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa to meet in Brussels after New Year's and Christmas holidays.

Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes, quoting "EU diplomatic circles".

A new round of the Kosovo dialogue, in Brussels, should be scheduled after the Constitutional Court in Pristina take a decision on the constitutionality of the agreement on the Community/Association of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO).

Limaj: We are not allowing the Assembly to become part of government’s fault (Klan Kosova)

Fatmir Limaj, leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), told the media at the Assembly hall that the opposition is engaging to prevent the government’s agenda, which according to him is against the interests of Kosovo.

Limaj added further that they are not allowing incrimination of the Assembly.

Djurić: Do not mix Chapter 35 with the dialogue with Pristina (B92, NMagazin, RTK2)

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric says that the fact that Serbia will open first Chapter 35, about Kosovo, does not mean that the EU accession process and the dialogue with Pristina should be mixed.

Djuric told B92 that the false belief that the talks with Pristina are important for Belgrade just because of EU accession, stating that they are important because of internal stability and the status of citizens in Kosovo.

Mogherini: EU guarantees implementation of agreements (Indeksonline/Klan Kosova)

Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said on Thursday that the EU guarantees the implementation of the agreements between Kosovo and Serbia. During a visit to Belgrade, Mogherini said talks between Serbia and the EU on chapters 32 and 35 can commence in mid-December. Klan Kosova quotes Mogherini as saying that the EU expects to open chapters for more detailed negotiations with Belgrade.

Opposition presents three alternatives to the Prime Minister (Koha)

Activists of the three opposition parties, the Vetevenodsje Movement, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), initiated today a symbolic action for the release of the arrested MPs. They stopped in front of the Kosovo Police Headquarters carrying pamphlets “Freedom for Deputies! Down dictatorship!” and “No violence can stop us.”

Mustafa: The government will respect any decision of the court (KosovaPress)

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said today at the meeting of the government of Kosovo that the government of Kosovo has taken over a major burden by signing the agreements that are being violently rejected. However, he added these agreements do not concern anything else but normalization of the relations with Kosovo’s neighbors, and that no evil is involved in them.

Zbogar: Dialogue with Serbia has no alternative, but it should be transparent (Indeksonline)

Head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, said today that the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade does not have an alternative; however, he requested from the institutions of Kosovo more transparency of the process. Zbogar made these comments during the promotion of the “Big Deal”report by BIRN, Internews Kosova and Advocacy Center for Democratic Culture (ACDC) organizations, which concerns the dialogue process. “We have also lost the opposition, and the situation is such.

“There will be no Association without removal of parallel structures in the north” (Koha)

Kosovo government yesterday presented to the European Union a short report on the progress and challenges in the implementation of the Brussels agreements this year. The report presents the overall process of implementation of all agreements reached in Brussels and is signed by Kosovo’s Minister without portfolio and chief negotiator in the technical dialogue, Edita Tahiri.

Vetevendosje: The situation will remain tense until withdrawal from recent agreements (Indeksonline)

Vetevendosje Movement through a press release today announced that there will be no normalization of the situation if the government doesn’t withdraw from the recent agreements signed in Brussels. According to Vetevendosje, the situation is tense as a result of government insisting to implement the agreement on Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and border demarcation with Montenegro. “The situation will remain tense until the government withdraws from these agreements,” noted the press release.