Kosovo government: Dialogue’s success depends on implementation of agreements (Gazeta Blic)
Shuttle diplomacy before a new round of negotiations (Danas)
Edita Tahiri: Serbia has to recognize Kosovo before entering the EU (Danas)
In line with Kosovo laws and the Brussels Agreement, Association of Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo will have neither executive nor monitoring jurisdiction, instead it will have a coordination and advisory role. Serbian side knows this as of the moment of signing the Brussels agreement. I am following the debate between officials in Serbia – I advise them to stay away from illusions and think about what was agreed in Brussels.
Serbian government adopts Regulation on establishment of the Office for Coordinating Affairs in dialogue with Pristina (Radio Serbia)
The Serbian government has adopted the Regulation on establishing an Office for Coordinating Affairs in the negotiating process with the provisional self-government institutions in Pristina, as well as the Regulation on establishing and regulating the Coordination Body for this negotiating process.
Edita Tahiri: A/CSM the last topic (Danas)
In the course of the preparations for a new round of political dialogue representatives of Serbia and Kosovo held separate meetings with the EU officials in Brussels last week, however the date of the next meeting of two prime ministers was not mentioned. It was agreed that implementation of the agreement on judiciary, which was signed on 9 February should start by the end of March, whereas preparations are ongoing in regard to elements of future agreement on dissolution of the Civil Protection and its integration into Kosovo institutions within six month
Janjić: Constitution and certain laws will be amended (RTK2)
The director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations Dusan Janjic stated that hiding behind the existing laws makes the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina pointless and assessed that there will be certain changes of laws and the Constitution.
Kosovo: No new topics without Mitrovica barricade being dismantled first (Koha)
Minister Tahiri is visiting Brussels (Gazeta Express)
Upon the invitation of the European Union, Minister for Dialogue of the government of Kosovo, Edita Tahiri is staying in Brussels where yesterday she had meetings with representatives of the European Union engaged in dialogue in Brussels. The central topic of the discussions was the assessment of achievements to date and determining priorities for the progress of dialogue in Brussels in the following stage.
Without half of the state and half of the population (Koha online)
Koha Ditore’s publisher, Falka Surroi, criticizes Kosovo political leaders engaged in the dialogue with Serbia, for lack of transparency on the recently reached agreement on justice. According to her, point 9 of this agreement legalizes Serbia as a decision making party in Kosovo’s justice system. She claims that the agreement discriminates everyone in Kosovo but Serbs.