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Jahjaga at the "world's shadow government" (Danas)

Belgrade - Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga was invited to a meeting of the European Group of the Trilateral Commission, on the 1st of November, which will be held in Belgrade from 31 October to 2 November, said Arber Vllahiu to Danas, advisor of the Kosovo President.

He, however, refused to say to Danas who also will attend this meeting, and what topics will be discussed. Institutions of Serbia and EU representatives in Belgrade, on the other hand, did not respond to the Danas’s question, what is the reason of Jahjaga’s visit to Belgrade.

Belgrade-Pristina discussions resume in Brussels (Tanjug)

BRUSSELS - Discussions on the normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina ties - which ended on Thursday with the initialling of plans to build improved integrated crossings at the administrative line with Kosovo - resumed in Brussels early Friday under the auspices of the European Union.

As opposed to Thursday, when the two delegations were in direct discussions in the European External Action Service building in Brussels, Friday's discussions are being held in bilateral format, which means that the teams will hold separate meetings with European Commission (EC) experts.

"Agreements with Priština are not interstate" (RTS,Blic,Politika,B92)

BELGRADE -- The government's office for media relations has announced that Serbia would not sign any interstate agreement with Priština.

Director of the office Milivoje Mihajlović said that "only agreements that will make life easier for citizens in Kosovo and Metohija will be initialed."

"Serbia will sign agreements on energy, telecommunications, everything that will make life easier for citizens in Kosovo. No interstate agreement will be signed, that is spin meant to raise the rating of Hashim Thaci," said Mihajlović.

Technical talks on integrated management set for Thursday (Tanjug, Politika, KiM radio)

BELGRADE - Belgrade and Pristina will discuss integrated border management on Thursday, and head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo Marko Djuric will hold on Friday informal consultations with EU officials about the future of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, that is about the issues that are not significant to Chapter 35 of Serbia's accession talks with the EU.

The talks on Thursday will focus on things from the Brussels agreement that have not been implemented, but can be addressed before Kosovo forms a new government, Djuric told Tanjug.

Pristina did not implement Brussels agreement in full (Tanjug)

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo Marko Djuric has said that the Kosovo authorities are responsible for the fact that the Brussels agreement on the normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina has not been implemented in full.

A very important part of that document, signed in Brussels on April 19, 2013, has not been implemented, the one referring to the creation of the legal framework needed to establish the Association of Serb Municipalities, he said in Kosovska Mitrovica on Tuesday.

First chapters to open in 2015 (Tanjug)

BRUSSELS - The first chapters in Serbia's EU accession process should not be opened before the beginning of the next year, Tanjug learnt from diplomatic sources in Brussels.

The current mood among member countries is that additional efforts are still needed in the implementation of the Brussels agreement before an intergovernmental conference on the opening of chapters can be organised, Tanjug learnt in the EU seat.

Krasniqi: All depends of the ZSO statute (Akter)

While representatives of the Serbian List announce the requirements for entry into the Kosovo government and partnership in the formation of institutions, political analysts see this as a threat to the strengthening of the influence of Belgrade in Kosovo.

Establishment of the Union of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) outside of the constitutional framework for a number of analysts is a very sensitive matter. But there are those who believe that there should be a general debate on the formation of the association, according to Pristina based newspaper Tribuna.

New elections or a broad-based coalition government (RTK)

While Vetevendosje’s terms seem to be unacceptable for the opposition bloc, the Serbian List is expected to get a key role in the forming of the new government. Political analysts in Pristina believe that Kosovo will not have strong institutions if any of the political parties try to form the government while relying on the votes of the Serbian List. They also argue that if a broad-based coalition government is not formed, Kosovo should go to new national elections.

Merkel: Germany maintains its promise (Blic)

Dubrovnik-German Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized today in Dubrovnik that Germany maintains its promise that it will support European integration of all countries of the Western Balkan, and when speaking about some countries, she specially praised the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue.

During the opening of the meeting between region state heads within the Brdo-Brioni process, Merkel said that Belgrade and Pristina dialogue was successful, and very important from the historical perspective . As she said it made possible further improvement on the EU path.