Serbia will never accept Kosovo-Metohija's independence, and it meets the conditions for EU accession as long as recognition of Kosovo is not required, Serbian presidential adviser Stanislava Pak said in a comment on a statement by German Foreign Office official Michael Roth, who said that, before Serbia's EU accession, everything must be clear regarding Kosovo.
Kosovo Serbs employed at the headquarters of the EULEX mission in Pristina accused the mission of discrimination on ethnic and linguistic grounds due to the announcement on non-extension of their contracts, because they do not understand or do not speak fluent Albanian.
As stated in the announcement of their legal representative, Axel Reiter, "it is almost certain that, from November, no Kosovo Serb will work in the EULEX headquarters in Pristina."
As part of the efforts to prevent Kosovo's entry into UNESCO, will be and an exhibition on historic, cultural and spiritual heritage of Kosovo, which will be held in Paris, learns Novosti.
The exhibition was created by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija and the municipality of Zvečan/Zveçan.
Representatives of Kosovo Serbs deny that an agreement was reached to support the demarcation of the border with Montenegro.
Serbian list did not talk with the representatives of the ruling Albanian political parties about support for the agreement on the demarcation of the border with Montenegro, and which would lead, in return, to the formation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO), confirmed President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić to Večernje Novosti.
Meeting between delegations of Chamber of Commerce of Serbia and Kosovo with Hashim Taçi and the announcement of the arrival of entrepreneurs and lower-ranking political representatives from Kosovo to Belgrade and Niš, announces a new stage in relations between Belgrade and Pristina.
The biggest opposition political party of Kosovo, Vetevendosje, assessed the visit of the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department, Victoria Nuland as positive. Kosovo Assembly MP from this party, Shqipe Pantina, told Indeksonline that Nuland did not request from the MPs to vote the agreement on demarcation of the border with Montenegro, signed by Thaçi. She also does not consider the fact that Nuland did not meet opposition parties as problematic.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, wrote on his Facebook page about demarcation, noting that the process is in order and that this obligation should be fulfilled, because it endangers liberalization of visas.
Pristina media yesterday published inaccurate news that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo appointed former KLA member, Xhelal Shaqiri for the position of liaison officer in Serbia. As we learned, Shaqiri is appointed to the position of assistant liaison officer and the EU promptly notified the government of Serbia and the Office for Kosovo and Metohija about it.
The issue of Trepča Complex cannot be solved without Serbia, because Serbia is its owner. Representatives of six municipalities with Serbian majority stressed that Trepča Complex, as the largest economic entity in Kosovo, is of strategic importance for the survival and prosperity of the Serbian people in the province.
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanović said in an interview for the Belgrade paper Večernje Novosti that it is a bad thing UNMIK is excluded from processes in Kosovo and added that it is good EULEX is present to control local institutions. “Agreement on the process of transfer of competencies from international missions to Kosovo ones has been achieved through Albanian politicians and EU representatives.