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Albania is not a mediator between Belgrade and Pristina (Vecernje Novosti)

Albania has no right of vote in relations between Serbia and Kosovo, neither it has any mediation role, was one of the things that could be heard at yesterday’s debate in Tirana dubbed “Process of the EU integration and future relations between Serbian and Albania.” “European Union is the project of peace.

Vucic: I regret we missed a chance for improving relations with Albania because of Rama (Vecernje Novosti)  

After the joint press conference incident, when Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić accused Albanian PM, Edi Rama, of a breach of protocol for speaking about Kosovo as independent and inviting Serbia to recognize the territory it considers its own, Vučić posted, in English, the following message on Twitter: "Today was a chance for us to turn a new page. We regret that Prime Minister Rama’s provocation has led to a missed opportunity, but we would still like to work together for the future of our region."  

Rama surprised: How my position that Kosovo is independent can provoke you? (Vecernje Novosti)

Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama said he was surprised that someone in Serbia could be provoked by position that Kosovo is an independent state. "For me it is fascinating that this can provoke you. That is not something I dreamed. It is the reality. Many countries that Serbia cooperates with recognized Kosovo as an independent state," said Rama. He said that Albania respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia. "We fully respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia.

Scandal in EULEX undermines trust in the EU in Balkans (Vecernje Novosti)

The scandal related to corruption in EULEX undermines the credibility of the EU in western Balkans, assessed Vienna-based daily ‘Wiener Zeitung’. In an editor’s opinion, the editor-in-chief of the Wiener Zeitung, Reinhard Goweil, writes that the ongoing affair has a potential to discredit the EU in Balkans. He said that permanent solution is needed for Kosovo in order that Serbia could access the EU, and that this is also a decisive matter for ambitions of Albania too. “If EULEX fails that would be a fierce blow to Balkans.

Invasion of Pristina onto the Council of Europe (Vecernje Novosti)

Kosovo's conditional admission to the International Olympic Committee only intensified Pristina’s appetites, whose power, though in a semi-technical mandate, do not waste time and daily is lobbying to raise the ramp in a number of international organizations. As for Novosti said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, Serbia will be against membership of Pristina in all organizations, in which it is possible, if it is not in accordance with the Brussels Treaty: - Wherever Kosovo is marked with an asterisk, their presence is not disputed. Many organizations in the recruitment

Pristina warned from the EU (Vecernje Novosti)

Next meeting of the Foreign and Economy ministers from the region, where again will meet Ivica Dacic and Enver Hoxhaj, will be held in Pristina, by the end of the year. Brussels already sent the Kosovo authorities strict instructions how that gathering should look like. As Novosti learned, they were told that the meeting, which was assessed as meeting of the high risk, should be organized according to the "Belgrade's model," and that there must be no provocation in the form of displaying the national insignia, the flags, coat of arms ...