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Nikolic’s cabinet quiet about Brussels agreements (Danas)

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic didn’t say a word yesterday about the signing of the agreements between Serbia and Kosovo. Belgrade-based paper Danas didn’t manage to receive any answer from Nikolic’s cabinet on question what would be the destiny and significance of  Nikolic’s platform on Kosovo following the signing of agreements in Brussels between Serbia and Kosovo.

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Special meeting on Nis-Pristina-Durres highway (Tanjug)

A meeting on the construction of Nis-Pristina-Durres highway was held Thursday ahead of the Western Balkans Summit in Vienna.

The meeting was attended by Serbian and Albanian Prime Ministers, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama respectively, Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, President of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer and President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Suma Chakrabarti.

Kurz: Agreements eliminate all obstacles (Dailies)

Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz stated that the Belgrade-Pristina agreement eliminated all obstacles and that there was nothing left in the way of opening of the first chapters in the EU accession talks for Serbia.

In an interview for Tanjug, Kurz said that the agreements bear key importance.

These were necessary for EU accession and they bring stability to the entire region of the Western Balkans, Kurz said.

Dialogue with Serbia will last at least ten years (Koha Ditore)

The Brussels Based correspondent of this daily, Augustin Palokaj, numbers the senior political figures of Kosovo, their assistants and the technical teams that are involved in the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, stressing that their frequent traveling to Brussels costs a fortune to Kosovo. “The problem with this dialogue stands in the fact that it has started with many obscurities and propaganda, without verifying mechanisms of what should implement, and it will continue like this without a set date for its conclusion,” writes Palokaj.

Hoti: Djuric is not participating at the protest in Mitrovica (lajmi.net)

Despite the announcement of Marko Djuric, chief of the Office for Kosovo at the Government of Serbia, Kosovo Police has not registered his presence in Mitrovica. Deputy Director of Kosovo Police in the North, Besim Hoti, informed that Djuric is participating in the protest. According to him, reporting of some local media that Djuric entered Kosovo escorted by Serbian Gendarmerie, is only a speculation. “Officially, Marko Djuric is not in Mitrovica.

Tsipras equation: Kosovo for money (Blic)

The package of conditions that Greece must meet in order to receive financial assistance of the West, is the recognition of Kosovo, Blic learns from diplomatic sources.

More frequent media headlines in Greece and the announcements of Greek analysts that “Kosovo is Serbia's lost battle” have their background. Greece will need to play by the game rules of the West due to the vulnerable financial situations.

Pacolli: Accord on vehicle insurance was misunderstood (Indeksonline)

The head of the Kosovo delegation in Pristina – Belgrade talks for vehicle insurance policies, Rrahim Pacolli, said today that there has been a misunderstanding by the public opinion regarding this issue. “The TPL+ insurance policy covers damages to third parties outside the territory of Kosovo in FYROM, Albania and/or Serbia. Our statistics show that a large proportion of insured persons already have TPL+, which means that even before the agreement with Serbia, it has been mandatory to have TPL+ to travel to neighboring states such as. FYROM.