Serbian security forces stepped up patrols and deployed an elite unit Wednesday on its border with Hungary, trying to halt a torrent of migrants that has triggered alarm in many European Union countries. The last few months have seen a massive exodus of mostly Kosovo Albanians fleeing poverty and unemployment in search for a better life in the European Union.
Adem Grabovci, Head of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), blamed Serbia for the irregular migration of Kosovars. According to him, this migration is well organized. “We know that crossing Serbia earlier was very difficult, just as crossing the border to Hungary. However, an evil is happening now, and the Serbian state is behind it,” said Grabovci for the public broadcaster, RTK.
Former deputy director of the Office for Kosovo at Serbian Government, Mirko Krlic, complained that EULEX did not allow him to enter Kosovo without permission from Kosovo authorities. He complained to EULEX claiming that border police of this mission violated freedom of religion and freedom of movement, however this was not observed by the Panel for Human Rights and Freedoms.
Head of the Government Office for Cooperation with the media, Milivoje Mihajlovic told RTS that the agreement on the judiciary, reached in Brussels is not a surprise. Next negotiations in Brussels on Community/Association of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO). Pristina authorities are to blame for "river of asylum seekers," said Mihajlovic.
Milivoje Mihajlovic, visiting on RTS, said that the judiciary was the biggest obstacle to continue dialogue and that essentially this agreement, reached between Belgrade and Pristina, means bringing justice to Kosovo in all areas where Serbs live.
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, has described the agreement reached yesterday in Brussels between Pristina and Belgrade, as very important. “Today in the morning we concluded a very important agreement, which ensures the functioning of the judiciary in the entire territory of Kosovo. I thank the EU High Representative, Ms. Federica Mogherini and members of the delegation, Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, Minister of Justice Hajredin Kuci, Minister Edita Tahiri, Minister of European Integration Bekim Collaku, Mr. Blerim Shala and Mr.
Negotiations Are Key to Serbia and Kosovo’s Efforts to Advance on Path Toward European Union Membership
BRUSSELS—High-level reconciliation talks between Serbia and Kosovo resumed Monday after close to a year, as the two prime ministers met with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels.
The resumption of talks for the first time since March 2014 follows elections last year in both Serbia and Kosovo. It comes as both governments face rising political pressures.
The most important political and security challenge for Serbia is the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, Ljubisa Dikovic has said.
The Serbian Army (VS) chief told the Belgrade-based Danas newspaper that Serbia is, at the moment, not under military threat.
"The greatest security threats are ethnic and religious extremism, international networks of organized crime and illegal migration of people motivated by economic, political and security problems. Another risk is the participation of citizens of Balkan states in armed conflicts in the Middle East," Dikovic said.
After the question of the leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Fatmir Limaj, addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, on who gave them the mandate to discuss Kosovo's justice system with Serbia, Chairman of the National Council of this party, Jakup Krasniqi, also wrote on his Facebook page that these discussions are reopening Ahtisaari’s Package.
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes in his weekly column that the upcoming round of the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade is expected to remain the same as the previous meetings. The EU is not going to change its position on the dialogue as it believes the process so far has been quite successful. Belgrade will also remain in its positions as the Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, was one of the main actors even when the dialogue was officially led by Ivica Dacic.
The United Nations Security Council will discuss today during a morning session in New York the quarterly report of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on the developments in Kosovo. In his report, he expressed concern regarding the emigration of the population and hailed constitution of the Assembly and the government after a six-months’ vacuum and stalemate.