The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) has filed an appeal with the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over a decision by the European football's governing body UEFA to admit the Football Association of Kosovo as its member despite the fact that it does not meet the requirements set out in the UEFA statute.
The US has been actively lobbying the idea of Kosovo joining NATO’s Partnership for Peace program. Kosovo’s president Hashim Thaci, who after a visit to the United States last year said that Washington approved the idea of establishing a Kosovo army operating under NATO, might now be happy about the new developments.
Kosovo Minister for Local Government Administration Ljubomir Marić said on Tuesday that all requests that sought delay of the establishment of Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities (ZSO) are unacceptable.
Marić told Tanjug that he expects the part of the Brussels agreement, relevant to the creation of the A/CSM, to be implemented without further delay, that is, the statute to be drafted and approved, and constitutive session of the A/CSM convened soon after.
The first debate at the European Parliament on the proposal of the European Commission for granting visa liberalisation for Kosovo is expected to take place this Thursday. Even though the majority of European Parliament members support the view of lifting visa requirements for the people of Kosovo, the voting procedure could extend beyond summer. The newly-appointed European Parliament rapporteur for the visa liberalization for Kosovo, Tanja Fajon, said she has an ambitious visa liberalisation plan.
The Foreign policy of Estonia will not change when it comes to Kosovo, while chairing the Council of Europe.
We have no specific focus on the subjects that concern Kosovo, but if Kosovo decides to start with the application process for the membership in the CoE, we shall treat this candidacy in accordance with the CoE procedures, told Danas, the Estonian Foreign ministry, answering the question what will be the attitude of that country towards Kosovo during the chairmanship of the CoE, which started last week.
A survey of 250 foreign entrepreneurs in Kosovo suggests that while most of their businesses are doing well, they want reforms to strengthen the rule of law as well as political stability.
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Tanja Fajon, who was also Rapporteur for visa liberalization for Western Balkans, was nominated Rapporteur for visa liberalization for Kosovo. She will be preparing the report which will be initially discussed and voted at the Parliamentary Commission then at the plenary session of the European Parliament.
Even though Kosovo has a strong support of the European Parliament MPs, the procedure requires time and it is not easy to foresee how long it will take.
Serbian People’s Party (SNP) has sand a message on Sunday that Serbia has to resist to all pressures against its sovereignty, including attempts to change the Constitution and dropping of the preamble on Kosovo.
Every Friday, just yards from a statue of Bill Clinton with arm aloft in a cheery wave, hundreds of young bearded men make a show of kneeling to pray on the sidewalk outside an improvised mosque in a former furniture store.
Minister for Local Government Administration in the Kosovo government, Ljubomir Marić, said to RTV KIM that the position of the Serbian List, when it comes to the establishment of Kosovo army has remained unchanged.