Kosovo Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtic on Thursday condemned the breaking into two Serbian Orthodox churches, the Temple of the Birth of the Most Holy Mother of God in the Softovic village and St. Elijah's Church in Kačanik/Kaçanik, southeastern Kosovo.
The U.S. State Department has issued a press release which notes that signing of the Stabilization Association Agreement (SAA), between the European Union and Kosovo marked a major milestone on Kosovo’s path toward Euro-Atlantic integration. “We welcome this strong sign of Europe’s continued commitment to Kosovo and congratulate the leadership and people of Kosovo for their hard work in achieving this goal. The SAA will bring tangible benefits to all in Kosovo, and we look forward to its rapid approval by the Kosovo Assembly,” notes the press release.
Marko Djuric said on Thursday that Pristina has created "a big international scandal" with its initiative "to assess the constitutionality of the Brussels agreement". The director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija also added, according to a Beta agency, that Pristina "trampled on the agreement" reached in 2013 during EU-sponsored Kosovo talks in Brussels "and threw it under the feet."
The deputy director of the Serbian Government’s Office for European Integration, Ivana Ðurić, stated yesterday the Serbia will not agree to give up part of its territory for the sake of the EU membership.
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, hosted today the President of Austria, Heinz Fischer, with the highest military honors by the Kosovo Security Force.
US Balkans expert Daniel Serwer said in an interview for the Skopje-based news agency INA that dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia for normalization of relations has been successful and has produced concrete results. “This is a short step towards diplomatic recognition which I hope to see as soon as possible,” said Serwer. He added that Serbia’s recognition of Kosovo is one of the issues that would have to be resolved during the normalization of relations process including the increase of police cooperation and Kosovo’s membership in the United Nations.
The European Union, has requested on Tuesday from Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, to accelerate endorsement of the law for cadaster and to make the preparations for establishment of the Technical Agency which would have for its task comparison and verification of the cadastre documents which will be returned from Serbia to the Kosovo database.
It's been over 16 years since the attacks of Serbian forces against the civilian population in the valley of Reka during the war in Kosovo - before the courts in Serbia no one has been prosecuted. No one has been prosecuted either for concealing the bodies of the victims in a mass grave in Batajnica.
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Bekim Collaku, informed on his Facebook account that he has just signed the Stabilization Association Agreement (SAA) between Kosovo and the European Union.
“I am happy and proud to have been part of this historical moment of formal determination of the Republic of Kosovo towards the EU integration and membership. I told this to the High Representative, Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn as well.”
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo is signing a stabilization and association agreement with the European Union, a historic milestone that will help the economic growth of one of Europe's poorest countries.