Bekim Çollaku

Kosovo has now been without a Minister of European Integration since September 2016 when the former incumbent, Bekim Collaku, resigned to join the president's office, and the ruling coalition has still not decided who should be appointed to replace him.

EU and Kosovo leaders hailed the entry into force of Kosovo's landmark Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union on 1 April, calling it a milestone in the relationship between the Balkan country and the 28-member EU family.

Kosovo's parliament ratified the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) on Monday with 86 of the legislature's 120 MPs voting in favour.

Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said the SAA would contribute to further strengthening the country's rule of law as well as its economy.

Kosovo's hopes of joining the European Union received a boost on Tuesday with the signing of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the 28-nation bloc.

Kosovo on Oct. 27 signed a stabilization and association agreement with the European Union, a milestone expected to promote economic growth in one of Europe's poorest countries.

Kosovo has signed the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union in Strasbourg on Tuesday.

Tanjug said this was announced by Maja Kocijancic, a spokesperson of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.

Kosovo signed its first contractual agreement with the EU on Tuesday in Strasbourg.

The Stabilisation and Association Agreement, SAA, was signed on behalf of Kosovo by Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and on behalf of the EU by Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Kosovo's Minister of European Integration, Bekim Collaku, on Wednesday said the government would sign a Stabilisation and Association Agreement, SAA, with the EU next week. "The signing will take place next week on October 27th 2015 in Strasbourg," he said.

EC's Kosovo SAA "based on Taiwan model"

BRUSSELS -- The European Commission on Thursday adopted the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) proposal for Kosovo and sent it to the Council for consideration.

However, "it still does not mean that Kosovo could soon become a candidate for membership of the European Union," Tanjug said it learned in Brussels.

Bekim Collaku, Kosovo's Minister of European Integration, said the European Commission had adopted a Stabilization and Association Agreement, SAA, proposal with Kosovo  on Thursday and sent it for approval to the Council of European Union.

"We welcome such a decision, which brings Kosovo closer to signing an SAA and closer to EU integration," Collaku told BIRN.