Pristina

Norway's Foreign Minister Borge Brende on Thursday reacted to Pristina's plans to turn the Kosovo Security Force into an army.

"I urge Kosovo authorities to refrain from transformation of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into an armed force without a constitutional change and an inclusive political process," Brende said in a statement.

Hashim Thaci says Kosovo does not have international support, "particularly of the US," to change legislation and give the KSF the competences of an army.

This has been reported by Koha Ditore, an Albanian language newspaper published in Pristina.

The transformation of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into an army - an initiative launched by Hashim Thaci - "does not have international support."

Albanian language daily Koha Ditore is reporting this a day after Thaci, who serves as Kosovo president, and Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli presented a draft bill on transforming the KSF into "the Armed Forces of Kosovo."

Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci have had a telephone conversation, the Serbian government has announced.

According to a statement posted on the government's website, the Serbian prime minister and the president of the interim institutions of self-government in Pristina spoke on Tuesday.

Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci have had a telephone conversation, the Serbian government has announced.

According to a statement posted on the government's website, the Serbian prime minister and the president of the interim institutions of self-government in Pristina spoke on Tuesday.

Regional experts in Albania and Kosovo have dismissed claims that Tirana and Pristina have played a role in fomenting the crisis in Macedonia, following highly-charged accusations of interference made in Macedonia and the Serbian media.

EU foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini has urged Kosovo's political opposition to ratify a border-demarcation agreement with Montenegro, the last remaining hurdle before it can benefit from visa-free travel to Europe's Schengen zone, RFE/RL reports.

Mogherini on March 4 met with senior officials in Kosovo's capital, Pristina — the last stop on her tour of the Western Balkans.

BELGRADE - Full EU membership remains the key strategic foreign policy objective for Serbia, FM Ivica Dacic said at a meeting with members of the Council of the EU Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) and EC and Council of the EU officials.

Thousands of people rallied in Pristina in support of former Kosovo Liberation Army commander and ex-prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, who was arrested in France on a Serbian war crimes warrant.

BELGRADE - Belgrade is interested in continuing the dialogue with Pristina, Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said Wednesday at a meeting with members of the Council of the EU Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA), expressing concern over the fact that expert teams had not met in Brussels since November.