Committee of Ministers

Supporters of imprisoned People's Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas at an election campaign office in Istanbul, June 2018. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

The Committee of Ministers decided on Thursday that "a document setting out the possible options" for sanctions should be prepared for discussion at the committee's meeting in September.

Media report that it is assumed that the president will discuss the situation in Kosovo and Metohija with the ministers, which is further complicated by Pristina's intention to appoint Albanian mayors in four Serbian municipalities in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, even though our compatriots boycotted the elections held on Sunday.

This was decided at today's extraordinary session of the Committee of Ministers, confirmed for "Kosovo Online" the Head of the Mission of Serbia in the Council of Europe, Aleksandra Djurovi.

BELGRADE - The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers decided on Monday to launch the procedure of reviewing the so-called Kosovo's application for admission to the CoE.

Ahead of today's extraordinary session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Hungary opposed the membership of the so-called Kosovo in that organization, Sputnik learns.
Official Budapest does not look favorably on Pristina's initiative for membership in the CE, ever since the initiative was submitted, reports Sputnik.

"Kosovo's application for membership in the Council of Europe is on the agenda of the Committee of Ministers. We hope for positive developments in this important step towards European integration," Vuniqi said on Twitter, reports Reporters.

STRASBOURG - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday the so-called Kosovo's Council of Europe (CoE) membership bid would not be discussed by the organisation's Committee of Ministers on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Monday he might cancel a trip to Strasbourg following announcements that the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers would on April 19 launch a procedure for the so-called Kosovo's admission to the organisation.

Dacic is due to visit Strasbourg to mark 20 years of Serbia's membership in the CoE.

STRASBOURG - The so-called Kosovo's bid for Council of Europe (CoE) membership was not discussed by the institution's Committee of Ministers on Wednesday after Iceland, the chair of the meeting, did not propose its inclusion in the agenda, says Serbia's Ambassador to the CoE Aleksandra Djurovic.

STRASBOURG - Pristina's application for Council of Europe (CoE) membership is not on the agenda of Wednesday's meeting of the organisation's Committee of Ministers, it has been confirmed to Tanjug.