Government of Kosovo

"Community of municipalities remains challenge"

NEW YORK -- Challenges remain in the implementation of certain provisions of the Brussels Agreement, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his latest report on Kosovo.

NEW YORK - Challenges remain in the implementation of certain provisions of the Brussels Agreement - in particular with regards to the establishment of the community of Serb municipalities - which, however, should not overshadow the remarkable progress achieved in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in the latest report on Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic conferred with Special Representative of the UN secretary general and UNMIK Head Farid Zarif in Belgrade on Monday.

The agreement will secure Kosovo's EU future once it is ratified.

BELGRADE – After taking office as Serbia’s first deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Ivica Dacic hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in Belgrade Friday, during which he said that Serbia will never recognize the independence of Kosovo unilaterally proclaimed by ethnic Albanians and that all open issues will be resolved through the EU-facilitated dialogue.

Although Kosovo’s membership in the European Union is far off, the country still celebrated Europe Day with gusto and several activities organized in the capital, Pristina.

Many people used their day off on Friday to follow the soccer tournament organized by the EU office in Pristina and the Kosovo authorities.

Minister "confident" elections won't slow down Kosovo talks

BELGRADE, PRIŠTINA -- Jadranka Joksimović is confident that parliamentary elections in Kosovo will not hamper the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština.

PRISTINA - A majority of MPs voted in favor of dissolving the Kosovo parliament at an extraordinary session on Wednesday, thus clearing the ground for snap parliamentary elections.

During the vote, 115 MPs were present in the parliament, with 90 voting in favor and four against the dissolution of the parliament.

PRISTINA - Kosovo has finished the negotiations concerning the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, but it has to work more on reforms and relations with its neighbours, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Tuesday.

He told the Kosovo parliament he was pleased to confirm that Kosovo had completed the negotiations on the SAA with the EU on Friday.

Detention sought for 14 persons in Kosovo corruption case

PRIŠTINA -- The prosecuting has asked for detention of 14 suspects in the case of Fan Pudujevo company privatization, writes the Albanian language daily Koha Ditore.