Kosovo–European Union relations

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Haradinaj also said that "Kosovo and Catalonia have nothing in common" and that "the analogy makes no sense - because Kosovo was made through the breakup of Yugoslavia in a bloody process of all against all, while civil and political rights are respected in Spain."

He added that he "expects Spain to accept Kosovo as a member of the EU."

Serbia faces a bleak economic and demographic future if it fails to resolve the Kosovo conflict and does not join the EU, a new study by the Open Society Foundation in Serbia has warned.

Fabrizi presented her with the Report of the European Commission on Serbias progress in the process of EU accession, the Serbian government announced on its website.

The pace of the EU accession talks between Brussels and Belgrade continues to depend on progress in the reform process in Serbia, as well as on the dialogue on normalisation of relations with Pristina, says the European Commission report on Serbia's progress on the EU path, to be published on Tuesday, Tanjug reported.

Speaking for Pink TV, Dacic said he always stood for "finding a compromise solution" for the Kosovo-Metohija issue - one that would "remove the cause of conflict."

Speaking in the Serbian National Assembly on Thursday, the prime minister noted that the formation of the ZSO was a part of the Brussels agreement - brokered by the EU in 2013, within the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue - and that "it must be implemented."

Kosovo Police confirmed to BIRN on Monday that Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government's Kosovo office, had been arrested on Monday for illegal entry and transferred to Pristina by the Specialized Operational Unit of Kosovo Police.

Kosovo Special Police intervened following reports that Djuric was participating in a debate in the divided northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica.

According to an EU press release, they "discussed further, within the framework of the new phase of the EU-facilitated Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, the preparations of a comprehensive agreement on normalization of relations."

They also "reviewed progress made in the implementation of the past agreements, in light of recent working sessions held in Brussels."

Whether the Serbian Municipalities Community (ZSO) will be formed in due time or will wait for the signing of a legally binding agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, is a dilemma opened by Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, saying that he heard a new option - that the ZSO will be just part of the package of the agreement, which he called a "superb insolence".

A court in Pristina on Monday released the former Democratic Party of Kosovo MP and former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Azem Syla, who is accused of organised crime and money laundering and has been in custody since 2016.