Political status of Kosovo

Air Chief Marshall Sir Stuart Peach has been named British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Envoy for the Western Balkans, adding to the list of international envoys to the region after the United States and European Union did the same with Gabriel Escobar and Miroslav Lajcak.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a say in Kosovo's October local elections, in more ways than one.

Serbia's parties began to focus solely on acquiring votes. Ideology became peripheral. Today, most parties in Serbia support more or less the same values: EU integration, human rights, raising living standards and the fight against corruption; the status of Kosovo remains potentially inflammatory for the party elites since most Serbian citizens are against recognizing Kosovo's independence.

They also called on Serbia to work on an urgent de-escalation of the situation
The press release points out that Albania is particularly concerned about "the deployment of Serbian armed forces near the border with Kosovo and military planes flying near and above Kosovo's airspace, which encourages individuals to provoke unrest and violence, as well as to destabilize Kosovo."

According to him, this means announcing an international competition for a memorial that will reflect the role of the Dardanian factor in the Middle Ages within feudal formations that were equal factors in the devastated area of Byzantium in the circumstances before the schism of Christianity.

He added that "big and important" consultations on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija will follow in the coming days.
Asked about speculations that France could take over the "lead" regarding the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Vui answered for TV Pink:

He will visit Serbia on Wednesday and Thursday, March 3 and 4, while he will visit Montenegro on March 4 and 5.
During his stay in Pristina, Lajcak will meet with representatives of Kosovo's interim institutions and political parties, as well as with representatives of the European Union.

According to Bulgarian Ambassador to Kosovo Hristo Goudzhev, the general elections in Kosovo proceeded without major irregularities. The diplomat observed the election at five sections in various places across Kosovo including Podjuevo Municipality and Southern Mitrovica.

The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Mining and Energy Zorana Mihajlovi, as well as the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Petar Petkovi, and his predecessor and appointed Ambassador of Serbia to the USA Marko Djuri.

Analysts, non-governmental organizations and the opposition influenced that warming of bilateral relations, the Director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies, Jelena Mili, assessed today.