Politics of Kosovo

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak has welcomed a decision to withdraw 25 pct of so-called Kosovo Police troops deployed in and around municipal buildings in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, made at a meeting of representatives of the so-called Kosovo Police, Eulex and Kfor in Bratislava.

The EU's special envoy for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajak, welcomed the decision to reduce the number of members of the so-called Kosovo Police in the north of Kosovo.
This decision was made at a meeting of representatives of the so-called Kosovo Police, EULEX and KFOR.

The portal referred to the words of an EU official that the Union is still concerned about the tensions in the north of Kosovo, and that it calls on both sides to urgently de-escalate.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic, who is on an official visit to China, met with Chinese Vice FM Deng Li on Monday.

BRUSSELS - Bilateral meetings in the next round of the EU-facilitated technical-level dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina are due to begin at 9.30 am on Wednesday, Tanjug learns.

Belgrade's delegation, headed by the director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic, arrived in Brussels on Tuesday morning.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti was attacked by opposition MPs while speaking at a plenary session of the Kosovo Parliament.

An MP from the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) attempted to douse Kurti with water and MPs from the prime minister's ruling party, Self-Determination, jumped to his defense.

In its response to Koha, EULEX stated that the decision of the government in Pristina "is not agreed with EULEX".
Yesterday, the European Union assessed that this step, apart from not being coordinated with Brussels, does not contribute to the de-escalation of the situation in the north of Kosovo.

As senators pointed out, Pristina did not respond to US efforts to de-escalate the situation, which is why Congress will review the levels of support to Pristina and Belgrade.

He answered questions from journalists after the meeting of the governments of Serbia and Hungary in Pali.

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano said on Thursday EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell had invited representatives of Belgrade and Pristina to a Brussels meeting next week over the crisis in the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

Stano said more details would be announced soon.