Pristina

Pristina "wants to contribute to prevent escalation" - PM

LJUBLJANA, PRISTINA -- Pristina is interested "in the firm cooperation between the police forces of Kosovo and Macedonia," Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa has said.

Albanian prime minister cancels visit to Macedonia

TIRANA, BERLIN -- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has canceled his official visit to Macedonia, planned for May 14, Albanian language media in Pristina are reporting.

Rama was to visit Skopje and Tetovo, the website Albeu said on Tuesday, quoting sources from the Albanian Foreign Ministry.

Community of municipalities to be discussed soon

BELGRADE -- Direct discussions between Belgrade and Pristina on a community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) will be on the agenda of the Brussels talks within a month.

This was announced by the head of EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport.

Belgrade and Pristina fail to reach agreement on energy

BRUSSELS -- Marko Djuric announced after the talks with Pristina's delegation in Brussels late on Monday that no agreement on energy had been reached.

According to the director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, this happened because "Pristina refused to meet the obligations assumed earlier."

Four Serbs arrested in Kosovo

The Kosovo police have confirmed that they had arrested four persons in Strpce for "illegal possession of weapons and for causing general danger."

This was announced by spokesperson for regional police in Urosevac, Agim Gashi, the website Kallxo said.

BIRN's new documentary, which investigates the Serbian commanders responsible for some of the worst attacks of the Kosovo war, was screened for the first time in Pristina.

Kosovo teens "prevented from joining Islamic State"

PRISTINA -- Two 14-year-old girls from Kosovo who planned to travel to Syria "in order to join the Islamic State" have been returned home.

Jihadi from Kosovo killed in Syria

PRISTINA -- A Kosovo Albanian from the Klina municipality in Kosovo and Metohija who joined the Islamic State in Syria has been killed.

This is according to the Pristina-based Albanian language daily Express, which named the person as Ekrem Hasani.

WASHINGTON - Serbia is a bright spot on the map of the Western Balkans, and what is most encouraging is its commitment to the Brussels dialogue it has with Pristina, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee said in the US Congress.

PRISTINA - Representatives of the Association of Professional Journalists of Kosovo and Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) in Kosovo announced in Pristina that a memorandum of cooperation between the two associations should be signed.