Hashim Thaci

The struggle between the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo over control of foreign and domestic policy widened on Monday after Prime Minister Albin Kurti at the last minute refused to attend a meeting summoned by President Hashim Thaci to discuss key policies. Thaci had invited in separate meetings all the Kosovo political leaders.

Kosovo Security Force troops paraded at a commemoration in Pristina on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the death in 1998 of Kosovo Liberation Army commander Adem Jashari and honour the wartime actions of the guerrilla force.

According to media reports, the agreement has two options, border correction or Community Plus, with Serbia's specific demands - an option that, according to their sources, is favored by US intermediaries, "Bota Sot" stated.

A survey by the NGO Integra published on Wednesday suggested that while people in Kosovo believe that it is important that the truth about the 1998-99 war be known, only a minority know about President Hashim Thaci's initiative to set up a truth and reconciliation commission.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday denied reports that he had brokered a "great deal" with the President of Kosovo during their overlapping visits to the United States.

"Ending a two-day visit to Washington, DC with excellent talks at the White House with US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Special Advisor to the US President and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Special Envoy for the Belgrade-Pritina dialogue Richard Grenell".

Glauk Konjufca said on Tuesday that he has decided to dismiss several heads of diplomatic missions from their position abroad, including Kosovo's ambassador to Washington, Vlora Citaku.

Konjufca said that Kosovo's representatives in Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Hungary, France, Montenegro and Switzerland should also be discharged from their positions.

Vucic told reporters that Serbia would suspend diplomatic action to withdraw recognition of Kosovo's independence if and when Albanians stop demanding that Serbia recognize Kosovo.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday dismissed the decision of Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti to partly lift tariffs on Serbian imports as "another attempted fraud". 

Kosovo politicians continued to trade accusations on Wednesday over a reported secret agreement in 2013 with NATO, which imposed limits on the security forces' freedom of action, especially in the Serb-dominated north.