Enver Hoxhaj

This was announced Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj.

Citing the website Lajmi, the agency reported that Hoxhaj said that if the request were submitted now, Kosovo could join the CoE "within two years."

He added that during that period, this institution "will mainly be chaired by countries that recognized Kosovo's independence."

Kosovo's government on Monday backed a report by a new commission tasked with re- assessing the controversial border deal with Montenegro - which has called the deal damaging to Kosovo's national interests.

Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj says that Kosovo should become a member of the UN at the end of the dialogue with Belgrade.

In an interview with the Vienna-based Standard newspaper, he said that Kosovo is "in the last stage of state formation."

The constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly will continue on August 24, when the assembly speaker and deputy speakers should be elected.

The president of the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly, the oldest deputy, Adem Mikulovci, on Wednesday agreed this with the representatives of the coalition around the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Beta reported.

Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said that Serbian President's Aleksandar Vucic's plan to resolve relations between Belgrade and Pristina, would be a welcome turn in Serbia's policy towards his country.

Kosovo has not applied for membership in UNESCO this year, says New Kosovo Alliance leader Behgjet Pacolli.

Pacolli, who is also "one of the richest Albanians in Europe, and in the world," asked Kosovo's outgoing foreign minister, Enver Hoxhaj, "why he was misleading the public" when he said that Pristina had secured the votes needed for membership in UNESCO and Interpol.

A Serbian expert criticised the decision to make Serbia's controversial Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin the country's new Defence Minister because of his hard-line nationalist views and record of quarrelling with other countries in the region.

Ivica Dacic - Photo: mfa.gov.rs

The EU should recognize that Albanian politicians are the main threat to peace and stability not only in the Balkans but also in Europe.

This is what Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister has told the website euractiv.com, Beta is reporting on Wednesday.

Slovene centre-left MEP Tanja Fajon has added to the chorus of international voices urging Kosovo to get on with ratifying a controversial border deal with Montenegro.

Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said on Tuesday that Aleksandar Vucic would be allowed to visit Kosovo on Wednesday.

According to Beta, Hoxhaj also said the visit would "last three hours."