Officials in Priština reportedly unhappy with report

PRISTINA EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton's report on Serbia has received negative reviews in Pristina," the local media are reporting. The contents of the report filed by the mediator in the Kosovo talks "shocked official Pristina," while according to the Albanian language newspaper Koha ditore, the EU official "included untruths" in her document. Officials in Pristina reportedly unhappy with report The motivation for such a report, the newspaper said, was the commitment for Serbia to be given the date for the beginning of EU membership negotiations "at any cost." The unnamed official of the Kosovo government, quoted by the daily, also stated that "things are not the way they are described in the report." He said he "did not know if Serbia should have gotten the date for the start of accession negotiations with the EU at any cost," but that the report was equal to "throwing dust in someone's eyes." The newspaper attempted to obtain a statement from those Pristina officials who were directly involved in the talks, but neither Blerim Shala, who is the coordinator of the team for the negotiations, nor Edita Tahiri responded to phone calls. Another Pristina-based daily, Tribuna, writes on Thursday that, "as expected, Kosovo has not received any rewards." Beta

Officials in Priština reportedly unhappy with report

The motivation for such a report, the newspaper said, was the commitment for Serbia to be given the date for the beginning of EU membership negotiations "at any cost."

The unnamed official of the Kosovo government, quoted by the daily, also stated that "things are not the way they are described in the report."

He said he "did not know if Serbia should have gotten the date for the start of accession negotiations with the EU at any cost," but that the report was equal to "throwing dust in someone's eyes."

The newspaper attempted to obtain a statement from those Priština officials who were directly involved in the talks, but neither Blerim Shala, who is the coordinator of the team for the negotiations, nor Edita Tahiri responded to phone calls.

Another Priština-based daily, Tribuna, writes on Thursday that, "as expected, Kosovo has not received any rewards."