On Independence Day, once again we will be sending a clear message, as we did last year, that our freedom, our state, is not a threat to anyone, but a factor for peace and stability in the region. The democratic world expects this message from us. Speak to your municipal structures and with your people, so that our Independence Day will be a day of

“The institutions of the Republic of Kosovo, through the Council and the structures of public security and intelligence will care for, oversee and guarantee security for all the citizens of Kosovo. The Kosovo Security Council will recommend policies and strategies to the Kosovo Government, it will offer reports, evaluations and comments for all the issues

The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, sent a letter of appreciation to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, highly appraising the message that Prime Minister Thaçi sent on the election of Mr. Barack Obama as President of the United States. “I believe that we can work together in a spirit of peace and

“Luxembourg is one of the first countries which recognized Kosovo as an independent, sovereign and democratic state and in the name of the institutions and people of Kosovo, I want to express the most sincere thanks to the Minister and the authorities in Luxembourg,” said Prime Minister Thaçi.

Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi restated the Government of the Republic of Kosovo's commitment to implementing the Government's strategic priorities for the well-being of all Kosovars and said he believed that Kosovo's membership of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank would be a great step for the country's economic development.

“2009 will be a continuation of our success as a country, as a nation, as institutions and - most of all - as a Government, with the responsibilities we have taken on; we are aware that more must be done and more can be done, and we will do more. So I am here to continue to work and I have asked, as I always have, for ideas, even from world-famous experts

“I express my deep gratitude and appreciation to the initiators and supporters of a very important process for the independence of Kosovo, the commitment of the European Parliament in support of Kosovo and the invitation by the European Parliament to the countries that have not yet recognized Kosovo's independence to do so because its independence has

“One year after the declaration of independence, Kosovo is heading towards a secure European future, a secure future of respect for human rights and a secure and integrated future of good neighborliness with all the countries of the region, but above all, we must have success in Kosovo and this success is guaranteed,” said the Prime Minister of the

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Mr. Hashim Thaçi, accompanied by a group of deputies of the Kosovo Assembly, visited Skopje today, where he was received in a meeting by the head of the Democratic Union for Integration party (BDI), Mr. Ali Ahmeti, and his associates.

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, after a joint meeting held at the request of the head of UNMIK, Lamberto Zannier, declared that everything ended with Serbia on February 17th, when Kosovo declared itself an independent and sovereign state. Prime Minister Thaçi pledged that the legitimate institutions of Kosovo will respect, in