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Djuric disappointed with detention extension for Ivanovic (Tanjug)

Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric expressed on Thursday his deep disappointment and revolt over the court decision to extend the detention for Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Serb party Citizens' Initiative Freedom, Democracy Justice, and qualified it as yet another proof that the case against Ivanovic is politically motivated. The detention for Ivanovic has been extended until October 6.

"Genocide resolution" not included in assembly's agenda (Blic, Vecernje Novosti, B92)

The Kosovo assembly has not accepted a proposal to consider a draft resolution on alleged genocide by Yugoslav army and police forces against ethnic Albanians. 45 deputies on Monday voted in favour of including the draft in the agenda, 55 were against, while five abstained. The initiative to adopt such a resolution came from the Self-Determination Movement, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, and the Initiative for the Future of Kosovo. They believe that members of Serb security forces committed genocide against Albanians in the province during the last war. The initiative was announced

Djuric: Dialogue - way to improve relations in KiM (Tanjug)

The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue remains something that is for Serbia a way not only to resolve practical problems, but also improve relations between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo, Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said on Saturday evening. “It is a shame that, as I have that impression, we do not have sincere interlocutors on the other side, and that when talking to the media, political representatives of Albanians in Pristina, when it comes to the negotiations, are following the principle that a lie repeated thousand times becomes truth,” Djuric said in a meeting

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Đurić honorary citizen of Zvečan (Blic)

The director of the Serbian Government’s Office in Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić yesterday was declared the honorary citizen of Zvečan/Zveçan. Đurić said that the reward he received at the very Day of the Municipality is a sort of advanced call for what has to be done in future and that he feels additional responsibility for doing more. “In coming weeks and months is not the time for big speeches, quarrels and discussions. It depends from our character and our abilities whether we will survive and stay, or disappear.

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Djuric: Pristina uninterested in agreement (RTS)

Pristina refused to agree on telecommunications and the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities. Serbia is ready to continue the negotiations, but so far there is no exact date for the resumption of dialogue in Brussels, Djuric notes. Marko Djuric, visiting the RTS, said that Pristina has not been interested to reach an agreement and that at one point it looked as if the talks would be suspended. "Indeed for three years, we have not seen such behaviour of Pristina. Complete lack of interest for the deal was apparent.

Djuric talks about "U.S. role in Kosovo talks" (RTS, Blic, B92)

"They do not sit in the room physically, but I think there were several separate conversations with representatives of several states today, including the Americans, and their role in the political sense is very important," he said. The director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija made this statement when state broadcaster RTS asked about "American participation in negotiations in Brussels". A round of the Kosovo dialogue ended late on Tuesday with "progress made, but no agreements reached." According to Djuric, the Americans have much more influence in Pristina than

Without an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on Telecommunications (Dailies)

After the 15 hours long negotiations on telecommunications, within the framework of the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, was not reached an agreement on key issues, was stated from the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija. The talks were completed about one o’clock after midnight, and the dialogue on telecommunications at a technical level will be continued on Monday,  22 June, the day before the meetings between Prime Ministers in Brussels.