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Palmer canceled participation in Belgrade Security Forum (Serbian media)

Serbian media reports that Western Balkans State Department Special Representative Matthew Palmer cancelled participation in Belgrade Security Forum, taking place October 16-18. Matthew Palmer was scheduled to address the official opening of the Belgrade Security Forum on Thursday 17 October on "Sustainable Solutions for the Western Balkans". German diplomat in charge of the Western Balkans Suzanne Schutz, former EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and former French ambassador to Belgrade, Frederic Mondolini, will speak at the official opening.

Turkish President Erdoğan to Politika: Any agreement between Belgrade and Pristina is acceptable to us (Serbian media)

Ahead of his arrival in Belgrade, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with Politika that Turkey was ready to do its best to solve Kosovo's problem. Erdoğan pointed out that an agreement that would be acceptable to both parties would also be acceptable to Turkey.

In an interview for today's edition of Belgrade based daily Politika, Erdoğan says that reaching an agreement on a Kosovo issue that satisfies all stakeholders is vital to achieving long-term stability and peace in the Balkans, which is why Turkey supports the resumption of Belgr

Video in Albanian brings media campaign against Freedom coalition; New Kosovo Party left the coalition (Serbian media)

On Tuesday, coalition Freedom issued a press release saying election campaign video in Albanian has caused a media campaign against the Kosovo Serb Freedom coalition, reported Serbian media.

The coalition candidate for PM Nenad Rasic recorded the campaign video in Albanian calling people to vote against the Serbian List at the October 6 early parliamentary elections.

Serbian President Vucic: "Parastate terrorizes and persecutes the Serbian List, only 'Serbia' is a forbidden word" (B92, RTS, N1, Tanjug)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has called on Serbs in Kosovo, internally displaced and expelled to exercise their rights and vote for the Serbian List. He stated that in this way they would thwart the attempts to manipulate the Serbian electoral will. In a statement to Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), Vucic said that the Serbian List was experiencing real political terror and persecution, organized by the organs of the so-called parastate, supported by some in the international community. "Look at who and why is working against the list", the president appealed and stressed that the ca

Vucic to Lavrov: Good that Serbia has Russia as reliable ally (Beta)

After meeting Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters it was good for his country to have Russia as a reliable friend and ally in all of the important issues for Belgrade, the Beta news agency reported on Thursday.

He described the meeting as "very, very good, honest and friendly."

117,808 Voters in Kosovo Municipalities with a Serb Majority (Serbian media)

According to preliminary data, 117,808 voters will have the right to vote in ten Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo, Serbian media quoted Kosovo Election Commission announcement.

That is 738 more voters than in the previous 2017 elections. Municipality of North Mitrovica has the highest number of the voters, where 22,457 voters are registered in the electoral roll. The municipality of Klokot has the lowest number of voters - 3,849 voters are registered.

Dodik: North of Kosovo to remain in Serbia with Republika Srpska joining Serbia as well (KoSSev, TV Prva)

The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik announced in Belgrade today that one of the possible solutions of the Kosovo issue is for the four municipalities in the north of Kosovo to remain in Serbia with Republika Srpska also joining the Republic of Serbia. ''If that is the solution, I will not oppose it,'' he told Belgrade's TV Prva, which was then picked up by Belgrade media.

Vucic on Kostunica's proposal: Implement it, and I will resign immediately (Serbian media)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic commented on Vojislav Kostunica's proposal that the status of Kosovo could be solved by the Hong Kong model.

"I have great respect for our presidents, Boris Tadic, Vojsilav Kostunica and Tomislav Nikolic, respectively. I have a question for you - what does it mean exactly - a Hong Kong model? Who will accept this from Albanians, who have declared independence during your and Tadic's term of office? Why didn't you accept it back then?", Vucic asked at a news conference.

We will strive to find all missing persons, says Vucic (RTS, Tanjug, B92)

We will give our best to find all the missing persons, they have not disappeared as long as we mention them, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic during a visit to the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons in Kosovo and Metohija, reprted Serbian media.

Kurz to Tanjug: Austria will support the correction of borders (Serbian media)

Austria will support all the solutions agreed in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, including border correction, Sebastian Kurz told Belgrade based news agency Tanjug.

"Our position is clear: we support everything that the parties agree on, as well as possible border adjustments, if that ultimately leads to a comprehensive solution that would bring more stability. The goal must be to resolve all outstanding issues by agreement in the dialogue," Kurz explained.