French President Emmanuel Macron has great ambitions regarding the role of EU and thinks the EU can resolve Kosovo issue on its own, along with Belgrade and Pristina, RTS reported.

This was said on the RTS special broadcast dedicated to the visit of President Macron to Serbia. Sonja Liht from the Fund of Political Excellence said a major step ahead was made in terms of bilateral relations. She added this step ahead should also be seen in a wider context, given that Macron mentioned Germany several times.

President of France Emmanuel Macron continues his visit to Serbia, meeting with the students from the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO). Accompanied by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Macron will talk to the representatives of Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), the project within Berlin Process.

In its Belgrade report on the visit of President Macron, "Euronews" underlines his promise to relaunch Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. After meeting his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, Macron said he would invite delegations from Serbia and Kosovo to Paris, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, "Euronews" reports.

"We are seeing rising tension and sometimes these tensions are fueled here and there by external powers that have an interest in making sure no deal is found," Macron said, as "Euronews" carries.

President of France Emmanuel Macron will come to Belgrade today aiming at restoring "severed relations" with Serbia, today's French press assesses.

French television "France 24" states that Belgrade-Pristina relations will be among main issues for discussion. This broadcaster reminds of the fact that this is the first visit of the French President to Serbia after Jacques Chirac's stay in the Balkan region back in 2001.

French President Emanuel Macron set to visit Serbia on July 15 and 16, according to Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti, wants to show that Paris is “still an important player on the world's political and security scene”.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Instagram “Future of Serbia” account investments of RSD 9.5 billion in Serb areas in Metohija and Pomoravlje, RTS reported.

“With the investment cycle of RSD 9.5 billion we want to change the lives of people,” President Vucic wrote.

“We want to see progress everywhere. We can do it because we have money. Everything would remain empty talks if we did not manage to regulate public finances through difficult reforms,” he added.

“Serbs in Pomoravlje, but also south of the Ibar River need peace more than money,” analyst Ljubomir Stanojkovic said, commenting on the announcement of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that Serbia would invest RSD 9.5 billion in Serb areas in Kosovo, RTV KIM reports.

Journalist Darko Dimitrijevic claims Serbia has invested for years in Metohija, however “transparency and quality of such investments is disputable topic.”

Despite his standpoint against EU expansion, French President Emmanuel Macron comes to Belgrade with a message that France supports Serbia's EU integration.

This is according to Belgrade-based newspaper Blic that further said President Macron will pass on to the President of Serbia that France supports Serbia in resolving an open conflict with Kosovo Albanians. In this context, daily states that Macron's relations towards Pristina's representatives had changed, stressing that this change of course of French President in favor of Serbia is novelty.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was aware of the official Belgrade discontent against the west, due to the fact that neither Berlin nor Paris “pressed” Pristina strongly enough to revoke the tariffs it imposed on the goods from Serbia, Danas daily reports referring to diplomatic sources.

Enver Hoxhaj is part of a general hysteric reaction to the logically posed questions by Belgrade, asked with intention to shed the light on the crime and bring to the justice those who have ordered and carried out the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said, Danas daily reports.