"Serbians will have chance to declare themselves on Kosovo" (BETA)
President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday that the citizens of Serbia will have the opportunity to "declare themselves on a solution for Kosovo."
PM Brnabic: KiM most important topic, reconstruction of government can wait (TV Pink, Tanjug, Dnevnik)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic told TV Pink, that Kosovo issue is the most important topic and government reconstruction can wait.
Analysts on Vucic’s visit to Moscow (TV N1)
Foreign policy commentator Bosko Jaksic and Chair of the Centre for Strategic Alternatives Aleksandar Mitic told TV N1 that Russia is in favour of maintaining “status quo” in Kosovo.
Serbia to rely on Russia and China in dealing with UK's move (BETA, B92)
Western countries have been trying for a while now to change the format of discussions about Kosovo at the UN Security Council, says President Aleksandar Vucic.
Ilir Meta and Hashim Thaci invited to ceremony in Medvedja (TV N1, FoNet)
Deputy Chair of Medvedja Municipal Assembly, Florim Sahiti told FoNet news agency that as it was the case last year, presidents of Albania and Kosovo, Ilir Meta and Hashim Thaci are invited to a cultural-sport event in the village of Tupale, near by Medvedja.
Serbian president "delays" his Kosovo proposal (Bloomberg, Tanjug, B92)
Bloomberg is reporting that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said "a deal with Kosovo" is not imminent "as both sides remain far apart."
"I said Pristina would lie - and I was right" (BETA, B92)
Aleksandar Vucic says everything that can be heard from representatives of provisional institutions in Kosovo and Metohija "only confirms what he said earlier."
Djuric: Joining foreign army is offense punishable by law (Radio kontakt plus, TV Pink)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric urged Serbs in Kosovo not to join the “illegal army of Kosovo” and reminded that “under the Serbian Criminal Code, entering into service of illegal, foreign armed formations is unlawful and punishable with up to ten years in prison,” Radio kontakt plus reported.
He stressed that the formation of an illegal army in Kosovo is contrary to the Resolution 1244, the Kumanovo Agreement and against the goal of the Serbian state – which is a long-term stability.
He added that the “Serbian List which is opposing the formation of
Hahn: No new members with neighbourhood problems (FoNet, TV N1)
European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said on Monday the European Union would not accept new members who have open issues with neighbours, TV N1 reported.
Hahn told the European Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is important and added that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is doing a brave job in the dialogue on normalization of Serbia-Kosovo relations.
The Commissioner warned that progress in the dialogue does not mean that official Belgrade should stop reforms, especially in regard to rule of law.
Hahn said
Serbia’s National Dialogue on Kosovo: Scant Consensus, Much Scepticism (Balkan Insight)
Serbia is no closer to consensus on Kosovo nine months after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic called a series of roundtable discussions on relations with the country’s former southern province. Critics are sceptical of Vucic’s soul-searching.