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Kosovo problem should be solved quickly - German ambassador (B92)

Before to joining the EU, Serbia must solve the problem with Kosovo, and a quick solution would be good for everyone.

That is what the ambassador of Germany to Serbia, Axel Dittmann, told Filip Cukanovic and b92.net on Monday in Belgrade.

Dittmann also spoke about the construction of the new German embassy in Belgrade, Germany's defeat in the first game they played at the World Cup in Russia - and revealed when Serbia might be close to joining the EU...

About 60 foreign services are active in Serbia, says expert (Tanjug, B92)

Serbia is targeted by intelligence services of some 60 countries, which plan subversive acts, fake news, and disturbance of the public.

This is according to professor Milan Mijalkovski, former dean at the Faculty of Security, who told the daily Politika that "everything that is happening in Serbia can also be observed through some internal reason, but should be brought into context of foreign factors' interests."

Vucic "investing 80 percent of his time to Kosovo issue" (Tanjug, B92)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic invests more than 80 percent of his time in finding a compromise for Kosovo and Metohija.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said this on Thursday.

"At least two are needed for a compromise, but now there are several factors. People in Pristina said they have no foreign policy of their own but consider the foreign policy of the United States to that," Brnabic said.

Gorani Civic Initiative (GIG): To give Gora status of district (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)

Gorani Civic Initiative (GIG) proposed to the Serbian Government negotiations team and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini to provide status of the district to the Gora area, as it is the case with the Brcko District in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbian media reported.

This area is mainly populated by Gorani community, and the status of a district would mean ensuring stability and peace.

EULEX chief says no magical solution to problems (BETA, TV N1)

The EULEX mission did not come to Kosovo to magically solve every problem, mission chief Alexandra Papadopulou told the Beta news agency on Wednesday.

“The EULEX mission was not deployed here to solve all of Kosovo’s problems in rule of law with a magic wand in just a couple of years. We should have made that clearer from the start, we should have managed local expectations better,” she said.

Papadopuolou said the role of the mission was to implement a multi-ethnic, transparent and independent rule of law system free from political interference.

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Vucic: No EU draft of final agreement on Kosovo (BETA, TV N1)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that he has not been given any draft of a final agreement on normalizing Belgrade-Pristina relations by someone from the European Union.

“I have not seen a draft or a proposal as an EU paper. I have seen others which I rejected… When something serious arrives I will inform you,” Vucic said.

The Beta news agency said that an official of an EU member state demanded to see the draft of a final Belgrade-Pristina agreement at a recent meeting of EU officials.

Cuoci: Belgrade and Pristina together in investigation of Oliver Ivanovic murder (KIM Radio, Slobodno srpski)

KFOR Commander, Major-General Salvatore Cuoci said in Slobodno srpski talk show that KFOR did not take part in the investigation of Oliver Ivanovic murder, but it is ready to get involved if asked. General Cuoci said in security aspects for the entire region, it would be very important to resolve this murder.

He further added, so far KFOR did not receive any request for support regarding Ivanovic murder investigation, and he remains certain that the prosecution and police actively work on finding evidences and resolving this case.

Belgrade expects dialogue with Pristina by end June (BETA, TV N1)

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he expected the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue to continue before the end of June despite obstructions he saw in recent attacks on Kosovo Serbs but added the issue would not be solved without the involvement of the US and Russia.

Vucic said he could not be in Brussels on June 27th and 28th but would be available at any other date.

Vecernje Novosti: US to enter Kosovo dialogue? (Tanjug, B92)

In addition to France, Germany and the Netherlands, which want to be included in the final stages of the Kosovo dialogue, the US also wants to join the process.

According to the daily Vecenje Novosti, a US representative would be tasked with talks at the highest level.

The newspaper cites its sources to report that the US representative would most likely be at adviser level.

According to the article, in order for this to happen, the US is striving to present EU mediator Federica Mogherini as lacking satisfactory results in this process.