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"Change the format of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, a conference after elections" (BBC in Serbian, KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)

Two years ago, there was much more room for an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, but unfortunately it was not used, Austrian diplomat Wolfgang Petritsch told BBC in Serbian, and added that it was necessary to change the format of the dialogue and proposed international conference after the elections in Kosovo and in Serbia.

NATO: Scientists say no health risks from depleted uranium used in 1999 bombing (FoNet, N1, BBC)

NATO deputy spokesperson and the head of Press and Media Piers Cazalet told BBC in Serbian on Thursday there was no health risk from depleted uranium used in the Alliance’s bombing of former Yugoslavia during the 1998-1999 was in Kosovo.

Serbia’s media reported that the German soldiers who took part in NATO missions in the Balkans demanded compensation for their exposure to depleted uranium.

BBC reporter: Serbia today similar to what it was 20 years ago (BBC Serbia, TV N1)

NATO bombing of the then Yugoslavia has been an embarrassing deviation which everyone is ashamed of today, John Simpson, a BBC reporter told British public broadcaster’s office in Belgrade on Wednesday. Simson, who was covering the NATO intervention in 1999 aimed at stopping Belgrade's forces from, as they said, repression over ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, said it was “an unpleasant experience” from the beginning to the end, which “is forgotten today.” He said the bombing was far away from being successful as the world leaders had hoped for, and according to him, it ended with help from Mosco

Serbia-Kosovo: Where neighbours do not share a coffee (BBC)

It is your ethnicity that determines where you drink coffee in the Serbian town of Bujanovac, close to the border with Kosovo,

"Albanians and Serbs don't use the same bars," says Valon Arifi, an ethnic Albanian.

The town's population is majority Serb, but in the wider region Albanians are more numerous.

See at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46808673

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Kosovo-Serbia talks: Why land swap could bridge divide (BBC)

A historic moment or a proposal that would mean war? When it comes to Kosovo's putative territory swap with Serbia, it depends who you ask.

Speculation abounds that the two parties could make the concept official as early as Friday, when their presidents meet for scheduled talks in Brussels.

The idea seems simple. See at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45423835

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"Albanian gangs control drug trafficking in UK" (B92, BBC)

Violent Albanian criminal groups have "considerable control" over drug trafficking in Great Britain.

At the same time, Serbians and Turks "dominate high volume maritime cocaine logistics."

This is according to a BBC report, published under the headline, "Albanian gangs 'controlling' UK drug trafficking market," that cited the National Crime Agency (NCA) annual assessment document.

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