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Janjic: Boycott would be just a shot to the feet of the interests of Serbian community (RTS)

Political analyst Dusan Janjic expects to be reached a political agreement in Brussels for the resolution of the crisis in Kosovo. Janjic told RTS that the boycott of the Kosovo institutions would be like shooting the legs of the interests of Serbian community.

Director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations Dusan Janjic, said that the dialogue in Brussels would be some kind of review what has been done so far, and what should be done.

EU confirms 9 February talks (Koha)

European Union has confirmed that high-level dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade will resume on 9 February. A press release issued by the EU states that the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini will facilitate the meeting between Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa in Brussels. It also said: "This is the first high level meeting since after the appointment of the new government in Belgrade and the formation of the new government in Pristina.

Dušan Janjić on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (IRS)

The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue resumed in Brussels on February 9, having been interrupted almost for a year because of numerous elections in Serbia, Kosovo and the EU respectively. Despite the turbulent atmosphere created in the past months, political analyst Dušan Janjić tells our radio that he does not expect any spectacular results or big changes. More by Andjelka Marisavljevic.

Belgrade-Pristina talks set to resume (SETimes)

The prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa, will meet in Brussels on February 9th to continue negotiations between the two countries after a break in talks that lasted several months. The precise topics of discussion are still unknown, but the participants will certainly cover implementation of the Brussels Agreement and its effects on the two countries.

The resumption of the talks with Pristina is especially important for Belgrade because the dialogue is a key point in the continuation of Serbia's EU integration.

Mustafa and Gentilini discuss Brussels dialogue (Kosovapress)

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa met yesterday in Pristina the Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey in the European External Action Service (EEAS), Fernando Gentilini. The two officials discussed preparations for the meetings between Kosovo and Serbia representatives that will be held in Brussels in early February.

Djuric: Deciding on life's problems in Brussels (TV Most, Nase novine)

Director of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric announced that representatives of Serbia at the forthcoming talks in Brussels, on February 9, would run several topics of importance to the Serbian community in the province.

"The first topics of interest, most certainly, will be the position of Serbian municipalities, the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian property in Kosovo and Metohija, justice. There must be the question of the missing whose fate, on both sides, is still unknown," Djuric said in an interview to "Nase novine."

Thaci and Dacic to meet at the UNSC on 6 February (Lajmi)

Lajmi reports that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Kosovo will be held on 6 February. The news portal writes that this meeting will be a forerunner of the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue to be held in Brussels on 9 February. According to Lajmi, Kosovo and Serbia are expected to be represented by their respective Foreign Ministers Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic.

Tahiri: We won’t discuss Trepca in Brussels (Express)

Kosovo’s Minister without portfolio Edita Tahiri told the news site on Thursday that the issue of the Trepca mining complex would under no circumstance be discussed in the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue. According to Tahiri, the red lines set in the dialogue with Belgrade do not allow for such topics to be addressed. She also said that the Constitution of Kosovo does not allow opening topics that are related to Kosovo’s wealth and territorial integrity.

The government of Serbia wants dialogue with Kosovo on the Trepca issue. What is the position of the government of Kosovo?

Selimi: 100 per cent of Trepca is ownership of Kosovo (Danas)

“The Government of Kosovo has not changed the decision on the ownership of Trepca. Trepca is one hundred per cent owned by Kosovo, but the question which is under consideration relates to the model of the management of this property and future private investments. Currently, Trepca is managed through the Kosovo Privatization Agency, in a process that has been declared legal, during UNMIK's mandate,” told Petrit Selimi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo.