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Djuric: Pristina’s refusal dangerous and irresponsible (RTS)

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric told RTS that Pristina’s refusal to continue dialogue is dangerous and irresponsible as well as negation of accepted obligations.

The stances of Kosovo politicians that can be heard over the last days are contrary to the dialogue idea and lead towards a stalemate, Djuric added.

“Only governments benefiting from Belgrade-Pristina dialogue” (BETA, TV N1)

The process intended to normalize Belgrade-Pristina relations serves only the political elites and is not leading to improvements in the lives of ordinary citizens, the participants in a debate on Kosovo and Serbia said.

The war in Kosovo and the bombing of Serbia were tragedies but what is happening now is a farce, Bojan Elek of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy told the debate on the second day of the "Mirëdita, Dobar Dan" festival.

“Mirdita” festival is approaching, provocations from both sides (BETA, B92, TV N1, KoSSev)

“Mirdita” festival is approaching, while tensions are already running high. Serbian Radical Party announced they would not allow festival, while from Kosovo say they were not allowed to enter flags to the central Serbia, B92 reported.

Serbian media further reported that Serbian police searched the bus carrying artists from Kosovo who are supposed to take part in a festival at Merdare crossing point.

Belgrade forbid the Radicals' rally; they say will go ahead (N1)

Serbia’s Interior Ministry (MUP) said on Tuesday they had banned rallies that the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) planned during the “Mirëdita, dobar dan” festival, but the radicals said they would hold it, reports regional broadcaster N1.

Vojislav Seselj’s party scheduled the gatherings for May 30 and 31 and June 1, in central Belgrade, to protest the festival that has been held since 2014, with an aim to get Pristina and Belgrade closer to each other by getting to know their respective cultures better.

Slain Kosovo Serb’s party urges investigation (BETA, TV N1)

The party of the assassinated Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic, the Civic Initiative SDP, urged today all investigative services and especially the EULEX, to intensify the probe into the January 16 murder.

In a statement, they appealed to both Belgrade and Pristina institutions “to use their authority and not allow that the perpetrators remain anonymous and unpunished.”

Vecernje Novosti: Serbian Army has response to Pristina’s plan

Possible intrusion of the Kosovo Security Forces to crossing points Jarinje and Brnjak would not go without reaction from Belgrade, Vecernje Novosti wrote yesterday.

As daily earlier reported, Pristina’s plan to take over control of the administrative crossing points in the north of Kosovo, supported by NATO allies, could “inflame” entire region and Belgrade through unofficial channels has warned important European stakeholders of danger and domino effects of such scenario.

Belgrade will continue to balance between the West and Russia (Danas)

Diplomatic sources of Danas and international relations experts do not exclude completely the possibility of Serbia changing the foreign policy course, but they assess that Belgrade will endeavour in maintaining the current position of balancing between the West and Russia.

According to interlocutors of Danas, any changes in foreign policy will depend largely on the next phase of resolving the Kosovo issue.

CI SDP embittered over investigation of Ivanovic’s murder (BETA)

“Tomorrow would be exactly four months since the murder of the leader of Civic Initiative “Freedom, Democracy, Justice” (GI SDP) Oliver Ivanović in Mitrovica North, and there is no progress in the investigation,” official of CI SDP Ksenija Bozovic told BETA news agency.

“We are disappointed and embittered, although from the day one we have claimed that the killer will never be found” Bozovic said, expressing dissatisfaction because the investigation, as she said, was increasingly being diluted.

Djuric: We are for compromised and not unilateral solutions (RTS)

Serbia will cooperate with the Special Court for KLA crimes, and it would be good if there are even theoretic chances that some of the criminals are punished, however, we should not have unrealistic expectations, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said speaking for the RTS news edition.

Djuric added, Belgrade is for a compromised solution when it comes to Kosovo and will not accept unilateral impositions.