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Agreement over the A/CSM on sight (Novosti, Politika)

Belgrade has accepted Pristina’s proposal that future employees of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities have the status of ‘employees in the public sector’, learned the paper.

Even though Serbian side insisted that A/CSM employees have the status of ‘state employees’ formulation ‘employees in the public sector’ is also acceptable for Belgrade, since it clearly stipulates that A/CSM is not a non-governmental organization as Albanian side used to treat it so far.

Figliuolo: We will protect the peace in northern Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)

The situation in Kosovo is calm and stable and is improving every day, thanks to the determination of KFOR and Kosovo security organizations. However, unforeseen situation is possible due to the fragile nature of inter-ethnic relations, said the KFOR commander, Italian General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo. Can one guarantee the security in the north of Kosovo? We can provide security in Kosovo north in coordination with the Kosovo police and EULEX.

Serbs are leaving Kosovo government again? (Vecernje Novosti)

In case Pristina do not agree to the proposed text on the Community / Association of the Serb municipalities (ZSO), on the next round of Brussels talks, the representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo institutions could consider the option of “freezing” participation in the Assembly and Government. Minister of Local Government Administration Ljubomir Maric said that such a move would be logical, because representatives of the Serbian List will not participate in the Government which doesn’t want to form ZSO (which was the main reason for joining the Kosovo government).

Serbia is the target, till the end of Ramadan (Vecernje Novosti)

The German Embassy sent a circular letter to the German companies which are in Serbia clearly highlighting: “avoid public gatherings, trade centers and concerts.” In short, it was recommended to avoid places where is a high concentration of people. According to the operational data of domestic and foreign services, locations with lot of people could be targets of terrorist’s attacks during the period of Ramadan.

Declaration of the UN Security Council instead of resolution on Srebrenica? (Vecernje Novosti)

At this point, it is difficult to predict the epilogue of diplomatic war about the Srebrenica resolution, because Moscow and London have wide consultations in East River, in order to get support for their proposal in the Security Council, writes the paper. The opinion within the UN diplomatic circles is that in the case the balance of power in the Security Council is tight, there is a possibility that none of the resolutions will be passed.

Mogherini meets Mustafa and Vucic separately (Gazeta Express)

The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Frederica Mogherini, hosted today separate meetings with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa and the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, as well as with their respective teams. Spokesperson of the Office of the EU High Representative, Maja Kocijancic, informed about these meetings on her social network Twitter. This time the EU hope on the reach of concrete results, which lacked during the meeting held last week.

The problem is implementation of the Brussels Agreement (TV Most, Vecernje Novosti)

Vice President of the Belgian government Didier Reynders said that he hopes that the first chapter in the accession negotiations between Serbia and the EU will be opened soon, but in order to happen this year, all partners should be convinced. Reinders said that Serbia "gives quite a good example" in European integrations, citing the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, but now needs to be seen how the agreement is implemented.  "I was very pleased with the fact so many meetings between Belgrade and Pristina were organized during the previous composition of the European Commission, w

Only compromise possible for Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS, Blic, Vecernje Novosti)

Serbia considers Kosovo as an unalienable part of its territory and wishes to continue the search for a solution to the Kosovo issue through peaceful means only, compromise and agreements, Chairman of the Serbian parliament Committee on KiM, Milovan Drecun said in the talks with Chairman of the Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Alexey Pushkov. Serbia's foundation for the Kosovo's status rests on UN Security Council Resolution 1244, Drecun underscored during the meeting of the Serbian parliament Committee on KiM and the delegation of the Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee.