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B92: Macedonian intel services followed Serbian diplomats – daily

It has been established that Macedonia's intelligence services followed and illegally "processed" Serbian diplomats, writes the daily Blic.

The newspaper further states that "foreign powers" were also involved in intelligence activities undertaken against Serbia.

"Serbian diplomats were followed without any reason, and even the method of intimidation was used. Some of the pressure that was applied was okayed by foreigners," a source has told the Belgrade daily, and added:

"We should ask for EU's concessions to stop blocking Kosovo" (B92, Blic)

Rasim Ljajic believes that a frozen conflict related to the Kosovo issue does not suit Serbia, and proposes "normalization without recognition" as a solution.

The minister of trade, telecommunications, and tourism, who also serves as a deputy PM and is the leader of the SDPS party, is the latest Serbian official to write an op-ed on this topic for a Belgrade newspaper, since President Aleksandar Vucic launched his "internal dialogue on Kosovo."

Rakić: Reducing the UNMIK mission would be very harmful to Serbs in Kosovo (Blic)

The President of the Serb List Goran Rakić says that UNMIK is irreplaceable as an impartial arbiter of human rights in Kosovo, and that any further reduction or devaluation of that mission would go directly to the detriment of the Serbian people and all non-Albanian communities in the province.

- UNMIK is here and as a permanent reminder that Resolution 1244 is a politically alive document, which Kosovo and Metohija views as part of Serbia - said Rakić to Tanjug.

Rakić: We are not afraid of the new parliamentary elections in Kosovo (Blic)

President of the Serbian List Goran Rakić says that they are not afraid of possible new parliamentary elections in Kosovo, but that he will not speculate whether there will be the new ones.

- I would not speculate. We said that we are ready to participate, Rakić said in response to the question of whether the new parliamentary elections in Kosovo are possible.

Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) to run in local Kosovo elections independently (SRNA, Blic)

Provincial Board of the Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) for Kosovo made the decision to run independently in the forthcoming local elections in Kosovo, scheduled for 22 October, SRNA news agency and Blic daily reported.

“We have decided to run independently in the forthcoming local election in all 10 Serb-majority municipalities, other municipalities where Serbs are living and where the Provincial Board has its network,” their press release stated.

Odalović: The evidence is there, we hope the criminals will be punished (Blic)

Secretary General of the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and President of the Government's Commission for Missing Persons Veljko Odalović believes that the new Special Court will provide answers to some questions regarding the crimes committed in Kosovo, and that perpetrators will be punished, and victims and their families will get peace and satisfaction, reports daily Blic today.

Thaçi's lie about historic agreement with Belgrade (Blic)

President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi, said that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will soon be completed, with the historic agreement of the two sides. Thaçi announced this after returning from Brussels where he had a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić with the mediation of Federica Mogherini, head of European diplomacy.

For daily Blic at the top of the government deny this.

- Nothing is agreed - the source of Blic from the top of the government is explicit.

Politika: The Court ready, no big names in the first round of indictments (KIM radio, Politika, Kontakt plus radio, Blic, Srna)

Spokesperson and head of the Communication Service of specialized councils Avis Beneš told Belgrade based daily Politika that there are no legal obstacles to receiving the indictments or indictments of the Special Prosecutor's Office, but she added that the prosecution still has no spokesperson.

Beneš told Politika that the official titles of this court are "Specialized Councils and Specialized Prosecutor's Office of Kosovo, and not the Special Court or KLA Crimes Court".

Drecun: A message of Mogherini for the Albanians that they cannot give up the Brussels process (TV Pink, Blic, N1)

Chairman of the Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said today to TV Pink that, by organizing an informal meeting of the President of Serbia and Kosovo, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini has sent a message to the Kosovo Albanians that they cannot give up the Brussels process and the implementation of the deal.

Janjić: Normalization of relations does not lead to recognition of Kosovo (RTK2, Blic, Dnevnik)

Political analyst Dušan Janjić told RTK2 that a meeting at the presidential level in Brussels is of great importance for the normalization of relations.

In a statement for RTK2, Janjić estimated that no concrete decisions will be made at a meeting Thaçi- Vučić. He said that several months of “serious adaptation to this new format" will be needed for the political dialogue of the president of Serbia and Kosovo.