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Talks in Brussels and Berlin step forward in European integration (Blic)

Political analysts Aleksandra Joksimovic and Dragan Djukanovic agreed that the talks that Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic had in Brussels and Berlin are a step forward in the European integration of our country. Joksimovic said that it is a move in the right direction, pointing out that it was very encouraging that the Prime Minister had a good response from all the representatives of the EU Member States in Brussels. His visit to Berlin was positive from the other side, because Berlin is the centre of bringing decisions in this process, she said.

Vucic Complains about Serbian President to NGO Officials (Blic, VIP)

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is creating serious problems for the Serbian Government with his platform for Kosovo, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told representatives of nongovernmental organizations, adding that he learned about the content of the document from the media, Blic reports on Monday. “Nikolic is creating serious problems for me with the platform, and I learned from the media about what is written in it,” said Vucic to NGO representatives at meetings last week. The Prime Minister complained that Nikolic wrote the platform without any consultations with him.

Dacic: Serb status in KiM unacceptable, below CoE standards (Blic, Tanjug)

OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated on Tuesday that the position of Serbs in Kosovo is unacceptable and is far below the Council of Europe (CoE) standards in terms of respect for human rights. He underscored that Serbia supports every CoE effort aimed at improvement of CoE standards in Kosovo to the benefit of all people living there which is in keeping with the legally binding international documents, primarily UNSC Resolution 1244. Serbia will continue acting as a constructive partner in defining such efforts with full respect for the status neutral appr

Odalovic: Serbia and Albania could be pillar of stability (RTS, NMagazin, Blic)

Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Veljko Odalovic has stated that it was important for Serbia and Albania to devote to the recent events in Kumanovo, FYROM and that these two countries could be a pillar of stability in the region. Odalovic told the RTS that the visit takes place at a delicate moment, but it would be important that Serbia and Albania deal primarily with the events in Kumanovo. The actions of certain isolated armed groups in this fragile region have the potential of spilling over to the Serbian territory and endangering the stability in the Balkans.

Conflict "cannot spread" from FYROM – official (B92, Blic)

President of the Coordinating Body for Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac, Zoran Stankovic says it is "not possible" for the conflict in Macedonia "to spill over." "The services in charge are doing their job, carrying out assessments of the situation on a daily basis, not only in Macedonia, but also in other surrounding countries," Stankovic stressed. "All activities are being undertaken, such as raising the combat alertness and dispatching a smaller number of people to those territories," he was quoted as saying.

Preamble should be left even as "a constitutional imagination" (Blic)

Any change of the Constitution should be well planned. The parts of the Constitution should be changed, while the preamble should be left, said Professor of the Constitutional law Vladan Petrov. “My thesis does not correspond to the theses of politicians, since we are not changing the Constitution for the EU, but for us. It is necessary to correct some additional guarantees, mechanisms and solutions that bring us closer to the ideal of the rule of law,” he said. He said that currently, in his opinion, one of the disputed solutions is the institution of the President.

The dialogue affects the integration of Serbia (Blic)

The head of the negotiating team for negotiations on Serbia's accession to the EU, Tanja Miscevic said today that between Belgrade and Pristina, there is no agreement on the status of Community/Association of Serbian municipalities in Kosovo and added that this dialogue affects the European integration of our country. "We are not hostages of this dialogue.

Situation in Kosovo and southern Serbia is calm (Blic)

The situation in Kosovo and southern Serbia is calm, there is no indication that there may be a complication of the situation, said Zoran Stankovic, President of the Coordination Centre for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja.  "Assessments are made on a daily basis, they have been performed and in the past, and security structures are constantly in the field and they carry out assessment of the situation," said Stankovic visiting the B92. He pointed out that in the Ground Safety Zone, there was "as many people as necessary" and added that the increase in the number of personnel was in conn