Direct discussions between Belgrade and Pristina on the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo will be on the agenda of the Brussels negotiations in a month's time, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport has said. “That is one of the key topics in the Brussels agreement, and the EU insists on its full implementation,” Davenport told TV Vojvodina on Monday. There have been no direct talks between Belgrade and Pristina on the topic, he noted, adding that it is the role of the European Commission and the EU Delegation in Belgrade to back the efforts for d

Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said after the talks with Pristina's delegation in Brussels that no agreement on energy was reached, as Pristina refused to meet the obligations assumed earlier. "Pristina did not accept for the community of Serb municipalities and the Electric Power Industry of Serbia to establish a new company that would deal with distribution of electricity in the north of Kosovo-Metohija and they bear the responsibility for not having much success today," he told the press in Brussels on Monday. Djuric and Aleksandar Antic, Serb

If they want to join the EU, Belgrade and Pristina will have an obligation to sign another agreement that will allow the admission of Kosovo to the United Nations. The full membership of Kosovo in the UN will enable entry into other international organizations such as the OSCE, Council of Europe, and finally, the European Union; say Western diplomatic sources for Blic explaining what brings the future agreement, the so-called Brussels 2, which has been recently debated in public. As they point out "a legally binding agreement between Serbia and Kosovo" is nothing new, and its signing in the

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that the Government, despite difficult negotiations, managed to be with its people in the southern province and announced that he would continue to fight for the Community/Association of the Serb municipalities. According to him, the motto by which the government was guided in solving the problems of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija was: "Who if not we?" and "When, if not now?". After the inaugural meeting of the Government of Serbia in the mining basin "Kolubara", Djuric said to the reporters that representatives of t

The leader and deputy of the Progressive Democratic Party in the Assembly of Kosovo, Nenad Rasic said that the absence of Serbian representatives from yesterday's session of the assembly happened due to the division on Djuric and Vulin's Serbs, and that it does not contribute to solving problems of the Serbs in Kosovo. "There was a strange case today at the session of the Parliament, where not all Serbian representatives were present due to the polarization into Djuric and Vulin's Serbs," said Rasic in Belgrade at the round table on freedom and rights in context of the implementation of

 I come to Belgrade with the message that Germany will continue to be a sincere and reliable partner to Serbia on its way towards the EU, said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier ahead of his visit to Serbia on April 28. Serbia has taken major steps forward in the past few years - the historic agreement on the normalization of relations with Kosovo, the opening of EU accession talks, the beginning of painful but much needed economic reforms, Steinmeier pointed out in an interview to Tanjug, commenting on Serbia's progress since the new government took power. According to the

The Kosovo analysts say that statement of Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci that Serbia's decision not to grant him a visit to Belgrade will certainly have consequences is undiplomatic and very irresponsible. “The way of communication and such a public statement is very irresponsible. The purpose of the Brussels negotiations is to improve relations, not their intensification and if we continue with this kind of rhetoric, Brussels dialogue loses its sense. As I understood, Serbia did not reject Thaci's visit, but he was informed that he will face the justice if he comes.

If the European Union does not change its position and become more proactive in the preparation of dialogue, Belgrade and Pristina could lose strength to go in the desired direction, said the analyst Dusan Janjic. Speaking on TV B92, Janjic said that this is a critical year for Kosovo and interethnic relations in the territory. "Tension is always raised before negotiations. The atmosphere in the whole of 2015 is bad, turmoil in Europe are large, social discontent prevails.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Brussels on Tuesday, the government's media relations office said in a release. Vucic will attend a meeting of prime ministers of the Western Balkan countries organized by EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, which will focus on developing infrastructure network in the context of EU enlargement. During his stay in Brussels, Vucic will meet with President of the European Council Donald Tusk, EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enla

BRUSSELS - The EU expects the procedure envisaged in the Brussels agreement to be respected in case of the announced visit of Kosovo Minister of Foreign Affairs Hasim Taci to Belgrade, spokesperson of the High EU representatives for foreign affairs and security policy Maja Kocijancic stated on Friday. In the dialogue on normalisation of relations, an agreement was reached concerning the procedure of mutual visits by Serbian and Kosovo officials and it envisages that all matters should be solved through liaison officers, Kocijancic said during a news briefing.