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"First time": EU inks border deal with Albania (B92, Tanjug, AP)

The EU has announced that it signed an agreement with Albania that will allow its border patrols to be present and work in that country.

According to AP, cited by Tanjug, this is "the first time the bloc has concluded such an accord."
The deal is aimed at tackling irregular migration, in particular sudden changes in migratory flows, and cross-border crime, it was stated in Brussels on Friday.

NATO chief to visit Belgrade October 6-8 (B92, Tanjug)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will be visiting Belgrade October 6-8, NATO has announced.

According to a press release, during the visit Stoltenberg will meet with President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.
On October 8, Stoltenberg will join Vucic for the opening ceremony of the civil emergency exercise "Srbija 2018", co-organized by the NATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center (EADRCC) and the Serbian Ministry of Interior, NATO said.

Kocijancic: An asterix next to Kosovo in all EU documents (RTS, Tanjug)

EU Spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic says that the policy of Brussels has not changed and that the asterix, which denotes status neutrality is used in all official documents referring to Kosovo.

"Our policy on this matter has not changed," Kocijancic told Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug.

Serbian government in October with representatives of Kosovo Serbs (RTK2, TV Prva, Tanjug)

The Serbian government will hold a thematic session with representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo in October, where an investment plan for all ten municipalities with a Serb majority will be adopted, announced today the director of the Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric.

Djuric told TV Prva that the construction of new kindergartens and roads was already initiated, and that this is actually a struggle for survival of the people in Kosovo.

3 countries from Pristina's list "never recognized Kosovo" (B92, RTS, Tanjug)

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in New York that representatives of Oman and Uganda said their countries had never recognized Kosovo.

Dacic told RTS that he talked with ministers from Oman and Uganda - countries that are on Pristina's list of those who have recognized Kosovo as independent - during the session of the General Assembly.

Kljajic: The performance in Kosovo, journalists as collateral damage (FoNet, N1, Danas)

During the visit of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to Kosovo, journalists passed the worst, as three press teams from Serbia were the target of the attacks, that is, the incidents, writes Belgrade based daily Danas and quotes the statement by Deutsche Welle (DW) journalist, Sanja Kljajic, who said that it all seemed like journalists were accounted for in advance as collateral damage.

Vucic-Thaci meeting in September uncertain (RTS, Tanjug)

EU High Representative Federica Mogherini announced on Friday that another meeting of the presidents, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci during the Brussels dialogue will be held in September, prior to the start of the ministerial week of the UN Security Council in New York. However, diplomatic sources of Tanjug in the EU say it is uncertain whether there will the meeting, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

Diplomatic sources state that the problem can be a timeframe, but also a justification for the meeting.