A Brussels court has sentenced Serbian nationals Veselin Vukotic, Andrija Draskovic and Bozidar Spasic to life imprisonment for the murder of Kosovo human rights activist Enver Hadri in Brussels 26 years ago.
The jury handed maximum jail terms to the three men, sentencing Vukotic and Draskovic as the perpetrators and Spasic as the mastermind of the killing.
The director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, met with Portuguese Ambassador to Serbia Augusto Peixoto to brief him on the current state of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, stressing the importance of a prompt formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities for the normalization of relations.
Serbia has made "major steps toward its strategic goal of EU membership by opening four very significant chapters."
This is according to EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, who also noted that "strengthening of the rule of law remained the main challenge," Tanjug reported.
US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott says that he does not believe that there will be major changes in relation to the Balkans due to the arrival of Donald Trump at the White House. He pointed out that the policy towards Kosovo will not change, as some hope in Serbia.
There are no more excuses for delays on the Community of Serb Municipalities, the head of the Serbian Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said at a meeting with Anna-Karin Enestrom, Director-General for Political Affairs at the Swedish Foreign Ministry, with whom he discussed the state of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.
A deal on carrying out a Belgrade-Pristina agreement on telecommunications was confirmed in Brussels Friday after three days of discussions, with all details of the implementation coordinated.
A new era is beginning for Telekom Srbija - the operator will be available across Serbia, including Kosovo-Metohija, and its overall value will increase, said the head of the Serbian Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric.
The delegations of Belgrade and Pristina are discussing in Brussels the details of implementing the telecommunications agreement.
European Commission spokesperson Maja Kocijancic said this on Thursday.
BELGRADE - First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will be representing Serbia at Wednesday's United Nations Security Council meeting on a report by the UN secretary-general on the work of UNMIK, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Dacic will present his take on the report for the period between July 16 and October 15, Serbia's position on the current situation in Kosovo-Metohija, and highlight how crucial UNMIK's operation is for Serbia.
The implementation of the agreements reached on the Community/Association of Serb municipalities, the judiciary, telecommunications, freedom of movement and integrated management of administrative crossings, are the topics of this week's talks between Belgrade and Pristina.
Belgrade's delegation will be led by the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić in the continuation of the negotiation process in Brussels, tomorrow and on Thursday, 16 and 17 November.
The precedent of Telekom Srbija and protecting the company's property in Kosovo-Metohija can be used as an argument in the discussions on the energy sector and Lake Gazivode, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said on Monday.
"Those discussions will definitely not be easy," Djuric said at a press conference when asked if the agreement on telecommunications offered hope for protection of the Trepca mining complex and the Lake Gazivode accumulation system.