The Community/Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo will be established within the agreed time frame and in accordance with the Brussels agreement, said the participants of a panel discussion on the normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations held in Brussels late on Monday.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic discussed the refugee crisis and Serbia's efforts to prevent Kosovo from becoming a UNESCO member with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Nikolic said that the refugee crisis is a big test for Europe and its fundamental values.
He pointed out that Serbia will continue to treat migrants responsibly and in a civilized way.
Axel Jaenicke, chief of the EULEX mission's regional office in Belgrade, handed over on Tuesday on behalf of the EULEX mission humanitarian aid to the refugee interim centre in Sid, north-western Serbia.
Five trucks with trailers delivered one big tent, two generators, 170 beds, mattresses, sleeping bags, portable shower cabins, toilets and cooking and heating equipment.
Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic received outgoing Apostolic Nuncio Orlando Antonini on Tuesday, and thanked him for his personal contribution to improving relations between Serbia and the Vatican.
This is also reflected in a better understanding between the Roman Catholic Church and the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Serbian government's media relations office said in a release.
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has met in Washington with US Secretary of State John Kerry, who commended Serbia's tremendous efforts in addressing the migrant crisis.
Ahead of the meeting with Vucic, Kerry also applauded the transition that has been taking place under the 2013 agreement with Europe with respect to Serbia and Kosovo.
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric has sent a letter to the editor of the British "Independent" regarding the article on Kosovo. Djuric pointed out that more than 200,000 displaced Serbs cannot return to their homes, which is why, when writing about harmony in Kosovo, was hypocritical at least.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday he was shocked to see how refugees were treated at Hungary's border with Serbia.
Ban "underscored it is not acceptable," according to Tanjug.
He said that refugees and migrants in Europe should be treated with dignity and their human rights respected.
On Wednesday, Hungarian police fired tear gas and water cannons at refugees from the Middle East trying to reach Western Europe.
The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has sent a letter on Tuesday to Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova, warning that the acceptance of Kosovo's membership bid would endanger the Christian cultural heritage and the Serbs' religious and human rights.
In the letter signed by Patriarch Irinej, the Synod points out that the OSCE has documented systematic post-war destruction of at least 392 Serbian Orthodox cemeteries in Kosovo, which are still in deplorable condition.
Cooperation between the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor and Association of Families of Missing and Kidnapped Persons from Kosovo and Metohija will continue on the principles of trust, and in the joint interest of shedding the light on the fate of kidnapped and missing persons from Kosovo and Metohija, it was agreed today at the meeting between the War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic and representatives of the Association.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters on Monday she was convinced that the latest agreements reached in the dialogue with Pristina would give a strong impetus to Serbia's advancement in EU integration, and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic voiced the hope that the chapters in the EU entry talks with Serbia would be opened over the course of this year.
Merkel and Vucic said this to reporters in Berlin, and then continued talks.