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PM: Belgrade committed to normalizing relations with Pristina (Tanjug)

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that Belgrade is committed to normalizing relations with Pristina, but recognizing the independence of Kosovo, proclaimed unilaterally by ethnic Albanians, has never been a topic of negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels. We have taken on commitments regarding Pristina that we have honored, Vucic said in an interview for the German daily Die Welt, adding that the pledges from Brussels had not been easy to communicate politically to the Serbian people. The prime minister said that on the day of the signing of the Brussels agreem

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Djuric: Issue of invasion of Serb property to be resolved (Tanjug,Vesti)

FRANKFURT - Activities of Kosovo's privatization agency undermine the foundations upon which the Serb community in the province is built, Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said Friday. For that reason, one of the priorities is to resolve the matter of privatization agency's actions which judicial bodies in the province have characterized as criminal, Djuric said in an interview to the Serbian-language daily Vesti, published in Frankfurt. “The invasion of private and state property of the Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija is a crime against the entire n

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Construction of Kosovo-Macedonia highway starts (Tanjug)

PRISTINA - A groundbreaking ceremony held Thursday in the village of Ugljare, situated between the municipalities of Kosovo Polje and Gracanica, marked the beginning of construction of the Pristina-Djeneral Jankovic-Skopje highway. Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Taci said at the ceremony that this is one of the most important projects that connects people and boosts economic development. The highway will bear the name of the prominent Albanian intellectual and politician from Macedonia, Arber Dzaferi, said Taci. The ceremony was attended by Macedonia's Deputy Prime Minister Musa Dzaferi who ex

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Djuric,Burkhard discuss issues of displaced persons,refugees (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Serbia will continue cooperating with state institutions on the issues of refugees and displaced persons, Head of Mission Peter Burkhard said in talks with Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric. Djuric and Ambassador Burkhard considered ways for overcoming the problems facing refugees, including cooperation with the OSCE on ensuring the return and sustainable stay in the province, the Office for KiM said. Djuric pointed to the importance that Serbia attaches to th

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Djuric: Rate of returns of IDPs from Kosovo unsatisfactory (Tanjug)

The return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Kosovo-Metohija has been overshadowed by political events in the recent period, and the rate of returns is unsatisfactory, the head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric has said. At Monday's meeting with Peter Due, a representative of the UN Secretary-General and the head of the UN Office in Belgrade, Djuric said that the return of IDPs should be approached in a new way. According to a statement from the Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Due said that the approach to issues related to IDPs should also involve UNM

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Janjic: Provocation of a small group in Gazimestan (RTS)

Archimandrite Sava Janjic said that whistling of the "Zavetnici" members during the speech of the President of Serbia in Gazimestan, is an organized provocation by those "who mostly did not show respect for the holy place and the moment." Janjic said that members of the organization "Zavetnici" were chanting during speech of the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic at Gazimestan, not the people who gathered to hear his speech. "Personally, I was on Gazimestan while President Nikolic was giving the speech.

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Nikolic: Serbia should pursue prudent policy (Tanjug)

GRACANICA - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said at the Monastery of Gracanica on Saturday that Serbia should pursue a prudent policy in Kosovo-Metohija, and underscored that anyone who deems that the future could be built by making war is seriously mistaken. On the occasion of Vidovdan or St Vitus' Day, Nikolic told reporters that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo's independence, just as Kosovo authorities will continue to behave as if they were in a sovereign, independent state, so it is in the interest of both Serbs and ethnic Albanians to re

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Mirovic: Messages of hatred heard on St Vitus' Day (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - Vice President of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Igor Mirovic condemned on Saturday the messages of open hatred heard at the gathering of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) and the explicit intention to cause political conflicts. They want to introduce hatred, violence and aggressive behavior into politics, Mirovic told Tanjug and underscored that open threats addressed to the president and prime minister deserve especially fierce criticism because these are directs threat to a majority of citizens who elected Serbian Presi

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SNS: Those who threw objects at Nikolic targeted Serbia (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - Those who threw objects at Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic at Gazimestan on Saturday were "in fact targeting Serbia, causing unforeseeable damage to everyone and eroding the reputation of our country", the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) has said in a statement. "The Serbian Progressive Party vehemently condemns today's attacks against the President of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic.

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