BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric has discussed the situation in the Serbian province with a delegation of the Belgian foreign ministry. The Belgian delegation visiting Serbia is headed by Jean-Arthur Regibeau, Director General at the ministry's Directorate for Multilateral Affairs and Globalisation, and Thursday's discussions were also attended by Belgian Ambassador to Serbia Leo D'aes. Djuric briefed the delegation on the challenges facing the Serb community in Kosovo-Metohija, in particular the province's displaced population, the Office

RUDNICA - The remains of 37 people killed in the Kosovo conflict in 1999 have so far been exhumed from the Rudnica quarry, southern Serbia, head of the commission on missing persons Veljko Odalovic has said during a visit to the location. "The process goes on and 37 bodies have been recovered so far," he told reporters on Thursday, adding that the exhumation would continue throughout June. The commission will insist that the exhumation be complete and conducted in a highly expert, responsible and sufficiently transparent way, he noted. "I believe we will have to use much more time with new s

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija, met on Thursday with Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Ambassador Michael Davenport to discuss the situation in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM). Djuric and Davenport discussed the continuation of the Brussels dialogue (on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina) and Serbia's further progress on the EU integration pathway. The talks also tabled the participation of the Serb community in the parliamentary elections in KiM scheduled for June 8, reads a statement by the Office for Kosovo-Metohija. Djuric presented

VIENNA - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has noted that Serbia is a pillar of stability in the region and that the country is doing its best when it comes to the negotiation process with Pristina. In an interview to Vienna-based daily Der Standard ahead of his Wednesday visit to Austria, Vucic said that after the agreement was signed in April last year, much has been implemented, and that recently a final, very important agreement on the judiciary was reached. Concerning the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Kosovo-Metohija, Vucic said that there is no doubt that Serbia has neve

BELGRADE - The remains of at least 34 persons have been exhumed so far from a gravesite at the Rudnica quarry in the municipality of Raska, southwestern Serbia, the Serbian government's Commission on Missing Persons stated on Tuesday. A number of exhumed remains are undergoing forensic processes and identification by a team of forensic scientists from Serbia and EULEX experts. The next steps will include careful extraction of the remains and their forensic processing and identification, states the release. The exhumation at the Rudnica quarry started on April 23 upon the order of the War Cr

BELGRADE - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic thanked UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia Irena Vojackova-Solorano and head of the UN Office in Belgrade Peter Due for UN assistance to Serbia during the recent catastrophic floods. Gasic also underlined the Serbian government's concern over the decision of interim institutions in Pristina to form Kosovo armed forces, Defense Ministry stated in a release. "We see the international presence as a guarantee of security in Kosovo-Metohija, which is why the current process of reducing international troops is watched with concern," Gasic noted.

BELGRADE - Head of the Serbian parliament committee on Kosovo Milovan Drecun believes Pristina is interpreting the election law in Kosovo in a way that is unacceptable in order to discourage the Kosovo Serbs from voting in the election on June 8. Pristina's bad intention is clear, as well as its attempt to influence the situation that will come about after the next parliament is formed, in which the Serbs have only 10 guaranteed seats, he told TV Pink. Should the Serbs get more seats, it will not be possible to impose decisions that go against the Serbs' interest, as in the case of the attem