The Kosovo press reports that Haradinaj has hired lobbyists who tried to contract official meetings with senior US officials by circumventing official channels.

The reason was, reportedly, emails received by the National Security Council from the office of the then Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj and the company he had paid to lobby for him. Such a move, unprecedented in US diplomatic practice, required a sharp response from US officials.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says in New York that the number of countries withdrawing or suspending Kosovo's recognition will increase by year's end.

In other words, Dacic explains, the number of those who recognize Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence falls to less than half of UN members.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said tonight that intensive talks are underway "with other countries" about revoking recognition of Kosovo's independence.

"They (representatives of Pristina) yesterday relieved us of all responsibility, saying that they had come for new recognitions of Kosovo's independence. Now I say publicly - we are working on new withdrawals of recognition, they are doing their job and we are doing ours, so let's see who will be more successful", Vucic told RTS.

Assistant Director of the KiM Office Petar Petkovic was stopped at Jarinje administrative crossing and was not allowed to enter Kosovo, reports portal Kosovo online.

Petkovic has been waiting at Jarinje crossing for more than an hour, according to the portal.

Petkovic went to the first pre-election convention of the Serbian List, which is being held in Leposavic today at 1 pm, where he was about to speak on behalf of the Office of the Government of the Republic of Serbia.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Serbia

As he said, she will visit Serbia in 2020, prior to expiration of her term of office.

Aleksandar Vucic underlined after the meeting with Chancellor Merkel that they had discussed Kosovo, and economy.

The president said that there's no doubt that Europe wants a solution to the Kosovo problem and that Germany would insist on it.

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic and Greek Prime Minister Kyroys Mitsotakis agreed in New York that two nations had a sincere friendship and discussed bilateral relations, the situation in the region and Belgrade’s road to the European Union, the Beta news agency reported on Tuesday.

Vucic asked Mitsotakis not to change the Greek stand towards Kosovo independence, a statement from the President’s office said.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic reached New York on Monday afternoon to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly

Immediately upon arrival, Vucic will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic commented on Vojislav Kostunica's proposal that the status of Kosovo could be solved by the Hong Kong model.

"I have great respect for our presidents, Boris Tadic, Vojsilav Kostunica and Tomislav Nikolic, respectively. I have a question for you - what does it mean exactly - a Hong Kong model? Who will accept this from Albanians, who have declared independence during your and Tadic's term of office? Why didn't you accept it back then?", Vucic asked at a news conference.

Former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica stated that he had a proposal for solution of Kosovo issue.

He said that it was based on a Hong Kong model.

He claims that it would be a compromise that would rule out all the extreme options and prove to be successful, sustainable and functional.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic in Berlin today with state honours.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today after meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic that the process of solving the problems of Kosovo and Metohija should be continued and further improved in order to reach a solution.