Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has commented on the arrest of Ramush Haradinaj in Slovenia on Wednesday to say that "some strange things are happening."

In a statement for B92, he said this was "the 50th time that Haradinaj was traveling using that same diplomatic passport, and is now being arrested a few days before (Kosovo) negotiations in Brussels."

Oliver Ivanovic, who was arrested in late January of last year, says that he was "not framed either by Albanians or Serbs" - but by "politicos from EULEX."

The leader of the Civil Initiative (GI) SDP is currently on trial in Kosovska Mitrovica on war crimes charges.

The next round of Kosovo talks on June 23 "will be crucial for normalization of relations and opening of (EU) negotiating chapters for Serbia this year."

This is what European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister said in Belgrade on Monday.

"In order to open the first chapter this year both sides will have to demonstrate progress and the next round of dialogue in Brussels will be crucial for normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina," he said at the Serbian Economic Summit, according to a Beta agency report.

The U.S. will encourage the EU to open chapters in Serbia's accession talks, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.

He on Thursday in Washington received Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

Blinken and Vucic conferred on the U.S. support to Serbia's EU pathway, the situation in the region, the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and Serbia's foreign policy activities.

The Islamic State has published a propaganda video that threatens Balkan countries and calls on Muslims to either join it, or launch attacks in the Balkans.

The video, titled "Honor is in jihad, a message to the Balkans", has been published by the Alhayat Media Center - a propaganda center established to reach audiences in the West with Islamic messages.

It can be expected that the U.S. will suggest to Germany and other EU members to let up, and give Serbia a chance to open chapters in membership negotiations.

This is according to Faculty of of Political Sciences professor Ivo Viskovic, who added that the visit of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to Washington is "very important."

"It's difficult to say that this would mean pressure on Berlin, Berlin would never accept that, but an influence on Berlin, yes," he told the Serbian state broadcaster RTS, and added:

Hashim Thaci's announcement about "a genocide lawsuit" is aimed primarily "at spoiling the visit of PM Aleksandar Vucic to Tirana," says Aleksandar Vulin.

"Whoever knows the policy of the Kosovo Albanians, knows that they never say such things accidentally and that they very rarely speak from their own heads. The policy of the Kosovo Albanians is similar to that drone - always shooting from someone else's hands," the labor minister told Tanjug.

The unresolved murder of the Bytyqi brothers is an obstacle in relations between Serbia and the U.S.

They were U.S. citizens whose bodies were found in a mass grave in Petrovo Selo.

So far, no government has managed to identify and punish the perpetrators of the murder of the Bytyqi brothers, and the current government announces the solving of this problem.

Speaking for TV B92 Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that one of the foreign policy priorities is better relations with the United States. As one of the two obstacles he cited the unsolved Bytyqi case.

The latest terrorist attacks in the region "confirm fears that creators of the so-called Greater Albania are not resting," Tomislav Nikolic has said.

"The terrorist attacks, as well as deliberate provocations during the visit of the Tirana delegation (to Serbia) are a signal that the entire region at risk," the Serbian president told Italy's Ansa news agency ahead of the visit of his Italian counterpart.

A bus carrying Pristina University students came under attack late on Thursday in Konculj, near the administrative line between Kosovo and central Serbia.

The Belgrade-based daily Blic is reporting that none of the 25 students of the university that operates within the Serbian system sustained any injuries.

The bus was damaged in the incident.

Konculj has a predominantly ethnic Albanian population.

The students reported the attack to the police when they arrived in Bujanovac, in central Serbia, the Kosovo Sever Portal reported.