President Tomislav Nikolic's platform for Kosovo could be on the agenda of the national assembly at the earliest in late July or early August. The daily Vecernje Novosti writes that "expert and political communities, but also leading national institutions will give their opinion on the proposal in order to achieve as broader a social consensus as possible before the final debate in parliament." The Beta news agency is quoting the paper as reporting that according to the document, the future community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo "should be a province within Kosovo modeled after provinces

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is creating serious problems for the Serbian Government with his platform for Kosovo, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told representatives of nongovernmental organizations, adding that he learned about the content of the document from the media, Blic reports on Monday. “Nikolic is creating serious problems for me with the platform, and I learned from the media about what is written in it,” said Vucic to NGO representatives at meetings last week. The Prime Minister complained that Nikolic wrote the platform without any consultations with him.

Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic has said that she "does not know what is written in President Tomislav Nikolic's platform on Kosovo." "I'm not familiar with the content of the platform, or with whether the platform has arrived to the cabinet.

Even if the citizens of Serbia would decidein referendum to possibly change the preamble of the Constitution the territorial integrity of country would not be jeopardized, claim the members of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).

Tomislav Nikolic has told the Russian Interfax agency that the most important condition set before Serbia for joining the EU will be "to recognize Kosovo." But the president added that this was a condition "that only slaves could accept." Nikolic then stressed that Serbia "will not do that" because no nation in the world would accept such a condition. Kosovo is Serbia's southern province where ethnic Albanians in 2008 unilaterally declared independence - a move that Serbia considers a violation of its territorial integrity. "I think the most important condition for our entry into the EU wi

Interview with Tomislav Nikolic, President of Serbia Is Kosovo issue considered as an internal affair of Serbia or as regional, taking into consideration the Brussels agreement? As long Kosovo was treated as an internal affair, Serbia had sovereignty and territorial integrity over Kosovo. After bombing and involvement of the West, Serbia withdrew the Army. It was a big deception that the United Nations will replace Serbia and its institutions.  NATO flag waved over the territory. After it we came to the EULEX, or directly to the EU.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will meet tomorrow with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn, who will be staying in Belgrade, but the topic of their talks will not be the platform on Kosovo prepared by the President. Advisor to the President, Stanislava Pak, said that the platform will be on the desk of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, "because it is an internal affair of Serbia".

The Association of the Families of Kidnapped and Murdered Serbs has said that the announced platform for Kosovo "is the last hope for the kidnapped." The platform should be presented by President Tomislav Nikolic. The association believes that the document should demand that "Europe and the U.S.

In coming days, President Tomislav Nikolic should send the draft platform on Kosovo to Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, and according to our information it will happen before his departure to Moscow. After discussion in the government, possibly amended platform will be sent to the Assembly for the further approval.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday said he "does not know what he can expect" from the announced platform of President Tomislav Nikolic.   Nikolic said this week that he would send a draft of the platform to Vucic and the government after May 1, the Labor Day holiday. Vucic added that Nikolic "knows about everything that is asked of Serbia on the road toward the European Union," and that he "does not hide what is talked with the EU," noting that "the topic is always Kosovo." The prime minister stated that he talked with the EU about "the formation of a community of Serb m