Professor of Political Sciences in Belgrade, Predrag Simic, said today that the German plan for the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina and the continuation of EU integration for Belgrade implies Kosovo's membership in the United Nations. - If for Germany the model for Kosovo is the agreement of two German states from the sixties and seventies, it does not imply formal recognition but involves the normalization of relations in all areas, meaning and membership (Kosovo) in the UN - Simic told Beta news agency. Vecernje Novosti wrote that Germany has sent 11 new conditions

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic announced, calling on the EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn, that official Belgrade will have to choose between Kosovo and Europe, on the European road. He called on a national consensus about this dilemma and argued that "he would not take part in the government that would recognize Kosovo's independence." At the same time, according to unofficial information, Pristina is planning, with the help of Western friends, to push a new principle of negotiations with Belgrade - "recognition, and then normalization of relations." Milovan Drecun, MP f the Pro

Serbia would have to find another president and prime minister, who would be willing to violate the Constitution and talk with representatives of Pristina as representatives of an independent state, said Tomislav Nikolic. Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said today that the EU would expect from Belgrade to complete negotiations with Pristina and to fully regulate its position on Kosovo. "The EU does not want to act as in some previous cases where the membership received a state that did not regulate their internal relations," Nikolic said at a joint press conference with EU Commissioner Jo

Serbian PM, Aleksandar Vucic, will not attend the unveiling of the monument dedicated to  King Milutin in the yard of the school in Gracanica, which is celebrating 140 years of its existence.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić's office said late on Monday that he had refused to receive visiting Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said during a meeting with United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous in Belgrade on Monday that Serbia stood ready to increase its contributions to UN peacekeeping operations. Nikolic stressed the importance of UN peacekeeping forces and their contribution to the preservation of stability in the world, especially in Southeastern Europe. “The role of UNMIK in Kosovo-Metohija is extremely valuable to Serbia and we hope that the scope and mandate of the mission will remain unchanged,” said President Nikolic. S

BELGRADE - Serbia is a suitable country for OSCE chairmanship at a time when the search for a solution to the problem in Ukraine is underway, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in an interview for the Russian national television and expressed the wish for the solution to be found soon. Ukraine is a friend to Serbia and it has not recognised the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo-Metohija, Nikolic said in an interview broadcast by the Saturday news show on the Russia-24 channel. Replying to the statement by the Russian newscaster that Serbia's position makes room for a dialogue