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"Serbia cooperates with other countries on Kosovo migrants" (B92)

Serbia is cooperating closely with neighboring countries in a bid to solve the problem of the Kosovo Albanians trying to move to Western Europe.

This cooperation is taking place primarily with Hungary, but also with Germany, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in Brussels on Monday evening.

"Experts have arrived in Belgrade. However, this is not up to us. We respect the freedom of movement, which is one of the European values," Vucic told reporters after a meeting with European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.

Agreement on judiciary reached in Brussels (Dailies)

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa last night in Brussels signed an agreement on the judiciary.

"This agreement ensures the participation of Serb judges in the north of Kosovo," Vucic said after the meeting. The Serbian government said on its website that the agreement was initialed.

The trilateral meeting of EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini with delegations from Belgrade and Pristina was completed shortly after two o'clock in the morning.

Vucic and Hahn to meet in Brussels (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will pay a one-day visit to Brussels on Monday, during which he will meet with Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.

Vucic will take part in a meeting held as part of the EU-facilitated dialogue on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, which will be mediated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, the government's press office stated in a release.

EU confirms 9 February talks (Koha)

European Union has confirmed that high-level dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade will resume on 9 February. A press release issued by the EU states that the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini will facilitate the meeting between Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa in Brussels. It also said: "This is the first high level meeting since after the appointment of the new government in Belgrade and the formation of the new government in Pristina.

Vucic and Djuric with Serbs from Kosovo: Decision on participation in Kosovo institutions after meeting in Brussels (Blic)

The decision on the further participation of the Serbs in Kosovo institutions will be made next week, after a meeting in Brussels, said the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric. 

Vucic and Hahn to meet in Brussels on February 9 (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet with Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn in Brussels on February 9.

Vucic and Hahn agreed to meet in a phone call on Thursday.

The officials also agreed to intensify their contacts.

Vucic and Hahn talked about Serbia's advancement along the EU path, the further dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, measures that the Serbian government has been taking, the country's economic development, and other issues relating to Serbia's EU agenda.

Belgrade-Pristina talks set to resume (SETimes)

The prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa, will meet in Brussels on February 9th to continue negotiations between the two countries after a break in talks that lasted several months. The precise topics of discussion are still unknown, but the participants will certainly cover implementation of the Brussels Agreement and its effects on the two countries.

The resumption of the talks with Pristina is especially important for Belgrade because the dialogue is a key point in the continuation of Serbia's EU integration.

Exercises for "Democracy and state" exam" (Koha Ditore)

Adriatik Kelmendi writes that Kosovo government and opposition had their chance to use each other in order to draw the red line for Belgrade’s destabilizing impact in Kosovo “and to end the Jablanovic episode. However, he continues to be a Minister of Kosovo government considering for his chief the Prime Minister of Serbia, and using his opportunity to fail Kosovo.

Academics will give the opinion about the plan on Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)

The Serbian highest officials will present the announced plan for Kosovo and Metohija to our most important national institutions, before they present it to the domestic and international public. 

The new plan, which will together compose the head of state, Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will be presented to the Patriarch and the bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It will be also presented to the leading men of the Serbian Academy of Sciences, experts in law and international politics and the most relevant political actors in the country. 

The other side of dialogue results (Koha Ditore)

Koha Ditore’s Brussels based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, writes that many officials in Brussels and other capitals make many statements and praise results reached by the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. “One gets the impression that this dialogue not only resolved the vital issues for the people of Kosovo, but it also saved the world from the third world war. The bitter truth stands in the fact that this dialogue has resolved a few problems, however it caused more obscurity and illusions,” writes Palokaj.