Belgrade-Pristina dialogue should continue since an eventual solution will have a positive effect on the whole region, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said during a joint press conference with the presidents of Kosovo, Slovenia, Austria, and EU official in Austria on Sunday, BETA news agency reported. Vucic added he said during the meeting with his Kosovo counterpart Hashim Thaci, mediated by the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz and the EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn that “It (finding solution) will not go easily.” “We both know the differences between us in trying to find a

The Serbian National Forum held a round-table “Delimitation, small Serbia – great Albania” in Gracanica yesterday, KoSSev portal reported. Members of the Serbian National Forum, civil society organizations’ representatives and politicians, including former Kosovo Assembly deputies Rada Trajkovic and Nenad Rasic were present.

President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic said Pristina could submit any topic they wished and "we will eventually see their outcome". He said that in regard to announcements that the Kosovo president Hashim Thaci would submit the topic of Presevo Valley to the upcoming dialogue in Brussels. "As far as proposing topics go, I am always prepared to meet with them but only if those are EU-moderated meetings.

Serbian Foreign Minister said this in a guest appearance on Prva TV. Reacting to the demands of Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj for starting work on making a border between Serbia and Kosovo Dacic said that there was no border between Kosovo and Central Serbia but only an administrative line, so the demarcation could not happen. "That's nonsense, they are out of touch. I don't want to offend them but they're not keeping up with what's going on in the world. They celebrate Clinton's birthday, but big changes have happened in international politics.

Commander of the Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, Admiral James G. Foggo, said this in an interview for the Serbian daily Blic. He added that there was intent to have a broader discussion with the EU within the September dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Admiral Foggo also said the people had to use their right to vote and express their opinion in the elections and not with violence in the streets.

Chances are slim for any kind of agreement between Belgrade and Prisitna, unless Kosovo doesn't get UN seat", James Hooper said. Final agreement between Kosovo and Serbia should change the relations of these countries with USA and EU in a positive way, former American diplomat James Hooper ascertained in an interview for Radio Free Europe (RFE). When asked to comment recent mention of border changes by both countries' officials Hopper said that people in Kosovo should approach the subject carefuly because the future relations with USA and EU are in question.

Serbian List (SL) issued a press release on Wednesday in which they said that Father Dragutin (Sava) Janjic, the Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery, with the statements against his country and the efforts to resolve the problems in KiM through compromise and dialogue, ceased to be a clergyman and became a participant in a political life, RTV reports. SL pointed out that “now, Dragutin (Sava) Janjic, laments and complains because anyone dares to criticize and refutes his political views”. “He is cunningly hiding behind the monastic robes, counting that it is the safest refuge in public from any

The Holy Archbishop’s Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) after the summer recess should hold a session on 30 August, however, it remains unclear whether the Synod would deal with attacks of the state officials against Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije and Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery, Father Sava Janjic, Danas daily reports today. The reasons behind attacks against the two SOC dignitaries was their clear opposition, in line with the Holly Archbishop’s Synod stance from May this year, to the announcements of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the division of Kosovo and

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic told Prva TV the next Vucic-Thaci meeting in Brussels is crucial to resolving the Kosovo issue. According to Ljajic, after this meeting it would be known if the issue is resolved or it would be yet another failed attempt.

Army of Montenegrin King Nikola liberated and took over the territory of current Metohija during the Balkan war (1912), Nebojsa Medojevic, Montenegrin politician and member of opposition Democratic Front wrote on his Twitter profile, B92 reported. “Therefore, if Serbia wants to give Metohija as a gift to Albania, it is historically right that Montenegro must claim this territory, since delineation opens the process,” Medojevic added. He recalled that territories shown in a map of so-called natural Albania, are in fact Montenegrin, not the opposite. “Metohija is a historic territory for whic