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Dacic "warns Britain over UNSC sessions dedicated to Kosovo" (Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has warned Britain because of its position that fewer UN Security Council sessions dedicated to Kosovo should be held. This is according to Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti. It writes on Friday that Dacic pointed out to the British ambassador in Belgrade that Serbia would not view it favorably if his country in August, when it will preside over the UN Security Council, puts the issue of holding fewer, or abandoning altogether the public sessions on the situation in Kosovo and Metohija on the agenda. According to the newspaper, Dacic has conveyed this clea

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"EU is our key goal; as many chapters as soon as possible" (Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stressed on Thursday that his country's "key and overarching goal" is full membership to the EU. Another goal is to open as many EU accession negotiations chapter as possible as soon as possible, Dacic told a meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative and the Ministerial Meeting of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian Region, held in Catania, Sicily. "Serbia has proven to be an equal and reliable partner to the EU in the earlier years, and we are pleased that this fact was recognized, considering the amount of the political ef

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It's too late for lobbying on Kosovo (N1)

The editor-in-chief of the Novi Magazin, Nadezda Gace, assesses that engaging lobbyists is always an important activity, but that Ivica Dacic's statement that they should be engaged in representing Serbia's interests in resolving the Kosovo problem comes late and that it comes from the wrong man, reports regional broadcaster N1.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that Serbia should hire a lobbyist to defend the interests of Serbia in resolving the Kosovo problem.

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RTS: EULEX received court request, has no authority to arrest Laban (Radio Free Europe, Serbian media)

EULEX Mission stated it has received a request from the Serbian authorities in November last year to arrest Radomir Laban, who has been appointed by the Kosovo Assembly as a Constitutional Court judge, but the Mission given its current mandate cannot undertake such action, Serbian media reported.

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Defense minister reacts to position of Church on Kosovo (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92)

The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) is one of the most respected institutions and its recommendations on Kosovo and Metohija will be respected. However, this will not determine state policy, says Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin. Vulin told TV Pink that the SOC is owed attention, respect and gratitude for everything it has always been doing, but that Serbia is a secular state where politicians, elected by the people in elections, make decisions. "The Church makes recommendations and it must be spoken about with respect.

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FM: Serbia to contract lobbyists as soon as possible (Blic, BETA, FoNet, TV N1)

Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday that Belgrade should employ lobbyists to defend the country’s interests in solving the Kosovo issue. He has told the Blic daily 173 countries have already signed lobbyist contracts with the American agencies and it is clear that, in the modern time, states function in that way. “The aim should be to get access to the decision-making people, i.e., to the US President Donald Trump, to secure their support for a permanent solution to the issue of Kosovo,” Dacic said. He added the point was that everything was transparent, and called t

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Open Society Fund: The exchange Presevo for the North of Kosovo is one of the scenarios of normalization of relations? (Kossev)

"Sustainable and operable solution, both in political and economic terms, which would not initiate new displacement, forced migration and the opening of new hotbeds of national and political conflicts, is the one in which national homogeneous territories would be exchanged, that is, territories with the dominant participation of the Albanian population on the side of the Republic of Serbia and vice versa, in the territory of Kosovo with the dominant participation of citizens of Serbian (and non-Albanian) nationality in the total number of inhabitants of the obse

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Vecernje Novosti: Albanian plan to cut off north (Serbian media)

Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reported today it has learned that Pristina authorities with the help of NATO allies plan intrusion to the crossing points Jarinje and Brnjak, aiming to confirm “sovereignty” and cause a psychological impact on Serbs. The daily continued that Albanians ordered 12.000 German rocket launchers called “Armbrust.”

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NATO bombing consequences commission to visit Kosovo as well (Tanjug, B92)

Vranje will be the first location visited by a Serbian National Assembly commission whose job is to determine the consequences of NATO's 1999 bombing of Serbia. The commission's chairman, Darko Laketic, announced this after the Assembly voted to establish the body. Laketic said that the commission will start work once the Assembly confirms its composition, and explained that proposed members come from the ruling SNS and SPS parties, and opposition DS, Dveri, and SRS. Once the commission has been formed, a meeting will be held with representatives of relevant institutions, he told RTS. Then

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Serbian patriarch to receive accolade in Russia (Tanjug, B92)

The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), Patriarch Irinej, travelled to Moscow at the invitation of Russian Patriarch Kirill. Patriarch Irinej will attend a ceremony and receive a prestigious award for special contribution to strengthening the unity of Orthodox nations. The award is given by the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations, with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill, TV Hram reported on Tuesday.

The head of the Serbian Church will be in Russian capital until May 25.

 

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