"Mutual recognition of Serbia and Kosovo is not a proposal, it is an ultimatum" (Blic, Beta)
Director Dusan Kovacevic said that there would be no solution to the Kosovo issue if the request for "mutual recognition" remains in effect
Djuric: The elections in Kosovo are important for preserving Serbia's influence in Kosovo (TV Pink, TV Most, Blic)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric told TV Pink on Sunday that October 6th elections are essential important for Serbs and important for preserving ‘’Serbia’s influence in the province’’ and called all the Serbs to use their voice and be united.
Vucic with UNESCO Director: Serbian heritage in Kosovo is the world heritage (RTS)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Audrey Azula, and discussed opportunities for more meaningful co-operation and the protection of Serbia's heritage in Kosovo, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
Czech President on two arguments to revoke recognition of Kosovo (Blic, RTS, Tanjug)
Czech President Milos Zeman who said earlier in Belgrade he intends to ask for a possibility that Prague revokes recognition of Kosovo, told the media there he has two arguments to support his request – investigations conducted against Kosovo officials before the Special Court in the Hague and the fact that the Lower Chamber of the Czech Parliament at the time suggested that Prague should not recognize Kosovo.
He also noted his stance about Kosovo is long known and does not represent a surprise.
Serbian minister blames lack of Albanian textbooks on minority council (N1, FoNet)
Serbian Education Minister Mladen Sarcevic on Thursday accused the Albanian national minority’s representative body of obstructing efforts to secure textbooks for Albanian school children.
Blic: Thaci already "written off"? (Tanjug, B92)
As things stand now, Kosovo elections will bring new players to power. The latest deadline the Western states want to impose on reaching an agreement with Belgrade is December, respectively the end of this year, Belgrade-based Blic daily reports on its front page today.
According to the daily, this however does not mean that the deadline will not be extended as many times before, but the "Kosovo issue" is being pushed in that direction.
V4 – WB Summit opens in Prague, without Kosovo delegation (Beta, N1)
Overshadowed by the Czech President Milos Zeman's statement that his country might reconsider the decision on recognition of Kosovo independence, the Western Balkans’ leaders and the so-called Visegrad Group (V4) met in Prague without Pristina’s top politicians, the Beta news agency reported.
However, Kosovo is represented by its Charge d'Affaires, officially due to internal politics related to October 6 early elections, but unofficially, according to the Czech CTK news agency, because of Zeman’s statement.
Babis to Zeman: I am ready for Kosovo debate (B92)
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said he is ready to debate with the Czech President Milos Zeman about Kosovo, B92 reports. President Zeman said yesterday in Belgrade that he would in a month time during the meeting of constitutional authorities in Prague ask whether it is possible to revoke recognition of Kosovo, Serbian media reported.
"I would prefer debates on this subject in our foreign relations meeting, that is, on the meeting attended by the President, the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament, the Prime Minister, the Head of Diplomacy and the Minister of Police.
US Senator Johnson: "It must be explained to people of Kosovo and Serbia, you may not like the solution" (Tanjug, B92, VoA)
We need to explain to the people of Kosovo and Serbia that the agreement, which they may not like, is in their best interest, said U.S. Senator Ron Johnson.
Johnson visited Belgrade and Pristina last week.
He told the Ukrainian Voice of America service that it is up to leaders in Belgrade and Pristina to decide whether they can reach an agreement.
Brnabic to attend meeting of prime ministers of Visegrad Group, Western Balkans (Serbian Government, media)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic will attend the meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group and of the Western Balkans in Prague on 12 September. The host of the meeting will be Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Serbian media report.
This is the first meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group – the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary with the prime ministers of the Western Balkans.
The topic of the meeting will be the strengthening of the overall political and economic relations between the two regions.