Beqaj: The idea of demarcation has diminished the value of the dialogue (Danas, RTK2)
The Draft Law on Dialogue with Serbia means the official Pristina new approach in Brussels talks, but the question is whether it is realistic and whether it will be applicable in the further course of the dialogue process, professor and expert for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Belul Beqaj said.
Dacic "wishes we never had common state with Montenegro" (Tanjug, B92, Dan)
CeSID: More than 50% of citizens for Kosovo in Serbia (Serbian media)
All Serbian media quoted a survey conducted by the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies in cooperation with CeSID.
According to the survey, 53 percent of citizens are for Kosovo to remain in Serbia at all costs.
"Putin to honor Serb victims of Croatia's Operation Storm" (BETA, Danas, B92)
"Serbia-NATO action plan to be supplemented" (Tanjug, European Western Balkans)
Trajkovic: Serbia must not recognize Kosovo (Danas, NIN, N1)
Serbia cannot recognize the independence of Kosovo, because if it does, neither region nor Serbia will receive anything, said president of the European Movement in Kosovo Rada Trajkovic to the Belgrade based weekly NIN and estimated that this would lead to destabilization of Serbia, reports Belgrade based daily Danas.
Balkans "among priorities of Romania's EU presidency" (Serbian Government, B92)
Serbian FM receives message from Russia's Lavrov (B92, Tanjug, Srbija.gov.rs)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has sent holiday greetings to First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.
In his message dated December 21, Lavrov said that Moscow is ready for further close cooperation "on the Kosovo issue." The Foreign Ministry announced in a press release late on Tuesday that Dacic was presented with Lavrov's New Year and Christmas (to be celebrated in Serbia and Russia on January 7) message during a meeting in Belgrade with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin.
Kremlin confirms Putin's January visit to Serbia (Tanjug, B92, TASS)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to make a visit to Serbia in January 2019, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, TASS reported.
"Preparations for the president's visit to Serbia are underway, the visit is planned for January," Peskov said.
The Russian agency noted in its report that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said earlier that he expected Putin in Belgrade on January 17.