Representatives of the Special Court for KLA crimes would visit Serbia on 21 December and meet with lawyers selected to carry out acts of representation before this judicial institution, Tanjug news agency reported. According to Belgrade-based daily Politika, the visit would last two days, while the Special Court would be presented by the Head of the Victims’ Participation Office, Silke Studzinsky and the Coordinator of the Defense Office, David Hein. Chair of the Serbian Chamber of Advocates and one of the selected lawyers Viktor Gostiljac told Politika daily it was necessary to organize su

Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Belgrade, Alexander Chepurn in the strongest terms condemned claims Ramush Haradinaj made in his Op-Ed published in the Washington Post, Tanjug news agency reported. Ambassador Chepurin also refuted that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, with the alleged help of Russia, is offering recognition of Kosovo in return for part of its territory. “The claims Ramush Haradinaj made in the Washington Post are in their form a caricature, and its content is an absurd.

Belgrade-based daily Blic writes today that French President Emanuel Macron is not giving up on his visit to Serbia and that he is coming to “help” with Kosovo. According to the daily, Macron would visit Belgrade on 5 and 6 December, while the protest and unrests on the streets of Paris related to the increase of fuel price, did not deter him to change his plan.

Commenting on Ramush Haradinaj's letter to the Washington Post, President Vucic says this means that the (Kosovo) negotiations have been put "ad acta." Asked by a journalist about Haradinaj's claim he is ready to recognize Kosovo in exchange for a part of its territory, Vucic asked "what he should say at all, and whether he had any need to deny these allegations in the text, which has no particular weight, except to insinuate something about the relationship between Serbia and Russia." "I

Members of the European Parliament adopted in Brussels a resolution in which it is estimated that Serbia has made progress in economic reforms, BETA news agency reports. It has been stated it is crucial that tangible results are achieved in judicial reform, anti-corruption and media freedoms. The European Parliament has also adopted six of the eight proposed amendments to the document compiled by European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister. The adopted resolution "welcomes Serbia's continued engagement on the road to joining the European Union." It also highlights "some prog

Vucic said that the Serbian authorities have no control over even one inch of Kosovo and Metohija (Kosmet), and this is why our situation is difficult, B92 reports. "Our situation is not easy at all, when you depend on the will of Pristina and whether they will respect the law or not.

Lebanon and Serbia would advance cooperation not only in the area of politics, but also economy, tourism, education, security and fight against terrorism, Lebanese and Serbian foreign affairs ministers Jobran Bassil and Ivica Dacic said, Tanjug news agency reported. It was also added that for Lebanon Kosovo is not only the issue of Serbia, but of the international law as well. “The fact is that by such acts the international law is breached and you depend upon major powers, one, two or three, which destroys the international principles,” Dacic told journalists. Dacic acknowledged that Leban

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ivica Dacic said taxes imposed on Serbian goods must be abolished, and Belgrade is not interested in how this will be achieved, Tanjug news agency reported. He added, that “those who gave a birth to a political monster in Pristina, must control it.” “Those who gave the birth to that political monster in Pristina, must resolve the problem and control their “child”.

Commenting on Ramush Haradinaj's op-ed in the Washington Post, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said the text was written by someone else because "pen is not his weapon." The Kosovo prime minister wrote the article published in the US daily, where he presented a series of accusations against Serbia, and claimed that the Serbian President, with Russia's support, was offering Kosovo independence in exchange for a part of its territory. Asked how Haradinaj came up with that claim, Dacic, the Serbian Foreign Minister and first deputy PM said that it was "above all a great surprise th

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that the Pristina authorities wanted to provoke "the fire of war" with their latest moves. Djuric told an unscheduled press conference on Wednesday in Belgrade that Serbia is calling on the EU and the entire international community to "make Pristina see reason without delay." "We call on them to bring (Pristina) back to respecting the law, respecting agreements, and stop them on the path of further escalating the problem.