Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said the member states of the Interpol were facing a strong lobbying of Kosovo representatives to make Kosovo a member of that organization, but, as he assessed, this would not happen during the November session of the Interpol. Dacic told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) even some territories and not states only could become the Interpol member states but only with the consent of the state, it is a part of. “Voting the membership of Kosovo would mean a direct breach of the Interpol statute and violation of all rules we have been establishing for

Serbian opposition People’s Party leader Vuk Jeremic said today that Belgrade has never been closer to an agreement with Pristina, BETA news agency reports. Serbia has never been closer to demarcation with Kosovo, he said, adding that a legally binding agreement to normalize Belgrade-Pristina relations will be signed in 2019 unless someone prevents the Serbian authorities from doing so. “There has never been more intensive, behind the scenes, negotiation about a demarcation and the process is being brought to an end.

Elections, either regular or extraordinary would most certainly take place in Serbia, prior to the final resolution of the Kosovo issue, Belgrade-based daily Danas reports. Bojan Klacar, researcher at the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) made these remarks to Danas, responding to a question if more frequent appearances of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) members on the most viewed television stations, in addition to their presence in these media, could indicate holding of extraordinary elections. “It is no secret that television statio

Leaders of major Western countries will not comment on an initiative to transform Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) into an army, since it remains “uncertain how the process would unfold further,” Belgrade-based daily writes today referring to its diplomatic sources. According to the daily’s interlocutors, USA, Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy “in principle support creation of armed Kosovo formation” however, they would continue to insist this transformation to be “gradual” and in consultation with minority communities, including the Serbs in Kosovo. Plator Avdiu, research at the Kosovo C

Socialist Party of Slovenia called upon the president, prime minister and members of the Slovenian government to pledge for the Republic of Slovenia to revoke recognition of Kosovo, in line with the increasing number of states’ decisions on this matter, and support territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia, RTS reports. In a letter sent to officials, this non-parliament party noted Slovenia made a grave mistake in 2008 by recognizing the independence of a part of the territory of the Republic of Serbia, adding that Kosovo and Metohija are integral and unalienable part of Serbia, as it i

Belgrade won’t give up its pride and constitution for some European ‘carrot’, and the battle for Kosovo still lies ahead of us, Serbia’s Foreign Minister has told the Vecernje Novosti daily on Friday. Ivica Dacic referred to a comment by Peter Beyer, a German parliamentarian from the Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party, who has recently told Belgrade authorities that “Serbia cannot be a part of the European Union until it de jure recognizes the independence of Kosovo.” Dacic said Beyer’s words should be taken seriously since he came from Merkel's party, but added that “if that is so, what i

Beyer said on Wednesday in Belgrade that Serbia can't join the EU without recognizing Kosovo. Brnabic said on Thursday that the statement came from one Bundestag (German parliament) member and did not represent Germany's official policy. "He can have his opinion and he is free to express it. We can discuss his opinion, and we did so in an open manner yesterday. We disagree with that opinion.

Ramush Haradinaj does not have the courage to tell his compatriots and voters that the self-proclaimed Kosovo is not independent.

There are no reasons - besides political ones - for Interpol to accept Kosovo as its member, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said, adding that Serbia is working on submitting political, legal, and police arguments why Kosovo should not become a member of Interpol. Stefanovic told TV Pink that he personally has sent letters to all members of Interpol explaining the reasons against the membership of Kosovo in Interpol, but also that it should be taken into consideration that there are those who will never change.