Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Helsinki he is hurt with “bad meddling” of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in the politics, BETA news agency reported. Commenting on the Holly Assembly of Bishops statement that at no price full sovereignty and integrity of Serbia in Kosovo and Metohija should be brought into question, Vucic said that people and territory keep sovereignty and asked what Serbia has from that in Kosovo. “What was left to us since 1999, and since 2009, and where are our army, people and what territory we control?

The Bishops remain firmly against partition and any kind of recognition of the breakaway Serbian province.

Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic remarked on Wednesday that Pristina's "entire leadership is on Interpol's arrest warrants (notices)." Dacic did this after announcing that another country had revoked its recognition of Kosovo. Speaking about the possibility of Kosovo joining Interpol later this month - something Serbia is fiercely opposed to - the minister said he "doesn't want to be an optimist (as to the outcome), because the Serbian president doesn't

A group of Serbian intellectuals and Church dignitaries sent a letter to the Serbian Orthodox Church Holly Assembly today, saying that half a year after the SOC session on Kosovo, the situation has deteriorated, and there is a real danger of surrendering the province, Belgrade-based daily Politika writes today. Signatories of the letter noted it is necessary that the Serbian Orthodox Church warns and publicly say that no one must dare sign anything, adding they believe this is the last chance to do something regarding that, and if this chance is missed everyone would bear the consequences “bu

Position of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) regarding Kosovo remains unchanged - neither partition, nor independence, Belgrade-based daily Blic reports today, adding the stance was reconfirmed during the first day of Holly Synod autumn session in Belgrade. This meeting of the Holy Assembly of Bishops is the first one in the fall, after almost eight years. It begun with a report, or more specifically, with a presentation of Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije about the situation in the Eparchy or rather in Kosovo and Metohija, Blic further wrote.

Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic announced on Wednesday that he expected another country to withdraw its recognition of Kosovo. B92 later learned, and it has in the meantime been confirmed, that recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo has been withdrawn by the Union of the Comoros - a small island state in the Indian Ocean that recognized Kosovo in 20009. Previously, Dacic said that Pristina is describing the withdrawals of Kosovo's recognition as lies and defamation, because it "hurts." Although they said that these are some "nonsense countries" - t

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, who takes part in the Web-Summit in Lisbon spoke with German ARD journalist Marcus Price. While discussing political topics, the PM Brnabic said that for Serbia resolution of Kosovo and Metohija issue is crucial. She noted Serbia remains committed to finding a compromise solution in dialogue with Pristina, adding that stability in the region is also important. Brnabic underlined that EU membership is Serbia’s strategic aim.

Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic announced that he expects another country to withdraw recognition of Kosovo's independence today. "It will be the tenth country that has withdrawn recognition," Dacic told RTS on Wednesday. The recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo is expected to be withdrawn by the Union of the Comoros - a small island state in the Indian Ocean that recognized Kosovo in 20009 - B92 has learned in the meanwhile. Previously, Dacic said that Pristina is describing the withdrawals of Kosovo's recognition as lies and defamation, because

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will resume the dialogue this week in Brussels, Pristina-based Koha Ditore and Belgrade-based Tanjug news agency reported last night. This announcement arrives in the midst of intense discussions on the legally binding agreement between Kosovo and Serbia. Vucic and Thaci have simultaneously been announcing ethnic delimitation between Serbs and Albanians, i.e.

Ragmi Mustafa says "there cannot be normalization" between Belgrade and Pristina "without inclusion of the Presevo valley."

Mustafa is the new President of the Albanian Minority National Council in Serbia. "Presevo valley" is the informal name for a region in the southern part of central Serbia that has ethnic Albanian minorities in three of its largest towns: Presevo, Bujanovac, and Medvedja.