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"Serbia needs EU as strong, stable partner in region" (Serbian Government, B92)

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic spoke on Monday in Belgrade with Chairman of the EP Committee for Stabilization and Association of the EU and Serbia Eduard Kukan, B92 reports. According to the Serbian government, Brnabic told Kukan that membership in the Union is Serbia's strategic goal, but that reform measures should first of all be to contribute to the progress of the state and to the better life of its citizens. Brnabic pointed out that reforms in the field of economy and improvement of the investment climate give results, adding that it is now an important task to maintain and protec

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Vucic: Belgrade ready to continue dialogue with Pristina (BETA, TV N1)

Belgrade is ready to continue dialogue with Pristina, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told European Parliament delegation on Monday, BETA news agency reports. “Serbia is ready to continue the dialogue even in the situation with heightened political and security tensions which are primarily unfavorable to the Serbs in Kosovo,” Vucic is quoted as saying in a press release following the meeting with the delegation headed by European Parliament (EP) official Eduard Kukan. Vucic informed Kukan, who chairs the EP Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee,

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Pushkov: We are not against border correction (Politika, Radio kontakt plus)

Russian Senator, Aleksey Pushkov said he sees no reason why Russia would oppose correction of borders as a solution to the Kosovo issue, adding that Moscow supports what Serbia thinks it is right for it, Radio kontakt plus reports. “There is the Russian stance made public long ago, and it has not changed, we support what Serbia thinks it is right for it,” Pushkov told Politika daily. Pushkov who is also a Chair of the Commission for Information Policy and Media Cooperation at the Upper House of the Russian Parliament underlined he has never heard Moscow is against a solution that is proposed

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Cyprus to give Serbia "full support" at Interpol Assembly (B92, Srbija.gov.rs)

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic met on Monday with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.

According to the Serbian government, they discussed "the harmful consequences of the possible membership of the so-called and self-proclaimed 'Kosovo' in Interpol." On the sidelines of the third "European Union and Arab World Summit", held in Athens, Stefanovic briefed the Cypriot President on the attitude of Serbia regarding the request of Kosovo for admission to this international police organization.

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Radosavljevic: Citizens in ten municipalities have highest trust in their mayors and lowest in municipal officials (RTS, KoSSev)

According to respondents, the work of ten Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo has been more transparent and better in the last year since Srpska Lista won elections in these municipalities with the support from Belgrade, Director of NGO New Social Initiative from Mitrovica North, Jovana Radosavljevic said, summarizing their latest survey’s results, KoSSev reports. According to Radosavljevic, the highest visibility is present in infrastructure projects.

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Dacic and head of Serbian Interpol for Insajder: Kosovo in Interpol, danger of database abuse

The General Assembly of Interpol accepted the request of Pristina to consider Kosovo's application for membership in that international police organization in mid-November. Pristina officials believe that Kosovo will be the the 193th member of the Interpol the next month, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says to the portal Insajder that that he does not think that they will he will have the necessary majority, and that together with the MUP, his ministry is doing everything to prevent the initiative of Pristina.

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Sem Fabrizi: Belgrade and Pristina should be given space to agree (Danas)

We continue to intensively work with Belgrade and Pristina on legally-binding agreement on comprehensive normalization of relations, Head of EU Delegation in Serbia, Sem Fabrizi told Danas daily. He also added both sides are fully engaged with EU High Representative Federica Mogherini in order to define elements of that agreement. At this moment, technical dialogue is ongoing in order to schedule a high-level meeting in the forthcoming period, aiming to reach tangible results.

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Trajkovic: Disagreements in US administration over Kosovo solution (Danas)

Serb politician from Kosovo and Metohija, Rada Trajkovic thinks it is normal to have disagreements within the US administration over the way on how Serbs and Albanians would come to an agreement, Danas daily reports. She added, that the State Department, maybe supports a compromise solution reached by Belgrade and Pristina.

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