The expected agreement on Kosovo is about everyday things like the free movement of people, goods and capital and the status issue is something else, Serbian opposition Democratic Party (DS) leader Zoran Lutovac told TV N1 on Monday. The status issue can be resolved only once the right conditions are in place, he said. “This is a democracy issue, once we achieve certain standards,” he added, speaking for the TV N1 morning show. Lutovac warned anything that just one man does without consulting even his associates is a problem.

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said he is not certain if the information that USA ceased communication with the Kosovo minister of defense is accurate, adding he heard it from the media, but reminded that the USA administration does not see Kosovo any longer as “its child,” and attempts to be balanced, RTS reported. “I think this is good. Generally, Kosovo foreign and internal politics are on major defensive. They are no longer “a child” of the West, but rather a problem.

Serb National Council in Montenegro called upon Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic and parliamentary party Democratic Montenegro (DCG) to express their stances on an initiative calling for annulling decision by the Montenegrin Government to recognize Kosovo, Novosti daily reported. The Serb National Council initiated a petition for holding a referendum on revoking this decision, following the statement of Montenegrin Government official that decision to recognize Kosovo was forced, and contrary to the will of 85 percent of Montenegro citizens. The Council reminded it has been more than fo

There is no solution to the Kosovo issue without agreement with Serbia, Director of Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric told TV Pink. He added Serbia wishes compromise solution, but would not accept any humiliating proposals. Djuric said that yesterday’s decision of the Serbian delegation to leave the conference on EU common foreign and security policy in Vienna, because of the way Kosovo was presented, shows that nothing is resolved. “It shows there is no solution to the Kosovo issue without agreement with Serbia.

European Parliament Foreign Relations Committee adopted draft resolution on progress of Western Balkans partners in the EU reforms, Tanjug news agency reports. The information that an amendment mentioning delineation between Kosovo and Serbia was included in the European Parliament Progress Report on Serbia was met with different interpretations.

Russia will support every solution to the Kosovo issue, that is supported by the Serbian people and is in line with the Constitution of Serbia and UN SC Resolution 1244, BETA news agency reports.

Kosovo’s associate membership in the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) does not mean it has been recognized as a state, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said yesterday, TV N1 reports. Speaking at the OIF summit of heads of state and government in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Dacic said that there are 13 permanent members of the organization which have not recognized Kosovo.

Alexander Lukashevich named the protection of rights and interests of non-Albanian minorities among key tasks of the mission and its mandate VIENNA, October 12. /TASS/.

A delegation of the Serbian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday walked out of a conference held in Vienna. The inter-parliamentary conference was dedicated to EU's common foreign and security policy. The Serbian delegation, headed by committee chairman Zarko Obradovic, left the conference alongside the Spanish parliamentary delegation because of the way Kosovo was represented at the event. The Serbian and Spanish delegations protested because temporary institutions in Pristina were represented with a flag and the name "Kosovo" without an asterisk (pointing to an explanati

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said today in Kraljevo he is always ready to talk about all compromise solutions and to offer it to the Serbian people.