An extraordinary autumn session of the Holly Archbishops’ Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church would commence on November 6, at the Patriarchate in Belgrade, and Kosovo would be one of the topics discussed, Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti reports today. According to Novosti, the decision to hold this session was made during a spring gathering of the highest church dignitaries. Serbian Orthodox Church top leaders think the situation in the province deserves discussion at the highest level, while the daily adds there is a strong line among bishops who want to open this issue, for the Church to

Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said that Serbia is being given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get something for its people and citizens in Kosovo and Metohija. "This is about whether we get something or lose everything," Dacic told RTS.

Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) is actively considering a special meeting of the Holy Assembly of Bishops with Kosovo and Metohija as the main topic.

As Tanjug learns from the well-informed church circles, the special meeting is a possibility even though the Church's stance "on the issue remains clear and unchanged". The Church's position, announced after the May meeting, is that Serbia must not lose Kosovo.

Artificial lake and hydro-plant “Gazivode” are of strategic importance for survival and future of Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija, and together with “Trepca” and power station “Valac” are strategically important to Serbia as a whole, mayor of Zubin Potok municipality, Stevan Vulovic told RTS. Mayor Vulovic is convinced Serbia would manage to preserve it as its own property. “If water supply would be cut off to the power-plants they could not produce electric energy, any type of production would cease, water supply to more than 700.000 people would cease as well, informational technologies

The European Union should accept an agreement between Serbs and ethnic Albanians to settle their long-standing dispute over Kosovo, a top official of the bloc said, seeking to dispel fears that any redrawing of the Balkan border might reignite feuds in the volatile region. See at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-26/eu-urged-to-back-serbia-and-kosovo-as-they-mull-border-change  

The European Commission has endorsed the idea of a potential Kosovo-Serbia border change, going against Germany and breaking a former taboo. "Whatever the solution finally is, and we should not exclude anything ... [it] should respect that the overarching goal is stability in the region," EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn said at a symposium in Alpbach, Austria, on Saturday (25 August). See at: https://euobserver.com/enlargement/142655

Vucic’s visit to Kosovo on September 9 will not be “a new Gazimestan” as some media announce it, but rather “anti-Gazimestan,” Serbian opposition MP and political analyst Djordje Vukadinovic told TV N1. Vukadinovic termed comparison of Vucic’s visit to Kosovo with new Gazimestan as inappropriate, but it is media attractive.

Deputy Leader of People’s Party, Sanda Raskovic-Ivic said the Serbian President and head of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic by announcing a referendum on Kosovo wants to make all citizens accomplices “in the greatest disgrace of the Serbian history – surrender of Kosovo,” Serbian media reported. “Vucic has no platform given by the government, let alone the Assembly, to talk about and makes agreement on Kosovo.

The Mayor of Medvedja, Nebojsa Arsic said that he did not hear from the Albanian representatives there or anywhere else that they wanted to join Kosovo.

Medvedja is not a part of Presevo valley. The majority of municipality's population are Serbs.

Serbia and President Vucic do not hide Kosovo issue under the carpet, instead they try to resolve it, Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric told Prva TV. Djuric added, Serbia pursues responsible politics and wants to resolve difficult issues, instead of hiding them. Djuric assessed the meeting President Vucic had in Austria with Hashim Thaci as difficult. “These talks are neither easy nor simple. We can not choose who to talk to from the Albanian side, respectively who will represent them.