After several days of tension in the north of Kosovo, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held a session of the National Security Council and talked to Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday that measures would be taken to strengthen the Serbian army and intelligence services after talks with Patriarch Irinej about what Vucic called the "survival of the Serbian people" in Kosovo. "We will give everything to preserve peace and stability ...

Serbia is systematically weakened by false allegations against the state. The allegations of scenarios against its people in Kosovo made by various political and religious representatives. The security services received tasks in connection with these espionage activities, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said, KoSSev portal reported. Djuric made these remarks following an urgent session of the National Security Council scheduled by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday.

“I strongly appeal once again to political representatives in Belgrade and Priština to show restraint and resolve all existing problems in a peaceful way.

„I want Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija not only to have a nice weekend, but nice weeks and months ahead of us, and I want them to feel safe.

Milorad Dodik says Republika Srpska will demand a UN seat if Kosovo gets one – adding that Kosovo’s partition should also be up for discussion. If Kosovo becomes a member of the United Nations and other international institutions, Bosnia’s mainly Serbian entity, Republika Srpska, RS, will demand the same, Milorad Dodika, the RS President, told Friday’s Vecernje Novosti, a Serbian daily. Dodik told the newspaper that back in 2008, after Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia, the RS Assembly adopted a resolution stating that, “the RS will seek statehood status in case

President Aleksandar Vucic and Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej would meet tomorrow in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, SRNA news agency reported, quoting President’s press service. The meeting is scheduled to take place tomorrow at 11.00 and press statement would be issued following the meeting, Serbian media added.

Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery Sava Janjic considers yesterday’s reaction of the President Aleksandar Vucic as rebuttal that there would be division of Kosovo, RTS reports today. “Excellent, there would be no division of Kosovo and Metohija and there are no talks with Pristina about it. We all probably know there are no peaceful territorial divisions in the history. Srpska Lista is also assuring us there would be no division. How not to trust them?

The Serbian Government has broadened the tasks of a commission set up to evaluate facts discovered during investigations into murders of journalists. This decision has been made in order to secure, through coordination of services of the Republic of Serbia and cooperation with journalists and similar institutions from the region, that the fight against the impunity for murders of journalists is continued, the government announced on Thursday. In addition, this document has been adopted in order to contribute to the clearing up of murders of journalists in the conflicts in the Socialist Feder

If Kosovo becomes a member of the UN and other international institutions, Banjaluka would request the same, President of Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik told Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti. “The Assembly of Srpska adopted resolution, saying that in case of establishing of a new international principle and practice in recognizing the right to self-determination, we would insist on determining our state status.