Former Romanian President Traian Bssescu says that Bucharest is under pressure from Germany to recognize Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence, reports Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.

Basescu said in a statement to Romanian television B1 that Germany was pressing all five EU countries that did not recognize Kosovo's independence to do so.

Romania, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Slovakia were under pressure to take such a step, specified Basescu, the daily reported.

Professor of International Relations at the University of Manchester Oliver Richmond said that the self-proclaimed Kosovo is a failure of the policy of international interventionism, while the NATO intervention is inexplicable from the standpoint of respecting the structure of the territorial sovereignty of the state, writes today Belgrade based daily Blic.

Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) head Patriarch Irinej warned of the small number of Serbs left in Kosovo.

Speaking at the Patriarch’s seat in the Kosovo town of Pec, Irinej said the biggest problem for Serbia in regard to Kosovo was the small number of Serbs.

Serbian ministers were instructed to focus on the Kosovo problem every time they speak to their foreign counterparts, especially with those representing countries that are believed to be willing to withdraw their recognition of Kosovo, according to Vecernje Novosti.

The measure is part of Serbia’s diplomatic offensive aimed at decreasing the number of countries that recognize Kosovo’s independence.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday that he would continue his efforts to convince other countries to withdraw their recognition of Kosovo.

European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia, David McAllister said that the latest report on Serbia’s progress to the EU rightly places Serbia as one of the leading countries in the process of enlargement, Tanjug news agency reported.

The plans for the reconstruction of the Serbian government are currently "frozen", primarily because of resolving the Kosovo issue; the Belgrade based daily Danas reports.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Thursday that she would be ready to sign any document regarding arrangement of relations between Serbia and Kosovo if this would be for the benefit of Serbian citizens, but she got mad when it was suggested that this would mean that she would sing the legally-binding document that European Union and USA would expect of Serbia to accept it, Serbian media reported.

Aleksandar Vučić will accept independence only if Serbia gets something concrete in return.

When Nato bombed Serbia in 1999, Aleksandar Vučić was information minister, enforcing censorship rules for the country’s president, Slobodan Milošević, who would later be  for war crimes.