Creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM) is internal obligation of Kosovo and Serbia should not interfere, claims political analyst Azem Vlasi. Vlasi said that there are no obstacles for reaching an agreement on telecommunication since it was said earlier that Kosovo should have its own area code, whereas when it comes to energy it is only about pure economic and financial relations. When it comes to Association/Community of Serb municipalities Vlasi argues that it is Kosovo’s obligation as stipulated by the Brussels’ Agreement and

It is in the interest of Serbia to close, as soon as possible, the technical dialogue with Pristina and start negotiations on chapter 35 with the EU, said political analyst Dušan Janjić. Janjić said that there is a possibility for technical issues to be solved on 23 June (Z/CSM, bridge, electricity, telecommunication), which are in fact on the table as of 2011, however he added that there are and new unsettled issues, which are not a condition for opening the chapter 35. “From this reason international community recommends developing of a new agreement on prin

If extraordinary parliamentary elections don’t take place, incumbent Serbian Government will be faced with signing of a legally binding agreement with Pristina. Intention of the West, with this document, is to enable Kosovo‘s membership in the UN, Council of Europe, OSCE and other international organizations. New agreement with Pristina, dubbed ‘Brussels 2’, which would have a weight of an international agreement, is envisaged by the European Union’s Strategic Framework for negotiations with Serbia and could be signed until the end of negotiations.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will hand over Gazivode Lake to Kosovo institutions in talks scheduled for 23 June in Brussels, even though he categorically rejected such scenario, claims Patriotic Block from Kosovo and Metohija in a statement forwarded to KoSSev. “Dramatic call of the Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to citizens of Serbia for showing unity in the eve of negotiations with Pristina on 23 June in Brussels, largely resembles on the atmosphere created before the Brussels Agreement was signed, by which Serbia practically gave up on Kosovo and

Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic has called citizens to be fully united because in next days and months ‘full political stability should be preserved’. He added that this is needed for providing a safe future and better economy.

At the press conference in Belgrade Vucic said that the following month will be difficult for Serbia and that talks in Brussels between Belgrade and Pristina on 23 June will be difficult.

Graffiti glorifying so called Kosovo Liberation Army and a war-time commander of Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina have appeared yesterday in vicinity of the central bus station in Loznica, Serbia proper. Graffiti ‘Bigger Albania’, ‘Naser Oric’ and ‘I know with a knife’, along with a crescent with a star and drawing of a bier with the cross in it and ‘UÇK’ sign have been sprayed on the walls of two buildings. The case was reported to police, which is intensively searching for a perpetrator.

Conference of the Executive Council of Local Public Safety Committees, organized by the OSCE, was held today in Pristina in presence of the Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs Skender Hyseni, representatives of Kosovo Police and delegations from Montenegro and Macedonia.

The Parliament Speaker also thanked Belarus for not recognizing the independence of Kosovo, unilaterally proclaimed by ethnic Albanians in Serbia's southern province in February 2008, and for the support of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. Gojkovic and Lukashenko agreed Tuesday it is important to boost economic c