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"Pen is not weapon Haradinaj uses best" (Prva TV, B92)

Commenting on Ramush Haradinaj's op-ed in the Washington Post, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said the text was written by someone else because "pen is not his weapon."

The Kosovo prime minister wrote the article published in the US daily, where he presented a series of accusations against Serbia, and claimed that the Serbian President, with Russia's support, was offering Kosovo independence in exchange for a part of its territory.

Pristina's latest moves "aimed at provoking fire of war" (B92, Tanjug)

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that the Pristina authorities wanted to provoke "the fire of war" with their latest moves.

Djuric told an unscheduled press conference on Wednesday in Belgrade that Serbia is calling on the EU and the entire international community to "make Pristina see reason without delay."

President Vucic says Belgrade ready to continue dialogue with Pristina (FoNet, TV N1)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told French Ambassador Frederic Mondoloni that Belgrade is prepared to continue the dialogue with Pristina as soon as Kosovo revokes the 100 percent tariffs on goods from Serbia, FoNet news agency reports.

Vucic said that Pristina’s decisions which increase the risk of escalating the conflict and endanger the peace and stability of the region are unacceptable, adding that there must be rules and respect for the other side in every dialogue, a press release from the President’s Cabinet quoted him as saying.

"They wanted 100% tax, they got 100% reaction" (Prva TV, B92)

Serbs from Kosovo have had a noose put around their necks and that is why the mayors of the four (northern) municipalities resigned, Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric said.

Djuric added that he will be able to be "fully satisfied only once Pristina's discriminatory measures have been rescinded."

“If taxes are not lifted, there would be serious issue with medical supply” (RTS, Tanjug, B92)

Patients who visit the health institutions in Kosovo and Metohija would receive all necessary help and medicament and it would be like that in the following days, Serbian Minister of Health, Zoran Loncar said.

However, he warned if the blockade continues there would be a serious problem, since health institutions in Kosovo and Metohija would not be able to function.

He also added, the state of Serbia thinks about its citizens and would provide what is necessary in order to avoid humanitarian disaster.

Opinion polls have never worried Vucic more (BETA, RTS)

Aleksandar Vucic says he has never been more worried because "surveys show that Serbian citizens support maintaining the status quo in Kosovo and Metohija."

"I see that Serbs and citizens of Serbia do not want to solve the problems in Kosovo and Metohija, and it seems to me that we do not understand what we are dealing with," the President told RTS.

OSCE Media Freedom Representative concerned over impact on distribution of Serbian print media in Kosovo (Serbian media)

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed his concern over the restrictive impact on the distribution of Serbian print media in Kosovo following the introduction of recent trade measures, Serbian media report.

He recalled the necessity to preserve all citizen’s right to access to information in their language

Novosti: Egypt close to revoke recognition of Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, B92)

Egypt is nearing to a decision to revoke recognition of Kosovo, and the final agreement on the matter could be made during the visit of the Egypt Foreign Affairs Minister to Belgrade, Vecernje Novosti daily reports today.

According to the daily, diplomatic struggle of Serbia to make Cairo 11th country in a row to revoke recognition of Kosovo is ongoing for months, and the strengthening of fraction in Egypt that believes the time has come to reconsider decision on Kosovo also goes in Serbia’s favor.

What is going on with Kosovo Serbs, do they leave Kosovo system or not? (Tanjug, B92, TV Happy)

Mayors of the four northern municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija would resign today, Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said, according to the Serbian media.

Meanwhile, deputy chair of Srpska Lista, Igor Simic refuted this information, media continue.