Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic late on Thursday showed Papua New Guinea's official note rescinding its recognition of Kosovo as an independent state.
This is the sixth country to have done so in the past several years.
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A 23-year-old Serb, whose initials are N.D., was attacked and seriously wounded late last night in the village of Priluzje in northern Kosovo.
Serbian media based in Kosovo is reporting this, adding that the young Serb was taken to the hospital in northern Mitrovica with stab wounds.
The victim's brother was also injured when he was attacked with pepper spray, the media reported.
Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Branko Ruzic says that Serbia is striving to reach a sustainable solution for Kosovo through dialogue, but that it does not have well-intentioned interlocutors on the other side, reports Serbian media.
He stresses that interlocutors on the other hand, representatives of Kosovo institutions, do not have enough understanding of the spirit of the time in which we are.
Serbian media quotes Director of the office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric, who in a statement said that "the head of the negotiating delegation of Pristina in the Brussels dialogue, Avni Arifi, is not competent to give in or deny anything, especially not territory."
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is likely to meet again in Brussels in two weeks with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, reported yesterday Belgrade based daily Blic.
The daily stated that the information was confirmed in the cabinet of President Vucic.
The continuation of the dialogue in such a short time could mean a practical intensification of the process, about what talked and Mogherini after the meeting in Brussels on Sunday, the daily noted.
According to Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti, the task of EEAS Director Angelina Eichhorst will be to accelerate and intensify talks between representatives of Serbian authorities and provisional institutions in Kosovo, as well as the implementation of the agreements reached.
The Director of the Department for Western Europe, the Western Balkans and Turkey in the EU Foreign Service will be the key mediator in the next phase of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, reports the daily in today's edition.
Aleksandar Vucic says the dialogue with Pristina on Sunday will be "difficult" - but that Belgrade will "defend its position."
Vucic added that Belgrade will strive for a compromise.
It will be, as he says, "yet another opportunity for our position to be heard, yet another opportunity to fight for our country and our people, while respecting the other side and with the desire to reach a solution."
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says that Serbia is working on continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in the same format, under the auspices of the EU, but this problem cannot be solved without great powers, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.
Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin has announced the possibility of his country getting "even more deeply involved" in resolving the Kosovo problem, Serbian media quoted Belgrade based daily Politika.
UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin urged all competent authorities yesterday to step up efforts to combat impunity and bring perpetrators to justice "as a cornerstone for improving dialogue and building trust among communities."
Tanin said this on the occasion of frequent ethnically motivated incidents, Serbian media reports.
According to him, in a democratic society there is no place for intimidation and the rule of law must be valid for all.