According to Belgrade based daily Danas, Serbia is expected to have "very negative assessment" of the state of democracy.

Some diplomats told Danas that "very negative reviews" will be found in the segment relating to the "state of democracy," referring to the European Commission's Progress Report on Serbia's progress towards EU membership, to be presented at today's extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee European Parliament in Brussels.

The battle for supremacy over Europe is being fought between Germany and the US, and it could be decided in Kosovo, Belgrade based daily Blic writes on Friday.

For Germany, Kosovo is an independent state and there is no further discussion about border change, Blic says, and reminds that German parliamentarians Peter Beyer and Christian Schmitd conveyed this message to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic two days ago.

Although European Commissioner Johannes Hahn yesterday said that he hopes for the soon continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, analysts from Belgrade do not share his optimism, writes Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.

Representatives of the European Parliament led by EU Rapporteur on Serbia David McAllister, and European Union MPs Igor Soltes from Slovenia and Elmar Brok from Germany, met today with the Serbian List delegation, led by President Goran Rakic and vice presidents Igor Simic and Dalibor Jevtic.

The European Parliament (EP) delegation headed by David McAllister, the Rapporteur for Serbia, will spend four days in Belgrade and Pristina to assess the political situation and the European Union relations with Kosovo and Serbia, the Beta news agency reported on Wednesday.

The Rapporteur for Kosovo, Slovenian MEP Igor Soltes, will also be in the EP delegation during its visit from Wednesday to March 2.

The question of Kosovo is a crucial issue because it is necessary to know how to live with a neighbour to be able to exist within the European Union, Knut Fleckenstein, a member of the European Parliament (EP) told N1 morning show on Tuesday.

He has insisted that the EU does not want to import rivalries and that is why Belgrade and Pristina have to find a way to solve their problems.

The European Union has to clarify to the Serbian public that a request for “full normalization of relations” with Pristina, on Serbia’s path to the EU “is not necessarily recognition of Kosovo,” although it might happen at a certain moment in the future, analysis of the European Parliament General Directorate for Foreign Affairs said, Serbian media reported.