Serbia has tried to constructively contribute to a solution for Kosovo and is ready to continue to talk with all interested parties in that spirit. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said this on November 15 in New York City, at a session of the UN Security Council dedicated to Kosovo.
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, Zorana Mihajlovic said Pristina should urgently annul decision on imposing additional taxes for goods coming from Serbia, BETA news agency reports.
She noted it is necessary to do so if Pristina authorities and the EU wish to talk about normalization of relations.
Asked to comment stance of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Kosovo, she said, “that Serbia is a secular state in which President Vucic is elected in democratic elections.”
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic spoke on Monday in Belgrade with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, the Serbian government announced on its website.
They discussed "bilateral and economic cooperation between the two countries, the European integration of integration of Serbia and the current situation in the region."
Brnabic "expressed her gratitude to Austria for the support it provides to Serbia in the process of European integration and the opening of new chapters and expressed the belief that this support will continue in the future."
Centre for Foreign Policy Director, Dragan Djukanovic told RTS that eventual admission of Pristina in Interpol represents an overambitious aim, however it depends from multiply lobbing activities within the Interpol.
Speaking for the RTS news edition, Djukanovic reminded that Kosovo issue divided members of Interpol Executive Board.
Former Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO, Darko Tanaskovic told RTS there is a “basis of understanding” formed in the international community, and it did not exist back in 2015 when Pristina attempted to become UNESCO member.
Asked if epilogue in Interpol could influence the situation in UNESCO, Tanaskovic replied it could either encourage or discourage Pristina and its mentors.
Serbs who have left their homes in Pristina, Kosovo, and are now living in Belgrade and Nis have on Saturday visited the partially cleaned up Pristina Orthodox cemetery but again found some of the gravestones damaged.
The Serbs traveled to Kosovo with two buses and were joined by Serbs internally displaced in villages around Pristina. The groups visited the graveyard marking the Orthodox holiday of St. Demetrios, or Mitrovdan.
Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for KLA crimes, Jack Smith pays his first visit in Kosovo, his spokesperson Christopher Bennett said, BETA news agency reported.
In a brief statement sent to the media it was said, that Smith “would take part in a series of meetings with international and Kosovo officials.”
“During the visit, Smith would meet heads of international organizations, representatives of EU member states, Kosovo Justice Minister Abelard Tahiri and high officials of the Ministry of Justice,” the statement added.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said yesterday there are three fundamental obstacles in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue: Kosovo authorities' “permanent” provocations, their refusal to implement Brussels agreements and talks about abolishing border with Albania, Beta news agency reported.
She said that she mentioned those issues at the Geneva gathering on the Western Balkans organized by the World Economic Forum earlier in the day.
Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and its branch in Kosovo. Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM), reminded that today is 19 years since photo reporter and Politika associate Momir Stokuca, was murdered in his family house in Pristina, that he did not want to leave, KIM Radio reported.
His sister Branka Damjanovic told UNS, the family heard about his murder on TV news.
Indictments for serious crimes committed by the KLA will not be raised for at least another year, Belgrade-based daily Blic reports today.
"There will not be indictments for at least a year, that is, until Belgrade-Pristina negotiations in Brussels have been completed," an unnamed source, "close to Pristina authorities," is quoted as telling this newspaper.