Steven Meyer, former CIA official in charge for the Balkans, in his Op-Ed for the Belgrade-based weekly magazine Nedeljnik, described seven theses of “Balkans’ pathology” B92 reports, re-running excerpts of the article.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said yesterday “that we are very far away from any solution” in relation to Kosovo and if he “may predict” Belgrade “would get nothing” from negotiations with Pristina, Danas daily reported.

Asked to comment on the Kosovo Prime Minister opposing Hashim Thaci to continue talks with him, Vucic responded “he does not want to get involved in their internal matters.”

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the Deputy Chair of the Open Society Foundation, Alexander Soros, Serbian media reported.

Vucic and Soros discussed about the ways on how civil society and Soros’s organization can help strengthen peace and stability in the region.

President Vucic informed representatives of the Open Society Foundation about the course of the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations, and highlighted that advancement of the relations is very important to maintain stability in the Western Balkans.

Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic said in a meeting with delegation of German Bundestag that Serb-Albanian agreement was of crucial importance for both sides.

Vucic talked with the Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU faction in the German parliament, Johann Wadephul and the group's foreign affairs ​adviser Hans-Joachim Falenski about bilateral relationship, Serbia's road to EU and the situation in the region.

Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric earlier announced that the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic during the forthcoming visit to Kosovo would “convey a strong message” to the Serbs living here, RTV KIM reported.

Expectations of inhabitants from central Kosovo are different, while some local politicians think all they would hear are pre-ordered applauses for the main orator.

Vucic’s visit to Kosovo on September 9 will not be “a new Gazimestan” as some media announce it, but rather “anti-Gazimestan,” Serbian opposition MP and political analyst Djordje Vukadinovic told TV N1.

Vukadinovic termed comparison of Vucic’s visit to Kosovo with new Gazimestan as inappropriate, but it is media attractive. He assessed that Vucic is flirting and is well positioned, he has one face for his constituencies, in this case it is Gazimestan, no one will expel Serbs and on the other hand he presents him as a man of great reforms and cooperative.

Deputy Leader of People’s Party, Sanda Raskovic-Ivic said the Serbian President and head of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic by announcing a referendum on Kosovo wants to make all citizens accomplices “in the greatest disgrace of the Serbian history – surrender of Kosovo,” Serbian media reported.

“Vucic has no platform given by the government, let alone the Assembly, to talk about and makes agreement on Kosovo. He refers to the internal dialogue that looked more like a monologue,” Raskovic-Ivic said.

Serbia and President Vucic do not hide Kosovo issue under the carpet, instead they try to resolve it, Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric told Prva TV.

Djuric added, Serbia pursues responsible politics and wants to resolve difficult issues, instead of hiding them. Djuric assessed the meeting President Vucic had in Austria with Hashim Thaci as difficult.

Belgrade-Pristina dialogue should continue since an eventual solution will have a positive effect on the whole region, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said during a joint press conference with the presidents of Kosovo, Slovenia, Austria, and EU official in Austria on Sunday, BETA news agency reported.

Vucic added he said during the meeting with his Kosovo counterpart Hashim Thaci, mediated by the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz and the EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn that “It (finding solution) will not go easily.”

President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic said Pristina could submit any topic they wished and "we will eventually see their outcome".

He said that in regard to announcements that the Kosovo president Hashim Thaci would submit the topic of Presevo Valley to the upcoming dialogue in Brussels.