Belgrade based daily Danas writes about the meeting of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic with the SPC Assembly and Patriarch Irinej. Patriarch's praise for President Vucic and his "heroic fight for Serbia, Kosovo and Metohija and all that is related to the Serbian name" are not the position of the Holy Archbishop's Assembly, as stated by the SPC leader, Danas was told by SPC Assembly's circles.
The Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced in mid-April that Belgrade’s first countermeasures to Pristina’s taxes would arrive ‘around St. George’s Day.’ The decision on the countermeasures, however, has not been made yet.
The Serbian Chamber of Commerce stated that the reciprocity to this measure would not have a big effect due to the small size of imports of goods from Kosovo, while any other type of countermeasures would jeopardize Serbia’s political position.
Journalist Djordje Vlajic assesses the appearance of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Assembly as "some kind of demanding the complicity of the Church in the work that he does with Kosovo".
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic said late on Monday he informed the Holy Synod of the Serb Orthodox Church about "all my worries," adding Patriarch Irinej, who said Vucic's fight for Kosovo was heroic, understood him well, N1 reported.
Vucic was present at the Holy Synod annual meeting in the Patriarchy in Belgrade.
President Vucic is fighting for Serbia, Kosovo all that is linked to the Serb name heroically, says the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
"We do not doubt his good intentions and the effort that we see," Patriarch Irinej emphasized late on Monday in Belgrade, after a two-hour meeting with Vucic.
A deputy leader of the opposition Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) said late on Sunday that organisation would soon present a declaration on the reconciliation between the Serbs and Albanians which, according to SSP, both Pristina and Belgrade parliaments should adopt.
Marinika Tepic told Nova S television the declaration would be the beginning of the reconciliation process between the two nations.
The military-police parade ''Defence of Freedom '' was a clear message to friends and enemies, everyone should interpret it as they see fit, says Aleksandar Vulin.
Asked to comment on the claim made by some Western media that Serbia was engaging in "sabre-rattling" during a time of instability in Kosovo and Metohija, the defense minister said Belgrade did not contribute to that instability.
The Alliance for Serbia (SzS) states today that the possibility of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's participation in the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Assembly is an abuse of the Church by Vucic and the SPC Patriarch Irinej, adding that this is a play that is allegedly anesthetizing SPC before the decision on Kosovo.
SzS says that today's confirmation of the possibility of Vucic's participation in the Assembly, sees as the damage of the SPC and its believers.
President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed on Sunday he would address the Serbian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod on Monday, thanking Patriarch Irinej for inviting him to join the meeting.
This is a great honour and an opportunity to speak the truth, and to respond to untruths, said Vucic.
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic said in Tirana on Thursday there would be nothing of the European Union's "sweet dreams" about the Western Balkans countries this summer, the FoNet news agency reported.
Addressing the Brdo – Brijuni summit in the Albanian capital, he predicted that Serbia and Montenegro would not open any new chapter in negotiations with the EU, the accession talks with
Albania and North Macedonia would not start, and nothing would happen regarding Bosnia.