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Albanian media made up "dual sovereignty" story – president Vucic (B92, Tanjug)

President Aleksandar Vucic says Serbia has been offered nothing resembling "dual sovereignty" over the north of Kosovo.

Therefore, nothing of the kind will happen in Berlin, Vucic told a news conference on Thursday. The meeting will take place at the end of April, dedicated to Kosovo and organized by Germany and France.

"Shared sovereignty is always something that is a problematic legal category, while the so-called dual sovereignty - I don't know what that means. But nobody told me that, nobody offered us that, and something like that will not happen in Berlin," he said.

Serbs from Kosovo reach Belgrade on foot ahead of rally (B92, Tanjug)

President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday received a group of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija, who last Friday departed from northern Kosovo.

They will tomorrow attend a rally in the capital, organized as part of Vucic's "Future of Serbia" campaign.

Vucic received the group in the Presidency, where they came carrying a banner they took with them throughout the trip, reading, "Serbs from KiM (Kosovo and Metohija), for Serbia and Vucic"."

Vecernje Novosti: Elections in Serbia to be called on 9th May, voting in June?

Another option "in the game" is to go to the polls on 30th June, and in this case the elections would be called on 16th May, writes today Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.

If Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) goes with a decision to call the extraordinary parliamentary elections, most likely they will be called on May 9th, and the voting will take place on June 23rd, according to Vecernje Novosti.

Serbian president Vucic says no chance for agreement on Kosovo (Blic, N1)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Belgrade based daily Blic that he believes that there is no chance of reaching a Belgrade-Pristina agreement.

According to Vucic, everyone in Serbia, the region, Europe and the world “have buried any chance for any kind of agreement” and added that Serbia had shown the will to compromise.

Vienna daily: Angela Merkel invited Vucic and Thaci to bury the exchange of territory plan? (B92)

Vienna based daily Der Standard argues that the goal of the upcoming regional conference in Berlin on the Western Balkans is to "bury" a plan on the exchange of territory, the portal B92 reports.

"The Chancellor intends to suggest that North of Kosovo receive a special status - this is also based and in the idea of the Community of Serbian Municipalities, which formation was agreed by the Brussels Agreement, but it has not been applied so far," reported Standard.

Kommersant: Deadline for dialogue the end of April, Dacic to harmonize position with Moscow (B92)

Belgrade count on coordinating position with Moscow on the Kosovo issue, reports B92, quoting Moscow daily Kommersant.

The Russian daily devoted an article to the announced visit of Foreign Minister of Serbia Ivica Dacic to Russia.

The daily says that during today's talks between Dacic and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, the main topic of the talks will be Kosovo, because the fate of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina should be clarified by the end of April.

Chepurin: Dacic and Lavrov to meet on April 17 in Moscow (Vecernje Novosti)

Foreign Ministers of Serbia and Russia, Ivica Dacic and Sergey Lavrov, will meet in Moscow on April 17, reports Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti, quoting Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Chepurin.

"Confidential contacts between foreign political authorities have become regular," Chepurin noted in his Twitter account. He added that Dacic and Lavrov "complement intensive and friendly dialogue at the highest level - between the leaders of Vladimir Putin and Aleksandar Vucic".

"Don't call Serbia; abolish taxes and we'll come on our own" (B92, Tanjug)

"You have been destroying and undermining for long enough, there's been enough pillaging, it's time for someone to build and work for the future of Serbia."

President Aleksandar Vucic said this during a large rally in Novi Sad late on Thursday, addressing the opposition.

He wondered "why there is so much bile and hatred among some people who say they are involved in politics, but who want to take power above all by using violent means."

Kosovo's Special Prosecutor Hoxha: We have reasons to suspect that Radoicic was involved in Ivanovic's murder (NIN, KIM radio)

By gathering evidence during the investigation, we have come to the reasonable suspicion that Radoicic worked with people who are now in custody, and who are suspected of having participated or assisting the perpetrators of the murder of the SDP leader, Oliver Ivanovic. Of course, all this has yet to be confirmed, says the Kosovo Special Prosecutor, Sylë Hoxha to the Belgrade based weekly NIN, KIM radio is quoting.