Addressing the Serbian Parliament with Kosovo and Metohija issue on the agenda for the first time in almost seven years, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic warned that if there was no compromise solution, Serbia would lose everything and could only wait for the Albanians to attack the local Serbs, but failed to explain
Vucic to speak at least 2 hours - without announcing plan on Kosovo (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic would today present to the National Assembly a detailed report on the current negotiations on resolving the issue of Kosovo and Metohija.
First session on Kosovo in Serbian Assembly in six years takes place today (KoSSev)
Parliamentary session on Kosovo and Metohija would be held on Monday for the first time in six years, even though the Serbian state leadership repeatedly claims the issue of Kosovo is a pivotal state matter, KoSSev portal reports.
KoSSev continued that according to some of the Serbian opposition members this session is another “reality show“ of the President Aleksandar Vucic and “a bait“ to bring the opposition back to the parliament.
''It is good to hear the Church's opinion, but it was beyond every tolerable measure (N1)
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".
Ivanovic: Percentage of malignant diseases on rise (TV Most, KIM Radio)
Mitrovica North Clinical-Health Centre Director, Milan Ivanovic told TV Most today there are 4 to 5 times more patients at the Oncology Ward in the hospital than before.
Ivanovic welcomed the decision of the Serbian Assembly to establish a Commission that would investigate the consequences of the 1999 NATO bombardment of Serbia, adding it is in interest of patients to know the real truth and undertake necessary measures.
He also told TV Most drastic rise in the number of affected cannot be explained differently than as a consequence of NATO bombardment with depleted uranium, in area of Kosov
NATO bombing consequences commission to visit Kosovo as well (Tanjug, B92)
Vranje will be the first location visited by a Serbian National Assembly commission whose job is to determine the consequences of NATO's 1999 bombing of Serbia.
The commission's chairman, Darko Laketic, announced this after the Assembly voted to establish the body.
Laketic said that the commission will start work once the Assembly confirms its composition, and explained that proposed members come from the ruling SNS and SPS parties, and opposition DS, Dveri, and SRS.
Once the commission has been formed, a meeting will be held with representatives of relevant institutions, he told RTS.
Then
Vucic: Depleted uranium – crime without precedent (Tanjug, B92)
Serbia would seriously investigate the consequences of NATO bombardment using depleted uranium, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Tanjug news agency.
Assembly speaker "ready to leave" if Kosovo representative shows up (BETA, B92)
Representatives of so-called states that Serbia does not recognize cannot participate in an inter-parliamentary conference in Belgrade, B92 reported.
Serbian National Assembly President Maja Gojkovic said this on Tuesday, responding to opposition SRS party leader and assembly member Vojislav Seselj, who said chair of the Kosovo Assembly's Committee on Foreign Affairs Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu had been invited to a gathering in Belgrade.
Speaking at the Serbian Assembly, Gojkovic said she had no such information, but would check whether Seselj's claim was true.
"Certainly assembly members from so-
Jagland: The Council of Europe monitors the situation in Kosovo after the arrest of Djuric (KIM radio)
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland said that the council previously expressed concern over the arrest of Marko Djuric in Mitrovica late last month, adding that the Council of Europe follows the further development of the situation, KIM radio reports.
“Dveri” and “It is Enough Movement” request special session of Serbian Assembly on Kosovo (KoSSev portal)
Serbian opposition parties Dveri and It is Enough Movement requested an extraordinary Assembly session dedicated to “international pressure upon state bodies of the Republic of Serbia related to negotiations and the situation in Kosovo and Metohija,” KoSSev portal reported.