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Thaçi's lie about historic agreement with Belgrade (Blic)

President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi, said that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will soon be completed, with the historic agreement of the two sides. Thaçi announced this after returning from Brussels where he had a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić with the mediation of Federica Mogherini, head of European diplomacy.

For daily Blic at the top of the government deny this.

- Nothing is agreed - the source of Blic from the top of the government is explicit.

Joksimović: Brussels eyes on the Balkans (RTS, TV Most)

There is a clear awareness that Serbia is crucial for the progress of the entire region, says Director of the Center for Foreign Policy Aleksandra Joksimović, pointing out that Aleksandar Vučić at a good moment has asked Federica Mogherini to speed up the country's Eurointegration, reported Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

Joksimović believes that the absence of a European perspective in the Western Balkans can cause crises.

Vučić and Thaçi "agree to work on new phase of dialogue" (B92)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Monday spoke with Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi during an informal meeting in Brussels, hosted by EU's Federica Mogherini, reported B92.

According to the EU, Vučić and Thaçi agreed "work on starting a new phase of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina for normalization of relations and reconciliation."

The presidents "decided that the respective teams will start working on preparations," said a press release issued after the meeting.

Drecun: A message of Mogherini for the Albanians that they cannot give up the Brussels process (TV Pink, Blic, N1)

Chairman of the Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said today to TV Pink that, by organizing an informal meeting of the President of Serbia and Kosovo, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini has sent a message to the Kosovo Albanians that they cannot give up the Brussels process and the implementation of the deal.

Vucic and Thaci holding informal meeting in Brussels (B92)

Vucic will travel to Brussels at the invitation of the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Federica Mogherini.

Mogherini, who will host the meeting, announced they will "exchange opinions on the continuation of the dialog, and the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, as well as overall developments in the Western Balkans."

Janjić: Normalization of relations does not lead to recognition of Kosovo (RTK2, Blic, Dnevnik)

Political analyst Dušan Janjić told RTK2 that a meeting at the presidential level in Brussels is of great importance for the normalization of relations.

In a statement for RTK2, Janjić estimated that no concrete decisions will be made at a meeting Thaçi- Vučić. He said that several months of “serious adaptation to this new format" will be needed for the political dialogue of the president of Serbia and Kosovo.

Kurti: Dialogue with Serbs, not Serbia (Danas, Blic)

Our priority will be dialogue with the Serbs from Kosovo, we have an economic and social plan for the northern municipalities of Kosovo and we are not against the Serbs, but Serbia is against us, said leader of the Self-Determination Movement Albin Kurti. Belgrade based daily Danas published a summary of Blic newspaper interview with Albin Kurti.

The previous dialogue held with Serbia in Brussels did not set any conditions for Serbia, and internal issues of Kosovo were discussed, which is why the outcome could not have been just, Kurti believes.

Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to be led by the presidents? (Večernje Novosti)

Belgrade and Pristina negotiating teams to be led by the presidents in the future, if both sides agree, Večernje Novosti learns in Brussels.

The Cabinet of the High Representative, Federica Mogherini so far several times has repeated that it depends from the participants of the dialogue who will sit in their teams, when it comes to foreign advisors or persons with whom the other party would not want to negotiate. The same applies and about changing the level of dialogue.

Germany has "special plan for Western Balkans" (B92, Vecernje Novosti)

Germany has prepared "a special program for the Western Balkans" - as compensation for the long wait of the region's countries to join the EU, writes a daily.

Citing diplomatic sources, Vecernje Novosti is reporting that Berlin has prepared a "mini Marshall Plan" for the Balkans, which should over the next few years boost the economies in the region.

Drecun: The campaign started in the UN to withdraw UNMIK from Kosovo (RTS, N1)

President of the Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun says that presentations of the Western ambassadors at the session of the UN Security Council regarding the quarterly report on Kosovo, represent the start of the campaign for the withdrawal of UNMIK from Kosovo and an attempt to relocate the problem of Kosovo from the UN.