Vice President of the Belgian government Didier Reynders said that he hopes that the first chapter in the accession negotiations between Serbia and the EU will be opened soon, but in order to happen this year, all partners should be convinced.

If Pristina does not give up the idea that the Association/Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) will be only a NGO within Kosovo, key negotiations in Brussels could fail, learned Novosti.

"The only reason due to which Serbs supported the Brussels agreement was the establishment of the Association / Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO). If this topic will not be discussed in Brussels within a reasonable period, it can produce much bigger problems for Kosovo society and the international community," said Mayor of Gracanica, Vladeta Kostic.

Interview: Ambassador of Great Britain in Belgrade, Denis Keefe

Brussels agreement is not implemented at a pace that was expected. Who do you think is to be blamed for it, Belgrade or Pristina? 

Political dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina should continue on June 23, when prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa should meet in Brussels, learned Danas.  As stated, Vucic and Mustafa should discuss and possibly put initials on “solutions that the teams for technical talks will agree till then.”

The long awaited technical negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina about the Association /Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo and Metohija should begin in Brussels today, with the discussions on the draft of the ZSO.

Even if the citizens of Serbia would decidein referendum to possibly change the preamble of the Constitution the territorial integrity of country would not be jeopardized, claim the members of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). However, they explained that change of the preamble is not a priority in the upcoming comprehensive reform of the political system.

State leaders are setting red lines to the demands that lead to the recognition of Kosovo's independence. Nikolic: If they continue to seek from us to recognize Kosovo, it means that they do not want us. Dacic: Now they impose on us and the respect of the "the spirit of the Brussels Treaty"

Serbia will not fulfil Kosovo's conditions that were not agreed in Brussels, which are additionally placed on the list of demands for the opening of the first negotiating chapters with the EU - said sources of the Serbian national leadership for Vecernje Novosti.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that the EU should say why no negotiating chapters in Serbia's membership negotiations have yet been opened.

Ahead of his meeting with visiting EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Vucic said they will discuss "what Serbia has done so far," and added he "noticed everything is a matter of the dialogue with Pristina."

The prime minister stressed that he and Hahn will discuss "the concrete reasons why chapters have not been opened," and added this was "certainly not because of the Brussels agreement":

Only four out of 16 agreements reached between Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels have been fully implemented, says a report coauthored by BIRN Kosovo, the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA) from Serbia, and Internews Kosova. The report, which will be published later today, calls on the two sides and on the European Union to set priorities of the normalization of relations process as most of the agreements reached so far have not been implemented.