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Bulgaria denies Madrid: "No veto to Kosovo, or signatures from the Balkans" (Blic)

Ambassadors of all 28 EU member states, including Spain, approved a draft declaration that should be accepted at the summit EU - Western Balkans in Sofia, Tanjug learns in Brussels.

"The draft of the Declaration was approved by the ambassador of Spain to the EU, and it is up to the member states to accept it," Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the EU Genoveva Cervenakova told Tanjug.

Drecun: Management Team for ZSO Statute contrary to agreement (TV N1, Danas)

Chairperson of the Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun told TV N1, Serbs in Kosovo did not give up on ZSO, but decided to wait since Pristina made a political manoeuvre. Management Team for ZSO Statute Pristina is establishing is not in accordance with Brussels agreement, Drecun said, therefore the ZSO Statute would be in contradiction to that agreement as well. According to Drecun, the situation in which Albanians in Pristina draft a political platform would completely close the door to normalization of relations, as they request the dialogue to enter the final stage

Hahn: No new members with neighbourhood problems (FoNet, TV N1)

European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said on Monday the European Union would not accept new members who have open issues with neighbours, TV N1 reported. Hahn told the European Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is important and added that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is doing a brave job in the dialogue on normalization of Serbia-Kosovo relations. The Commissioner warned that progress in the dialogue does not mean that official Belgrade should stop reforms, especially in regard to rule of law. Hahn said

Norwegian Ambassador: Grasping Presevo is same as laying hold of Kosovo (TV N1, Blic)

Arne Sannes Bjørnstad, the Norwegian Ambassador to Belgrade, said that calling Presevo and Bujanovac “the eastern Kosovo” was the same as calling Kosovo Serbia, adding such statements were not helpful, TV N1 reported. He commented on the Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj’s remark about the two southern regions in Serbia with predominantly ethnic Albanian population describing them as a part of Kosovo. In an interview to Belgrade-based Blic daily, the Ambassador said that “those who speak about Kosovo as an integral part of Serbia should not be surprised when the others call parts of Serbia the east

“SANU’s Collection response to invitation to take part in internal dialogue” (RTS)

Serbian Academy of Science and Arts (SANU) Vice Director and Director of Byzantine Institute, Academic and Historian Ljubomir Maksimovic told RTS the Academy published the Collection of texts as a response to President Vucic’s call to take part in internal dialogue on Kosovo. Maksimovic also refuted allegations SANU is not sufficiently involved in social and political life of the country saying that “SANU is not a political organization.” Speaking about political pressure against Serbia’s neutrality, he said the so-called dilemma “between East and West” is fake, adding Serbia is not bound “w

“Announcements of independent ZSO establishment political marketing” (KIM radio)

Despite numerous statements and messages that Srpska Lista would independently initiate the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-Majority Municipalities on April 20th, it has however decided to wait, KIM Radio reports today.