"They do not sit in the room physically, but I think there were several separate conversations with representatives of several states today, including the Americans, and their role in the political sense is very important," he said. The director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija made this statement when state broadcaster RTS asked about "American participation in negotiations in Brussels". A round of the Kosovo dialogue ended late on Tuesday with "progress made, but no agreements reached." According to Djuric, the Americans have much more influence in Pristina than

Director of the Centre for Foreign Affairs, Aleksandra Joksimovic said that future implementation of the Brussels Agreement and Serbia's progress in European integration depends from the agreements on the four key topics of the dialogue on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina on the high political level in Brussels. Joksimovic said that not only the possibility of Serbian negotiations with the EU depends from the agreement on telecommunications, energy, Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) and "Peace Park" , but also Kosovo's. Director of the Centre for Foreign P

In the eve of the next round of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels, Serbian Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated that Serbia’s positions remains unchanged, that the Serbian side will be constructive but will not recognized unilaterally proclaimed Kosovo’s independence in any way, shape or form. We expect progress but not at the expense of our national interests, Dacic told the press at the International Fair EXPO 2015 in  Milan.

At least on two agenda items, out of the four planned for today’s talks in Brussels between negotiations teams of Belgrade and Pristina, will be reached a "final agreement", Politika learn.

Albanian residents of the Kroi i Vitakut neighbourhood in the northern part of Mitrovica changed their position regarding resuming construction work on their houses today. Earlier, neighbourhood representatives said they would continue construction today but they have now decided to wait for the outcome of talks between Pristina and Belgrade representatives in Brussels.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, will meet his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, in Brussels tomorrow. The representatives of both governments said they are expecting positive results from the meeting. Valon Murtezaj, the advisor for foreign affairs to Prime Minister Mustafa, told RTK that Pristina will initially ask for the implementation of the agreements reached so far before moving on to other topics. “Then we will try to achieve progress in concrete areas such as the telecom, namely the telephone code, and also the energy.

None of the parties can risk, jump out of the dialogue, and interrupt talks in Brussels, believes political analyst Dusan Janjic of the Forum for Ethnic Relations, stating that both sides will have to accept compromises and 'swallow' the specific formulations. Janjic told B92, before a new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, scheduled for 23 June, that some decisions have to be made, which were delayed from 2013, especially in telecommunications. '' Of course, in political terms, the most important is the question of Community of Serbian municipalities, and it is especially diff

Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, is leading the working groups in the dialogue with Serbia in Brussels. The talks, which are brokered by the European Union, are focused on the energy, telecommunications, the barricade on the Ibar Bridge and the Association/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities.

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. Reinders said that Serbia "gives quite a good example" in European integrations, citing the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, but now needs to be seen how the agreement is implemented.  "I was very pleased with the fact so many meetings between Belgrade and Pristina were organized during the previous composition of the European Commission, w

European Union Special Representative in Pristina, Samuel Zbogar, presented his proposal for resolving disputes over the so-called Peace Park build on the Mitrovica main bridge, said spokesperson to the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, Maja Kocijancic. She did not however explain details of the proposal. Kocijancic added that talks on the Mitrovica barricade will resume on 22 June while a meeting between prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia, Isa Mustafa and Aleksandar Vucic respectively, has been scheduled for the next day.