Ambassador of Serbia to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic said that Pristina, due to changed international circumstances today, would have much less chance of joining that UN organization compared to 2015, when its application for membership was rejected.
Vecernje Novosti write today that Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told TV Prva that Kosovo has no chance to become a member of the UNESCO, and that an increasing number of countries are considering withdrawing recognition.
Commenting the statement of the Serbian ambassador to UNESCO that Kosovo has less chance of becoming a member of that organization than in 2015 Dacic said to TV Prva that this was the result of a "strenuous activity".
Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti writes that the implementation of energy agreement is blocked because there is no Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO).
Establishment of the ZSO, energy and opening of the bridge in Mitrovica for the traffic, are the topics discussed by technical teams of Belgrade and Pristina on Monday in Brussels at the beginning of a three-day round of dialogue at the expert level.
The US "package" for Kosovo will put Serbia and President Aleksandar Vucic in "a very delicate position."
That's according to Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, which adds that "the package" could be presented to Serbian officials on Wednesday, when US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell will visit Pristina, and then Belgrade.
The decision of ''the so-called Kosovo'' not to implement the agreement, on forming the ZSO, is in fact Pristina's decision to leave Brussels Dialogue, said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, reports today Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.
Patriarch Irinej says he supports the idea to add "Patriarchate of Pec" to the official name of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC).
However, he said he would not move to Kosovo, i.e., to the town of Pec.
The media reported at the beginning of the week that the Serbian Orthodox Church is preparing major changes in May to the way its leader is elected, and to its internal organization and name.
The new official name of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) will be the Serbian Orthodox Church - the Patriarchate of Pec, Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti daily reports.
According to the article, the procedure for the election of the patriarch will be simplified, and the head of the Church will be elected in a secret ballot, requiring a two-thirds majority of the votes of bishops.
These are the most important changed envisaged in the proposal of the new Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church, writes the newspaper.
It’s been one month after the assassination of the leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanovic and the perpetrators and those who ordered it have not yet been revealed.
A protest will be organized in Prague on February 17 because of the unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence, and on that occasion a petition will be initiated for the Czech withdrawal of recognition of Kosovo, writes Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.
The document, which should be found before the Czech parliament and the government, was first signed by Jan Kavan, former head of diplomacy, deputy prime minister, and chairman of the UN General Assembly.
A comprehensive normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo, in the form of a legally binding agreement, is "urgent" for the EU.
That's according to a working version of EU enlargement strategy that the Belgrade daily Vecenje Novosti said it has seen.
According to the article, which noted that the document should officially be presented in February, an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina is of essential importance for the European perspective of both Kosovo and Serbia and the wider region.