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Kosovo Army is topic for Brussels (Vecernje Novosti)

‘Hot potato’ in the hands of Serbian representatives in the Kosovo government will undoubtedly be forming of the so-called Army of Kosovo, the issue posed by their coalition partners Isa Mustafa and Hashim Thaci. According to Branimir Stojanovic, Deputy Prime Minister of the provisional institutions, the address on which will be discussed the issue is - Brussels. "After the first of the next meetings of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, the topic will be on the agenda.

Nikolic: Referendum needed for decision on Kosovo-Metohija ( Vecernje Novosti, TV Pink, Tanjug)

It is time that we say what Serbia thinks is the lowest it can go in terms of a solution for Kosovo-Metohija, and the final decision needs to be made by the people in a referendum, says Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic. There are different situations in Kosovo-Metohija - in one part of it, there are no Serbs, in another, ethnic Albanians are the majority while Serbs live in enclaves that are also under the authority of the Pristina administration, and there is also a third part, in which Serbs are the majority and there are no ethnic Albanians, and the Pristina administration has absolutely

Draft plan for Kosovo and Metohija is ready (Vecernje Novosti)

Proposal for the solution of K&M status will be a joint project between the Government and the President of Serbia. The document is already roughly drafted and daily consultations between Tomislav Nikolic and Aleksandar Vucic began, learned Novosti. Since there are indications that Brussels will be able to speed up resolving of the issue of Kosovo and Metohija status, the Serbian government has decided to offer a solution and presented some ideas in international circles.

Dacic to meet Thaci, but without flags (Vecernje Novosti)

In 2015, Serbian officials will travel to Pristina and meet with representatives of the Kosovo provisional institutions, but Belgrade officials claim that these will not be bilateral meetings. Despite the fact that the newly elected Kosovo Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, said that he had already invited both Serbia’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo, and that there is willingness for this to happen, a necessary condition would be for the meetings to adopt a status-neutral format. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic confirmed that during next year

Mustafa and Brussels remove "Peace Park" (Vecernje Novosti)

In the coming weeks, Pristina with the support of Brussels will boost pressure on Belgrade, and Serbs in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, to remove the “Peace Park” from the bridge over the Ibar River in Kosovska Mitrovica. The new Prime Minister in Pristina, Isa Mustafa, will try to impose it as one of the main topics in the political dialogue with Belgrade. As announced, he will meet with Serbian PM, Aleksandar Vucic on 8 and 9 February at the EU headquarters.

Rasic:Community development projects are a priority (Vecernje Novosti)

In addition to Nenad Rasic from the PDS, Vladeta Kostic has submitted candidacy for mayor of Gracanica, in front of the CI Srpska and Dragisa Miric from the New Party of Kosovo. Progressive Democratic Party candidate in the elections for mayor of Gracanica, Nenad Rasic stated that the elections for mayor of Gracanica would decide a lot, but he was confident he would win in the first round of local elections. "Decision will be made whether the Serbs from Gracanica municipality would raise their heads or they will be controlled by someone with a remote.

Mustafa and Vucic will meet on 8-9 February (Gazeta Blic/Vecernje Novosti)

The dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia will resume with the meeting between Isa Mustafa, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, and Aleksandar Vucic, the Prime Minister of Serbia, in Brussels on 8-9 February. The establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities is expected to be the main topic of the meeting. According to Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti, the two prime ministers will also discuss the properties of Serbs in Kosovo, creation of conditions for IDP returns and the judiciary.

Status of Kosovo, immediately (Vecernje Novosti)

In parallel with implementation of the Brussels Agreement, Serbia will next year propose its solution for the final status of Kosovo and Metohija. President Tomislav Nikolic will soon present the new plan, and then the Government and the National Assembly should correct it and finalize. Milovan Drecun, the official of Progressive Party and Head of the parliamentary committee for Kosovo said that President Nikolic wants to go towards the new events, instead to allow the events find us unprepared: “In recent years, Serbia was only trying to minimize the damage, when a process already ended.