President of the Serbian List, Goran Rakic says that the biggest support to the Kosovo Serbs was “a clear message” of the President of Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic who said he would not allow the expulsion of Serbs (from Kosovo).

Goran Rakic told the Belgrade based daily Politika that with help from Serbia, Kosovo would not experience a humanitarian catastrophe.

Serbia’s Trade Minister Rasim Ljajic said on Tuesday the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) of 2006 became debatable after Kosovo introduced the 100 percent import duties on goods from Serbia and requires a recovery to maintain, the Beta news agency reported.

Ljajic added Serbia was losing a million Euros per day due to Pristina's taxes introduced last November.

There was never a talk with representatives of the international community about what Serbia would like as an outcome in the negotiations with Pristina, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in an interview for Sunday's edition of the Belgrade based daily Politika, answering the question of whether in the past the issue of the Serbian position has been raised in discussions with influential Western officials.

Vice President of the Serbian List Dalibor Jevtic told TV Pink that the situation in Kosovo is still uncertain, and that Pristina does nothing to calm the tensions and continue the dialogue

Jevtic says Pristina, by adopting the platform on dialogue, further complicated the whole situation, and that uncertainty is deepened south and north of the Ibar, Tanjug reports.

The current situation in the European Union does not allow enlargement under the satisfactory condition, Nathalie Loiseau, French Minister for European Affairs said ahead of her visit to Belgrade, the Beta news agency reported on Monday.

She said the May election would be crucial for the future of the EU.

Kosovo Serb opposition leader Oliver Ivanovic never received a direct threat, nor he thought he was in jeopardy, his wife Milena Popovic-Ivanovic said for Serbian media a year after this politician was murdered in front of his party’s office in North Mitrovica last year.

Speaking for Belgrade daily newspaper Politika, Ivanovic denied allegations of her late husband delivering the names of people threatening his safety to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

Displaced Serbs from Djakovica and for the forthcoming Christmas will not be able to visit their city because the "Self-Determination" movement announced a protest for January 6th, says the president of the Association of Displaced Persons from Djakovica, Djokica Stanojevic, for today's edition of Belgrade based daily Politika.

The development of Russian-Serbian ties in the new year will certainly be determined by visit to Serbia by the Russian president, planned for January.

Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Chepurin wrote this in an op-ed published in the Belgrade daily Politika.

According to Chepurin, Vladimir Putin's visit promises to be dynamic and effective.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that the US is ready to organise a signing ceremony between Belgrade and Pristina and to invite other countries to the ceremony. He added that the US National Security Adviser John Bolton had talked about it with the Rusian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

"It’s important for the US that Russia agrees and takes part in it. The great powers must be the guarantee of this agreement because the UN Security Council must adopt it," Dacic told Politika daily.

State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia Biljana Popovic claims that 400 Kosovo citizens are fighting on the side of terrorists throughout the world, reports Belgrade based daily Politika quoting the Ministry's announcement.