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Dacic: The Kosovo issue is still not solved, we continue the talks (Blic)

“We do not intend to assist Pristina to become an independent , because you made decision to secede,” said today the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačic, answering the question of the President of the Institute for Democracy and Development in Pristina, Leon MalaBliczogu, who asked him when the Peace Park will be removed. He added that the Kosovo issue is not resolved, as Pristina thinks, and that Serbia wants to continue the status-neutral talks in Brussels.

Area code to Kosovo, licence to Telecom (Blic)

Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunication Rasim Ljajic said today that Belgrade in the dialogue with Pristina insists that at the same time, when Kosovo with the consent of Serbia receives area code, "Telecom" gets license for fixed and mobile telephony in Kosovo.

"The license is important, because otherwise the Telecom would work illegally. We want to ensure that Telecom operates legally in the territory of Kosovo," Ljajic said.

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The dialogue in Brussels serves to establish full independence of Kosovo (Blic)

President of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Sanda Raskovic-Ivic said that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels presents the talks with the delegation of "the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo directed towards further joint steps for establishing full independence of Kosovo".

Prevent humanitarian catastrophe in south Serbia (Dailies)

Serbian Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic stated on Wednesday that over 1,000 migrants cross the Macedonian-Serbian border daily.

She called on the authorities to "help prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in southern Serbia."

Ahead of her visit to Presevo on Thursday, Jankovic called on all authorities in Serbia, international and local organizations and representatives of the civil sector to respond urgently.

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Djuric: No vehicle insurance fees soon (RTS, Blic, KIM radio, TV Most, Tanjug)

The agreement on vehicle insurance signed in Brussels by representatives of Belgrade and Pristina will considerably facilitate the life of citizens in Kosovo, Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said.

The agreement was signed late on Tuesday on the margins of the new round of the top-level dialogue which was resumed with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini as the mediator.

Djuric talks about "U.S. role in Kosovo talks" (RTS, Blic, B92)

"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."

West makes the order in the Balkans (Blic)

The arrest of Bosnian wartime commander Naser Oric, who was arrested 12 days ago at the airport in Bern according to the Serbian arrest warrant, is in the hands of the Swiss investigating authorities. They have a deadline for taking decision, which expires in next five days. Serbian request for extradition will be rejected, claim well-informed diplomatic sources, because Oric was acquitted by the Hague Tribunal for crimes in the Drina valley in 1992.

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Janjic: Neither Belgrade nor Pristina must risk the interruption of the talks (Blic, B92)

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.

Only compromise possible for Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS, Blic, Vecernje Novosti)

Serbia considers Kosovo as an unalienable part of its territory and wishes to continue the search for a solution to the Kosovo issue through peaceful means only, compromise and agreements, Chairman of the Serbian parliament Committee on KiM, Milovan Drecun said in the talks with Chairman of the Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Alexey Pushkov.