Serb List deputies miss Kosovo assembly session (B92)
PRISTINA -- The Kosovo assembly is meeting in Pristina on Thursday without the deputies from the Serb List, who decided not to attend the session.
Germany "not hindering Serbia on its EU path" (B92)
BRUSSELS -- Germany "is not hindering Serbia on its European integration path but it still insists on respect of fundamental enlargement process principles."
Gračanica: None of the officials was arrested (B92)
Mayor of Gracanica Vladeta Kostic denied the information published in B92.net, stating that official of Gracanica Municipality is arrested.
As stated, allegations of the news agency Beta mentioning the statement of the spokesperson of the Kosovo Police are not true. "The allegations that have been published on the above mentioned website are not true. None of the officials of Gracanica Municipality was detained within the action of the Kosovo police. This kind of information can create the opposite effect and impair the reputation of Gracanica Municipality.
"All Brussels deal commitments must be implemented" (B92, CORD, Tanjug)
BELGRADE -- "All existing commitments" under the Brussels agreement will need to be implemented for chapter 35 in Serbia's EU talks to be opened, says Johannes Hahn.
President receives army chief in wake of accusations (B92, Tanjug)
BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolic believes that "attacks on the (army) chief of staff" are an attempt to "humiliate everything good done in Serbia" recently.
Dacic to travel to Pristina in late March (B92)
BELGRADE -- Ivica Dacic visited the OSCE Mission in Belgrade on Thursday and announced that he will also visit the missions in Skopje and Podgorica in February.
UNMIK: Violence has nothing to do with the exercise of the democratic right (RTK2, Politika, Vecernje Novosti, Blic, B92, TV Most, Tanjug, Kontakt Plus Radio, IRS)
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Kosovo, Farid Zarif, commended proportionate response of the police during yesterday unrest in Pristina, and said that democratic rights are not exercised through violence.
UNMIK expressed concern by the recent events in Pristina city centre. Such acts have nothing to do with the exercise of the democratic right to express legitimate grievances, stated UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
We will do everything to prevent attacks on journalists (TV Most)
Branimir Stojanovic, Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, said today during a meeting with some journalists, who were attacked on Saturday during a protest in Pristina, that he will do everything through legal mechanisms to stop these attacks on journalists.
Stojanovic said in an discussion with Bojan Trajkovic, B92 correspondent, and Vladimir Milic, RTS cameraman, that he would insist on punishing those who participated in the attacks on journalists in Pristina on Saturday and will through political action actively work to improve inter-ethnic relations and the prevention of interethnic division
"Serbia's property can't be taken without asking" (B92)
The Serbian government is "acting responsibly over the Trepca case and other property issues in Kosovo and Metohija, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said.
Serbia "not Russian, not anybody else's puppet" - PM (B92)
DAVOS -- Aleksandar Vucic says it is possible to foster friendly relations with Russia and be a member of the EU at the same time, and that Serbia is "nobody's puppet."