Slobodan Samardzic says the Constitutional Court lacked both professional and moral capabilities to determine the constitutionality of the Brussels agreement.

Instead, said the former official and MP of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and former cabinet minister, the court went along with the "pseudo-legal" interpretation of the justice minister, "and declared this anti-constitutional document to be a political act."

"With this cowardly act the court has trampled on the Serbian Constitution and the basic principles of the legal profession," he told the Beta agency.

Serbian army chief Ljubisa Dikovic KFOR commander Francesco Paolo Figliuolo met and discussed the security situation in Kosovo and on the administrative line.

Dikovic and Figliuolo also discussed the cooperation between the Serbian Army and KFOR so far and the directions of their future cooperation, the Serbian Ministry of Defense said.

This is the first official meeting between the two general since Figliuolo assumed office as the KFOR commander in Kosovo in September 2014.

MOSCOW -- Russia considers Kosovo to be a part of Serbia, the Russia Federation's Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich said in Moscow on Thursday.

He was commenting on the decision earlier this week of the International Olympic Committee to allow Kosovo to join as a member.

Serbia earlier "condemned the decision in the harshest terms."

ROME -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that he "never received from the EU as an official condition" Serbia's recognition of Kosovo.

The issue of setting conditions before Belgrade was brought up by EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, and then his statements were interpreted by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic.

BELGRADE -- Germany has not set any new condition before Serbia on its path towards gaining membership in the EU, a Belgrade-based daily writes.

The Danas newspaper said it learned unofficially "from diplomatic circles in Berlin" that "points which are necessary for the continuation of Serbia's EU integration are already familiar and set by the European Commission, not the Germans."

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolic says he "knows for certain" that Serbia will be faced with a choice: either Kosovo or EU membership.

The Serbian president spoke during the weekend to add that the country "must be prepared for this."

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday that Serbia "does not give up on its European path or its territorial integrity."

"Serbia is trying to pursue a responsible policy, a policy in the interest of the people," said Vucic when asked to comment on President Tomislav Nikolic's position that recognition of Kosovo will be EU's condition.

NEW YORK -- UNMIK Chief Farid Zarif has called on the political leaders in Kosovo to finish forming a new government.

NEW YORK -- Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that the basic premises for normal life have not been established in Kosovo to this day.

He stressed Serbia's commitment to reconciliation between the different peoples living in Kosovo and to providing a better everyday life for all.

BRUSSELS -- Serbia supports the fight against all forms of terrorism and is ready to promote cooperation with all countries of the Western Balkans, said Ivica Dacic.