Serbia wants to continue on the path of European integration, President Tomislav Nikolic has said.

However, "it would not be good anyone to condition Serbia with the recognition of Kosovo," Beta reported him as noting on Monday in Belgrade.

According to a statement issued by the president's office, "that will never be accepted."

President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic, said in an interview for the Belgrade paper Kurir that they have made enough concessions to the Albanians in Kosovo and cannot afford to continue them by handing over telecommunication assets. “We cannot do this. Let someone else secure them the telecommunication and postal codes, they cannot touch our assets”, Nikolic is reported to have said.

Serbia will never accept Kosovo-Metohija's independence, and it meets the conditions for EU accession as long as recognition of Kosovo is not required, Serbian presidential adviser Stanislava Pak said in a comment on a statement by German Foreign Office official Michael Roth, who said that, before Serbia's EU accession, everything must be clear regarding Kosovo.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic received UNMIK head Zahir Tanin on Monday in Belgrade.

Nikolic "reiterat3e his position on the significance of the role of the UN Mission in Kosovo and Metohija and expressing the expectation that its scope would remain unchanged."

President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić on Monday opened the 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies with a message that the Serbian-Byzantine heritage in Kosovo and Metohija is endangered today by untruths and attempts of forging historical facts, as well as by physical destruction.

Kosovo will not join the UN as a member as long as Serbia, and her friends in the UN Security Council, organized as it is now, exist, Tomislav Nikolić has said. "There is great pressure on countries that have not recognized Kosovo to do so," the Serbian president told reporters in Belgrade on Monday, adding: "All this needs to be withstood, one must fight with all one's might and never will that so-called state of Kosovo become a member of the UN, as long as Serbia exists, and her friends in the UN Security Council organization such as it is now."

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) met on Wednesday in Belgrade.

They discussed "current social topics and agreed that coordination was necessary in joint activities aimed at protecting national interests."

President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, yesterday received Romanian Ambassador to Serbia Daniel Banu in his farewell visit and thanked him for perseverance in non-recognition of Kosovo, communicated the Office of the President.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Wednesday received UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations El Ghassim Wane.

During the conversation he noted that Serbia is fully committed to regional peace and stability and that it is cooperating with all despite a rise in ultra-nationalism in some countries.

Nikolic highlighted the significance of UN peacekeepers and their role in preserving peace and stability worldwide, in the region in particular.

Serbia is firmly on the path towards full membership in the EU, but wants to enter Europe as an integral whole - either that or nothing, says Tomislav Nikolic.

The Serbian president made this statement as he addressed the central ceremony marking Armed Forces Day and Victory Day in Zrenjanin, northern Serbia, on Monday.