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German MPs proud of 13 withdrawn recognitions of Kosovo independence (B92, Tanjug)

Armin Paulus Hampel is proud of the authorities in Serbia which have succeeded in persuading as many as 13 states to revoke recognition of Kosovo independence, Tanjug news agency reports today. Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) in the Bundestag, Hampel, also emphasized the fact that today there are also Nobel Prize winners supporting Serbia. "We remain firm as a party and a parliamentary group in the Bundestag in our position that Kosovo independence is as illegal as NATO's intervention", Hampel said after speaking with Vi

"EU believes in Serbia's European destiny" (Tanjug, B92)

European Union is Serbia's largest donor and would never invest such energy and resources without a firm belief in its European destiny Herman van Rompuy said, Tanjug news agency reports. Former President of the European Council and Belgian Prime Minister, who will participate in a panel entitled "EU and Serbia: a common destiny?" on Tuesday in Belgrade along with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, pointed out it is obvious to him that Belgium, the EU and Serbia share a common destiny, which is why the EU remains resolutely committed to encouraging Serbia on its European path. "It's a matte

BiH will not support membership of Kosovo in Interpol (B92, N1 Sarajevo)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Affairs Minister Igor Crnadak said his country has a principled stance and will not support membership of Kosovo in Interpol, Serbian media reported. “We have a principled stance that the Council of Ministers maintains for already 4 or 5 years and it is that we support the membership of Kosovo in those associations and organizations placed on a jointly agreed list between Belgrade and Pristina deriving from the Brussels agreement, and eventually other organizations that Belgrade and Pristina reach a consent about.

"Being a friend of Serbia, genuinely caring for the people in Kosovo is inexcusable" (Tanjug, B92)

French humanitarian Arnaud Gouillon recently commented on the outburst that followed the news of Nobel Prize in Literature being awarded to Peter Handke, B92 reports. "What an outburst of hatred and insults in the Western press over Nobel for Handke. Being a friend of Serbia and genuinely loving the weak and oppressed living in the enclaves in Kosovo and Metohija is obviously inexcusable.

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OSCE was not involved in process with envelops from Serbia (B92, Kosovo-online)

OSCE Mission in Kosovo Spokesperson Senad Sabovic said OSCE is not involved in the process of counting votes from Serbia, B92 reports. “We know what is happening in Central Election Commission, but I can not make a stance or assessment because we do not have insight into this process, we were not involved in this process.

Vucic: Thank you to Erdogan for being ready to accept any decision on Kosovo (N1, KIM radio, RTV Puls)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said today that Turkey's position on Kosovo is in line with its interests, which are different from Serbian ones, but that a major step forward is that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will accept any solution that Belgrade and Pristina reach. Asked by a reporter addressed to the Turkish president - does he now understand better than before that solutions are not good where one gets everything and the other nothing - Vucic said that Turkey acted in accordance with its interests and that Serbia would not get anything good, nor will be smarte

Turkish President Erdoğan to Politika: Any agreement between Belgrade and Pristina is acceptable to us (Serbian media)

Ahead of his arrival in Belgrade, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with Politika that Turkey was ready to do its best to solve Kosovo's problem. Erdoğan pointed out that an agreement that would be acceptable to both parties would also be acceptable to Turkey.

In an interview for today's edition of Belgrade based daily Politika, Erdoğan says that reaching an agreement on a Kosovo issue that satisfies all stakeholders is vital to achieving long-term stability and peace in the Balkans, which is why Turkey supports the resumption of Belgr

Vucic's invitation to the Visegrad Group summit is a precedent, sending clear message (Blic, Politika, B92)

Belgrade based daily Blic writes on the importance of Czech President Milos Zeman invitation to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to participate in Visegrad Group Summit.

Daily considers that the invitation was "a kind of precedent" and added that, "as a rule, these meetings do not discuss topics on which participants have divergent views, Kosovo could be a topic".