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Gojkovic: Discussion on Kosovo in Parliament soon (BETA, Danas, TV Pink)

Serbian National Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic said today that Kosovo issue would be discussed in the Parliament soon, Danas daily reports.

Gojkovic told TV Pink she agreed on this with the Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and President Aleksandar Vucic. Gojkovic added she expects that all MPs would take part in the discussion about important topics since the Parliament is a place for dialogue.

Vucic meets with Orban, governments to hold joint session (Tanjug, B92)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Sunday spoke with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Subotica, northern Serbia, Tanjug news agency reported. A joint session of the governments of the two countries would be held in this town on Monday.

Vucic and Orban concluded that relations between the two countries are at the highest level in their history, based on mutual understanding and trust, as a result of many years of cooperation. They expressed their sincere commitment to bilateral cooperation, as well as cooperation on issues of importance to the entire region.

German Foreign Minister to visit Serbia soon (BETA, TV N1)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic and his German counterpart Heiko Mass discussed on Friday bilateral relations between the two countries, situation in the region and possibilities for resumption of Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, BETA news agency reported quoting the statement of the Serbian Foreign Affairs Ministry.

The two officials met on the sidelines of the foreign ministers’ meeting in Warsaw, gathered under the Berlin Process including the Western Balkans and eight EU member states. They also agreed that Minister Mass would visit Serbia, the statement concluded.

Mirjana Markovic, Milosevic's widow, passes away (Tanjug, B92)

Mirjana Markovic, the the widow of former Serbian and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, died on Sunday of pneumonia, Tanjug has been able to confirm. According to unofficial information, she died in a hospital in Moscow.

Dragan Radovic from the Freedom Association told Tanjug that he was in contact with the family and that Markovic died of pneumonia after undergoing two surgeries.

Radovic said that she wanted to be buried in Pozarevac next to her husband, but that the family would have the final say on this.

SNS has 55 percent support, opposition alliance 11.8 – poll (Tanjug, B92)

Nearly 55 percent of voters would vote for the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) if parliamentary elections were held on Sunday, according to Faktor Plus's latest poll.

The opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS) would receive 11.8 percent of the vote, and the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) a member of the ruling coalition would get 10.1 percent, Tanjug is reporting from "the Political Barometer April 2019."

The opposition Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) would also win seats in the National Assembly with 5.4 percent of votes.

Djuric on Serb unity, ambulance vehicle case (RTS)

People who make decision to ban an ambulance vehicle to cross an administrative line can not be called civilized people, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric told RTS. He added regardless of all threats and intimidation by Pristina, Serbs would remain united.

“Such a case makes you speechless. I urge the entire international community to pay attention to this case (…),” Djuric said.

Serbian PM meets with Chinese counterpart (Serbian Government, B92)

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met on Thursday with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang in Dubrovnik. The meeting took place in Croatia during the gathering of the heads of government of the Central and Eastern European Countries and China (16+1).

Brnabic said that bilateral economic cooperation between Serbia and China, "which is getting stronger and more intense month in month out," was discussed, the government announced.

Serbia and Eurasian Economic Union to ink deal in October? (Tanjug, TASS)

Serbia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) should sign an agreement on setting up a free trade zone in October this year. Eurasian Economic Commission board member Veronika Nikishina said this on Thursday, Tanjug is reporting, citing TASS.

"This year we concluded negotiations with Serbia and are now launching the procedure for the signing of this agreement. We hope to sign it in October," Nikishina said at an international conference in Astana.

Covic: Realistic danger for Serbs in north of Kosovo, prudent in Berlin (RTS)

Former head of the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija, Nebojsa Covic told RTS he thinks there is a realistic danger of new conflicts because “Kosovo attempts to roundup its sovereignty.” According to him, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emanuel Macron want to overcome the problems in Kosovo and continue the dialogue, however that is not possible, Covic stressed.