After the former Council of Europe Special Rapporteur on organ trafficking allegations in Kosovo, Dick Marty in an interview with the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti said that he was told the evidence on the “Yellow House” was concealed, Chairman of the Serbian Government Missing Persons Commission and Secretary General at the Foreign Ministry, Veljko Odalovic said that the international and domestic public should raise their voices against this, Tanjug news agency reported.

Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej said Serbian society needs unity in order to preserve and defend Kosovo, since it would not be defended by quarrels, B92 reports.

Following the ceremony held in the Vracar (Belgrade) Municipality, on the occasion of Saint Sava Day, Patriarch Irinej said Serbs are a small nation, and must be united in order to survive.

“Unity is a foundation of our Church and state. The union of Church and the state kept us, and if we didn’t have it, we would have vanished as a nation,” Patriarch Irinej noted.

French President Emanuel Macron should visit Serbia in the next couple of weeks, while a precise date should be known soon, Serbian media report.

This was stated by French Ambassador in Belgrade Frederic Mondoloni.

“I work hard on agreements with Belgrade regarding the new date, and I hope to propose a concrete date soon. I expect the visit to take place in the coming weeks,” Mondoloni told Vecernje Novosti daily.

If Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic decides that extraordinary elections would be held on 31 March, they would be called for on 30 January, latest by 14 February, one day prior to Serbia’s Statehood Day, Prva TV reports this morning.

However, if a decision is to have an election by mid-April, then they should be called for from 13^th to 18^th February. If elections are to take place, campaign according to this calculation, should start after Statehood Day (15 February), Prva TV continues, referring to the Serbian media reports.

Veran Matic, chairman of the Commission for Investigating Murders of Journalists, spoke for Prva TV in Belgrade on Monday morning about the arrest of Dragoljub Simonovic.

Dragoljub Simonovic, mayor of Grocka municipality and senior official of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is suspected of ordering a fire to be started on the property of Milan Jovanovic, a journalist of the local Zig Info website. The arson attack happened on December 12, 2018.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic arrived in New York on Sunday and began a working visit to the United States of America. Prime Minister Brnabic will visit Columbus and Atlanta on 28-29 January, the Serbian Government announced.

Prime Minister Brnabic will meet in Columbus with Ohio Governor Mike Dewine and Commander of the National Guard Ohio Major General John Harris.

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that the resignation of US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell was " bad news." As Dacic stated, Mitchell understood that the US should open a door to a compromise between Belgrade and Pristina.

"Clearly it's a curse posting. Whoever deals with us, has their political career ruined," Dacic told reporters in Belgrade. Dacic had also had a remark concerning the fate of the EU.

Decision of the Kosovo Government to introduce 100 percent taxes on the goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina influenced a rapid decline in the distribution of these products to the market in Kosovo, while there was an increase in distribution of goods from Macedonia and Albania, RTS reports today.

According to Kosovo Statistics Office data, the total import of goods in Kosovo for the month of December in 2018 was approximately 303 million euro, while the import from CEFTA states was 42,3 million euro, which is a decline by 46.8 percent compared to the same month in 2017.

Kosovo’s Central Public Procurement Agency has published a tender worth 23.5 million Euros for a number of products including some from Serbia despite the 100 percent tariffs on Serbian goods.

The list of products includes Eurokrem, Plazma and Petit Buerre biscuits, Vegeta spices, sardines, Red Bull and other Serbian products.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic voiced today reservation towards signals from Pristina on the possible revocation of 100 percent tax imposed on goods from central Serbia, Tanjug news agency reports.

“I do not believe they would easily revoke the tax, but I hope they would do so,” Vucic told journalists in Davos.

He noted the pressure of the international community against the taxes is growing, but recalled that Pristina demonstrated many times it does not honour agreements, and his experience showed Albanian politicians cannot be trusted.