The Eparchy of Raska-Prizren condemned “the act of vandalism“ – the stoning of a bus from Kosovo in the vicinity of Krusevac (central Serbia), KoSSev portal reports.
“Not only are such cases inhumane, but they also indirectly jeopardize the Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija“, the Eparchy said in a statement, adding that the perpetrators should be found and brought to justice.
President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic had a meeting with the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, David McAllister, Tanjug news agency reports. This is the first McAllister’s visit to Belgrade after taking up a new duty.
On his Instagram account, the President posted that Serbia agrees with the EU member states’ agreement on the holders of the most important functions.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said during the opening of an integrated border crossing point Tabanovce-Presevo that Serbia “would enter bilateral agreements”, as long as CEFTA remains suspended because of irresponsible Pristina’s behaviour, BETA news agency reported.
She opened the border crossing point together with the North Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
Brnabic further underlined that regional cooperation faces major challenges because Pristina introduced the tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus suspending the CEFTA agreement.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharachenko and said he does not expect a swift continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, N1 reports. On the other hand, Ambassador Botsan-Kharachenko said Russia is ready to contribute to the resolution of the Kosovo issue within the international law.
Ambassador of China to Serbia Chen Bo said the stance of China on Kosovo and Metohija is clear and consistent, adding that China respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia as well as “understands and supports legitimate Serbia’s request in this regard,” Radio KIM reports.
Last year 51.000 persons have left Serbia and went to the EU countries, while the highest number of migrants comes from Albania 62.000 and Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.500. Meanwhile, 34.500 persons have left Kosovo, 24.300 North Macedonia and 3.000 persons left Montenegro, KoSSev portal reports referring to Eurostat data.
The highest percentage of Albanian citizens moved to Italy (23.000), Greece (17.000) and Germany (10.000). People from Bosnia and Herzegovina mainly moved to Germany (16.000) followed by Slovenia and Croatia.
Serbian media reports that First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic met yesterday with Ambassadors of the Republic of Serbia, quoting the ministry’s statement.
Internal Affairs Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic told Belgrade based TV Pink that the Serbian authorities are talking to every possible country about Pristina's request to join Interpol.
Stefanovic says that the aim of those contacts was to prevent the “politicization” of the international police organization whose members voted not to grant membership to Kosovo in 2018.
Russian ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko told N1 on Thursday that Russia sees Serbia as a link between the West and Moscow, adding the free trade agreement between Serbia and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) was expected to be signed on October 25.
He added that Serbia’s road to the European Union should not distant the country from EAEU.
Botsan-Kharchenko also said that EU candidates should not face a choice between Brussels or Moscow.
The leader of the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) Dragan Djilas told Belgrade based daily Danas that Serbia’s opposition serves “as ikebana” to the international community which, according to him, supports President Aleksandar Vucic who is expected to recognise the independence of Kosovo.
He said the people would “win the fight for their freedom themselves as many times in history and when we win, we’ll know we don't owe anything to anyone.”