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President addresses gathering on anniversary of NATO attacks (B92)

President Aleksandar Vucic said in Aleksinac on March 24 that Serbia had one card it its hands today to openly say what it thinks, Beta reported.

March 24 was day in 1999 when NATO started its bombing of Serbia, that lasted 78 days.

"Serbia that was not killed, and never will be and that is their greatest curse, and our mission, and our future," Vucic said at the central state ceremony to mark the 19th anniversary of the NATO bombing.

Vucic has deadline till June to present Kosovo plan (Danas)

According to diplomatic sources, the West awaits results from today’s Vucic-Thaci meeting in Brussels, under the auspices of the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, Danas daily writes today.

“Although there was no progress during the last round of technical talks regarding ZSO, it is possible that Vucic and Thaci would finally agree to establish a working group that would deal with this matter, however chances for reaching such agreement are rather slim,” Danas continues referring to its sources.

We'll see if Bolton has changed his mind on Kosovo – FM Dacic (BETA, B92)

Should a meeting between the presidents of Russia and of the US take place, there is no better place for it than Serbia, says Ivica Dacic.

"This speaks to the international position of Serbia and that's why it should be utilized," the first deputy PM and foreign minister told RTS on Friday.

As a "neutral venue," Belgrade last fall hosted meetings between Russian and US Ukraine crisis envoys, Vladislav Surkov and Kurt Volker.

Kosovo Acquits Ex-Imam of Inciting Terrorism (Balkan Insight)

A Kosovo court has found the former Pristina Grand Mosque Imam Shefqet Krasniqi not guilty of encouraging terrorist acts in his sermons and on social media.

Pristina's Basic Court on Friday acquitted the former Imam of Pristina's Grand Mosque, Shefqet Krasniqi, of inciting terrorism and national, racial and religious hatred, and of tax evasion.

Several people had claimed that Krasniqi's sermons and lectures prompted their relatives to go and fight for Islamist extremists in Syria.

Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor Defends Court in Parting Address (Balkan Insight)

In his outgoing address as Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor, David Schwendiman said that gathering evidence and locating witnesses to indict former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army had been tough.

In his parting speech, the chief prosecutor at the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers, David Schwendiman, said on Thursday that his office had collected a mass of evidence – but repeated that the court was not set up to "change history" or put one ethnicity on trial.

ZSO – factor of Brussels (dis)agreement (RTS)

Change of Kosovo status is a "fait accompli" to the West, there is no room for division either. As a hope it remains that Serbs in Kosovo get what has been agreed in Brussels five years ago, the Association of the Serb Municipalities, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told RTS after meeting the Western countries’ officials.

UN: Guterres and Vucic discussed several topics (BETA)

United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres appreciates cooperation of Serbia with the UN, a press statement reads following the meeting between UN SG Guterres and the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

The statement also said the two officials discussed several topics related to the Western Balkans.

Serbian President Office announced yesterday Vucic conferred with Guterres on the situation in the region and current state of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

PM Brnabic: Serbia will not recognize another state in its territory (Tanjug, B92)

Serbia will not recognize the existence of another state in its territory, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Friday.

Speaking at the international scientific conference "Kosovo and Metohija: Sui generis, or precedent in international relations," Brnabic stressed that the conflict between the Serbs and the Albanians cannot be solved by supporting one side in each of its demands, however unreasonable it may be, and expect the other side to bow down and accept every imposed solution.

Tadic invites Vucic to TV duel on Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)

Former Serbian President, Boris Tadic invited current President Aleksandar Vucic to a TV duel in order to discuss arguments about Kosovo, Tanjug news agency reported.

Tadic said in a written statement, he invites Vucic to a TV duel not as a member of the opposition but as a former President of Serbia.

He added, that Vucic accuses former authorities for the bad position of Serbia when it comes to Kosovo, therefore he wishes to exchange arguments with him, so the public can judge on its own if and who is the one to blame.