We are attacking no one, neither me nor the Church, we are only expressing concern for the destiny of the most important and the most sacral part of the Serbian state, Metropolitan Amfilohije told IN4S portal, adding he had never held a funeral mass for Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian daily Danas reported.
Egypt recognized Kosovo only verbally, without any paper or note, in June 2013, three days before the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood, Politika daily writes today.
According to the daily, it represents a rather weak form of recognition, and even the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs was against such decision, adding there was no exchange on notes between the Egyptian and Kosovo foreign ministries, and the recognition was made only through a statement of the then spokesperson of the ministry, Badr Abdel Aty.
The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, hosted a "Friends of the US" reception Wednesday night, inviting those who had voted against or abstained from voting on a resolution condemning the United States for officially recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Ambassador Haley expressed appreciation to the 64 countries by reading names of each state that voted against the Resolution, abstained or did not participate at voting.
Serbian Patriarch Irinej has said that Serbia can never give away Kosovo, and that it was not yet time for the visit of Pope Francis.
"Kosovo can be taken away, be occupied as it is today, but Serbia can never say 'we are giving that away', because what is given away is lost forever, while what is taken away by force, is taken back the same way," the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) told TV Hram, commenting on "the internal dialogue on KIM (Kosovo and Metohija)."
Great Britain was drafting a UN resolution on Srebrenica without even informing Serbia about it, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.
According to the daily Blic, Dacic "in this way explained his recent statement that big countries are not Serbia's friends and that there are no friendships in politics."
Serbian Justice Minister, Nela Kuburovic told RTS Serbia remains committed to achieving the justice for Serbian victims of the war crimes, pointing out that the Serbian victims did not find the justice before the international bodies.
Kuburovic made these remarks during the visit to the Memorial Room of Kosovo victims, adding that the first indictments at the Special Court for KLA crimes are expected at the beginning of the next year, RTS further reported.
Eight out of 43 members of the Kosovo Assembly who supported an initiative to annul the law on the Specialist Chambers have withdrawn their signatures.
The Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office, referred to colloquially as "the special KLA court," were set up in 2015 under the auspices of the EU to deal with the crimes committed by KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") members during and after the war in Kosovo.
MPs staged a dramatic intervention to try to stop the new special court which will try former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters, while courts in Pristina acquitted two prominent politicians and ex-guerrilla commanders.
Only a blind person could believe that problems in the Balkans are over, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said late on Tuesday.
The regional conflict will last until the cause of those problems have been found - if you sweep all the problems under the carpet, you will trip over that carpet, Dacic told a talk show broadcast on TV Happy.
Chairperson of Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun commenting on an initiative to repeal or revoke the Law on Special Court for the War Crimes told RTS “it is about a well-thought plan, which, although it was clear would not pass, should serve as a message that the situation in Kosovo could destabilize if Kadri Veseli, Hashim Thaci and other KLA leaders found themselves on indictments of the court.”