Statement from Brussels about Kosovo as “a sui generis case” are in frontal clashes with simple logic and truths, and insulting to the Serbian people, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director Marko Djuric said to RTS.

“Instead of cynical and senseless phrases, I expect from the EU clarification of several issues to which Brussels does not provide responses, either because it does not have them or because it considers Serbia is not worth seeking any responses,” Marko Djuric said.

By Marcus Tanner

A number of Balkan states may have been rebellious provinces within recent memory – but don’t expect them to stick up for anyone else’s fight for self-determination.

The EU has been taken widely to task for its silence over the violence in Catalonia. What is just as surprising, some might say, is the even deeper silence of the individual Balkan countries.

EXCLUSIVE / Serbia and Montenegro are seen as the two Western Balkan frontrunners to join the EU but Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić told EURACTIV.com in a wide-ranging interview that joining the soon-to-be 27-country bloc is a matter of endurance and not a competition.

“For Serbia, joining the EU is like a marathon,” Brnabić told EURACTIV. “When you run a marathon you are not competing against anyone else but yourself. In that sense, I don’t think any country should be bothered by who is the front or second runner.”

In the case of Kosovo was told that "unilateral moves are possible, and then you will depend on the affection of great powers" - there is no international law, this is the policy of force, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić told RTS.

Reactions of the EU and the member states to the referendum in Catalonia are unanimous - they are for the constitutional unity of Spain, as French President Emanuel Macron said. The EC spokesman points out that Kosovo and Catalonia cannot be compared, reports RTS.

The president and the government of Serbia will address the European Commission (EC) in a letter, looking for answers to a range of questions.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić announced this late on Monday.

Tough to defend ‘rhetorical mimicry’ and an attempt to cover up EU's participation in the Kosovo's secession by double standards - this is how experts of international law and analysts estimate the EC's view that the Catalan case cannot be compared to Kosovo, since Serbia, unlike Spain, is not a member EU, writes daily Večernje Novosti.

After the Catalan referendum and the European Commission's position that this referendum is illegal, it is probably clear how difficult it is to safeguard the independence of Serbia, says President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, daily Večernje Novosti writes.

One of the first issues on the agenda of the new Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, was the resolution of the territorial dispute with Montenegro.

The European Commission (EC), that declared the referendum in Catalonia as anti-constitutional, claims that the case of the Spanish province and Kosovo “are not comparable,” Serbian media reported today.

The EC further elaborated on its stance by saying “Spain is a member state of the EU”.