Radio Kontakt Plus (RKP): Mr. Kosnett, in the first place, hello and welcome. Ambassador Kosnett (AMB): Thank you Jelena. It is a great pleasure to be here in Mitrovica North. RKP: Since we are talking about Mitrovica North, of course, political issues are always in the first place. When do you expect the Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina to continue? AMB: I can’t make a prediction with regard to when the next formal session might be.

President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia has a political problem with the Albanians in Kosovo but fights to preserve peace and stability.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric said the tariffs that Pristina authorities introduced on goods from Serbia “had one and the only goal and it is to harm Serbia,” adding there was no other political idea or principle behind that decision. Commenting on statement of Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj, who said the new tax policy achieved its goal because it harmed Serbia’s economy, Djuric noted this once again proved what was the motive to introduce the tariffs. “Pristina is against any kind of dialogue or compromise,” Djuric noted.

There is a hidden agenda behind the announcement of a snap election in Serbia, political and marketing affairs expert Cvijetin Milivojevic stated, adding that this news is made public for some different goals. Speaking for Fonet news agency, Milivojevic said the recent talks with European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn proved that Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic “got some more time” to be cooperative in terms of Kosovo.

Germany is becoming more involved in the negotiations on Kosovo and is requesting that the EU appoint "a powerful envoy with powerful authority" in the fall, BETA learned from well-informed sources in Brussels on March 28. Berlin is decisively against the changing of borders but would be in favor of a solution where the north of Kosovo would have broad authority and Mitrovica North, for example, a status of "free city," like Brcko in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

President Aleksandar Vucic met late on Thursday in Villa Mir in Belgrade with EU Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn.

The chiefs of five administrative districts in Kosovo (Pec, Prizren, Mitrovica, central Kosovo and Pomoravlje) expressed concern today over more frequent political pressure by Pristina on Serbian people and urged all domestic and international political stakeholders to make additional efforts in order to prevent escalation of inter-ethnic tensions and stop the process of Serbs being deprived of their rights and their marginalization in Kosovo. In a meeting held in Silovo village, chiefs of districts supported unequivocal commitment of Belgrade to dialogue and its attempts to preserve stabilit

Head of EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi said there is no alternative to Belgrade-Pristina dialogue on Kosovo and that status quo is not an option. He added that he remains cautiously optimistic about the achievement of an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina. "I do not think there is a possibility to maintain this situation, the status quo is not an option, it does not help either Serbia or Pristina.

Chances for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to conclude during the mandate of EU High Representative Federica Mogherini are rather small. Pristina platform is an end to Brussels dialogue, while political elites in Serbia and Kosovo are not ready for a compromise. Tariffs on goods from Serbia and BiH are the most harmful for Kosovo.

The EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee’s 10^th meeting in Strasbourg called for more rule of law, and media freedom in the country, the European Parliament said in a statement issued on Thursday, TV N1 reports. The statement says as follows: “Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and Members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia met in Strasbourg on 27 March 2019 for the 10^th meeting of the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Eduard Kukan (EPP, SK) and Mr.