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Czech President: NATO 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia was mistake (BETA, TV N1, Danas)

On the eve of celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic’s NATO membership, the country’s President Milos Zeman said the Alliance’s bombing of the then Yugoslavia in 1999 was a mistake and that he did not gladly look back at the time, BETA news agency reported. Zeman said the Czech Republic was the newest NATO member who joined the Alliance only three weeks before the decision on the bombing of Yugoslavia was made, and that “it would not have been normal for a newcomer to veto the move as the only country to do so.” “From a certain distance, I can tell you that was the

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No military option for Kosovo right now, Serbia’s army chief says (N1, Beta)

The Army of Serbia’s Chief-of-Staff General Milan Mojsilovic said on Tuesday that the situation in Kosovo was “extremely complex”, but that Belgrade did not consider any military option right now, the Beta news agency reported.

Speaking to the state RTS television, Mojsilovic described the situation in Kosovo as “full of tensions and unilateral moves.”

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Former Serbian President says review of Brussels Agreement needed (TV N1, BETA, RTV)

Former Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Monday that the Brussels Agreement must undergo review but warned that this is “extremely dangerous,” BETA news agency reports. Tadic, who heads the Social Democrat Party, said he never wanted to see Kosovo divided but did accept an entity solution.

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Blic: Angela Merkel’s key aides to meet Vucic (Blic, B92)

Jan Hecker, the most important foreign policy adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkle and her adviser for the Balkans Matthias Luttenberg would visit Belgrade this evening, daily Blic reports. According to Blic they would visit Belgrade after their visit to Pristina and would meet Serbian President Vucic either this evening or tomorrow, in an attempt to ease tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. “This meeting is of decisive importance when we speak about the future of the dialogue and relations between the two sides,” diplomatic sources told Blic. Hecker and Luttenberg are in Pristina

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Jevtic: The situation in Kosovo remains uncertain (TV Pink, Politika, Tanjug)

Vice President of the Serbian List Dalibor Jevtic told TV Pink that the situation in Kosovo is still uncertain, and that Pristina does nothing to calm the tensions and continue the dialogue

Jevtic says Pristina, by adopting the platform on dialogue, further complicated the whole situation, and that uncertainty is deepened south and north of the Ibar, Tanjug reports.

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Jeremic: Announcements of conflicts in Kosovo are staged farce, Belgrade and Pristina step away from partition (KoSSev)

The announcements of the conflicts in Kosovo are „irresponsible, shameless and a staged farce“ and nothing is further from the reality than the claims that the negotiations have failed, Leader of Peoples’ Party and one of the leaders of the Alliance for Serbia, Vuk Jeremic stated, KoSSev portal reports. Jeremic added it is true that Belgrade and Pristina are a step away from an agreement under which Serbia would permanently and irrevocably renounce Kosovo.

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Basketball players banned to enter Kosovo, Djuric, Srpska Lista react (RTS, Tanjug, RTS, B92)

Young basketball players of Sloga team from Kraljevo were banned to enter Kosovo and Metohija at Jarinje crossing point, Tanjug news agency reported. Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric reacting to the ban said, “there is no justification for such Pristina’s attack on the freedom of movement, which is now prohibiting young people to play sport and travel freely.” Srpska Lista also reacted saying “the ban is the latest display of arrogance by Pristina authorities.” Srpska Lista noted that “sports events were not banned even during the conflicts, and hostilities were interrupt

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Opposition leader slams President Vucic over Belgrade-Pristina talks (N1, Danas)

Anyone who feels shame would either resign or withdraw from the talks on Kosovo which deteriorated the status of Serbia, opposition leader Dragan Djilas said in a letter he sent to President Aleksandar Vucic, suggesting that the talks should involve someone “more intelligent, capable and fair.”

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State officials discuss Kosovo with Patriarch Irinej (N1, Beta, RTS)

Serbia’s high-ranking officials met Patriarch Irinej on Sunday to inform him about the current situation in the country, which President Aleksandar Vucic assessed as “difficult.”

Besides President Vucic, the meeting was attended by Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic.

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