Independence of Kosovo

BRUSSELS - A tete-a-tete meeting between the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic and the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak began in the European External Action Service (EEAS) building in Brussels shortly after 10 am on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the German government's special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin on Monday to discuss topics including the upcoming meeting in Brussels, the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and Serbia's EU integration.

The main topic of those meetings were the latest developments in the dialogue on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, broader regional issues and the next steps in the coming months.

BRUSSELS - European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano confirmed on Thursday the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak has invited both parties to a February 27 meeting in Brussels to discuss Pristina's ban on the Serbian dinar, and noted that Pristina chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi's behaviour towards Lajcak was "unacceptable."

Citizens indicate that they have problems due to the decision of Prishtina to abolish payment transactions in dinars, because in the last few days they have received payments of social assistance, child allowance, as well as salaries from central Serbia, but that they cannot get that money and they are worried about where way will provide the basic necessities of life.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received a courtesy visit from Portugal's newly-appointed ambassador to Serbia, Jose Rui Baptista Borges Velez Caroco, on Wednesday.

Apart from the realistically measurable crime rate, subjective perceptions are also taken into account. This is about worrying about break-ins, thefts or attacks, and corruption and bribery also affected the ranking.

He met with many world officials in Munich.
At the beginning of his address, he reminded that today he had important meetings with numerous officials.

LEPOSAVIC - A Kosovo-Metohija Serb man had to seek medical attention on Wednesday night after being detained and beaten by the so-called Kosovo Police.

Pristina's regional deputy police chief for northern Kosovo-Metohija said the man, identified by the initials I M, had been detained for allegedly "obstructing an on-duty officer" and released after questioning.

With this protest, the Serbs of Kosovo and Metohija want to draw the attention of the whole world and the international community to their disenfranchised position, especially because of Pristina's decision to suspend Serbian dinar.