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BRUSSELS - European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano said on Wednesday that, in general, EU and US positions on Pristina and its officials converged almost a hundred percent.

Stano was speaking at a Brussels press briefing.

BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met on Tuesday with the head of the Department for Continental Europe of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brice Roquefeuil to inform him of threats to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, especially following Pristina's decision to ban the Serbian dinar.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic on Tuesday dismissed as "pointless and cynical" Pristina PM Albin Kurti's constant attempts to point to Belgrade as an excuse for militarisation of Kosovo-Metohija and systematic threats to the rights and the security of Serbs in the province.

BELGRADE - Telekom Srbija CEO Vladimir Lucic said on Tuesday Pristina was trying to shut down his company's operations in Kosovo-Metohija because it had a problem with Telekom Srbija as the largest firm in Serbia's southern province.

The situation is better now, but Pristina is periodically trying to put Telekom Srbija under pressure, Lucic told Prva TV.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill on Monday to discuss topics including the position of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with newly-appointed head of the Council of Europe (CoE) Office in Serbia Janos Babity on Friday to discuss cooperation to date and continuation of cooperation with the CoE on existing as well as new programmes.

BRUSSELS - Serbia's Ambassador to NATO Branimir Filipovic says Serbia-NATO cooperation has been "continuously very good", with a high level of communication at various levels, and that it is very important for preserving peace and security in Kosovo-Metohija, NATO being the only legal military force in the territory under UNSCR 1244.

The Republic of Serbia paid their salaries, but in Potanska tedionica, due to the decision of the Central Bank of Pristina, there were no dinars.
Sladjana Milenkovi, one of those gathered in front of the Savings Bank, said that she was outraged by the decision of the Pristina authorities, which greatly complicates everyday life.

PRISTINA - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Tuesday he had met with Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi to discuss implementation of the Ohrid Agreement and the so-called Kosovo central bank's ban on the Serbian dinar and announced he would host a Brussels meeting of chief negotiators in the coming days.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The so-called Kosovo Police said on Monday it had arrested a Serb suspected of allegedly having committed a war crime.

In a statement, it said the 70-year-old man, identified with the initials Z N, had been arrested in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica for allegedly committing a "war crime against civilians - sexual violence" in the Vucitrn municipality in 1999.