Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday evening his meeting with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak had addressed the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and the unbearable living conditions for Serbs in the province.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak at the Presidency of Serbia in central Belgrade shortly after 6 pm on Friday.

The meeting is also attended by the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic.

BRUSSELS - The next meeting of chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina will be held in Brussels on Tuesday, March 19, European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano confirmed on Friday.

BELGRADE - In a reaction to Pristina's removal of Cyrillic road signs in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Thursday Pristina's PM Albin Kurti could not sever the unbreakable ties between Serbs in the province and their state, Serbia.

PRISTINA - US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar met in Pristina with leaders of Serb political parties in Kosovo-Metohija, who voiced concern over decisions by the Pristina authorities and called for an urgent reaction by the international community.

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.