Kosovo

BRUSSELS - A meeting of financial experts from Belgrade and Pristina, facilitated by the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, is underway in Brussels, a Tanjug correspondent reports.

PRISTINA - A Pristina basic court on Tuesday sentenced two Kosovo-Metohija Serbs to six months in prison for "involvement in a crowd committing criminal offences or hooliganism."

The men, Dusan Obrenovic and Rados Petrovic, were arrested in May last year following protests in Zvecan.

As they have pleaded guilty, their sentences were reverted to 6,000 euro fines.

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 FM Ivica Dacic said on Monday Serbia expected greater attention and more determined action from the international community when it comes to the grave and enduring discrimination against Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and violations of their fundamental human rights.

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.

"Good meeting with Manuel Sarrazin. We talked about a wide range of topics, from regional and international relations to the upcoming meetings in Brussels and the development of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija," wrote Vui on his Instagram account.

BRUSSELS - European External Action Service spokesperson Nabila Massrali announced a new round of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue would be held in Brussels on Tuesday and that both parties had confirmed their participation.

In a scheduled operation, military personnel and equipment from the Armed Forces of the Republic of Turkey, serving as part of the NATO Stabilization Force mission in Kosovo (KFOR), are set to traverse Bulgaria's road infrastructure on February 27 and 28.

The deployment forms part of the rotational process within the operational theater, signaling ongoing NATO efforts in the region.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A Serbian flag believed to have been removed from the Zvecan Fortress in the north of Kosovo-Metohija last night has been put back into place, a Tanjug correspondent reported.

It remains unknown who, and when, removed the tricolour flag and its post.

BELGRADE - Every time we visit Kosovo-Metohija, we support the Serbs living there to stay there, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said at the opening of the Experience Kosovo-Metohija booth at the International Tourism Fair in Belgrade on Friday.