United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

BELGRADE - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Monday his meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade earlier in the day had addressed the state of play in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Wednesday he had had a very productive and constructive discussion with ambassadors of EU member states at the seat of the EU Delegation to Serbia about a unilateral decision by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti to abolish the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija.

DAVOS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he had had an open discussion in Davos with EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, whom he told that Pristina's moves put all past achievements of the normalisation process in question.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at the weekend he expected the new Serbian government to be formed in March and announced that he would this week unveil the greatest-ever development programme for Serbia that would be similar to the post-WWII Marshall Plan.

The United States has received Kosovo's request to purchase Javelin anti-tank missiles, the US ambassador to Serbia on Thursday told President Aleksandar Vucic, who expressed "deep disappointment."

The US State Department said later Thursday that it approved the possible sale of the 246 missiles and related equipment to Kosovo for an estimated cost of $75 million.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Friday Serbs in the province were particularly concerned over the fact Pristina was expediting the process of introducing compulsory military service.

BELGRADE - Maria Lina Veca, an Italian journalist and researcher who was among the first in the world to uncover the story of organ trafficking in Kosovo-Metohija, says Europe has never had a genuine interest in prosecuting those responsible for these crimes, and notes that the last hope of this ever happening is dashed following Dick Marty's death.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday Pristina's raid of the Rajska banja resort at Banjska near Zvecan earlier in the day was a part of a plan aimed at ethnically cleansing Serbs from the province.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic has filed a reservation to an EU declaration adopted at Wednesday's EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels to protect Serbian interests, making it clear that Kosovo-Metohija remained an integral part of the Republic of Serbia in line with UNSCR 1244, the Serbian government said in a statement.

This was announced by KFOR last night on its X network, stating that the new battalion is part of a peacekeeping mission.
"KFOR continues to fulfill its UN mandate in providing a safe and secure environment for all communities in Kosovo," the announcement said.