Vucic: Pristina's elections a defeat for Kurti, tectonic changes have taken place

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday's local elections held by Pristina in four majority-Serb municipalities in the north of Kosovo-Metohija were not only an unequivocal defeat for Albin Kurti and his regime but also signalled tectonic changes in the province.

"What happened yesterday is much more than that - yesterday, the Serbs demonstrated that they want a completely different approach, above all, by the international community, and I am referring to Western powers. They want greater respect and real dialogue, and not imposed solutions," Vucic said at a press conference.

The election results are a new political reality that many did not understand, Vucic also said.

"In this new reality, we will have to act differently, but Kurti did not understand that. He thinks he can rule with 400 votes, 400 votes of people who do not even live in...