Belgrade

International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, RSF, has called on the Serbian authorities to investigate how much surveillance goes on in the country - after the Serbian news agency Tanjug on February 16 published a response written by the Defence Minister to a never-published opinion piece by a former defence minister.

He added that the others, who are otherwise crew members, are generally feeling fine.
The ship, which has been quarantined since February 3, had 3.700 passengers from 50 countries, including 14 Serbian nationals.

Serbian and Kosovo officials have congratulated Richard Grenell - the US ambassador to Germany and US Special Envoy on the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue - on his new appointment as acting director of National Intelligence in the US, where he will oversee the work of some 17 agencies until a permanent appointment is made.

He also said that it is "very likely that the SNS will lose these elections."

The portal recalls that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Munich that Kosovo status could not be discussed until Pristina abolishes taxes against central Serbia. However, Sputnik recalls that this requires a new United Nations decision.

Richard Grenell wrote on Twitter that the EU Observer portal's allegations that the United States is promoting the idea of a "quick deal" to the Kosovo issue - fake news.

The deputy mayor of Belgrade added that after the law was adopted, a Memorial Center would be established to preserve the memory of the victims of the Nazi concentration camp at the former Belgrade Fair, the Zemun Jewish Camp and the Zemun Reception Camp.

Like in Belgrade, the Zagreb development has been met with a chorus of criticism from architects, activists and city residents concerned over transparency, sidestepping of procedures and the loss of public and green spaces to plush and pricey residential and commercial towers of glass and steel.

Wily political operator

Serwer said on the occasion of Kosovo's anniversary of independence that "there are not many countries that have achieved more during the twelve years of existence".

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has repeated demands for a referendum on the status of the Serb-led entity in Bosnia, Republika Srpska, after meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade.