Pristina

ROME - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Wednesday in Rome Serbia would remain a pillar of peace and stability in the region but that, on the other hand, support from the international community was needed at the highest level when it comes to normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations and implementation of agreements reached in the Brussels dialogue.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with Turkish Ambassador to Belgrade Hami Aksoy on Wednesday to discuss the current situation in Kosovo-Metohija, pointing out that Serbs in the province faced impossible living conditions and were subjected to daily attacks and terror by Albin Kurti's regime.

ROME - Serbian FM Marko Djuric, who is on an official visit to Rome, voiced concern on Wednesday over continued unilateral and provocative moves by Pristina and said the presence and engagement of Italian KFOR troops in Kosovo-Metohija were extremely important, especially when it comes to protection of the Visoki Decani monastery.

MERDARE - Pristina authorities arrested a Serb man at the Merdare administrative crossing last night for alleged spreading of racial and religious hatred, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday Pristina was trying to dodge the responsibility for last week's killing of a Serbian policeman in Loznica, western Serbia, after failing to issue an arrest warrant for the killer, who had escaped from a prison in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said on Wednesday that, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential elections, no drastic change was to be expected when it comes to the US policy on Kosovo-Metohija.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues Miroslav Lajcak received Serbian Minister for European Integration Tanja Miscevic in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss Serbia's EU path.

LONDON - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak says "concrete next steps" on several practical issues were agreed at a July 2 meeting of chief negotiators in the dialogue but that there was no progress on implementation of an agreement on the path to normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Monday a synchronised anti-Serbian campaign and concerted attacks on Serbian President Alaksandar Vucic, Serbia and Kosovo-Metohija Serbs were underway by Zagreb and Pristina with the aim of destabilising the situation and causing fresh tensions in the Western Balkan region.

PRISTINA - A Pristina court has extended the custody for a Kosovska Mitrovica Serb charged with alleged war crimes against civilians by two more months.

Sladjan Trajkovic was arrested in Kosovska Mitrovica on December 15, 2022 and has since been in custody.