Pristina

Nehat Thaci told a court hearing in Belgrade on Monday that he denied charges accusing him of expelling a Serb family from the village of Lipljan during the Kosovo war in July 1999 and threatening them with a bomb.

BELGRADE - Kosovo wants to appropriate the entire Telekom Srbija property in its territory, worth around 31.5 mln euros, and practically become its owner, Blic reported Friday, quoting an unnamed source in the Serbian government.

The source said this was the main novelty in the requests Pristina made in last week's discussions with Belgrade in Brussels.

ZVECAN - A large group of Serb protesters gathered in Rudare near Zvecan, northern Kosovo-Metohija, on Friday to call for a withdrawal of Kosovo's draft bill on the Trepca mining complex, warning that usurpations of Serbia's property in the province could be a threat to the ethnic composition in Serb communities there.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Sunday held a series of consultations ahead of a final decision on the actions Serbia will take regarding the Trepca mining complex and the agreement on telecommunications with Pristina, the Blic daily reported.

Vucic postponed a government session until Tuesday to have more time for consultations.

SENTA - Serbia will continue the discussions with Pristina on the agreement on telecommunications and try to improve the situation, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday.

"We will have many more contacts, we will talk to everyone, and try to see if there is anything we can improve or everything is set in stone, in layman's terms," Vucic told reporters in Senta, northern Serbia.

BRUSSELS - The EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is not about ultimatums but about implementation of agreements reached by both sides, EC spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said Thursday.

BELGRADE - A decision on the implementation of the Belgrade-Pristina agreement on telecommunications is due in the coming period, and it will certainly be a difficult one for Serbia, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Wednesday, noting he could not say the country was facing an ultimatum.

BELGRADE - First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic has met with US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Thomas Countryman.

ZVECAN - A large group of Serb protesters gathered in Rudare near Zvecan, northern Kosovo-Metohija, on Friday to call for a withdrawal of Kosovo's draft bill on the Trepca mining complex, warning that usurpations of Serbia's property in the province could be a threat to the ethnic composition in Serb communities there.

BELGRADE - Serbia is a strong partner of the Council of Europe (CoE) in tackling many problems, in particular as regards regional stability and the migrant crisis, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and the President of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly Pedro Agramunt said after a meeting on Tuesday.