Pristina

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.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue must be continued to find mutually acceptable solutions, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic and Angelina Eichhorst, Director for Western Europe, the Western Balkans and Turkey at the European External Action Service, said at a meeting Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia has made major progress on its EU path, as confirmed by the opening of negotiation chapters 23 and 24 on judicial reforms and fundamental and minority rights, and the Council of Europe (CoE) is ready to help it achieve the strategic goal of EU membership, President of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly Pedro Agramunt said in the Serbian parliament Tuesday.

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.

Kosovo's parliament on Friday is to start debating the draft law on transforming the Trepca mining and industrial processing complex into a shareholding company.

The debate starts almost two years after the government withdrew the draft law from parliament due to opposition protests.