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PRISTINA - Representatives of the Association of Professional Journalists of Kosovo and Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) in Kosovo announced in Pristina that a memorandum of cooperation between the two associations should be signed.

BERLIN - A further normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina will be achieved through the formation of a community of Serb municipalities (ZSO), director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said in Berlin on Thursday.

EC approves proposal to sign SAA with Kosovo

PRISTINA -- Head of the EU Office in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar says the adoption of the proposal to sign the SAA "is an important step in EU-Kosovo relations."

BELGRADE - The President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman has said that he does not believe that Serbia needs to recognise the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo to become a full member of the European Union.

Kosovo residents "dissatisfied with institutions, media"

PRISTINA -- Most citizens in Kosovo "are disgruntled with the work of Kosovo's key executive, legislative and judicial institutions," Tanjug is quoting a UNDP-USAID poll.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will take part in a Friends of Serbia meeting in Brussels on May 18, the Serbian government office for media relations said on Thursday.

All the foreign ministers from EU countries will be at the meeting, and Vucic was invited by Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni.

PRISTINA - A majority of Kosovo citizens are disgruntled with the work of Kosovo's key executive, legislative and judicial institutions, they have lost trust in media freedom, and youth unemployment is the biggest problem, shows a survey carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

PM invited to attend "Friends of Serbia" meeting in Brussels

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has received an invitation to attend the "Friends of Serbia" meeting in Brussels on May 18, the government has announced.

BELGRADE - No one is setting the recognition of Serbia's southern province as a condition for the EU membership, but everything depends on the Kosovo issue, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said.

Kosovo platform "after May holidays" - Nikolic

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolic says Kosovo is crucial "although recognizing its southern province as independent has not been set as a condition for Serbia's EU membership."