Pristina government

The five so-called 'Quint' countries - US, Britain, France, Germany and Italy - called on the Pristina and Belgrade governments on Tuesday to stop creating obstacles to the restart of the EU-mediated dialogue, which has been stalled since last year.

Hashim Thaci announced May 19 as the date for the vote.

Mayors of Northern Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Leposavic and Zvecan, resigned shortly after the Pristina government increased taxes on goods from central Serbia on November 21.

Kosovo and Metohija is an autonomous province of Serbia and the term "state of Kosovo" is unacceptable, the official of the Serbian government - which as organizer of the summit - told Spend Lila, who had previously received two warnings for the same reason.

EC spokesperson Maja Kocijancic said this for the Albanian language daily Shekulli, adding that the status quo is "not an alternative."

And while he "personally" is "ready to face Serbia" - Veseli also called on Macedonia and Montenegro, now members of NATO, to "all gather together against Serbia."

Tanjug is reporting this citing a report in the Belgrade-based tabloid Kurir, which said the incident happened during an informal EU ministerial meeting in Bucharest, Romania, over the weekend.

The Kosovo president said in a statement to Klan Kosova broadcaster that the decision was "right and sincere," but that, as he specified, "three or four government carriers" should not be abusing it for other interests, which are detrimental to Kosovo's interests.

Although the main reason for the visit of the EU official, in charge of enlargement negotiations and neighborhood policy, was the abolition of Pristina's trade barriers on goods from central Serbia, Haradinaj did not change his stance, Pristina-based Gazeta Express writes.

Otherwise, Pristina will face US sanctions in the shape of Washington withdrawing its support to the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), Kosovo-based Albanian language press is reporting on Monday.

According to Klan Kosova, the document has been sent to the Pristina government.

"Citizens took to the streets when violence toward those who think differently spilled from TV screens and the tabloids into their lives," Djilas, one of the leaders of the (opposition) Alliance for Serbia told the daily Danas, and added: