Serbian Government Office

BELGRADE - Serbian FM and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic confirmed to Tanjug on Friday a team to fight against Pristina's potential admission to the Council of Europe (CoE) had been set up at a government session earlier in the day.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic demanded an urgent establishment of the team at an extraordinary government session on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said a team that would fight against Pristina's potential admission to the Council of Europe (CoE) would be set up on Friday.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic demanded an urgent establishment of the team at an extraordinary government session on Thursday.

The interview of the Kosovo Parliament Speaker Kadri Veseli given to T7 TV channel has made the head of Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric react, GazetaExpress reports.

He said on Thursday that Kosovo will never be a state, nor will Presheva ever be a part of it.

BELGRADE - "A solution will soon be found for Serbian passports in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM)," Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said on Saturday, underscoring that Belgrade would not leave Serbs without valid documents of the Republic of Serbia with which they could travel to EU countries.

Pristina "daydreams about Serbia's recognition"

BELGRADE -- Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric says that "people should not be fed the illusion about Serbia's recognition of Kosovo."

However, he added, that does not mean that residents in Kosovo and Metohija, both Serbs and Albanians, "should not live together, and live better."

Five Serb houses demolished in Kosovo town

ĐAKOVICA -- Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Đurić on Tuesday condemned in the strongest terms the destruction of five Serb houses in Đakovica.

He at the same time asked the international community and the Albanian authorities in Priština to prevent attacks on Serbs and ensure their safety.

Freedom of movement deal covers Belgrade airport

BELGRADE -- Belgrade and Priština working groups agreed to expand the freedom of movement agreement to Belgrade's Nikola Tesla airport and a number of border crossings.

The crossings include those leading to Bulgaria and Macedonia, head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Đurić said on Wednesday.

Kosovo dialogue: Technical talks in Brussels

BELGRADE -- Belgrade and Priština will hold technical talks on integrated administrative line management in Brussels on Thursday, Tanjug has reported.

Ivanović, other accused Serbs plead not guilty

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Oliver Ivanović has pleaded not guilty before the court of first instance in Kosovska Mitrovica on all counts of the indictment against him.

The Serb politician from northern Kosovo is accused of involvement in war crimes committed in 1999 and 2000.

Northern mayors change position on elections

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Leposavić Mayor Dragan Jablanović has confirmed that Serbs from northern Kosovo would take part in parliamentary elections in Kosovo on June 8.