Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbian Culture Minister Nikola Selakovic, who also co-chairs a Serbia-Azerbaijan inter-governmental commission on trade and economic cooperation, met with Azerbaijani PM Ali Asadov in Baku, where the commission met on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on defence and interior affairs Milovan Drecun said on Thursday an investigation would reveal the objectives of Faton Hajrizi - an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo-Metohija who killed one Serbian border police officer and wounded another last week - and why he had come to central Serbia, and added that German authorities did not seem to be w

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic on Wednesday visited army troops tasked with securing the administrative line between central Serbia and Kosovo-Metohija and controlling the Ground Safety Zone.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with Turkish Ambassador to Belgrade Hami Aksoy on Wednesday to discuss the current situation in Kosovo-Metohija, pointing out that Serbs in the province faced impossible living conditions and were subjected to daily attacks and terror by Albin Kurti's regime.

ROME - Serbian FM Marko Djuric, who is on an official visit to Rome, voiced concern on Wednesday over continued unilateral and provocative moves by Pristina and said the presence and engagement of Italian KFOR troops in Kosovo-Metohija were extremely important, especially when it comes to protection of the Visoki Decani monastery.

MERDARE - Pristina authorities arrested a Serb man at the Merdare administrative crossing last night for alleged spreading of racial and religious hatred, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday Pristina was trying to dodge the responsibility for last week's killing of a Serbian policeman in Loznica, western Serbia, after failing to issue an arrest warrant for the killer, who had escaped from a prison in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said Monday's decision by the Council of the EU to abolish visas for holders of Serbian passports from Kosovo-Metohija, issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate for the province, was a "small but important" victory for human rights of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said Monday's decision by the Council of the EU to abolish visas for holders of Serbian passports from Kosovo-Metohija showed that Serbia was not giving up on the fight for the rights of its people in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Italian Chief of Defence Staff Adm Giuseppe Cavo Dragone in Belgrade on Thursday, noting that Serbia remained fully committed to promoting peace and dialogue and preservation of stability in the region.