Kosovo-Metohija

BELGRADE - At a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic thanked Russia for its constant support for the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic met on Wednesday with the commander of the NATO Joint Force Command in Naples, Adm Stuart Munsch, who is on an official visit to Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic met with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Wednesday.

The parties exchanged views on current political and security developments in the region and globally, the Serbian Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

BELGRADE - The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) on Monday wrote to UEFA over the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and Pristina's ban on competitions organised by Serbs in the province.

The urgent letter to UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and Secretary General Theodore Theodoridis was signed by FSS President Dragan Dzajic and Secretary General Jovan Surbatovic.

This includes Kosovo, in case Pristina introduces new measures, which may include a halt of payment operations in the north of Kosovo, a source in the central bank (NBS) told Tanjug on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - A working group on normalisation of civilian air traffic over the Kosovo-Metohija province met on Monday to discuss in more detail a proposed negotiation platform to be presented to the Serbian government, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Friday refused to rule out the possibility of pressure from European institutions aimed at making Serbia recognise Kosovo-Metohija as an independent state.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Friday refused to rule out the possibility of pressure from European institutions aimed at making Serbia recognise Kosovo-Metohija as an independent state.

SKOPJE - Certain Commander Fljamuri has claimed the responsibility on behalf of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) for late Tuesday's attack on Gosince border watchtower in northern Macedonia and beating of three out of four on-duty police officers, Macedonian online edition of Press24 reported.

PRESEVO - Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic met with businessmen and representatives of the southern Serbian municipalities of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac on Wednesday.

Bogosavljevic-Boskovic told Tanjug that the businessmen were seeking to start production at once very productive slaughterhouse Jugokop.