Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbia has been faced with a difficult and serious ultimatum when it comes to Kosovo and Metohija - it is asked to renounce the property of Telekom Srbija in the province, said the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric, adding that Belgrade should decide until Sunday whether it accepts or not the "grotesque draft agreement on telecommunications".

"When it comes to Kosovo, Serbia is faced with a severe and serious ultimatum because it is asked to renounce the property of Telekom Serbia in the province."

Bashmir Xhemaj, an adviser to Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj, told BIRN on Monday that Kosovo had prohibited Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government's office for Kosovo, from entering the country because he had broken the protocol on official visits.

BELGRADE - There can be no referendum in Serbia's Vojvodina province as those who are proposing a referendum do not have the majority for the decision to call one, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Friday.

BRUSSELS - Belgrade has not agreed to establishment of "telecommunication enclaves" for Kosovo Serbs, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said Friday after the Belgrade and Pristina delegations had failed to reach a deal on the implementation of an agreement on telecommunications following days of talks in Brussels.

A steady trickle of migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa refugees make their way toward West Europe through Albania - now the former "Balkan route" through Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary has all but closed.

BELGRADE - The Interior Ministry of Serbia on Thursday officially confirmed the Serbian police had arrested a 40-year-old resident of Urosevac, Kosovo-Metohija, identified as N.T. pursuant to an indictment issued by the High Court in Nis on terrorism charges.

BRUSSELS - There was no visible progress or official statements late Wednesday following three days of this week's Belgrade-Pristina talks on telecommunications.

BELGRADE - The international community, in an attempt to put pressure on Serbia and Republika Srpska after a recent referendum, is behind Kosovan calls for a referendum on unification with Albania, the former head of Serbia's Military-Security Agency (VBA) Momir Stojanovic told Sputnik Serbia.

BELGRADE - There can be no referendum in Serbia's Vojvodina province as those who are proposing a referendum do not have the majority for the decision to call one, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Friday.