Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija

BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said a meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and representatives of the Quint states on Wednesday evening had been the most difficult one he had ever attended and that it had been clear to everyone in the room Pristina's PM Albin Kurti was the main culprit for the current situation in Kosovo

WARSAW - More than 10 per cent of Serbs have left Kosovo-Metohija over the past year under sustained pressure by Pristina, according to an International Crisis Group (ICG) report.

The report, titled "Toward Normal Relations between Kosovo and Serbia," said tensions in Kosovo-Metohija had risen since the advent of Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.

The Quint countries are the USA, Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany.
The meeting was announced for 18:00, in the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic, announced the Office for Media Relations of the President of Serbia.

WASHINGTON - The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija has issued a memorandum warning that Pristina's ban on the Serbian dinar could have far-reaching consequences for critical sectors such as hospitals, educational institutions and kindergartens, which are vital for the needs of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs, US-based internet news portal The Pavlovic Today reports, quoting diplomatic sources

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held an urgent meeting with several government ministers on Tuesday evening after Pristina's PM Albin Kurti rejected a proposal by the US, the EU and Quint states and decided instead that a ban on the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija begin on Wednesday, sources in the Presidency of Serbia told Tanjug.

It is also estimated that tensions in Kosovo have increased since the coming to power of the Prime Minister of the temporary institutions of Pristina, Albin Kurti.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday past statements by the Quint states about various illegal bans imposed by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti had been void of substance and relevance but that the latest one - issued after Pristina announced it would stop payment transactions with central Serbia and ban the Serbian dinar from February

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Monday that, at a meeting with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had noted the difficult position of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs and that Pristina needed to stop making escalatory moves that disrupted the lives of Serbs.

PRISTINA - The embassies of Quint states (France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US) in Pristina have called for a suspension of a decision by the so-called Kosovo's central bank to make the euro the only legal tender for cash transactions in Kosovo-Metohija from February 1.

The meeting will be held at 12:30, in the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic, announced the Office for Media Relations of the President of the Republic.
The topic is the situation in Kosovo and Metohija.