Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija

Migrants from Kosovo "find new route" in bid to reach EU

PRISTINA -- Ethnic Albanians continue to leave Kosovo in great numbers even after their departure via Merdare has been prevented.

Buses carrying immigrants headed for Hungary and on to other EU countries are no longer allowed to go via this administrative line crossing, located between Kosovo and central Serbia.

NEW YORK - Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) welcomed the announced resumption of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina scheduled to take place on February 9 and 10 in Brussels, while expressing concern over the violence that broke out during the recent protests in Kosovo.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric met with Hungarian Ambassador to Serbia Attila Pinter to discuss the support of Hungary to Serbia's EU integration and the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

NEW YORK - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said on Friday that Serbia expects the political vacuum to be overcome now that the government in Pristina has been constituted, which should contribute to the continuation of implementation of agreements reached so far in the Brussels dialogue.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said Friday that Serbia had received about 60,000 passport applications from Kosovo Albanians.

BELGRADE - The Serbian border police department strengthened the control of the border with Hungary and is actively cooperating with its colleagues from this neighbouring country in view of preventing migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) from illegally crossing the administrative border, the Serbian Ministry of Interior Affairs (MUP) released on Friday.

60,000 Albanians apply for Serbian passports

BELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Friday that the authorities have received about 60,000 passport applications from Kosovo Albanians.

WASHINGTON - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated that the dismissal of Serb minister in the Kosovo government Aleksandar Jablanovic would have a negative impact on the continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, but he added that the talks in Brussels need to continue in a level-headed manner.

"Level-headed dialogue" must continue - FM

WASHINGTON -- Ivica Dacic says the dismissal of a Serb minister in the Kosovo government will have a negative impact on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

But, added the Serbian foreign minister, "the talks in Brussels need to continue in a level-headed manner."

Humiliation of Serbia "must not be allowed"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric says that "streets must not be allowed to dictate the political life in Kosovo."

Serbia "must not be humiliated as was attempted in Pristina earlier," he told the RTS broadcaster late on Thursday.