Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija

BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met on Tuesday with the head of the Department for Continental Europe of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brice Roquefeuil to inform him of threats to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, especially following Pristina's decision to ban the Serbian dinar.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic on Tuesday dismissed as "pointless and cynical" Pristina PM Albin Kurti's constant attempts to point to Belgrade as an excuse for militarisation of Kosovo-Metohija and systematic threats to the rights and the security of Serbs in the province.

BELGRADE - Telekom Srbija CEO Vladimir Lucic said on Tuesday Pristina was trying to shut down his company's operations in Kosovo-Metohija because it had a problem with Telekom Srbija as the largest firm in Serbia's southern province.

The situation is better now, but Pristina is periodically trying to put Telekom Srbija under pressure, Lucic told Prva TV.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill on Monday to discuss topics including the position of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

BRUSSELS - Serbia's Ambassador to NATO Branimir Filipovic says Serbia-NATO cooperation has been "continuously very good", with a high level of communication at various levels, and that it is very important for preserving peace and security in Kosovo-Metohija, NATO being the only legal military force in the territory under UNSCR 1244.

RANILUG - An explosive device was lobbed at a Serb-owned hospitality establishment in the Ranilug municipality near Kosovska Kamenica, Kosovo-Metohija, last night and the blast caused material damage.

The establishment was closed at the time of the explosion, the RTS reported.

RANILUG - An explosive device was lobbed at a Serb-owned hospitality establishment in the Ranilug municipality near Kosovska Kamenica, Kosovo-Metohija, last night and the blast caused material damage.

The establishment was closed at the time of the explosion, the RTS reported.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with German Ambassador to Belgrade Anke Konrad, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic warned that an expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija and abolition of Serbian institutions in the province were the real reasons behind Pristina's ban on the Serbian dinar, which took effect on February 1.

TIRANA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday Ukraine was a friend of Serbia and that, most importantly, it did not recognise the so-called Kosovo.

BELGRADE  By sending a technical delegation to Brussels, Pristina practically boycotted Tuesday's dialogue about the suspension of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija, the outgoing chairman of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Wednesday, noting that the West was not criticising Pristina PM Albin Kurti's decision on the dinar but only the manner in wh