Community of Serb Municipalities
Serbs do not give up
In an attempt to find a solution to the crisis in the north of Kosovo, after Pristina, European and American envoys Miroslav Lajak and Gabriel Escobar are arriving in Belgrade tonight.
Until late last night, they talked with the prime minister of the temporary institutions of Pristina, Albin Kurti, and, as they announced, presented three demands of the international community.
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Vucic meets with Bundestag member
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday received Peter Beyer, an MP of the German Bundestag and a member of the house's foreign affairs committee, and thanked him for his efforts to familiarise himself in more detail with the latest developments in Kosovo-Metohija.
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The Serbs are in front of the municipalities in the north of Kosovo for the tenth day
KFOR is still located in the immediate vicinity of the municipal building and on all approaches to Zvean.
The Serbs insist on the demands that the Albanian presidents of the municipalities do not enter the official facilities, that the special police officers also leave the buildings, and that the arrested Rado Petrovi and Duan Obrenovi be released.
Vucic to Borrell: Return to dialogue by Pristina a priority
CHISINAU - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Thursday in Chisinau with EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell, noting that a return to dialogue by Pristina institutions and putting an end to their violence were a priority.
Miscevic meets with delegation of Polish parliamentary committee
BELGRADE - Serbia's European Integration Minister Tanja Miscevic met on Tuesday in Belgrade with a delegation of the Polish parliamentary committee on EU affairs, headed by Chairman Kacper Plazynski, to discuss Serbia's main reform challenges on the path to EU membership, bilateral cooperation with Poland and the country's support to the EU integration process.
Drecun: Destabilisation aimed at getting Belgrade to give up on Community
BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Wednesday a destabilisation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue was aimed at pressuring Serbia into recognising the false state of "Kosovo" and into giving up on a Community of Serb Municipalities as defined by the Brussels Agreement.
Petkovic: This is last moment to discipline Kurti
BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday that, following Monday's round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, it was "clear as day" that Pristina had no intent of engaging in constructive discussions on a Community of Serb Municipalities or any other aspect of normalisation of relations.
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Petkovic: Situation difficult, Bislimi's behaviour was scandalous
BRUSSELS - Speaking to reporters after Monday's round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said the dialogue was in a difficult state and that Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi had acted in a scandalous way.
Lajcak: Management team's draft is starting point for upcoming discussions
BRUSSELS - The EU special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak says a draft statute of the Community of Serb Municipalities, presented by a management team at a May 2 meeting in Brussels, is not final, but that it is "an important starting point for the upcoming discussions on the Chief Negotiators' level."
Drecun: Community of Municipalities hard to achieve without strong Western pressure
BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun says the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities will be very difficult to achieve without strong Western pressure on Pristina.