Government of Kosovo

UNMIK chief: Kosovo needs government, talks should continue

NEW YORK -- UNMIK Chief Farid Zarif has called on the political leaders in Kosovo to finish forming a new government.

He added that the talks between Belgrade and Pristina need new momentum and that the meetings between top officials of the two sides should continue.

PM at UNSC: Serbs in Kosovo live in ghettos

NEW YORK -- Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that the basic premises for normal life have not been established in Kosovo to this day,

He stressed Serbia's commitment to reconciliation between the different peoples living in Kosovo and to providing a better everyday life for all.

NEW YORK - UNMIK Chief Farid Zarif has called on the political leaders in Kosovo to finish foriming a government, adding that the talks between Belgrade and Pristina need new momentum and that the meetings between top officials of the two sides should continue.

NEW YORK - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that he had an informal meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Taci at the UN headquarters in New York late Thursday to discuss the resumption of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, adding that they agreed that the dialogue should be continued as soon as possible.

Vucic, Thaci discuss resumption of dialogue

NEW YORK -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says he had an informal meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Thaci at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday.

NEW YORK - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, and he will also address the UN Security Council session on Kosovo later this evening, the Serbian government Office for cooperation with the media released.

PM attends UNSC session on Kosovo

NEW YORK -- The UN Security Council will hold a session on Thursday dedicated to the situation in Kosovo, which will be attended by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's quarterly report will be presented by UNMIK chief Farid Zarif.

Russia's position on Kosovo "firm and reliable"

BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin has said that his country's position not to recognize Kosovo as independent was "firm and reliable."

"Kosovo army plan doomed to fail without Serb backing"

PRIŠTINA -- Agim Ceku's announcement that Kosovo will soon have its army "is doomed to fail" - as it requires a law that will not be supported by Serb representatives.

BELGRADE - Providing full security to the Serb population in Serbia's southern province of Kosovo-Metohija is an interest of Serbia, Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic told the head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) Gabriele Meucci on Thursday.