Independence of Kosovo

Belgrade "ready to continue Kosovo dialogue"

BELGRADE -- Belgrade is ready for the continuation of the dialogue with Pristina, scheduled for early February in Brussels, the Serbian government said on Friday.

BELGRADE - The Republic of Serbia welcomes the historic US-Cuba agreement on a humanitarian release of prisoners and opening a new chapter in the relations between the two countries, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday.

President "working intensively" on Kosovo proposal

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has announced that he will "soon" send his "final proposal for a solution of the issue of Kosovo" to the government.

Oliver Ivanovic and four other defendants pleaded not guilty to war crimes in a trial that has opened in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo.

In the course of her annual speech to parliament, President Atifete Jahjaga said Kosovo should establish a Special Court on war crimes as soon as possible, to prove that the country upholds the principle of justice.

PEC - A group of ethnic Albanians attacked Pavic Gojkovic, a 61-year-old Serb, on Wednesday in Pec, northwestern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), and members of the Kosovo police saved him from being lynched.

Gojkovic told Tanjug that a group of Albanians attacked him after he walked out of a lawyer's office onto the street, together with his mother and a close friend who drove them to Pec.

BRUSSELS - Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic said Wednesday that the EU is not setting out any new conditions for Serbia's progress in the accession negotiations, but that the details of implementation of the Brussels agreement need to be clarified.

BRUSSELS - The Council of the European Union commended on Tuesday the progress Serbia made in internal reforms and in the normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations, noting, however, that there is still work to be done.

An independent expert appointed to investigate allegations of corruption inside the EU’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo only has a ‘limited’ role, warned Human Rights Watch.

Kosovo dialogue to resume "after holidays"

BRUSSELS -- EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has said that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina would resume after the upcoming holidays.