Independence of Kosovo

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano said on Monday a continuation of high-level dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina was possible "any time when there is willingness to meet and when there is an agenda to discuss," adding that the EU did not speculate on any upcoming meeting.

"The removal of this regime is an act of good neighborly relations and comes after full recognition of the plates of the Republic of Kosovo by Serbia," it is stated in the press release of the so-called Kosovo Government.
The decision enters into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borell says visa liberalisation for the so-called Kosovo is a historic EU decision bringing significant benefits to both the so-called Kosovo and the EU.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic has written to the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak in stern protest over Pristina's plan to collect an electricity debt purportedly accumulated by four Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, diplomatic sources told Tanjug on Friday.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Friday that, by land-grabbing in a Serb-majority municipality, Pristina PM Albin Kurti's "occupation gauleiter" in northern Kosovska Mitrovica had taken a new step towards militarisation and occupation of the north of Kosovo-Metohija by Kurti's parapolice.

BELGRADE - Srpska lista, a political organisation of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs, has requested an urgent reaction by international representatives to halt an illegal decision by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti to unlawfully seize monies from a fund for development of the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

As the deputy director of the so-called Kosovo Police for the North region, Veton Elshani, said the so-called Kosovo Police, together with the customs, conducted a search after a tip-off that smuggled goods were allegedly found in a warehouse within a commercial facility.

President Rumen Radev has pressed the Bulgarian government for swift action to ensure the country's full accession to the Schengen Area by the end of the year.

BRUSSELS - In a declaration adopted at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels on Wednesday, the EU calls for accelerating the process of the Western Balkans' accession to the bloc, urging Belgrade and Pristina to fully implement past agreements, including an agreement on the path to normalisation of relations and its implementation annex, without further delays or preconditions.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic has filed a reservation to an EU declaration adopted at Wednesday's EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels to protect Serbian interests, making it clear that Kosovo-Metohija remained an integral part of the Republic of Serbia in line with UNSCR 1244, the Serbian government said in a statement.