Independence of Kosovo

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.

BELGRADE - If Brussels's message at the end of the electoral campaign in Serbia was that we have to recognise the so-called Kosovo, that will not happen, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday.

BELGRADE - US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill told Tanjug in an interview that he had "found a lot of good will for Serbia" in the EU, "but not a lot of good will for Serbia's problems."

Hill said this in response to a question whether he believed agreements from the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue should become a part of Chapter 35 in Serbia's EU accession talks.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - On orders from Pristina's special prosecution office, a directorate of the so-called Kosovo Police has served more than 60 court summons to Serbs from the north of Kosovo-Metohija over barricades put up near Zvecan in December last year, lawyer Ljubomir Pantovic said on Tuesday.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The head of the EU Office in Kosovo-Metohija Tomas Szunyog spoke with newly-elected Srpska lista leader Zlatan Elek on Monday to discuss the upcoming local elections and the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said he and his team had been preparing in Brussels for "upcoming separate discussions" with the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina.

BUDAPEST - If the European Council includes the Brussels and Ohrid agreements in Serbia's EU accession talks, which Serbia opposes, Belgrade can always count on Hungary, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban told Tanjug in an interview.