Kosovo Serbs

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with German Ambassador to Belgrade Anke Konrad on Thursday, noting that Pristina was using the tragic September 24 events in Banjska to escalate terror and crack down on Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

This has resulted in departures of Serbs from their ancestral homes, Petkovic said.

BEIJING - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at a meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday the friendship between the two countries had endured the test of difficult times and that, amid a very complex situation in Kosovo-Metohija, China's support to Serbia was extremely important.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Thursday Pristina's PM Albin Kurti, through a brutal campaign of lies and disinformation, had started paving the way for more terror and expulsions of Serbs from the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said on Wednesday the so-called Kosovo Police had continued to harass and arrest Serbs in north Kosovo municipalities and that its only goal was to lead to a fresh escalation of tensions and the crisis on the ground.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the commander of the NATO Joint Force Command in Naples, Adm Stuart Munsch, in Belgrade on Wednesday and voiced grave concern over a drastic worsening of the already difficult situation of the Serb community in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received Norway's newly-appointed Ambassador to Belgrade Kristin Melsom on Thursday to discuss bilateral cooperation and the security situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

Welcoming Melsom, Dacic wished her success in her ambassadorial tenure in Serbia, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The director of the Clinical Hospital Centre in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica said on Wednesday the institution was in a catastrophic position as it was slowly running out of critical medicines.

PRISTINA - A Kosovska Mitrovica basic court has placed a Kosovo Serb arrested at the Jarinje administrative crossing on Sunday under 30-day house arrest.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Friday Pristina PM Albin Kurti's terror against Serbs continued in Kosovo-Metohija, as she and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had warned in the past.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic met with Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Belgrade on Thursday, and said Serbia was advocating preservation of peace and prevention of loss of life in Kosovo-Metohija and called for an objective assessment of the situation there.