Kosovo

BELGRADE - Belgrade should decide until Sunday whether or not it will accept the draft agreement on telecommunications with Pristina, and if the answer is negative, Serbia will face the blockade of European integration.

After the prosecution in Kosovo opened a probe into seven more officials of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK - accused of involvement in a wiretap scandal - the party that has long dominated the country is in danger of crumbling, some experts say.

BELGRADE - Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hodzaj has banned Marko Djuric, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, from entering Kosovo-Metohija for the next two weeks, Pristina's Ekspress daily reported Monday.

Hodzaj made the decision following consultations with Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and security institutions in Kosovo-Metohija, the paper reported.

BELGRADE - Serbia wants to become a full EU member, but not at the price of recognising Kosovo-Metohija or giving up on the friendship with Russia, President Tomislav Nikolic said Wednesday at a meeting with the Czech Foreign Ministry's special Western Balkans and OSCE envoy Stefan Fuele.

BELGRADE - A decision on the implementation of the Belgrade-Pristina agreement on telecommunications is due in the coming period, and it will certainly be a difficult one for Serbia, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Wednesday, noting he could not say the country was facing an ultimatum.

BELGRADE - Serbia has been faced with a difficult and serious ultimatum when it comes to Kosovo and Metohija - it is asked to renounce the property of Telekom Srbija in the province, said the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric, adding that Belgrade should decide until Sunday whether it accepts or not the "grotesque draft agreement on telecommunications".

"When it comes to Kosovo, Serbia is faced with a severe and serious ultimatum because it is asked to renounce the property of Telekom Serbia in the province."

Bashmir Xhemaj, an adviser to Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj, told BIRN on Monday that Kosovo had prohibited Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government's office for Kosovo, from entering the country because he had broken the protocol on official visits.

BRUSSELS - Belgrade has not agreed to establishment of "telecommunication enclaves" for Kosovo Serbs, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said Friday after the Belgrade and Pristina delegations had failed to reach a deal on the implementation of an agreement on telecommunications following days of talks in Brussels.

BELGRADE - The Interior Ministry of Serbia on Thursday officially confirmed the Serbian police had arrested a 40-year-old resident of Urosevac, Kosovo-Metohija, identified as N.T. pursuant to an indictment issued by the High Court in Nis on terrorism charges.